Hi everybody, this is just a little story about Stein and Spirit (NO SLASH!), there will be more if you like it so please fav/follow/review. Two chapters will come out, so look for my next one soon. Enjoy :)

Young Spirit and Stein, a normal morning

It was a beautiful day, and a certain brilliant meister and precise weapon had decided to walk to school. As they took a shortcut through the park, the fresh air was filled with the sweet smell of grass, and relaxing sounds of birds chirping. Spirit was lost in though as he walked, just enjoying the cool breeze and warm sun, and didn't notice when his younger partner slipped away. Seing a strange bird on the ground next to a bench eating seeds, the young scientist had decided to go investigate it in his own special way. He quickly walked over to it, whipping out his razor sharp tools quickly, and knelt down by it with purpose. Just as he was preparing a syringe full of an unknown clear liquid and eyeing the unknowing bird he was about to dissect, he heard a loud scream. With that, Spirit was brought back to reality, and looked around to see what his meister had done this time.

"No Stein, no!"

As Spirit ran up to the child on the ground, his red hair bouncing with every step, the woman continued to scream. "Whose child is this? This is insane, what is he doing- Oh, oh my!" Stein had turned toward the lady, wide grin on his face, still holding the sharp tools. "Don't you dare come near me!" Her shrill voice cut through the air like a scalpel.

Stein looked up from his position on the ground, gleaming tools still in hand, "What's wrong, senpai?" He asked innocently as Spirit appeared by his side.

Spirit shook his head. "You can't do that." Stein still looked confused. He pulled Stein up from the ground and brushed off his now dirty lab coat, trying to tune out the borderline hysterical woman. "Now let's get to school." Spirit turned to the woman, trying to look sincere, "I'm very sorry, it's hard to keep my... brother under control." The young scientist looked up and giggled. "Let's go." He hurriedly pulled Stein behind him. "I don't know how I always end up looking after you." He muttered to the air as they continued their journey to Death Weapon Meister Academy.

A few months later, on a mission

"That was close!" Stein said out loud as he dodged the quick slash of a sword blade, and loosely held his weapon in his hand.

Their only remaining opponent, a large and muscular man with a long scar on his forehead, wielded his two swords and charged Stein. He expertly dodged twice and, after noticing a waver in the man's soul wavelength and a hole in his defense, went in for the final blow with unnerving precision. The man went down with a yelp, and stayed there. His scarred soul hovered on the ground, and Spirit quickly reverted back to human form and gobbled up the soul.

"That makes 26" Spirit said happily. "We did very well." Stein shrugged, his mind already moving from the recent excitement and wandering to an experiment that was waiting for him in his laboratory. "Is something wrong, Stein?" Spirit was concerned about his partner's strange silence.

"No, senpai. We did it well just like the other ones." He paused, still thinking about the experiment. "I was just thinking about some good work I have back at the lab." A smile started to creep over his face.

"You and those experiments..." Spirit shook his head. "It's really unhealthy to obsess over those twisted things." He shuddered slightly at the thought of what his younger partner thought of as good work.

Suddenly, Stein felt a soul's presence and tensed up. The wavelength was nothing special, but he could feel something else. He looked around, sure that it wasn't a threat, but still wanting to be sure. As he realized that the soul was full of hate, he yelled out. "Spirit, watch out, there is a-"

"No! Stein!" Spirit interrupted, and roughly pushed his meister out of the way and on to the ground. Stein watched as Spirit stood over him, protective as always. He had just blocked a powerful swing of a heavy axe with his arm, which had turned into the smooth dark blade of a scythe. Spirit looked at his opponent with a calculated gaze, a wiry man already covered with blood and sweat. "Looks like we missed one." He said coldly, and then before his opponent could move at all he cut him down with one brisk stroke. Now that the last man standing was gone, Stein pushed himself up from the hard concrete floor and brushed himself off as Spirit devoured the small soul.

"Senpai, thank you, but..." Stein looked uncomfortable "I can look after myself." The meister look at the ground and shuffled his feet.

Spirit laughed lightly, "I'll always end up looking after you."

Stein saw that his weapon was gingerly holding his left arm, and silently approached. The shorter weapons technician gently grasped his partner's arm and examined it. After the sudden movement, dark blood oozed out of it between Spirit's fingers, and he cringed. Spirit looked at him with surprise and tried to pull away, "Don't you dare..." He began, worried about what the insane boy was thinking of doing, but Stein shook his head solemnly. Before Spirit knew it, the gash in his arm had been painlessly cleaned. He watched as Stein stitched up the wound with quick, confident movements, and carefully wrapped it with clean bandages. Spirit looked up at his meister, surprised at how gentle and kind he could be.

"We are partners, after all." Stein said softly before turning around and walking back to his lab.