I shifted my backpack a little higher as it was digging into my back. I looked around the city that I had not seen for many years: Death City. Shin came up beside me wrapping his arm around my waist as we walked through the city.
"It has been awhile since we were last here Aria. Why come back now?" Shin asked, always worried about me.
"The Kishin has been released, Shin. My father said that Death City needs all the help it can get. It also makes it difficult that Lord Death can't leave the city to search for it. It only makes sense for us to return."
"I know Aria, but I know that your madness can elevate around him," Shin said with bite to his tone. He respected my father as he was one of the strongest Meisters in Death City but he also cared about my well-being more.
I flicked my grayish purple hair out of my face. "Even if I wasn't around him, the Kishin's madness will come for me soon Shin. At least this way, there are others that can help when it gets to be too much."
"True Aria but I wish it wasn't around here. Who knows when that Kishin will come for Death City," he said.
"Which is why we must be ready for him Shin," I said as we ran up the stairs to the DWMA, the Death Weapon Meister Academy, the school Shin and I would be enrolling in for the second time seeing as we left before we finished our education.
Shin sighed when we got to the top. "I may not like it but you are my Meister and I your weapon so I will follow your decision although I may not like it," he said as we came upon a classroom.
I stood up on my tip toes and kissed his cheek. "And that is all I ask. Shall we go in?"
He gave a silent nod. I knew deep down he still disagreed but followed me inside anyway.
We entered the room full of students, all listening to a lecture. A man in rolly-chair sat in front of the class. When we entered, he spun his chair in our direction. A smile played on his face.
"Ahh. Our new students have arrived. Class, meet your new classmates Shin Yumi and his Meister, Aria Stein.