Hello Everyone! Bio-Devil is back! Sorry I haven't updated anything in a while but I was busy getting over my Fallout 4 addiction. Seriously. All I could ever think about. (Still haven't beaten it yet so no spoilers! Seriously! I WILL DIE!)

Anyway I'll keep this short and have you get to my latest chapter, enjoy. Hopefully this will make up for the absence.

Chapter 3: The New Kids. Will Damian and Pyro Survive the First Day of School?

Damian's POV

Today's the big day. The day when Pyro and I would start attending the DWMA. Naturally I was giving nervous wrecks a bad name by refusing to stop shaking as we walked up the colossal staircase to the school. Pyro, Free, Soul, Maka, and Crona were with me. Pyro and Soul were hooked in a little verbal debate because Pyro was complaining about the gigantic staircase, then Soul told him to stop being a wuss, and so on and so forth. Maka and Crona were beside me telling me all about the Academy. I was glad they were with me and it was comforting to know that Maka would be giving me and Pyro the grand tour. But I was still afraid about the feedback I'd get from being both related the DWMA's "Mad Scientist" and the guy who held Free's leash. It's not like Free would be with me all day, I was able to leave him in the "Death Room" until classes were over, but it only takes a second for a rumor to start and it'll take more than a second to get the wolfman to that room. Here's to hoping it'll take longer than that to start an incident.

Kid's POV

Today was the day that Maka, Soul, and Crona will be bringing the new students. One of them would Stein's nephew, who was also the Meister that my father had entrusted to be Free's "warden". I definitely wanted to meet him if he was this accomplished already but, I wasn't alone. Naturally my weapon partners, Liz and Patty, were standing in front of the school entrance with me, but so were Black Star and Tsubaki.

According to Black Star, Stein was placing him and his partner in our class even though he had just enrolled. So Black Star, being Black Star, had come to fight Stein's nephew in order to "see what he's made of or just beat the crap out of him for getting special treatment." I personally doubted that Stein would do something like that, even if this "Damian Fulsom" is family, without a perfectly good reason. But I knew if I told this to Black Star he'll just take it in one ear then shove it out the other.

We saw Maka walk up with Soul, Crona, two boys, and Free. Both boys had brown hair, one was taller wore his hair long and shaggy, and wore an army jacket that seemed to be spray painted red; under that he had on ripped jeans and sneakers with a fire pattern. The other was around Maka's height wore thick framed glasses and wore a baggy hoodie. he was also wearing blue jeans and custom combat boots. Neither of them looked like they'd be related to Stein majorly, but when trying to place some small connection they both had some physical traits that could be traced back to Stein, in some way. I looked over to see Black Star confused as well, he must've expected someone that looked like a younger version of Stein instead of a normal boy.

Suddenly I heard Liz go; "Eep!" and she then grabbed Patty and hid behind a column. I looked at her confused as she fearfully peeked out at the tall one.

"I take it you know him," I concluded also looking at the taller of the two boys.

"H-he was my boyfriend back when Patty and I lived in Brooklyn," Liz replied nervously. "He was the local pyromaniac and we lived at his hideout before you found us. I-I broke up with him before we left. Why is he here?"

"Where else is he supposed to go if he's a Meister or Weapon?" I asked.

"Is it really Cole?" Patty asked excitedly. Hesitantly Liz nodded and then Patty nearly jumped out of her arms. "I wanna see him!"

"Patty, no!" Liz tightened her grip on her sister and covered her mouth.

"Why are you so freaked out?" I asked.

"I wasn't expecting to see him again, not like this!"

"'This'?"

"W-when we were dating I was a tough mugger, now I'm apart of a rich boy's einterauge!"

"Okay…" I said, simply because I didn't see her point. "So, if his name is Cole, then that means the other has to be Stein's nephew, Damian."

"Seriously?!" Black Star asked looking at the boy we deemed Damian in disbelief.

"Maka did say we'd never tell he was related to Stein by his looks," Tsubaki explained.

"Yeah but I was expecting someone that looked even slightly dangerous. That guy looks like he'll fall apart if we look at him funny, or just look at him, period!"

"Then let's find out," I suggested as I walked up to the group. I noticed the boy in question glance at me and backed away slightly. "Greetings, everyone."

"Hi, Kid!" Maka replied.

"Hey, Kid," Soul added.

"Hi…" Crona finished.

"These must be the new students."

"You guessed it! This is Damian and his partner Pyro. They'll be joining our class today." My assumption was correct, she introduced the smaller of two as Damian and strangely introduced Cole as Pyro, but I didn't think I should ask.

"Damian...you wouldn't happen to be Stein's nephew, would you?" Damian's eyes widened but he nodded. "I am Death the Kid, the son of Lord Death."

"Lord Death has a kid?" Cole, or Pyro, said surprised.

