Chapter 11: The New Meister

Kai stood on the courtyard looking at over Death City as the cool breeze in the night blew across his face. The only people he ever saw now were Soul and Maka. He was ashamed of his brief madness, why did it have to come out then with Kid watching. They had all invited him to come hang out at their houses but Kai didn't feel welcome with them anymore, he was the son of two powerful kishin eggs, their madness ran in his blood, and how was he going to protect his friends, especially Maka, if every time he tried to make his blood resonate with the blood in his sword, the chance that his parents would come out. His thoughts where broken when he heard movement behind him.

"Who's there?" Kai asked turning his arm into a katana blade, not risking using his legacy katana.

"Don't worry, it's only me." A girls voice said. The sound of her voice was music to Kai's ears, and it always calmed him down. Maka stepped out from behind a tree and smiled at him.

"Oh, Maka, I didn't know you were there." Kai said, his voice filled with sorrow.

"Don't worry Kai," Maka grinned, she ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him. "Nobody is mad at you anymore, they realized you can't have any control over your madness, it's like professor Stein, and Lord Death even explained to us how the blood resonance works." Maka stated, hoping that Kai would be happy about this.

"Did Lord Death tell you know." Kai grinned, Maka was happy to see his smile again, it had been so long since he smiled. "Tell me how does it work then." Kai challenged, waiting to hear her tell him about it.

"Easy, The blood in your sword reacts to the blood in your veins, and it can only react and increase your wavelength through actual contact on the blood, which is why you cut yourself to use it." Maka grinned, knowing she hit it dead on the nose.

"You really are a giant know it all like Soul said." Kai teased.

"I am Not!" Maka defended trying to pretend to be angry with him, but it wasn't working.

"Yes you are," Kai continued as he moved closer to Maka's face, his lips brushed against hers as he whispered, "But I like you being a know it all..." he finished. Maka's face turned red and she turned his head towards hers and pulled him into a kiss.

"Maka,get away from him." A voice came from behind, Kai and Maka turned to see who this person was, and saw Spirit looking at them, and he was very upset.

"Dad, I'm not leaving I just got here, and he needs me right now." She argued with her father.

"I said, GET AWAY!" the Death Scythe yelled at his daughter with a new harshness. Kai was shocked by the sudden change in his voice. He had never raised his voice at Maka that way before, and whats worse, he made scythe blades appear coming out of his back and arms.

"Easy Death Scythe, I'm not the enemy." Kai tried to calm him down.

"Yea, Kai hasn't done anything wrong!" Maka jumped in as she entwined her fingers into Kai's.

"Yes, he has, he didn't have to use his power and he did anyway,he's dangerous!" Spirit retorted, getting even more furious than he already was by Maka's defiance.

"You don't know anything about what I had to do!" Kai yelled back. He released Maka's hand and drew his legacy katana and turned his free hand into a blade.

"You dear take up arms against me!" Spirit threatened, making his scythe blades grow even bigger.

Kai could see the anger in his eyes and put his weapon away and reverted his blade back into his arm. The death scythe still held his blades out.

"Maka, I think it'd be best if you leave..." Kai responded regretfully. Maka looked at him with concern but realized he was probably right, even if she didn't like it, she knew it had to be done.

"I hate you..." she muttered to Spirit as she passed him. Spirit had a look of regret in his eyes now, his daughter cared a lot about this boy, and saying she hated him hurt him even more.

After Maka was gone Spirit put his blades away.

"I'm sorry Kai, but your dangerous, and as her father I need to look out for her best interests." Spirit explained.

"Well clearly it wasn't her best interest, and I'm only dangerous when...he comes out..." Kai responded his tone immediately dropping down to a sad tone.

"So you quit trying to call it on your parents?" Spirit asked.

"No it's still them, but the body is mine, and that is a whole other person as far as I'm concerned..." Kai explained. He knew their wasn't anyway to stop it from happening when he used it, he just needed to learn to control it better, and to keep this demon contained.

"I see well Lord Death and Mifune may have found a solution to your problem."Spirit informed him, "One that might help to keep your wavelength in check when you react with your family lineage inside that Katana of yours."

Kai was confused by his statement. There was a way to keep his wavelength from allowing his blood to access his parents dormant blood inside his sword. Spirit motioned for Kai to follow him and led him to the Death Room. On the raised platform where the grim reaper was he saw three people and fourth behind Lord Death.

