"What should we do today class? Oh I know how about we do another dissection class?" Sadistically, Stein smirks at his students.
"Yeah uh doctor Stein, if I could point something out ever since you've become our teacher all we've done, is dissect animals every day." Maka sighs complaining to him.
"Oh but you see Maka today will be different this time our specimen will be infinitely more interesting than a mouse or a frog." Eagerly, Stein assures her.
"Huh?" Confused, the class furrows their brow at the steel cage before them being rolled before them.
"Are you ready for it? Today we will be poking into the insides of this little guy here, a rare species of cookoo endangered I believe." Snickering, Stein smirks eerily, his glasses gleaming at the sight of the frightened bird.
"Dissect an endangered species!?" Scared, the crowd chorus fearful of the prospect.
"Um doctor Stein I don't think we can dissect that it's really rare nearly extinct you know?" Politely, Maka points out.
"Heh, all the more reason to dissect one if the entire species dies off." Smugly, Stein reasons.
"He's seriously crazy he must be insane!" Maka thinks internally.
"Tsubaki, Maka why don't I see Soul or Blackstar up there with you? Are they planning to come to class?" Stein calls out to the two.
"They're probably skipping…again." Annoyed, Maka huffs glaring to the side.
"Those two idiots are hopeless. Geez if those two want to be together so much maybe they should be partners. Huh, what do you think?" Maka chuckles under her breath.
"No that could never happen! You hear me? Never, never, never!" Panicked, Tsubaki screeches grabbing hold of Maka shaking her left and right only to falter when seeing all eyes on them both.
"I guess they'll miss out on the excitement. I'm sure you're all aware by now but a new and very interesting student will be joining our class today…" Stein smirks slyly.
"The toilet paper is folded neatly into a triangle. Absolutely perfect and every frame along the wall is aligned exactly with the ground. Absolutely perfect, the candles to the left have burned down to the exact same height as the ones on the right. Heh…absolutely perfect." Mesmerized, Kid gushes in awe of his work.
"Balance between left and right perfect symmetry that is what is most important in this world. Now I suppose it's time for school. Liz, Patty let's go." Sternly, Kid exclaims as they leave the manor.
"Now you're suddenly in a big rush to go? What's the point in hurrying we're already three hours late…" Liz huffs crossing her arms over her chest scowling at Kid. The trio then head to the school.
"LISTEN UP! There's someone who must be assassinated by the great Blackstar. Right now at Death Weapon Meister Academy, one rumor stands out from the rest. They say the son of Lord Death and Lady Ava has enrolled. Everyone is talking about the new guy instead of focusing on me. I'll have to kill him." Determined, Blackstar declares shouting, screaming to the high heavens, hands on his hips as he stands outside the school.
"Clearly. It's a good thing you've got your priority straight." Soul remarks slumped against the snow-white pillar of the school building. They stand in the entrance of the academy.
"When the crap is that damn kid getting here anyway!? I've been waiting around here for three hours." Impatiently, Blackstar seethes cursing to the high heavens.
"Would you look at us now first on the streets and yet here we are enrolled at the academy. We've come a long way haven't we Patty?" Liz remarks glancing over at her sister, gushing, looking all over the campus as they make their way up the stone steps towards the entranceway of the building.
"Yes it's going to be freaking awesome!" Patty squeals giddy.
"Haven't you seen such a beautiful building? Look at father's school and be in awe of its magnificence…perfectly balance, perfectly symmetrical!" In awe, Kid gushes of the symmetry of the building.
"Hey…are you the new kid we've been hearing so much about?" Casually, the voice calls out.
"This is my first day, are you here to show me around?" Kid asks him.
"Heheh, you show up three hours late and you think I'm giving you a tour. If you had been here at 7 you could have looked around yourself." Soul tells him as his yellows dilate.
"What's that? What did you say? 7? No it can't be seven say eight dammit! Eight is better!" Enraged, he roars at Soul.
