Meisters

Chapter 10: Meeting

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I have to say, I don't know what people are talking about when they say they're terrified of Eater. He is very kind and generous. He is an amazing fighter. He uses his heavy scythe so expertly. He looks so cool while he kills his enemies. He looks nothing like me when I fight. Instead of being light, he is heavy and steady, instead of being fast and deal many hits, he is slow and his hits are powerful. I can't help but secretly watch him while he fights.

When I had logged into the game the next day, I was going to confront Kilik but his name wasn't there on my friend list. He must have taken off before I got the chance to do anything. Black*Star and Camellia didn't know anything about it at all. They said they separated like usual before they logged out.

His hair moves perfectly as he swings his scythe. He looks utterly beautiful. How can someone look so… so perfect while fighting? Even when he makes grimaces he looks perfect. I know I must look horrible since my pigtails get in my way and I can't look good at all when I stick my tongue out while I fight. It is impossible for it to be anywhere near Eater's perfection.

Eater deals the killing blow to the Kishin and I can't help but look at him. Eater turns around toward me and smiles wide. "Number thirty-eight. How much experience do you have?"

I smile wide. "Eighty-two percent. This is going really well. How did you come up with this fighting technique?"

Eater had told me a secret. He said the key doesn't lie in how powerful the monsters are; it lies in the quantity of monsters I can kill. By going to those monsters that were on my level except a little bit harder, I got so much more experience. With me fighting my own Kishin and Eater fighting numerous Kishins we made a really good team. He was even kind enough by fixing the party settings on so I receive all the gold, items and experience. At first I wasn't that keen on it since I wanted this to benefit him as well, but he said just being in a party benefits him. I don't know really how, but I guess he was tired of fighting alone or with Death.

Eater chuckles and walks up to me. "A lot of experimenting and curiosity."

A little bling sounds and I open my menu to check my email. It is from Camellia. "It's Camellia." I say loudly while I read the message.

"What are you doing playing without us? Where are you? Me and Black*Star will catch up with you."

"Is it okay if two of my friends join us?" I ask looking at Eater through the screen.

"Sure. Why not." I smile and reply to Camellia our location and everything.

"They will be here soon. We still got some time to hunt alone." For some reason it sounded very intimate. Me and Eater, all alone and hunting together. Quite frankly, I like it. He looks so perfect when he moves. I haven't ever seen someone ever move like he does. In my mind, watching him hunt is very intimate just because the only other person he has hunted with is Death. I'm the first girl that has ever seen him hunt like this and I like it.

"Sounds great." Eater says and smirks wide. "First to get to ten win." He quickly turns on his heel and leaps toward a Kishin.

"Not fair!" I say and giggle loudly while I attack my own. "You are much stronger than me!" Even if I'm about to lose, it is somewhat fun. Eater is so friendly and so fun to be with.

Fighting hadn't been this fun before. Kilik, Black*Star and Camellia always took it so serious, too serious while Eater, he plays around and make up games. The time passes so quickly and my experience sky rocks. Before I know it I have reached another level and I put my Skill Points on Gravity and Strength.

"I won!" Eater exclaims. "You will have to do better than that to beat me Maka!"

"I'm going to kick your ass next time!" I giggle back.

Before I know it, Eater's eyes narrows and he gets into a fighting stance. Behind me I see Black*Star with his Katana ready.

"No!" I scream and just in the second Black*Star's sword is going to collide with Eater's scythe; I use Gravity and my speed to get there before they crash. I block Eater's and Black*Star's weapons with my scythes but it don't go as planned. My scythe which is blocking Eater's scythe doesn't hold under the pressure, my scythe breaks and nothing stands between me and Eater's scythe. Eater's red eyes are wide when his scythe hits me and surprisingly, I'm not dead. His attack didn't even take any HP from me. How is this possibly?

"You idiot!" Black*Star yells. "What are you doing jumping in front of Eater! Don't you know who he is?!"

"Shut up Black*Star!" I yell back and Eater immediately removes his scythe from within me. He offers me his hand and helps me up on my feet. "He is my friend. We are in a party. Thanks for attacking him by the way."

"Whaaaaaat?!" Black*Star yells surprised. "But he attacked you too! I saw the scythe go through you! How are you even still alive?!"

I look down at my broken scythe and shrug my shoulder.

Eater steps in and puts his hand on my shoulder. "I can explain. It is impossible to kill those you are in a party with, although, since this game is a PKer friendly, you can break your party member's weapons. That's why Maka didn't get any damage from my scythe and her scythe broke."

Black*Star nods slowly while he carefully grabs my hand and pulls me away from Eater. He is definitely afraid and suspicious. "Maka, could we talk for a moment?" Before I even have a chance to say anything, Black*Star pulls me away from Eater and he gives me a quizzical look. I shrug my shoulders showing I don't know what he wants to talk about.

When we get behind a tree Black*Star releases my hand and crosses his arms. "What the hell are you doing teaming up with him? Do you even know who he is? He is fucking Eater! He kills everyone he sees!"

