Soul Eater: New Beginning

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It’s the first day of school for those enrolling DWMA. Students from all around the world gather in front of the oddly symmetrical building the forever smiling sun laughing down at the academy’s new students as well as the old. Some are meeting their partners for the first time while others are having a reunion with their old partners while separated over the summer break. "So yeah come on in students of new and old and welcome to Death Weapons Meister Academy, where you will train to become the best weapon or meister of your ability. But wait, what’s’ that i hear what’s the point of partners! Silly they are there to help you reach your goals. Weapons you will serve as a friend who always supports and encourages their meisters. And meisters you will strive to collect 99s kishin souls and 1witch's soul to turn your weapon into a Death Scythe, one of the greatest achievements you can get. so run along now go find yourself a partner, already have one well who cares go find them and make new friends this school year will be just wonderful" and with that Lord Death clapped his hands together and the scramble for finding new and old partners and friends begun.

Gray was excited, it was the first day of the new school year and he could finally start teaching again. His summer had been uneventful, at least in his standards. He looked around the classroom, everything was prepared for the first day. Gray leaned back in his chair and put his feet up on his desk, waiting for the students to walk in. He sighed, I wonder how I should introduce myself?, Gray thought to himself.

He'd rather be watching cellulite slowly appear on a woman with terrible eating habits. That, or take a seat and watch the sun burn out, which ever. Bang groaned and rubbed his eyes, ignoring all the other witches in Witch Mass. "I'm too young and handsome for this." He muttered these bitter words into his palms, spreading his fingers apart to look at the scattered gathering.

It's been like this every since Arachniphobia split up. Witches were scarcer and their organization plummeted, a naturally dull result thanks to the DWMA. Of course, he could make everything perfect again in a blink of an eye, but that would mean taking charge and having responsibility. In which, no way, not gonna happen.

This was incredibly arrogant of him, but he took no notice of it. He let his arms fall to his sides as his body leaned against a large, deteriorating wall. This realm was so boring, painted in grays and built in stone, he largely preferred Death City, even if he had to hide his soul from those vexing meisters and weapons duos. Maybe he would go there after this so called 'meeting' was called to a close? Bang yawned, not bothering to cover his mouth as he stared unblinkingly. Maybe earlier.

It wasn't like anything important was going to happen. Everyone seemed to have a different opinion, some wanted to create something of an uprising, others just wanted chaos, some thought they should stay out of sight. He on the other hand just wanted something sweet and an explosion or two. Regardless, this wasn't going to go anywhere until someone decided to step up.

Bang kicked a stray stone, watched as the sphere bounced along and made its journey across the floor, dancing happily thanks to his generosity. The boy smirked and chuckled, shoved his hands into his black jacket that was thrown over his trademark pink hoodie. Blue strawberries, cotton candy anchovies, licorice veins, this meeting was too vapid, when did they get to destroy something?

Chamile

she stood in the highest rafts of the building the witches mass had occupied like Bang she was bored out of her mind "why must i even attend these meetings listening to these old hags" smirking at the fact that she was probably older than any witch no she was older than any witch in the room.

Chamile laid out on her stomach, resting her chin on the palm of her hand, kicking her feet in the air behind her. she then switched to sitting up and crossed her left leg over her right a look of boredom was apparent on her face. out of the corner of her eye she saw movement. turning her head to get a better look Chamile saw a young man in eye catching bright colors and she immidietly recognized him to be Bang.

he was part of a group of male witches, which was rare since most were born female. "wonder what hes doing down there" Chamile then dropped down in front of him her long white hair trailed behind before settling in place. "you look almost as bored as i do boy" her voice light and playful.

It was when he was in the middle of a thought about blowing up a huge landmark did something interesting finally befallen him. It in the form of a woman landing in front of him, the unexpected appearance making him blink. Her hair was tinted in fear, the color of a persons face when their blood rained away and their hearts skipped a beat. Her body was long, curved like the rivers of Hell itself, and the corners of Bangs mouth twisted upwards into something of a smile.

"Are you bored enough to turn into stone?" He questioned, leaning away from the wall and standing up right, holding himself with the utmost confidence in the presence of a woman who was taller than him, almost imposingly so, but he did not feel apprehension. No, he knew of Camile, but he knew very little about her. She was a mystery, a hazy cloud made out of ultraviolet colors that no one seemed to be able to see or understand. That just made her all that more enticing, curiously so.

He didn't give her much time to answer, didn't care what her reply may be, witty or otherwise. She already stated that she was bored, and that was more than enough. "It has gotten as exciting as torturing a dead man around here, and we all know there's no fun in that." Bang spoke with lethargy, as if to emphasize how dull it had gotten. He rocked on his heels for a moment, holding his hands behind him in mock modesty. "Someone needs to liven things up a bit." He grinned and came to a stop, a twinkle of mischief being captured in his eyes. "Oh, Camile, we should do something fun, the world has gotten too peaceful and it makes me sick. How can we stand here when there are those tucked in their beds, sleeping without fear?"

Haxley Ravenwood

'Why did I even come?' Haxley couldn't help but wonder. He was a witch yes but he hated mass. Mostly due to the ongoing yapping of the old hats that apparently where in charge. The fact that he was forced to have to use his soul protect for such an extensive period of time fabricated him a bit, but not enough for him to switch over to his "wrath" side. He knew that would lead to only trouble, mostly for himself. Two crows came to residences to him, Haxley had been laying on his back up in the rafters like many other bored witches where. The crows squeaked in his ears, telling him of the arriving students at DWMA. 'Well that's bothersome. I swear those meisters where like roaches, can never get rid of them all.' He groaned in frustration and pulled his hood over his face.

You had to find something interesting to door on of your "sides" will decide to cut in and find something for you.
"God's I need to cut loose. . ." Haxley notices some movement and sees Chamile jump down. 'What's she doing?' He glances down and sees that she had landed next to Bang, who in fact was a male witch just like himself. 'Well know, this could get interesting.' Haxley licks his lips, stretches, then gets up. The two crows fly up and land on each of his shoulders. "let's go say hello, shale we?" he smiles and leaps down next to his two fellow witches.

The witch of sin pulls an Apple out of one of his pockets pockets and takes a bite out of it. He grins at Chamile and Bang. "Why hello there. Is it me, or has this meeting gotten excessively boring?" Haxley rolled his eyes and motioned to the rest of the witches that where actually listening to the old hats up front. His crows seemed to be watching the two witches, as if keeping track of their every little move. Their usual job was surveillance after all. He looks over at the wildly colored witch and nods. " Bang, nice to see you again. Haunt seen you since the last meeting, where have you been you vagabond." Bang was known for his love of blowing up relatively everything in sight, which Haxley could respect. It was one way to speed havoc and chaos. He then looks over at Chamile. Like everyone else present, he knew little of her, which instantly made her interesting to him. 'I wonder what dark little secrets hid within your soul and heart.' Haxley could only wonder, since his ability to "read" the darkness in another's soul apparently didn't work on other witches.

Chamile

Chamile watched as another male witch joined them, Haxley of the Seven Sins. "i can assure you, you are not the only one who has become bored of this place" her eyes then changed to a pale glowing green that swirled with magic and chaos, a trait she had been born with or rather awakened when she first used her witch powers. "tell me does it bother you that you cannot see my darkest secrets and desires" her tone full of mirth as she gently pulled at his chin so their faces were close for a moment then she let go.

Chamile stepped back looking at the both of them her mind began to work of all the possibilities that would come with being in the company of two such witches. they had already earned themselves a nane within the witches realm but they never really peaked Chamiles intrest until recently. especially Bang considering his knack for blowing things up for his own amusement. then there was Haxley, she liked him because envy was a sin very similar to her own natural ability to shapeshift into what ever being she wanted to be.

Haxley Ravenwood

Haxley's eyes flashed crimson red when Chamile's began to change. Mind reliving me of my boredom? You can be guaranteed I'll do the same for you and Bang here. he smiled but frowned when she spoke of him not being able to see into her heart and soul. Why yes it was, but he wasn't going to let that show. "I don't need my sight to know how much SIN resides within you. the lust side of him screamed out at him when she pulled at his chin and their faces where close. Haxley wrestled his desires into submission as he always did. 'Gods of magic and chaos, do you know what your doing to me woman!?' He shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head as she let go. 'Sometimes this magic can be a pain.

Watching the two with interest now, Haxley finished his apple and tossed the core, only to have his crows fly up and grab it out of the air. He then leaned against a wall and yawned. Today was beginning to seem uneventful, unless these two had any fun ideas. Haxley continued to prod at their souls with his sight, trying to see what secrets and dark desires he might find, even if he could see little to nothing.

Hikari walked calmly up that stairs looking around at the new students and waving to some friends. 'Where is Innes? We were supposed to meet up before Lord Death's speech.' She wasn't really worried Innes didn't really like being in a big group so he was probably inside waiting for her. She continued walking through the halls of the DWMA to the classroom. After a few minutes of wandering through the familiar halls she finds the classroom and takes a seat towards the middle of the room. 'I thought Innes would be in here waiting for me... Where is he?'

Karibachi Haibu

A loud sound signaled Karibachi's arrival, the sound as if thousands of buzzing insects had moved into the area and in a way they had. This Witches Mass was going to go one of two ways; either he would sit quietly, listen to the problems of the world and watch as none of his fellow Witches came up with a solution and he would go home and rest OR he was going to bump into his Mother and she would send him out on some meaningless task that he will complete specifically to orders. The Male Witch looked around, scanning the crowd, faces and names melded together and he couldn't really 'recognise' anyone at all. Everyone looked the same but he said that far too soon. He'd been alive long enough to see and hear of most of the important Witches and three of them were infront of him. Bang Byugnhee, the fiery one, the one who likes to blow things up. That's who Bang Byunghee was. Haxley Ravenwood, the darkest of the three, the Witch of Sin, like crows and apples apparently. Chamile Leon, the seductress, she made Karibachi nervous just thinking about her.

Karibachi walked forward in their direction. He was wearing a long black coat that almost reached the floor, underneath was a hooded jacket with the hood pulled up and hugged close to his face and finally he wore a scarf, one that wrapped around his mouth and face to cover as much of himself as possible. Only his eyes were visible. No-one had seen his face or even his body, he even wore gloves so people couldn't see his hands, only his Mother had seen him and that was when he was a child. The Witch could only hope he didn't see his Mother today. The buzzing sound persisted as he moved towards the three, not intending on talking to anyone this evening.

The second witch that joined them was wrapped in the hands of sin, desires that plagued humans and were more of a gift to those that were chaotic in nature. He grinned, bouncing on his heels as he watched Haxley and Chamile interact, a television show for his viewing pleasure, erasing monotony and replacing it with amusement. Oh they were both so interesting, their veins full of destruction, their hearts young and pushing the blood through their bodies regularly unlike the older witches that allowed their bodies to be broken by blood clots.

He could hardly contain himself! "Wow!" Bang exclaimed, pressing his fingers into his cheekbones. "Talk is cheap! My skin is crawling over here, lets transforms theses words into an impact!" His hands were removed from his face and they clapped together, his body still swaying back and forth. It felt like beetles were crawling under his skin at this point, and they were saying 'Bang-sshi, lets stop standing around! Come on, hurry hurry, if you don't do something now we'll explode!'. He fully intended to make sure those imaginary beetles did not explode, that would just be messy!

But the important thing was, what kind of impact they should make? His eyes glanced between Chamile and Haxley, two powerful witches who were very capable on their own. So if the three of them were outstandingly strong (And himself, who also had his good looks and outstanding personality), what kind of marvelous spectacles could they make together? "I know!" Bang suddenly froze, his mien switching into something that was dead serious, not a hint of his previous cheer remaining. "I know. He spoke quieter, crossing his arms over his chest, and a smirk broke the stillness of his facial language.

"We could always have some fun with those that think they can out-do us...Oh, you know..there are rumors about an interesting item..what was it.." He hummed and pressed his lips together, and his brows furrowed as mind hornets started buzzing against his ears, creating interference between his mouth and his thoughts. What was up with that? Bang looked around, and it dawned on him that it was because of a certain, bee-like individual that must have a bone to pick with the sun. What was his name again? Carriebacho? Karibeecha?

He really couldn't remember, probably because of that consistent buzzing! "Hey there, Kari!" Bang called, showing no care for shortening the other witches name. "Shush, I'm trying to th- I got it!" His annoyance was replaced with excitement. "Well, I can't remember the exact name, but it's like a mirror." The blue haired boy made an oval shape with his fingers, looking expectantly at Chamile and Haxley. "It's called 'The Looking Glass of...stuff and things'! The point is, it doesn't only let you see into any mirror, but it also allows you to travel through them." The witch grinned with pride, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Apparently." He added quietly, not exactly admitting that by some chance he might be wrong.

Gray spoke up "Hi, you must be Hikari Toko, I'm Proffesor Archon. I trust your partner will be arriving soon?" Gray spoke calmly, but he was thinking: Nailed it! Introducing myself will be easy!. He didn't want to goof up his first introduction to his students. Gray looked down at the clipboard on his desk, it said Hikari's partner was Innes Ross. "Tell me, do you and your partner walk seprately to school?" Gray wanted to get to know his students and this was a golden opportunity.

Muzai

she and Arthur headed towards DWMA, he lead the way since she had no idea where it was. Muzai had a lollipop in her mouth and smiled at his back 'haha he is so small but it’s adorable" she chuckled a little but covered her mouth in hopes Arthur didn’t hear her. Muzai then jumped up with ease onto a ledge of a short wall that flanked the stairs. She ran up them her arms out for a moment then laced behind her head as she walked slowly. Muzai closed her eyes not caring if she fell since she always landed on her feet.

"So Arthur what’s it like to be a student here is it a lot of work and responsibility?" cracking open her left eye just enough to peek at Arthur climbing the steps.

Chamile

she made a face at him like a predator would when they have found suitable prey. Chamile then glanced over at Karibachi as he walked towards them. She always thought he was a strange and interesting person; especially considering the fact that no one has ever seen so much as his eyes, which made her want to undress him all the more and figure out what it was he seemed to be hiding beneath all those clothes.

Chamile smiled turning her now pale blue gaze back to Bang who seemed to be having trouble figuring out what it was he wanted to say but after a few moments he spoke up with obvious excitement in the way he moved.

It's called 'The Looking Glass of...stuff and things'! The point is, it doesn't only let you see into any mirror, but it also allows you to travel through them."

“oh really you’ve only now hear of that old thing, but yes that is what it is capable of doing along with few other things and it is called The Looking Glass of Serpentine” a playful smile appeared on her lips. Chamile knew more than most of what The Looking Glass of Serpentine, apparently it belonged to a very powerful witch that was believed to have some blood relation to the powerful Gorgon Sisters who were now all dead; or at least that’s what most people believed as there were rumors of the youngest still being alive.

“The Looking Glass of Serpentine is capable of transporting an individual or a group to a certain location as long as there was a mirror on the other end. It once belonged to Lady Serpentine one of the most powerful witches of all time being the witch of a creature long since believed dead; the great dragon. But now she is in a deep slumber that no witch has been able to break as it was created specifically for her by Lord Death. But why do you mention this boy what do you suppose we do with it, if we can find it?” looking at him with some disbelief as she drew closer to him.

Ryner fell off the bed he was sleeping on with a thud, but he didn't wake up. The sheets fell to the floor with him, slightly making his body warmer. He rolled over, still sleeping. He set his alarm to wake him up one hour after he was supposed to the night before, but he didn't know this.

Unluckily for Ryner, his alarm started ringing. He tried punching at the spot that his alarm would usually be at, but he only punched something soft, his bed. He opened his eyes, since he expected the alarm to stop ringing after he punched in it's direction. wait, why was the alarm soft? Ryner thought this to himself. He wasn't fully lucid yet, so his thoughts were stranger than usual. Oh god.. did he do something strange to his alarm? He quickly regained his composure and stood up, then he went to the bathroom of the home he bought. He splashed cold water on his face, finally making himself fully lucid. He then simply took a shower and did other things that would be normal for beginning the day.

He was now having his usual slightly normal mind, and he was clean. He noticed that he had forgotten to turn off the alarm, and that he was probably wasting something. He walked towards his alarm and hit it on the top, effectively turning it off, and hurting his hand in the process. He quickly turned into his weapon form, then turned back. Yep, he didn't forget how to change forms overnight.

He grabbed the keys to his house and went outside, putting on his watch simultaneously. He looked at his watch and noticed that he was going to be late. He probably should have not wasted so much time preparing, but it had been too late to worry about that. He began running towards the school, but, he managed to get on his bike before going. He miraculously made it to the school in three minutes. He then jumped off his bike and managed to listen to Lord Death make his speech. He then entered the building. He wasn't late to school, since he was only late to wake up. He always woke up earlier than others, so he would never be late. Being one hour late to waking up wouldn't be a problem for him, but for others it might.

What? Did you seriously think he was actually going to be late to the first day?

He remembered the exact location of classrooms, since he had been to the DWMA before. He found the class he was supposed to attend, then he entered. He found a seat quickly and prepared for another long day.

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"Well fuck." Andruis spat, running his hand through his crimson hair and turning about. Searching for his partner through the crowd was proving to be useless, he couldn't find his weapon anywhere. Stomping a leather booted foot hard on the ground out of frustration, he finally decided it would be best to follow the crowd that was slowly migrating towards the entrance to the school.

Quickly growing impatient with the sluggish speed of the students as the talked and got to know each other on their way inside, Andrius found himself resorting to pushing and shoving his way through so he could get in quicker. This method resulted in plenty of angry words and shoves his way, but he was rewarded with quicker entrance and soon found himself inside the large building known as the Death Weapon-Meister Academy, DWMA.

Not exactly known for stopping to 'smell the flowers', the fiery haired young man didn't hesitate to admire the architectural masterpiece, instead, he only quickened his pace down the halls, frustrated at himself for loosing track of his friend and allowing the two of them to get separated by the crowd.

He had been planning to meet up with Masamune in their first class, but quickly realized the impossibility of it when he remembered that Masamune still had their schedule and Andruis couldn't be bothered to memorize it before the first day. He knew the halls by heart having been going to school at the DWMA since his freshman year, 3 years ago, but he was lost without knowing exactly what class he was supposed to go to.

With no other options, the defeated Andrius walked to a wall close enough to the doors for Masamune to spot him when he got inside, but far enough away so he wouldn't get trampled by the stampede of eager students coming inside as well. Releasing a heavy sigh, Andrius dropped his bag on the floor with a thud and leaned against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest. Hopefully his partner would spot him, he didn't need a detention on the first day for skipping classes.

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Masamune had lost track of time helping out a lost boy find his mother. "ok now i really need to book it." he said picking up the pace and sliding through into an alley way 'better cut through here.' he thought reaching about half way through and climbing up a fire escape when a dog cut the corner. "not this time mutt your not going to chew on my shoes this time!" he called down rushing up "there we are not that far at least now i know where i'm going.' in his rush he stepped on a cats tail which forced the cat to climb up on his clthes and latch onto his face. 'this is not my day.' grabbing the cat off his face he tossed it into an open window "ouch."

After he finally reached the entrance to the school he made his way to where Andruis was when he finally saw him and as quietly as he could walked up with his face practically covered with claw marks. "sorry i'm late i had a hectic time just getting here and if your wondering what happened to my face well let's just say i better steer clear of cats for a little while." he said through a small wince when he went to laugh at himself. Then reaching into his pocket he handed over the schedule to his partner. "good thing i didn't lose my shoes this time eh."

"Hi, you must be Hikari Toko, I'm Proffesor Archon. I trust your partner will be arriving soon?"

Kikari smiled at the Professor. "Yes, I'm Hikari. Umm... My partner should be arriving soon I haven't seen him yet today we were supposed to meet up before Lord Death's speech, but that didn't really happen. I'm sure he'll be along any time now." She blushed slightly. 'Stupid Innes why do you choose today of all days to show up late?!?' She began to look behind her to the doorway hoping to see Innes walking in so she could yell at him for not meeting her sooner.