"Huh?" Soul exclaims.
"It's physically impossible to cut the number seven in half and make it symmetrical it has to be 8 instead, 8 cut horizontally or vertically stays perfectly symmetrical. Take it back I beg of you! Just say 8 please! Please! Please! Please!" Panicking, Kid tells him, swirls spiraling in his eyes before he comes crashing down to his knees, begging, whimpering, whispering, beseeching for him to correct himself.
"Uh…dude is there something wrong with you?" Lost, Soul furrows his brow at him.
"Yes. He's absolutely insane." Liz sighs.
"Yahoo! No one is permitted to take attention away from me!" Blackstar continues.
"What is that?" Liz exclaims.
"I don't care who you are! It doesn't matter to me that you're the son of death or lady Ava!" Angrily, Blackstar declares.
"Is that a monkey?" Liz's blues narrow up at the boy perched upon the spike.
"I'll kill you anyway!" He roars.
"Definitely a monkey." Liz nods her head concluding it.
"That's right I'll kill you today then there will be rumors about me." Blackstar exclaims.
"Look up there kid that thing is yelling something at you. Not sure what though." Liz points out to the kid slumped on the ground.
"Huh?" Kid looks up at the figure.
"Blackstar is great, Blackstar is the greatest assassin to ever live how does that sound new kid? Are you scared yet? WAAAHHH!" Blackstar rants as suddenly the sharp spike Blackstar perched upon, cracks and the figure comes crashing down.
"AAHHAHHH!" Horrified, Kid cries out in disdain at the sight.
"Face it kid I'm much too big of a guy for you to handle and you know it. Do you see how the very ground shakes beneath my feet?" Blackstar appears before them.
"Look at what you did it's not symmetrical anymore you jerk!" Seething, Kid snarls.
"Urgh nice now you done it." Liz sighs.
"Are you ready for this? I'm going to give you a taste of my Blackstar assassin skills!" Boastfully, Blackstar declares.
"It's not an assassination if you've been seen idiot." Soul sighs at him.
"You are a disgusting pig. Are you so eager to risk your soul that you'll pick a fight with a grim reaper? Liz, Patty Weapon forms, Medea stay far back okay? I'll end this quickly." Kid dictates, calling out to her, his gold glaring at the meister before him and the weapon behind him.
"Riight!" Patty smiles transforming into a gun.
"We've done nothing but fight since we got off the streets. I could use a break." Liz huffs as she joins her sister.
"If you want to fight then let's do it. Come on Soul." Blackstar calls out to him.
"You're the one looking for a fight Blackstar not me. I'll play along but I'm warning you new guy if we do this you'll lose." Soul warns him.
"Damn straight we're gonna make one badass team together!" Blackstar bellows.
"Let's go." Unfazed, Kid responds, his gold narrowing ready for the battle to begin…
"Doctor Stein it's Soul and Blackstar they're fighting someone outside!" Stunned, the crowd calls out to the teacher mid dissection fortunately having not cut into the bird just yet as he hears the news.
"Excuse me doctor Stein there's a rule about two meisters fighting on Campus. It states for the duel to continue there must be a professor there to witness it." Confidently, Maka stands up from her seat reminding Stein of said rule.
"I hate to stop here but it can't be helped. We'll have to postpone the dissection as Soul ad Blackstar's partners Maka and Tsubaki come along with me. Everyone else study something." Deflated, Stein sighs bummed out as he gets on his stitched seat rolling towards the door calling out to the children complying and following him out of class, leaving the scared bird restrained to the desk.
"We can't even get close to the guy!" Blackstar scowls as he and Soul narrowly dodge Kid's bullets.
"What's that? You're looking for a more up-close and personal fight? Fine by me." Mad, Kid scowls leaping high into the air, raising his leg into the air and slamming it down on Blackstar who blocks with his arm.
"Dammit!" Blackstar scowls.
