Now Gentlemen, and ladies, we have come to discuss an important issue." Death stood at the end of a dinner table in his office with Stein to his left, Kami to his right and Stein's current assistant and weapon, Marie seated next to Stein. There were a few empty seats around the table as if waiting for others to arrive. Stein went to take out a cigarette, only to have it confiscated by Death and placed next to a cup away from Stein.

"Aww come on Lord Death, I only have two left." Stein whined as he stared intently at his untouched cigarette lying on the table near Death. Death ignored him and continued.

"Since all of the Death-Scythes have returned to their current locations around the world, apart from Marie who decided to stay as a teacher for DWMA, we are running low on teachers for our incoming students of today. But that is not all we are gathered here to discuss toni…"

"Did I miss anything?" the doors burst open and Spirit entered huffing which suggested he had ran to get there. Behind him was Sid with one palm over his face ashamed. They both came in and approached the table to take a seat. Spirit grabbed a chair and sat down clueless of who he had just sat next to.

"Do you mind? I'd rather the rotting corpse next to me than you, switch seats please." Kami sternly hissed to Spirit, who turned his head quickly to soak up her appearance with his ever so glassy eyes. "Plus you smell like you've been drinking…as usual."

"HONEY PUFF! Y,you, YOU'RE HERE? WHERE IS OUR MUFFIN? OH SWEETIE I MISSED YOU!" He opened his arms to give her a large bear hug only to get a beating with the closest object Kami could find on the table, being Death's full steaming tea-cup. The glass shattered from the impact, and the hot steaming liquid found its way all down Spirit's hair, face and chest making him let out a horrible yelp of pain.

"MY TEA!"

"IT BURNS!"

"My ears…" grumbled Stein as he quickly reached over to the table while Death was preoccupied with the loss of his beverage and grabbed his cigarette that had previously been taken from him, slipping it between his lips and lighting it up. Sid banged his forehead onto the table-top in humiliation from the scene unfolding in-front of his eyes. To top it off Mira Nygus sat next to him without anyone acknowledging her arrival or presence. Sid groaned irritably and turned his head sideways so he could face Nygus to speak.

"Just in time for someone mature to step forward." Nygus didn't seem to be effected at all by the commotion.

"What's this? A reunion call or something? Is Kami the one we are going to have to fill in for Professor Stein?"

"SIIIILENCE!" Death yelled over Spirit and Kami's squabbling. "Spirit, leave Kami alone for now and pay attention, and Kami, you will not have him removed so put up with him for now. This is all getting somewhat ridiculous and we haven't even started! And someone get me a cup of tea this instant!" The room went completely silent and everyone sat straight with their hands on the table layered on-top of the other. Spirit's eyes wondered to Kami's hands and then up her arms, her shoulders, her neck, and then down to her breasts…

"Please, behave yourself." Kami whispered aggressively as to not get Lord Death's attention.

"Now, one would think that since the Keshin is now dead, that there wouldn't be any need for DWMA to still recruit students. Well, despite Asura being the main cause of the rise in bad souls and the higher numbers of witches, there is another we have to worry about. Surely you would all not think that out of the billions of people in the world, that there would only be ONE totally evil little bugger out there." Stein took a long drag of his cigarette and blew the smoke out with a heavenly expression on his face. Marie snatched the cigarette from his lips and butted it out on the floor with her foot angrily.

"Pay attention will ya…" she glared at him as she spoke quietly into his ear. Stein's lip dropped sadly.

"We still have plenty of witches out there, a number of them rising to power due to two of the Gorgan sisters being exterminated, fighting over who will rise as leaders in their little cult groups. We also have various powerful Weapons and Meisters out there still just waiting for a chance to strike. As all of you should know by now, some of our troops across the world have been slowly picked off. We don't know who the cause of this but we have personnel investigating it thoroughly as we speak."

"And we can't have all of our Death-Scythes here in Death City due to the outbreak of criminals being around the world in other continents, which has cut down our teaching staff by quite a number." Stein stated, reaching into his trench-coat pocked and pulling out his last cigarette.

