The Unlikely Pair

Date: 6/24/13

Ch. 1: The night of Soul Hunting.

/A/N: Don't own any of the Soul Eater characters. I do own Ava and Xander. That's it. I'm just borrowing the rest for this little fanfic./

The moon hung high in the sky, its crooked smile, sinister eyes, Ava Storm, level one meister stood upon a building in Death City her weapon at her side as her eyes lifted to the moon as she gave a sigh "I can't sense it…" she tried to focus but the kishin egg was out of her ability. Slowly those silver hues closed as she tried again. It aggravated Ava to no end; no matter how much 'training' she received from Professor Albarn she couldn't get a grasp on her soul perception. "I can't do it, Xander" right when she was about to give up, she felt it, with a beat of her heart and a breath those eyes opened, turning to the alleyway to the right "I've got it … it's there" her eyes narrowed "and now it's moving… damn it" with that she took off in a dash, jumping off the building, her body sliding down the side. Once her feet touched the concrete ground, Ava was racing as quickly as she could.

Closing his eyes he let out a sigh and folded his arms behind the back of his head "It's about damn time…" scoffed the weapon in his human form as he watched her run off. Xander Evans was his name; he was a weapon as was his father before him. His eyes watched his meister as she raced down the alleyway at top speed "Always pushing it to the limit…" were his thoughts as he shook his head and jumped down, running after his meister in a rapid haste.

The two were partners, lived together in the same apartment, but even then they didn't seem as close as most meister and weapon pairings. Even after being partners for almost two years, having barely moved in together half a year ago they were still working things out. Ava wasn't one to smother so she had to be cautious even on a normal friend level. "This one is quick… I'll need you in scythe form" she held her hand out to him but just then the mutated kishin egg rounded the corner, its dark eyes looking to them its body looking like one Dr. Stein's dissections gone wrong "shit" cursed Ava beneath her breath. Yes, she was a fire cracker and had quite the mouth on her, she was a skilled fighter but there were just some things she was working on that needed mastering.

Once Xander reached his meister he heard her say for him to transform, he was about to when the monster reared its ugly face "...Well aren't you beautiful?" he smirked and reached out taking a hold of Ava's hand, transforming into a scythe. There was something unique about Xander, yes his father was a scythe, his mother a hybrid both meister and weapon but for him? His weapon powers were extraordinary; he was scythe yes, but also a gun. Something Lord Death called a Scythe Gun; one of rarest types of weapons around, where the second weapon came from? How did Xander have the ability? It wasn't known, it was a mystery but for Xander? He was praised for it, many people wanted to use him, because of how special he was. They saw him as a weapon with bragging rights; everyone wanted him for the wrong reasons. But Ava? She actually saw him as more than just a weapon, she saw him as a friend. "You can take this guy, come on Ava! I know you can do it!" even though he rooted for his meister and tried to pep her up Xander couldn't forget their last battle. Ava had gotten so nervous she spaced out for only a moment, and in that moment? Xander was almost eaten in his gun form. So needless to say, he was rather nervous for this battle. But he couldn't think that now, shaking it off his image appeared in the blade of the scythe "this one seems different, so try to stay on track, and please Ava, be careful"

Taking a hold of the scythe her grip firming around the handle "Yeah yeah I know" Ava gave a sigh and a roll of her eyes "You keep blaming me for those last times. I can't help it, I get nervous" she muttered while racing after the Kishin egg "Come on you ugly piece of shit!" Leaping into the air with the scythe over her head she slashed down onto the soul's head. But the evil soul seemed to be quick for it managed to dodge the slice by an inch and sent a counter attack. "W-What?!" Ava's silver eyes widened as she saw it, a spiked tail came from the side slamming into her, sending the Meister flying and colliding into a concrete wall, dropping her weapon upon impact "fuck…" she grit her teeth landing upon the ground in a thud.

When she was knocked off her feet that didn't bother him too much since she was light, but for that moment he did worry about her "Ava, are you alright?" questioned Xander calmly. He knew it took more than that to keep her down.

"You mother fucker!" with a shaky hand the meister reached out, grabbing the scythe again, running for the monster. That was one thing about Ava, even when down she always got right back up and pushed on. It was her determination to gather as many evil souls as they could, her push, her drive to be her best and not give up. "This ugly bastard is tougher than he looks" she winced at the pain in her side "We can get him! Are you ready Xan?!"

"Yeah" chuckled the weapon "Let's do this"

"SOUL RESONANCE!" the partners exclaimed in unison.

