Chapter One: Crow vs. Maka, Hal vs. Black Star
Five figures stood on a hill, overlooking the Death Weapon Meister Academy, or DWMA, for short. Two of the were obviously male, given their masculine statures. The two men had dark cloaks that covered their faces, leaving their identities a mystery. The taller of the two had a lean figure, as if he spent his life in a marathon. The shorter just seemed to be of average height and weight. The other three were female. One stood close to the taller of the two men, while the other women stayed with the shorter. They too, wore cloaks that covered their faces.
"Who do you want?" Asked the taller man.
A single red eye, and shark like teeth shone out from under the shorter man's hood.
"I'll take the flatty and her boyfriend." Said the shorter man. "You can have that loud-mouth and the busty girl."
The tall man sighed. "Just don't kill them." He said. "We're just here to assert dominance. That's it."
The shorter stared at him, seemingly hurt. "When have I ever killed someone?"
"Never." Admitted the other man. "But you have sent many of them to the hospital."
"I was just having some fun."
"Your fun hurts." Said one of the girls standing by the shorter man. She had what could only be described as a cutesy voice. She was very short.
"Yeah, you need to learn to calm down, you idiot." Said the other girl. She was slightly taller than the shorter man, and stood straight, with a strong voice and shapely figure. The man crouched down and started poking the dirt, with rainclouds hovering over his head.
"Why do you guys always have to be so mean?" He complained.
The tall man sighed, pulling his hood away to reveal a handsome young man of about sixteen. He had a short billy goat beard, and short brown hair. His eyes were brown, and a long, thin scar branched out on the left side of his face, creating what appeared to be a spider web-like image. The woman next to him also removed her hood, showing dyed red hair that reached her shoulder blades. She was exceptionally beautiful, and slightly shorter than the still hooded man.
"Quit whining, Crow." Said the hoodless man. "No one's being mean to you."
"Shut up, Hal!" Shouted Crow, throwing off his cloak entirely, showing his thin, muscled body. He wore black baggy jeans, black, steel-toed, a black, skintight, long-sleeved shirt, and black leather, fingerless gloves, with metal plated knuckles. His hair was dark brown, and short, barely falling past his eyes. There was a short pony tail protruding from the back of his head. There was a white medical patch covering his right eye. The other two girls removed their cloaks as well, but with noticeably less enthusiasm. The first girl was cute, with short pink hair, and cotton candy pink eyes. She clung to Crows arm as if she were afraid he would vanish. The other woman was tall, with long brown hair, in a pony tail. She had a bored expression, but a bit of jealousy could be seen in her brown eyes as she glared at the smaller girl.
"Can we just get this over with?" Asked the girl beside Hal. "Going to a new school is bad enough, but listening to that perverted birdbrain over there is pure torture."
"Come on, now, babe!" Said Crow, suddenly appearing beside the girl, his arm slung over her shoulder. "I ain't no perve." He noticed that the girl had suddenly gone frigid, her hair covering her eyes. Hal took a few steps away, knowing exactly what was going to happen.
"GET YOUR PERVY HANDS OFF OF MEEEEE!" Screamed the girl, upper cutting Crow so hard he flew into the air. When he landed, Crow had smoke coming off his chin.
"Nii-San!" shouted the small girl, running to her "Nii-San."
"I'm fine, Kay." Said Crow, hopping up as if nothing happened.
"Idiot." Mumbled the pony-tailed woman, though she said this almost fondly.
"Kay, Shay. Are you ready?" Asked Crow. The two nodded. Kay transformed into a pink handled katana, while Shay transformed into a chain with a small metal ball at the end. Crow held Kay in his right hand, while he held Shay in his left.
"How about you, Chell?" Asked Hal.
Chell smirked. "Need you even ask?" She smirked into a six foot long bo staff, and Hal grabbed it in his left hand, bringing his right out to steady the weapon, revealing a completely bandaged right arm.
Crow smirked, revealing his dagger like teeth. "Let's have fun."
…...
Maka and Soul were having a rather normal day. Well, until a chain with a metal ball at the end smashed through the wall on their left side, just barely missing Makas face. If it hadn't been for Soul moving her at the last second.
