This is my first fan fiction, so please treat it with care. You wouldn't want to hurt its feelings. So, without further adieu, here is the very first chapter of Split Soul! I hope you enjoy!
" A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body."
6:00 A.M. My alarm clock goes off. I hit snooze.
6:05 A.M. My alarm clock goes off. I turn off the alarm. Barely awake, I attempted to get up from the face-down position on my bed, arms wobbling with no energy to spare. In no time at all, my arms collapse and my face lands in my nice soft pillow. 'Maybe a few more minutes...'
6:30 A.M. My eyes snap open, according to my body clock. I checked my watch."Holy crap! I'm gonna be late!" I exclaimed. Looking in the mirror, I saw the birds nest that was my bed head. Showering wasn't an option here, 'cause I could drain an Olympic pool by taking just one. There's nothing like water to fix messy hair.
6:32 A.M. I throw on my white T-shirt, black jeans, black hooded sweater, and top-rimmed glasses.
6:35 A.M. I quickly made toast, stuffed it in my mouth, and ran out the door.
Checking my watch again, I noticed I had misread the time. "It's only 6:35? I thought it was 6:55. More time for me, I guess," I muttered to myself. I gloomily shuffled down the path to the Academy, reminiscing about the good ol' days of summer, wound down to finally nothing just this morning. All that time to play more games and more anime was gone in what seemed like no time at all. That was the stuff that actually mattered. But adults had to go and invent school in some unknown time, just to screw with the fun that children and teens were having.
But school isn't all that bad, I guess. I'm a first-year student at the Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) in Death City, Nevada, my home. Since this is my first year, I will be choosing my own partner. It's a big thing, because you'll have to stay with that person for the whole time you attend the academy. I'll be the meister, the one who wields their weapon partner, but I really wish I was a weapon so I could eat Kishin egg souls. I'm really curious as to what they taste like. But I don't really see the bright side shining quite brightly enough to clear away the darkness of desperation I feel for the late summer.
"Kenji-kun!" A voice broke my emotional low. I turned to meet the deep purple eyes of my childhood friend, Kazehana Yukie.
"Good morning, Kaze-san," I called back to her. Now she walked right up to me.
"No, I think we've known each other long enough that we don't have to be so formal, don't you think? Starting now, I want you to call me Yuki-Chan!" she said, sounding very annoyed. "Do it over!"
"*Sigh*, Mornin', Yuki-chan," I said in exasperation.
"That's better!" she said a little bit more cheerfully.
We continued walking to the Academy. "Um, so did you do anything interesting this summer?" I asked her.
"Oh, yeah! I beat a bunch of games and finished a bunch of anime!" she said enthusiastically.
'Doesn't seem all that different from what I was doing,' I thought to myself.
"But," she continued, "I went to the beach a lot, and I got to try on my new bikini, but...it was really lonely without you there," she said glumly.
I stopped listening on "bikini." Oh dear gawd, Yukie in a bikini?! I imagined what that would look like, with her ample bust and hourglass figure. That single thought brought blood to my face. I just couldn't stop thinking about it.
"Um, Kenji-kun? Are you okay?" Yukie asked with slight concern, waving her hand in front of my face. I must have been staring off into space.
I tried my best to get it out of my head, but the thought got more and more vivid, with her splashing around in the water, wind blowing through her long violet hair. And with that, I flew backwards, propelled by the force and speed of blood escaping my nose. I was then rudely and abruptly stopped in midair by the wall behind me, headfirst. I was knocked out.
Some Time Later
"...ji-kun! Kenji-kun! Wake up! Please wake up!"
The voice slowly came into focus, and I lazily opened my eyes, only to find Yukie kneeling beside me. I was apparently lying on the ground, and she had propped me up on her lap. "Oh, thank goodness you're alive!" she said with relief.
I prepared to thank her. "Thanks for waking me up, Yuki-cha-" I was interrupted when my face met with a softness that was softer than any pillow, any cloud in the sky. It was then that I noticed she had embraced me. But this was no ordinary embrace. She held my head...right between her large breasts. I blacked out.
Some More Time Later
"Hey, you!" I heard a slightly rough voice, one that belonged to a guy who probably bench-pressed tombstones for fun. My eyes snapped open to find Sid, a teacher and the gym coach at the DWMA. I looked around and found myself in a bed in the school nurse's office. "Classes have already started, and you're late. Hurry up and get to your classroom. I was never the kind of man to let kids cut class," said Sid. He's a zombie, by the way.
Sid walked me to class Crescent Moon, and then walked away to return to his other duties. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and stepped into the classroom. Forty-nine students were standing in two different lines. Forty-nine pairs of eyes were on me. "Mr. Kurobane, you're late," said Dr. Stein. "Step into the line to my right."
I did as I was told, and in the line across from me, my eyes were met with the kind, familiar, deep-purple ones belonging to Yukie. She smiled warmly at me. "I'm so glad we get to be in the same class this year!" she whispered to me happily.
