Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater. If I did, I wouldn't be here.
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The desert didn't seem to end, the air was humid, and I constantly had to pause to wait for Candi to catch up.
The day was NOT off to a good start. I was supposed to reach Death City by a certain time, but although this god awful terrain wasn't too much for me to handle, Candi, my weapon partner, was having a much harder time. The scarves Lady Murasaki gave us to make our journey a bit easier were helping pretty well, but every now and then sand would drift inside and sometimes they would get in her mouth. I would cough, but then that would shift the scarf and even more sand would get in my mouth, making me cough even more.
"Agh... can we take a break soon, I'm sweating like crazy and it's sooo hot and humid and my throat's burning from sand... that's not a good sign, you know!" I couldn't blame Candi for wanting a break. She must be miserable. She was pampered like a princess for a very long time, until we became partners, and she's never had to go through terrain like this.
"Just a little farther Candi. Hey, I think I see something!" There was dark speck coming above an upcoming sand dune, and I could faintly feel a very, very strong soul nearby.
"Shinigami-sama..." My voice was hoarse and rash, and it came out as hardly a whisper. Unfortunately, this gave a free opening for more sand to enter my mouth, and I was sent into a coughing fit for the umpteenth time today. Why, we couldn't take a train- or some type of transportation- was beyond me. My clothes russled in the wind, for not only were we stuck in a desert, we were stuck in a desert during a major sandstorm. I tried to keep my stinging eyes open but the ridiculous amount of grains flying in every which direction had deluded my eyelids to slits. Sheilding my eyes from the wind and lowering my head, I open my eyes as wide as I could bear. The dark colored speck had grown tremendously in size, and sure enough, there was a huge soul surrounding the entire city. If my soul perception had been any greater, I'd say it would be practically overwhelming.
Eventually, we made it to the city. The soul surrounding it acted almost as a barrier. I cocked my head to the side, wondering how it would feel to actually enter someone's soul. I guess I've done it before in fights, but this just seemed different. I was walking into someone's soul without them trying to kill me.
"What are you waiting for silly? C'mon, it's so nice to finally be free of that horrid sand!" Candi was already inside the "barrier", running toward a very large building. Discarding her scarf on the ground for somone else to take into use. I took mine off and let the wind carry it away. I walked into the "barrier" as well, and I will admit, it felt like pure bliss. Everything was still, and the air smelled fresh. Sighing, I followed my giddy partner toward the large building at the top of the city. No doubt about it, that was the DWMA I've heard so much about.
Several moments later, Candi and myself were walking down a long corridor with guillotines looming overhead. We were making our way to the Death Room, as Sid, our guide, called it. I could hear several voices in the distance, one in a very distinct voice mumbling, "She better remember me." I smiled to myself. That voice could only belong to Maka. Maka's mother and Lady Murasaki were very close friends, so whenever Maka and her mother came to visit, we would play together and became very close friends. Maka's mother and father also had some sort of relationship with my own parents, and Maka once shared with me despite her mother telling her not to.
Let's just say, this wasn't the entrance I was expecting. It seemed as though everyone was fighting with everyone else. A boy with unusual blue hair was fighting with Maka, a boy with white hair swept to the side was trying to reason with Maka, while a taller girl with black hair tied back into a long pontytail was trying to reason with the boy with the blue hair. A tall girl with long darker blonde hair was chatting away with Candi (who had reached before me due to her lack of control) and another with shorter lighter blonde hair wearing the same outfit. Even Lord Death looked busy chiding a man I easily recognized as Spirit.
"Sorry about the mess, I promise it's not always like this. I'm Death The Kid, the two girls over there are Liz and Patty, my weapon partners." A boy around my age, maybe a bit older, had strolled over to my side. He had neat black (for the most part) hair, with three horizontal lines across his only half his head. He wore a Spartoi uniform consisting of a white dress shirt, black tie, a white sports jacket, with a white dress or suit jacket over it with the Spartoi symbol on the left sleeve, navy pants and white shoes. His eyes though, are what go to me most. They were two different shades of yellow, ringing around his pupil. The outer ring was a bright yellow, the inner ring a darker yellow, like gold.