"What the hell!?" Soul frowns when he darts at Blackstar, his arm a scythe blade trying to slash at him only to gasp when one of Kid's guns is pressed against Soul's stomach.
"Aurghh! Oh man that hurt really, really bad!" Blood spews out of his torso as Soul comes crashing down, crimson spewing out of his stomach…
"Did you think a pair of normal pistols would be enough for a grim reaper? We aren't like regular guns that shoot bullets we shoot compressed wavelengths of our meisters soul." Smugly, Liz explains through her gun at them.
"Dammit…." Soul curses holding his gut.
"How dare he go easy on us!" Blackstar seethes just as the three finally arrive on scene.
"Oh my…they probably should have picked a different opponent," Stein notes bored.
"Doctor Stein is that the boy? The one with the guns, is he the new kid everyone's been talking about so much?" Maka asks him.
"Yep. That's lord Death and lady Ava's son, Death The Kid. It was his own decision to attend the academy. But he won't be a normal student. His abilities are far greater than anyone else's here." Stein informs Maka.
"Sorry, Tsubaki Soul is going to be my new weapon now…."
"Tsubaki is something wrong?" Maka calls out snapping Tsubaki out of her thoughts.
"Oh no, it's nothing." Tightly, Tsubaki smiles.
"My dear soul seeing scythe meister Maka can I borrow you for a moment?" Politely, Stain asks her.
"Um…yeah." Dumbly, Maka nods her head, her voice cracking briefly.
"I have a special lesson in mind for you today." Stein smirks.
"Oh. Okay." Maka whispers.
"Now, now there's no reason for you to be worried. It's a very simple question. Take a look at the duel watch Kid and his twin pistols as they fight. I want you to pay particular attention to their soul wavelength." Stein tells Maka.
"Normally it's almost impossible to synch the wavelengths of two weapons like that. But the connection between all three of them is strong and very stable. And the weapons seem to share a respect for him no that's not the word admiration. Is that it?" Maka furrows her brow attempting to explains seeing the pink softs one energetically smiling, the other having a softer smile, the two pink souls looking up at the ruby red soul with white three stripes on it, his soul looking bored almost.
"Exactly correct a good observation." The twin pistols are called the Thompson sisters they grew up on the streets there lives were much harder before they met kid. It's natural they would have a strong admiration for him. The partnership works for kid too. It's good for him to be around people so different. The Thompson's laid-back attitudes have a positive influence on him by quieting his neurotic tendencies." Stein explains.
"They really do make a good team, those three." Maka smiles.
"Don't they?" Stein smirks.
"I can't even compare them to our two idiots out there." Frankly, Maka exclaims.
"Let's hurry and finish this guy off!" Blackstar tells Soul.
"It's about time…" Soul nods his head.
"For what?" Unamused, Kid frowns at the two.
"You should quake for fear of your impending death!" Blackstar bellows.
"When you say that it just makes me want to laugh." Kid counters.
"You won't be laughing when you taste our power of friendship." Soul smirks.
"That's right it's incredible. The power is beyond belief." Blackstar throws in.
"What?" Kid's yellows now.
"Let's do it." Blackstar declares.
"Yeah!" Souls body turns snow white jolting up high in the air.
"Transform!" Blackstar proclaims hands up in the air as Soul shifts into his scythe form.
"Whoa." Briefly, Kid fangirls slightly, a ruby red tint to his cheeks, sparks shimmering alongside his gold glimmering at the sight.
"That's so cool!" Patty agrees.
"I don't think they're taking this very seriously." Sighing, Liz sweatdrops.
"Come on Soul!" Blackstar bellows as the two bellow…FUSION!
Only then for the scythe's blade to impale Blackstar's head causing a geyser of ruby red to spew out of his temple.