"Exactly. This is where both Kami and Maka come in handy. It was perfect timing when Kami contacted me for I had absolutely no idea where she was so I could ask her. A week before would have been better but now is better than never." Death placed his elbows on the table and aligned all his fingers so they touched their opposites of the other hand, forming a triangle shape.

"And I cannot risk leaving the school to investigate due to the students here need a nurse twenty-four seven. Which also excludes Sid, as my Meister to leave the school as well." Nygus said calmly, both Stein and Death nodded in par to her statement.

"I am more than willing to stay in the school to teach the children, but shouldn't I, since I am a complete Death-Scythe, be out on the investigation also?" Marie cut in before Death could speak again. Death gave a small pause to think.

"That is true, but it will be good to have at least one Death Scythe situated in the City incase we have troubles."

"What about me m'Lord?" Spirit spoke up. All eyes were on him which made him uncomfortable. He then looked at Stein who was smiling menacingly at him.

"You can always stay here as my guinea-pig." Stein joked, and then yelped as Marie stepped on his foot under the table with one of her high-heels.

"You will be going out to investigate Spirit. We only need one Death-Scythe in the City, and Stein will be with Marie." Kami gulped for she knew exactly where this was going to go.

"But Sir! Who will weild Spirit? You cannot possibly leave Death City, you are bound here!" Sid bursted out, slamming the table with his large fists. Nygus slowly turned her head in Kami's direction and half closed her eyes; almost as if glaring at her.

"She will won't she?" the whole room went silent except for a light snicker from Death. Both Spirit and Kami were dumbfounded and turned to look at eachother.

"Y, you can't possibly expect me to wield him! Our wavelengths can't possibly match anymore!" Spirit cringed as if he were just hit with a stick and were in pain.

"You will, he was your partner once, you will find a way to match your wavelengths and make this work. It is for the sake of everyone else. Stop being selfish and reason with us here." Stein lit his cigarette that had been waiting patiently on the edge of his lip and he inhaled; taking in the foul-bitter taste of the tobacco. "If I can match my wavelength perfectly with any weapon within a few minutes of combat, even if I don't particularly like them," he glanced over to Spirit as he said this. "or had just met them," he then glanced over to Marie. "I'm sure you can too Kami. You are the most talented Meister I've ever met. I'm sure you have some tricks up your sleeves to get him to work efficiently."

"We will give you one week to practice your wavelengths to get them right before sending you both out on a mission. So you'd better start ignoring each others' flaws." Death firmly declared. Spirit started to fiddle with his shirt a little with discomfort, which Kami noticed Maka did quite a lot when she was trying to beat around the bush to tell her something that was possibly embarrassing or that could get her in trouble. She inwardly smiled and noted she would have to tell him that later to brighten him up to hopefully make wavelength synchronization easier; since just saying he had something in common with his daughter would make him happy.

"Y, yes Sir."

"Yes Lord Death."

"Good. Now that we have that settled, I would like to ask why we need Maka." Marie asked courteously in Death's direction.

"Fine question Marie. Since Stein, Kami and Maka all have exceptional wavelength deception skills, we need her to pin-point us some of these criminals that are taking out our experienced students. And to wield our other Death Scythe of course."

"Soul Eater Evens I presume?" Kami inquired.

"Indeed. However we won't resort to using them unless we are in desperate need to do so. Kami and Spirit will suffice until otherwise. She will instead work here at the school as a teacher to fill in the space of Stein." Spirit's eyes widened and he proudly puffed out his chest like a peacock.

"Of course my little pumpkin would serve a better role as an educator, she could teach all of the students single handedly!" Sid scoffed at his comment and looked directly at Spirit from across the table.

"As confident as you are with her ability, no one person could teach hundreds of students in one room, let alone fit that many into one. However she also will need some tutoring on how to teach in a classroom environment yes?" Nygus nodded agreeably.

"Indeed. She most would have tutored friends individually during her school years, but classrooms from twenty to fifty students maximum will be a completely different experience for her." Stein sucked the last out of his cigarette and chucked it onto the floor. He didn't even bother stepping on it.

