I'm soooooooo sorry for the wait :( I had my French Baccalauréat on the June 19th and July 2nd and it went fine :) Anyways, now that I'm in holidays, I have more time to write this fanfiction, so you'll have one chapter per month (or more if I have the time ;)) Here's chapter 2, I hope you'll enjoy it !

Disclaimer: I still don't own Pokémon or Soul Eater.


Chapter 2: What do you mean partners?!

"Two iced lemon tea for table three, there we go!" May smiled once more while putting the two drinks in front of the customers.

Even if she was certainly one of the clumsiest girl alive, she was doing fine for now. She looked over at Dawn, who was taking orders in the back of the café. She looked quite cute in her uniform, with her white dress shirt, blue tie, her black short skirt and her white skull-shaped headpiece.

As Charlie said, it wasn't really physically demanding, even though there were a lot of customers in the small café. May tightened the high ponytail and sighed. She still had a lot of work…

A lot of students were there with their partners, and she admitted, she was a little bit jealous. She wondered how it felt to have this… connection with someone. She was suddenly stopped thinking when she heard a high-pitch angry scream…

"HEY! IT'S YOUR FAULT, JERK! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"

The young Meister turned around and sighed; it was just Dawn. She looked beyond pissed off, and the tray she was holding a minute ago was now on the floor. Some clients started to look at her and the boy she was yelling at. With another sigh, May walked to her friend (and almost tripped on the tray…), and tried to calm her down.

"Hey, Dawn, what's the matter?" She whispered. She didn't want to bring even more attention on them.

"This moron pushed me!" Dawn shrieked once more. May looked at the boy. He was taller than both of them and had a weird hair color – a deep purple- and his onyx eyes showed nothing but annoyance. May couldn't help but feeling uncomfortable in front of him.

Behind him was another guy with strange bright chartreuse hair and emerald eyes. This one wasn't even looking at them as if he didn't give a damn and it was already pissing May off. There was an awkward silence before the annoyed guy finally talked.

"You were in the way." He said, with a dull voice. Dawn looked like she was about to hit him when May spoke.

"Listen; let's not make a mess out of this, ok? We need to respect our customers, Dawn." May gave her friend a sad-puppy dog look, silently telling her that they had to keep this job. The green-eyes boy finally looked at them and sighed.

"Let's listen to the clumsy girl and take a seat Paul… We don't have time for this kind of stupid thing…" He smirked. May suddenly became red and stopped whispering.

"Excuse me? How did you call me, you…? You Grasshead!" The boy smirked even more and without another word took a seat in the café. It was official; she really wanted to punch this guy in the face.

"I really hope they're not Death academy's students…" Dawn whispered before getting back to work.


"This is boring! There are absolutely no students here; they're all in class or in town… How are we supposed to find our partners if there's no one here?" Leaf whispered sadly, and looked in the hallways; empty.

Misty said nothing, but her friend was absolutely right; they hadn't seen a single student since this morning. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of bright pink in the hallway.

"Hey, Leaf, Charlie's here! With Anny and… two other students that I don't know…" It seemed like it was Charlie and Anny's job to take new students around. That wasn't surprising; the young Meister was a nice and welcoming girl, and even though her partner wasn't really talkative, she seemed like a serious and kind student.

"Hey, Leaf, Misty! How's work doing?" Charlie arrived next to the two girls with a big smile on her face. Leaf wanted to talk, but Misty cut her off.

"It's great so far. What about you? You're showing around to new kids?" She glared at Leaf, who looked as if she wanted to complain.

"Well, they're not really new kids, they arrived at this school three days ago, but they don't have a good sense of direction, so I had to help them. Have you found your partners yet?" Misty sighed deeply and answered with a sad voice. "Not yet…"

Anny smiled and took her hand, trying to comfort her.

"Don't worry! It took me some time to find my partner, but I'm sure you'll find it soon. I mean, you're from a famous weapon family; you won't have any problems with that. Oh, let me introduce you…"

The redhead turned her attention to the two boys. The first one looked lost in thoughts; he was rather cute, with messy black hair and kind chocolate eyes. The second boy, on the other hand, wasn't daydreaming, and was looking at Leaf with a small arrogant smirk on his face. Her friend was looking back at him with disgust; she didn't know him but she already hated him. The said boy ran a hand through his auburn hair and suddenly spoke up.