"AHHHH!" Screeching, Blackstar bellows pained, geysers of crimson spurting out of his temple, tears in his eyes freely falling from the blade as the scythe comes crashing down hitting the floor.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU CATCH ME WITH YOUR HEAD MORON!?" Enraged, Soul snaps at him, glaring at Blackstar.
"AH! I don't know!" Blackstar argues.
"Do it right this time!" Soul demands from him as Blackstar coils his fingertips around the staff.
"Too freaking heavy! I can't pick you up!" Struggling, Blackstar winces, grimacing at the struggle unable to pry the scythe off the ground.
"I'm not heavy Maka swings me around without breaking a sweat." Soul points out confused.
"Blackstar and soul are definitely lacking in the compatible wavelength department." Maka sighs sweatdropping at the comedic sight.
"So it seems." Stein exclaims.
"Come on you stupid scythe I just need to pick you up!" Bitterly, Blackstar snaps unaware of the electricity spewing out of his open palms hitting the scythe as the struggle continues causing the strain for Blackstar's ruby red geyser to burst out once more with Soul joining, his head sprouting out of the scythe blade spewing ruby red out of his own mouth.
"What the hell are you doing hitting me with your soul wavelength!? That hurts you, idiot!" Irritated, Soul snaps at Blackstar enraged.
"Oh! My bad…" Blackstar recoils back.
"It's almost hard to watch those morons can't seem to sense each other's wavelengths at all." Maka deadpans sighing.
"Before a meister fights with his or her weapon against an opponent they need to adjust their wavelengths to each other." Stein explains to the two.
"Blackstar it's over between us." Solemnly, Soul bows his head pained.
"Wh-What exactly are you saying Soul?" Hurt, Blackstar exclaims.
"If we tried to stay together like this I'll only end up hating you. It's for the best." Soul tells him how it is.
"Hey, can I shoot them now?" Sighing, Kid questions his pistols.
"Let's wait things are starting to get good." Liz argues.
"Oh I understand but even though it's over would it be okay if we stayed friends?" Blushing, Blackstar asks hopeful, a pink hue surrounding the two sparkling, shimmering confusing and unnerving a few of the people watching.
"You idiot! Of course we'll stay friends we're going to be friends forever!" Soul scowls at him.
"Oh Soul!" Touched, Blackstar beams brightly rushing over to him in slow-motion.
"Blackstar!" Soul smiles meeting up with him in a rose field-like scene, arms out.
"Oh Soooooul!"
"Blackstaaaaar!"
"They need professional help." Maka sighs shaking her head at the two morons who are swiftly shot down.
"…Oops. Sorry, my finger slipped." Unfazed, Kid deadpans watching the two bloodied beaten figures fall flat to the ground unconscious…or so Kid had thought.
"We can't give up in the middle of a fight!" Soul shakily stands.
"You're right we're not giving up until we beat him!" Determined, Blackstar declares.
"…Kay. We'll see how well that works. Soul sighs as the two dart at the Kid, the fight continuing.
"Heh…" Smirking, Stein smirks at the fight before him.
"Mr stein are you alright?" Maka questions him.
"He fights like his mother." Fondly, Stein confesses.
"Huh…?" Confused, Maka arches a brow.
"Nothing just memories…" Stein sighs bowing his head at the memory.
"You're here again?" Frowning, the woman perched upon the top of the blade's handle furrows her brow at the young youth of Stein, the orange sunset shines down upon the boy, glaring into her bored gold, seeing the chains coiled around the blade impaled into the ground, seeing tags and seals littered all over the sword.
"I want a weapon partner." Determined, he declares making the woman lean into her open palm, a sick sadistic smirk crossing her lips.
"And I want to be on my own." Politely, she hints at the fool, her gold glaring into his own.
"I'm bringing you back no matter what!" Stubbornly, he declares making her sighs lunging her shoulders.
