Thank you all for your comments! :3 i haven't updated because the last few weeks of school has been approaching. (yikes!) so I've been busy with homework as of late. Please wish me luck and enjoy this chapter of After Spartoi! XD
Emmie sat eating her sandwich, eyeing D.K. She felt that he wasn't giving them a friendly welcome...
He was spying on them. Why and for who she didn't know.
"So when did you join the EAT class D.K.?" Jamie asked, making polite conversation.
"I actually joined quite recently, last month," D.K. Said calmly, he wanted for lunch to be over; he was getting tired Emmie staring at him so harshly. He chewed thoughtfully on the crackers that came with his soup, he'd been hoping they'd be training, but apparently they'd just had to eat. He needed ti see the full extent of their abilities.
He put a smile on and continued with his act. "So, how are you enjoying your time in Shibusen's EAT class?"
"I think it's really interesting, learning battle strategies and about Kishins," Jamie replied.
"I like learning more about how to deal with possible enemies," Emmie looked at D.K. pointedly. "Don't you K.D.?"
"D.K., I'm not instant dinner," D.K. Said glaring right back at Emmie. Sparks flew between the two.
"Okay, why don't we all go get ready for afternoon classes?" Jamie said, trying to stop them from getting violent. "Come on Emmie." he continued, dragging Emmie away from the table; her sandwich hanging in her mouth.
Before they disappeared out the doors Emmie made a "I'm watching you" gesture at D.K.
D.K. Sighed, putting his head down on the table. Perhaps this wasn't going to be as easy as he'd thought.
Line Break!
"One, two, three!" Emmie said to herself as she stretch out her limbs, preparing for sparing and martial arts practice. As good as she was, she still needed to be careful about pulling a muscle.
"You think we're ready for this?" Jamie asked, he was stretching as well; following his partners example.
"I've been training pretty harshly since the beginning of the semester, you'll do pretty well," Emmie said. She was confident that her meister could at least put up a good fight before going down. "Is it going to be pair battles or one on one?"
"Both, you can choose," D.K. Interjected. He'd come up behind Emmie without her noticing.
Emmie flipped her out of her face and huffed. "Don't sneak up on people wannabe."
"Wannabe? What do you me-"
"Yosh! Please gather over everyone!" Tsubaki called form the other side of the gym. Emmie ignored D.K.'s question and walked away.
"I'm sure you all have some battle experience by now so we'll get right to the fights!" Blackstar said enthusiastically.
Emmie muttered something about "blue monkey" under her breath. Jamie chuckled at this.
"Okay, those who would like to battle in pairs, please follow me," Tsubaki said, about half the pairs of students left with her.
"We aren't sparing together?" Jamie asked when Emmie didn't move.
"No, i fight better by myself. And you could use the combat experience."
Jamie looked around at his intimidating classmates.
"Are you sure?" He squeaked out.
Blackstar pointed to him suddenly. "You first skinny!"
"Huh?!" Jamie panicked as he was shoved onto the mats. He stood in front of opponent, a 5'11 boy with brown hair.
"Yo, I'm Shiro, mesiter. You ready for this newbie?" Shiro asked as he tightened his fingerless gloves.
"Not really," Jamie said. He rubbed his temples, why was he always in these situations?
"You know the rules, the first one to step off the mat loses!" Blackstar yelled out. "Ready... Go!"
The crowd cheered as Shiro made the first move.
Jamie ducked as a punch came close to his face, he moved side ways and brought his fists up in a block position.
Shiro turned and struck again. Jamie blocked with little difficulty. He continued to dodge and block for another few moves.
"What, don't know how to attack?" Shiro asked in a taunting voice. "This is too easy."
"No, I'm just waiting," Jamie said as he quickly dodge again. This time he didn't just dodge to the side, he manoeuvred around to Shiro's back side and got him the lower back.
"Guh!" Shiro turned and struck back at him, but Jamie had already moved out of range.
'Shiro is good, but his punches aren't as fast as Emmie's' Jamie thought as he ducked and weaved through Shiro's punches. He ducked again and brought a punch up to Shiro's chest. Shiro made an "oof!" sound and clutched his breathless lungs.