"Tell me, do you and your partner walk separately to school?"

"Ummm No not usually. We normally meet up and walk here together. I guess he didn't show up to the speech..." She silent cursed at her partner again. For someone who was always moving he sure was taking his sweet time showing up.

"Shit! I'm late! Hikari's going to kill me!" Innes scrambled up the stairs to the DWMA, practically wheezing by the time he got to the top.

Rushing into the school, he called apologies to the teachers who yelled at him to slow down. It seemed like a lifetime before he finally stumbled into the classroom, his back hitting the wall loudly as he swung into the room. Wincing from the collision, he paused to catch his breath before offering a half-wave to Hikari.

"Sorry I'm late!" he didn't offer an explanation, figuring that his Meister would ask if she wanted one. "I hope I didn't miss too much."
Setting his notebook and pen down on the desk next to Hikari's, he nodded to the teacher, who seemed to have been talking to his Meister. "Good morning. Sorry for interrupting."

Taking his seat, he tugged self-consciously at his beanie and started adding yet another doodle to the cover of his notebook.

Karibachi Haibu

The buzzing figure drew closer and noticed he received a greeting from Bang Byunghee. A rough voice escaped from Karibachi's many layers of clothing as if he hadn't spoken in a very long time. "Hello..." Karibachi noticed Chamile giving him a look, whether it was on purpose or not she seemed to be attempting to remove his clothing with her eyes, she wouldn't want to if she knew what was underneath. The buzzing quietened down as he made a "Ssshh" sound. "You're looking for the Looking Glass? Perhaps I could be of service." Anything to avoid my Mother giving me something to do.

Karibachi's eyes lit up, this was a rare sight. His eyes were usually filled with a strange sadness but he put that aside for a moment. His breathing quickened as he looked at the other Witches, he didn't like having to talk to people. His actions were what he relied on, he was a worker. His emotionless stature worked well against an enemy. The buzzing usually put off any concentration also.

Arthur was listening to his game with his earbuds at the time, though he was still paying enough attention to catch Muzai's comment. Frankly he wasn't sure whether he should be happy or annoyed to be considered adorable and so, unable to reach an acceptable conclusion in time to reply, he pretended he hadn't heard what she'd said. Noting that she simply leaped up to the landing, rather than take the stairs, it was once again brought to Arthur's attention just how odd Muzai was. He didn't think there was anything wrong with that, mind you, but odd most certainly fit.

In response to Muzai's questions about the academy, Arthur considered for a moment, before finally settling on the way he wanted to word the answer. "Well, I suppose that it isn't much more responsibility than being a regular student, at least as long as you're inside the academy. While out on missions however, we are representatives of Lord Death, and must act accordingly." As he reached her, Arthur finished with "Though I'm probably not the best person to explain it." Walking inside, he lead the way to what he believed was to be their classroom.

Opening the door, Arthur instantly recognized the teacher behind the desk. Actually, Arthur was fairly certain that he'd lost a sparring match to Gray, back before he gave up on being a meister. The fact that it would be him that would be teaching was almost painfully ironic, considering that it was that match that had showed him that there would likely always be someone stronger than himself, regardless of how good he became. "My apologies, Professor. I hope we aren't late."

Muzai

"really sounds like a lot of work besides im sure your just the right person to know. youve dont this longer than i have...i think. hey do you think i could have gone here before-" the moment Arthur opened the door she noticed a change in his demenor, he was looking in front of him at a very young looking man who it seems was their prof. by the way he apologized.

Muzai realizing they must have been late paniced a bit and hurridly bowed to the man,her arm than snapped up making Athur bow down as well. she turned her head a little to look at him, frowning a little. Muzai looked to be having a lectruing experssion, her cheek was puffed out a bit. holding her lollipop Muzai raised towards his face, one hand on her hip "silly Athur dont you know that your supposed to bow when apologizing to a superior" her patronizing look doon turned to that of a cheeky smile "oh what am i saying i sound like an old hag" grinning she let go of him so the both of them could stand back up.

Muzai was rather curious as to what just happened between the two and without even thinking she jumped forwards right onto his desk her bell jingled softly with her sudden movment. Muzai switched to her right eye, looking at his colors swirled mainly with surprise since well, she surprised him. Muzai grinned and offered him her hand like she had seen other people do. even though she had no idea what the gesture meant "hi im Muzai and im going to become a Death Scythe or at least thats what Arthur says will do which i have no doubt he will go back on his word" giving the both of them a prideful smile.

"No need to apologize, class hasn't started yet, go take you're seats" Gray smiled, but then Muzai introduced herself and he looked extremely shocked. It's Muzai! What's going on here?, Gray thought, but he didn't speak up about it. "Ok, now that your here, we have almost everyone. You can talk amongst yourselves while we wait for the final people t arrive". Gray knew he had to talk to Muzai, and also to ask her why she introduced herself, didn't she remember him? Gray saved that thought and chuckled to himself, Arthur must have gotten quite a shock when he saw that it was me who is going to teach.

Bang pouted at her well informed answer, her smile reminding him that Chamile was much older than him and therefore he couldn't beat her when it came to discovering things. It also reminded him of a pretentious snake, but maybe that was from the ill feeling of being outdid. Honestly, he would try harder if it wasn't so boring! "Right! The Looking Glass of Serpentine!" He exclaimed, replacing disappointment for revelation, and like a child he carefully listened to her following words of wisdom - or, knowledge. Was there a difference?

Her story went something like this: Blah blah blah history and old, sleeping witches. What was really interesting was how the mirror actually existed, and that what he had heard wasn't just a made up fairy tale! If it had been he would be mortified! He would have melted into a puddle of embarrassment! Luckily that wasn't the case and he remained as solid as ever. Once her explanation was finished the boy nodded his head, parting his lips to tell the group his not-so-much-of-a-plan plan.

However his upcoming words were interrupted before they even began by none other than Kari, the bee wonder. Bang couldn't stop his shoulders from jutting upwards at the boy's hoarse voice. It sounded like his throat much be made out of sandpaper, with glass vocal cords! Did he ever speak? He didn't think so, and Bang looked curiously up to the taller witch, noticing something strange in his eyes that he didn't recognize ever existing before. Then again, he never really payed attention to those sort of things. Maybe Kari's yellow and black eyes were always shining in gaiety?

Something told him that this wasn't so. But if he wanted to help, who was Bang to say no? He could certainly come in handy! "Great! Consider yourself part of the team, we should come up with a cool name. Like, Dynamo Deluxe." Bang grinned and looked forward again, miraculously falling back into topic. "If we find it," He began, mimicking Chamile and leaning closer. "Then wouldn't that make us incredibly lucky? Everyone here has been ignoring what's important because of DWMA. It's totally lame, for real." He rolled his eyes for good measure, then looked back at her, boldly maintaining eye contact. "I think we should put them back in their place."

Finally. Andrius thought as Masamune separated from the crowd and made his way over to him. The redhead tilted his head to the side quizzically when his partner got closer and he saw the slaw marks on his face. He rolled his eyes and, when his friend was close enough, pinched at his cheeks playfully. "You shouldn't have made me wait, asshole." He growled, smacking Masamune's right cheek lightly before shoving his hands back in his pockets and waiting for his explanation.

"Sorry I'm late I had a hectic time just getting here and if your wondering what happened to my face well let's just say I better steer clear of cats for a little while." A grin spread across Andrius's face and he laughed along with his partner at his friend's misfortune.

"It's cool, but don't do it again." He chuckled, reaching forward and taking the schedule from Masamune's hand. He checked the first class before stuffing the piece of paper into his jeans pocket and checking his watch. "We should have enough time to get there, we're heading to Professor Archon's room."

"Good thing I didn't lose my shoes this time, eh?"

Andrius looked at his friend's beat up face and busted up laughing, "Bozhe moy, Tsubaki, it's a wonder you ever remember your shoes." He joked, elbowing his weapon partner in the ribs. "Now let's get to class before you remember to forget anything else."

He led his friend through the familiar halls and quickly found his way to the professor's room. "Izvinite, sir," Andrius apologized upon entering the room. "My partner got in a pretty serious brawl with a cat and was a bit late to give me my schedule." He sent a knowing look back at Masamune and had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.

He stuck his hands into his pocket and found a seat next to a young girl with red hair and two toned eyes.

Muzai

Muzai looked at Professor Archon with a curious gaze, her gold eye swirled with different shades of gold. her right eye saw everything; she took note of the surprise as well as the recognition. there were swirls of light purple 'he must be strong, I wonder how strong'and hints of red. Muzai grinned and jumped back, landing lightly on her feet besides Arthur and led him to a seat in the third row.

Muzai sighed with content, unwrapping a new lollipop and stuck it in her mouth. she leaned back lacing her hands behind her head, switching her right for her left so now the only color you could see was her left red eye. a young man sat next to her with similar colored hair like hers Muzai smiled at him as a way of hello. she noticed his partner had scratches all over his face and she tried to hold back a laugh but it didn't go well, but it came out as a small chuckle. "I see the cat did you a good one" chuckling, Muzai shook her head, the bell in her hair jingled a soft yet clear note.


[color=green] Chamile [color]

with one raised eye brow Chamile stared at him with what seemed to be an expression of disapproval at being called the Dynamo Deluxe. her face broke into a playful smile as she closed the distance between Bang and herself, her lips brushed his ear as she whispered "there is no such thing as luck boy only those who are destined to come out on top". Chamile stepped away from him and turned to face the others, "well it seems we have gathered a group of rather strong witches hmm. so tell me who knows of a way to find the Looking Glass?" her question was soon answered by Karbachi "of service tell me boy what makes you so sure that what you have to offer will be good enough?" provoking the male witch.

Gray laughed at hearing about the cat, he looked towards the scratched up student "You have to watch out for cats, the are very ferocious beasts" Gray said, holding back a laugh. "We are a bit behind schedule, so lets start class, since it is the first day, I will cut the rest of the people who are late some slack. Ok let's start with introductions, I already know most of your names, but for those of you who don't know me, I'm Proffesor Gray Archon, but you can call me Gray. Alright, now that I have introduced myself, it's your turn, when I point to you, stand and state your name, if you feel like it you can tell something about yourself, but enough of me dragging on" Gray pointed to Andrius "Why don't you start us off?". Gray knew what they would start with as soon as they finished introductions, and it would shock everyone.

Asuna got up out of her slumber, usually she was up and atom alot earlier than alot of the other students. But today of all days she had to sleep in. She might as well have jumped into her clothing after seeing the time, she was late and she was never late. She got her bag together and left her flat and gunned it to DWMA. In the whole five years she has been at the academy this was her first time being late.

When she got to the steps leading up to the school she didn't stop to catch her breath, she needed to get to class and the whole time she was running to class she was thinking "Oh my god we have a new teacher today, I hope he doesn't think im some kind of slacker,I hope Ryner is there then I will have some on to sit next too.

Asuna got to class at the moment when Andrius was asked to start off something. She sort burst in with a gasp of air taking a much need breath. Now she was in class she could relax. She looked nobody was staring.....yet .

"Sorry Professor"

Asuna then bowed and slightly hopped to an empty seat next to Ryner and let out a sigh of relief. She turned to him and asked "Hey Ryner, what did I miss ???

Asuna looked round she noticed that there was very few face she recognised she was a little unprepared for this, she knew there would be new people but not quite as many as there was.

Stepping in after his partner Masamune gave a sigh when Andrius said he got in a brawl with a cat. "brawl really? i may fight allot but come on that's how your going to word the whole thing...well ok then." he said finding an empty seat far enough away from others then sat down. 'i swear it's just not my day first i get lost in a city i've lived in for half my life then a cat claws my face like a scratching post.' he thought resting his arm on the desk and placing his chin in the palm of his hand after the stinging subsided. 'can't wait till we find an good mission that's open.' hearing the girl laugh at him he just turned his head away. "yeah yeah go ahead and laugh it up go ahead and get it out of your system." shrugging he nodded at the teachers words and of course when the lessons were about to begin another student burst in completely breathless. 'and i thought i was late' Masamune thought looking out a window.

'late..We're late..'
That was the only thing running through her mind as Katsu ran up the stairs with much irritation.
Why were they late? Well, if somebody slept earlier maybe they could have made it.. But no, Tetsuko just had to watch whatever it was last night.. 'And its our 2nd year..'
A dark aura started to surround her as she was reminded of it, but it was barely noticeable and was slightly faded out so... that was sign that her partner was safe from any harm. Lucky her.
"Come on Tetsuko- faster..!" Katsu called.

But that morning her patience was clearly at a down low, so not wanting to wait anymore, she sped up, her body turning blurry as she ziged zagged through the crowds without much notice. And at the sight of the academy, she closed her eyes, hoping to feel the aura of a mass souls. More specifically the soul of meisters and weapons..

There.

Locating a bunch of them in a room above, she decided to take the easy way in. Through the window..
But she stopped mid-way as she turned to see Tetsuko's progress. The weapon wasent the best and hardly was at par with her speed.. but her stamina was amazing nevertheless- so she had trust in her partner that she'll catch up.
'If not, she'll be cleaning up the house tonight..'
Slipping up the walls, she clinged onto the window, before pulling herself up. However she almost fell back as she came in contact of another student [Musamune] who was staring out the window. 'that scared me...' She blinks, but took the chance to crack open the window and slipping in, while the teacher wasent looking. 'Safe..' Hopefully.
Slipping into a seat, she laid her hand on the one next to her, naturally wanting to save one for her sister.

[Sorry for the choppiness of the post, kinda in a hurry ><]

"For the student that just crawled into class, there ARE easier ways to get into the room, but I do admire your creativity" Gray smiled, the student that had just arrived thought that they could pull the wool over his eyes eh? Well, she might have been prepared to get to class quietly, a plan that failed in the end, but no one was going to be prepared for the first lesson. Gray turned and looked at the student that came through the window. "I do hope your partner doesn't try the trick you did, there are only a few people I know that can climb flat walls" Gray didn't want to mention that he was one of these people, he didn't want to appear arrogant.

Ryner wondered where Asuna was, since she usually woke up around the same time he did. He had good stamina, but not superhuman. The only reason he got to the DWMA so quickly was: The fact that he had a bike. If he didn't have a bike, he probably would have been as tired as a cheetah late to work, assuming cheetahs working was a normal thing where you lived. He began counting the amount of time it would take Asuna to get to the DWMA, but he was still making sure to pay attention to the introduction by the Andrius person that would be soon to come.

There she was, she managed to be late, surprisingly. Ryner expected cats and dogs to start raining, but then again, that could be a normality for another location. His normality was hardly universal. He would have laughed about her lateness, but she seemed geniunely tired. He expected stares to quickly turn to her, but surprisingly, no one looked. "Sorry Professor" Such formality, wouldn't be expected of Ryner. This little statement would probably crush any hopes of anonymity she had. She was probably delusional, but then again, who was he to judge what was delusional? He was probably the most susceptible to madness, and he would probably be one of the first targets. Then again, he would probably blow off any new madness added to his persona. "Hey Ryner, what did I miss?" She turned to him when she asked this. "Not much, from what I can tell." He was still a bit distracted, waiting for Andrius to introduce himself. Ryner didn't like introducing himself, since it was simply repeating the same things over and over again, even if he changed the way he said those phrases. He guessed that perhaps seeing new faces would be enjoyable, but he couldn't guage his boredome, science hadn't invented a way to gauge such an abstract concept. Trying to gauge boredom, would be like trying to gauge how much a number weighs. Meaning, that it would probably be entirely probably, if you had the correct tools, but the result would never be constant. "Oh wait, you did miss the first part of class. But, that was just time for students to mingle, and late students to get here." Ryner emphasized the word "late", so he could tease slightly. He didn't like being mean, but he trusted that Asuna wouldn't break off their relationship over something so infantile. "Just kidding," Ryner added, " anyways, are we going for any assignments this week?" Ryner, like many others, didn't "taste" souls, instead he "felt" the texture of souls. He couldn't describe how a soul "tasted" to someone who hadn't done so before. It would be like telling a blind person about the color red.

"Look at the window," Ryner began saying under his breathe, since he only wanted Asuna to hear him. He noticed movement out of his peripheral vision. He at first thought it was a bird, so he paid close attention. He had only once held a bird in his hands, but the bird had been damaged and had been slightly tinted red. He did however, notice that the thing was too awkward to be a bird, so it must have been another human, unless it was a witch. In that case, the witch would have to be stupid, suicidal, extremely strong, or a combination of all the aforementioned adjectives. He would have laughed, but he didn't like bringing attention to others. "For the student that just crawled into class, there ARE easier ways to get into the room, but I do admire your creativity." Gray smiled, and so did Ryner. Ryner's smile, however, was calm and as if he knew something everyone else didn't. "I do hope your partner doesn't try the trick you did, there are only a few people I know that can climb flat walls" Gray made it seem as if he could, but Ryner seriously doubted this. Ryner's father, Alexander Lute, could fail at climbing walls with his hands, but he could run up walls without a problem. Ryner highly doubted the girl's partner would be foolish enough to try infiltrating through an already compromised entrance or an already used entrance, since spreading forces could be an advantage. Ryner hoped that this first day wouldn't be boring, he should have been careful what he wished for. Wait... that girl, she had the same color hair as his father did. This was interesting, slightly.

Miyamoto Tetsuko

Tetsuko always enjoyed waking up early. She liked taking her time eating breakfast in peace, doing her morning exercises, and arriving early enough at school so she could chat with friends before classes began.

This was not one of those days. In fact, the combination of watching too much television last night and forgetting to change the batteries in the alarm clock meant that this morning couldn’t have been any more contrasting to her normal routine. She skipped breakfast, threw on some clothes in a hurry, dedicated all of 5 seconds to get rid of her “bed head” hairstyle, and flew out the apartment door not far behind her partner, Katsu.

The two of them ran through the streets of Death City, and quickly enough found their way to the giant staircase leading up to Shibusen. Running up the staircase was tiresome, but Tetsuko tried her best to maintain a decent speed. Keep moving, she told herself, Just keep moving, and we’ll be there in no time. Besides, this is like a morning jog, right? Who am I kidding, this is more of a morning long-distance sprint, up an unforgiving staircase. I can do this.

And that was when she heard Katsu say, “Come on Tetsuko- faster…!” before taking off in a blur of speed through the crowded plaza at the top of the stairs.
To some, that statement could have been seen as an encouraging cheer.
To some, it could have even be a complaint.
But to Tetsuko, all she heard was a challenge.
And Tetsuko could never refuse a challenge.

Tetsuko’s blood was on fire as a surge of adrenaline sent her flying up the rest of the staircase and onto the plaza. From there she ran through the open doors of the school and down the hallways, the thrill and enjoyment of a competition pushing her to go ever faster. As she began climbing an inner staircase to reach the second floor, she realized that Katsu was nowhere in sight. Is this really happening? Tetsuko thought, Did I actually pass by Katsu through the crowded plaza? … Am I actually winning against Katsu in a race for speed? Tetsuko didn’t dare turn around to confirm her theory, since even that simple act would have been an opening for Katsu to pass her by. Katsu was always better at sprinting than Tetsuko was, and the thought of beating her for once motivated Tetsuko even more.

With as much speed as she could muster, Tetsuko bolted through the final stretch of hallway. The classroom door was left open, allowing Tetsuko to begin sliding to a stop only after she passed through the doorway. She managed a small victory pose before falling to her knees in exhaustion.
“Made it!” Tetsuko managed to say between heavy breaths, and slowly managed to stand up again and find herself a seat. It was only then that Tetsuko spotted her partner already sitting at a desk, waiting for her.

“How… did you… get in… the classroom… I didn’t see you… in the hallway…” Tetsuko managed to say while she was slowly recovering from overexerting herself. Tetsuko didn’t really feel angry at realizing her defeat, instead just puzzled at how Katsu could have made it to the classroom so fast.

Pausing a little longer to catch her breath, Tetsuko took a seat next to Katsu and smiled. “That was actually rather fun, but I wouldn’t want to make that into a new routine.”

