Chapter 1 - Moving Out?!
''Ms. Mizuki!" The librarian stated very clearly, scaring Aoi half to death as she was very focused on her studies. Aoi looked up with a surprised expression on her face.
The librarian continued, '' The office would like to see you now.''
''What for?" asked Aoi, not hiding the annoyance in her voice. ''Can't they wait till the end of study hall to call me down?''
''Now,'' the librarian said, showing just as much annoyance in her voice.
Aoi grabbed her things and left the school library, heading down to student services to see what was so important. I don't think I did anything wrong in the past few months of the school year, she thought to herself. What else would they want me for? Aoi couldn't help fiddling with the locket dangling around her neck. After all, she was very nervous as to what would happen in the next hour - as she predicted the time it would take - at student services. This couldn't possibly be more important than education, she continued to think.
As she came into the room, the princible told her to have a seat as this may take a while. In the time period, Aoi came to learn her parents died just half an hour ago by a car accident. She wasn't exactly sorrowful about this, her parents never really being there for her to begin with, and was also told she would have to live with her only other known realative; Stein. Aoi didn't really know this man, as her mother and father weren't close to any other family members. To be honest, she didn't know he existed to begin with. Thoughts came through her head so fast.
Why do I just hear about this man now, and why hasn't Mother and Father ever talked about him to me? I don't even know what he looks like! Does this mean I will have to move, and if so... to where exactly? Will I have to transfer schools, too? I think this will effect my studies. Thought after thought came into Aoi's head, all rushing in one after the other.
'' When will I meet this 'Stein' person?'' asked Aoi.
'' Ms. Mizuki, your uncle has been called and is on his way here right now,'' the principle replied with a sigh.
'' Do I really have to go with him? What if I don't want to? Won't this effect my studies if I move away with him? ''
The principle was growing very impatient with Aoi and her questions. He tried his best to answer them all in a civilized manner, '' Yes, Ms. Mizuki, you have to go with him. If you do not want to, that will be your problem. I doubt your studies will be effected in any way at all.''
Just as the princible said that, a strange man had arrived claiming he was their for Mizuki. This man had stitches up and down his body, a white lab coat on, pale skin, glasses, and a light shade of hair. He had a screw in his head, which seemed to scare of the princible who had been shivering in his chair upon seeing the man. However, Aoi Mizuki was not scared one bit, and only saw this man to be a regular person. The man simply said with a wave of his right hand, '' I'm Stine. ''
'' And I am Aoi Mizuki, daughter of Coraline Mizuki and Kyoya Mizuki, '' said Aoi as she looked the strange man up and down. She wasn't sure if she was seeing correctly. This man known as Stein had a screw in his head, which made Aoi rub her eyes thinking it was a hallucuination.
'' Ah, Mizuki. I guess that means you are the one I am here for, '' said Stein as he looked Aoi up and down. She had mainly dark blue hair with a touch of light blue, and her hair was in two pig-tails. Her eyes were as black as coal with white specks mixed into them while a white ring surrounded the black of her eyes. She seemed to be average height - if not a few inches over - being 5 foot 6 inches.
''You got a problem?'' asked Aoi, annoyed with Stein looking her up and down.
''Time to go,'' he replied, ignoring her question which annoyed Aoi even more than having to go live with this man.
''Well this is your new home, I suppose, so you should get used to it, '' said Stein while he walked into his house. The house sent shivers down Mizuki's back. It was covered with stitches on the walls zig-zagging around the house so unevenly.
''You will sleep in the basement.,'' Stein said. Stein then got out tape measure and measured Aoi's arm which made him frown. ''Aw... too long. '' Mizuki looked at Stein as if he were insane. He simply passed her, leaving her to carry her bags down the stairs to the basement herself.
Aoi let out a big huff as she carried four heavy bags down the stairs at once, determined to only make one trip from the first floor to the basement. Luckily, she made it there without popping a blood vessell from the weight of the bags. Aoi Mizuki wasn't even able to get herself sat down before Stein came barging in on her with a smile on his face.
''No time to rest, you stil have to meet Lord Death and see around your new school,'' he said to her.
''Oh you've gotta be kidding me!'' She whined to Stein, which served as useless since he instead ignored her. He grabbed her hand roughly, yanking her up the stairs and out the door. The entire way there, Mizuki tried to pull her hand away, but Stein kept a tight grip. Instead she just gave up and accepted the fact that she would have to go to a new school.
The two finally arrived at the school which sent Aoi into awe at the magnificant sight in front of her. There main color of the school waas black with red pointed caps to the towers around it which also had skulls on the walls of them. Towards the front of the school had three big skulls with three red points out of the middle one's eye holes and nose hole. Two candles were next to the outter skulls which were each lit.
''Wow...'' Aoi said to herself, taking a good look at the scene around her.
''Yup,'' replied Stein. ''Welcome to the D.W.M.A or also known as the Death Weapon Meister Academy. You will either be a weapon - which you would be born as one - or a meister who weilds the weapon. Together, you try and gather the kishin souls, all 99 of them, so your weapon can become a true death weapon.'' Stein and Aoi continued their way into the school, Aoi taking a good look at the kids around them. One in particular caught her eye as he was very loud, had a star on his arm, and had blue hair. She smiled and waved to him, but the kid just looked at her and walked onwards with a black haired girl. This made Aoi Mizuki frown to herself.
''Now it is time to meet Lord Death,'' said Stein as they walked on.
''L-Lord Death?" asked Aoi in surprise.
As Lord Death welcomed them into a certain room, Aoi couldn't help but hesitate to go in. This man looked friendly, but he also had something that made him seem as if he can get fierce when needed.
''Oh hiya there!" said Lord Death. ''You must be Stein's niece who he has told me about. Aoi Mizuki if I am correct? " His voice was full of excitement and happiness while he talked which helped Aoi get more comfortable with him.
''Yes, yes I am Aoi Mizuki.''
''Well we better get to finding you a weapon! Let me just pull out some pictures of available weapons.'' Lord Death rummaged through a box, finding some pictures of people showing off their ability to become a certain weapon. None interested Aoi at first, then came one. The girl's name was Yuki, and weirdly she did not have a last name like the rest of the weapons did. She was known to be a whip as Lord death had told her. Before Aoi could say anything about her, two people came into the room; a boy and a girl.