Chapter One of There's a First Time for Everything

(So this is my first fanfiction so please don't judge. Probably will include Smut later on.)

Marie let out a sigh of relief as she saw the Kishin Asura's barrier suddenly merge with an orb of white light and dissipate. They had done it, the same group of kids she had feared for in the magnetic field at the battle for Brew… the very same children had somehow managed defeat an enemy that nearly vanquished Lord Death himself. Marie slowly walked up to Stein; looking out of the corner of her eye she was barely able to make out his emerald-green eyes and a smile that crossed his lips.

"I can't believe those damned kids did it" he said in a low voice; his hand slipping up to hold his chin as he began to think, "I wonder how they did it." Stein looked down at his weapon and snorted "I hope Asura's body is still intact. Now that would be a wonderful subject to dissect!" he said bursting into laughter.

Marie couldn't help but to chuckle at his sudden mix of humor and excitement, even if they all knew he wasn't joking. "Franken," Marie asked, as she placed her hand on his shoulder with a hint of laughter in her voice, "How long has it been since you've had sleep?" She could only assume it had been a while… considering Stein had been seriously affected by the Kishin's madness. It's kind of ironic, the madness doing the dissecting that is.

"Marie, sleep is unnecessary, and a waste of time." He stated simply, "If it weren't for the fact that we would die without it, I wouldn't sleep. I am however, coming close to fixing that little problem" He said, almost to himself as he cranked the screw in his head counterclockwise. "Not quite…" He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small carton and lighter.

He always seems to have a cigarette in his damn mouth she thought. I never thought I would envy a cigarette. She could feel the blood rushing to her cheeks and only hoped Stein wouldn't catch this.

"Marie, why exactly is your face so damn red?"

Shit, "I… umm… just over heated…" well she wasn't lying, "I'm going to go get some water" she added making an excuse to leave her mister. Rather than getting water she ran straight to the bathroom. Really Marie?!She was so embarrassed, we literally just defeated the Kishin himself and now you want to "celebrate"! She reached down, turned on the cold water, and proceeded to wash her face, hoping this might clean her damn dirty mind as well. Blindly reaching around for a paper towel, Marie grabbed what she assumed was a really tight-knit washcloth. She dried her face with it, only to see it was a black dress jacket. She looked up fearfully and met the eyes of the notorious death scythe, Azusa Yumi. "SHIT, OH MY DEATH …I am so sorry Azusa I thought you were a towel! Wait, that makes it sound worse. I mean I…"

"Shut up, Marie." As usual no emotion showed in her voice, "I'm assuming you didn't come into the restroom to visit your fiancé. What did Stein say to you?"

"Fiancé?!" Marie had never even been kissed if she was being honest. So why the hell would she have a fiancé?

Azusa rolled her eyes, "Don't you remember, you said when you first came back that you were going to marry that toilet. Anyway, that's not important." Marie had no idea how she was able to remain so stoic. For Death's sake she was talking about someone marrying a toilet! "What did Franken say to make you run in here?"

"Oh… I just got over heated…" Marie added a convincing smile hoping it would fool her. Of course Marie knew it wouldn't, but maybe she wouldn't question her further.

"In other words, you became horny." She adjusted her glasses; the light reflecting off of them.

Damn it, damn it all she thought.