"I'm Gary Oak. And you are…?"

"Not interested." Leaf replied with a glare. The boy looked so smug, it was irritating her.

"I doubt it." She just rolled her eyes and looked at the other boy. Gary elbowed him roughly.

"Hey, Ashy-boy, wake up!" The boy suddenly seemed to listen to what was happening, and a huge grin appeared on his face.

"I'm Ash! Nice to meet you!" He exclaimed. Misty smiled at him; he looked like a really nice guy.

"I'm Misty! Nice to meet you too!" Ash nodded happily. Anny looked at the hour, and sighed.

"Charlie, we should head to class…" The said girl groaned.

"Whyyyyyy…? This school is gonna kill me, I swear…" She turned her attention on the two boys. "You had to see the principal, if I remember! It's this way, follow me, we just have enough before the start of our class."

She started to take the stairs to the principal's office, Anny on her tray, sighing that they were gonna be late once again, Ash back in his own world was following them, and Gary was slowly walking behind them, but not before winking at Leaf and whispering a "See you later hotie!", while she just glared at him.

Once they left, she sighed and turned to her friend. "That was weird…" Misty just smiled.

"Well, that Ash boy looked nice…"


The girls ate sandwiches in the academy's garden, in the middle of the day. The weather was nice, and here, they really felt like true Death Academy's students. They weren't saying anything, just looking at the wonderful view they had from here. Even though they didn't say it, they felt a little bit disappointed; they still hadn't found their future partners, and they only had one afternoon to find it or else… They didn't even want to imagine what would happen if they didn't find anyone.

May looked at her sandwich and ate it hungrily. Just as she finished it and was ready to bite in another one, they heard a public announce.

"The following students are expected in the principal's office right now; Dawn Berlitz, Leaf Green, Andrew Hayden, Ashton Ketchum, Maybelle Maple, Garrison Oak, Paul Shinji and Misty Waterflower. Thank you!"

They were several whispers after this announce; after all, all the students recently called came from really famous and wealthy weapon and meisters families… What did the principal wanted to say to eight new kids, and more importantly, eight kids from such families?

"Why did they have to call me by my full name…?" May groaned, while Dawn and Leaf chuckled at her expense. Misty, on the other hand just frowned.

"Why did they call us? It's our first day at school, and we didn't even start classes yet…" Leaf just gave her a reassuring smile, and shrugged.

"I don't know, but we haven't done anything wrong, that's the only thing that matters." Misty sighed, not fully reassured. She stood up, and looked at the other girls.

"Well? What are we waiting for? Let's not make the principal and the four other rich students wait!"


We have the four clichés of powerful boys here… That was the first thing May thought when she entered the office. She looked at the first one, a charming guy with auburn hair who was winking at Leaf (who was glaring at him by the way). Here, we have the playboy. As he's famous and stuff, he thinks all the girls are head-over-heels for him, and keeps charming every single girl he finds. She sighed, keeping a straight face.

She looked at the boy behind him; it was the boy with purple hair who pushed Dawn this morning. Hey, I know this one! It's pretty easy to recognize this cliché. The grumpy one. He's cold because he was certainly raised in a big castle with no one to talk to, besides his maid maybe. Wait, if he's here, don't tell me that…

May turned her stare on the left and finally saw the weird green-haired guy. As she was staring at him, he turned his eyes on her and a small smirk fond its place on his lips. May felt her blood boiling in her veins while she sent him a death glare. Not this guy again… Well, another cliché… The arrogant guy. Maybe the most annoying kind of them all. I bet he thinks he's the best in everything and maybe he is… But just because he comes from a famous family doesn't mean he's better than everyone else here!

Finally, she turned her attention to the last one. She was surprised when he looked back at her and just smiled. He also waved at Misty, and she waved back. Do these two know already? Misty, you naughty girl, you didn't tell me you met a cute boy here! Well, this one isn't so cliché… He actually looks kind of nice and maybe we can become friends and… May was suddenly interrupted in her thoughts by Leaf's yell.

"Stop winking at me, you perv! I already told you that I was not interested!"

The boy looked about to reply, but the principal suddenly came in, interrupting the starting fight.