"It's a pleasure to meet the meister that my father put in charge of watching over Free," I continued ignoring Damian's partner and extending my hand. Damina hesitantly shook it just before we heard a certain narcissist began yelling.

"YAHOO!" We all looked up to see Black Star on one of the beams ranting excitedly but none of us could tell what he was saying. But I believe that he had decided that Damian must've been getting special treatment and was going to beat him up for it. I was proven right as Black Star lunged at Damian to attack. Damian knew what coming and began to panic. However at the last minute he spun away from Black Star, successfully avoid his attack and making him tumble down the large staircase.

"What the hell was that?!" Damian exclaimed with a fearful voice. He hid behind Pyro as we all look at Black Star who was still falling down the stairs. I definitely would have never guessed that he was Stein's nephew, I thought glancing at the still terrified boy.

"Some kind of blue monkey?" Cole/Pyro guessed.

"That was Black Star," Maka said in a deadpanned tone.

"Wh-who's Black Star?" Damian asked.

"He's my meister," Tsubaki answered running up to Damian. "I'm really sorry about him, he gets jealous whenever he's not in the center of attention; and everyone was talking about Prof. Stein's nephew joining the Academy."

"So that gave him the right to attack Fulsom, miss…" Cole/Pyro replied with a raised eyebrow.

"Tsubaki, and no...again I'm really sorry." She ran down the stair to her meister's aid. Maka rolled her eyes angrily, grabbed Damian's arm and dragged him towards the entrance. Cole/Pyro, Crona, Soul, and Free followed. But as soon as they were near the front door, Patty jumped out and hugged Cole/Pyro.

"Hi, Cole!" she exclaimed. Liz was about to say something but decided not to show her face. Cole/Pyro looked at Patty with an expression of shock and confusion and Patty continues to hug him. "It's me, Patty!"

"...I'm sorry...who?" Cole/Pyro replied. Patty looked as if she was just slapped in the face.

"Wha...you don't remember me…" For a second I was worried Patty may start crying, but then her face perked up, she have gotten an idea. "Well, you've gotta remember my big sis!"

"Patty, No!" Liz yelled as Patty dragged her out.

"You remember Liz, right?" Liz froze as Cole/Pyro looked her over.

"...No...not ringing any bells…"

"WHAT?!" Liz instantly went from terrified to furious as she grabbed Pyro jacket and began shaking him. "You don't remember me?! You bastard! How could you forget me?!"

"...Uh...Do you have any idea what's going on?" I heard Damian whisper to Maka.

"I have no clue…" Maka replied as we all watched the scene dumbfounded.

"Fantastic…" Liz kept shaking Cole/Pyro until his eyes widen and he spoke:

"Oh, that Liz!...Liz Thompson, right?"

"Yes, you prick! You seriously forgot about me?"

"Well, sorry! I had more important things to deal with than cry over our breakup."

"Like what?!"
"I don't see how that's your business, now. You broke up with me, remember." Liz's face went as red as a Kishin egg right before she stormed inside with Patty following.

"...I should go with them…" I said after the awkwardness died down. "It was a pleasure meeting you both." Then I ran into the academy to find my weapons.

Damian's POV

"Kid, Patty, and Tsubaki seem nice…" I told Maka, as she took Pyro, Free, and I to Lord Death. Soul and Crona already made their way to their classroom, wishing us luck on our first day. God knows I'll need it. "Liz and Black Star…well…"

"I really don't think it's fair to judge Liz after that episode," Maka replied with a sheepish, almost forced, smile. "Black Star on the other hand...yeah...he can be a little much...all the time…" Maka took us through a door titled "Death Room" and we went through a row of Guillotines until we went into what looked like a graveyard with its own sky. Lord Death was on a platform in the middle of the graveyard with a big mirror.

"Hey, kids!" Lord Death greeted when we walked up. The first time I met him I was too focused on Free to notice how cartoonish he looked. "What's up!"

"I have no idea…" I answered looking up at the sky that also had floating windows. Lord Death chuckled as if I was making a joke. However, I really was clueless.

"We're here to drop off the fleabag," Pyro said jabbing his thumb at the wolfman in question. Free began growling and I was slightly worried he was going to bite off that thumb.

"I know, don't worry. I'll look after your precious poochie!"

"Don't you start!" Free barked at the Grim Reaper earning a smirk from Pyro and a very cute giggle from Maka.

"Anyway, have a nice first day of school!" With Free in Lord Death's care Maka took us to our classroom, Crescent Moon. On the way she pointed out important academy landmarks. I'll be sure to check out that library later. Finally we walked into our new classroom. It looked like a college classroom even though most of them would've be in middle school or just starting high school. The former would be for me because I just turned 14 not too long ago.

When we walked in I noticed Black Star was glaring at me and Liz was glaring at Pyro.