"Me, too," I replied. But something was strange. I always thought that Yukie was just like me, a meister, but if she's not in the same line as me, that can only mean- "I want all of the students in the line to my right to close their eyes and find a soul they feel connected to. Approach it, and introduce yourself to the person you find," directed Dr. Stein. That sure interrupted my slow train of thought.
I closed my eyes and saw twenty-five souls arranged neatly in a row, all of them their own shape, color, and brightness. Only one of them appealed to me the most. It was a swirl of red and blue, like yin and yang, surrounded in a purple glow. I calmly walked to it, opened my eyes, and found myself staring at a large pair of breasts. Shocked, I let out a small yelp and fell on my back. When I looked up, I found Yukie, looking down and giggling at me.
'That is just way too cute to be angry at,' I thought.
I got up, dusted myself off, and stood properly in front of her. "I'm Kurobane Kenji. Nice to meet you," I said jokingly, bowing to her.
"Heehee, I'm Kazehana Yukie. Good to meet you, too!" she said, doing the same and trying not to laugh.
Although there was an even number between the meisters and weapons, not all of the students would have found people whose wavelength would match up with theirs. The Academy believes strongly in finding what is just right, so some of the students who couldn't find partners were sent to other classes. The ones who didn't go were met with students from other classes, as an experiment of sorts. Dr. Stein instructed the ones in pairs to all go outside. "Now I would like for all of the weapons to transform and let the meisters wield you," he said in a bored tone.
All around me, people turned into streaks of light and formed into weapons in the hands of their partners.
Now it was our turn. We nodded to each other, and Yukie turned into a purple streak of light that broke into two more, one red and one blue. These leaped into my hands and transformed. The red streak had turned into a fiery-red blade wreathed in a flame-like aura. The blue streak had turned into an icy-blue blade encased in a frost-like aura.
'What's going on here?' I thought. 'Why is Yukie two weapons instead of just one?'
'Oh, that's easy,' I heard a voice in my head say. It sounded familiar.
'Y-Yukie? Is that you?' I asked the voice with my thoughts.
'Well, I guess,' she said. 'We can speak telepathically, since we have a connection.'
'You can explain this?' I asked.
'Of course. Your soul is like mine, you know. One part, cold and sad, and the other, hot and angry. But when we're with one another, or with friends, they come together to make us friendly and cheerful,' she answered.
'Wow, that's...pretty cool!' I thought.
She changed back into her human form. "I knew you would like it!" she said with a smile. "What's better is that I can also be war claws and chakrams."
I was completely stunned. " That is...no, you are really awesome, Yuki-chan!" I exclaimed. "I can't wait to fight with you and help you become a death scythe!"
She looked away and started to blush. "Th-thanks, Kenji-kun," she said shyly.
So friggin' cute.
"Hey, you!" I heard a high-pitched and snide voice say. I turned around. "Yeah, you!" It was a boy, around my age. He was wearing a black suit and tie, with all of his blonde hair combed back. Behind him stood a tall girl, also around my age, with long, silver hair and a red kimono. She looked really shy.
"Yeah? What is it?" I asked him, holding back the urge to punch this guy in the face.
"You think you're so cool with your fancy shmancy weapon, huh?" he continued to drag on.
"No, I just-"
"I'm the only son of a rich family, I'll have you know, and I've got the best weapon money can buy! With her, I'm gonna be the strongest meister the world has ever seen!"
I conducted a silent analysis within three seconds. 'He cut me off. The first sign I don't really like this guy. Hiring a weapon? Yeah, that would make you so much better than me. It should be common sense that picking one instead would be much better, with finding a compatible wavelength and all that. He's a smug braggart. Just great.'
And the conclusion?
'I'm kicking his ass, right now.'
As if he could read my mind, we simultaneously turned our heads and shouted, "Dr. Stein! Permission to battle!"
"Permission granted," he said, sounding a little less bored. He plopped down on his rolling chair and took a long drag on his cigarette.
I turned to Yukie. "Hey, Yuki-chan. Weapon mode please!" I asked politely. She nodded and transformed into blades."You know, I could just give you a handicap and use only one of my weapons, if that helps," I offered to Blondie, catching my weapons.
"Shut up! I don't want your crappy handicap! It won't matter once I beat you!" he answered angrily. "Hibiki! Weapon mode, now!" he barked to the girl behind him.
"Y-yes, sir," she stuttered meekly, and transformed into a silvery blade with a golden handle.
"Begin," said Dr. Stein.
Blondie made a mad run towards me, screaming like a chipmunk
"Owww, geez. Try yelling a little deeper, or at least the octave your speaking voice is," I commented in annoyance, dodging a few swings.
"I can agree," said Yukie. I imagined her nodding in that cute way of hers. It made me smile a little.
Left and right, he swung madly at me. And it was getting nowhere for him, of course. Don't be a flailing fool like this guy, kids.
