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Cast

Soul 'Eater' Evans – Dave Strider

Maka Albarn – Jade Harley

Black*Star – Vriska Sekret

Tsubaki Nakatsukasa – Kanaya Maryam

Death the Kid – Sollux Captor

Liz Thompson – Jake English

Patty Thompson – John Egbert

Dr. Stein - Dirk

Witch Medusa – Witch Rose

Crona – Tavros

Excalibur - Eridan

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Jade got a bad feeling from the old church. She had a feeling that she shouldn't open the doors… But how could fifty or so human souls just disappear like that? There was nothing but the soul of a weapon and meister.

Jade opened the doors.

In the middle was a lone boy, looking nervous and shaken. He didn't look like anyone she had seen at the DWMA… He muttered, "See…? The doors only open inwards…"

"He's all alone," Dave furrowed his eyebrows, "What happened to his partner?"

"That…" Jade's eyes widened, "That can't be right…"

"What?" Dave was, unfortunately, quite confused by these events. However, he kept his cool.

'It seems two more have come, Lady Rose…' A voice called out.

"Shhh, Rufioh," The boy whispered, "Keep it down…"

"The souls of a weapon and meister are right in front of us, meaning…" Jade took a breath, "There's a weapon inside his body."

"What? What do you mean, Jade?" Dave demanded. This sounded far too ridiculous. A weapon merged with a meister… "There's a weapon in that guy?" Noticing Jade's signal, he quickly reverted to scythe form.

"Be careful…" Jade anticipated, clutching the handle in her hands tightly, "It's coming out."

The boy was still before he started clutching his head. He started to scream, something seeming to crawl under the skin of his back before it burst out. It was at first a mass of black before it solidified and became the top half of a person. Rufioh started to beat on his meister…?

"No, stop!" The boy yelped, "Don't pinch my nose, you'll leave a bruise! I SAID ENOUGH!" Rufioh backed off, waving his hands in a placating manner.

'No, calm down! You're so scary when you're high strung, Tavros…'

"Don't you know that the eating of human souls is forbidden?" Jade barked.

"But she said it was okay to eat them…" Tavros said, fidgeting a bit, "So… I don't see anything wrong with that…" A bit of orange rose to his cheeks and he kicked his foot into the ground, "I, um, I'm not good when talking w-with girls…"

'Never mind that. Her soul looks tasty…'

Tavros held a hand in the air and a black bladed sword appeared. He looked up at the two and attacked. Jade quickly parried the blow, using the momentum to flip over Tavros's head and stab at him.

"Why, you…!" Jade delivered a quick slap to his face. Tavros looked up at Jade with sad eyes.

"You're poking at me too…?" Tavros was quickly thrown to the ground, the scythe's blade close to him. Dave smirked from the blade's reflection. Jade attempted to cut the boy in half.

Tavros stood up, smiling. "You'll never cut me in half… with a stroke like that."

Jade stared at the blood dripping from the wound, "Black blood…?"

"Yes. My blood is black." Tavros said, blushing a bit from the close intimacy with her.

"Tavros, why are you taking it so easy?" Rose asked from his mind.

"W-well, I'm not sure how I'm s-supposed to, um, treat girls…" Tavros said nervously.

Rose chuckled a bit. "How silly. You should kill them."

"Who's he talking to?" Dave questioned.

"Ohhhhhh?" Tavros suddenly grinned, "I can KILL them, can I?" He started to speak louder, sounding more deranged, "I didn't REALIZE that! Don't you want me to play with their hair by winding it around my finger? These doors open INWARD, you know!" He suddenly calmed down and brought his sword close to himself. "Rufioh. Scream Resonance." The sword grew a mouth and grinned. A horrible screeching filled the church.

Tavros attacked yet again, more confident in his fighting. Jade brought Dave up to guard and heard him scream out in pain. The vibrations of the sword were making him bleed. "Dave! Why, you!" Jade kicked Tavros away before jumping back. "Are you okay, Dave?"

Dave clutched his shoulder through the reflection on the scythe. "Don't worry about it. I'm prepared to die for my meister." Jade wondered what she could do. She couldn't guard and she couldn't fight him…

She tried to abscond. I screwed up… She furiously dodged all of Tavros's attacks, trying to simultaneously keep Dave out of harm's way.