"No, it's fine. I'm Aurore Shishiyumi, and that's Candi, my partner." I said as I pointed over towards Liz and Patti.
"So you have two weapon partners?" I asked, genuinely interested. It wasn't everyday I came across someone with two partners.
"Sisters. The taller one's Liz, and the shorter one's Patty. I use them as twin pistols so as not to throw off my symmetry. Symmetry is what balances this world, is what makes this world beautiful."
"Symmetry...I always have admired a very detailed building that's perfectly symmetrical. Quite impressive, now that I look back at it." I actually had a pretty well developed background when it came to architecture. Lady Murasaki loved to travel, and I acted as her body gaurd on said occasions. Achitecture intrigued me to no end.
"Wondeful, simply perfect." The way he said that actually made me blush a little. Just a little. So I told myself.
I heard a gasp and the last thing I knew I was being embraced tightly enough to make me gasp a little and a bright smile lit up my face.
"Aurore, I can't beleive I finally get to see you again!" Maka's voice sounded bright and cheery, and that only made me smile more.
"Yeah, I guess all that trouble Lady Murasaki always gets into really pays off..." I said with a sigh as we let go to face eachother for the first time in years. Far too many years. Maka chuckled lightly and then I turned to reaquaint with Spirit, and then met everyone else. I couldn't help but note how protective the boy named Soul seemed over Maka.
"Hello, Hey, How's it goin? Wassup?" The goofy voice I came to know as Lord Death's said while he clapped his largely oversized hands together.
"Hey, Lord Death. It's been a very long time, hasn't it." Though I can't remember it, I have supposedly "met" Lord Death when I was a baby. But that was when I was being taken care of by my parents.
"It has, it has. I can still remember you as a baby!" He said cheerfully, gently patting me with his large hands.
"Oh, that's right. You said you wanted me to help with a special mission, right?"
"It's far more than just a mission. You're going to have to risk your life and make very important decisions for the sake of your comrades, and many more lives. Are you sure you're up for that?" I was up for any action, with the quiet life I was leading up until recently. Excessive training aside, that is.
"Definately." My fists clenched in eager determination. Candi had returned to my side sometime after the introductions, and I could sense the same edge rediating off of her that she was just as excited as I was.
"Oh, but Lord Death, I haven't been able to find any available rooms so far so my livi-"
"Stop right there! As far as your living conditions go, I would be just fine with having you living with us for as long as you need to! As long as you're okay with that, that is!" Lord Death seemed truly triumphant with himself. I owed him one, I have to admit. Although I was so shocked by his hospotality that I could just stand there with my mouth practically dropping to the floor.
"O-of course! Th-that would be fine, if you're sure..."
"Good to hear it!" He wasn't joking? Talk about generous.
Squels errupted from Liz, Patty, and Candi. I whirled my head to see the three of them jumping up and down in a circle, hands clasped together.
"I can't beleive you're staying with us! How perfect!~" Liz exclaimed, while Patty just laughed.
"I know, I know! I just can't beleive how lucky we are that you're Kid's weapons, and he's Lord Death's son!" Candi yelled. Obviously, Candi knew much more than I did from her conversation with Patty and Liz. Although, I probably should've taken the hint when he told me he was Death The Kid, meaning the kid of Lord Death, hence the name, Death The Kid. I mentally facepalmed.
Praying that Kid didn't take that as a burden, I took a chance and glanced back at him. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding when I saw him simply smile at the girls still dancing around in a circle.
"But before anything, we need to get you into your brand new uniform~" Said Spirit as he pulled out a Spartoi uniform obviously meant for me.
"Makaaaaaaa," I turned to see Maka as she took out a book I didn't even know she had.
"CHOP!"