AN: Hmmm... Yeah I got nuthen... except the usual R&R request. Do it, or I'll take your... what was it again? Oh yeah! Your Wallet!...

OMG I've never even once put in a disclaimer! They can sue me! I don't own Soul eater, any of the original characters or the idea of a warlock joining the DWMA (That I got from The Snazzy hat's story Insidious times.)

Chapter 10: Reputation.

A one star freshman?

"Why am I in a full body cast?" Mereck asked Sarah, who was walking into the room with tea, wearing a somewhat tight nurse's outfit and beaming brightly. "Because your hurt silly," she stated still smiling. "But I-" Mereck tried to protest, but was cut off by Sarah. "I said your hurt!" She yelled scaring the 'who-knows-what' right out of him. "Y-yes ma'sm." He said looking straight ahead instead of at her.

She smiled again. "Now drink your tea." She politely commanded. "Ok." Mereck sighed 'Devil woman, she'll kill me with medicine...' he thought as he sipped the hot beverage out of her hands.

'Wonder how long I can keep this up?' Sarah thought to herself mischievously. At first she was really concerned for his wellbeing, but now she was just messing with him. She snickered inwardly. 'This is so fun maybe-' her thoughts were interrupted by Blair, who had popped into the room through the window in cat form, saying. "Oh, you two playing doctor?" Then she transformed into her human form, wearing an even tighter nurse's outfit than Sarah, and shoved her boobs into Mereck's face. "Please can I play?" she begged as blood started spraying out between her boobs and Mereck's nose.

It all ended quickly when Sarah sucker punched Mereck through the face, sending him flying and hitting the wall. Needless to say he actually needed the cast and bed now.

When Mereck woke up his casts were off and he was in his boxers sleeping in his bed in their new house. He had a splitting headache and remembered colliding with the now dented and cracked wall. "Devil woman." He muttered to himself.

He heard laughter in the kitchen. When he reached the door, he decided to better be safe than sorry. He picked up a convenient bat leaning against a wall. 'What the, I don't even own a bat!' he thought, but just shrugged it off. When he opened the door he could hear Sarah and another older woman talking. 'Weird,' he thought while sneaking down the hall to the kitchen.

When he popped his head around the corner he saw the cat woman who had assaulted him earlier and almost charged in with his bat to knock her out, but just then Sarah noticed him and said, "Hay Mereck! You sleep well?" He approached cautiously, not taking his eyes off of the Devil Woman and her companion.

Yeah, all things considered he said, glaring at Sarah. "Yeah, sorry about that," Sarah replied with a giggle in her voice. "I think I inherited my mother's insecurity..." Mereck relaxed a bit at her apology and turned his head to the woman he didn't recognise. "And you are?", "Oh, right you don't know me!" she answered. "I'm Blair, the family pet you might say." Mereck looked at her for a while, then said, "Oh! A magic cat! Now it makes sense!" thinking about how cats reacted on instinct and such.

"Well now that we're all acquainted," Sarah said smiling, "How would you guys like some waffles?", "Hell yeah!" Mereck shouted, because he loved waffles, followed by Blair's meow of approval. Sarah giggled and got out everything she would need for making their breakfast.

Mereck pushed his plate away, completely stuffed from the yummy breakfast he had just eaten. "Sarah, that was amazing," he complemented. "Thank you," she said as she and Blair staked their plates on top of his. "The soap and scrubber are on the counter," she added. After a brief confused pause Mereck realised what she meant.

"Why do I have to do the dishes?!" he moaned. "Cause I made the food," she replied as if it were obvious. "But you didn't tell me we were-", "Well that's how it works. You want to sleep outside tonight?" she interrupted. Mereck bowed his head in defeat, said "No," and shuffled to the sink while Sarah and Blair went to go sit on the couches and talk. 'Death help me!' Mereck thought as the hot water tapped into the sink.

Mereck looked at the watch, after having washed, dried and put away the dishes, and saw that it was nearing 6 AM. "Hay Sarah," he interrupted the two females' conversation. "Yeah?" she asked in response. "Do you think we should start getting ready for class? It's almost 6." She sighed and said, "Yeah I think you're right. Sorry Blair, we'll talk more after school." Sarah stood up and Mereck went to the bathroom to take a shower. After finishing and drying off mostly he strapped the towel around his waist and started brushing his teeth.

Suddenly, the door opened and Sarah stood there staring at him in shock. He was confused for a moment. 'Seeing me in a towel isn't that bad.' Then he realised she was shocked by his hair. The usual spiky, white flecked black hair was now flat on his head revealing three white lines on the left side of his head.

'Oh crab-cakes! She saw them!' he thought. 'I can't let dad know who I am yet!', "Sarah, calm down." He said stretching his hands out in a gesture to stay calm. "Y-your hair. Y-you're a- You're a Reaper!" She shouted still in shock. "*sigh* Yes I am a Reaper, but my dad doesn't know and I'd appreciate it if it stayed that way," be stated coolly while his head was in turmoil. 'Oh crap, oh crap OH CRAP!' was all he could think while he looked at Sarah with a calm face.

"How doesn't he know?! And when did he even-", "He doesn't remember, anyway just don't say anything please, I'm begging you." Mereck said regaining his ability to think. "But-" Sarah wanted to protest, but Mereck just repeated, "Please," with such a vulnerable look on his face that she could do nothing else but say, "Ok." Mereck sighed in relief and said, "Thank you," when the unexpected happened.