"So much for a nice first day of school," Pyro sighed and I nodded in defeat. Maka made sure to sit next to me and Pyro sat on the other side which did make me feel a little better but Black Star was sitting right behind me and was trying to burn a hole through the back of my head.

"Don't think I forgot about you, Damian," Black Star whispered in a threatening tone. "If you think you can just fly by on special treatment because your Stein's nephew, you've got another thing coming."

"'Special Treatment'...?" I repeated confused I was about to turn him around and ask for some elaboration, only to see Maka smash his head with a book.

"Knock it off, Black Star," Maka ordered, wielding the book as if it was a weapon. Fearing to get smacked with that hard cover mallet I quickly turned around and faced the blackboard. Maka noticed this and quickly faltered out an explanation. "I-I'm not going to hit you, Damian! Th-this is just the only way to calm him down."

As relief washed over me I couldn't stop myself from growing a smile. Then I let out a snort, and finally I began snickering as the ridiculousness of that whole scene hit me hard. Pyro seemed to agree because he began snickering as well. Maka had no idea what was going on but she seemed to be glad that I wasn't scared of her book.

Sid the zombie walked in and greeted the class.

"Now before we begin, I'd like to welcome our new students to the school. Damian Fulsom and Pyro Connors." I was alittle surprised he used my nickname instead of my first name. But that feeling was soon drowned by anxiety because as soon as Sid said, "Damian Fulsom", all eyes went straight to me. It felt like they're gazes were melting me, but that was probably because I was sliding down in my seat. Maka gave me a sympathetic pat on my shoulder. By then Black Star recovered from Maka's book chop and was somehow glaring at me even more intensely. Maka and Pyro glared back but he didn't stop. Why me?

I headed outside at the front entrance during lunch time. No one could help, or just didn't bother to stop, staring at me and I just needed to get away from it all, and the cafeteria was definitely not the place. After I ate lunch I just sat on top of the big staircase and looked at the view of Death City. It was amazing, I just had to sketch it. I took out my sketchbook and began sketching what I saw. I noticed someone walked out of the building and stood over me but I did my best to ignore them and continued drawing. When I was finished I looking at a perfect copy of the amazing view.

"Nice work," the person behind me said causing me to jump. I blocked her out so well that I had forgotten their was someone behind me. I turned around to see Liz Thompson, the girl who is apparently my partner's ex-girlfriend, and who practically throttled him at the front door. "You've got some serious talent."

"Th-thank you…" I replied nervously trying not to stare, or at least not appear frightened. Needless to say, I failed extra miserably.

"I freaked you out after that little "reunion" I had with Cole, didn't I?" I slowly nodded, hoping I didn't offend her. I had figured that Cole was Pyro's real name since I knew that no one in the right mind would name their kid "Pyro". I just don't know why he changed it, but that's also because I didn't ask. Liz suddenly sat next to me and I did surprisingly well when it came to not freaking out.

"Yeah, you know what they say about reopening old wounds...and then pouring salt on them because the son of a bitch forgot me…!" She mumbled the last part but I heard it anyway. I wasn't sure whether to chuckle or be afraid. "Where was I...oh, right! Look, I've got my problems with Cole but that doesn't mean I'm going to take it out on you." She ruffled my hair in a big sisterly way that managed to loosen my nerves. "Now that, that's out of the way, is everything going okay with you?"

"Y-yeah…" I lied. Lamely, apparently, due to the unmoved look on Liz's face. "No…. E-everyone keeps…staring at me...I-I-I really can't stand it…"

"Figures you'd crumble over a few gawkers." I accidently let out a weak whine and Liz just laughed as she gave me a pat on the back and told me to continue.

"Th-the worst is...Black Star…. He...He wants to...b-beat me up for "special treatment"...b-but I-I have no idea what he's t-talking about..."

"He thinks that Stein put you in our class just because you're his nephew," Liz answered bluntly.

"That's not true!"

"Hey, I didn't say I agree with him, I'm just telling you what he told me. And nice job not stuttering!" I blush and look away causing her to laugh again. Liz is definitely someone I'm not going to get used to quickly. But this is better than a vengeful ex-girlfriend that would gladly kill me if it would hurt Pyro in anyway.

"Is everything alright?" I turned around and saw Maka closing the front door.

"Yeah," Liz answered. "Just making sure everything's cool between me and Damian. We are cool, right, Damian?" I nodded at her with smile. Liz then took her leave after ruffling my hair one more time, and Maka quickly took her place.

"I told Liz wasn't the "crazy ex-girlfriend" type," Maka said with a smile. I smiled back and her attention instantly went to my drawing. She then went on and on about how amazing it was and I just sat there listening while my face started turning pink.

"You guys make an adorable couple!" Liz exclaimed before going inside causing me to gape at her with an impossibly crimson face.

"Not funny, Liz!" Maka shot back with only a slightly blushed expression. "We better get back, before the bell rings."