Arthur was still struck with surprise, and and mulling over the irony of having one of the deciding factors in his decision not to become a meister, teach him how to be a meister. Allowing himself to be lead to their seats, it occurred to Arthur that Gray's, or Professor as he should probably call him now, expression had changed when Muzai had introduced himself. Since he had promised her he'd help her regain her memory, this needed looking into.

Another thing that was bothering Arthur was his promise to make Muzai a Death Scythe. While he would never, ever, break a promise, he still couldn't help but wonder exactly how he'd accomplish this without being a great meister. Well, given the fact that Muzai seemed to be some sort of amnesiac ninja, with quite a punch, he added, touching the black eye she'd accidentally given him when he'd tried to wake her up. That could probably balance things out.

Arthur was suddenly snapped out of these thoughts when Muzai's hair hit him in the face, the bell in it letting out a soft chime. It was probably for the better, as worrying was an unfortunate habit of his, and he sometimes needed to be snapped out of it. Looking over to see if he could determine the reason he was just assaulted with hair, Arthur saw his partner chatting with the students next to them. Not wanting to interrupt, he offered a nod of acknowledgement, before returning to his game. Though he would keep an ear open in case the Professor called on him. Speaking of which, when was the boy who'd been clawed by a cat going to start them off anyway?

Sorry guys, double post. :'(

Andrius laughed along with the girl he was sitting with and when he was finished, he looked to his partner's face and sighed, poking Masamune's elbow. "C'mon Tsubaki, lighten up." He said, smiling at his close friend. His attention quickly changed direction, however, when he saw the girl climb in through the window followed shortly after by her partner. Andrius grinned, "How come we didn't do that, eh Masamune?" He chuckled leaning back in his chair comfortably.

Professor Gray started off by introducing himself and then telling them that their first activity was to introduce themselves to the rest of the class. Andrius didn't see it as being entirely necessary seeing as he knew almost all of the students who had been to the DWMA in previous years, but he played along.

"Why don't you start us off?" The teacher said, pointing a finger towards the red-headed meister.

Shrugging, Andrius stood up and took a moment to look at each of his classmates. He coughed into his fist and then smiled. "Menya zovut Andrius Kouligowski." He said, leaning over in a mock bow. "Let's see...I'm from Amargosa Valley, Nevada but my grandparents were from Russia so I know the language. I'm a meister and my partner is this lovely fellow here, Masamune." Andrius chuckled and sat back down, leaning back into his seat comfortably.

"Alright, next why don't you introduce yourself" Gray pointed at Arthur with a slight smirk. Arthur... I wonder what he will say? It's probably going to be interesting nonetheless! Gray opened a drawer in his desk and looked through it for a moment, after he looked at something (it was hidden from the class) for a few seconds, he placed it back in the drawer, then closed and locked the drawer he put it in to.

While he seemed to be involved in matters of his own, or at least was trying to appear that way, Arthur listened intently to the introductions made by Andrius. Unfortunately, he hadn't explained what he'd done to anger a cat so much, though that was probably to be expected.

Arthur was quite interested in what the object in Gray's desk drawer might be, but unfortunately he couldn't see what it was. At the professor's suggestion, the small boy stood and began to speak. "As you are aware sir, I am Arthur Andrew Atlas Archer, scion of the Archer family. I say this only for clarification, as I've no intention of trying to achieve the things they did, other than making their weapons into Death Scythes." Gesturing to indicate Muzai, who was sitting beside him, he added. "This is my partner Muzai Rey."

After a short pause, Arthur sat back down and resumed his gaming, leaving a moment for Muzai to jump in and take his place, if she felt the need. Though his earbuds were firmly in place, the volume was off, and their owner currently attempting to covertly observe his surroundings.

Muzai

she smiled at Arthur when he introduced himself and when he sat down she took this chance to introduce herself to the rest of the class. grinning from one end to the other Muzai jumped up and twirled around to face them, her bell jingled again and she gave a small bow before coughing into her fist in an almost comical way.

"well as my meister has said I am Muzai Rey, a scythe weapon and Arthur here is my partner. unfortunately I cant tell you anything about myself as I'm still trying to figure that out myself on who I am and Arthur here said he is going to help me remember and I trust he will so don't get in his way" she had been smiling at them during her little speech, but the moment she mentioned her past and not remembering her smile faltered for a moment.

sitting back down Muzai sighed heavily but it was a happy sigh and she turned her head to look at Arthur. seeing him play his little game she was curious as to what he was playing and leaned over to see what it was. their sides touched and a strand of Muzai's hair drifted from her sudden movement to land softly across his face. Muzai smiled at him before speaking "so whacha got there Arthur I don't think I've seen one of those before" her eye sparkled with curiosity as she waited eagerly fro Arthur to respond.

Another expression of shock crossed Gray's face when Muzai said she had lost her memory. So that's why... Gray quickly regained composure and looked around the class, his eyes finally settling on Hikari, he pointed to her "Why don't you go next" Gray said calmly, but in his mind he was thinking about things six levels above the average person. As soon as the school day is over I need to speak with her, Gray made a mental note of that and leaned back in his chair.

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“That was actually rather fun, but I wouldn’t want to make that into a new routine.”

Katsu gave a soft smile towards her partner, patting her on the head, glad that she gave such a effort.- "Doesnt mean we shouldnt." She teased quietly. "It's good training. and punishment."

-But then again, this was Tetsou.. so no real surprise there 'The energetic weapon..and sister..' Katsu tells herself, secretly happy..- 'hm?'
A distant chuckle hit her ears like a note, and she curiously gave a side glance towards the direction. What was so funny. She thought as she turned to look, only to catch eye of the one who found whatever, amusing... Though giving him a quick look over, she decided to look away. This wasent the last she was going to see of him.. so why waste time on questioning the, currently, unanswerable curiosity?..
So-
Resting her head upon the desk, she enjoyed the chill of the wood, and felt relaxed, almost to the point where she closed her eyes. But no she instead began to study both new and old studen- rivals, who were in the room. Worthy, strong...
Yes, this year was going to be interesting. She could just feel it, defiantly with the amount of chained souls.
No amateurs. Or so she assumed...
Oh and dont forget about this professor. Yes, an interesting elder he was.. Katsu already took a liking to him, right when she entered the room [through the window]
Even with those humor filled comments, she could see a wise, calculating glimmer within his young eyes... Interesting really.
Maybe this would be the class she didnt fall asleep in..

[Quick Post]

Hikari nodded at the Professor'd instructions. She stood slowly and bowed to the class slightly. "I'm Hikari Toko. I'm a meister specializing in melee combat. My goal is the same as all meisters. To rid the world of kishin eggs and make my weapon into a Death Scythe. This is my partner Innes." With that she sat down and began drawing in her note book waiting for the class to finish introductions and the actual learning to begin.

Double posted sorry

Innes had barely paid any attention to the introductions and such that were taking place around him. After the first minute of a weird girl jumping onto desks and people climbing through the window, he'd done his utmost to tune them out. What snapped him out of his distracted state was Hikari standing up to introduce herself. Barely catching the end of her introduction, he hastily stood up to state his own greeting.

"Hello. I'm Innes Ross, age 18 and also Hikari's partner. I'm a weapon that transforms into a gunblade. I've only lived here for a few years now, so please take care of me." he bowed slightly and tugged at his beanie again as he sat down.

His face had flushed slightly while he was talking, since he wasn't comfortable in the least with groups like the one they were in, much less talking in front of all of them. Sinking down slightly in his seat, he took a deep breath to calm himself down. His right hand instinctively went to the red tattoo of his family's crest that was situated over his heart. Brushing his hand over the ink, he sighed and turned his attention back to his notebook. Flipping it open to the front page, he scribbled a note between several of the drawings that were taking over the page. Turning his notebook toward Hikari, he tapped the page with his pen to catch her attention.

Lunch and practice later? My treat.

The handwriting was neat and simple, almost too much so, as Innes noted with a sigh. Handwriting had never particularly been his forte when he was growing up. He'd had other things that were more important to him than his print and even in the present it fell at the bottom of his priority list.

Miyamoto Tetsuko

"Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. It's good training. and punishment."

Tetsuko returned a smile back to Katsu. Training was never a form of punishment for Tetsuko. To her, training was an enjoyable experience that allowed her to improve her abilities. It was always a controlled environment where you could afford to make mistakes, unlike when you’re on a mission…

Turning her attention back to the class, she noticed that her fellow students were beginning to introduce themselves. She listened to everyone’s introductions, making an effort to remember all of their names and paying attention to which classmates were meisters and which ones were weapons.

During a brief lull through all the introductions, Tetsuko took notice of Professor Archon. Wow, he looks pretty young for a teacher, Tetsuko thought to herself. He must be some sort of genius if he graduated at such a young age. Probably pretty powerful too. Wait, what is he doing? It looks like he’s taking something out of the drawer. It must be something important if… no wait he put it back! AND he locked the drawer!

Without a moment lost, Tetsuko tugged on Katsu’s sleeve to get her attention.
“Hey sis,” Tetsuko whispered, “what do you think is in that drawer? I didn’t get to see it.”

Hikari smiled as Innes introduced himself. 'He's getting better about talking in front of people a while ago he would have just frozen. Once he finished his introduction he sat down and she noticed as his hand almost instinctively moved to his heart. She went back to her doodling not paying attention to the rest of the introductions. After a while a tapping alerted her to a note written on a doodle covered page. 'Lunch and practice later? My treat.' She smiled her head still down. She would never tell anyone but she loved how simple her partner was. He never made anything complicated with word games. Short sweet and to the point. It just made everything easier not having to guess what he was talking about. She reached up and wrote a quick note in another open space.

'Sure sounds like fun' She flashed a smile to her partner and went back to drawing waiting for class to be dismissed. They probably weren't going to learn anything new on the first day any way.

Asuna smiled when Ryner said she hadn't missed much. She looked around again waiting for Andrius to introduce himself. She headed Ryner saying look at the window. Asuna look round and saw some student crawl throuh the window, she thought at least it was a hell of alot stealthier than my entrance. She turned back to face the teacher and she relaxed more and finally took her long red coat off and listened to the other students introduce themselves. She used this time to rehers what she was going to say.

It seemed today was a day of first for Asuna because for the first time she wrote a note in the middle of class. It said

Ryner

Do you want to practice at lunch I fell a little rusty.

"Next how about you" Gray pointed to Ryner. Should have been more discreet with the drawer, I don't need anyone prying, Gray thought, annoyed at himself. He scanned the class, it looked like people were writing notes to their partners. "I must tell you writing notes to each other is not allowed" Gray said seriously, then a grin crossed his face "Why don't you just speak with each other? You are right next to each other".

Ryner watched as Andrius stood up and surveyed the room. "Menya zovut Andrius Kouligowski. Andrius said this in Russian. Ryner understood a bit of Russian, and he had enough common sense to know that Andrius was introducing himself. "Let's see...I'm from Amargosa Valley, Nevada but my grandparents were from Russia, so I know the language. Andrius just revealed how he understood Russian. "I'm a meister and my meister is this lovely fellow here, Masamune." Andrius chuckled and sat down. Ryner thought that he would like this meister, since Andrius seemed to be happy. Ryner turned his attention to the newly addressed student, Arthur. "As you are aware sir, I am Arthur Andrew Atlas Archer, scion of the Archer family. I saw this only for classification, as I've no intention of trying to achieve the things they did, other than making their weapons into Dead Scythes." Arthur seemed to have the same view towards expectations as Ryner did. "well as my meister has said i am Muzai Rey, a scythe weapon and Arthur here is my partner, unfortunately I cant tell you anything about myself as I'm still trying to figure out myself on who I am and Arthur here said he is going to help me remember and i trust he will so don't get in his way" She appeared much more different than Arthur, but this was only the impression Ryner got. Ryner hoped that he wouldn't make any enemies or rivals. He wondered why the girl(Hikari) addressed bothered to bow. "I'm Hikari Toko, I'm a meister specializing in melee combat. My goal is the same as all meisters." She seemed to assume that all meisters had that goal. Ryner thought that she shouldn't foolishly think that all meisters had the same goal, since some only wanted to make their weapons a Death Scythe. It mattered not the goal, it only mattered what would happen to reach that goal and what would happen due to that goal being accomplished. For example: One could kill everyone in the world, justifying their actions with the theory that there would be no Kishin Eggs if there are no people to consume souls. Ryner would have pointed this out, but, he wasn't completely sure if his mentality was correct, and he didn't want to be embarrassed. "and make my weapon into a Death Scythe." She continued without stopping. If he had pointed out his argument from earlier, he would have been extremely embarrassed. He was relieved that he hadn't stupidly jumped in and interrupted. " This is my partner Innes." She continued. Ryner watched her sit down, then he returned his attention to his partner. However, the boy named Innes stood up and began his own introduction. Ryner noticed the weapon(Iness)'s face flushing, but he tried not to show that he noticed this. Ryner focused his senses, since he wanted to know what weapon types there would be. "Hello. I'm Innes Ross, age 18 and also Hikari's partner. I'm a weapon that transforms into a gunblade. I've only lived here for a few years now, so please take care of me. innes bowed slightly. Please take care of me? What a strange statement. Ryner wondered what a gunblade would look like. He brushed his curiousity away, he would find out eventually. Ryner adverted his eyes from the seemingly uncomfortable weapon, as to not cause any more nervousness. Ryner was smiling slyly when Asuna appeared to be writing a note in class. He quickly read the paper, then answered by talking, "So I guess that means we wont get to go on a mission. Oh, to answer your question, yes, I would like to practice."

"Next how about you' Gray pointed to the ever so lovely Ryner. Ryner stood up, calmly and composed. He felt no need no be nervous about talking to people he felt no attachment to. He was about to start, but Gray began speaking again. "I must tell you writing notes to each other is not allowed" Gray said this. Ryner wanted to begin messing with the teacher, but he decided against it. He didn't want to be given extra assignments. "Why don't you just speak with each other? You are right next to each other." Gray added. Rude, I was just about to start. Ryner thought this to himself. "I'm hoping that I can introduce myself now without interruptions." Ryner teased slightly. If the teacher spoke again, then the teacher would be proving Ryner's point. If the teacher didn't speak, then it would appear as if the teacher didn't notice what Ryner said. Then again, Ryner could be the one to be embarrassed. Then again, Ryner probably wouldn't care if he was lectured in front of these students. Oh crap, I forgot that my dad works here. Unluckily for him, his father was a teacher here. "Anyways, on to my introduction." Ryner began calmly. "My name is Ryner Lute, son of Alexander Lute and some other person." Ryner forgot his mother's name, so he dubbed her 'person'. "I am a weapon, a scythe to be precise. My meister is Asuna Yamagata." Ryner paused before adding something else, "Do not expect me to be the same as my father." Ryner didn't like people expecting more out of him just because his father was good at killing kishin eggs. Ryner sat down and smiled lightly, hiding some mysterious emotion. He waited for Asuna to either take his place, or wait to be called upon.

After Ryner had finished his introduction and before Gray could ask someone else Asuna stood up and introduced herself. Confidently she spoke with her blue eyes staring right at the teacher "My name is Asuna Yamagata, I am 18 years of age and I am a scythe Meister and i will make Ryner a death Scythe even if it kills me" . She then scanned the room and continued " I am an Orphan. My mother and father are dead". Asuna sat back in her seat. She decided not to tell them that she had a baby boy who also died. that was a subject still to sore to talk about.

Asuna allowed herself think of Theodore for a moment, she could also remember his smell, the wonderful smell of a new baby and his adorable little face. A tear rolled down her cheek and she sniffed. Asuna missed him. She turned to Ryner and asked "so practice What do you want to do for it???".She wiped her tear away.

Arthur watched the others talk amongst themselves, passing notes and the like. Frankly he was surprised Gray allowed it. He was even more surprised to hear the professor all but condone it. Though, now that Arthur thought about it, it sort of made sense. If a weapon and meister were to be an effective team, communication between the two was key. Speaking of which, he hadn't spoken with Muzai since they entered the classroom, though he hadn't been doing so deliberately; he just hadn't thought of anything to say.

"So.." he asked quietly, "any of this jog any memories yet?"

It was the best he could think of for the moment, and hopefully it was better than nothing. One of the others' introductions struck him as odd, both because it was unasked for, and the fact that apparently the girl thought that they didn't know what the word "orphan" meant. For multiple reasons, Arthur didn't say anything about it, but was still slightly annoyed by what was either a veiled insult, or a verbal blunder.

Muzai

she shook her head no a frown on her face. "i still remember nada" she said leaning back she propped her chin on her elbow looking at Arthur. Muzai noticed the slight expression of annoyence cross his face after the girl Asuna introduced herself. then reaching out she brushed some hair way from Arthurs forehead before giving it a little flick. her finger left a small red dot in the middle of Arthurs head and she grinned chuckling "oh you look you have the third eye! oh tell me what can you see" she said leaning forewards in her seat closer than she was before next to Arthur.

Muzais than raised one had making a makeshift eye glass over her right eye before switching eyes. "i wonder if that'll go away anytime soon i hope it doesnt cuz now you have the third eye and your just like me. seeing what no one else can see except . . .well . . . umm . . . what was i gonna say. . ." her brow furrowed trying to remember what she was going to say.

then her face brightened as she rememebered what it was she wanted to say. "oh now i remember now turn that frown upside down" grinning at Arthur.

"Alright now that the introductions are over it's time for the first lesson" Gray stood up and walked in front of his desk "Who wants to duel me first?" He was only fighting his student because he wanted to test their strength. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Gray smiled, he thought that Arthur would be suprised at this, knowing Gray's strength. "I'll give you thirty seconds before I choose the partners who will duel me".

Miyamoto Tetsuko

Tetsuko was mildly distracted through the rest of the introductions as she tried to imagine what the professor was hiding in his drawer. Paying attention wasn’t too difficult, since people tended to generally say the same things. Some of the introductions were casual and carefree, while others were grumpy or not wanting to be associated with their family. Asuna’s introduction, however, was quite different from the rest. Well, that was a little… unusual, Tetsuko thought, Why would she tell us that her whole family is dead?

Tetsuko didn’t have too much time to ponder another mystery, since Professor Archon began moving things along. "Alright now that the introductions are over it's time for the first lesson. Who wants to duel me first?"

“Professor!” Tetsuko shouted as she stood up from her seat, “Katsu and I didn’t do our introductions yet!”
Having made her presence known, Tetsuko continued. “Hello and good morning everyone! My name is Miyamoto Tetsuko, and a few years ago I discovered I was a weapon! Oh, and this is my partner and sister Katsu Hayashi! And… um…”
Think, Tetsuko, think! Say something interesting about yourself like everyone else did!
Trying to avoid pausing for too long in the middle of her introduction, Tetsuko blurted out the first thing that popped into her head, “And I’d like to duel you!”
Hmm, maybe that wasn’t the best way to introduce myself. She sat back down and looked at Katsu. Oh, and I probably should have asked her first before volunteering. Sorry Katsu! I’ll make it up to you next time.

Yuzuki was all for the introduction of herself but at this moment she was all involved in waiting for her new partner to arrive so that she could get both introduced to him, and could then she could then make their introduction to their teacher. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Smiling Yuzuki stands up and raises her hand, "Sir I would enjoy to see how far my abilities have gone but would you mind too terribly for my partner to show up?" Moving her hair from her face she walked down to the front of the class and stood in front of Gray and bowed slightly. I won't mind a quick spar not sure about my partner but I would love to sir." Smiling warmly she then leaned against the wall by the door and looked silently towards it. "Also sir, as a weapon I do know how to defend myself but I can't hold my own alone so please, just wait until he appears I would really appreciate it."

Arthur's eyes widened slightly at Muzai's gesture, but he quickly returned to his normal state. That is until the comment about the third eye reached him, to which he responded "With this eye, I can foresee events that have yet to transpire. You have pulled fate's trigger, and the bullet of your destiny passes through many on its path, but its destination is unknown even to myself." Rubbing the mark off his head, Arthur then hung backwards while barely holding onto his seat. As a result, the frown on his face was indeed upside down, along with the majority of his body. "Like this?" he asked in a monotone.