Mereck felt the towel around his waist slip and fall to the floor. Both Mereck and Sarah stood frozen for a few seconds when Sarah finally got her bearings and punched him again screaming, "How dare you flash me!?" Of course Mereck couldn't respond as he was slumped over the toilet backwards, a fountain of blood spraying from his nose, and Sarah retreated from the bathroom. "Why me?" was all he could whisper.

The walk to school was silent till they were half way and both apologised for what had happened. The last stretch they spent racing to see who was the fastest between them. Mereck won.

"How... are... you... that... fast?" Sarah asked Mereck collapsing on the ground after they had both gotten to the top. "Hah... intense... warlock... training camps." He joked in answer. They both laughed a little and then there was silence. It wasn't awkward or anything, they just both seemingly sat there enjoying each other's company.

Then Sarah ruined it with one simple question. "What was your mother like?" She asked Mereck. His body tensed when she had asked the question. She could feel the awkwardness in the atmosphere and regretted asking the question immediately. Mereck started drawing up his hood saying, "I don't want to talk about it."

With those words he stood up to walk away, but before either of them could do anything else their little gang showed up to save the day. "Hay Mereck," Jack shouted, obviously he had taken a liking to the other new kid in the group. "where you goin?", "Hay Jack," Mereck greeted in return seemingly feeling a bit better "Nowhere. Why? Did it look like I was?" He joked, high fiving the metal head kid.

Sarah was relieved the situation seemed salvageable. She stood up and faced her friends. "Hay guys!" she greeted and spotted a new face. "Hay you're the girl who sat next to Jack yesterday, right?" She asked smiling. The girl blushed and nodded. Sarah offered a hand in greeting and said, "Well I'm Sarah. What's your name?" She shook Sarah's hand and said "Caitlin."

"Yap, Caitlin here is my weapon partner!" Jack informed them, putting a hand on her shoulder and she blushed a little. 'He is touching me!' She thought and she felt like she would melt, but was rudely interrupted as Shadow*Star cleaned his throat to get everyone's attention. Jack's hand slipped off of Caitlin's shoulder and she felt her heart sink into her boots. 'Mental note: KILL THAT PESKY BRAT!' she thought as she glared at the oblivious Shadow*Star.

"My dad said that he would like to see you two before class." Shadow*Star continued, pointing at Mereck and Sarah. They looked at him questioningly and Shizuka said. "He didn't tell us anything else," giggling at their faces, then Shadow star continued. "You better move before class starts." Mereck and Sarah nodded and started walking to the school building's entrance after saying goodbye to everyone.

"Wonder what Black*Star needs us for..." Mereck said. Sarah noticed that he was now back to his normal self and said, "No idea, but I bet it has to do with yesterday." They stopped in front of Black*Star and Tsubaki's class room door. Mereck gulped and Sarah opened the door.

Black*Star was doing push ups and Tsubaki was spotting him. He was nearing 500 000 when he noticed the two students walk in. "Well it's about time you two showed up!" He boomed as he back flipped and landed right in front of Mereck. Mereck jumped a bit, but quickly recovered. "Hi there." Tsubaki said, walking up to the children. "Hay, uncle Black*Star and aunty Tsubaki." Sarah said smiling and Mereck just looked at Black*Star who was staring at him.

"So you're the witch-", "Warlock." Mereck sighed in correction, 'Can't anyone remember what I am?' He thought in irritation. "Details..." Black*Star waved it off and continued. "So do you think you're a bigger star than me?" Black*Star asked Mereck was caught by surprise by the strange question and replied, "Huh?... I mean no... or... uh..." Before Mereck could say anything else, Black*Star swung at his face with enough force to break an elephant's skull in half. Mereck, without thinking brought up both his arms in an X to block. As Black*Star's fist collided with Mereck's arms a burst of wind jolted the air and every window in the room shattered.

Mereck and Black*Star stood their ground between the shattered glass and dust clouds not even blinking as the tension was visible in their bodies, neither refusing to give into the other's will, then Mereck jumped away and rolled around on the floor yelling, "Holy Crab-cakes that hurt! Why would you do that? You nearly broke my arm..." Black*Star burst out laughing and Tsubaki said, "Sorry about that. He's not that bad when you get to know him," as she smiled and tried to get Mereck to calm down a bit. After a while he calmed down enough to be able to stand up.

"Anyway," Tsubaki went on, "you were called here because Lord Death sees fit to upgrade you to a one star meister. That means that you can already go on missions." She produced a card with Mereck's picture, student information and one star on it. Mereck looked at it with shock before he was snapped out of it by Sarah's nudge. "T... thanks," he stammered while taking the card. "You should be thanking Kid, but you're welcome."

DING DONG DONG DING

"Well, guess you two should be going to your class now. We'll tell Sid why you're late." Tsubaki said as the two turned to head out. Then Black*Star yelled, "Hay, Mereck." And Mereck turned to face him. "I might not have seen you fight yet, but I can tell you have a lot of potential." Here his tone turned serious, "Don't waste it." Mereck gulped, nodded and walked out of the room with Sarah. While Black*Star mumbled to himself, "I put everything into that punch," and flexed his hand.

"That was scary," Mereck said as he and Sarah walked down the hall, wondering what their second day of school had in store for them. Then Mereck thought of something and asked. "Sarah, how'd I get out of the cast and into my boxers last night?" Sarah blushed and said "Uh... Race you to class!" And started sprinting down the halls to their class with Mereck short on her heals.

AN: Hope I got Black*Star and Tsubaki's personas correct here, I'm still in a daze after that Maka chop. I seriusly considered stopping this fic and not even writing an end, but I desided it would be unfare to the few people who actually like it so it continues... R&R please and I hope you like the story thus far J. Time to sleep again... Reaper out!