"You okay, Maka?" Asked the "Cool" guy.
"I'm fine." Said Maka. "But what was that?"
That was when a black boot connected with Souls face, and a fist slammed Maka into the wall.
"Me!" Shouted an unfamiliar young man, getting face-to-face with Maka. "And you know what?" He asked.
"What?" Asked Maka, gritting her teeth. The man smirked, his one revealed eye staring into hers.
"You're kinda cute." He answered.
Maka froze, blushing. This does not compute. "Wha-?"
"The name's Crow, babe!" Said the young meister, holding both weapons in one hand. "Don't forget it." Suddenly, a black and red colored blade came into contact with Crows throat.
"Let. Her. Go." Growled Soul.
"S'matter, lover-boy? You jealous?" Crow looked back at Soul, smiling his shark like smile at him. Suddenly, Crow was gone. He was there, then he wasn't. Maka grabbed Souls hand, and Soul transformed into his full weapon form.
"Come out!" Shouted Maka. "Quit hiding!"
"Hiding?" Asked Crow. "I'm right in front of you." Sure enough, there he was, chain in his left hand, katana in his right. The two meisters ran at each other, and Maka attempted to bisect Crow at the waist, but Crow jumped the attack, and seemingly disappeared again. Maka held Soul over her shoulder, looking around in confusion. She felt a light tap on the top of her head, and looked to se Crow crouching on the tip of her scythes pole. He smiled, waving at her with closed eyes, before back flipping, his foot connecting with the bottom of her chin in the process. Maka went to attack when she got her bearings again, but Soul was knocked out of her hand by that metal ball, and the rapped up by said ball. Soul went back to his regular form to help his meister, but Crow reappeared, with his arm outstretched, the tip of the katana was pressed against Souls throat. All traces of humor were gone from Crows face.
"This game is over." Said Crow. "I win."
Suddenly, another young man appeared, with a young girl by his side. He held Black Star in the crook of his right arm, while Tsubaki was cradled by the girl.
"Finished yet, baka?" Asked the girl. Crow frowned, then grinned.
"Your insults sound like love to me, babe." Said the chain/katana meister. "How was the match, Hal?"
"I would have been finished sooner." Said Hal. "But this Black Star has quite a few tricks up his sleeve."
"So, they worth it?" Asked Crow. "Dow we take the deal?"
"Yes." Said Hal, without hesitating, then he smiled. "It should be a fun experiment."
"What the hell are you two talking about?!" Yelled Soul.
"Simple." Come the unmistakably high-pitched voice of lord Death. "I asked them to come."
"Why?" Asked Maka.
"To train you." Answered the Reaper.
"Why would we need training?" Asked Soul. "We're like the best in the academy."
"But you're the only two pairs without souls, yet." Cut in Hal, making Maka droop in the chains.
"Heeeyyyy, buck up!" Said Crow, releasing Maka from his chains. Kay and Shay transformed back to their human selves. "You know that Lord Death wouldn't have sent us if he didn't believe you were worth the extra paperwork."
"Yeah, I suppose." Said Maka. "Fine, you can train us."
"I think you misunderstand." Said Hal, dropping Black Star, waking the spiky haired boy. "We don't get to train you, you get to be trained by us."
Suddenly, Black Star aimed a kick at Hals face, but Hal caught the foot, slamming Black Star into the ground. Black Star jumped back to his feet, standing protectively in front of Maka.
"Don't worry, Maka!" Shouted Black Star. "He may be good, but nobody can defeat the Big Man!"
Hal sighed, before vanishing. Crow smiled, also vanishing. Suddenly, they appeared on either side of Black Star. Hal slammed his fist into the boys jaw, and Crow brought his kneed up and kicked him at the same time. Black Star flew up into the air, and both Crow and Hal vanished again. The reappeared on either side of Black Star, again, both grabbing one of his ankles, before slamming him into the ground, knocking him back out. The landed, standing back to back.
"Phantom Crow Technique." They said in unison.
"Okay." Said Soul. "I'm sold. Make me awesome."
Maka nodded, and the two now made teachers laughed in their own ways. Hal gave a light chuckle, and Crow threw his head back and cackled loudly.
The fun was just beginning.