Chapter 3: Aftermath
"Lord Death this is Maka reporting here." Maka said to the mirror showing Lord Death in his room. "Paul managed to get his first Kishin soul, just like you planned it but there was a problem, a mysterious stranger showed up right after Paul had collected the soul and tried to kill him. I managed to stop him but Paul seems distraught, he's trying to contact his headmaster to explain what's been going on. He told me he saw something that was "school matters"." Maka folded two fingers in both hands.
"Did you get to see who this stranger looked like?" Lord Death replied back to Maka.
"Yes his face seemed almost charred, he had a overcoat that looked almost like mines but was open and had cuts to it. He had a dead look to him and he was focused on only Paul. I used a slash against him but he was barely hurt by it., like it He managed to get away though, saying that he was too late."
"Whoever he is, he's after Paul. Maka I want you to keep over a watch over Paul. If you want, introduce him to your friends, the more people he meets and befriends the more he's protected." Lord Death told Maka. As soon as he said that though a man in red hair screamed out "MAKA, IT'S YOUR PAPA, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!? toward Lord Death's mirror. Maka immediately closed the mirror between the death room and headed outside.
Meanwhile Paul was on top of the roof of an abandoned building with Mara. He had drawn a pentagram on the roof and was chanting in some weird language.
"Are you sure you guys are demon hunters and not just a bunch of satanist that like to kill who they worship?" Mara asked as Paul had stopped chanting to reply.
"Our teachers say to hunt a demon you must learn to adapt like one and learn how they act. Besides don't you guys talk on mirrors?" Paul replied to Mara who just rolled her eyes.
"Amayo de blades may ol dooain mirc malphas." Paul had chanted to the pentagram. Suddenly a beam of light appeared over the pentagram and wiped it out replacing it with a astral projection of what seemed like Headmaster Malphas's room.
"Oh Paul, great to see you, how are you anyway? I see you have a pretty lady next to you." Headmaster Malphas said to Paul who blushed at his comment.
"Um... actually sir I have an urgent matter to discuss to you. You see I was attacked by a man named Ravana who was after me to personally kill me. But that wasn't it, it seemed like he had the same branding and powers as I do which means he can create weapons out of his mind. I want to know if anybody with my powers has gone missing because that would explain why he had the same powers as mine but were more potent." Paul told Headmaster Malphas about it.
"Actually we don't have any files on any alumni with your powers. If this " Ravana" is actually after you then you must report back here immediately, we need to make sure to give you protection because someone with your powers but enhanced is a dangerous person." The Headmaster told Paul in a serious manner.
"It's fine sir, I don't need the extra protection I can deal with this problem myself. Besides I want to stay here." This last sentence shocked his Headmaster as well as himself a little bit. Yes he had only been here for a few days but for some reason he felt he wanted to continue his research on Ravana in Death City. Maybe it was Maka who knows but whatever's the case Paul had wanted to stay here which meant Malphas had to pay up on his bet with Lord Death that Paul didn't want to stay here.
"If you can handle this situation then I can accept that, think of it as a hunt." Malphas had suggested to Paul. "So is that all Paul?" Paul nodded. "Well then that concludes our talk with each other, I'll see you soon." A beam of light shot up and Malphas had dissolved from the beam. Mara then when up to Paul.
"I guess I'll start packing my things then." Mara said as she grinned towards Paul and putted one hand on his right shoulder.
"Wait a minute! Don't you live somewhere else? Why do you need to live with me? Is it for protection, because you know that I can handle myself just fine." Paul kept asking these questions to Mara as he pushed her arm out of his shoulder.
"Honey every Meister and Weapon live with each other you know. Besides I live in one of the dorms inside DWMA for all those students who don't have a partner and they aren't exactly big so I ain't got a lot to pack." Mara said while making a mischievous grin implying that she wanted Paul to help her bring her stuff to his's place even if there wasn't a lot to bring.
Paul then thought to himself that there were more rooms then he thought considering that it was reserved for him. He sighed out and said. "Okay fine if you insist I'll even help get your stuff out from your dorm but on one condition. I can analyze your weapon form."
"I accept but why do you want to "analyze" my weapon form anyway? The sword you created from your tattoo was pretty badass I admit. Is it you have a crush on me or something?" Mara now had a cat grin toward Paul and was lightly tapping his stomach with her shoulder.
"No!" Paul had a light shade of red on him. "Look I like you, your weapon form is fantastic, has great balance, feels comfortable and has no visible stains, I just think that if I have you observed for a long time I can dual wield both you and my version of your weapon form instead of my own swords. The bare minimum for an observation is 5 hours and that's just a decent copy, the longer I analyse you the more closer to the actual weapon which is you. So I just want your permission if I can do it okay?"
"Alright fine but only on when we have a day off." Mara answered to Paul. Paul felt that was a good enough condition and agreed.
After they both left the building they went and headed to Maka and Soul's area where they contacted Lord Death.
"So what did you tell Lord Death?" Mara asked the two.
"All Lord Death said is that we should find this man as soon as possible." Maka replied. "So what did Paul's headmaster say about the attempted assassination on him?"
"He told me that I have to head back to Demon Hunter." As Paul said that Maka started to feel down on herself, Paul was actually going to leave and she barely knew him. For some reason she felt like Paul would be good friend, she actually did wanted to show him and by extension Mara because aside from Soul who he told her that she hung out with, her other friends. Even when Lord Death advised her to show her friends to provide support and help Paul get comfortable, she was going to do anyway. "I refused though, this Ravana was someone I want to take care of myself and not let any hunters get in the way." Paul finished. Immediately Maka felt a surge of relief at the last statement, Paul was actually going to stay here, well at least until he gets hands on Ravana but it's better then him leaving.
"So should we head back to Death City?" Soul asked. "Mara told me she was going to move in at Paul's place and having her be neighbors to us would be pretty cool."
Everyone agreed and after they all went back to Death City Mara immediately grabbed Paul by the wrist and headed straight back to her place. After they headed their. Mara started grabbing all of her stuff and asked Paul if he can find any boxes she had in her closet. Paul went and got them and placed on the main room.
"Why are you bringing a tv?" Paul asked as Mara put the tv she owned into one of the boxes. "I thought we were going for bare necessitates."
"A tv is a necessitie, I want to put it on my room." Mara answered. "Oh that reminds me God Hand."
"What the hell is God Hand." Paul asked this to Mara of the game she picked as her word.
"Oh I'll tell you later." As Mara got the remains of her clothes which was mostly Halestorm shirts (her favorite band) and denim jeans.
After about 2 hours Paul and Mara arrived to Paul's apartment. He dropped the 2 giant boxes that he was lugging and fell down on the floor.
"You're unpacking by the way." Paul added before Mara could say anything.
"Wow your such a lazy ass." Mara said in a humorous way.
"LAZY ASS I JUST-" Paul exclaimed who was too tired to realize it was a joke, but before he could say anything else a door on the opposite side was open showing Soul and Maka standing there.
"Yo Paul yelling that loud while other people are here isn't cool. Besides it will give you a bad impression when you meet our friends." Soul said to Paul.
"Friends, your friends are here this late?" Paul questioned.
"Yeah we usually have a meetup at my place after doing a mission and talk about what happened there." Maka answered. "Do you and Mara want to join us?"
"Sure, come on Paul we got nothing else better to do." Mara said cheerfully.
"But don't we have to-" Again as Paul was about to finish Mara grabbed his wrist and headed to the door.
Wooo now Paul's going to be introduced to the rest of the MC's. Now as always please R&R and tell me what you thought. Next chapter's going to be pretty much Paul's first real day at DWMA.