"R-right…" We got up and went back inside but we ran into a man with red hair in a tuxedo.

"Hello, Maka!" he greeted cheerfully.

"Papa…" Maka replied deadpanned. Papa? I thought. He's her father...but that was a pretty icy reply, wonder what's going on... Maka's Papa turned to me and had a protective look on his face as he examined me.

"Who are you?" he asked as he got way too close.

"This is my neighbor, Damian, papa. Now back off, he's very shy." "Papa" did as he was told, barely, practically an inch difference so I took a step back. While he he was studying me I did the same just very anxiously. Something about him was familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

"Damian, huh? Oh, now I remember! You're Damian Fulsom, Stein's nephew!"

"Uh...d-do I know you?" I asked, still clueless on my end.

"You were just a baby when I first saw you really wouldn't remember. I was your uncle's partner."

"Spirit...?"

"So you do know me!"

"Yeah...that's not a good thing…" Spirit blinked at me while Maka giggled.

"Okay...I really don't want to know what Stein said about me...anyway how's your mom and…"

"Fine! And we don't...talk about him…" I haven't thought about him in a long time and this reminder was bad enough.

"Why not?"

"...We...just don't…" I ran past him and back to class leaving Spirit and Maka alone dumbfounded. I'm not ready to go through a whole sob story about him again.

"So how was school?" Stein asked. After school I decided to stick around in the infirmary while Stein did some paperwork. Pyro went home with Free, and hopefully I won't find them at each other's throats when I go back.

"Well...Black Star tried to attack me, Liz nearly strangled Pyro, all the other students keep staring as if I'm a sideshow freak, and I'm probably one of the smarter kids in my class."

"Of course you are," Stein said as if he never heard the first three. "I wouldn't have sent you in there without knowing anything."

"Stein…" I whined.

"Why did Black Star attack you?" Stein asked with a bored tone not bothering to adress the other two scenarios.

"He thinks you're giving me special treatment."

"I am giving you special treatment."

"What?!" I shouted jumping from the bed I was laying on and to my feet. Dread was instantly spreading across my body. "Why?!"

"Because your a special boy, Damian. You have the potential to become a 3-Star Meister, like me, and your Healing Soul will definitely put you ahead."

"So I do have a Healing Soul? How can you tell?"

"You survived getting your throat slit. Other than walking off a fatal injury, there is no real way to tell if someone has a healing Soul or not, even with Soul Perception."

"So I can heal fast…"

"Yes, you're a very fortunate boy, Damian." In a certain point of view, I thought revisiting the painful memories that Spirit had unearthed. "Just don't let it go to your head," Stein added with death level seriousness. "Overconfidence can lead to a lot of trouble."

"No problem there," I said with a humorless chuckle. I said goodbye to Stein and left the Academy. Not many students were still in school at the moment so I could admire the decor of the halls more without being scorched by ten thousand stares. It took an artist's point of view to truly appreciate the paintjobs, style of the lights, and how the doors and floor tiles compliment the room. I always had a knack for detail.

I walked outside and saw Black Star imitate a lifeless marionette with a gigantic lump on his head. I turned to see Maka with her warm book-club in her hands.

"M-Maka…?"

"Oh! Hi, Damian…!" She replied sheepishly. I looked at the unconscious Blue Haired Bully and then back at her with a nervous and confused face. "I was on my way to the library when I heard him complain that you didn't leave yet. I figured he was trying to attack you so I confronted him and that lead to a one-sided argument and then…" She gestures to Black Star with a shrug. She wouldn't say it but I knew the argument was about my apparent "special treatment". What would she do if she found out that it was sort of true?

"Anyway!" She said aloud breaking me out of my thoughts. "Why don't we head back to the apartment."

"Y-you don't have to do that…" I tried to say but she wouldn't listen.

"It's no problem! We live in the same building anyway!" Yeah, but you just said, not 2 minutes ago, that you were headed to the library. I thought but couldn't bring myself to say it. Maka motioned for me to follow her. The entire time we were talking she didn't bring up our encounter with Spirit. I felt sort of warm knowing she respected my space like that. I lost track of time as we talked that I nearly walked into my door, earning another of her lovely giggles. We said our goodbyes and I walked in to see Pyro looking over some car magazine and Free was napping on the couch.

"Welcome back," Pyro greeted without looking at me. I nodded at him and went to my room to continue what was left of my unwinding. "Hey," I turned to Pyro and saw he was actually looking at me with genuine concern. "You going to be okay?"

"...Yeah...I think I am…"

Same excuses to not work on the Fan Fictions I already posted; Senior Year, Original Work, Other Fan Fictions; now added with a Fallout 4 addiction and diving into the Evil Within. I'll do my best to update the Next X and the Force Dragon Slayer soon, just soon, nothing set in stone.