"That is where I come in you see. I will accompany her during her first few days of teaching, until she gets a handle on things. Simple yes?" everyone nodded agreeably. Death clapped his hands to gain all of their attention instantly.

"So it's all settled now ey? We will start Spirit and Kami's wavelength training tomorrow morning and Stein will take Maka in for teaching the students at third period for the physical lesson to start off with. The rest of you will do as you normally would, but please do keep an eye out for suspicious behavior. You are all dismissed now. BAI BAI!" Kami rolled her eyes at Death for she knew his seriousness wouldn't hold out through the whole meeting. She then cringed inwardly as she figured she was up for an irritable morning and most likely a horrible sleep to go with it. However when she looked to Spirit he didn't seem at all angry; which made her annoyed even further.

"Oh I so hope he behaves himself…"

"Darling, you got the goods?" The alley was dark as a tall skinny figure held a knife up to the throat of another. The man could barely speak as she pointed the knife closer to his throat until he could feel it pierce his skin. "I don't want to have to keel you noaw sweetie. Hand them ovar."

"Ye, ye, yes m'lady, r, r, right away!" the man backed off from her and bent down slowly keeping an ever watchful eye on the dark figure towering over him; the blade flickered the moonlight into his eyes warning him to hurry up. He lifted a cardboard box from a heap of trash behind him to expose a large black suitcase. The lady kicked him aside before he could pick it up and went on her knees herself to flick the clips up herself. Inside lay piles of cash that spilled over the edges when she had opened the suitcase. The woman hissed and kicked it aside aggressively.

"I didn't ask for cash you eediot! Where is the vials I asked for? I vill keel you where you lay you filthy animal!" the man stuttered as she drew closer towards him and grabbed the scruff of his shirt and lifted him up from the debris on the ground.

"D, don't fret m'lady, tha cash were jus' a cover up incase it wa' found. It's in there I promise!" the woman threw the man back down into the garbage and rummaged through the suitcase throwing the money everywhere. The man's eyes widened as he watched the cash flutter in-front of his eyes. The woman gasped as she lifted up a vial of what appeared to be a black liquid inside a thin-long glass tube. She held it up to the light of the moon and rotated it to see all its glory.

"Only von? Darling, I asked for more than this…"

"I was attacked when I received them vials and lost tha otha' two. I'm truly sorry Madam Tanya. I can get dem back if you want!" Tanya walked over to the man and stood over him. If it were lighter, he would have got a full view up her dress but he was more scared than anything to even think of that right now.

"No, von will do Darling. But you…I do not need no more." She lifted her knife to her eye level and ran her finger along the tip down to the base of the handle. The man scurried to his feet in a sad attempt to escape, nearly running into the wall before heading down into the darkness of the alley.

"Don't hurt me you crazy bitch!" the man screamed out as he continued to run. Tanya smiled wickedly showing all her teeth and mumbled under her breath.

"Tiger, tigris, panther, panthera…" the knife floated from her grip and disappeared down into the darkness where the man had run. She waited until she heard a series of screams not long afterwards followed by the roars of an animal. She stood in the alleyway waiting while rubbing her tongue along her fangs. A shadow came towards her from where the man had gone and an animal figure approached her.

"All evidence has been…cleaned up Tanya." The beast spoke. Tanya stroked its hand and ran her hand down its back. She walked over to a large garbage bin and opened its heavy metal lid, then went to close up the suitcase and throw it inside.

"Indeed it has, and zings shall be getting more interesting from now on my Darling." The beast looked all over the ground at the money that had littered the filth bellow.

"What about all of this? Isn't it all a little suspicious?" Tanya looked into the alley and scoffed, and went back to stroking the creature's head.

"There are greedy eyes all avound us Darling. It will be cleaned up by morning for sure. Let us go, I have something I must attend to now." The animal morphed into the same small knife she was wielding before and slid it under her dress where it hooked onto her garter strap on her upper-thigh.