Soul Evans had given up his old baby grand back home in the States for the Devil's piano on the front lines of World War II. War is hell, but a certain British angel may make it a bit more bearable for him. AU Warnings: character death, characters suffering from PTSD, violence

"He flashes jagged teeth at her, corners of his mouth turned up in a grin. 'Soul. I'm a scythe.' And that is all it takes for her to fall into him completely. She reaches out her hand, reaches with her soul, puts every bit of faith she has into him. He takes it, takes it all, and takes a silent oath to stay by her side forever and always."

Future rock god and drummer Blake Barrett is crushed when his high school bandmates kick him out of the band. A year later, college is rough, and he can't quite shake the urge to pick up a pair of sticks. When Maka's friend, Tsubaki, knows a band in need of a drummer, Blake leaps for for the chance to head down the road to stardom once more.

In a world where those born with the same mark are bound by fate, young Maka Albarn must fulfill a promise to her mother and search for her Gemina, the one destiny chose for her.

Appleseed!AU Pulled from the battlefields of WWIII, Maka Albarn is tasked with protecting the Utopian city of Mors as terrorists threaten the lives of bioroids, artificially created humans. Along with trying to discover the terrorists, she must sort out her feelings for her new cyborg companion and unlock the secrets of the program "Resonance".