This one shall be short. It starts as episode four (and is titled as such) because the prologue occurred right after the end of episode three. This won't be very interesting, or very long, mostly because for now Kagami is hanging with Kid and the sisters, so nothing really happens. I feel like it's kind of a let-down after the prologue, so I'll see if I can double update today to make up for it.
Soul: This whacked-out chick doesn't own me.
Ryuu: Soul! Baka! It's the anime I don't own! Or the manga, for that matter.
EP 4
Kagami woke up to something sitting on her stomach.
She opened her eyes and found Patty's face pushed incredibly close to hers.
"Hey, hehehe, she's awake!" Patty laughed, bouncing up and down.
"Wah! Patty – please – get – off!" Kagami got out, trying not to bite her tongue off as she unavoidably went up and down as well.
"Ok!" Patty agreed, and hopped off, skipping out of the room.
Urgh. Not the most pleasant awakening.
What time is it?
Kagami reached out a blind hand for the clock. Finding it and turning it to face her, she sucked in air too fast and hiccupped.
"Crap!" she squeaked. "I'm late! And on my first day, too."
Throwing back the covers, she scrambled out of bed, and hurried out in the hallway. She found the other three in the kitchen.
"What are you still doing here? Don't we have to go to school?" she screeched, her messy hair starting to fall over her face. She brushed through it frantically with one hand.
Liz gave her a strange look. "We don't attend Shibusen, even though you do."
"But – wait, what?"
Liz shrugged. "Kid-kun is just Shinigami-sama's son."
Kid broke in. "Don't walk around in my house like that?"
"Like what? Like I just rolled out of bed?"
"NO! You're ruining the symmetry again!"
"Oh." Kagami sighed, rolling her eyes. "Fine." She transformed in the ensuing purple and pale green light. Then Akari and Kira sat down at the table. Liz offered the girls food, but they turned it down, still too panicky to do much of anything.
"Anyway, my father contacted me this morning and told me to come to the school. He said to bring you, as well. I was considering enrolling in the school, and he said something about this being a good experience."
"When do we have to be there?" Kira asked, finally relaxed enough to yawn.
"Not for a little bit," said Liz, as she sat down next to Akari.
"A little bit being long enough for us to run into town?" Akari asked.
"Um. Depends how long you'll be there. A little bit is a few hours or so."
Kira and Akari looked at each other. "Yeah, that'll be plenty of time."
"You want me to come with you guys?" Liz offered, chewing a bite. "I know places to get bargains."
"Why not?" Akari said.
"Would you mind?" Kira added.
"Nah," Liz grinned, "not at all. I love shopping."
"Okay, then we can head out after breakfast." The girls stood up. "We'll head back to our room. Call us when you're ready." They walked away.
Liz knocked on the door seven minutes later. "Come in," Kagami called through the hair clip in her mouth. The tall girl walked in.
"I'll just be a second. I need to get this clip in… there." Her bangs, blonde and black, fell on either side of her face. "That should do it."
"You know what you should try doing someday?" Liz told her as they walked out of the house.
"What?"
"Braiding your hair. It would look cool with your colors."
"Yeah," Kagami mused, "I might try that."
The girls walked off, heading for town.
Two hours later, they were nearing the end of the long list Liz had stored of all the stores to get good deals.
"What time is it?" Kira asked, holding a white tank top with aqua swirls and spirals up to her body.
"Um, I'm not sure," Liz replied. "That looks good for you, by the way."
"We should probably find out," Akari noted, perusing the jewelry for a black bracelet. "We don't want to be late."
"Yeah; are you guys done here?"
The twins nodded.
"Then let's go ask at the register while we pay."
The three girls headed for the cashier with their selections. As the employee began ringing things up, Liz eyed up some bottles of nail polish and asked him, "What time is it?"
"Ten fifteen," the man replied. The girls stared at each other in shock. "Thank you for your purchase."
Kira grabbed Akari's hand, and flew out of the shop, Liz hot on their heels.
"We're late! Crap! We're going to get in trouble!"
They ran as fast as they could back to the house, and burst in. No one answered their calls of, "Kid! Patty!"