Hearing Gray's lesson plan caused Arthur's expression to darken considerably. His first instinct was to accept the implied challenge, and prove just how much better he'd gotten since they'd last fought. Of course, this didn't fall very well within his decision to not care about becoming a great meister. Unsure of what to do, he looked to his partner. "Your call." It was then that two more students volunteered. "Ah, it would appear the situation has decided our course for us." Arthur quickly pushed aside any feelings of disappointment. Scratch that; he wasn't disappointed at all. Why should he be? He wasn't interested in any of this, after all. Thus went Arthur's flimsy self-deception.

"Alright, you'll be second" Gray smiled and looked at Miyamoto "Since you are so eager, why don't you go first while we wait for Yuzuki's partner. Hmm?" Gray waited for her answer while he resolved the strategy, he was going to take the defensive and see how they would attack, then he would go for the offensive and see how their defence was. He knew that he could win the match no problem, but this was about learning, not reputation.

Atomsk ran through the hallways fervently, rushing to get to class. First day and he was already late. This was incredibly out of place for Atomsk. He was punctual to a ridiculous degree. It was joked you could set a clock by him. Somehow though, of all the days he NEEDED to be on time, he had slept through his alarms.

Atomsk was getting ready on the run. He threw bread into his toaster and started it before preparing the rest of his attire. He didn't bother showering, instead throwing on his clothes. He pulled on his shirt clumsily, and put on his boots in a rushed fashion, wishing he had regular shoes to speed up the process. The toast popped up, and he rushed over a scarrfed them both down. He chugged half of a quart of orange juice, not bothering with a glass. He ran out of his room, pulling his hair back into its pony tail as he ran, and putting his earrings in clumsily.

The hallways were mostly empty, most everyone already in class. His boots made a large clomp with each step, leading it to resonate through the hallways. He burst through a doorway, only to realize he was in the wrong class. After receiving a few weird stares, he promptly closed the door and began his search once more. He was excited to meet his new partner, hoping that it would go better then his number of partners the years before.

He found the right room this time. He burst through the doorway once more, and quickly stood at attention to the teacher at the front of the room. He noticed a few students standing, all girls. He made a rushed bow towards the teacher and began introducing himself, not waiting for approval. "I'm sorry for my tardiness sir! Atomsk Walker! Second Year! My partner is supposed to be Yuzuki Rinslet!" He then turned to the class, and made a small rushed bow once more. "Pleased to make all of your acquaintance!"

Startled by the sudden bursting figure through the door, she looked towards the door and caught her breath. "I'm sorry for my tardiness sir! Atomsk Walker! Second Year! My partner is supposed to be Yuzuki Rinslet!" So this is Atomsk huh? Wow... H-He's cute. Shaking her head from these thoughts she walked up to Atomsk "I'm your partner, nice to meet you." Turning to the class she then bowed her head and addressed herself. "I am Yuzuki Rinslet of the Rinslet conglomerate I hope we can get along together." After saying this she turned back to Atomsk and held out her hand, "it's nice to meet you Atomsk, I will be your weapon from here on out, please take care of me." Blushing slightly she continued, "Also I hope you don't mind but I volunteered us to go against the teacher as a starter class. We are to spar with him and show off our skills to the class, I hope you don't mind."

Muzai

Muzais eye widened some at his answer and smiled especially with how Arthur turned his frown upside down literlly by pretty much leaning back far enough that his frown looked like a smile now. Muzai laughed out loud but soon her attention was taken by the Prof. Archon saying something about a duel.

Arthur looked like no he did want to challenge him but he turned to Muzai asking her for permission "well if no one else-" then two other girls volenteered for the duel. Muzai could see her partners dissapointment but then it soon changed colors back to that same self doubt as before. her eye narrowed some and decided to go back to her left not wanting to see those colors anymore. sighing Muzai turned back to Arthur "you know you should have more confidence in your abilities Arthur dont be so hard on yourself for a moment i saw flashes of purple but the moment those two girls volenteered it was replaced with grays and blacks" frowning dissaporvinly at him.

before she could further lecture him a student burst in out of breathe and introducd himself. Muzai grinned and pretty much laid out on her desk waving her hand hello "Hi Atmosk-kun! its good to meet your aqcuantice too" she fell back into her chair her bell jingled again still grinning with excitment on how the duels will go next.

"Well look who showed up! And not a moment to soon! Alright, you two will still be second, after Miyamoto and Katsu" Gray turned to Miyamoto "You and your partner come up to the front, and we will start the duel" Gray wasn't surprised that Yuzuki and Atmosk hadn't met yet, it was common, or at least that's what he thought, not having a partner himself. "Hurry up, we haven't got all day, people are waiting" he said to Miyamoto, inpatient to starts he duel.

Atomsk was quickly introduced to his partner.

"It's nice to meet you Atomsk, I will be your weapon from here on out, please take care of me. Also I hope you don't mind but I volunteered us to go against the teacher as a starter class. We are to spar with him and show off our skills to the class, I hope you don't mind."

She put her hand out, expecting him to take it. She must be from a upper class family, used to servants. He instead took her hand, shaking it instead, awkwardly. HHe hated physical contact, but she was his partner. He was sure she could sense his hesitance, and his grip was weak and awkward, matched only because her hand was so tender. He noticed her blushing, and the tender way she held his hand. She seemed to be taken with him to a point, something that seemed to happen with him often. Even with his distant demeanor, women gravitated towards him. It bugged him really. His partner of all people too. He hadn't had a female partner before. He hoped it would pass, fearing it ruining yet another partnership. She smiled at him, and he forced an awkward smile himself. He didn't say hi, still feeling awkward and scared to converse. He looked to the teacher, now addressing them.

"Well look who showed up! And not a moment to soon! Alright, you two will still be second, after Miyamoto and Katsu" Atomsk bowed respectfully, and then began walking to the back of the room, expecting Yuzuki to follow. He looked backwards, struggling to look for a conversation starter. Realizing he knew nothing about his partner, he started at the most basic of places.

"So, uh, what is your weapon form?"

Ryner sat down before Asuna stood up and introduce herself. He expected a simple little introduction, but instead, he was surprised by a strange sort of confidence. "My name is Asuna Yamagata, I am 18 years of age and I am a scythe Meister and I will make Ryner a death Scythe even if it kills me." She seemed too willing to sacrifice herself. Ryner was about to say something, but decided not to. "I am an Orphan. My mother and father are dead." She said this. He wondered why she would bother with telling the rest of the students about her parents' death. He defintely wouldn't have. He absolutely hated being pitied. He didn't like when people cried, but, he decided not to do anything about the tear that slid down Asuna's face. If all she needed was comfort, then it wouldn't be a serious problem. "So practice. What do you want to do for it?" She wiped her own tear away. "Perhaps training in Soul Resonance would be a good idea." Ryner suggested this, since most Weapon Meister pairs had their own technique unique to them.

"Alright, now that introductions are over, it's time for the first lesson." Oh god, this was probably going to be the hardest lesson of the year. Ryner would be unprepared for this class's methods for teaching; therefore the first day would be the hardest and most lenient. "Who wants to duel me first?" Was Gray crazy? Probably. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Ryner had a calm and competitive smile on his face. He motioned for Asuna to not volunteer. "I'll give you thirty seconds before I choose the partners who will duel me." Gray said. Ryner hoped that he wouldn't be picked, but it was highly probable, since his father was a teacher here. "Professor!" Tetsuko shouted. The girl seemed interesting. Ryner was relieved that he probably wouldn't be picked.

Ryner was slightly startled by the sudden entrance of the new student(Atomsk), but he didn't show any signs of it. He calmly turned his attention back towards Gray. He would have volunteered, but, he had only a bit of knowledge upon Gray's fighting ability. "Let's wait a bit, I'm going to study our teacher's fighting ability." Ryner told this to Asuna, hoping to temporarily dissuade any idea of fighting. He decided it would be easier to figure out Gray's fighting style. Ryner's soul had a bit of Madness infection Distortion in it, appearing to have a giant clockwork gear on it. He was even further relieved when he learned that someone else would be second. He wouldn't have minded being third, but, he still wasn't going to volunteer.

Yuzuki chuckled for a second and looked at Atomsk. "My form is quite strange from others, you see unlike most contact weapons I'm a bow." She bowed her head and looked to him, "Atomsk since we're partners I want to know more about you but, I'll save that for later." Walking past him she took a seat in the front row and looked complacently at the professor. "So Professor I will wait until the others have done their sparring, until then I shall remain where I am." Motioning Atomsk over she smiled, "You should come sit by me so we can figure out what to do, and also I can learn more about you as well."

Putting her hand over her mouth she yawned slightly and looked around the class to the other students. "Also to all of you I'm always happy to converse with you as well, having friends is what makes life enjoyable right?" Having said that she looked back to the Professor again. "Before you do your sparring, where's your weapon sir? You may be a teacher but it's still common courtesy to use a weapon, even if it's unfair to the students."

"I am afraid I do not have a weapon partner at the moment, so I will fight without one" Gray was hoping that no one would inquire about his partner, but his hope was in vain. At least, Gray hoped, nobody would inquire further. He leaned on his desk, knocking over a wooden box, but he caught it before it fell, glad that it didn't break, in the box he held his most cherished family memories, and he didn't want people delving into his family's life. He still waited, this time a little more patiently.

Ellis sat at a table in the teacher's lounge. Two rather sizable stacks of folders lay in front of her, one her left were files she had to to review, the right hand pile had already been sorted through. A cup of coffee that had long since been forgotten was held in a metallic hand that seemed to emerge from some of her hair. While a bit tedious, she had every intention of going over all the files before her: new students, older students and even experienced veterans. Her intention was to track growth of the elder students, design a curriculum for the new ones and attempt to find a 'worthy' wielder amongst the veterans. Experience dictated that first hand experience of the individuals in question would be the best measuring stick, but a bit of early research never hurt.

Karibachi shook his head at Chamile, she didn't know what she was talking about it was highly likely that she was older than him but that didn't mean she was anything other than someone who enjoyed playing with emotions but she wouldn't get to him, she couldn't. Karibachi was raised and birthed from a very powerful Witch, one who he didn't want people to know was his Mother. Karibachi scanned the other Witches quickly and then his eyes rested again on Chamile and he approached her, which unintentionally brought him closer to Bang. Karibachi's emotionless yellow and black eyes looked into Chamile's ever-changing ones. His hoarse voice escaping from his attempts to cover his body and the buzzing seemed to quieten down just to allow him to be heard. "I am more than good enough." His sentence was short and sweet, too the point.

Karibachi didn't break eye contact with the seducing Witch for quite a long time. She made him nervous, most interactions made him nervous infact ALL interactions made him nervous but he hid it well. Her choice of attire didn't help either. He did not need his imagination to see Chamile's body, not that he wanted to of-course. Being a Male Witch growing up with only a Witch Mother puts a strain on his prowess with the opposite sex but which female in their right mind would speak with Karibachi anyway?

Chamile

Chamile smiled like a cat would when they knew something no one else did. she often did know things no one else did, even information that is needed she wont tell you, otherwise there would be no fun. those were the perks having lived as long a life as she had, Chamile honestly couldnt remember how odl she was nor did anyone else know since she always isolated herself from the other witches.

"well then mr. hot shot why not tell us how we may find the Mirror of Serpintine mmm"that too Chamile already knew to find asshe had found it before. but that was long ago 'let the children think andfend for themselves prove their worth of being born male in a witches life' she smiled at Karibachi then looked towards the others evaluating their skills that she knew of and just how useful they would be in finding Him as that was whom they would undoubtedly meet while on their search for the mirror. though none of the other witches believed him to be real and fewer knew where he could be found not even his general location, only Chamile knew of this information at least no one else that she was aware of knew besides her.

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"Run off you thief!" A man shouted, throwing a few pebbles at a fast moving... object?
Though as people looked closely, this "object" small, with two legs and long white hair.. So, it was a child? Yes it was. This child ran off with incredible speed, dodging large brooms with hope to stop the bread stealer. However and unfortunately, she made it on top of the roofs, before settling down with the fresh piece of bread.
Taking a chunk, she began to nibble, staring at a large, odd looking building in the distance. The Meister and Weapon Academy.. "Ill make it...Yes..Ill be there soon.." She smiles softly

"-after Miyamoto and Katsu" She blinks from her daze, and blinks questionable. What? She looks at her partner for answers only to see that 'i'll pay you back later look'. "Tetso..."
Giving her a deadpan look, she shook her head before standing up obediently. 'I guess it'll be good practice.' She huffs at the thought, but shrugged it off, as she stepped down to the front.
"Thanks for the challenge professor.." She said in a naturally hushed and rather "lazy" voice, but her icy blue eyes shined with interest and excitment.
A battle with a proffesor eh? Sounds like fun. Maybe she'll have to thank her partner later for being as quick as she was. "Well Tetsu, Ready?" Katsu asked, stretching her limbs a bit, giving short scans towards the rest of the students.

Oh she was an interesting one. Words and breath brushed against his ear and he grinned, not at all bothered by having his space invaded or having a woman so close. He was used to getting friendly with ladies, and men too. He honestly didn't care as long as they were attractive and fun to play with, and Chamile was both of those things! As soon as she was away from him he frowned, practically pouting at being left in the cold. No such thing as luck? Well, then he would have to prove to her that he had a destiny for the top then! With all the tricks he had stored up his sleeves he looked forward to it, just as long as he would be able to laugh on the way to greatness.

Bang looked between her and Kari as they exchanged a few short words, practically feeling the tension hit against his skull. For some reason it felt like a fire would start any second now, yet unfortunately no flames sprang from their exchange. He sighed and decided to work one step ahead of them while they were distracted, not moving from his spot as he created a portal out of the witches realm with his finger. It would bring them to the last place he visited - the pyramids in Egypt. He had been planning on blowing them up previously, but now he was more interested in looking through them, since that's where he would put a mystical object of he needed to hide it.

He stared into a swirl of purples and blacks, satisfied with his work, and nudged Kari since he was the closest person to him. "Hey, punks!" Bang raised his voice to grab their attention, not being one for waiting around. The colorful witch gestured to the portal, a smile tugging at his lips again. "I'll have you guys know I have a one-way ticket to Egypt, right in front of some pointy, crumbly pyramids! You're welcome!" He winked and waved his finger as if scolding him, but his voice was the complete opposite, cheerful and bright. "So, lets get going, shall we?" Bang ended his monologue with a question, waiting for the group to look alive and bogey their way straight to the desert.

Chamile

Chamile turned her head back to look at Bang who; while she had been speaking to Karibachi opened a portal. its swirling patterns of purple and black giving one a headache if they stared at it too long, smiling Chamile followed his gesture, stepping into the portal.

at first everything was black then she saw a white light ahead and then Chamile stood in the blazing sands of a desert. huge pyramids stood before her engulfing her in their black shadows that danced in the ever changing sand dunes. "well what do you have in mind Bang. sending us to pyramids to blow it up or is there something here that you want?" giving the younger witch a playful smile.

Chamile's eyes then changed to a pinkish color, looking up at the sky she glared at the laughing sun "ugh I'll never understand what the sun finds so funny all the time" she said more to herself than anything else. Chamile then turned her head back to the portal waiting for the others to step through so they can begin their search for The Mirror of Serpentine.

Miyamoto Tetsuko

"Well Tetsu, Ready?"

“You know I’m always ready!” Tetsuko cheerfully replied. To herself, she added, With the way he overlooked us in class, I bet he isn’t expecting much from us. Here’s my chance to make sure he never forgets about us again!

Then, as if on cue, Tetsuko’s stomach growled with hunger.

Tetsuko's face was red with embarrassment, but tried to cover it up with a casual apology.
“Ah, sorry sorry. I skipped breakfast because I was running late.”
Aargh! I can’t believe this is happening! Why didn't I at least eat something back at the apartment? I could have made toast or something quick while I was getting ready. And why did I have to push myself so hard trying to outrun Katsu on the way to school? I should have just kept a steady running pace so I’d have some energy left for this duel.

Tetsuko closed her eyes and took a deep breath to get her focus back to the matter at hand. She tried to ignore her grumbling, empty stomach. She tried to ignore the soreness in her legs. She had to calm down. ”A sound ‘soul’ resides within a sound mind and a sound body.” By calming her mind and body, her soul wavelength would keep an even, steady rhythm. The more erratic and fluctuating it is the harder it would be to connect with Katsu’s wavelength, making it all the more difficult to fight effectively and efficiently.

Feeling a bit calmer, Tetsuko felt ready to start the duel. In a bright blue flash of light Tetsuko’s body broke apart and converted to pure energy, swirling and reshaping itself into the form of a tetsubo – an iron Japanese war club riveted with round iron studs – and landed in Katsu’s hands.

Tetsuko knew that her tiredness would severely limit her power and coordination in this fight, but that certainly wasn’t going to stop her from trying her best. Masking her weariness and hunger with a facade of confidence, Tetsuko shouted, “Ok sis, let’s show everyone what we can do!”

"Hmm, so your weapon form is a tetsubo, I see" Gray noted that Miyamoto was tired, so that would give him an advantage. He thought back to what Yuzuki had said about him using a weapon, I don't want to use a weapon for another reason, other than the lack of one, I'm afraid of destroying the first couple rows, Gray laughed, he might have been slightly cocky, but he did have the strength and speed to back up his words. "Why don't you make the first move Katsu? Let me see what you can do" Gray's expression changed from smiling and laughing to a dead serious battle face in seconds.

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"Hai..." She nodded, giving her sister a hidden, weary glance. The weight of the wood was heavier she noticed, and that was going to cause sluggish hits at some point. Though she wasent worried, since she knew Tetsu was going to give her all! That is how she was anyways. Bright and Confident.. Just how Katsu likes it.
So to begin the battle, she decided to test their soul unison with a simple exercise, a few twirls should do it.
Lifting her arm in the air, she watched Tetsu spin around her fingers before she shifted the grasp upon the handle to ensure a good hold. The next moment, her blue eyes flickered around the room. The classroom didnt give her too much space, giving her a disadvantage- not too much though, but the question is, did it weaken Gray as well? What was his talent..? Speed, agility? Pure strength?
'I guess we'll find out...'

Jumping up and down on her feet for a bit, her eyes closed 'A sound ‘soul’ resides within a sound mind and a sound body.' A white soul linked with another.. 'There...'
And With that her eyes slowly opened, then she suddenly lurched forward and- disappeared? No, it was her speed. She merely ran off with a little to no trace. It was her specialty, even as a child...
Appearing behind the professor, she took a hard swinging aim towards his thighs, her speed applying twice the amount of force down to the attack. However at the same time, she watched the teacher with quick eyes. 'Move to the right, left, up, down?'

She must not underestimate Professor grey, he was a teacher after all, and if she did, it may end up with her and tetsu's downfall.. Plus, her sister wasent in the best condition..
[whether or not If he dodges, or gets hit] Jumping back, she leaped up, then lifted the weapon over her head, having a bit of a trouble with the extra weight her sister gained from the lack of sleep and control. 'erg...' Biting her lower lip, she hurled the weapon down towards the professor.
Meanwhile, as she got close to the ground, Katsu started to leaned to the herself and weapon from reach.

Gray flipped to the right, dodging Katsu's attack. He turned to face her "Very impressive!" Gray held one hand up and stopped Katsu's second attack easily "Not good enough" Gray said in a powerful voice, jumping back. Haha! If this is one of the average students in my class, then I am in for a treat for my first year!, Gray stilled had a serious face on. He knew if Miyamoto wasn't as tired as she was, they would be doing quite a bit better. "Attack again. If you are strong enough, you may leave a bruise" Gray stood up straight, feet slightly apart and hands in front of him in a defensive stance.

Arthur observed the fight with an appraising look. Though, to be more accurate, he was watching Gray. He hadn't changed his fighting style much in the past few years, at least as far as Arthur could tell. The obvious confidence with which the professor spoke, though not unjustified by any means, grated on his nerves and further cemented his determination for his and Muzai's battle with Gray. Not that he was planning on excelling or anything, he just didn't want to make a fool out of himself. There was no way he'd attempt to actually win.

