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"I'm really getting sick of being shipped off to other places for the most random missions," Lilla grumbled as she tugged at the pale blue sweater vest over her short sleeved, black collared shirt. She looked over at the other two girls with her, her usual partners Espeo and Xandra. "So what are we investigating this time?"
Espeo chuckled, fixing her own white collared shirt, retying her black and white striped tie, and then gently dusting off her matching, plaid skirt. She looked up, past the large set of steps, and stared at the large school above them. "The Death Weapon Meister Academy, this school is pretty incredible. I'm so honored that the headmistress chose us to be sent here!" The girl was nearly 'squeeing' with delight as her eyes sparkled with excitement. Lilla huffed at the fact that she didn't actually get a response and the small group began making their way up the stairs.
Xandra sighed and shoved her hands into the pockets of the black and red varsity jacket. "We're not here to investigate anything," she muttered and stopped halfway up the set of stairs. "Do I really have to wear this skirt?"
Lilla and Espeo looked over their shoulders at the girl as she tried to pull the short skirt down a bit more. Espeo chuckled and shook her head, "Skirts look cute on you and its red and black, your favorite colors. I'm surprised your hair isn't red and black. Why's your hair orange anyways?"
Xandra shrugged, "I was bored the first time I dyed it orange and I kinda' like it so…"
Espeo shrugged back and turned forward to catch up to Lilla. Xandra picked up her own pace as well, but stuck behind the other two girls. When they'd finally reached the top of the stairs, the orange haired girl nearly ran into their backs, realizing almost too late that they'd stopped.
"Looks like we have a welcoming committee consisting of the entire damn school," Lilla hissed and narrowed her eyes at the group of people standing outside in front of the school's entrance. She readjusted her stance, planting a foot behind her and ready to strike considering it looked as if they weren't exactly going to be welcomed with open arms.
Espeo blinked and scratched the side of her head, laughing nervously. "Lilla, do you really think fighting them before we're even officially enrolled is such a brilliant idea?" Her voice was a shaky whisper, but unfortunately Lilla only chuckled in response. "Great," Espeo grumbled and took a deep breath.
Xandra remained quietly behind the two girls, head aimed towards the ground. She had no reason to fight with any of these people, and definitely didn't want to make a bad first impression. Then again, Lilla had already seemed to cause the tension of the entire crowd to rise quite a bit.
"The blonde one who's ready to pounce on anyone who takes a step forward right now, her soul is pretty aggressive. The one next to her, the brunette, has a shy soul, and it also seems a bit sad, or maybe easily depressed. The girl behind them though, she's got a quiet, dark soul. But not dark in a bad way, just," the girl with dirty blonde hair who'd been whispering to the kids around her laughed a little, "It just seems darker than the others. It's funny though, they've all got something pretty serious in common."
"What is it, Maka?" The blue-haired boy beside her muttered as he narrowed his eyes at the blonde who looked decently strong and rather eager to start a fight.
"They've all got extremely strong and kind hearts, I can see that easily through their souls. It shows more than the other traits I mentioned. They're also," Maka paused and raised a brow as she glanced towards Lord Death, Spirit, and Dr. Stein as they made their way towards the girls. "They're all weapons."
The white haired boy beside Maka raised a brow. "What are three weapons doing traveling together without meisters?"
Maka shrugged and looked over at him, "That's what I'd like to know too, Soul."
"What is father thinking?" a boy with black hair with three white stripes over the left side muttered unhappily. "It's obvious that they're strong, you can see that from their bodies. But the fact that they don't have a single meister with them?" Kid's eyes began to sparkle and he put his hands on his cheeks, "I'll bet they're in perfect sync with each other and their moves flow so beautifully, like the lines that make up the perfectly symmetrical number eight!"
The taller of the two girls behind him, both wearing similar red tops and jean bottoms with matching hats, rolled her eyes. "There's something very wrong with you, Kid."
The shorter blonde began laughing, and her sister only sighed and shook her head.
Espeo stepped forward, blocking Lilla's view a bit, as the three adults approached them. "Lord Death, right?" she said with a gentle smile to the large Grim Reaper before her.
He nodded and, with a slight bounce, made a peace sign gesture with his large hands. "Hey, hi, how ya' doin'? Was'sup was'sup?"
Lilla's jaw dropped and she raised a brow, "Is this guy for real? That's not the Grim Reaper."
Xandra chuckled shyly and picked her head up to look at the two men at the reaper's sides.
Espeo smiled brightly at the reaper and the men. "We're the students from Aurora Academy for the Gifted. We were told that you'd be contacted ahead of time, but we weren't expecting so many people to, erm, greet us?" The brunette glanced around, gulping down another breath, and then looking up at the reaper again.
"Ah! Yes! The weapons we were told they were interested in having trained properly! We're so excited to have you!" Lord Death seemed to bounce happily again and he turned to Stein. "You've got their schedules, yes?"
Dr. Stein nodded, adjusting the large screw on his head. As it spun, the clicking noise caused Espeo to tilt her head to the side like a confused dog. The man chuckled at her, remembering what he'd been told about each girl, and mentally noted the canine-like motion. "I've got them all in the same classes together, and in the same classes as some of our higher ranking meisters and weapons. I figured they'd do fine with that since it'd be a bit more challenging for them."