"They must have gone off ahead because we were taking forever. We must be really late." Akari shook her head.
"Come on," Liz said, "we have to get to the school!"
They burst back out the door, making sure it was locked, and dashed full speed to the school.
Akari and Kira kept an eye on their surroundings as they made their way through the streets.
It's reasonable to assume that this is the fastest route, right?
Uh-huh. We should remember this. In case we ever wake up late or something.
Us? Late for school? You don't say.
Finally, Shibusen's spires and towers came into sight. The girls pushed harder, reaching the stairs and stumbling up them. Once inside, Akari and Kira followed Liz to Shinigami-sama's office, memorizing that path as well.
They burst into the room, huffing and panting, and came to a stop in front of Shinigami-sama's dais. Liz bent over, resting her hands on her knees, and Akari and Kira supported each other.
"Gomen nasai… Shinigami-sama. I'm… so sorry we're late," Kira managed.
"Fine, fine! It's fine!" he sang. "Nothing's happened yet anyway."
Kid rose from a large chair, and turned to survey the late arrivals. Frowning, he stomped down towards Kira, who looked at him warily. When he was standing in front of her, he reached under the right strap of her tank top and pulled her bra strap off her shoulder. Then he stepped back, smiling. "Much better! Symmetrical!"
Kira flushed, started, then smacked him over the top of the head, screeching, "Tell me to fix it myself next time!" She pulled both the straps back onto her shoulders. "You know what, just for that…"
She and Akari merged. Kagami smirked at Kid, whose eyes went wide in fear and disgust.
"NOOOOOOO!!!" he howled, throwing himself on the floor. "IT'S HIDEOUS! I CAN'T LOOK! AWFUL! NASTY! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE ON THIS PLANET!"
"Was that necessary?" Liz asked, twitching.
"Of course," Kagami said, scowling at the boy beating the floor with his fist. "You may be used to anything he does. I'm not. And I refuse to accept it."
"Now, children, no fighting," Shinigami-sama chided.
If he wasn't our sensei, I would've smacked him.
Calm. He's right. Calm.
Says the one who just used violence to prove a point
Kid sullenly picked himself up, and returned to his chair. Liz followed him, taking her place next to her sister. Kira and Akari grudgingly followed, standing on his other side. They all stared at Shinigami-sama's tall mirror, watching the events occurring inside.
"Who are those people?" Akari asked off-handedly.
"They are your classmates. One star meisters, still, but good ones, and I am very proud of them. Maka Albarn, a death scythe technician, and her partner Soul Eater, and Black Star the assassin with his partner Tsubaki. I believe you will be joining them soon."
They watched for a little while longer, then the kid named Black Star started acting serious.
"It begins," Shinigami-sama said.
Akari and Kira didn't pay as much attention as they could have; the girls were never much interested in anything except the outcome of another's fight. When they looked back up, Maka and her scythe were tied together with the blue zombie man by the chains of Black Star's weapon, Tsubaki. Black Star was laughing madly, like he had just secured a great victory. When Maka protested, he simply replied, "You were in my way!"
Superiority complex much…
No kidding.
"Huh. I guess that's the end of this for now," Shinigami-sama mused. The image in the mirror flicked off.
"Next we're after the one who turned Sid-sensei into a zombie in the first place," Kid guessed, completely serious. His father turned.
"Yes, that's right!"
"Who is he?" Kid asked, crossing his legs and lacing his fingers together. "He wouldn't be an average person, would he?"
"Hmm… you know the current top weapon, Death Scythe, right?"
"Yes," Kid affirmed.
"Do you know who forged him?"
"Yeah, Maka's mother. Why?"
"To be truthful, Maka's mom is Death Scythe's second partner."
Kid sat up, alert. "Which means there's a first."
"And let me guess: he's the one we have to find," Kira put in.
"His name is Doctor Franken Stein," Shinigami-sama told them. "Stein was Death Scythe's first partner. He's Shibusen's strongest living meister."
Um. Yesh. Totally, completely boring chapter. It might even be better to ignore it. You know what I'm waiting for? An episode where Kid and the sisters aren't involved. Because then I can write whatever the heck I want. And that'll be incredibly fun. Not to mention interesting to read.