"Hello Lord Death, Mifune, Stein, and Ms. Marie, it's been a long while." Kai smiled at the sweet and calm teacher. Kai hadn't seen her since he was still taking private classes with Stein as she periodically came to visit him.

"Hello Kai," Marie smiled at him, she was never mad at him, even now she wasn't. Kai was relieved to have someone who knew what happened , not be upset,or scared, or angry at him. Sure Maka said the others where over it, it had been a week since it happened but Kai didn't feel like showing up and bringing back those memories.

"Have you been more social lately?" She asked, remembering how quite he was with her when she first came to Stein the first couple times when he was training him in fighting with his wavelength.

"He's been very social lately,"Stein answered for him, "He even got Maka Albarn for a girlfriend now, much to spirit's dismay." Stein turned to look at the death scythe and smiled, and he recieved a growl in return. He didn't like Maka dating in the first place but now it was a matter of safety.

"Wow, you two must be really happy about each other." Marie continued to smile at him, happy that he had gotten to be that close with someone.

"Kai we have someone here for you to meet." Lord Death said happy about what was to come.

"Oh and who's that?" Kai wondered trying to peer behind the Grim Reaper.

A girl the same age as Kai came out behind Lord Death. She had jet black hair that came down just past her shoulder. Her eyes where a light blue colour and they seemed to sparkle slightly in the light of the room. She wore a black t-shirt that had a grey grim reaper mask on the back. On her right hand was a red finger less glove with white straps that ran half way up her arm. On her other wrist was a checkered bracelet and a small fingerless glove of the same colour. Her shorts where dark blue in colour and had two chains attached to the waist of her shorts in the same way Kai had his attached. She had mid calf boots on that were black with red laces.

"Hi, My names is Bella Tulish, I'm a sword meister, and apparently your new partner. " The new girl introduced herself. "What's your name?" she asked.

Oh...um...I'm Kai..." He said slipping back into his old habit of being anti-social with people he hadn't met before.

"Nice to meet you Kai, you have a last name?" Bella asked, Kai stayed quiet not wanting to speak with this new girl. "Come on Kai, if we're gonna be working together I want to know as much about you as I can." She explained, instantly picking up on a social issue he had with people.

"Oh...I, haven't gone by it for a long time though..."Kai explained, trying not to brand himself by the name of his parents. Bella just stared at him smiling waiting for him to answer, as was everybody in the room, none of them had heard Kai's last name.

"Please, tell me?" Bella asked again, Kai was beginning to feel uneasy and decided it was better to just answer the question now since she wasn't going to relent.

"Fine...My name is Kai Vesania..." Kai finally answered. Everyone smiled upon learning his last name, this wasn't something that he wanted to give anyone, but his new partner insisted.

"Well it's my pleasure to meet you Kai Vesania." Bella smiled at him, she extended her hand out tohim, he immediately extended his and the two partners shook hands.

"Splendid, I think this will work out perfectly!" Lord Death yelled cheerfully, he was happy that these two got along, him and Mifune had a lot of trouble finding someone like her, and then had to contact Marie to bring her in.

"Ms. Tulish, I'm Mifune, Kai's master, were you filled in on what he is and his abilities?" Mifune asked,

hoping that the question wouldn't upset his apprentice, he looked over and Kai just nodded at him, knowing the question needed to be asked.

"About how he's a weapon that becomes a katana, how he can use his blood as a weapon to amplify his wavelength by himself, and that his wavelength can allow his blood to communicate with the blood in the blade of his sword to allow him his dormant ancestors powers in his blood to be used." Bella stated as if she was already an expert on the subject.

"Yes that's it, and you know what can happen if he is fighting by himself and uses that ability?" Mifune asked again.

"Yup, he goes bat shit crazy because of his parents madness that remained in their blood that lays dormant in the sword." She smiled as if it wasn't anything to worry about, "Which is why you want me here, to both use him as a weapon as per regulation, and when he is fighting by himself to use my anti-madness wavelength to counter act his parents dormant madness. Ms. Marie told me all I needed to know." She said cheerfully.

"Excellent," Mifune turned to Kai, "Now you must allow her to use you as a weapon do you understand? You can attack with your wavelength and your sword, and all she has is you. I know you like fighting with an actual sword but you must, no matter what allow her to use you." Mifune said, making himself as clear as possible.

