New Story!
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"Are you guys ready for this?" Tsugumi asked, practically bouncing off the walls. She, along with Meme and Anya, were waiting in Dr. Stein's classroom. It was after hours, but they were meeting there to go on a mission. They were going to track down a soul at risk of becoming a kishin egg. It was their first mission of that kind, and it was a unique opportunity since it was usually the EAT kids who hunted down souls.
"Yeah Tsugumi!" Meme said excitedly. "Um, what are we ready for?"
"For our new mission, duh!" Anya scoffed. "Try to remember, please! I don't want you to forget what we're doing and then walk away in the middle of a battle!"
"Oh, alright!" Meme nodded, overlooking Anya's spiteful tone.
"We probably won't be doing much fighting, though. After all, we get to work with the Spartoi kids!" Tsugumi said with a squeal. "With Maka! I'm so excited!"
"You can't be so sure of that," Anya muttered. "Who knows? We might get stuck with Kim." At that comment, Tsugumi ran up the steps to the window and began peeking out, trying to get a glimpse of anybody approaching the school. Meme quickly joined her along with Anya, who was not going to be left pitch black night coupled with the glare from the window made it almost impossible to see anything
"I don't think Kim is all that bad," Tsugumi replied, struggling to make anything out from the window. "And I wouldn't mind getting stuck with Ox. He's pretty cool, and I heard he has an amazing partner."
"You hear that, Harvar? She called you 'amazing'," a voice said from the front of the room, causing the three girls to scream.
Loud.
"Did you know that some screams can reach over 100 decibels?" another voice, this one male, replied.
"I don't doubt that."
When Tsugumi finally turned around, she saw two people standing at the front of the room. She recognized the first on sight: it was someone she hadn't seen in over a year.
"Jackie!" she shouted, running down all the steps and tackling the older girl before she saw what was coming.
"Ow! Okay, ow! Nice to see you, Tsugumi!" Jackie said, trying to push her off. Meme and Anya, being the loyal friends they were, decided to do exactly what Tsugumi did; they ran forward and jumped on top of Jackie and Tsugumi.
"They're quite happy to see you," the male voice said again. The three younger girls looked up to see a fairly attractive guy standing not five feet from them.
"Oh, hi!" Tsugumi said, an accursed blush already spreading across her cheeks.
"Who are you?" Anya demanded immediately.
"That's Harvar," Jackie wheezed. "Now, can you three please get off me?"
"Sorry!" Tsugumi said, her blush getting deeper, making her look like a tomato.
"Yeah, sorry about that!" Meme and Anya said at the same time, shooting furious looks at each other.
"Please try not to kill her," Harvar said as he helped Jackie to her feet. Tsugumi thought he was kidding, but his face remained completely serious.
"We won't!" Anya said, trying not to sound frightened of him.
"Alright, now; are you three ready for your mission?" Jackie asked.
"What? You're going to be in charge of us?" Anya asked, looking at Harvar warily.
"Well, only Harvar was assigned to be your supervisor, but I'll be helping him out," Jackie said with a smile. "As you can probably tell, he isn't really a 'people person'."
"Uh-huh," Meme murmured before collapsing to the floor, sound asleep.
"Does she do that often?" Harvar asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah," Tsugumi said, kneeling next to her friend. "See? She's coming around now." Meme sat up so fast that she slammed her head into Tsugumi's, leaving them both with a very noticeable bruise.
"Ow!" they both yelled.
"Alright, everybody stop moving now!" Jackie shouted. They all obeyed immediately. "Alright. Now, we will be simply talking now. No more moving or we'll never leave this room."
"So, where are Ox and Kim?" Meme asked.
"On vacation for three weeks," Harvar said, sounding slightly disproving. Jackie noticed this and frowned at him.
"Okay," Meme said with a nod. "I didn't know that you were a part of Spartoi."
Jackie bristled at that remark. "Our team always gets overshadowed by Maka's."
"So, what else is new then? We haven't seen you since you and Kim moved out of the dorms," Meme said, oblivious of the slight tension in the room that she alone had created.
"Well, the world knows that Kim's a witch now, so there's that. And she's kind of dating Ox now," Jackie commented, calming down slightly.
"And he will not stop talking about it," Harvar muttered.
"I know. He tries to tell me about my partner," Jackie said. "You should try to keep him more under control."
Outside the room, a clock chimed, telling the group that it was eight o'clock.
"Oh crap. We've wasted a lot of time," Jackie muttered. "Okay guys, here's the mission: you three are going to track down the soul at risk of becoming a kishin egg and either track it, trap it, or kill it, depending on how dangerous it is."
"This mission will help both the meisters with weapon control as well as teamwork," Harvar added.
"And how are we going to do that? There's only on me," Tsugumi pointed out.
"That's why he's here," Jackie said, pointing at Harvar. "He's the closest weapon match to a halberd."
"Really?" Anya asked with interest. Jackie motioned for him to transform, which he did, landing in her hands.
"You see?" Jackie said, holding out the lightning spear to Meme instead of Anya. "Same weight but a different blade. Meme, you'll be using Harvar for the time being. Anya needs more experience with Tsugumi, so she'll be wielding her tonight."
"Alright," Meme said, taking the spear and twirling it easily.
"Tsugumi, please transform so we can get a move on," Jackie directed. The younger girl obeyed, changing into her halberd form, which Anya caught nimbly.
"The soul you need to collect is in a building on the outskirts of town. I will follow you all there and assist if I feel it's needed. Harvar will tell you whether you are to capture, chase, or kill the monster carrying it. You will be expected to follow his every order to the letter. Is that understood?"
"Yes ma'am," the three girls muttered in unison, becoming somber.
"You sound like a drill sergeant," Harvar commented dryly.
"Would you rather talk to them?" Jackie asked.
"No," Harvar muttered.
"I didn't think so. Now, get going!"
Chapter done!
I discovered that there is only five stories written with Tsugumi, Meme, and Anya, so I decided to add to it a little.
Just saying.
