Riley

"In the past, long before DWMA was created there was a Weapon of immense power. It had several shapes; a katana, a broadsword, and, finally, a cane with a hidden blade in it. The Weapon was said to have several different appearances, ranging from a tall, muscular man to a tall, beautiful woman. When DWMA began, several Meisters and Weapons were sent to track the Weapon, but it changed its hand to a blade and, using its full power, sliced the universe open and jumped through." Stein said, then sat back in his chair. The team he had gathered sat in front of him, wide-eyed.

I looked around, waiting for someone to say something. No one spoke, and I realized that I had to ask what I was sure we were all going to ask.

"Dr. Stein, what are you talking about?" I asked. We had all walked into the room, not knowing why we had all been called into the room, and as soon as we all had been seated Stein started rambling about a powerful weapon.

"That Weapon recently appeared again, but it seems to be frozen. Or, at least, in stasis." Stein said. Being a man of average-to-below-average intelligence, I wouldn't have known what stasis was had I not played Dead Space. Having played that game, however, I knew that stasis was being frozen in time. Or something like that.

"Why?" Kylie asked. Kylie sat to my left, while Maka sat to my right, holding my hand. To Kylie's right was Soul, and, scattered across the room, all of my friends were sitting near their partners. Kid, Liz, Patti, Crona, Black Star, and Tsubaki all sat in the room. I thought of all of the good times we had and smiled.

"We aren't sure," Stein admitted. "But we hope to take it from its resting place before it gets out of stasis."

"Where is it?" Maka asked, her interest piqued.

"A museum. They think it to be a weapon of historical importance; they have no idea how correct they are." Stein said.

"If it gets out of stasis, won't it hurt a lot of people?" Tsubaki asked, and the rest of us realized the clear threat that the Weapon presented.

"Yes. Very many deaths, many of them innocent. It may also take their souls; we don't know." Stein said.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Soul asked, voicing what we all were now thinking.

"We were waiting for me to tell you what the mission was about," Stein said, pushing his chair back. "Now, follow me and we'll-!" Stein's chair fell over in the exit. Stein stood, then picked his chair up and looked at us. "Follow me, students!"

"You'd think he'd realize that there's a bump where the door is by now. I mean, he's smart, right?" I asked.

"Maybe when he hits his head he forgets how he fell." Kylie guessed, then shrugged. "Just because you're smart doesn't mean you have common sense.

"Good point," Maka said, walking out the door and holding my hand. Kylie took Soul's hand, and I smiled again. "Why are you so happy today?" Maka asked.

"No reason," I said, though the ear-to-ear smile on my face contradicted my words. My life couldn't get any better than it was now, I thought, feeling Maka's warm, gloved hand in mine.

Kyle

I sat under my favorite tree in my team's training grounds, where roughly 80% of my 88 chapter story took place.

"Hey Kyle," Aneko smiled, walking over to me. She sat down beside me, then snuggled up to me. Yeah, I say "snuggle" instead of "cuddle," sue me. Aneko ran a finger along those whisker-line-things I got at the end of my series as she began talking to me. "What are you thinking about?"

"A lot of things. Like why my text is underlined, and why that bar at the top of the monitor says 'Riley and Kyle.' Do I know a Riley?" Kyle asked.

"No," Aneko said. "You're the only one with a name like that in the world."

I nodded. "Yeah, in this world."

"I said the world."

"I know. Hey, know what would be cool?"

"What?" Aneko asked.

"If I giant, bright portal popped up to keep me from explaining what I meant." I said. Out of nowhere a giant portal appeared out of nowhere. It had a blue outline, and the inside of it was black. "Hey, I get it!" I smiled. "Heh. References."

"Kyle, what is that?" Aneko asked, jumping up and taking a fighting stance.

"Elementary, my dear Aneko. It's a portal." I said, tossing a kunai through it.

"Where does it lead?" Aneko asked.

"I don't know." I said, then snapped my fingers, making Aneko think I figured it out until I said "I know why my words are underlined! It's a reference to how Deadpool speaks in yellow boxes while everyone else speaks in white boxes! L-O-L."

Suddenly, a freakin' huge guy with brown hair and green eyes holding a sword jumped through the portal, crashing into me.

"WTF?" I asked, falling to the ground.

"Huh?" The guy asked, looking around. "Wha- where are we?"

"Konoha, ninja capital of the world, dude! Who are you?" I asked, squeezing out from under the guy.

"Riley McConnelly." Riley said, standing.

"Oh, you're Riley. Wait, why did I get a giant-sized story while Riley got three stories, including one where an author wrote the other side of the story? I'm gonna sue you so hard, Marioninja!" I said. Both Riley and Aneko stared at me when, suddenly, the sword Riley spoke, a girl appearing in the reflection.

"Riley, I'm going to change back. Let go." The sword said. Riley tossed the sword in the air, and it changed into a girl. The girl fell back to the earth, Riley catching her then putting her on her feet. The girl looked at me and smiled. "Hello, I'm Kylie McConnelly, who are you?"

"WITCHCRAFT!" I screamed, quickly jumping up into the tree. "SWORD-GIRL HAS THE SAME NAME!"

"His name is Kylie?" Riley asked.

"No, his name is Kyle." Aneko said. "Where did you come from?"

"The portal," Riley said, pointing to it over his shoulder with his thumb. "Who threw that kunai? It nearly stabbed me."

"I have no regrets!" I shouted from in the tree when, suddenly, this pale chick wearing a black dress and a black corset walked out from the portal. Riley immediately grabbed Kylie, who changed into a sword. The lady looked at Riley, then at me.

"One was transferred here, the other must be transferred there." The lady said, and, suddenly, I was lifted into the air.

"What the-! Are you a Jedi or something? Lemme go!" I shouted when, suddenly, I was flung through the portal.

A/N: So, this all started when my friend and I were talking about how I had ran out of ideas for writing fanfiction. Due to short-term memory loss issues I have, I don't remember who came up with this idea, but I'm going to guess it was Gergo's. Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed reading the first chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

-MN1