DISCLAIMER: I do not own RWBY or Soul Eater nor do I claim to. I just like both show's and thought they went well together, so I wanted to write a little something.
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Death the Kid moved quickly down the many hallways of his father's empty school, the clicking of his shoe heel echoing around, his shadow cast eerie images on the wall's as he passed dozens of flickering candles, the overhead fluorescent lights off for the night. He was making his way to the Death Room and subsequently his father, upon arrival he knocked then waited for admission, it came in the form of the door opening on its own.
Kid slowed his pace as he walked down a row of Torii Gates* leading him into the ever bright blue room his father spent nearly all his time in, surrounded by iron cross grave markers and numerous mirrors he uses to communicate with those in and beyond Death City.
Drawing closer to the small dais he could see his father's back and the mirror he was talking into, though it seemed to glow with what looked like green fire; something Kidd had never seen before and the person his father was talking to was odd as well. Silver hair and small rounded glasses, dressed in a green color scheme all smilingly normal things, something was just off, and he couldn't tell what.
"Hello there, won't you join us?" the man in the mirror asked suddenly.
Kid was spooked for a moment then was by his father's side in an instant looking into the mirror; his father bounced up and down saying, "hey there kiddo, thanks for coming I know it's late, but this is important. I'd like to introduce Professor Ozpin the headmaster of Beacon Academy a sort of sister school of the DWMA, behind him is the assistant headmistress Glynda Goodwitch. Oz, Glynda this is my son, Kid. I wish you all were meeting under better circumstances."
Kid looked behind the man he now knew as Ozpin to see the women his father mentioned, how he missed someone with such a presence was beyond him, "hello it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," he said not missing a beat.
"The pleasure is ours. Now Grimsby are you okay with this?" Ozpin asked.
Kid was taken back no one other then himself was supposed to know his father's real name, and he was furious at how informal this man was being, it was odd, absolutely everything about this situation so far has been.
Lord Death, on the other hand, wasn't upset in the slightest if anything he was almost happy, almost, "yes I'm sure, as much as I would like to come help I can't, so Kid..." he sang looking at his son, " how would you like to go on your first real mission as a Grim Reaper?"
"What?!" Kid was flabbergasted.
"Grimsby, maybe I should explain more before you send him out," Ozpin chuckled, "you were always horribly about these things," he added.
"Right, right you should, but first Liz, Patty! Would you join us over here you won't have to strain to hear if you did," Lord Death requested glancing behind him as two females walked towards the dais.
Kid stared, his eye twitching in disbelief 'how could they be wearing such unsymmetrical outfits.'
"Hello...hello, Lord Death, hay Kid," the taller of the girls stuttered.
"Hello Liz, now you two sit down. Oz anytime you're ready."
Ozpin chuckled, "little over a week ago now, archaeologist from Atlas another kingdom here on Remnant broke into an ancient tomb that in of itself is not the issue, it's what was stolen that is," he held up a silver chain necklace with a thumbnail-sized green pendant, it was carved in the shape of a rose.
"Dr. Merlot took the partner to this one, why he was there in the first place has yet to be revealed, but if memory serves Eibon was working on these centuries ago, and if I recall correctly he called them the Jade Rose of Dreams and the Amethyst Rose of Life."
"Yep, yep that's right he called the series Soul Rose, he planned to make more, but I don't think he ever got the chance too. I wonder why he hid them over there? Oh well, Eibon was a weird one," Lord Death remarked.
Kid had heard enough, "how do you know anything about Eibon?" he shouted furiously, "or even my father? How dare you be so casual with..."
"Now see here young man," Glynda spoke up, "I understand your frustration, I also don't know what's truly going on, but getting angry about it will solve nothing," she reprimanded staring him down.
Kid was embarrassed, but took it in stride, giving his apologies, he stepped back from the defensive position he had unconsciously placed himself in, in-between his father and the mirror.
"I was once a member of The Eight Guardians, more accurately the soul and memories of that person," Ozpin explained.
'That would explain the strange feeling,' Kid thought.
"Back to the matter at hand, these Roses shouldn't be here, whatever or whoever they come into contact with...goes, well a little..."
"Mad," Lord Death finished.
"I was going to say insane, but Mad works as well; I could send out some of my huntsmans, but I would be worried about them the whole time...if they turned, I don't even want to think of what could happen...or heaven forbid, a Grimm came into contact with one. That's why I contacted you, your world deals with this kind of madness constantly and has a higher tolerance against it than those of us here."
"I have a question," Kidd piped up, " if you were a member of father's guardians wouldn't you be able to retrieve them on your own? You already have one in your possession, as you said wouldn't you have gone mad by now?"
"You make a valid point, but it is the pendant, not the chain, humans are curious creatures, grabbing at a pendant or other simmering objects and turning them over in their hands to admire it, if you hold the chain you'll be fine. A few of the archaeologists found that out for us the hard way, poor devils," Ozpin answered ignoring the first question.
Kid sign, "alright."
"Pardon?" Ozpin asked.
"I'll come and help, it is my responsibility as a Grim Reaper after all, as well as retrieving any items having been made or belonging to Eibon would be most beneficial."
Lord Death beamed with pride, 'he's grown up so fast,' he mused, 'I'm grateful you didn't follow your brother down his dark path, son.' "Yes the plan is a go," he said aloud, "I'll take Kid to the catacombs and get him ready for the jump," he explained, "give us an hour to get everything up, okay?"
"Sound reasonable, thank you Grimsby, and it was nice to speak to you again it's been far too long," Ozpin responded with a sad smile.
"Same to you, bye."
The mirror fuzzed out leaving a silky black screen it gave a weak reflection of the Headmaster as he watched an amber colored light go out along the edge, two remained alight of the seven there once was.
"Are you going to fill me in on what just transpired or do I need to start guessing," Glynda questioned falling in step beside him as they made their way to another room in the deep vault beneath Beacon.
"We needed help," Ozpin answered.
Glynda shook her head as they arrived in a larger, but still relatively small room hidden in one of the back corners of the vault. This room was set up similarly as the other; a long crimson colored carpet led from the door to a round rug about the same size as a Death Stalker. Resting at its center was what looked like an oversized child's gyroscope, it was evident the old clockwork mechanism was meant to spin through with all the cobwebs, and dust it hasn't run in a very long time.
Oz sat down on the floor, lead against a support pillar of the school, 'he looks exhausted,' she thought to herself joining him, "now we wait," he said yawning.
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Note: Torii Gates - "is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to sacred."
Note 2: I prefer the manga for Soul Eater, so everyone knows what world to keep in mind.
