So it occurs to me that since Maka met with Saionji recently and when she mentioned Ishimaru by name Saionji said he's a "good friend to some" in heavy implied quotation marks. And then tried to say that Maka's classmate just did violence to her Mawile with no reason whatsoever until Maka asked questions.

She should proooobably ask him what's up with Saionji before interacting with her again since she trusts Ishimaru.