In the middle of the night in a quiet little town in the U.S the best weapon and meister team were out on the prowl to collect ninety nine souls. They came so close before but managed to mess up right at the end.
Maka shook the thought out of her head before she shot her head up.
"Are you ready Soul?" She asked. Her partner, Soul, gave a quick grunt before transforming into the iconic red and black scythe. Maka grabbed the scythe and quickly lept into action.
"Lets go soul resonance. Devil slash." Both Soul and Maka yelled at the same time. With one swift move they cut the keshin in two before it realised what was going on. The blade of the scythe transformed into the top half of a person and picked up the glowing red soul.
"Thanks Maka." The scythe grinned. He ate the soul and went back to being fully human. With out disgussing anything they both started to walk back home. Maka stopped infront of a window and breathed on the glass
"24-24-564 the number to call to knock on deaths door." She muttered. She traced the numbers into the condensation on the window and it started ringing.
"Hey hey maka and soul. Hows soul collecting going?" Lord death asked in his cheery voice, almost sinigng.
"Hello lord death. Soul has just eaten his ninty ninth soul." She said cheerly. They had been through it all before.
"Good good. As you know summer is coming up so you dont have to go and collect the witches soul just yet. Relax for a while. Enjoy the sun."
"Thank you lord death. We will." Maka said before waving bye to him. She let out a long sigh. "Im glad its summer soon. Speaking of which. What are we going to do for summer?" She asked turning round to her partner.
"My dads giving me the van he uses to tour with as a late birthday gift so what about a road trip." Soul said. They then started walking back to there apartment.
"Thats a great idea soul. We can bring Tsubaki, blackstar, Kid, Liz and Patty. Maybe even Crona and Ragnarok." Maka said exitedly. Soul smiled at her childishness before they got back to the apartment. Maka opened the door and they both went into there seperate rooms before immediately falling asleep.
Maka was the first to wake up the next morning. She was the first to wake on most mornings unless she was ill. She took her hair out of the buns she normally sleeps in and kept her hair down. She walked out of her room and quietly went past Souls room. When she reached the kitchen she began making breakfast. It was nothing much, just some bacon and eggs. She put the plates down on the table before walking over to Souls room to wake him up. Soul had been awake for a while before Maka came in.
"Breakfasts ready." She said with a slight forced smile and her voice was still groggy and croaky. Soul nodded and maka left. He got up and went down to the kitchen and started eating with maka after saying grace. Maka left the kitchen to brush her teeth while soul washed the dishes. When she had finnished soul was outside. He was still in his and was still in hers. She went to her room and got changed into her white shirt, green tie, yellow vest shirt, a red and black pleated skirt and her black clunky shoes. She went out to the living room and did her hair in the mirror.
Soul walked into his room and had just caught a glimps of maka going to the living room before he was in his room. He picked up a random shirt off the floor, some black jeans, a leather jacket, a headband and some random shoes. He pushed the headband back and headed out to the living room.
"Let go then." He said. The clock had just gone past seven fithty when they left. Maka locked the door and they started walking to deaths weapon and meister academy or just the D.W.M.A. They climbed up the infamous stairs in record time and met up with Kid, Liz and Patty at the top. Kid or Death The Kid is the son of lord death and uses two M-9 pistols as his weapons. He is the only one in the school who can resonate with two people at the same time.
"Morning Kid." Maka said with a smile. Liz turned round and saw them
"Morning you two." Liz said. She elbowed Kid who was looking at the school in awe
"Its still perfectly symmetrical." He muttered before turning round. "Morning you two. Do you know where Blackstar and Tsubaki are?" Kid asked. Everyone shook there head but along one of the spikes higher up a blue haired kid and his weapon were standing there.
"Tsubaki. Just look at them. I am a god and they still chat as if nothings changed." The blue haired kid said
"Ok blackstar. Rule of assassination number one blend into the shadows. Control your breathing and wait for your target to let his guard down." The girl now know as Tsubaki said.
Back on the ground Maka, Soul, Kid, Liz and Patty all looked up to where Blackstar and Tsubaki was
"I think weve found him." Soul said. Everyone else nodded in agreement before going back to talking about the road trip.
"Theres no knowing where we will be going. All we know is that were going to be heading out of town for the summer." Soul said.
"So if you wanna join then you can. The seven of us can take a long break out of town." Maka said. Kid nodded
"Ok then. We'll join you on your road trip." Kid said. Liz and Patty silently punched the air before going back to normal.
"Whos going to ask Blackstar and Tsubaki then?" Liz asked
"We'll just ask them in class." Maka said. The bell then went for class and they all truged the hall to class. When they got to class everyone sat where they needed to be and started chatting to eachother. Maka and soul were about five rows back. Behind them would be Blackstar and Tsubaki, then sat at the top is Kid, Liz and Patty. Not too long later Professor Stine rolled into class. His chair hit a small podium in the classroom and fell back. He muttered something before standing up and picking his chair up to sit on it.