Ava's soul shone brightly a beauty aura of blue as she concentrated, she could feel it, their souls were connecting. A gust of wind surrounded the two and the end result she could feel them stronger the scythe blade having changed forms and glowing. Ava couldn't get over the beauty of it "Xan you look amazing!" exclaimed the teen.

"Focus!" Xander yelled out which snapped the meister back into the battle ahead.

"Right!" Ava turned her attention to the evil soul as it began to high tail it out of there "Oh no you don't! Get back here you bastard!" dashing after it, Ava took to the air closing her eyes she focused "We can do this … we got this …" pointing her scythe downward she shot at the monster, slicing down into it. When her feet landed upon ground, Ava twisted her body, holding firmly onto her weapon, the blade slicing through the monster's body "Nova Slash!" where did that come from? Whatever, or however, it felt amazing, this whole experience felt absolutely amazing. Ava wasn't scared, she wasn't sad, she felt energized, she felt alive but most of all she felt happy, When the monster's body turned to shadow and disappeared its soul left floating before them "there it is … go get it, Xan" she released him and smiled.

With the beast subdued it was his time to collect it. They really did do it didn't they? Morphing back to his human form he smirked at the soul "We really did it, huh?" Xan reached out and clenched the evil soul in his hand, then he brought it to his mouth and gobbled it "Mmm mm been deprived of these things for a while" it had been awhile since they caught a soul. "Good job, Ava" he looked at her with a smirk before he folded his arms behind his head "Guess we need to report on our mission" he headed off.

Something about this moment had Ava's heart racing, a smile upon her lips as she had watched him devour the soul "We did great tonight" there was a definite hint of happiness in her voice as she spoke to him. Maybe it was the adrenaline but her heart was still pounding, her breathing still a bit elevated. The magenta haired teen took a few deep breaths to calm her breathing as she walked with her weapon "yeah… time to report" a giggle escaped her lips but she cleared her throat like it didn't happen.

Xander didn't normally see this side of Ava a lot, but it always brought a calmer, warmer side from him. She was sort of cute when she was giggly and bubbly like she was now "Calm down there, no need to go all 'happy go lucky' now" he tried to level the moment but another giggle erupted from the meister which got the weapon to shake his head.

The two headed up the long staircase to the school where they headed to the doors, it wasn't long after that the two were standing before Lord Death, Ava just over joyous still, it might be getting on her partner's nerves at this point, she wasn't sure. Ava couldn't help it she was just so happy. "We've finished our quest, Sir" spoke Ava beaming from ear to ear "and with fabulous news!" another giggle slipped past her lips but she cleared her throat again "Tell him Xan!" she took a step back and rubbed her cheeks, smiling was hurting her face.

Once the two made it into the Death Room, he looked up at Lord Death and over to Ava to see her so giddy, she was just beaming and smiling to the point it was hurting, and it made him sweatdrop. Making that "Eh..." sound along with a shrug of his shoulders he looked up at the Shinigami and stuck his hands into his pockets "We took down the kishin egg, and that now means we have a total of 99 souls. Tomorrow we'll have to hunt for the witches' soul" he said in a blunt tone, as if it wasn't a big deal for him. In reality it was, but it just how Xander dealt with things to not make something 'small' and turn it into something huge, unlike his meister.

Lord Death tilted his head to the side "Is that so? Congratulations to the both of you, I knew you both could do it! I'm proud of you!" Xander blinked as he felt his cheeks grow warm at the praise as did Ava's "I think you two deserve to have a day off on such an accomplishment, you earned it. Enjoy it!"

"Wait we just...why give us a day off?" spoke up Xander in confusion.

Lord Death raised his finger "This is a big deal for the both of you; it's taken you both 2 years to get this far, and you two deserve it". Maybe he was right; they both of them had been running all over the place dealing with things.

Ava knew how Xander was but to hear him speak of their grand accomplishment like it was nothing caused her smile to dim to where it was barely there. Did he not feel as happy as she was a few moments ago? Was he not proud of their accomplishment? Questions began to go through Ava's mind, but hearing that they had the day off, she gave a nod of her head and forced a smile on her face "thank you Lord Death. May you have a good night" with a bow she waited for her partner before heading out of the Death Room, out of the school and heading for home.

A whole day off? What were they going to do with it? How were they going to spend it? Only time would tell what the two would decide on.

/End of Chapter 1!

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HUGS!

-Nova/