Though, now that he thought about it, this did give him an interesting idea. "Muzai?" he asked, turning to face his partner. "What color is the professor?" If he was right, the "colors" Muzai had spoken of were souls. If this were the case, Arthur could enlist her assistance in tuning his soul to the same frequency as Gray's thus rendering any soul wavelength attacks from him useless. Since Arthur couldn't see people's souls himself, he was normally only able to lessen the strength of the attack by tuning to their frequency as the attacked, and at that point some of the damage would have already been done.

The sound of some coffee splashing onto the ground caught Ellis' attention, her cup had been full nearly to the brim. "What caused that," she thought aloud after all there had been no audible crash or anything similar. She still placed down her cup and went over to the sink, keeping that segment of hair transformed the entire time. She'd rather wash coffee off a metal gauntlet than out of her hair, it was much easier that way. When she had finished, she let her hair return to its proper form and stepped out of the staff lounge in an attempt to find the source of the disturbance. There was faint noise in the halls, but a sound of a fight...or sparring could be heard down the length of the hall.

Quick steps carried her down towards the source, which became increasingly louder as she approached. When she reached the door where the noise was loudest, she opened it without hesitation. Stopping fights was past of the job description in Death Academy so that was her intent. The sight of a teacher casually sparring with a student, wasn't something she expected and caused her to pause for a second.

"Combat training would be more appropriate in the gym or outside than in a lecture hall. It prevents a lot of paper work and doesn't waste budget by needing to repair things that would be broken in a classroom." She'd kept her voice loud, but as void of tone as possible when she spoke. The point was to grab attention and take the issue somewhere else this time around... serious action could be taken if the current method was insufficient.

Gray looked at the Ellis "Ah yes, my bad. I guess I got a little too excited" Gray was back to normal, as the fight would have to be delayed until everyone was outside. "Alright, everyone come with me to the front of the school, we shall have the duels there" Gray looked back at Ellis "Thanks for the reminder, this is my first year so I'm not exactly familiar with the school" Gray smiled and proceeded to walk out the door, motioning for his class to follow.

Miyamoto Tetsuko

Fighting in her weapon form was such a different experience than fighting in her human form, and Tetsuko loved every moment of it. If she had to describe it, she would say it felt like dancing with a partner, but with the rush and speed of a roller coaster. Every swing felt like she was flying through the air, and every successful hit felt like she was floating in weightlessness. The constant flux between swiftness and stillness in this weightless world never make her dizzy, as this was the way her soul – not her body – experienced fighting alongside a meister…

Tetsuko opened her eyes and got her attention back to the situation at hand. While Katsu was attacking Professor Grey, Tetsuko was taking the moment to go along with the ride and follow her meister’s instincts. The thrilling experience of being swung through the air helped her relax, calming her mind a bit more and refreshing her energy. Here weariness didn’t go away entirely, but at least she’d be able to help Katsu out a bit more.

First he dodged, then he blocked. As expected for a teacher to be so quick even without a weapon, but we need to be faster to land a hit…

Before Tetsuko or Katsu had a chance to begin their next attack, a blonde teacher entered the classroom [Ellis], her voice grabbing everyone’s attention. "Combat training would be more appropriate in the gym or outside than in a lecture hall. It prevents a lot of paper work and doesn't waste budget by needing to repair things that would be broken in a classroom."

[Gray] "Ah yes, my bad. I guess I got a little too excited. Alright, everyone come with me to the front of the school, we shall have the duels there.”

Normally Tetsuko wouldn’t have liked interruptions, but this gave her a chance to rest and assess her opponent’s abilities.
“Katsu,” Tetsuko whispered, “He was pretty good at dodging our attacks, and it’s going to get even easier for him when we continue on the open plaza. Have you thought of any plans?”

Muzai

Muzai noticed her partners change in expression and she smiled so now he wants to fight shaking her head Muzai rested her chin on her hand closing her left eye and opened her left. What she saw surprised her, she had never seen such a colorful soul, with its dominant purple, flashes of neon yellow and red and of course tinges of blue. But the blue wasn’t all that important what she focused on was the purple that dominated all the other colors.

But unlike another person she met, Prof. Archons purple didn’t expand to fill the room or leak out into the streets. No it stayed in a specific area that surrounded him like any soul would of such a young teacher. "Well I’ll let you take a guess at what his dominant color is" she slightly frowned but then a smile twitched at the corners of her mouth, like a cat who cornered a mouse.

What she saw now as the battle progressed was the weak points that flashed colors of black and she grinned mischievously at this. “Oh well what do we have here a weak spot you don’t want us to see hmm no wonder you move the way you do” a keen smile on her face.

Suddenly another color burst into fruition of swirling colors. It was an older woman informing prof. Archon about the need to go outside to do duels. “Uh-oh looks like someone’s in trouble” giggling to herself, Muzai got up jumping over everyone’s heads and landed lightly on her feet besides the Prof. Archon her hands lace behind her head. Muzai grinned at him before remembering Arthur who was still in the third row waiting for the other students to thin out so he could come down.

Muzai chuckled and jumped back to the third row, picked up Arthur in her arms like a child, jumping lightly on a few people’s heads to get back down. She set him down dusting herself down. Her usual smile back on her face “well that was fun”.

"Understandable, first year teachers usually like getting right into things. Allows for a great base evaluation of a students capabilities." Ellis was rather amused by the ready admission, as the new professor began to lead the class out of the classroom and to the front of the school.

"Not that it's any of my business, but shouldn't you take your students a bit more seriously? Even if the class is only 1 star Meisters, you'll wear yourself down using only your own wavelength. Unless of course you have some monstrous amount of stamina in reserve, you really should use a weapon to at least save energy." Ellis found herself playing tactician despite it not being her place to lecture another teacher. At this point, she realized the number of people around...unless the weapon had transformed and been put away, this guy probably didn't have one.

(After some form of pause...so response or awkward silence) Ellis gave a slight cough to pretend to clear her throat. " Since it really can't be helped...I'll be your weapon for a while."

"Well, since it can't be helped, why not?" Gray grinned, this was going to be interesting. "Unless you haven't heard of me, I am Proffesor Gray Archon" Gray said holding out his hand, still grinning. This is just making it unfair! For the students, that is. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss?" Gray drew out the word 'Miss' as he was asking for her name. He was glad to finally have a weapon partner after all the years he had been fighting.

"Greyworth, Ellis Greyworth," Ellis answered while shaking Gray's hand. She refused to comment on the commonality of the color in their names.

"A new weapon-meister combination... who knows, it might even things out for the students." She wasn't entirely off in her statement, after all her ability to flex her wavelength and change her form should nullify that. But the psychological unfamiliarity between partners wasn't something that could be overlooked entirely. She caught onto her colleagues confidence through his handshake, starkly contrasting the reserved nature of her own. A smirk of her own tinged the corner of her mouth, this one might be a keeper for personality alone.Question is, will the addition of a new weapon make him think a double up of students be a good idea. If that was the case, she'd have to think again, confidence was nice but arrogance as a whole was a turn off.

"Remember, it's not strength, speed or even tactics that are most important in combat. The victor is more often than not the one better at learning and adapting to the situation." Her statement was primarily addressed to the class, after all the change in location and the addition to a weapon were two major curve balls to the situation as they knew it. But the same held true to Gray, his students would have more room to move outside and he might not be comfortable with her favored form. The latter issue was fixable, but she saved that surprise for partners she trusted and opponents that required it. Furthermore, the students he had just begun to spar with now had time to plan against what they'd already seen.

Arthur couldn't resist a sarcastic remark at his partner's suggestion that he guess Gray's dominant color. "I'm guessing pink. Bright neon pink." Though he still had no idea as to what the colors meant, and therefore could have been guessing correctly for all he knew. This being the case, he was delighted to hear a comment about a weakness, but unfortunately she didn't elaborate on that.

When Muzai leaped away to the front of the classroom, Arthur began standing up to make his way down after her, though he wasn't in much of a hurry. Suddenly, she came back and, without a word, lifted him in her arms and jumped back to the front of the room. Upon being set down, Arthur's face was quite red, and he seemed to be struggling to form an applicable response. Finally he ended up settling on "That was completely unnecessary, but thank you all the same."

After seeing the new teacher Yuzuki blinked in surprise from her authoritative figure. "Hey Atomsk that woman... I don't know why but for some reason I feel uneasy around her." Getting up slowly she started walking with the rest of the class and bowed to the new professor. "Nice to meet you ma'am, I'm Yuzuki Rinslet I hope to talk to you later if it's ok with you." Shaking her head she grabbed Atomsk's arm and smiled. "Come on we don't want to be late we can form our battle strategy while they fight, I mean I'm not like most weapons I'm not melee oriented." After saying this she tugged Atomsk away towards the courtyard.

"It's nice to meet you Yuzuki, and I'd be happy to talk with you later." Ellis said in reply as Yuzuki duck behind a larger male student, presumably her Meister. The part about her not being a melee oriented weapon in particular caught Ellis' attention. This made things rather interesting, the girl could be a gun, bow, crossbow, some form of thrown or even a trap weapon. As a whole, such weapons are uncommon and will often have to edge in a Meister combat. At the same time, such weapons were hard on the Meister as well. She'd have to pay particular attention to this pair, both in terms of keeping them up to spec and in basic skill evaluation.

Katsu scowled slightly and started to relax her tense muscles. What a great way to stop the excitment... Nevertheless she followed out, taking the time to think. “He was pretty good at dodging our attacks, and it’s going to get even easier for him when we continue on the open plaza. Have you thought of any plans?” "Yeah..." She lingered off.
She felt her eyebrows pull together. "..." The open landscape will give him an advantage defiantly with all that dodging space. Meaning More trouble.. "Maybe... ill take them off...-" Katsu shook her head quickly. No, she wasent going to waste that, she'll save it for a better opportunity. But... jeez
"Not that it's any of my business, but shouldn't you take your students a bit more seriously? Even if the class is only 1 star Meisters, you'll wear yourself down using only your own wavelength. Unless of course you have some monstrous amount of stamina in reserve, you really should use a weapon to at least save energy."
Really? Now she had to deal with that, though it would be interesting... She took a short glance at the female professor, before releasing a sigh, running her fingers through her white hair. Now that a 2nd weapon was in the obstacle course, she began to question the type of weapon she was going to be. Though she heard of this professor before... and if she was right with the information she retrieved, they may be in trouble. "We should stick with the basics.. we can have the students be surprised when we go all the way in the future.."

"Alright, now that everyone is outside, why don't we resume where we left off hmm?" Gray said to Katsu. He turned to Ellis "would you kindly transform? I want to get through more than one duel before the day is done" Gray turned back to Katsu, waiting for Ellis to transform. I wonder what her weapon form is, I guess I'll find out in a moment, won't I, Gray was running through dozens of different scenarios in his head, all with different weapons, so when the fight began, he would be prepared.

"Since you're so polite about it," Ellis began her answer as she shifted into a dagger. It was the first form she'd learned and all around her favorite as well. She felt her wavelength flex to match Gray's out of sheer out of habit, apparently she missed being wielded more than she thought- it was rare for her to change wavelengths first. For a second, she mused that she should have turned into a heavier weapon. Theoretically speaking, the weight of her form would act as something of a way to slow down Gray and level the playing field. After all to be precise her form was a long jambiya, a type of dagger designed for rapid attacks so his speed if anything just received a huge edge.

"Well then, let's begin again. Hopefully the students have come up with a strategy during the interlude."

Karibachi Haibu shook his head once more at Chamile, she assumed just because he said he was good enough that he suddenly knew everything there was to know. The portal was opened and he stepped through, suddenly very glad that he covered his body as he stepped out into the heat. Egypt. Not the nicest place to be. He stared at the Pyramids for a few seconds and heard Chamile's statement about the sun. Karibachi breathed a sigh and a bee flew from his mouth and buzzed around the group. Karibachi whispered and then the bee flew off. Karibachi bent down to the floor and ran his gloved hand through the sand. "I hate sand...I hate deserts ..."

Miyamoto Tetsuko

Tetsuko readied herself in her weapon form for what she imagined was the “second round” of the duel. She focused on the professors as they readied themselves, eager to learn what changes Professor Greyworth would bring to the fight.
“So Professor Greyworth takes the form of a curved dagger.” She commented aloud, feeling a little relieved. She was glad that her tetsubo form gave Katsu greater reach than Greyworth’s jambiya form gave to Professor Archon, but on the other hand Katsu would be more at risk of getting injured now that Greyworth was here.

The Professors are at an even greater advantage now, and I don’t know how much longer I can last in this fight. The longer this fight drags on the weaker I’m going to get, making it harder for Katsu to match her soul wavelength to mine. We have no plan of action, and Katsu looks like she’s losing her confidence. This is really bad.

But I can’t let Katsu know that.

When it looked like everyone was ready, Tetsuko announced, “Professor Archon, Profesor Greyworth, prepare yourselves! Don’t underestimate us just because we’re students!”
In a quieter voice, Tetsuko told Katsu, “Don’t worry, I know what to do. We’ll finish this fight in no time!”

In the dance between meister and weapon, it was now Tetsuko’s turn to take the lead. She lunged forward to lead Katsu into a charge at Professor Grey, while shifting her weight to guide Katsu where she wanted to swing next. Instead of focusing on a single, straightforward attack, Tetsuko lead Katsu into an onslaught of horizontal and vertical swings with each attack building momentum for the next. Tetsuko wasn’t actually trying to hit the Professor, instead attempting to keep him focused on avoiding her attacks and making it difficult for him to find an opening. Let’s see if we can make them sweat!

A bow huh? He had no experience with that. He was worried about their battle now. He sat down next to her, shifting uncomfortably in his seat, awkward from their first meeting. He was about to speak up to his partner when the battle began to unfold in front of them.

The Professor was just dodging, not having to really take this battle seriously, but he seemed to enjoy it. Seeing the potential in his students seemed to bring him some degree of joy. Professor Grey's movements were very linear, not having to try very hard. He thought about this, maybe being able to use this to his advantage later. He blocked the second attack with just his palm. He was fast. Any chance to hit him was slim.

They were all interrupted by another teacher walking into the room. She seemed to be complaining to Professor Grey about the racket they were making. His partner made a comment to him. "Hey Atomsk that woman... I don't know why but for some reason I feel uneasy around her."

She then immediately got up to go greet her. Jesus, this girl was way to outgoing. she made no sense either. She complained about feeling uncomfortable, and then walks right up to her.

Afterwords, Atomsk was dragged into the courtyard, where the battle resumed once more. This girl was headstrong. Dragging him everywhere. He was the meister, not her. He should be doing the leading. He didn't dwell on it too much, instead focusing on the battle. He quickly decided on a tactic. They had to be more careful now. The new woman was fighting them too. But he figured his original would work.

"Yuzuki. Transform please."

Smiling she nodded to Atomsk, "Sure right away, just give me a second." Taking a deep breath she grabbed his hand and transformed into he weapon with the handle laying neatly in his hand. "See? I'm kind of different from other weapons as I'm a bow." quivering slightly she continued, "On another note when it comes to firing you just pull the string back from there either you or I will send our wavelength along the bow string and an arrow will form. Further more I have the ability to fire an arrow of different effects, some even being able to light things on fire." laughing to herself she got to thinking.

This is my first Meister I'm so happy I could die, and also I can't fail him I don't want a new partner I like him... after thinking she grew a little hot in his hand. After noticing this she quickly apologized to Atomsk. "S-sorry just thinking about some stuff but now that I've transformed what did you have in mind?"

Once everyone was through the portal Bang wasted no time in following, subsequently closing the swirl of blacks and grays. Instantly he closed his eyes in the intense light of the desert, whining in delight as the heat hit his body at full force. He heard Kari mutter something about hating deserts and silently sent him a hypothetical mental glare. Deserts were great! They were like natures frying pan, hot and ready to burn! What was better than that? Finally the boy opened his eyes, the orbs being squinted as he grew accustomed the the light, and he turned towards the feminine voice that was speaking to him.

In which, he grinned at her comment. It was like she had read his mind! "Blowing them up was my first idea! Oh, Chamile, you know me so well!" He spoke in sing-song and swayed to the side, exaggerating a false state of being love struck. The boy chuckled as he caught himself, stumbling happily through the sand. "But oddly enough, no! No, blowing these pyramids to smithereens probably isn't the best idea, right?" He shook his head as if it would make his point and walked over to Kari, looking down at the line he drew in the sand with half-interest.

"I was just under the impression that if anyone was going to hide something so special that they would do it someplace complicated. And that's what the pyramids are! People die in them just because of how tricky the labyrinths are!" Bang chuckled, speaking about death as if it was one big joke. He spun on his heel and faced Chamile again, tilting his head from side to side in a snakelike manner. "Afterwards we can blow up the pyramids though, that would be funner putting spiders in a pinata!"

Atomsk understood the basics of Yuzuki's form. Unfortunately, his ineptitude with a bow could prove to be a problem. He looked down to Yuzuki, feeling her grow warm in his hand. He saw her form for the first time. Despite him not wanting to admit it earlier, she was a beautiful woman, and her weapon form managed to capture that. He felt her grow warm in his hand, and he smiled, feeling a comfort in it. Her wavelength warmed him to the core.

"S-sorry just thinking about some stuff but now that I've transformed what did you have in mind?"

"It's fine, really. I was just taken aback for a moment. We're going to attack while they are fighting the professor. Neither team will ever win. We should work together. So for our first shot, I need big, and I need powerful. I want our preemptive strike to count. Help me aim as much as you can"

He dropped to one knee, careful to be somewhat hidden behind students to better hide them, and pulled back the string. He Wasn't sure how to aim, but the string pulled back surprisingly easily. As he pulled back, he felt their wavelengths gather into an arrow. It was unstable, and probably wouldn't do much, but being there first time together, he couldn't ask for, or hope for much more. Atomsk aimed, and loosed the arrow onto he professors.

Gray used the flat of the dagger to stop the arrow. He walked up to Atmosk "Did I say that you could go around, firing arrows everywhere!? These are one on one duels! You do NOT have permission to fight!" Gray shouted angrily. I doubt he even understands the reasons why this was the first lesson!, he thought to himself as he walked back to where he was standing before. "Before anymore interruptions, let's begin!" Unlike last time, Gray didn't wait for Katsu to attack, he ran straight for her and using the flat of the blade, aimed for her shins to unbalance her.

Ellis inwardly winced as Gray swung her to block the arrow, for all she knew it was explosive. If that was the case, she could try to interfere with the wavelength of the arrow with her own or try to transform into something defensive before it went off. In either case both her and Gray would still take some damage if the thing detonated. Since this was a student's attack, she decided to interrupt the arrow with her own wavelength instead of guarding...waiting to the last minute and then picking isn't an option. When the arrow touched her side, she sensed the quality of the arrow: it was rigged to blow on contact, but the level of construction-while good for a student, was far from what she anticipated in combat. This was also where things got tricky, because while all this was going on she effectively had to split her soul into three partitions. One would keep working with Gray, and the other two would be dedicated to countering the two wavelengths in the arrow. It was because of this that resonating with multiple people was very difficult...very few people had that level of control over their soul wavelength. The arrow was successfully blocked, and due to the inherent instability of its creation it fizzled out instead of detonating in the air.

While Gray lectured the students, the after effects of a four way resonance hit her. While her wavelength had matched his perfectly earlier, it had dropped down to 77% from the strain. If the students had been more in synch, she would have dropped even more, under ideal conditions she could manage a max of a seven way resonance and her average best was five. Though in each case the after effects greatly depleted her energy, the seven way had left her unconscious for nearly two weeks. Granted her colleague should be at a level where he could account for that 23% difference on his own...especially when normal wavelengths differences were much larger.

