AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry, I was late with this. However, I did send ads for this to a couple of people to get the word out.

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Ms. Yumi Azusa hates her job.

She works as a receptionist for a Japanese airline. The only exciting part of the job is seeing the different fashions, and she's seen them all. She is thinking about quitting effective immediately.

There was only one day on the job that was remotely interesting.

As she sat working, a little girl walked up to her desk in a dress with a tiny cube and a scrap of paper in her hand. "May I help you, little girl?"

"My daddy told me to go to Death City, Nevada, U.S.A. He said this would help me get there." She showed Yumi the cube in her hand up close.

Yumi looked at it closely. A shocking realization came over her.

She took the girl to her boss's office immediately. "Mr. Eibon?"

The man in the wheelie-chair stood up. He had on a robe and a strange mask that he always wore. No one knew why. But right now, he was focused on the little girl now in his office. "Who is this, Miss Azusa?"

"I didn't catch her name. What is your name, little girl?"

"Tsubaki Nakatsusaka."

Eibon quickly ran over. "My Lord, a Nakatsusaka? What is it, little girl?"

"My daddy told me to give this to you in exchange for a favor." She held out the tiny cube. Eibon snatched it out of her hand.

He stared at the cube, wide-eyed. "Good Lord... Brew..."

"Brew?"

"Never mind. What favor do you want, Tsubaki?"

"A flight to Death City, Nevada, U.S.A."

"That's all? As you wish. Yumi, get her on a private plane ASAP. You'll get a raise for this later."

Yumi smiled. "Yes sir. Come on, Tsubaki."

Within the hour, Tsubaki was on a plane boarded for Death City, Nevada, U.S.A.

When they landed, a boy and a girl were waiting for Tsubaki. The boy was wearing a tiny motorcycle jacket and jeans. The girl was wearing what looked like a school uniform. They both were about Tsubaki's age, maybe a little younger. As Tsubaki got off the plane, they walked up to her.

"Hi!" The girl said. "I'm Maka. This is Soul. We got a call saying you're going to be staying with us. Welcome to Death City!"

Tsubaki forced a small smile. "Hi. I'm Tsubaki."

Maka talked a little more. "How was the trip here?"

Soul raised an eyebrow at Maka. "Maka, don't be all over the poor girl. That's not cool."

Maka whipped out a giant 600-page hardcover dictionary from her back pocket and slammed Soul on the head with it. "Maakkaaaa... CHOP! Sorry about Soul. He can be an ass sometimes."

She held her hand out for Tsubaki to hold. "Come on, I'll take to the DWMA to enroll."

In a couple of minutes, they were at the DWMA's Death Room.

(Maka had to explain to Tsubaki that it was the equivalent of the principal's office.)

Inside the Death Room were two men. One had lengthy red hair and struck a resemblance to Maka. The other didn't seem to have legs or arms. He looked like a giant black blobby thing, with only one distinguishing feature: A skull mask. He looked over his shoulder and saw Tsubaki. She expected him to say something like "Hello, little girl," in a creepy voice. Instead, he said, in a funny voice that she didn't see coming:

"Hey there! Hello! Wazzup? Wazzup? How's it going?"

Tsubaki cleared her throat. "I'm here to enlist in the DWMA."

"Meister or weapon?"

Tsubaki wasn't sure what he meant, so he had to rephrase it. "Can you turn into a weapon?"

Then she got it. "Oh! Yes, I can."

"All right, so you'll be staying with Soul and Maka, right?"

"Right." And with that, Tsubaki was the new kid in class.

As the trio walked home, Tsubaki told Maka, "That school won't do anything for me."

Maka seemed startled by this statement. "Why?"

"All I want is revenge on White*Star for killing my family."

"At DWMA, you can learn how to do just that. You can train and, in time, defeat him."

"But I don't want to defeat him."

"What do you want to do, then?"

Tsubaki's fists clenched.

"I want to kill him."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I apologize for Tsubaki being a little OOC, but if you think this was OOC for her, then you've got something coming next chapter.

Oh, Kid and Crona are coming in next chapter! Be prepared!