"Jade, hurry up and attack!" Dave called from the weapon. Jade shook her head. If she did that, then Dave… Jade was backed up against the door. She furiously threw herself at it, nearly crying when she saw that it wouldn't budge.

"Why, why?!"

"Weren't you listening?" Tavros asked, raising his sword, "These doors only open inwards…"

"Jade, hurry up and guard!" Dave commanded.

"No! If I do that, you'll be…!" Jade waited for the blade. It swung down.

Dave transformed into human form at the last moment, a deep gash running through his chest, a fatal wound that would surely kill him. Blood flew as Dave defended Jade in the end.

I screwed up…

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"Look!" Vriska jumped down from her perch, reveling in the attention she was getting. "Kanaya got a neeeeeeeew form!" Little noises of puzzlement and amazement came from the two other teams in the room. Gamzee lazily smiled while Professor Dirk watched with interest.

"Kanaya, Enchanted Sword mode."

"Right." Kanaya quickly changed into weapon form, a beautifully shining white blade. Vriska smirked.

"With this…" Vriska swung Kanaya around a bit, grinning, "We'll be unbeatabl-"

THUD

Kanaya was very suddenly dropped when Vriska collapsed on the floor. "Dammit, Fussyfangs… You sucked the soul wavelength right out of my body…"

"Whoops?"

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"Is that it?" Vriska looked curiously.

"Yes. There's no doubt about it." Sollux said, "That's the Holy Sword Eridan."

Both trolls approached the golden hilt of the sword, inscribed with royal violet swirls. The gleaming white blade shone in the light above. Vriska examined the sword. "Awesome."

"It says that the one who draws the blade will gain glory forever more." Sollux said. "Besides, look at it. Such precisely detailed ornamentation, and I don't see a single nick in the blade. This is indeed worthy of the name Holy Sword!" His eyes sparkled behind his glasses, "It's so symmetrical! It's perfect for my hand-"

Shing

"Oh, cooooooool! I drew it!" Vriska grinned, holding the sword triumphantly. "Yaaaaaaaay! I'm the hero!"

"W-what?!" Sollux was shocked and disgusted. "I-I want a do-over!"

"Greetings, young ones…" The sword glowed, floating right out of Vriska's hand. "Forgive the belated salutations. I am Eridan!" In a flash of light and adventure music, a hipster sea troll stood before them.

"How incredibly…" Vriska started, looking at him, "gaaaaaaaay…"

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"So, I got this prescription from Jade in the hallway." Dirk said, turning the screw in his skull. "I must admit, I've never heard of it."

"Oh…?" Rose smiled sheepishly, "It's an herbal medicine I created myself, you know!" How much does he know? Should I kill him? One of her many snakes twitched in response. "I guess now my secret's out!"

"What exactly does it do?" Dirk asked.

"It helps with blood circulation, dilating the bloodstream." I'm not lying. Black blood works much in the same way as regular blood. It will do exactly that.

"Why are you so interested in Dave and Jade?" Dirk looked at her suspiciously.

"Well, they've been through a lot lately…" Rose frowned with practiced concern. "I only want to help them."

"Do you want to help them because you care for them…" Dirk glared at her, "or because you're a witch?" Rose bowed her head, her eyes shadowed. It was an eerie and tense silence. Rose looked like she wanted to kill him. Suddenly, the tension disappeared. Rose turned away with a flustered look.

"Why would you accuse me of that?!" Rose exclaimed, "I should file a lawsuit! That's sexual harassment!"

"If you want to charge anyone with sexual harassment, don't pick the prude!" Dirk laughed before rolling away. Well, he attempted to. He fell backwards over the threshold of the door. Rose sweat dropped.

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"Bro, do you see?"John asked Jake from their weapon form.

"Yeah. He's just like how we were." Jake whispered, starting to flashback.

FLASHBACK

"Give it all to us, old man!" Jake held his brother up to the man's head.

"No, please don't shoot!"

"I'll take that!" John had reverted to human form, grabbing a now revolver Jake and stealing the man's money.

We stole all we wanted. We were born as weapons and loved the power that came with it… We thought we owned New York. Of course, then Sollux found us…

END FLASHBACK

"Uh, Jake, get your head out of the clouds. That's not what I meant." John said.

"Huh?" Jake asked.

"Is the demon sword a boy or a girl? I can't tell." John asked.

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You heard it here, folks! John isn't sure what gender Tavros is!

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