"Dammit, quit dodging and fight!" he screamed.
"Not before you get some rehab for your helium addiction," I retorted. I couldn't help but grin a little after that last remark.
He halted his swinging. "Oh, think you're so smart, huh? Well, now ya gonna get it, craphole!" he shrieked, sounding very irritated. I got him pissed. Well, that's all my quotas for stuff to achieve in one day. "Hibiki! Hurry up!" he ordered his weapon.
"S-sorry..." she replied.
Suddenly, I felt a stronger wave of energy coming from the two. It was quite an improvement for Blondie. Curious to what would happen next, I stood and watched. The waves grew stronger and stronger still, like wind emanating from them. Then their moment came.
"Soul Resonance!" they shouted in unison. No, wait. Blondie kind of shrieked more than shouted, you know, with his helium addiction and all, and Hibiki just kind of whispered.
Suddenly, I was trapped in a vortex of wind, hovering above the ground. And it was a swirly kind of vortex. Notgonnabarfnotgonnabarfnotgonnabarf, I thought over and over again. I kept my eyes shut so I wouldn't end up in a potential vortex of vomit.
"Whirlwind Striiiiiiiike!" I heard a familiar, shrill voice say. It was coming closer. I could only assume he would get me while I was suspended in the air.
Zeroing in on the source of the sound, I extended my blades, using the spin of the vortex to my advantage by creating a gyrating shield. I heard a sharp CLANG, and then the pleasant sound of dumbass hitting the ground hard a few yards away from me. The spinning slowed and I descended gently.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and found Blondie struggling to get back up. I took the opportunity to take a look at he and Hibiki's souls. Blondie's was, in actuality, really sad-looking. It seemed unstable, and had a somewhat dim glow compared to the average soul. The only thing that could tarnish a soul that lightly would be insecurity. Hibiki's was also dim, but in a different way. It looked like an intensely bright marble surrounded by a thick layer of glass. She must have been hiding her true yet bright colors.
"I'll get you for that, you jerk!" I heard. My eyes snapped open just in time to catch Blondie attempting to stab me. Like lightning, I lashed out the blade in my left hand, knocking his weapon several yards behind him. The force pushed him back, and he fell flat on his ass. I tried my best to hold in my laughter.
Calmly, I crossed both of my blades beneath his neck. "You did pretty well," I complimented. "I shouldn't have been so careless with my analysis. You caught me off guard."
"You just got lucky!" he remarked. I brought the blades closer to his throat, so he could feel how hot and cold it would be if they came into contact with his skin. He froze like a Coke that just landed on Pluto. "I-I surrender," he muttered. "That's better," I said calmly, withdrawing my weapons and backing away from him.
Then I turned away, dusted myself off, and let out a sigh. Then, I tossed the blades high in the air, where they turned into streaks of light, converged, and turned into Yukie. She landed gracefully on the ground. "Good work," I complimented, slapping her a high-five.
"You too!" she replied. "You were so cool back there!"
I blushed a little bit. What can I say? She has a way with words.
Once we looked up in front of us, we saw all of the students staring in amazement. Then, one by one, they all started clapping and cheering for us. Together, Yukie and I bowed to our audience, grateful for their applause. "You guys rocked!" "Senpai, you're so cool!" "Have my babies!" I sweatdropped from that last comment from them.
"How could I have lost to you?" I heard a voice from behind me. I turned around to see none other than Blondie. Hibiki had already transformed back to human form, helping him back up. "I had everything it took to beat you!" he continued.
"No, you didn't," I said calmly. "Ever heard of this thing called teamwork? You can start with that. No one is below you, especially weapons. We are all equals, so no bullcrap." Then I looked at Hibiki. "Hey, you don't have to put up with his crap, OK? If he's still gonna be a jerk, you might wanna find someone else. You can only bring out the best in yourself with people you enjoy being with.
"Hey, you..." It was Blondie.
"Hm?" I inquired.
"I'm sorry for being a jerk, okay?"
"Heh, that's fine."
"No, really. I'll fix my own problems, okay?"
"I gotcha."
"My name's Tetsujin Tetsuya."
"And I'm Kurobane Kenji. Nice to meet you." I said. His voice sounded deeper than it was earlier. Was this because he calmed down? Or was it a sign of maturity? I might never know. I sure hope it's the latter.
"And may I ask your name?" I asked Hibiki.
"O-oh, I'm Miyagi Hibiki," she replied shyly. "Nice to...meet you."
"Well, now that we have introductions all done with, I'm going back inside. It's hot as heck."
Holey crap, that took a long time for just one chapter. This took me, like, a month, even though I put this on paper first. The editing process is really straining for me. And it was a lot of typing, too. So, please tell me how you thought it was with a review! Constructive criticism and compliments only, please. If you don't got nothin' nice to say, don't say nothin' at all. And maybe give this fic a like, please? Bakurekuso out.