Author's Note: I have no intentions on using this piece of work for financial benefits. This is strictly fan-made. Also, the anime, Soul Eater, does not belong to me -- But it's creator. I take no credit for the plot, storyline, nor it's characters and settings.
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"Um, is she okay?" Maka whispered behind her hand towards Soul. She glanced back towards the silver-haired girl from the night before with a nervous smile. Soul glanced at his Technician's direction with risen brows. "I don't know." he muttered in the same soft tone.
Now that it was morning and the light was out, she had the chance to see the triplets more clearly now. Lust was beautiful -- of course -- and Temptation was pretty handsome. But, Allure on the other hand… Her hair was such a pretty color, but it was messy and unsightly. Her outfit looked brand new, but it was creased with endless wrinkles. Her boots were covered with dirt and filth. Not only that, but the way she moved was rather sluggish. Nothing like last night. Where did the energy and gracefulness go?
Maka jumped in surprise when a light giggle filled the air. Her green eyes closed lightly with a small chuckle as an arm slung around her. It was that girl, Lust, the second youngest of the triplet group.
"If you're worried about Allure-sempai, don't," Lust glanced back at her older sister with a smile painted upon her features. Once more, a giggle left her lips as she watched the older girl scratch the back of her neck with a yawn.
"Is she always like this?" Soul asked while looking at Lust.
"Of course," Lust replied while closing her eyes and inclining her head to the side. However, after a thought struck her, she pulled her index finger to her now pursed lips. "Unless she is in situations as last night… Hunting Kishin eggs. That is pretty much the only time she seems to be energetic."
A sweat drop glided down the back of Maka's head as the corners of her lips quirked up in a forced smile. "I-I see." was her only reaction.
"That is so un cool." Soul muttered, his head hung forward a little. And here he was, thinking that Allure was slightly cooler than he. He was being un cool himself for thinking such a thing.
"You!"
As the group of five reached the steps that led to the Shibusen Academy, they stopped and looked up to see a boy pointing at them with a deep glower on his face. His hair was perfectly arranged with three white stripes going horizontal to the left side of his head. Behind him were two blonde-haired girls whom were clearly siblings. One of them had short pixie-like hair and the other long hair.
"Here we go again." the long-haired girl muttered with a sigh and slumped shoulders.
"Hey, Kid." Maka greeted the three with a warm smile, her hands clasped behind her. Soul just stared up at him without a care -- Though, he wondered what has set him off this time.
"Who are you pointing at?" Liz, the blonde with the long hair, asked while leaning forward to follow Kid's finger. It did not take her long to figure it out, however. It was obvious who set him off. With a sigh, she straightened herself and shook her head.
"How could you go into public like that? Your clothing looks perfect, but it is covered in creases. Your hair is unsightly. You're so… So… Asymmetric!" Death the Kid bellowed into the air.
Maka and Soul stared up at him as if he were some kind of idiot of some sort. In this case, however, he might as well be. The two glanced back to examine the twins' reaction to the symmetry obsessed boy.
Both Lust and Temptation stood side by side now, glancing up with risen brows. The two were thinking practically the same thing: Was this guy serious? and The kid surely has balls… Hopefully Allure-chan will kill him. That was almost exactly what the two were thinking.
"Oi, you talking to me?" Allure asked, pointing up at herself as she straightened herself half-way. Her ocean-blue eyes peered up at the newcomers, using her right hand to shield herself from the sun's glare. Her lips were pulled down lazily as she scratched the back of her head with her left hand. Doing so just upsetted Kid even more because she just messed up her hair even more than it already was.
"You disgust me!" Kid bellowed loudly in the air, waving his pointing arm up and down vigorously in a loud fit. "Liz, Patti!"
"Here we go." Liz muttered, shaking her head.
"Yay, yay!" Patti cheered, waving her left hand up and down before the two started to glow a strange color before turning into the shape of two twin pistols. Kid caught the two weapons -- Holding it upside down with his pinkies on the triggers.
Allure closed her left eye as she yawned, scratching her back tiredly. It was clear she was not alarmed by the sudden summon of weapons. Lust and Temptation stiffened and glanced back at their Technician.
"That idiot…" both Soul and Maka muttered together as they slumped forward with hunched shoulders.
Kid pulled the triggers and a pink light emitted from the two pistols.