Jamie took this opportunity to make a punch to Shiro's temple. Shiro stumbled and tripped on a snag in the mat's material. He fell backwards and landed off the mat.
Everyone was silent for a moment, the Jamie spoke.
"I won?" Jamie asked in a confused voice. His fists were still raised, waiting to keep going.
"He won?!" Emmie was even more astonished than her partner.
"He won!" Blackstar yelled. The other students began cheering as well. Congratulating the newbie on beating a seasoned meister.
Shiro's red haired partner went over to him and poked at him. "You okay?"
"I'm fine Aria," Was Shiro's grumbled response. (note: lotuswolf95, your characters ave been introduced properly!)
"Wow," Emmie said as Jamie came over for his water bottle. "You completely annihilated him."
"I'm surprised too," Jamie said. He gulped down large amounts of sweet water.
D.K. Watched from afar, writing down the information about Jamie he'd collected.
'Incredible, is he really a freshman?' D.K. Tapped his chin with his pen thoughtfully. Jamie obviously had a huge amount of potential as a meister. 'Just how strong will he get?'
"Emmie! It's your turn, show us what ya got!" Blackstar shouted at Emmie.
Emmie groaned. "Do have to?"
"Yes!"
"Come on, i did it," Jamie said encouragingly. "If i can, then you definitely can."
"Fine, have my water ready," Emmie gave in, shuffling to the mat where a ginger boy waited.
"H-hi, i-i'm Daniel," He stuttered, brushing his shaggy bangs out of the way. His eyes never meeting Emmie's. "Please t-to meet y-you. A-aren't you a w-weapon? Why a-are you f-fighting solo?"
"Yes, but i fight better by myself," Emmie shrugged at his eye brow raising.
"Ready! Set! Go~!" The moment Blackstar said so, Emmie rushed Daniel.
She swung her bald up fist at his chest. Daniel moved in time to block by grabbing her hand and redirecting the punch. Emmie used the centrifugal force of her punch to twist and kick at him. Daniel did an impossible back bend and avoided her foot.
"What the?" Emmie gasped as Daniel flipped again and again to put distance between them. He stopped, his bangs hiding his eyes.
"Go Daniel!" A short brown haired girl yelled from the crowd. The crowd also began cheering, but half were for Emmie.
"Tch, what's with this guy?" Emmie muttered to herself. Daniel's movements were different now, his limbs bent a moved like they had no bones in them. As he ran towards Emmie the wind blew his bangs out of the way and Emmie noticed what he was doing.
"Hey! His eyes are closed!" Emmie blocked a loose arm attack from Daniel, his eyes still shut tight. "What the hell!?"
Jamie watched his partner, it was weird to see her have difficulty in a fight. Even stranger was the fact that her opponent's eyes were closed; and yet he moved as though he could see her.
"Daniel's fighting style is special," Blackstar said, he was standing next to Jamie now. "He listens for the sound of his opponent's movement then attacks."
"He listens?"
"Yup, he has the best hearing in Shibusen. He uses the style because he doesn't like looking people in the eye, so this "closed eye" style works perfectly."
"Cool..." Jamie said. He was amazed at the different meisters and their abilities. It made him just a little jealous. 'I can't wait to get stronger.'
"Wait, how does he move like that?" Jamie watched as Daniel bent in an impossible angle to avoid Emmie punches.
"He's double jointed."
"Oh, that's kind of weird."
"Why. Won't. You. Stay. Still!?" Emmie yelled at Daniel as he avoided her once again. She hadn't gotten a decent hit in at all! 'Stupid rubber man! Okay, calm down and think, how is he avoiding my attacks?'
Emmie observed Daniel closer as she continued her assault of kicks and punches. She noticed when she moved his ears would shift their position, then he'd attack.
'So he listens for me to move my feet on the floor and then he attacks!' Emmie had figured it out, now it was time for a counter attack!
"Emmie's figured it out," Blackstar stated as Emmie froze on the mat. Jamie watched closely, ignoring the sounds of the other students cheering. "Daniel is in trouble now."
