Lily stood by the ocean as the waves collide against her legs, soaking the sand she stood on, making her feet sink into it. She loved the smell of salt water, the roaring sound the ocean, feeling the water around her. It was so relaxing and refreshing she wished she could stay for a while longer. Unfortunately, she was on a mission. One that didn't involve the ocean, although she wished it would.

She sighed.

"Oh, don't mope!" Lily turned. Her partner, Riley Paige, stood behind her holding a funnel cake along with two Pepsi cans. She smiled and skipped over towards her. "We're on night patrol and the sun shouldn't set for another hour. You have plenty of time." They sat on the sand where the waves wouldn't hit them as they shared the funnel cake.

"I know, but I love the beach!" She cried as she dramatically fell on her back, limbs outstretched.

"Watch it! You're gonna get sand all over the place!"

Lily pouted. "You're no fun!"

"If I were, we wouldn't be getting any work done." Riley retorted.

"How many do we need again?"

"About...34."

Lily sighed. Her mind would sometimes wonder to the day they first met and would sometimes compared them to how they were now. They're were both young - they're still pretty young now, but a lot more experienced in combat than they were back then. And more mature (at least Riley is).

"C'mon and eat before I finish it all!" Riley urged Lily before putting another piece of the dessert into her mouth. Lily smiled as she sat up and ate with her partner. Riley always made sure to look after Lily almost to the point where she was her 'mom' and she was grateful for having someone looking after her. In return, Lily promised to take their job seriously and to make Riley the best Death Scythe ever.

By the time they were finished, the sun was down and the beach was empty other than the seagulls that would scavenge for any left over food.

Riley stood and stretched. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, which way should we start?"

"Let's go right." Riley pointed over by the pier. The lamp posts were still on along with the shops and rides. They made their way towards the pier; it wasn't populated but it's wasn't completely empty either. Even a few people would attract a kishin. Although, they would never consider using a human as bait to lure any hidden kishins. It was against the code the DWMA students (all students) live by. Their main purpose is to protect humanity from the monsters that wish to harm them. If they were forced to use bait, they would use themselves. They were perfectly fine with that.

"Do you sense anything?" Riley asked her partner. Lily closed her eyes and focused on her surroundings. Lily was born with the ability to sense souls, a gift she inherited from her father who was a meister like her mother. Her mother didn't have the same ability as it wasn't a common trait amongst meisters, but was not exactly rare either.

Lily felt a strange cold sensation on her left. It was faint, but she couldn't shake the feeling, like it was trying to lure her there. She opened her lilac eyes which were now a shade darker, more serious than her usual peaceful, happy-go-lucky self.

"There. It's faint but something is definitely wrong."

"Let's go." Lily nodded and led the way. They walked for a while until they noticed some slight movements in the shadows. At first, they thought it was nothing more than a squirrel or a leaf, maybe a bird, but it seemed to have followed them. They decided not to take action until whoever was following them made the first move; which happened a lot sooner than expected.

Both girls managed to leap into the air to dodge the attack nonchalantly. Riley had her hands into the pocket of her hoodie. She was rather calm despite each movement she made to dodge the attacks. Her partner on the other hand was very serious. Lily's stoic expression looked as if it was made of stone. Both girls tried to stay as close to each other as they possibly could; Riley because of her duty as a weapon and Lily because her vow as a meister.

The kishin stopped abruptly as it panted, it's tongue sticking out as if it were a dog. Riley narrowed her eyes at the creature. Kishins don't just stop attacking like this one did, they keep attacking until they tire out their prey and then go for the kill. So, what was this one up to?

"Riley."

"Yeah."

Riley's entire body began to glow a bright red color before her human form was replaced with her weapon form; a grey scythe with a curved sharp blade and a grey ribbon wrapped around the handle all the way to the hilt. Lily gabbed onto the handle letting the scythe lean against her body.

"I'm guessing your the nightmare that has been terrorizing this town? Well, it doesn't matter since your soul is mine!" The kishin hissed at the mention of souls. He wasn't very tall for a soul-eating monster. Probably around Lily's height which was 5"4'. He face was covered with a skull like mask, but nothing like Lord Death's mask. Lord Death's skull mask was more cartoonish and very childish, while this one looked as if he used an actual human skull to cover his face.

Each kishin was a weapon, or still is, but a corrupted one that ate the souls of the innocent instead of protecting them from those who wanted to harm, or even kill them. In his case, he must have been some form of a gun. He hands were raised, fingers extended and pointed at them. His fingers-each and every one was the shape of the nose of a pistol, rifle? It didn't matter. He's a corrupted weapon. All he could think about was the hunger and the want for power, power that he gets from eating innocent souls. It made Riley shudder at the thought of how she shared the same power with these things.

The kishin growled before he willed bullets to shoot out of his fingers. Lily spun Riley, using her as a shield against the bullets before she charged. She flipped the scythe so the blade was in the air ready to strike down the kishin. The creature had his palm face towards himself as he used his fingers to block Lily's attack. Lily dodged as the kishin went to punch her with his free hand.

She dropped down and swept her legs under the kishin, making him fall onto his back.

Riley watched the scene play out in her little dark room. The mirror in front of her projected the scene like a television, showing her what was going on in case she needed to give her partner advise or warn her of any sudden attacks. They become quite efficient in their missions whenever they worked together as a team; well, that is mandatory for a meister and a weapon.

As the battle continued, Riley thought she heard some footsteps coming from behind. As she turned her head, the mirror followed, changing the scene. Now she was looking behind them, where another kishin crawled forward. It seemed to be a woman this time.

"Lily, behind you!" She warned.

She looked back just in time to see the female kishin leaping in the air to ambush her. Lily ducked and rolled to the side. The kishin landed onto the male accidentally pinning him to the ground with the blades that protruded from her lean body. The blades that were also her hands embedded themselves into the cemented floor. She yanked and pulled at her arms as the other under her howled in pain.

Lily raised Riley's blade before bringing it down, beheading the two monsters. Their bodies started to fade into a dark silhouette, swirling into an invisibile black hole, then leaving behind two, pulsating souls. The red souls floated in mid air, neither going up nor down.

Riley transformed back into her human form, her hand holding Lily's as she reached for the souls that were shaped like a human heart, then ate them.

"Thank you, Lily, for a wonderful meal." The souls actually were flavorless, but oddly satisfying and filling. Lily smiled. She took out her phone and read the time.

"It's getting late. We should head back to the motel. I'll report to Lord Death in the morning." Lily said.

"Sounds fine by me." Riley stretched her arms before placing them behind her head.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!"