This chapter was inspired by two people. My friend Stuffster and my buddy Takashi. Stuffster first introduced me to the idea one moment, and Takashi reminded me of it earlier, and I was like, This makes a good chapter plot. So thank them for this comedy chapter.

Disclaimer: Eh, I'll think of one later.


The day seemed normal, at least for this strange group. Hardly anyone argued aside from Damien's little snaps every now and then, but the boy's room wasn't becoming a battle ground like usual. It seemed less annoying without a certain incurable optimist in the room.

"Where's Roy been going?" Ice asked, staring at the empty bed of said weapon. The red eyed meister sighed as he scrolled through a manga.

"I don't know, nor do I care. His smile gets on my nerves, so I'm fine with him gone." Salem sat at his bed, sketch book and pencil in hand as he continued to draw without any interest with the current conversation.

"He's not with that scary woman on a mission." Striker added, referring to Nico and her piercing cold eyes. He shivered thinking that at the moment she could be glaring daggers at him.

At the girl's room, said meister was staring intently at the doorway.

"Um, Nico, why are you glaring at the wall?" Akari asked, a drop of sweat forming on her head.

"I'm building up my Soul Perception, but so far I'm only able to see that witch's soul so I'm focusing on it to help strengthen myself." The black haired meister explained, never breaking her gaze.

Back to our original point of view at the men, the lion witch swore he felt eyes staring at him.

"Hey, ninja, maybe you should stalk that guy and find out where he's been going." Cruise suggested, the white haired boy sighed and placed his sketch book down.

"Alright, Ice, want to come along?" The Reaper leaped out of his bed and stretched his limbs before making his way to his meister's side.

"Actually, we should all go, it's getting way too boring sitting around here..." Cruise closed his laptop and followed along. Striker couldn't take the strange feeling anymore and ended up running out to catch up with the other men. But on his way out, he bumped into another person.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't look where I was going." He watched as Akari bowed to him.

"No it's fine, I was... What was I doing?" He looked over her shoulder to see the guys leaving. "Oh yeah, we were going to find Roy to see what he does when he's not on a mission."

"Hmm, he's Nico's weapon, right?" The tan girl asked, getting a nod from the lion. Akari smiled warmly to the answer and began to think. "Mind if I tag along, that girl has been staring at the door looking at your soul for a while now."

Upon getting confirmation of the soul staring, the witch grabbed Akari's hand and pulled her out without any further questions.


The small group walked around the city aimlessly in search for any sign of the Gun Blade. But they had no luck finding a trace of him. Not even Damien's Soul Perception could separate the human souls from the weapon soul. At the moment, they were resting at a cosplay café, hoping to get some rest before beginning the search again.

"Death dammit, this is getting difficult." Cruise rubbed his temples to lessen his headache. "And the service here stinks, we haven't even gotten our orders taken." He complained over the services, though it wasn't there fault, the staff already warned them about being low on current workers.

"Just wait, they'll take our order soon." Ice relaxed in his chair and looked over at the employees only doorway. Anticipating a waiter to arrive any moment.

Akari looked through the menu, confused at all the fancy words. "What does tea taste like?" Her question was ignored by most of the men, but the masked boy looked at her and answered.

"Tea is simply water flavored with herbs and spices, sometimes milk and honey are added for more taste." Salem tilted his head to look at the swordswoman.

"Oh, well, I think I'll try it." She smiled at the masked boy and placed her menu down. Striker eyed the people in the café, all staring at his ears and black dyed tips. He sighed as slouched in chair and looked at his own reflection in the window. Bangs that almost cover his eyes with slightly messy silver hair that is slightly long but only ends at the bottom of his neck, also kind of hugging his neck and thinner in the back

"Hello Masters and Mistress, what can I get for-GUYS?!" Upon looking at their waiter, it was none other than the same weapon they were searching for, only in a white dress shirt, black vest and tie. "Five seconds, explain yourselves." He crossed his arms and felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment.

"First, why are you working in a cosplay café?" Cruise asked, Striker began to chuckle in his seat at the formal attire the usually relaxed black haired boy was sporting. Already he was slinging jokes at him.

"Well, I wanted to get some money for myself, so I got a job here..." He felt his cheeks burn brighter having his teammates see him at work.

"We were looking for you by the way." Ice explained, still relaxed in his chair. "And why get a job here?"

Before he could answer, another waiter approached Roy.

"Is something wrong, Roy, I heard you yell." The Gun Blade was bright crimson and began to stumble over his words.

"I-I'm fine, I just didn't expect seeing my friends here, that's all." He chuckled nervously and remembered his duties. "So, back to my job, what would you all like?"