I shake my head and smiles. "Nope. He doesn't. He is a good guy. I have played with him and he is really nice. You should give him a chance. I swear you will like him when you get to know him."

Black*Star shakes his head furiously. "There is no way Eater could be a nice guy? Are you crazy! Maka, he deletes people's characters. He can delete yours when he gets in the mood for it! You shouldn't be around him."

I narrow my eyes and give Black*Star a hard glare. "You will get to know him because I'm going to play with him if you like it or not. You can then leave if you don't want to play with him. I'm not going to leave him and if you ever want to play with me again, you better give him an honest chance of showing who he is."

Camellia smiles wide and wraps her arm around my shoulders. "You like him."

"Yes I do. He is a very nice guy." I honestly say.

Camellia smirks wide and nods. "Sure, because that is exactly what I meant." She says with sarcasm dripping from her mouth. "We will play with you. We will give him a chance."

Black*Star's eyes widen in shock. "What?! Heck n―" Camellia stomps on his foot and Black*Star groans out loudly. "Okay. We will give him a chance." Ah, Camellia really do know how to put Black*Star into place. I love that about her.

I smile wide. "Good."

We all return back to Eater who stands leaning on a tree waiting for us. "Sorry about that." I say and points toward Camellia and Black*Star. "Eater, these are my friends, Black*Star and Camellia. Black*Star, I think you have something to say to Eater."

Black*Star's eyes widen. "Heck n―" Camellia elbows him in his ribs and he groans loudly again. Ah, how lovely it is to see Camellia has a leash on her dog. "Sorry." Black*Star says pitifully while he rubs his rib.

Eater smiles softly and shakes his head. "Don't worry about it. None of us got hurt." Eater then grabs my hand with his half gloved one. I feel the warmth of his fingers on my hand. "That reminds me, your scythe broke." Eater then opens his menu and a little later a screen pops up in front of me. He wants to trade with me?

I nod slowly, not quite understanding what he is doing. I accept the trade and Eater starts putting things into the trade squares. "Here is a scroll. This is what I got from defeating the Kishins. I only need one so you can use the other one since you were the reason I got both of them." Then Eater starts putting new gloves, boots and gear into the trade. "And take these, they will boost you up. It is better gear than you already have."

My mouth is ajar and I don't know what to say. He gives me all of these stuffs that probably cost him a lot of gold. He is too generous. Can I even take all of this from him? "Eater." I say, surprised at finding my own voice. "I-I can't take all of this. This too much. You are too kind."

Eater shakes his head. "Don't sweat it. I broke your scythe and you deserve a new one and since we are friends, friends help each other out. I want you to have all of these. Consider it a gift from me."

I can't help but smile a little. He is really nice. He can't possibly be the same person everybody keeps talking about. He is so sweet and caring and generous. It is impossible for him to be the same person everybody keeps talking about. "Thank you, but if you ever need something please don't hesitate to ask me. You know I want to help you too."

He chuckles and we both know he won't be asking me of anything. I'm way lower than his level and I wouldn't be able to help him at all. Well, maybe as bait if ever a Kishin like the first one arises. Then I would happily help him even if I would be some kind of meat to lure the Kishin out.

"You will be the first one I ask then." He says and wraps his arm around my shoulders. "Go ahead and fix that scythe of yours. I will help you with the instructions."

I blush a bright red at the closeness between us. Shakily I open up my inventory and open up the scroll Eater gave me. He starts helping me how I will get the exact scythe I want and help me with getting the scythe as strong as it can get. The scythe I creates almost reminds me of Eater's. It has a red and black blade but it isn't zigzag pattern. Mine looks more elegant with its curvy blade and golden eyelashes on my eyes. It looks beautiful.

"Do you like it?" Eater says looking a little nervous.

"Of course I do! It is perfect! Thank you! That is very thoughtful of you!" I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him tightly. His arms then find my waist and hug me back.

"I'm glad, now put on those clothes of yours. I want to see how you look in them." Eater slowly releases me from the hug and let my arms drop from his neck. After opening up my menu and equip all of the gear he gave me, I look totally different. My skirt is blue and I'm wearing a long white sailor coat with a pink ribbon. My boots are brown with steel toes along with belts on it. My hands are covered by beautiful white gloves along with rings on my long fingers over the gloves. Looking at my avatar, I look really good. I look more powerful than I already am.

"You look really good." Eater says and his eyes are glued to my new outfit. "That gear should be able to boost your powers a lot so we should move on to more difficult monsters."

"WAIT!" Black*Star exclaims. I'm pretty surprised he managed to keep quiet this whole time. "Who made you the leader? I'm the leader!"

I roll my eyes. "Black*Star. He is stronger than you, he has played this game longer than you and he is smarter than you. Of course he will be calling the shots. Zip it or I won't give you a party invitation."

Black*Star growls a little in the back of his throat before he accepts the terms and I give both him and Camellia and invitation.

It will be difficult for Black*Star to adjust to the change with Eater in our group, but I'm sure him and Eater will be good friends. That is what I'm hoping for.