"Good morning class. Today would be a normal lesson but its going to be warm today so its best not to learn too much but lets just practise what weve learnt this year." He said. Pretty much everyone but Maka cheered at the news
"Im other news. Maka, Soul congradulations on collecting your ninety ninth soul last night. You two might be the first sutdents of the new year after summer to become a death weapon and meister pair." He said. He carried going down the list and finnished on Jackie and Kim.
"Hmm, girls you two havent collected a soul in nearly eight months. You two are very close as well as you only need another soul then a witches soul." At that time Blackstar and Tsubaki entered the room.
"Your new god is here!" Blackstar yelled, embarrassing Tsubaki slightly. She had gotten use to it but still doesnt like getting attention. They took there seats behind Maka and Soul and Stine carried on talkng and going over everything they had learned before.
*Ding Dong Dead Dong*
The bell went which signalled break. All the classes filed out into the halls and court yard round the back of the school. The seven of them regroupped in the cafeteria after getting lost in the sea of other Weapons and Meisters and started talking about they road trip.
"What road trip?!" Blackstar yelled out of confusion and anger
"We were talking about it this morning if you were down with us and not at the top of one of the spikes." Kid said
"Basically Souls dad is giving him the van he used to use to tour and next week were going to go on a road trip." Maka said
"Sure then. Were in." Blackstar said. Tsubaki nodded and they carried on chatting about the road trip.
*Ding Dong Dead Dong*
The bell went again and everyone trugged the halls back to class. When they were back in stine rolled in from the staff room into the classroom and then fell over the podium again. He picked up himself and the chair before sitting on it.
"Right class. We will be going outside for the next lesson to practise anything you have been taught over the years." He said. Everyone in the class left the room and went into the court yard at the back of the school. Most didnt do anything due to the heat but some managed to combat it and practise. Maka, Soul, Kid, Liz, Patty, Blackstar, Tsubaki, Pot o' thunder and fire and Kim were willing to train though the heat.
"Shouldnt you be able to train even though its warm?" Kilik asked jackie. She shook her head and lent against a tree in the shade.
"Im looking out for my meister. I dont want her to over work herself in the heat then add my heat ontop." Jackie said. Jackie is a lantern weapon. When in her weapon form she can be very hot to handle unless the user is wearing heatproof gloves. Kilik rested in the shade next to Jackie and watched everyone else train.
*Ding Dong Dead Dong*
The bell rung for lunch. They all went and bought food from the cafeteria and sat down with out saying a word. Maka, Tsubaki, Liz and Kid ate theres, Blackstar and Patty made something out of theres while Soul just pushed his around. Soul had never been fond of the schools food and ended up giving it to Blackstar to eat. When Maka had finnished hers she stood up with Soul quickly following and they walked to Lord Deaths room. She was going to talk about where they were all going next week and then they would be back for the next lesson. They both wandered down the silent halls. The cafeteria was far from them and all that was heard were lessons going on in the rooms they passed. The soon arrived at the real death's door. They walked straight in and through the guillotine lined walk way. They soon arrived in a large open room lined with clouds floating across the walls and floor.
"Lord death?" Maka asked. A large figure dressed in black with a while mask covering his face turned round.
"Oh Maka. Soul. How you doing. What brings you here?" He asked in his cheery tone
"Good afternoon lord death. Were here to say that me, Soul, Blackstar, Tsubaki, Kid, Liz and Patty wont be here next week for a few weeksMaka said. If he could have lord death would have spat out his tea he was drinking.
"What why? You seven are one of the strongest students here." He said, his voice quivering a bit and bordering his angry voice and normal cheerful voice.
"Were going on a road trip next week." Soul said. "My dads giving me his van he used to tour in as a late birthday gift." He finished, obviously getting bored with the same story
"Oh well then how long will you be going then?" He asked
"We don't know on that but we will be back before the new year begins in september." Maka said lord death nodded
*Ding Dong Dead Dong*
Maka and soul left the room while lord death felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Behind his mask he was frowning. The students he had watched over for most of their lives were growing and will soon be leaving. The meisters he had known all his life but the weapons he had only known for five years but they felt longer to him.
He had heard of the natsuka clan and knew tsubaki's parents. He kept in touch with them and that how she came to the D.W.M.A. Soul was an unusual one. His parents lived close to death city and must have caught whiff of the D.W.M.A and sent soul here. They wouldn't have know what it's about because we was the first weapon in the family but they make the right choice. As for Liz and Patty. They were just two girls who tried to mug Kid but he didn't have anything he followed them as they were twins and noticed they could change into weapons and they were perfectly symmetrical
When Soul and Maka were back in class everyone was kept in and they went over anything else they needed to learn. Maka just sat there taking it all in. Soul was bored out of his mind and could have fallen asleep any second. Blackstar was just messing about while Tsubaki was being respectful and listening. Kid was listening, liz was looking at her nails most of the lesson and Patty was just drawing in crayon in her own little world. No one was truly paying attention because of the heat but some tried.
*Ding Dong Dead Dong*
It was the end of the day and everyone filed out of the school and down the large staircase. When they got to the bottom everyone went their own way home. Some live in the girls and boys dormitory while some live in little Soul and Maka got into their apartment they each got a suitcase out and started packing clothes for the roadtrip.