"If I may offer my own opinion," she began but by then Gray had re-engaged the previous pair of students. "The young man's strategy was good in a fight seeking victory. In situations like a Kishin appears or a rare super strong threat where one Meister isn't enough, teams will be formed. The detonating arrow just now would have been a great distraction for the other two." The sound of her voice was undergoing a miniature version of the Doppler effect since she was being swung around during this time.
"Since this is technically one of those fights, his action was correct. But since this is meant to measure individual partners instead of Meister teams, his action was out of place. Besides, as far as students go...that arrow was pretty good."

Muzai

"That was completely unnecessary, but thank you all the same."

she grinned down at Arthur trying to hide her grin "well that what you think" Muzai followed the crowd outside and like everyone else waited for it to start. Muzai yawned stretching her arm behind her, she looked around the courtyard a very calculating look on her face. she then walked over to a tree and climbed it, settling in its lowest branch leaning back against the trunk her hands behind her head. it would look like Muzai was going to take a nap but that was just the opposite as tempting as it was.

Muzai switched her left eye for her right and watched as the duel began. a flash of purple caught her eye making her turn in its direction, the late student had fired an arrow that she guessed must have been his and his weapons wavelength guessing from the colors that were intertwined. but it soon dissipated into nothing Gray had blocked it with his weapon partner a dagger. Muzai's eye widened at the swirling mass of purple 'wow together their a whole lot stronger' a grinned spread itself across her face at the possibility of such a challenge.

'wait why am I excited-' her thoughts were cut off from a sudden rush of nausea, then she remember "Arthur!" she looked around the courtyard and found him, she had completely forgot about him in her rush to get a good vantage point. she jumped down, disappearing halfway in her decent only to appear besides Arthur "hey sorry bout that wanna join me in my tree?" grinning at him.

(OOC Sorry nut this will be my last post for about a week or two.....sorry again )

Asuna Sat back in her chair composing herself, she sat straight backed and arms crossed under her chest. She nodded when Ryner said they should practice soul resonance as she felt a little worse for wear on the subject. "Good plan" she said to him without looking. She was focused on watching the Professor fight with one student and her weapon. She was analysing the students and the Professor fighting styles. Committing their weak point and their strengths to memory. This is what she does, it is like her brain is working over time, it stops her thinking about other things.

She blinks and turns to Ryner and says "Lunch, Roof , Practice". She is usually never this straight to the point but today seems to be a very irritable day for her. Old horrors have begun to rear their ugly head today but she cant figure out why????

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As Tetsuko took the lead, she began to see the battle in a whole different perspective. It was as if she was in the middle of a slow motion movie.. Though this was a rare occurrence that her eyes would react like this. And when it did, it shown a brighter blue, something of a silver shade... And as much as she dislikes this feeling of slowness, she did see the pros of this ability..

So as her weapon charged, she saw the flat end of the blade heading toward her shin. So leaning her shoulders back, she felt the palm of her hands hitting the floor behind her, before she kicked off the blade's side and flipping over. [this may disarm him] A simple gymnastics trick if she said so herself. But without another second passing, she sent Tetsuko down towards the professors hoping to disarm him, then if she was lucky, an easy hit can be accomplished.

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Tetsuko was so focused on attacking Professor Archon that Yuzuki’s arrow took her completely by surprise. She cursed her personal lack of awareness in the privacy of her own mind, but she also found herself getting angry at Atomsk and Yuzuki. Had this been a real-life battle against a kishin egg or a witch, Tetsuko would have been glad for the assistance. Attacking a distracted opponent was a sound tactic, especially opponents who are more powerful than yourself or your allies. But this wasn’t a battle against a kishin egg or a witch – this was a duel. Tetsuko had accepted Professor Archon’s challenge knowing full well that it would only be Katsu and herself against the Professor (and whatever weapon he wielded), and she would make sure it was going to stay that way until one of them conceded. It seemed Professor Archon thought the same way, and he stopped fighting and spoke to Atomsk and Yuzuki before Tetsuko could say anything about it. Oh well, Tetsuko thought, I guess I shouldn’t be getting too upset about this, but I hate it when we keep getting interrupted.

As soon has he finished lecturing Atomsk and Yuzuki, Professor Archon wasted no time resuming the duel, forcing Katsu and Tetsuko to fight defensively. Fortunately for Tetsuko, Katsu seemed to have regained some of her confidence as she deflected the blow.
“That’s the spirit!” Tetsuko cheered.

Gray saw how quickly Katsu reacted, he was impressed, for a one star meister, that is. His grip faltered as Katsu kicked off the flat of the dagger and he had to let go of Ellis for fear of his hand breaking. Now she was attacking, and he had to react quickly. He quickly crouched low and lept back a few feet to get some distance.

Ellis was to far away for him to quickly retrieve her, so he had to attack and buy some time. This wouldn't be too difficult, he was still trained in unarmed combat. He ran forward and prepared to strike Katsu with his soul wavelength. This would stun her long enough to retrieve Ellis and get back before she had a chance to run after him.

Ellis noted the disarm as Katsu performed it, definitely above the average Meister of his rank in the combat skills department. She felt herself being let go, probably because Gray had noticed a danger to himself that she hadn't. That arrow from earlier had taken its toll, she might have been able to do something to rid the need of her being dropped if that hadn't worn her a bit. She felt her blade end sink begin to sink into the ground but reverted to human form before that could happen. If one looked closely they'd notice that she'd begun to tire slightly.

"Nice disarm Katsu, I really wonder if those are your specialty," she commented as she adjusted her glasses. She made no attempt to move, were this live combat she'd have raced right back to Gray and resumed. But this was a duel, an exercise to test the capabilities of the students. "Don't worry kids, I'll be a good weapon and stay right here until retrieved, Gray should be able to manage just fine until then." This wasn't a taunt, but a simple statement of fact: Gray should not need her for a fight like this. Once they learned a bit, and especially after the students learned how to Resonate it'd be an entirely different story. She used this as a chance to look around and observe the other students. Most of then seemed to be watching the duel with an extreme amount of concentration. As if they were trying to memorize how they're Professor fought and defeat him later with the data acquired from this one fight. She liked the attitude, if the thinking was a little on the naive side...but the crop this year was definitely well above average.

In particular, she found the pair that had fired the arrow into the fight noteworthy. Primarily because she'd felt their attack first hand, their drive to simply win was also interesting. But most of all, it was the simple fact that she felt that they were staring at her...something she wasn't overly comfortable with.

Arthur looked up at Muzai, who was quite obviously trying to hide a grin. Apparently she disagreed about the necessity behind carrying him across the classroom, which, when her reply was taken into account, left Arthur wondering if there was something about the whole thing of which he was unaware. Like his partner, Arthur followed the other meisters and weapons outside, and was at first confused as to why she clamber up into a tree. He soon saw the reason however, as he could barely see the fight itself passed all the other students.

He did manage to catch Atomsk and Yuzuki loose an arrow into the duel. As much as Arthur was loath to agree with Gray, he found the act mildly appalling. If that had been his duel that had just been interfered with, he would have been furious. What would be proved if Gray lost only through others' interference. Wait, that wasn't right. Arthur didn't care about that. He didn't have anything to prove, especially not to the professors, right? Whether or not he'd gotten any better since the last tine he'd faced Gray was also irrelevant, other than how it would help him to help Muzai and satisfy his parents wishes. For someone who supposedly didn't care about being a great meister, Arthur spent a good deal of time thinking on the subject.

Shaking his head to clear it of thoughts such as those, Arthur walked over to the tree Muzai had climbed. He watched her drop and then, seemingly through either magic or exaggerated ninja skills, appear beside him, with a total disregard for the normal laws of movement. Then again, Arthur had known the physical incarnation of death itself since he was four, so he decided what was and was not possible really wasn't for him to say.

"hey sorry bout that wanna join me in my tree?"

There was that grin again. Despite the fact that it should have been something of a warning sign, Arthur shrugged. "Alright. I can't see the fight too well from down here anyways."

Muzai


"really?" she looked at him in disbelief, bending down at his height "Oh tienes razon que no puedo ver nada" suddenly changing to Spanish. Muzai grinned again and picked up Arthur by the wait, slung him over her shoulder and climbed back to the tree. she set him down on her lap, arms wrapped around his waist so he wouldn't fall. if you didn't know any better you would have thought Muzai was his older sister(which in a sense she could be considering she was 16 when she went into a coma). "now aren't you glad I offered to bring you up here with me. you can see a whole lot better with the best view in the house...or courtyard...cant be a house with no roof...wait can there?" her last question directed towards Arthur while she had mainly been talking to herself.

Muzai noticed the way Grays hand flashed an incredibly dark gray "he almost broke his wrist" then she turned her attention back to the other professor who simply stood there waiting for Gray to come get her. "aw but where's the challenge in that" Muzai complained a little though she didn't know why 'ah that can be handled at another time if I manage to remember' this made her chuckle at herself for forgetting things so easily. "¿Voy a necesitar una nota pegada a mi cabeza para recordar o se me olvida también?" she chuckled again unaware she had started to speak Spanish again but for the moment Muzai was too caught up in the duel to really care.

Kepping his eyes fixed on the window Masamune didn't responde to what Andrius had said. After all the introductions were over with he stood up then walked over to the window that was still open keeping clear of the fight as best he could. "Sorry Teach not to keen about the fact of other watching but that doesn't mean i won't take you up on that offer." he said poking his head out and just looking around 'it takes some strong fingers in order to climb something like this with out fall back down, simple for a few people but near impossible for others.' he thought looking back towards the one the meister who entered the building through the window then put some weight on his hands as he leaned back to watch the duel. "now that is fast..." he said almost aw struck looking to the clock giving a slight sigh of relief when he heard that the duels would be moved out side the when every one else started out the door he simply put his hands one the window seal before standing up and following them out to the courtyard.

Taking a step into the sun Masamune quickly separated himself from the rest of the group then sat down crossing his legs. 'all that speed and momentum of the attack and he was still able to block it probably not going to be a smart idea to get a slip up other wise i don't think i'll ever live it down.' he thought keeping his eyes on open after the professor Greyworth changed into her weapon form which really took him by surprise. 'Hmm? haven't seen one of those for i don't know how long if my memory is anything then that's meant for fast attackers and in the hand of a pro gah.' shaking the thought out of his head he quickly began looking back and forth from one person to the other taking some mental notes on each of their fighting style "hey careful they may have a shortened their reach but they will make up for it in speed." he said pointing at the curved edge. "A dagger like that is more then just some decoration or in this case looking good on a field of battle, one wrong step and you can find yourself bleeding even if this is a contained fight."

Shifting about Masamune watched as an arrow was parried with ease then looked in the direction from where it was released but gave a small laugh when they got lectured "well then good strategy but bad timing if you want to deal some good damage you'll want to wait for a good sized opening and trust me seeing them and using them to your advantage is not as easy as it sounds not even a pro can see them all the time, so for now why not just sit and watch." crossing his legs he continued to watch as the fight continued from where it ended last. 'this guy is a well rounded fighter. tight defense, powerful offence, his movements are swift, and not to mention his ability to make strategies is almost as good as Lord Death's looks like finding a weak point is going to be tough' he thought watching as he started back up. After the professor got unarmed he quickly stood and walked away into the building. "looks like i may need to get a drink other wise i might just pass out before i even get my turn to fight." he said to himself looking around

(ooc: been really loaded with work but now that I've got it all out of the way now i will try and post as much as i can so please be patient with me)

Katsu Hayashi

Katsu cheered quietly at the small accomplishment. 'Amazing'
This was a duel, her blood was going up and she was excited. Though she learned not to let her emotions overcome her, and so she scanned the battle. She disarmed the Professor, but how was this going to give her more of an disadvantage? If she were to use the weapon against him, Ellis wouldn't allow that to happen... The blade was also now in her human form, so what was she going to do? Kick her out of the way?
'....' She sighed. The battle was soon coming to an end. But she wouldnt give up now would she?
Taking tetsu, she raced toward Gray, her track a straight line, until at last moment she swirled to the right, hoping to catch him off guard. Swinging her sister down in a diagonal direction, she watched the prof. He was going to stun her, and it was a shame too. She didnt want to leave an average impression.. Defiantly with all the training they did. However.. Her eyes narrowed. This wasent the only opportunity, was it? No, so she decided not to mope on it. Besides,this defiantly wasent a waste of time. So leaving one more second for an attack, she keeled one leg down before swinging her other foot towards his leg just to unbalance him.

Spanish? That was interesting. While Arthur had learned the language as part of the teachings delivered by his family, it had been quite a while since he'd practiced, and he hadn't been that good at it in the first place. All the same, he was still able to make out the gist of what Muzai had said. However, he didn't have much of a chance to reply, as he was once again lifted off his feet. For a brief moment, Arthur had been slung over Muzai's shoulder as she climbed the tree, before being set down in her lap, with her arms ensuring that he wouldn't fall.

While Arthur understood the reason behind this, that still didn't make it any less awkward for him, and he had only limited success in trying to prevent his face from turning red. He did still manage to hear and answer his partner's question regarding houses though. "Technically, the roof isn't part of the definition itself, so I suppose there could be. I don't see why you'd want one though." The comment about Gray almost having his wrist broken earned a frown from Arthur. If he was injured, the proceeding fights would loose all their meaning. Even worse, what if the teachers were exhausted by the time Arthur and Muzai's turn rolled around. That fight would prove nothing, regardless of the outcome.

Trying once more to dismiss thoughts on that subject, the blue-haired meister decided to focus instead upon his weapon partner's last outburst. "Wait, my Spanish is a bit rusty, but did you just say something about sticking a note to your head?"

Muzai

"i did in spanish wait oh yes i did" Muzai said hesitantly for she honestly couldnt remember right at that moment. a worried expression passed across her face before turning back to her usual smile "oh yeah i said i should put a sticky note on my forehead so i dont forget things. but now that i think about ill probably just end up forgetting about the note" she shook her head making the bell in her hair jingle softly.

suddenly Muzai slammed hwr fist into her palm a funny look on her face "oh i know thats why i have you Arthur you can remind me about what it is i need to remember..." her voice trailed off as her eye glazed over taking on a dazed look. her bbody began to shake, her hands tightnened into fists her knuckles turned white from the pressure. this episode passed almost as soon as it came a smile found its way back to its rightful place, it seemed Muzai was conpletely unaware of what just happened turning her attention back towards the duel.

Muzai's eye scanned the crowd noting the flurry of diffrent colors then back to Gray, Katsu and Miyamoto their colors showed they were determined to beat their teacher. her eye widened some at thesight of a surge of purple in the palm of Grays hand which earned her curiosity. "hey Arthur whats that forming in his hand" she noticed the nice determined colors that came away from the both of them and wondered 'i wonder what our colors would be? for a brief moment Muzai stared at Arthur but then blinked realizing she had begun to stare and looked back out at the duel as it began to draw to a close hopfully.

Gray dodged Katsu's first swing with a millimeter between them. That was close, too close, Gray quickly dived forward avoiding Katsu's leg swinging towards him. He knew he had to get back to Ellis, but Katsu was in the way, he thought about what he could do for about a fifth of a second and then he was running forward, gathering all his momentum for one attack.

He was getting closer, his hand was flashing dark grey, signalling he was going to use his soul wavelength. He was there he tried to aim his hand at Katsu's stomach, it would be the most obvious target, but then again, he was going so fast it could hit her.

Katsu's eyes zoomed towards the hand that was aiming towards her stomach. Not a KO hit, but it'll give him time to catch his weapon. So shifting her weapon towards his hand for defense, she stopped short. If Tetsu got hit, it'll be over. So, as a rule, she took the hit herself, but that was a weakness of hers. Her strength wasent her thing, speed was. So taking his hit within her hands, she felt her body lurch back from the force. "urg..." Katsu winced, and with a little staggered, she swung Tetsu towards the prof. At least one attempt.
"take this.." She whispered, her voice hushed, but powerful.

"oh i know thats why i have you Arthur you can remind me about what it is i need to remember..."

Arthur jumped slightly when Muzai slammed her fist into her palm, since he was still sitting in her lap after all. "Well, I'll try, but I need to know what to remind you of first." The episode that followed her statement ended almost as soon as it had begun, but was still highly noticeable and worrisome, leading Arthur to ask "Are you alright?" Seeing that she hadn't seemed to have perceived the event, he explained as best he could. "Just a moment ago, you tensed up and started shaking." Frankly, he was surprised that they hadn't fallen out of the tree.

While he was by no means done with the previous subject, Arthur still didn't want to be rude by not answering his partner's question. He turned to get a look at whatever it was that Muzai had described, just in time to see the professor's attack land, the flash of grey indicating its true nature. "That was Gray projecting his soul wavelength. If you aren't in sync it can be quite painful and disruptive, thankfully, that won't work quite as well against us, assuming you really are okay to participate."

The whole thing was boring Innes. The fight should have been over long ago. They had been moved outside, so at least they wouldn't be stuck in the classroom anymore; they wouldn't have to worry about damaging school property so much either. When they had gone outside, he'd quickly claimed a spot at the base of one of the trees. Having brought his notebook with him, he was quickly engrossed in his drawings. However, it wasn't long before he started daydreaming, wondering exactly what Hikari and he would be practicing later or what they should have for lunch. It stood to follow that he was quickly asleep before deciding either one of those things.

Muzai

"oh i did i see, well its nothing to worry about i think José said it happened all the time. he said just as long as i was in a safe place and not doing anything that could possibly hurt me when it happens then i should be fine. . . i think" Muzai was glad Arthur pointed that out to her, she never liked her episodes mainly because it often happened when she was playing soccer. then she grinned "aw was lil Arthur worrieded about me aww thats so sweet" teasing him while she pulled at his cheeks and laughing.

Muzai just about fell out of the tree from laughing but managed to stop herself before she actually slipped. still laughing Muzai watched the duel ,listening to Arthurs explanation on what Gray did. but then she frowned when Arthur voiced his doubt on her being alright. "well of course im alright why wouldnt i be. so dont worry about me just focus on making a plan on how were going to deal with our teacher" she said in a huff. Muzai didnt take to well whenever someone asks that kind of question, mainly because José would always ask it. and just remembering him brought both good and bad memories.

Hikari followed the rest of the students outside claiming a seat near her partner watching him doodle and eventually drift off to sleep. 'Guess he's still tired... Wonder what kept him from making it to the ceremony this morning? I'll ask during our practice.' As the fight continued she watch observing and learning from the other students. She hadn't had much experience in fighting so anything she could pickup would be useful. After a while the battle grew boring and Hikari started planing for their training that was going to be that afternoon. 'I need to work on the gun part of Innes's gunblade. I'm really good at the close combat but I need to work on my ranged combat. Going to have to find some targets for practice... Maybe work on our resonance see if I can kick our power any more.'

(OOC: best I could do didn't want to read all the battle posts sorry if you guys don't like it let me know and I'll try to make it better.)

Witches View

the witches were lead to a dark chamber deep underground, a tunnel system so vast and intricate not even the person imprisoned for as long as she has would never be able to look through all of them. Chamile lead the group to the dark chamber, but it was an underwater reservoir, full of clear water. the group stood on a small stretch of sand, the water lapping at its shores, making the only sound of water moving. but if they listened close enough they could hear a faint voice singing.

Chamile had already informed them not to listen to the song, as it did not mean much to them for what they were searching for The Mirror of Serpentine. it was rumored that that very song and voice belonged to the witch that was imprisoned within the maze of tunnels, as well as the owner and creator of the mirror they were searching for.

but if they stopped and stood right in front of them they would have seen a single island that was too far away to make out any particular details other than the fact that it was a small island. using their magic the witches flew to the island which for some reason took longer than they thought would but they reached the island after what seemed like an hour. what stood before them left them speechless for what it was in fact the mirror.

it was huge three times the height of Chamile, two dragons held it up with the claws, wings stretched over their heads to show the top of the mirror their feet the bottom. the reflective glass itself wasnt really reflective at all but swirled a silvery substance showing what they wanted to see. Chamile stepped forwards placing her palm on the surface creatig a ripple affect. suddenly a gust of wind blew laced with magic power, she smiled her eyes changed to the color of the mirror a swirling silver. then it stopped smiling in triumph Chamile stepped back to look at the mirror which showed a life sized cavern of what looked to be a pyramid. gesturing to the mirror the witches stepped through and were now in that very cavern in a pyramid. Chamile walked forwards arms outstretched and turned back to the witches that accompanied her "well here we are Kishin wont you come and play" her voice rang throughout the cavern waiting for a reply.

