Okay, this is my first stab at a Soul Eater fanfic. The time in which this story starts is shortly after the events in the manga/anime in which the Kishin Asura is revived... Spoilers for those who have not gotten that far in either. I should note that this fanfic focuses on my OCs, Black Star and Tsubaki and that the final pairings are undecided and I need to read a little more of the manga (although I've watched the entirety of the anime) before I do some things. Some people will probably find this piece of work a bit blasphemous for diehard Black StarXTsubaki fans, just a warning, but I want to express this work in the way I see fit. I do plan to have an antagonist and there will be plenty of action and the like. As of right now, it is currently undecided whether or not I want OCs from other users because they sort of interfered with a love square in one of my other fanfics. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy, and please review. Any feedback from readers to help improve the story would be very much appreciated, provided that it's reasonable, of course.

A new day had arrived as the sun rose upon Death City. A young man with smooth black hair was lying in bed sound asleep and as he turned in his slumber, he noticed that something wasn't quite right and he opened his eyes. He saw a tall, slender girl with long blue hair tied in a ponytail and wearing a white T-shirt and turquoise shorts.

"... AAAAHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAHHH!"

They both screamed as the boy moved closer to the edge of his side of the bed.

"What the hell are you doing in my room, Yuki (Age 16)?!" He asked.

"I couldn't fall asleep on the couch, Jude (Age 16)." The girl named Yuki responded. "I needed a soft bed."

"The couch can foldout into a bed, you know." The boy named Jude pointed out.

"... I didn't think of that." Yuki simply replied.

"We got that couch when we moved here and you didn't hear the salesman say that it could do that?" Jude asked.

"My focus was elsewhere."

"... Where?"

Yuki remained silent for several moments before speaking. "... I'll need more time to think."

"Just go use the bathroom for whatever you need to do so I can change."

Yuki left the room, leaving Jude alone to change his clothes.

*This will be our first day at Death Weapon Meister Academy.* Jude thought to himself. *I wonder what things will be like there. It's probably not like any normal schools, considering that students can transform into weapons. If it weren't for Yuki, we wouldn't even be here right now. Come to think of it, we haven't even met the neighbors yet. Maybe we should talk with at least one of them before we head to the academy.*

"SOUL, YOU JERK!"

Jude heard a girl scream, followed by the sound of breaking glass. Yuki popped her head around the side of the bedroom door, toothbrush stuck in her mouth.

"Did you hear that?" Yuki asked, her voice muffled by the toothbrush and toothpaste in her mouth. "What was that?"

"Probably a domestic dispute; let's stay out of it." Jude answered before thinking again. *Maybe we shouldn't see the neighbors.*

After getting properly dressed and eating breakfast, Jude and Yuki were walking through the streets of Death City to the academy. Jude was wearing blue jeans and a green T-shirt over a dark blue jacket. Yuki was wearing black leather shirt and pants with a light blue scarf wrapped around her neck.

"Good thing the academy is so big and flashy." Jude commented. "Makes it ludicrously easy to find."

Yuki simply remained silent.

"... Something wrong?" Jude asked.

"Nothing, it's just..." Yuki took a deep breath. "We came here at a pretty inconvenient time. I heard that the Kishin has just been revived and what if on one of these missions, we end up facing him. We could get killed."

"Don't worry about that right now." Jude told her. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." *You do have a point, though. Maybe I should ask Lord Death that question.*

Jude and Yuki had both arrived at their classroom and stood outside the door.

"... How long is it going to be before they call us in?" Yuki asked.

"Don't be so impatient, Yuki." Jude said. "It should be any minute now."

Yuki looked at her watch and watched as the hands moved by.

"Stop playing with your watch." Jude spoke.

The door opened and the homeroom teacher, Marie Mjolnir, popped her head out of the classroom door.

"Sorry about that. You can come in now." Marie told them apologietically.

Jude and Yuki entered the classroom and were presented to the other students in the classroom.

"My name is Jude Logan. It is a pleasure to be here."

"And I am his weapon partner, Yuki."

"There are some empty seats in the back of the middle column." Marie stated, pointing to the last row in the middle of the classroom.

Jude and Yuki went to the back of the classroom and took their seats. As soon as they took their seats, a girl sitting in a seat in front of the two raised her hand.

"Uh, Ms Marie?" Maka put up her hand to get the teacher's attention. "Where's Prof. Stein?"

"He's not feeling so well today, so I'll be replacing him today." Marie responded to the girl. "Now then..."

Marie began the day's class lecture. Yuki simply looked around the classroom, paying very little attention to the lecture. Her eyes wandered until she noticed the Jude had his eyes closed.

"What are you doing?" Yuki whispered.

"I'm familiarizing myself with the soul wavelengths of my classmates." Jude whispered back. "... Yuki, did you know that a long time ago, I was asked to become a student here?"

"No, you did not." Yuki whispered back.

"It is because I have a highly developed soul perception, allowing me to see the nature of souls as well as their presence and power. Until I met you, I declined their invitation because I before I met you I never considered myself a fighter."

"And if we never met, we'd both be dead."

Jude continued to read the souls of his classmates. *That girl that raised her hand at the beginning of class has a soul that's earnest and strong-willed. The guy next to her has a soul that's careless and arrogant. But I'm sensing something else from them... What could it be? Probably best not to worry about it for now. Okay, one of the souls near them is... obsessive compulsive? Moving on-Whoa! That guy's wavelength is so wild and self-centered, I'd be completely surprised if he DOES have a weapon partner. The soul next to him... w-what is that? That wavelength... that soul... understanding... caring... willing to compromise... It feels like I found my soul mate. Who's soul does this belong to? ... And please let it be a girl!*

Jude opened his eyes and saw an attractive young lady in one of the seats in the row in front of him. *Oh my... I'm speechless... she has an amazing personality and her beauty if the perfect blend of cute and sexy... I think I'm in love...*

"All right, class dismissed!" Marie said, snapping Jude out of his reverie.