"Well, I see that you're not late! That's great." She clapped in her hands. "Maybe you're wondering why I've been asking you to come here. Well, that's rather easy. Girls, these four boys are new students here too; they arrived here three days ago. As you maybe already know, they come from famous weapons and meisters' families. Garrison Oak (she pointed at the guy with auburn spikes who once again winked at Leaf) and Ashton Ketchum are meisters." She was interrupted by the said boy.

"You can call me Ash! And he's Gary! Nice to meet you!" The principal frowned but kept going.

"And Paul Shinji and Andrew Hayden…"

"Drew!"

"… Drew Hayden are weapons." The green-haired boy nodded while his friend just groaned. Dawn rolled her eyes, still glaring at him. "And boys, these are the four girls who arrived here yesterday. They're also from prestigious families. Maybelle Maple and Dawn Berlitz are meisters."

May pouted while whispering "It's May…"

"And Leaf Green and Misty Waterflower are, as you may know, weapons." The girls smiled and waved politely. Dawn cleared her throat, and asked in a shy voice.

"Excuse me, Miss Death, but what do they have to do with us?" The principal had a mysterious smile.

"Well, I was gonna tell you. As you all know, you must have a partner to attend classes here in Death Academy. And you eight still haven't found one yet… And the first classes start tomorrow for new students. So, boys, girls, let me introduce you… Your future partners!"

There were various reactions in the room. Paul didn't react, as always and just folded his arms. Drew's smirk widened. Ash looked happy, as always, and Gary had a huge, weird smile on his face. Misty seemed to be cool with it, as she just shrugged. But the three other girls did not look that happy. Dawn looked flabbergasted; she opened her mouth, but no sound came out of it. Leaf looked like she was about to explode, her face becoming red with anger. May was the only one to say something.

"What… What do you mean, "Partners"?" She stammered. The principal shrugged.

"Well, you know what it means Maybelle, I mean, May… And I don't think you have the choice. After all, they're your only chance to attend this academy, as much as you are theirs. Don't worry; I'm sure you'll get along just fine."

"I doubt it…" Dawn and Leaf whispered at the same time. The principal just ignored them.

"Shall we proceed to the association? Ok, the meisters on the right, and the weapons on the left. Who wants to go first?" Misty rolled her eyes, and raised her hand.

"I'll go first." She stepped in front of the four meisters, closed her eyes, ready to transform. She wasn't really used to it; she couldn't really practice with her sisters around, but she remembered her father teaching her when she was younger. She emptied her brain, and suddenly started to glow with a weird white light. She smiled; she still managed to do it. She jumped slightly in the air, and finally turned in her weapon form.

She had never been ashamed of the weapon she was; her friends told her multiple times that it kind of suited her personality, and maybe they were right. In her weapon form, she was a huge mallet, with a bronze shining handle. However, she understood it could look kind of intimidating as a weapon. Even if she would not say it, she felt extremely stressed out right now.

Dawn and May looked at each other, then at the principal, and sighed shamefully:

"We've already tried to wield her, but our souls' wavelengths don't seem to correspond to hers…"

The two girls looked at Gary and Ah expectantly. Suddenly, they heard Misty talk in her weapon form:

"Well? What are we waiting for?"

Gary nudged Ash, whispering a "You go first." The boy shrugged and grabbed the heavy bronze handle. The three other girls held their breaths when the raven-haired boy proceeded to wield her. There was an awkward silence when he finally managed to hold the weapon.

"Well, I think it works, I feel pretty comfortable… Misty? Are you feeling okay?" Ash asked, while putting her on the floor. She retransformed, and nodded happily. Miss Death looked really happy, and turned her attention back on the three remaining weapons, while the two partners sat on the couch nearby. Drew moved forward.

"I guess I'm next…" He looked arrogant as always while saying so. He didn't even concentrate, and just smirked while he transformed. Even May had to admit he was good.

Drew was a long iron sword (smaller than a katana, but still longer than regular swords). The sword arm was a deep green and had small details incrusted in it; it was a really delicate sword. But there was a single strange detail on the edges of the weapon; there were small iron thorns on each side of the blade. It kind of looked like a chainsaw sword, but it the weird thorns weren't moving.

May nudged Dawn, who sighed; her friend didn't really want to be Drew's partner… as much as she didn't want to be Paul's. She felt really anxious as she bent over to wield the sword; she had horrible childhood memories with wrong partners.