"well here we are Kishin wont you come and play"

The voice didn't reach Sora, but that however didn't mean he didn't hear it. In his coffin he lay flat on his back, completely unaware of the witches that dared to enter his sanctuary. The hush lullaby stopped and the silence that came was only interrupted by a drop...a single drop of liquid, presumably water. Then came more water, instead of a drop it sounded like a shower...then a river..then an ocean. The source of the sound was directly in front of the witches. Within the darkness was a fountain, an extremely old but working fountain that was quickly overfilling. Eventually the liquid made it's way down to Chamile's feet. It was warm, far too warm and thick for water and upon closer inspection it could only be recognized as blood. As soon as the blood reached Chamile's feet the sound stopped and the blood stopped right in it's tracks.

One thing after another...A large weeping could be heard in the far back of the cavern, at least a hundred or so feet away from the group of witches. The weeping itself was in a low hushed tone but loud enough for anyone with half decent ears to recognize it.

Without notice a loud shriek broke through the quiet weeping, causing the whole room to vibrate.

"WHYYYY?!" The voice screamed out, it continued on each shriek louder than the next. "WHYYY?! IT MAKES NO SENSE! THE SKY HAS NOT YET FALLEN, THE WIND HAS NOT HEEDED MY CALL, SO WHY?!"

Suddenly everything stopped literally, everything. The blood stopped seeping into the cold rocky ground. Three red eyes appeared everywhere, illuminated by their own sheer power. They were harmless, only a precaution of what was ahead, any fool would turn back now...but the witches were no fools. The mystical barriers that guarded Sora aged and weakened as do many things in the world. Once placed up by Mabaa centuries ago the barriers standing before the witches were now equal to that of a novice witch.

Another voice, this time high pitched but calm...and almost oblivious to normal hearing called out to the witches.

"Please...help me."

Gray simply stopped Katsu's swing with his arm "This duel is over" Gray said, loud enough for everyone to hear. He walked over to Ellis "Ready for another fight after your little rest?" Gray said jokingly. He turned back to Katsu "You did well for a one-star meister, good job" He then turned to Yuzuki and Atmosk "It's your turn now" Gray said light-hearted, and then spoke specifically to Atmosk: "Now You can shoot at me" Gray walked back to Ellis and laughed "Would you kindly transform Ellis? I promise not to let go this time" Gray laughed lightly at his own joke and waited for her response.

GM POST

and so the duels ended with a good end, at that moment the lunch bell rang. signaling for the students to either got o the mess hall, wonder the school or go off grounds for lunch. most of the students in Prof. Gray's class left the moment the bell rang while other straggled behind but they eventually left for better use of their time as they would describe . . .

"Lunch, Roof, Practice" Asuna said. Ryner decided to agree by nodding simply. There was no reason to speak. Ryner watched the fight, still interested. He wondered what Ellis and Gray thought of his father, but he didn't think it would be right to simply ask. Ryner had his attention on Ellis, interested in what the weapon was capable of. Ryner never underestimated his opponents or allies, taking every fight seriously. Ryner returned his attention to the battle as Katsu raced towards Gray. He watched her fight, an interesting strategy nonetheless. Ryner wasn't surprised when Gray managed to dodge, mostly due to Gray being a teacher. Ryner could rarely train with his father, considering the fact that his father could break every one of Ryner's bones on accident. Ryner wondered what Gray was hoping for when he went to hit Katsu's stomach. Ryner didn't wonder why Katsu took the hit. It was an obvious reason, she didn't want her partner to get hit. Ryner guessed that the battle would soon be over soon, but there was always room for possibilities.

Alexander Lute, an adult with a short temper, was made to do paperwork due to him not having to deal with students on the first day. Snap!, the pen he was using now had a broken tip, and the ink went onto all the papers he had just finished. He tried desperately to not be violent, considering the fact that he ironically didn't like violence. Too late, he had already crushed the remaining body of the pen in his hand and had gotten ink all over his hand. He felt lucky that he didn't get ink over his clothes, not wanting to figure out how long it took to get ink out of clothes. "Why was I, of all people, assigned to this?" He mumbled to himself. Oh, how the other teachers must have been laughing at the fact that he was assigned paperwork. Well, the teachers probably were more professional than that, but Alexander simply didn't care to think logically while having ink on him.

He stood up from his classroom, and went to a bathroom, preparing to wash his hands. The academy didn't allow him to smoke, which was a thing that helped him calm himself. He didn't need to smoke, but it helped him calm his nerves. He walked in and out of the bathroom, washing his hands and drying them. At least the ink came off. He would have went back to his office and continued working, but he knew he would probably end up breaking something. He instead went outside, putting his hands on his sides and stretching his body. At least his sunglasses kept away the sun's rays. He walked randomly and eventually spotted Gray in the distance. He had a slight urge to go and speak to Gray, but not enough to interrupt.

He simply watched the fight with interest, wondering how strong the new students would be mentally and physically. He watched until the bell rang, signaling lunch for the students, and his chance to 'borrow' his son for a bit. He walked calmly yet quickly up to the location his son was at. Nothing needed to be said for Ryner to notice his father. "Need something?" Ryner asked, wondering what could be important. "I want you to come practice with me, we can't have you being weak now, can we?" Alexander said, looking at his son's meister. A bit of sadness was shown in his eyes, remembering his meister, but the sadness was quickly replaced by his normally calm look. "You're coming too." Alexander said, looking at Asuna. He wouldn't force them to come, but he couldn't quite ask them to come without sounding forceful. It was just a problem with being freakishly strong. "Well then, let's go Asuna." Ryner said, anticipating the spar that would probably be soon brought on. Alexander waved at Gray, remembering that Gray existed, but he quickly returned to the matter at hand. He picked up both Asuna and Ryner, using both of his hands to ease movement. He then used his strong legs and ran towards a simple training location, forgetting that most humans weren't used to the suddenness of being carried and quickly transported. Alexander wasn't even slightly tired, building a high stamina from his years of training and being a hot-headed kid. He dropped the two abruptly. "This should suffice. I'd take you to the roof of the building, but we'd probably break something and the roof isn't very easy to move on." Alexander stated, not expecting a response. He had broken a couple of things when he began being a Professor, but he eventually got the idea to reinforce most of his class. He got himself in a fighting stance and prepared to help the two train, "I'll stop and give you kids time to eat after forty minutes of practice." Alexander said, a bit excited at the idea of practicing.

"I don't mind the fact that I was dropped, so much as the fact that I hadn't been able to do anything on my end to prevent it." Ellis' comment to Gray's dropping her was kept neutral in both content and tone. She began to transform after she'd spoken but at that point the bell chimed. She halted her transformation and hid her own disappointment on the matter. Ellis still wound up crossing her arms anyways, more of habit than anything and adjusted her glasses with a transformed bit of hair.

"Looks like that fight isn't happening today, but from what I've experienced so far... this group will be quite powerful in a year or two." She turned on her heel as she spoke, intending to go to her favorite little restaurant in Death City. Since she went there nearly every day for lunch, if anyone needed her she'd be easy to find. She hadn't gone far before remembering something, "Bow girl...Yuzuki if I'm not mistaken. Earlier you'd stated that you wished to speak with me, let's do it over lunch." The girl had asked to speak with her before the fights and Ellis had brushed it off, now was as good a time as any to address whatever she'd wanted to talk about.

Sorry, bad post. Please ignore :)

Yuzuki quickly transformed back and followed after Ellis towards the restaurant. "Yes I did have a couple questions for you, it seems that I know you from somewhere I just can't put my finger on it." Shaking her head she finally caught up to her and walked side by side with Ellis. "Also it seems that Atomsk wants to drop out of school, so am I to be without a partner? It troubles me a lot." smiling for a second she continued, "It also seems that you're just a weapon who can match anyone's wavelength from the conversation with Professor Gray earlier, to what extent I'm unsure of. Buuuuut we can continue this conversation after we eat right? I mean I'm getting hungry myself so please lead the way."

Arthur

"aw was lil Arthur worrieded about me aww thats so sweet"

Arthur blushed at the teasing, and quickly tried to cover up his earlier concern. "I was only worried because I'm sitting on your lap. If you fall, I fall." This was, of course, blatantly false. A fact which was almost painfully obvious. Thankfully, at least from Arthur's perspective, the lunch bell rang before the conversation could continue.

"So," the meister said, turning his head to better face Muzai, while still not falling out of the tree. "Shall we eat in the mess hall, or go eat something in town." Arthur himself didn't really have a preference, and so left the decision largely up to his partner.

Muzai

before she could say anything else on the matter a bell rung. she noticed a lot of the students left and she was curious as to why.

"oh that was the lunch bell Yes! im starving" she grinned hungrily. and to empathize on her comment Muzais stomach growled loudly earning a giggle from her. "ha silly tummy youll get food dont worry" patting her stomach. unfortunately because of her excite ment and patting her stomach Muzai slipped out of the tree falling forwards.

"gah" was all she could say, in an instant Muzai right herself landing on both feet. then with outstretched arms she caught Arthur holding him like a baby. "well that was fun" grinning at him Muzai placed a finger on her chin thinking about his previous question while still holding him with one arm. now he was propped on her hip like a mother would her baby but it never came to mind how uncomfortable the situation would be on her new meister. suddenly she clapped both hands dropping Arthur in the process, "oh i know theres this resturant i saw while walking it smelled really good but i didnt have money so i couldnt eat anything" her face got all gloomy thinking about the food. then she realized what she did "ah Arthur im sorry i didnt mean to drop you like that are you okay?" crouching down next to Him Muzai's hands hovered over him unsure of what to do.

Arthur

And so Arthur was unceremoniously launched off the tree. This probably wouldn't have been too much of a problem, since he'd have ample time to adjust his fall, but it seemed that would be unnecessary, as Muzai had somehow reached the ground first, and caught him in her arms.

"well that was fun"

"That's purely a matter of opinion." Apparently, the weapon required a free hand, as she propped him up on her hip. This was uncomfortable for a menagerie of reasons, not the least of which was that it was embarrassing. It wasn't the greatest of the reasons either, just the one he decided to focus on to try and avoid thinking about the others. This did not have to be dealt with for long however, as he was then dropped to the ground. Now, normally he'd be able to catch himself, but he was close enough to the ground already that he didn't have time to regain his feet before impact.

"ah Arthur im sorry i didnt mean to drop you like that are you okay?"

Arthur nodded and sprang to his feet, dusting himself off before sending Muzai a reassuring smile. "I'm alright. I'm a bit more resilient than I look." This was true, though his ability to withstand damage was still nowhere near on par with that of most other meisters. "Anyways, let's head to that restaurant you were talking about."

Muzai

Muzai grinned once more glad he was alright "well thats good to know" patting his head Muzai did a quick inspection with her eye making sure he wasnt lying to her, she hated liars though Muzai couldnt remember why. with a shrug dissmising the thought Muzai chuckled a little "okay um i think it was this way" linking her amr with Arthurs she lead him away from DWMA and once again jumped onto the sides of the stairs but did it diffrently this time, she walked backwards hands behind her head.

Muzai nearly tripped backwards when she reached the end but managed to save herself with a simple acrobatic flip. "okay no walking backwards on the sides of stairs make sure you remind me on that one Arthur" for the next 10-15 minutes Muzai led Arthur on a wild goose chase trying to figure out where the resturant was. finally Muzai could no longer hide her fustration. "Urgh! why cant i just remeber where it is! Dammit im starving!" gritting her teeth Muzai looked like she was about to pull hair out from fustration but kept from doing so. dropping her hands to her side Muzai groaned her shoulders slouched forwards while her stomach let out a loud growl for food.

suddenly a hand clasped her shoulder, making her jump, instinctively Muzai grabbed the hand and flipped whoever was dumb enough to come up from behind her and soon the guy was on his back, his breathe knocked out of him. or at least thats what was supposed to happen, but the man righted himself at the last moment and flipped Muzai herself over his shoulder. what happened next could only be achieved by those skilled enough to get out of sticky situations, one of those people being Muzai.

Muzai transformed into her weapon form making the man let go of her handle. for a moment Muzai was airborne but she switchdd back landing on her feet, Muzai had gone back to looking through her right eye. glaring at him Muzai growled "the hell was that for. dont you know not to sneak up on people like that" balling her fists at her sides. the man laughed getting in her face by bending down slightly as he was one tall fellow, with dark spiky hair and dark eyes. "dont you know its not polite to flip people like that" he said sweetly gripping her chin in his hand. she stepped back surprised by his answer but scowled at him, suddenly his body went tense and he let out a howl of pain his hands hovered over his crotch. "Pervert!" sticking her tongue out at him Muzai twirled around to face Arthur and took him by the arm "come on Arthur i think i remeber now" just about to leave Muzai stopped at the sound of the man asking them to wait.

"hey you two i think i may be of help to you. i couldnt help overhearing your conversation little miss and i think i can take you to the resturant your looking for" he had a sheepish smile on his face, his request was mainly directed towards Arthur hoping the kid would pity him and say yes. Muzai figured that was the case and turned to Arthur "well do you want to take up on his offer?" the scowl still on her face.

2 miles outside of Death City....

Beep! Beep! Click!

The sounds were usually the ones that woke up Johannes in the modern world. He got up out of his bed and stretched when he looked a tthe claendar. He beamed. Is it today? His first day of work?! He jumped and got cleaned up. He had to look good, or at least better. He had wanted a job for a long time. Why? WHy would a millenia old male witch with the power to destroy cities want a job? Because he wanted to try living a human life. That, and he would'nt rely so much on his powers for it.

He runs faster than any car already as he dashed from the abandoned gas station he had purchased in the desert. He had renovated it and refurbished it. It was quite nice inside, and held a few bunkbeds for guests. Not like he had any. As he entered town he went to the restaurant and spoke to the manager. The manager gave him the uniform and told him where he would be stationed. Johannes was having a good morning. He was the perfect employee. Almost. If he wasn't so clever, he would have failed the blood test. Heavily failed it, for that matter.

He noticed alot of kids came here to eat. Apparently some school was nearby and this place was quite popular. He seemed to be doing well, although alot of them gave him wierd looks. What was with these kids? its not like he was poisoning their food. And they always came in pairs. Like partners. Still, they liked him enough that they tipped him. He could have sworn he saw a guy with dark spiky hair and dark eyes here earlier. Odd...

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The pair were looking at Johannes from the window. "I'm telling you he's a witch!" "No he's not! His wavelength would be alot stronger." "I'm telling Shinigani!" "Wait for me!"

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Johannes thought to himself. Maybe his soul protect wasn't working too well. He needed to perfect it now that he was a "human".

Arthur

Arthur hadn't been lying; he honestly was fairly unharmed. Years of sparring matches, especially the ones against his sister, had increased his pain tolerance beyond that of most, though admittedly this didn't actually help with the fact that a single well-placed strike could usually put him out of commission. As he was reminiscing Muzai walked backwards off the side of the DWMA's main stairs, though she managed to land on her feet, and appeared to be alright.

"okay no walking backwards on the sides of stairs make sure you remind me on that one Arthur"

"Noted." the blue-haired teen said, tapping the side of his head to emphasize that he'd stored it away in his mind. For the next 10-15 minutes, they wandered around Death City, seemingly without direction, as they looked for Muzai's restaurant. They were passing through an alleyway, which Arthur was sure they'd passed through at least twice before, when Muzai seemed to reach her limit. Before he could reply to her outburst, a tall man appeared and countered the flip that the weapon attempted to use on him. Due to the confined space of the alley, Arthur couldn't get around Muzai to assist her. He considered going over them by bouncing off the walls of the buildings, but decided against it since the man would likely just throw his partner at the lad.

Thankfully, it seemed that he wasn't as much of a threat as he initially appeared to be, and Muzai finished the confrontation fairly quickly on her own. She then stated that she thought she remembered where the restaurant was, and began to pull him along with her, before stopping at the sound of the man telling them to wait.

"hey you two i think i may be of help to you. i couldnt help overhearing your conversation little miss and i think i can take you to the resturant your looking for"

Muzai didn't seem terribly happy, but still left the decision up to him. "Well, you said you remember now, so if that's really the case, we don't need help. On the other hand, if you don't, I don't see any harm in seeing where he wants to take us." He paused before turning to whisper to his partner. "Besides, if he does wish us harm, I think we can take him. Plus, if he is an enemy, he might know something about your past." After a moment of thought, Arthur stopped whispering and added "Still, it's sort of suspicious how he knows what restaurant you're talking about, despite the fact that you never mentioned a name or any other distinguishing features."

Muzai

sometimes she really hated her memory problem, and one of those times was now since she really didn't remember where the restaurant was. Muzai only said she did so the guy could leave them alone, but no he had to say he knew what they were looking for, and why did she leave it to Arthur to decide she should have just ignored the guy.

Muzai let out a huff that sounded more like defeat than anger, crossing her arms she looked away from the man and nodded her head "fine" was her answer. she barely listened to what Arthur had said until he mentioned her past which stopped her in her tracks suddenly turning to face Arthur her hair smacked the man in the face earning a loud hmp from him. Muzai glared at him and looked back at Arthur "you really think so, no wait how did you know where I wanted to go when I cant even remember myself where or what it is or looks like" her sentence directed at the man in the end, "and who are you anyway, I cant keep calling you pervert though that's a perfect name for a man such as yourself" the tone in her voice said it all on just how much Muzai disliked the guy.

apparently he didn't get the hint as he shrugged at her question. "the names James, James Bond" bowing he flicked his wrist and suddenly a fedora appeared in his hands, standing upright, the fedora on his head he burst out laughing mainly because of the look of confusion on Muzai's face.

"wow! you really fell for it didn't you. who the hell would have that kind of name, my name is actually David, David Torreto if you must know. as for knowing where you wanted to go, well doesn't every man need to know the needs and wants of his lady" he said flirtatiously, David even winked at Muzai forgetting about Arthur completely. then his face soured and he paled, his words only earned him another knee to the groin, Muzai was not amused in the slightest and kept a straight face the entire time.

"I'm not laughing, you womanizer, that crap doesn't work on me so save it for a girl who's waiting for her knight in shinning armor. but ill let you lead since you do seem to know where it is I want to go, you can even pay" a smirk planted itself on her face and she walked away, leaving both of the guys behind.

David sat back up, a pained look on his face but he managed to smile "oh I like her, she has fire, but I have to ask is she always like that. ha who am I kidding how would a kid like you ever understand or appreciate a woman when he sees one" he said with a cheeky smile his hands made an hourglass directly aimed at the back of Muzai. "well looks like I got myself a date eh kiddo-" he said messing up Arthurs hair and in a few strides caught up to Muzai "-and I do believe its this way Miss" giving Muzai his most charming smile.

Johannes, seeing a few people coming, a dark haired man, a young guy with blue hair, and a girl with orange hair, made his way to open the door for them. "Hi, welcome. Pick any table you like ok?" After they were seated, he handed them menus and was standing there waiting for their selection of beverages. Then, out of nowhere, he felt an emotion that wasn't his. It must be Chamile! He snapped back to reality. "Oh, I'm sorry about this. Would you excuse me for a second? I forgot my pen." He went back to the kitchen and drank some water before composing himself. He was suppressing his urges like he has for the past 500 or so years. Howler the Hunter, almost as if it was a different person, was sealed away within Johannes mind, waiting to be free to destroy once again. He took a deep breath and went back out to the table. "Sorry about that. Now what would you like to drink?"

Arthur

While David's womanizing ways got on Arthur's nerves, it was his words after Muzai began to walk ahead that cemented his dislike for the man. "That depends quite a lot on what you mean by 'like this'. Also, I am not a child. I am sixteen years old, and I am perfectly capable of both understanding and appreciating women." Well, at least he hadn't mistook Arthur for a girl like some people did. That could have been varying degrees of awkward for everyone involved. With a scowl he slapped David's hands down from making the hourglass.

