Chapter 1

Shadow the Assassin; The mission to capture an assassin?

The Death Weapon Meister Academy, or the DWMA. A place where meisters and weapons work together to create a death scythe, a weapon worthy of Death himself. To create a death scythe, they have to collect 99 kishin egg souls and one witch soul.

Shadow was a new student to the DWMA. She wasn't like most students though. She had long black hair that went past her shoulders and bangs that covered her piercing red eyes. But on top of her head was two black wolf ears. She wore a gray beanie on her head, so it looked like they were attached to the beanie. Well, those ears are real. She has a fluffy black wolf tail to go along with her ears. Shadow normally wore a black jacket that was halfway zipped up with a red shirt and normal blue jeans. She loved to wear black converse, as those were her favorite shoes. Shadow was a meister, but little did anyone know she had more potential than that. This is where the story begins.

The moon was at its peak in the sky, grinning down at the academy with its large smile and blood oozing out of the corner of its mouth. Two figures ran in the shadows.

One of them stopped as it ran into a dead end.

"N – no! Don't kill me!" the man shouted.

The other figure advanced slowly, something glinting in its hand.

Suddenly, blood flew into the air. The man slid to the ground, his throat slashed open. The other figure simply clean the dagger on the dead man's

shirt, sheathed it, and walked away.

That figure was Shadow. She was an assassin who got paid large amounts of money. Shadow was silent and deadly, and rarely spoke. She knew how to carry out orders, and that is what caught the attention of Lord Death himself.

"That Shadow sure is something, isn't she?" he asked.

Stein replied, "Indeed. I'm sure she'd make an excellent test subject."

"Now, now, Stein. She needs to stay alive if she is to join the academy."

Death the Kid, Lord Death's son, walked in the room.

"Father, what are you looking at?"

"There is a meister that has caught my attention. She isn't a student of the academy, but I would like for her to join."

"And how are you going to do that?"

"Simple. I want you to bring her here."

Kid said, "Why me? Why don't you send one of your students on a mission to capture her?"

"Hm, I suppose I could. I wonder who would take a mission that doesn't give the meisters or their weapons souls."

**Note: This story takes place before Crona enters the anime.

Maka and Soul looked at the list of missions.

"There's a mission that wants someone to capture a person? Strange," Maka said.

"Yeah. Wonder why Lord Death wants this person captured," Soul said back.

"How about it, Soul? Want to take the mission?"

"Sure, why not."

Death said, "Hello, hello, Maka and Soul!"

"Hi, Lord Death," both said in unison.

"I see you two decided to take the mission to capture Shadow."

"Who's Shadow?" Soul asked.

"Shadow is an assassin who has the potential to be an excellent meister. I want you two to capture her, and bring her back here. I can already tell you that it will not be easy. She can be very tricky."

Stein appeared out of no where, "Maka, use your soul detect. That may help you."

Soul quickly said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's an assassin? Black Star isn't going to like that."

"Well, he'll just have to get over that there's another assassin in the academy," Death said. "Any other questions?"

"None," Maka said.

Soul grinned, "Let's go, Maka."

"Right!"