Jude realized that he had not taken a single note during the lecture. *Damn it! I was so enraptured by that goddess that I completely forgot about the lecture! ... Maybe I am in love...* Jude turned to Yuki. "Yuki, I didn't catch any of the lecture, can I borrow your notes?"

"Sure." Yuki handed him her notebook.

Jude looked through the first several pages. "... There's nothing written in these."

"Yeah..." Yuki simply said.

"Hey, you're the new students, right?"

Jude and Yuki turned to see a few of the students that sat in front of them standing next to them.

"I'm Maka." Maka held out her hand, then motioned her head to the guy next to her. "This is my weapon partner, Soul."

"It's a pleasure to meet you two." Jude got out of his seat and shook Maka's hand. *... Wait... that voice... and 'Soul'...* Jude recalled the events from earlier in the morning and figured that the 'domestic dispute' he heard must have come from those two.

"You may be good Maka, but I'M the real star at this school!" A loud, obnoxious boy just burst between them and his face was so close to Jude's that it was very uncomfortable for him. "Bet you came to this school simply because the awesome assassin Black Star goes here!"

"... Who?" Jude simply responded.

"There's no shame in admitting it." The kid named Black Star said. "Since I'm such a big guy, I'll let it slide." Black Star then hands Jude and Yuki slips of paper with his autograph on them. "Here. That will let others know that you personally met me, the one who'll surpass even God!"

Jude and Yuki had no response to Black Star's boisterous showboating, thinking 'Is this kid serious?' and similar questions.

Jude then noticed a boy with three white stripes on the side of his head. "Ah, you must be Lord Death's son, Death the Kid." Jude held out his hand in front of him.

Kid shook his hand. "Yes, and there's been something that's been bothering me about you since you entered the classroom... The sleeves of your jacket are off by as much as 1 nanometer! I suggest you take it up with the seamstress whom sewed that thing together and get it fixed as soon as possible."

Jude couldn't believe how upset Kid was over such a tiny, little detail. *... Guess that's where the obsessive compulsive wavelength came from.* He then noticed a young lady he recognized and walked up to her. "E-excuse me, but you've yet to introduce yourself."

"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Tsubaki." She introduced herself. "I'm Black Star's weapon partner."

*Even her name is beautiful!* Jude thought in his head before speaking again. "It's an absolute pleasure to meet you." *Why did I just say THAT?!*

"It's nice to meet you, too." Tsubaki smiled.

Her smile was so cute that it made Jude blush.

"Uh-uh..." Jude uttered. "Uh, sorry if I seem a bit... Anyway, do any of you have notes I can borrow? You know how first days of class go; You can't help but feel a bit lazy."

"Sure, you can just copy mine during lunch." Maka said.

"Thank you." Jude said. "I promise that this won't happen again."

"We'll give you the grand tour." Maka said.

"Come, Liz, Patty." Kid told his twin weapon partners.

"Okie-dokie!" Patty saluted.

A couple of hours after school, Jude and Yuki walked back to their apartment with Maka and Soul.

"I didn't know you guys lived here, too." Jude said.

"Yeah, which floor do you live on?" Maka asked.

"... Something tells me it was definitely one of the floors below yours." Jude responded.

"What do you mean?" Soul asked.

Jude was a bit reluctant to ask them if they had a fight in the morning, so he chose to beat around the bush. "This morning, Yuki and I heard some yelling and noise coming from somewhere upstairs... Would either of you know about that?"

Soul looked like he was about to say something, but Maka gave him a glare that seemed to have changed his demeanor.

"N-no!" Soul nervously answered. "Nothing at all! We wouldn't know anything about a girl kicking a guy out a windo-OOF!"

Maka elbowed him in the gut and smiled nonchalantly. "We should get going. Lots of homework, you know?"

Maka pulled Soul into the apartment, leaving Jude and Yuki by themselves.

"... Something totally happen, didn't it?" Yuki guessed.

"Absolutely." Jude agreed.

As they walked into the apartment and up the stairs, Yuki thought for a moment before speaking.

"What was that about today?"

"Huh?"

"You seemed like you were completely lost in thought. Are you feeling well?"

"I'm completely fine. What would make you think I was sick in any way?"

"... Okay, something's totally up with you, isn't it?"

"How would you know? We've only known each other for a few days."

"I don't care. I'm gonna bug you about it until you spill it."

"Ugh, fine! ... It's embarrassing, but your my partner, so it might be for the best to not keep secrets from you. But you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Any secrets between us stay between us, got it?"

"Sure whatever, just say it."

Jude took a long, deep breath as the two of them entered their apartment. "... I have a crush on a girl, okay?"

"... It's not me, is it?"

"... No, it's not."

"Good, because you're totally not my type."

That comment felt like an insult to Jude, but he decided to just shrug it off. "Anyway-"

"Yeah, it's totally not me."

"As I was saying, this must stay absolutely secret between us. I don't think she might be interested in me."

"What makes you say that? I mean, I have my own reasons, but tell me."

"Well, most meister and weapon partners of the opposite sex appear to end up together."

"We're of the opposite gender and we're not interested in each other."

"... Fair point."

Author's Note: I'm sorry I didn't provide any action this chapter as I wanted to establish the characters first; showing that Jude is an intelligent, thoughtful person and Yuki is carefree and does what she feels like. I promise that next chapter WILL have action and I will reveal the central antagonist. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and please let me know what you thought in your reviews and let me know what to do to improve the overall story.