Right at that moment, Allure perked up and simply stepped to the side. A billow of dust clouded around her as the said bullets hit the ground rather than her. "Well than. I guess I have no choice now, do I?" she sighed as she adjusted the front of her trench coat; straightening it out a little. "Temp, Lust."
Kid blinked his golden hues at the three. He has never seen anyone dodge Liz's and Patti's bullets so easily and effortlessly before. He stiffened, squaring his feet. He had to be more alert now. For one, he did not know squat about the silver-haired girl nor her weapons. Plus, like he, she was the partner of two weapons rather than one.
"Right!" Temp and Lust saluted together before jumping in the air and joining hands. Once contact was made, they started to glow before merging together into the Twin-Scythe.
They twirled in the air for a short few seconds until they were caught by the sluggish moving Allure. Allure twirled the long weapon absently before resting the handle on her shoulders. She was looking up at Kid with a cold and bored gaze. "This better be worth my time." she muttered before taking the first step up the stairs.
Kid watched her with alert as she ascended up the stairs so casually. He closed her eyes for a second in thought, trying to measure her soul wave-length with her weapons. When he opened his eyes again, the silverette was gone. In alarm, he looked around.
But that was his mistake. He looked around, but not behind..
"Too late." Allure sneered as she swung the scythe horizontally. However, rather than cutting him, the blade started to glow a bright blue. The blade missed Kid's head by an inch, but the light that surrounded the dark blade extended and shocked the boy.
"Strike!" Lust cheered loudly, her image appearing on the metal surface.
Kid was sent flying into the air, his hands still gripping the Demon Twin Pistols tightly in his gloved hands. "Kid!" Liz cried out in surprise and worry before changing back into her human form.
Patti joined her sister. And together, the grabbed ahold of Kid's shocked body and held him close as they landed firmly on the floor in a crouch. Liz was cradling his head on her lap as she glared up at the girl who easily brought down her Miester.
Allure sighed deeply, turning her back on the people below. "Well, that was boring," she muttered, shaking her head from side to side in disappointment. It was over too fast. Far, far too fast. Maybe she should have held back? Maybe than she would have had at least a little more fun. "A definite waste of my time." her cerulean hues were closed half-way dully as she glanced up at the drooling, glowering sun.
"What're you to expect?" Temptation asked as they shifted back to their human forms. He was looking down with his chin raised and his hands dug deep inside of his suit's pockets. Just like his oldest sister, there was a look of boredom on his pallid features.
"That's right, Allure-chan," Lust chimed in, leaning against Temp with a smug smirk. Unlike her other two siblings, there was an amused smile on he face -- Like always. "We're too good for them losers," she realized what she said and shifted her smug gaze to Maka and Soul. "Er, I mean aside from you two."
Maka smiled nervously as she scratched the back of her head. "Thanks, I guess."
Soul grinned up at them. Once more, he was thinking that they were so cool. After all, cool people like himself could admit to themselves when someone is acting cooler than they -- Even if it was by just a little.
"Who are you?" Liz demanded when Kid finally stirred slightly in her arms. She could feel their power radiating from the three as if they were being displayed on television. The tension was tremendous, it was almost as if the force had some kind of mass of weight.
Temptation and Lust bowed their head forward so that their long bangs casted a looming shadow over their face. The only visible feature was the wicked smile that slowly spreaded across their face. Allure glanced back at them, her shoulders still slumped and her eyes still half-closed in a lazy manner. However, when Death the Kid slowly sat up -- Glaring up at them with gritted teeth and a closed left eye -- a dark lopsided smirk danced on her features. "We're the Dark Triplets." she answered in a blunt sneer.
With that, Allure yawned deeply before facing the school once more. She stood there for a brief moment in time before walking forward. Her twins casted Kid and his weapons one final look before waving lightly at Soul and Maka. After the two nodded their heads timidly in return, the silver-haired twins turned to follow their older sister.
"Oi, are you okay?" Soul asked as he approached Kid and group nonchalantly with his hands in his pockets. His slanted red hues glanced down at them as Liz and Patti returned the look. Only Kid was still staring at the spot where Allure has departed. "Hello? Earth to Kid?" Soul prompted in an annoyed tone.
Kid still has not answered. His brow was furrowed as he tried to make connections in his head.
"Dude, remind me not to be concerned for you the next time you get hurt." Soul muttered, crossing his arms as he glared sky-ward. When Maka joined his side, she just shook her head with a sigh.