"Ok Master, I understand, mind you I will want to fight by myself sometimes." Kai responded.

"We've accounted for that," Stein began to speak up, "We are having Joe Buttaki create a special gauntlet for you both to use soul resonance through even if your both in human form. And we're also getting Bella her own sword to fight with when you decide you want to practice your own fighting skills or use blood resonance." Stein finished.

"Sounds good to me, I can dual wield then." Bella said in a happy tone. She turned and smiled at her new powerful partner, happy that she can be his meister. Kai smiled back, happy that she was gonna use him and help him from cancelling out his parents madness.

"Alright then, off you go to your rooms now, tomorrow might be Saturday but I want you two to get out and get to know each other better, how about a shopping trip?" Lord Death suggested.

"NO!" Kai yelled without hesitation, everyone just stared at him wondering why he was so quick to decline. They waited for him to explain but they figured they weren't going to get one.

"We will be going to Maka and Soul's apartment tomorrow to hang out with everyone instead." Kai began, now that he had someone to keep him from unleashing the demon in his blood he was eager to see everybody again. He turned to look at Spirit, "If that's ok with you, of course." Kai asked.

"As long as she's with you until you are strong enough to hold it back yourself you can see my daughter." Spirit smiled. Kai was over joyed by his answer and with that the meister and weapon left the Death Room.

"Wow your letting him be with Maka again, that's a big step." Marie said to Spirit.

"Yea, well, she likes him a lot. And he's not a bad kid but he just needs to practice keeping his blood line in check." Spirit responded.

"Do you think this equalizer idea will work?" Stein asked Lord Death. Mifune turned to the two wanting to know what the Grim Reaper thought of this plan.

"I think it'll work perfectly!" Lord Death responded in a happy tone. Mifune and Stein were both satisfied with the answer. Mifune walked off ahead and Stein had asked Marie if she wanted to go and get some dinner out.

In The Dorm

Kai and Bella walked into the room that they both had now shared with Angela. The little witch was asleep on the couch with a bowl of candy she was eating spilled out on to the floor. Kai and Bella laughed at the little witch for falling asleep, Kai scooped her up and tucked her into her bed while Bella picked up the candies. The two returned to the couch and sat down.

"So your not afraid of me?" Kai asked, hoping that for once somebody wouldn't say they were scared of him, even if Maka, Marie, Mifune, Angela, and Lord Death weren't.

"Of course not, I think being your partner will be a fun challenge for us both, then you can become a Death Scythe like Spirit." Bella responded happy Kai was holding a conversation with her.

"Oh nice, well I'm happy you aren't afraid of me." Kai smiled back.

"Are your friends scared of you." Bella asked, curious as to if that was why he asked.

"Well Maka and Soul never were, Crona is always afraid of something, and everyone else has apparently gotten over it. I just didn't feel comfortable about being around them to much in case I slipped into demon Kai mode." Kai explained.

"You named your crazy self Demon Kai?" Bella laughed, Kai just laughed back not knowing what to say after that.

Bella kicked her legs up onto the coffee table and let herself sink into the couch slightly. "So you excited to see your friends again?" she asked turning and looking at him.

"Yes I am, Maka has been coming to see me, and Soul has to sometimes." Kai smiled as he thought about Maka visiting him when he was upset. Now he felt confident enough to hang out with everybody again.

"Are you and this Maka girl close?" Bella asked, winking at Kai as if to imply something.

"Well she is my girlfriend, so yea we are very close." Kai laughe. Bella's eyes lit up with joy to hear that Kai had a girlfriend, she had hoped he was close with somebody before she got there.

"Well then I really can't wait to meet her and your other friends." Bella smiled at Kai. Kai was over joyed to hear that she wanted to meet his friends and not want to do something else with him. He could already tell that him and Bella would make a great team.

"I can't wait either, I'm sure they'll like you." Kai responded as he returned a smile to Bella. After a couple more minutes of small talk the two retired to their respective rooms in the dorm for the night.

Kai couldn't sleep though, he was excited to see Maka, Soul, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, and even Balck*Star to his surprise.

"Tomorrow is gonna be great..." Kai said to himself, and he slowly drifted to sleep.