Emmie ceased her movements, steadied her breathing; even her hair was still. She watched carefully as Daniel got confused, noticing that his target had disappeared. Now was the time to strike. Emmie high into the air, right above the unsuspecting Daniel. She pulled her feet together and let gravity take care of the rest. Her feet hit him right in the back, Daniel fell and made a very undignified whimper as he lay there rubbing his back.
"I-i give up," He said weakly.
The other students cheered as Emmie sauntered off the mat, she'd won by forfeit.
"Good job," Jamie congratulated Emmie. He handed her her water bottle. She guzzled it, mildly exhausted from her strange fight.
"Thanks."
"Ha ha ha ha! To be expected of you Emmie!" Blackstar said whacking her on the back. Emmie coughed and sputtered on her water.
"Don't do that!" She choked out. "You could kill coff! Someone!"
Line Break!
"Ding dong! Dead dong!" The bell tolled, the end of the school day had finally come.
D.K. Waited for Emmie and Jamie to emerge from the locker rooms. He fingered the one earring on his left ear, a blue and gold clasp. He'd gotten it earlier that day, so it was a little itchy. A pair of girls passed by, giggling. He flashed them a smile and heard them cry out "Kawai!" as they ran away laughing.
D.K. Chuckled to himself. He was glad that he'd collected information in this manner, it meant he got to interact with people. Though he was done now, and he was ready to take Emmie and Jamie to see his higher ups.
Finally Jamie came out of the boys locker room. D.K. Approached him, a smile on his face. "Hello Jamie, impressive fighting today."
"Ah, thank you," Jamie replied, happy that other people thought he'd done well. "I owe it to the training Emmie's been giving me."
"Yes, speaking of which..." D.K. Trailed off as Emmie walked out of the girls locker room. D.K.'s smile slipped for a moment, then appeared again. "Emmie! Perfect, now that your both here, we can go."
"Go where?" Emmie said, hardening her gaze.
"I've been told to take you to see some people, they'd like discuss your recent..." D.K. Paused, searching for the right word. "Activities."
Jamie stiffened, Emmie frowned. They both knew what D.K. meant.
"How much do you know?" Emmie asked carefully.
D.K. smiled. "I know everything."
He turned and began walking, gesturing for Emmie and Jamie to follow. Emmie looked at Jamie and Jamie looked at her. They followed because they didn't have any other choice.
They followed D.K. to the centre of the school, climbing winding halls and stair ways. As they went, the amount of students decreased and altogether disappeared. D.K. stopped in front of a small stair case leading to an odd door. The door had a large skull positioned in the middle and metal plate speaking it's name.
"Wait, this is-"
"Death's room," Jamie finished Emmie sentence.
"Yes it is," D.K. said calmly. He walked up to the death's room door and grasped the handle. "And death is expecting you."
He cracked open the door, light spilling into the dim hallway. Jamie gulped and Emmie grit her teeth.
D.K. held the door open and ushered them inside. Jamie stood there, fascinated by the room they'd stepped into. There weren't any walls, just a floor and a seemingly endless dirt area surrounding them. The sky was filled with small clouds and crosses littered the ground, sticking up at odd angles.
A single black cloaked figure stood in front of a full length mirror placed at the end of the flooring. The figure turned and revealed a man with three white half stripes on the left side of his head. His eyes were gold, boring into Emmie and Jamie.
Jamie paled, but Emmie simply walk forwards to the man. She cleared her throat and flipped her hair away.
"Hello kid, nice see you again."
And D.T.K. Enters the story! 3 (yay!) I've been waiting to introduce another one of the original soul eater characters in the story, I'm happy things have finally allowed Kidd to enter. I got a question earlier about who D.K.'s mom is and since it'll be a little while before she shows up I'll say now.
It's liz.
I like the kidd/liz pairing a lot. So that's what happened. Lotuswolf95, sorry for making your OC lose, but it's a sacrifice to move the story line forwards. I hope that you've all enjoyed After Spartoi up to now, and I'm pleased greatly by the comments you guys leave. Please follow and favourite!