"There is something… Off about them," Kid finally broke his lapse of silence as she thought out loud. He was rubbing his chin lightly with his left gloved hand as he pondered further about it. "There is something about them.. That I just do not like."
Soul blinked his eyes at the other male that sat before him. Than, his lips curled up in a grin; revealing his shark-like teeth. "You're just upset that you got your ass kicked by a girl. Dude, that is so un cool." Soul cackled, slapping his knee through his laughter.
"Yes, yes! I agree!" Patti joined in, clutching her sides as her light laughter joined Soul's cackling. Both Liz and Maka were staring at the two with half-closed, twitching eyes -- The word 'idiot' dancing across their faces.
Kid stared at the group before him absently, not really paying any attention. He was lost in thought now. It was hard ignoring the bad feeling that he felt about the triplets from before. "It's not that I am upset about losing to her… At least, not entirely," he paused, pondering deeper about it. "It's just that… They are definitely off. They're not your average Technician and Weapon. They're something more, but what?"
It was bugging him greatly how he was unable to figure them out. Not to mention that their arrival was completely unannounced. He has not been at Shibusen Academy long, but he knew well enough that the place was filled with gossipers. After all, news of his arrival traveled rather quickly. And yet, there was not one word about any newcomers. Not even his father, Shinigami-sama himself, did not tell him. Who are they? That, that was an answer he needed to find out -- Sooner or later.
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"Oi, what is up with you today?" Lust asked as she spud up a little so that she was only half a step behind her older sister. When she was by her side, she pulled her white hair to one side and fiddled with the long ends absently.
"What do you mean?" Allure asked dully as she glanced behind her. She was doing her best to ignore the people they passed whom were whispering about them. Her brow was inclined upward slightly as she tried to figure out what the hell her silly younger sister was talking about.
Lust scoffed as she rolled her eyes at the older female. Was she really oblivious to such a fact, or was she just playing dumb? It could be the latter.. Or the other. Ugh! Allure sometimes can be such a pain in the butt! They've known each other for almost their entire life, and yet there were times when she was unable to figure her out exactly. It was so frustrating.
Warily, the middle-child glanced back at her brother, hoping that he has noticed. But she could tell that he did not by the confused look he was shooting her. So even he was completely out of the know? Ridiculous! "Come on! How can you not notice?" Lust has finally had it. She grabbed ahold of Allure's arm and hauled her into a sudden stop.
When Temptation accidentally bump into her from the sudden stop, she did not budge a single centimeter -- Not even a stumble forward. "You are not as 'bleh' as usual," Lust finally answered Allure's confused expression. When the words finally hit her, her mouth went slack. "You're, amazingly, more energetic than you normally am."
Temptation let her words settle in and nodded her head thoughtfully. Lust was right. Allure was much more energetic than her normal self. It was quite bizarre. Normally, Allure was more slumped than this. And if she was her normal self and that kid from before would have challenged her; there was no way in hell would his eldest sister accept. Knowing her, she would have just continued her merry way. And if the guy was persistent, she would not have had his sister or himself transform. It'd be just a waste of her energy to do so.
"Aw, hell!" Allure swore to herself, clutching her hands angrily at her side. She was shaking her head from side to side in frustration, her face buried in her palm. Of all people for this to happen to, it had to be her. How unbelievable.
She has done it now. She really has. The King and Queen warned them not to make any bonds with the people here. Doing so could mean a possible alter in personality. Ugh. How pitiful for her to fall victim to such a horrid thing. She was not even aware she made any friends here.
Lust and Temptation were exchanging worried glances with each other. This was bad. Far, far, far from bad. Bad as in 'Shit, this might screw up the entire mission!' bad. But, the question was, who did Allure make this so-called bond with? They knew what was coming. Their King and Queen informed them about the symptoms. And, it was happening to Allure at this very moment.
The symptoms to a developing personality were simple. The person would abruptly start to act the opposite of their original behavior. It was not slowly not subtle. It was quick and sudden. Every passing day, the other personality would develop more and more -- Faster than the day before. And depending on the strength of the bond, the symptoms will spread faster than usual.
"Oh, come on! Let's just go!" Allure interrupted the others' train of thought by pushing forward. The two stepped to the side quickly, not wanting to get in the middle of her wrath. With masked sympathy in their eyes, they followed behind. Poor Allure. Who'd ever think that she of all people would develop a second-personality? No one. No one would expect such a thing.