Lilla grinned and cracked her neck before yawning. "So what's with all of the kids being out here too?"
Dr. Stein grinned and looked around. "You look like you already want to start training and fighting."
The blonde narrowed her eyes at her new professor, grin widening. "Well, if you insist."
"I'll fight her! This is already my show anyways! Clearly everyone's outside because I'm outside! The great Black Star!" The boy who'd somehow managed to silently climb up onto part of the building jumped down, flipping and landing on his feet with a feisty smirk.
Lilla raised a brow at the boy, but shrugged and stepped forward. "Alright, kid, let's get this over with."
Black Star laughed, "Yeah, class starts soon and we're working on different techniques today, so let me finish this quickly. Tsubaki, enchanted sword mode!"
A black haired girl behind him nodded, "Right!" She quickly transformed and ended up in her meister's grasp within a few seconds.
Lilla watched as he sprinted towards her and simply moved sideways at the perfect time and he ran right by her and into a column. "Maybe you should pay more attention," she grinned, narrowing her eyes as they began to glow. She waited for him to pull himself back up before sprinting towards him, jumping into the air, and coming down on top of him with a brutal punch. She wasn't satisfied with the punch until she flipped off of him and realized the ground beneath him had sunken in a few inches. She grinned and turned her back. "So when does class start?"
"Never turn your back on the great Black Star!" The boy had an arm wrapped around her waist and his weapon at her throat. What he didn't realize was the fact that her arm had turned into the blade of a sword and was now at the back of his neck as her other hand slid into his hair to hold his head where it was.
"You were saying?" She muttered and turned her head a bit to grin at him, her nose nearly touching his.
"You're getting quite close there, Lilla," Xandra muttered and smirked as she walked towards the two.
A very faint blush fell over Black Star's cheeks as he tried to move his head away and ended up bumping his nose into Lilla's. The girl narrowed her eyes at him, smirking as she ran her fingers through his hair, slowly releasing him. "You're cute, but not my type. Sorry, buddy." She rolled out of his grip and laughed, walking towards Xandra and heading inside the school without a second thought. "Well, I guess this school isn't so bad."
Espeo walked up to Black Star and Tsubaki, who was now a human again. "S-sorry about her," she muttered and shifted her weight between her legs shyly.
Tsubaki smiled and chuckled, "She's good, it'll be fun to watch them fight again. Maybe Black Star can learn some things from her."
"I don't need to learn anything from her! From anyone! I'm the great Black Star!" Black Star threw his hands over his chest and turned his head away from the two girls, eyes falling on Soul. His white haired friend grinned at him and Maka and Kid laughed a bit. "What?!"
Kid smirked, "You're still blushing."
"Oh, shutup! She got too close for comfort! I'll kill her for that!"
"Good luck with that, Black Star," Maka said through a laugh as she turned to head inside, hoping to catch up to the other two new girls.
Espeo looked at Tsubaki as Black Star stomped away. Most of the crowd that had gathered was heading inside now as well, everyone except the three adults who were now off to the side. "Tsubaki, is it? I'm Espeo, it's nice to meet you."
Tsubaki smiled, "You too, would you like to walk with me?" The two made their way inside, chatting about Aurora and the DWMA.
"Lilla, right? That's the blonde one? We were warned that we may or may not have trouble with her, right?" Spirit muttered as he looked over at Stein.
"Let's keep her without a meister for now, not sure she'd let one handle her properly anyways. Xandra, the quiet one, she'll go to either Death the Kid or Maka. As for Espeo, I'm not sure what we'll do with her yet. Whoever Xandra doesn't go to, we'll put with Espeo I guess." Stein nodded at himself, happy with his decisions.
"I think Espeo's works with lightning would be more useful to Kid. She may be able to increase Liz and Patty's power in their shots. Xandra's abilities could fit well with Soul and Maka, and she's got a darkness of her own, which would fit well with the pattern in that pair." Lord Death's voice was extremely chipper, but that didn't make Spirit feel better about the reaper's reference to the darkness in his daughter.
"That one is the dragon, right?" Spirit asked quietly as the group of adults slowly made their way inside and towards the death room.
"She has some sort of spiritual power as well, how fitting. Spirit's daughter will use spirits." Lord Death laughed at himself.
"Heh, yeah, would be interesting." Spirit sighed and looked over at his former partner. "Stein, you've been quiet."
"I just wonder how her spiritual power will translate into being a weapon. They aren't from our specific part of the world. Lilla's something called a Hellcat, something I've never even heard of and Espeo is a Protector, another thing I haven't heard of. Xandra is some sort of celestial dragon mage, just putting those three words together doesn't make sense to me when you think of what our school does. What could their school possibly be thinking when it comes to sending three students here? We know Aurora and we know what they work with, but these are three creatures we've never heard of from them. I guess it just doesn't make sense that they would send these kids here, instead of the typical types they send." Stein slumped into a chair in the room and sighed as he turned the screw on his head a few times.
"That's where the fun, learning experience comes in. We'll be learning just as everyone else will be! I'm excited!" Lord Death bounced around a bit, but the attention of the three adults was drawn to the closed door when a few, loud knocks, hit their ears.