"Dr. Pepper."

"Water."

"Green Tea."

"Milk."

"Nothing for me." The black haired weapon nodded and made his way back to the kitchen. The other waiter looked over the strange party and felt easily intimidated, upon locking eyes with Salem, he made it his sign to get to work.

Eventually, Roy came back out and handed everyone their orders. Akari looked at her tea with a smile as she took in the scent. After a moment of admiring, she titled the cup to her mouth and took a small sip.

"It's great, thanks Salem." Upon getting gratitude, the white haired boy didn't know how to respond properly.

"... The pleasure was all mine, Akari." His gesture was already being used as fuel for jokes from the other guys.

"Someone has a crush." The Reaper smiled, Striker laughed along. Both Akari and Salem blushed, though the mask hid the white haired boy's. The current cosplay employee pulled out a chair and sat with his friends.

"I'm officially on break for right now, so you guys seriously wanted to know where I was going that bad?" All the boys nodded while they enjoyed their drinks. "You could've just asked..."

"Where's the fun in that?" Ice replied, the Gun Blade smiled at the Shinigami Scythe.

"We think alike, I always say that." The group idly chatted for the rest of the hour while staying at the café.


At the DWMA, Lux was trying her best to stay calm. The teachers had announced that all students will be monitored closely due to suspicion of spies in the academy. She looked over at her partner to see that Jo shared the unease.

"What do you think they'll do when they find the traitors?" The blonde asked, keeping the conversation as mild gossip as to not draw suspicion towards themselves.

"No idea, but really are keeping a lock down on security" The green haired girl looked at the darting eyes of all her classmates, all scared out if their minds of spies amongst themselves.

"This is just going to make things harder for us lower students, look at them, they're all about to piss their pants." Josephine commented. "You can't just drop news on us like that and can't expect us not to panic." She tightened her fists and felt her miester's hand on her shoulder.

"We'll be fine, I got an idea to avoid all this trouble." The green haired meister smiled at her weapon, filling Jo with more happiness. Without warning, Lux fell over in her chair rather loudly, the Claymore rushed to her side.

"Lux! You ok?!" By then, everyone's eyes laid on the two. In an instant, the whole class was crowded around them. Lux kept her eyes closed as she kept her breathing low and erratic. Though most was pretend, truthfully, she was finally relieving herself of strain and let her whole body collapse.

After the Lux was taken to the infirmary, Jo asked for time off after her recovery, a vacation to help recuperate from the stress and strain. Jo didn't want to admit it, but her meister nearly scared her with that trick. But she knew it had to be unsaid in order for the play to be believable.

The plan she figured what Lux was after, was to use that vacation time to spend more time with the Rogue group and stay out of the academy's reach. That way they don't have to worry about keeping an act when they are in technical enemy territory. 'Is the DWMA our enemy now? So we kinda destroyed the classrooms but that was only to succeed in a mission... And what is our group's alignment anyways, we're not bad, it's not like we're resurrecting the Kishin or anything...'

The blonde girl wondered about the possibilities as she laid in bed. Wishing her meister to get well soon.


Nico began to focus her sense again, slowly but surely detecting another soul coming by. Just as she predicted, the soul belonged to Akari.

"Hi Nico, improve on your training?"

"Yes, where was it that you all went to?" The blue eyed meister asked, needing to know the details of the unexplained leave.

"We went looking for Roy and found out he was working at a cosplay café." The black haired meister glared out at the door, sensing her weapon partner.

"He never told me about having a job..."

"He seemed pretty embarrassed about it, so I figured he wanted to keep it as a secret." The tan girl jumped into the comfy bed and smiled, the cushion of the bed was better then leaves. "By the way, I made a name for our group." She perked up from her idea. Nico was taken back, she never expected to even name the group or expect anyone to care.

"What is it?"

"Soul Stealers, it's more of a pun seeing as everyone has a metal blade of some sort." The swordswoman looked around and noticed the absence of a golden blonde and highlights. "Where's Melody and Evia?"

"Melody went shopping for Dr. Pepper for some unknown reason, Evia left for a jog to burn off energy. And I like the name, I didn't notice everyone had blades..." Though the exception of Striker who fought with metal chain spells. Roy was a Gun Blade, Melody a Knife, Ice being a Scythe, Jo a Claymore, Evia being Sickle Claws, and Akari standing before with a katana still strapped to her back. "Soul Stealers it is."


Yay! The group finally has a name. Soul Stealers literally came up on the spot, so forgive me if it's cheesey... It could have been worse. Anyways, hope ya enjoyed!