As soon as her fingers touched the sword arm, she yelped as she felt an unbearable pain. She instantly dropped the sword, and Drew retransformed. He didn't look fine either; a small burn was starting to appear on his left arm.

The girl looked at her fingers, which were starting to turn in a bright red color; May looked pretty worried. In an instant, she was next to her friend, looking at her right hand. She sighed as the red marks were starting to disappear; after all, it wasn't a real injury, just a bad consequence of bad soul's wavelength's connection. May looked at Drew with a determined look on her face.

"Ok, let me try." The boy just retransformed without a word, and May took it as fast as possible, just in case. It was actually much lighter than what she would have expected from such a sword. She tried to wield it a little bit; the sword was following her every move, as if it was just an extension of her arm. She reluctantly let go of it. Drew transformed back to his normal form, and smirked.

"Well, looks like I have the clumsy girl as my meister… At least, try to not embarrass me too much…" May turned red, and insulted him under her breath, turned around and joined Ash and Misty on the couch, while Drew just smirked even more.

Leaf stepped in front of Dawn and Gary. She groaned.

"Dawn can't wield me. Does that mean I'm condemned to endure a cocky playboy as my meister?" Gary just laughed and Leaf proceeded to transform. Just like Drew, she didn't have any problems to do that; she wanted to become a perfect weapon, so she had to be perfect in any weapon task.

Leaf was proud to be a rather original weapon; she was an iron and deep green chakram. It consisted of an iron circular main wheel with a cross-shaped deep green handle inside of it. Five silver spikes were distributed all around this wheel. Gary just stared at it for a long time before whispering:

"You're as pretty in your weapon form than in your normal form…" Leaf just sighed with exasperation.

"Just pick me up, you moron…"

Gary did as she said, and nonchalantly moved it. He nodded in the principal's direction with a cocky smile on his face. Leaf retransformed and glared at him. She looked annoyed to have such a playboy as a meister.

Paul looked at Dawn, muttering a "Troublesome…" under his breath.

"Just transform already, you jerk, before I really want to kill you." The plume-haired boy didn't look fazed at all, but obeyed nonetheless.

His weapon form kind of suited his personality; he was a black buster sword and looked pretty heavy for someone as fragile-looking as Dawn; even she looked impressed. She breathed in, hoping that this time, her hands wouldn't burn. It was her last chance after all; all of her friends had already found her partners, and even if Leaf and May didn't look happy about it, they had someone. She closed her eyes, and grabbed the sword arm.

It was actually pretty light, for a sword that big. It felt wonderful. It was actually the first time she was wielding a weapon without getting burned. For a moment, she almost forgot it was someone as annoying as Paul… until he reminded it to her.

"Ok, you can put me down now, troublesome girl." Dawn put him down with a sight. She was about to reply, when the principal clapped in her hands, interrupting her.

Miss Death stared at them. Ash and Misty were talking to each other, and already look like friends. May's face was a deep red and she was glaring at Drew. The boy had a smirk on his face. These two couldn't stop arguing, but they had the same goals; they would get along soon, Miss Death was sure of it. Leaf was standing as far from Gary as possible; this girl was stubborn, she wanted to become someone. But having someone like Gary as a partner would maybe help her to see how much she needed a partner. And finally, Dawn and Paul. The boy was awfully cold to the meister, and she was annoyed by him, but he needed someone as cheery as her to open a little bit more to people.

The eight new students. They sure were different, but as pairs, they could do amazing things, and maybe, be better meisters and weapons than their parents.

"Young weapons and meisters, I officially declare you students of Death Academy!"


Here it is, the second chapter of Connected Souls! I hope you liked it, and, once again, I'm soooo sorry for the wait. It takes me a lot of time to write a chapter, since I'm not a native English-speaker… But I'm already starting to write the next chapter, so I don't think you'll have to wait anymore for the third chapter :) Thank you for the reviews or just for following my story :D it means a lot to me. Anyways, see you soon for the next chapter of Connected Souls ;)

And just in case you don't remember:

Ash (meister) – Misty (weapon –wallet)

May (meister) – Drew (weapon – long sword)

Gary (meister) – Leaf (weapon – chakram)

Dawn (meister) – Paul (weapon – buster sword)

Charlie (meister) – Anny (weapon – you'll find out in the next chapter… ;))