"well looks like I got myself a date eh kiddo-"

Arthur couldn't help but scoff at this. "Yeah, because nothing says infatuation like repeatedly injuring your genitals. And you say I don't understand women." The odd man then strode ahead, quickly catching up with Muzai and trying once more to be charming. That being the case, Arthur quickly hurried after them. Less so that he could help if David tried anything, more so he could laugh when Muzai made extra sure that he'd never be having children, a possibility that was already on its way to becoming quite unlikely, based on her strength and the number of times she'd struck already.

When they finally did arrive at the restaurant, a black-haired man opened the door for them. The place seemed deserted at the moment, and something in here put Arthur on edge. He couldn't identify it, or even get a general idea of why it might bother him, but there was definitely something bothering him.

Muzai

saddly for David Muzai ignored his attempts at trying to charm her, glancing at Arthur who caught up to him. finally they got to the resturant, without even meaning too Muzai began to daydream of all the food she would be eating an evil grin passed across her features at having David pay. who for the time being was actually quiet as if he lost interest in Muzai instead he focused on their waiter.

this made Muzai wonder, as both her miester and David seemed kinda hostile towards the guy. not that she cared 'eh must be manly protectiveness or something' she grinned sheepishly at their waiter ordering apple juice, David asked for a water and reverted to his normal self winking at a few girls the table over. this caused them to giggle in delight and it also earned David a kick to his shin which he tried to ignore the first time while saying "woman-" before getting cut off again.

Chamile

she wasnt bothered a bit by what happened next rather she was expecting it. Chamile stepped forwards a sly smile on her face, but her feet remained dry despite the blood that covered the ground rather it seemed it parted for her with each step she took. finally reaching the source of the cry for help Chamile looked up to see a coffin suspended in the air by already dying spells in an attempt to keep him lock away.

"well what do we have here crying for help what a nice greeting you gave us hmm" dipping a slender white finger into the blood Chamile licked the blood from her finger before raising it into the air and began to draw out runes. "chame- chame- chame- leon-" she chanted to help with the spell she was writing out.

soon an entire rune was visible with the blood and it glowed then began to spin at a high velocity around the coffin tearing at the spells that kept it like that as well as the coffine itself, soon all that was left was a man floating inside the runes that continued to circle around him at a such highspeeds it began to cut at its surroundings but it didnt even touch Chamile or the others nor did it even disturb a single hair on the mans head. smiling at her work Chamile opened her mouth to speak "wakey wakey our little Kishin time to reign this world with madness" . . .

Johannes brought the drinks, noticing the looks he was receiving from the table. Again? He was really being looked at like this again? Maybe he had something on his face. He smiled anyway, trying not to let it bother him. He noticed the girl wasn't giving him such a look though. He gave her an appreciative smile as he went and cleared the dishes from the table next to them. "I'll give you guys a few minutes to order decide?" Wow. It was amazing how young he could act, being a few thousands years old and all. As he got back in the kitchen, he put the dishes in the sink and then froze. He saw Chamile. She was unlocking something. Then it was gone/. Damn it! He thought. Why did I have to go and trade blood with her?! Now I keep getting these flashes! No doubt she'd feel a small amount of his aggravation. He was hoping for it. After a few minutes passed he went back to the table to take their orders. "Alright, who'd like to go first?"

"well what do we have here crying for help what a nice greeting you gave us hmm" Again...there goes the voice, so close yet so far. It reached him, but yet it didn't. He was too much in a deep slumber, snoring silently he stayed in his coffin, sure that no one would be foolish enough to disturb him. Yet here they were...laid out in front of him a group of witches attempting to wake him.

"wakey wakey our little Kishin time to reign this world with madness" . . .Again with the voices...where were they coming from. Sora WANTED to open his eyes, his body willed it but his mind did not. He tried and tried but nothing happened. He could sense the coffin being reduced to nearly nothing, gusts of magic being blown around him. The smell of iron. He was awake, but not in this world, perhaps in another, his mind was drifting aloft when his magic completely depleted. His body fell from the sky and into the pool of blood. His body switched at the warmth of the blood, it was something he had only felt a couple times before. He willed his eyes to open, he willed his body to open his eyes, they merely twitched. His body and mind were broken and strained beyond repair, or so he thought.

Looking at Chamille with almost no interest she spat at the floor and sighed. "Why are we here? I mean it's just dusty and boring, I heard you say something about the Kishin buuuut... I just don't care." Coughing slightly as the coffin shuddered from the magic she laughed and slapped her on the back. "Chamille you may be one that led us here but if nothing happens I'm gonna go back to the what I call home and try to cause as much havoc as I can, can't be too bored now can I?" standing there with an arrogant smirk she then sat down on the air and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Oh the joy of having the looks of a goddess, I just positively love it. Chamille darling you should also take the time to take care of your look, you have such potential but with more conscious thoughts on your figure and hair ooh you'd be just beautiful." After combing her hair with her fingers she stretched and sat watching her work on the coffin. "If you need help with the coffin then ask now or I might change my mind, I'm getting bored."

Arthur

Arthur hadn't been glaring at the waiter at first, or even really looking at him for that matter. Arthur was far better at previewing soul wavelengths through touch rather than sight. Actually, he couldn't "see" souls at all, which in his family was something of an oddity. As a result, he had no idea what it was in the restaurant that was bothering him, just that there was indeed something. However, David seemed to be on edge as well, at least for a moment, and the source of his unease seemed to be their server for the meal. This of course drew Arthur's attention.

So distracted was he that he had no initial reply to the waiter's question upon his return. Instead, the meister turned to his companions. After all, he didn't even know what kind of food was served here, whereas these two seemed at least vaguely familiar with the place.

"Alright, who'd like to go first?"

"oh i do!" she said happily raising her hand in the air. then reaching for her menu Muzai began to skim through it thwn placed it down her face void of emotion. "id like to have one of everything on the menu and when i say everything that includes dessert and beverages" grinning from ear to ear. David stared at her in awe his mouth hung open before he managed to muster up an order of his own. "well um id like the country fired steak" giving the waiter his most charming smile. then turning to Muzai he spoke "you realize your underaged right" a look of amusement on his face thinking he had outsmarted her.

instead of a shocked look from Muzai she laughed. "ha your funny. i may look underaged but im not at least i dont think i am. just ask Arthur he's the smart one, i mean i look sixteen but thats because i was sixteen, seven years ago" her grin full of pride. David however still did not quite understand what she meant and with a grimance turned to Arthur for an answer. "so do you know why she can drink at such a young age" David had to spit out the words due to the fact that he really did not like having to ask Arthur.

Chamile

the slap on the back tied the ribbon, she most certainly regretted bringing the young witch along. sighing Chamile had to hold herself back from killing the girl right then and there. instead she spoke, her voice threatening "i suggest you refrain from doing that again girl i am not one of your friends" her voice icy. Chamile decided to ignore her comment on her appearance, Chamile was well aware that her apperance attracted the eyes of men and sometimes even woman, but it was also one of the few things she could wear that would change with her.

her body suit was like a second skin, adding to the protection of her vitals. Chamile frowned and turned back to the Kishin, "well it seems your not quite up yet i should change that but not in here" the Kishins body was lowered to the ground, ultimately falling into her open arms. letting out a low omf, Chamile was surprised by how human the Kishin looked. she then walked back to the mirror, placing a hand on the watery surface, it changed color and shape and showed the outside of the pyramid they were inside. Chamile smiled and waved her hand, a simple makeshift stretcher formed by magic to carry the Kishin. she walked into the Mirror the Kishin soon to follow, Chamile only looked back once at Aurora "well come along now little witch" she sneered, she really liked messing with the young ones, 'they are so arrogant'.

Gray sat in his classroom, eating the lunch that he had made for himself that morning. All the fights that day had gone well, the students he had in his class seemed strong, and that was good, he had more to work with. He was impressed with all of their fighting ability, they still couldn't have possibly bested him, but they did give it their all, and so,Stimson that's the difference between life and death in some battles.

Anyway, he sat in the class, waiting for lunch to end, the rest of the day would be a normal class, Gray didn't have anymore suprises up his sleeve, so that was that, he had his fun, but they still had to learn other things than fighting.

After a while of practice, Ryner was extremely tired. He let go of his weapon form and laid down on the floor. He had taken quite a bit of hits. He was surprised he hadn't broken. "Stop, please." He said, holding his hands up in defeat. "Fine, but expect to have more training tomorrow." Alexander, said proud that his son hadn't broken to pieces. Alexander was barely tired. He decided to let the kids walk back to the academy, considering they were only a few feet away. They had moved closer to the school while fighting, as to not have to move very much. Ryner and Asuna began eating.

Alexander entered the school, eating his lunch while moving. He decided to visit Gray, walking quickly into the other Professor's classroom. "Gray, how did it go?" He asked, wondering what Gray thought of the new students.

"Ah hello Alex, to answer your question, it went swimmingly!" Gray said after finishing a mouthful of his sandwich. "So, how have you been? Oh, and in case you didn't know, your son is in my class, he seems like a good kid" Gray said standing up to face Alexander (or as Gray called him, Alex). "I also have someone I never thought I'd see again in my class, but that's not important, the important thing is, what going on with you? I haven't seen you in the teachers lounge, but then again, I don't really look" Gray said, letting out a laugh. He looked at Alex to see what his reply would be.

The two students from NOT approached Professor Gray. "Excuse us, but how are ways to find out if one is a witch?" The Meister asked. He wanted to be sure before taking on a witch. He was also being discreet about it while his weapon blew it. "We think we found one in the city." The miester glared at him. "Oops". Being in NOT, bringing down a witch was big.

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Johannes laughed at David's face as he wrote down everything. He listened to the conversation with amusement. He looked at Muzai. " since you're trying everything, let me know what's good OK?" Then he felt a slap on his back. What the hell? Someone slapped him? Weird... later. Deal with it later. He looked at the other two and asked." And as for you two?"

Arthur

In response to Muzai's order, Arthur looked up in a sort of "why me?" gesture. Shinigami-sama preserve us, she's going to be drinking. Apparently, there was some confusion as to whether or not she was of drinking age, ending with David turning to ask Arthur. "Well, she said that she'd been in a coma for some time, but I don't see why that would have stopped her from aging. Also, I can't be expected to know all this; I just met her this morning." After a pause, he shrugged and added "Though I suppose that it is technically legal."

The waiter asking what he'd have resulted in another shrug from the blue-haired meister. "Honestly, I don't even know what kind of restaurant this is." He grinned sheepishly. "I guess I was too occupied with these two to notice." Speaking of distracting things, that feeling was stronger now. It was definitely coming from the waiter, though he couldn't tell why or what it meant. He seemed like a nice enough fellow, so why would he be giving off such an aura?

"Well, to put it simply without the extensive little history lesson, we are a Death themed American diner. We sell dishes like Death burgers and crypt fries, or a nice tombstone steak with a ghoul potato, and many other dishes for your lethal appetites. As for the dessert, our most popular one is Death by Chocolate triple layer chocolate cake. Despite the names and the themes, all the food is safe to eat and non lethal unless eaten to an inhuman excess." Then he leaned in as if telling a secret. "We even have an alcoholic drink called the Kishin, because it drives people completely insane with intoxication. I do not recommend drinking it if your going to school." With that he just about summed it up. After the extensive explanation, he looked at his uniform. It had Lord Death's face on it and a scythe on the back. His hat said "The Deadly Diner", the proud name of this establishment. Then he said. "I know, not exactly the best advertisement, but it sure peaks people's curiosity. Our main form of business is tourists I hear. Now that we've gotten all that across, do you two know what you would like?"

Muzai

Muzai stared at the waiter in awe at all the Death themed names, then broke out into a beaming smile. "awesome I think that's all so hurry and bring on the food!" she said with such eagerness it was surprising that Muzai hadn't fallen from her chair. David laughed, took all their menus and gave them to the waiter.

then turning to the both of them he decided to address the fact that Arthur said they had just met that very morning "so I'm rather curious how did the two of you meet eh?" a look of curiosity written all over his face. Muzai smiled at Arthur "oh yeah wait gosh darn it Arthur I forgot how we met urgh!" glaring at the table. Muzai's head hung low in shame at not remembering, then her stomach growled loudly and she too responded with a growl of her own. laying her cheek down on the table clothe Muzai cried tears of hunger "I'm so hungry!" complaining to no one in particular.

Arthur

Honestly, Arthur had absolutely no idea how he had missed that up til now. Maybe he could chalk it up to being really unnerved by the waiter? Speaking of which, he definitely seemed like a genuinely nice person, so why would he be projecting that weird aura? Then again, he supposed that not everyone who had a non-standard soul wavelength was by nature evil. In the end, Arthur did manage to pull himself out of his thoughts and order his food.

Arthur's expression changed to one of slight hurt, though he already knew that Muzai was rather forgetful, so it shouldn't have surprised him. "Muzai and I met early this morning when I found her napping in the middle of the street. Not the sidewalk. The street. Anyways, I was concerned, so I went to see if she was alright, but. when she woke up, she punched me. I assume it was just a reflex though. A reflex that's to be expected of one who makes a habit of sleeping in the middle of the street." The meister shrugged, as if to say there were no hard feelings. "In retrospect, I probably should have gone and gotten a stick or something."

Noir

"Just try to blend in, and await my instructions, my dear." It was with those words that Noir had been deposited in the outskirts of Death City. While for some the last words might have been considered a term of endearment, she was better aware to the way they were truly mean. They were not a way of showing affection, but possession. After giving these instructions, the witch Blanche Crowe disappeared in a swirling murder of ravens. With an involuntary shudder, her offspring made her way into the city.

By the time she had actually made it into the city proper, it had occurred to Noir that she didn't actually know where to go, aside form the giant skull-adorned building in the center of the city. To make matters worse, the non-standard layout of the area made it surprisingly difficult to actually reach the academy. Then again, Noir, being used to wandering aimlessly rather than having a specific destination that she was trying to reach, did not have the greatest sense of direction. Eventually, just when she had been about to give up and go ask someone for directions, she saw what appeared to be an academy student, accompanied by an older woman Noir assumed to be a teacher. Though they did appear to be in the middle of a conversation, her situation was important enough that she felt reasonably sure that they wouldn't mind, and she could always just make up some story of even greater importance, if the did.

Running over to the pair, began to speak. "I'm terribly, terribly sorry to interject, but would either of you happen to know the way to the DWMA? I'm meant to be meeting my partner and attending our first class there, but I believe I've gotten myself a bit lost after that altercation with the badgers." This last part was, of course, completely false. Noir had never even seen a badger in person. As was usually the case, Noir had just spoken without thinking, and that just happened to be the story that came out. She glanced down at the paper she held in her hand, the one which had on it the information she'd require on it. Said information being, her class, the names of suggested partners, and where she'd need to go to get a student ID.

"I'm not too sure about where you'd have heard of me, well at least not outside of my family's little sphere of influence." Ellis commented on Yuzuki's sense of familiarity. " But yes you are correct, Soul Wavelength and for that matter weapon form are of no consequence to me when it comes to a Meister. Though I like to keep the second bit under close wraps, it's already bad enough that my wavelength control is quite public."

Ellis rounded a corner while she continued speaking, the place was less than four blocks distant. " As for Atomsk's lack of interest in staying in the program. While it is troubling, you'll simply be teamed up with a new partner and training will essentially continue from there." By the time she finished that statement another girl approached and spoke.

"I'm terribly, terribly sorry to interject, but would either of you happen to know the way to the DWMA? I'm meant to be meeting my partner and attending our first class there, but I believe I've gotten myself a bit lost after that altercation with the badgers."

"Well it's already lunch hour missy so you're rather late," Ellis felt an eyebrow raise about a statement of badgers but thought nothing more. "So I'll take your paperwork, provided you have it now and we can continue processing it later. Until then, stick with us since that will simplify security checks." Ellis held out her left hand for the paper before adjust her glasses with her right. This late girl would have to be a Meister, she'd already read through all the Weapon files and no such late or missing student notice was there.

"Pairing a Meister with a Weapon is usually a difficult process. Things like wavelength and compatibility need to be considered along with personal preference of the people in question. But since the opportunity is so convenient, how about you and Yuzuki give it a quick test."

"Pairing a Meister with a Weapon is usually a difficult process. Things like wavelength and compatibility need to be considered along with personal preference of the people in question. But since the opportunity is so convenient, how about you and Yuzuki give it a quick test."
"H-huh? a quick test madam?" looking stunned for a second she shook her head and continued. "But why we just met so how can you be so confident, if we aren't compatible this can backfire horribly." Looking at the new girl she also scanned her over quickly and tried to assess why Ellis tried to get the her and this new girl to try to match soul wavelengths so suddenly. Before saying anything more she shook her head and looked the new girl in the eyes with a smile and introduced herself. "I am Yuzuki Rinslet of the Rinslet family nice to meet you, what's your name miss?"

After saying this she then proceeded to look between Ellis and the new girl to figure out more of the situation, as students usually arrive on time or they don't show up until the next day. Shaking her head she then decided to go with Ellis's plan and took the new girl's hand. "I'll transform when you're ready ok?"

Once the class was dismissed Hikari looked over and poked Innes into being awake. "Hey it's time to go train lets go!" She hopped up grabbing his hands pulling him to his feet. "We'll go to the forest back here. Watching how good everyone else was made me even more excited to train and get better! We're gonna be the best team out here." She smiled at her partner a slight fire in her eyes. After a few minutes of running they made it to their practice spot in the woods. It was a small clearing with trees at a staggered distance with targets set up on the bark for training the ranged attacks offered by Innes's gunblade. She stood in the center of the clearing Innes standing close by. "Doesn't it feel great to be back Innes? I can't wait to start training." She held her hand out ready for his transformation waiting to really start the new school year. 'We'll do it this year. This is the year I make Innes a Death Scythe. Nothing's gonna stop us!

Noir

As requested, Noir handed over the paperwork her mother had provided. Hopefully, it was either legitimate, or at least a good enough forgery to ensure these two wouldn't immediately kill her. Come to think of it, she wouldn't put it past her mother to give her a badly made forgery just to get the two to attack her. It wouldn't be the first time that Noir's life had been put in danger for the sake of these "trials", nor would it even be the most danger she had been put in. Thankfully, though still unknown to Noir, the documents were, in fact, genuine, though how Blanche actually obtained them was known only to herself and one other being, and that being wouldn't be able to say a thing about it without her permission.

After hearing Yuzuki's introduction and subsequent inquiry, the magenta-haired girl snapped her fingers in realization. "Oh, that's right. I'm terribly sorry. Where are my manners?" In the middle of this, she produced a top hat, seemingly from nowhere, though in actuality it had been folded rather compactly in her sleeve, and bowed deeply. "I am Noir Fontaine, and it is a pleasure to meet you mademoiselle." That said, she straightened back up and placed the hat slightly lopsided on her head. Noir figured it might be unwise to give out her real last name, as it might give some clue as to her parentage, and so instead used the false surname that they had agreed on. Apparently, despite her obvious reservations about the plan, Yuzuk decided to play along regardless, taking Noir's hand.

"I'll transform when you're ready ok?"

With a nod, Noir indicated that she was ready, though by no means prepared for all the possible incidences that could result from this, particularly since she didn't even know if she was a meister in the first place, and with a flash a bow appeared in her hand. It was incredibly light, and surprisingly easy to maneuver. With slight expression of wonder, she waved the weapon around a bit to test the balance, before attempting to aim with it. This was, of course, all completely new to the junior scam artist, and she had to admit that this was really cool. "I'm going to be honest here; I'm fairly new to this DWMA business, so please forgive me if I take a while to learn the ropes. On a related subject, are most weapons this beautiful?" This was actually a genuine question. Yuzuki's weapon form, while quite functional from what Noir could tell, was rather decorative. Not that Noir minded of course.