Welcome back you guys! So what did you think of our new student that joined the class just now? Sketchy? Annoying? Or are you guys just thinking 'Soooo what exactly is this Hana person's purpose exactly?' Anyway enough of that. Here's the new istallment and where the fun really begins!
Claire's POV ~
It's not like I didn't like the class, but I had never been able to pay attention to any kind of lecture for very long. Proffesor Tsubaki's current lecture on the different types of souls was one lecture I was finding boaring. I was a bit of an oddity according to Tsuna, Chris, Cera and Tessa. Somehow I could sleep through a whole lecture and still get at least half way decent marks in class. Either that or the top grade. Beside me both my meister and my best friend were giving the Death Scythe their complete attention and focus.
I had just started to fall asleep with my head on my arms, when our Proffesor spoke again and jolted me awake.
Tsubaki had recieved some piece of paper from the reception lady and nodded. She read the note before looking up, "Coal. Claire. Lord Death wants to see the pair of you in the Death Room right away. You both are dismissed from class."
This cought my attention instantly and I picked my head up. Why did Uncle Kid want to see Coal and I? The whole thing with Alex didn't come to anything...well aside from the threat of Alex losing his head anyway. So what could this be about? Regardless, I found myselfstanding up and walking silently out of the classroom with my meister.
I walked beside the Grim Reaper down the empty Academy halls towards the Death Room. "So.", I tried to start up a conversation, "What do you think your dad wants with us? You don't think this is about the whole threatening-to-take-off-Alex's-head-thing do you?"
Coal shook his head, "I don't think my father'll pull us out class for something as stupid as that.", he replied.
When we reached the large black door with the white skull on the front, I knocked on the door. We walked through the familier gullitine archway and stoped in front of the platform Uncle Kid stood on with Aunt Patty and Aunt Liz. It was wierd not seeing my parents or Uncle Black Star and Aunt Tsubaki with them at first. Then I remembered that my mom was the Academy's nurse. Not only that but aunt Tsubaki was still teaching our class, and my dad and Uncle Black Star were busy teaching the NOT classes. "Hey Uncle Kid, Aunt Patty. Aunt Liz.", I greeted the Grim Reaper and two twin pistols.
"You pulled us out of class dad.", said Coal, "Why?"
"Hello Coal. Claire.", the Grim Reaper grinned at us knowingly, "So. The two most stubborn students in teh Academy managed to find partners after all."
Coal and I rolled our eyes.
"Kid. The mission?", Aunt Liz prompted.
Our heads shot up instantly, the gun meister and weapons once again holding our complete combined attention. Mission?
"What mission exactly Uncle Kid?", I asked curious. partners for three days and Coal and I already were being sent on a mission? Tsuna and Chris had been partners longer then we had. So had Cera and Tessa...that was Coal's causin. So why did we get the mission after only being partners for three days?
"There's a Traitor in the city that needs to be driven out as soon as possible.", said Uncle Kid, "Before he becomes too much of a neausince."
"What's a Traitor?", I aksed glancing at my uncle. It asn't a term I was particularly familier with and, if Coal and I were going to be going up against it, then it was best to know what exactly this thing or person was.
"Just a human who causes havoc in the city to draw the Academy's attention. The only goal of a Traitor is to challenge Academy Students.", Aunt Liz replied crossing her arms, "They're realativly harmless since they're not weapons, kishin, witches or meisters. But they can still cause trouble, so we still have to deal with them accordingly. We normally send NOT students out, because they'll run by just the weapon transforming completly into his or her weapon form and the meister threatening the Traitor."
So our first mission was to drive off some idiot that wanted to challenge Academy students?
Too easy.
Coal's POV ~
A mission? Well this was new to me. Out of all the things I had imagined my father wanted to speak to Claire and I about, sending my new weapon partner and I out on a mission right out of the gate was the farthest thing from my mind without question. But if there was something for the new pair of partners to do, then anything was better then being held up in the Academy classrooms all day like normal.
Right?
Besides, mom said that these so called Traitors were just mere neusiences...nothing dangerous that required any real fighting. Like a witch or kishin. Claire and I would be back in the Cresent Moon classroom within a matter of minutes and have the mission complete at the same time. "Allright, we'll handle this Traitor no problem.", I nodded with a boared tone, before turning to leave the Death Room. "Coming Claire? Let's get this over with already and get back to class.", I said without glancing at my partner.
"Yeah. The quicker the better.", I heard Calire's footsteps behind me, untill she had cought up with me and the two of us headed out into the city to find our target.
A few hours pass as we walk around Death City in search of our target but our efforts turn up empty handed. "Damn.", I hiss under my breath, "Nothing, not even with my soul preception. I thought dad said these Traitors liked to challenge Academy students. But there's no sign of anyone here other then us." Suddenly I froze for a moment before diving at my partner and slaming her to the ground, shielding her by pinning her flat against the cobblestone street. All just in time to avoid a rushing attack from blurry shadow figure.
"COAL!", I hear Claire yell, as I allowed her to get up.
I knew she was angry, but my attention was on the shadow-like figure standing a few feet in front of us.
"You move fast for a kid little boy.", the figure's voice was dark and came out in almost a warped hiss-like sound, "But you won't get so lucky from here on out."
"I take it you're this Traitor my father sent us to look for and drive out?", I chanced a guess. How could this be the Traitor that Claire and I were supposed to be looking for? Father had said that Traitors were nothing special...just normal humans thinking to challenge Academy students. All we had to do was intimaidate them and it should have sent this guy running for the hills. So then who was this guy really if not a normal Traitor like my father and mother had described?
The shadow figure laughed, "That's right boy, call me One. I'm going to be your worst nightmare!", he laughed in his snake voice before disappearing in a puff of black smoke again. Like that was really going to help. "Claire take my hand.", I reached out for my weapon partner, using my soul preception to scan the area around us.
"Okay, but is this guy really worth the effort Coal? I mean seriously?! It's like I don't even have to work for my meal...where's the fun in that?", she asked before she glowed and the sleek silver and black scythe was in my hand again.
I couldn't help but grin a little at the scythe's comment, as I calmed myself and focused my soul preception holding tightly onto my partner. Once I had located the Traitor with my soul preception, I jumped into the air and slashed down with Claire to yeild a burst of black ribbons and a floating red soul hoovering there in the air. "Well look at it this way. Are you really going to give up a free meal?", I asked the scythe.
Claire transformed and took the Traitor's soul in her hand grinning, "Hey, I'm not THAT picky now.", she said swallowing it.