"Is that right? Well, let's see how well that works out for you…again." Arrogantly, she points out making him seethe scowling, diving at her only for his eyes to widen when he meets her plush palm as a sudden sharp static spews out of her hands making him scream to the high heavens before he knew it as with one swift strike, he is flung backward far from the sealing grounds…
"Let's see how you take a taste of my soulwaves…" Stein snaps out of his thoughts when watching Kid easily overpower Blackstar.
"Blackstar's specialty is martial arts but Kid is just playing with him." Maka notes furrowing her brow as he easily dodges Blackstar's strikes alongside blocking Soul's strikes with his guns.
"You're as slow as you are stupid." Kid sneers scowling at the two.
"Like mother like son…." Internally, Stein notes furrowing his greens at the memories resurfacing…
"Back again I see." Sighing, she furrows her brow at the boy before her battered, bloodied beaten making her arch a brow amused almost, her golds gleaming glinting at the sight.
"I'm taking that damn blade whether you like it or not." Panting, he heaves earning a sickening snicker from the woman.
"Heh, careful glasses your madness is showing…" Cheekily, she points out making his green glare at her as before the boy could even progress it all, he was swiftly slammed to the beyond…
"And now it's time to see the power of a grim reaper…let's go soul resonance!" Kid's voice snaps Stein out of his thoughts intrigued to see said attack.
"Huh? It looks like their souls have begun to expand!" Maka gasps when seeing the bright blue ball of energy swam the kid and his guns as he levitates up slightly in the air, coal-black ghouls swarming around him trying to break through the barrier almost before dying out from the sheer power of his soul.
"Now they're showing off their true strength," Stein notes the three stripes marked on the soul.
"Okay let's see what you got!" Soul smirks.
"Reaper smeeper bring it on!" Blackstar encourages.
"Execution mode ready…prepare to die." Kid whispers icily as he lands on his knees, his guns engulfing his hands and arms turning them into canons with sharp spikes of black sprouting from his arms.
"Um…I don't like the looks of that…" Scared, Soul points out.
"Come on what are you going to do little man? I've swatted flies scarier than you so there hahah!" Unfazed, Blackstar cackles as the canons charge…
"Resonance stable, noise point zero three percent…"
"Black needle soul length fully charged!"
"Preparing to fire feedback in four seconds…" Liz's voice echoes out of the canons as ruby red skulls appear before the canons slowly charge for the attack.
"Three…"
"Two…"
"One."
"Firing now!"
"Death canon." Coldly, Kid answers as he fires his attack, causing him to recoil back briefly but his crouched position allows him to handle it as the two blasts crash down upon Soul and Blackstar crying out. The smoke clears and they lie their lifeless, bruised, bloodied, battered, granting Kid his win…
"Blackstar!" Horrified, Tsubaki rushes over to the battered, beaten, bruised assassin's side in the crater caused by Kid's cannon.
"What were those idiots thinking?" Maka tuts sighing.
"Looks like a decisive defeat." Stein swiftly lights his cigarette.
"But you can't expect anything less from the grim reaper and Lady Ava…his potential is great and far above any other meister at the academy and yet I have a feeling he still isn't showing us everything he can do." Stein stares at the back of his kid, his greens glancing into Kid's sharp gold, seeing nothing but his mother's eyes fascinated to see what other tricks he has up his sleeves.
"Lord and Lady Death's very own flesh and blood what I wouldn't give to study that one." Sinisterly, Stein smirks at the thought.
"Over my dead body do you think you're going to touch my son Stein." Icily, the harsh click of heels echoes as to Maka's surprise, she notes the sharp scowl from Stein at the voice, feeling the cold glare of Ava on him, practically pinning him down.
"Look who finally decided to visit." Stein sighs turning to the woman.
"I had heard a commotion. Tch, I wish he wouldn't make such scenes. Death The Kid!" Sighing, Ava grumbles exasperation laced in her tone as she then walks over to his side, sternly scowling at him.
"Oh hello mother." Politely, Kid greets his mother who crosses her arms over her chest.
"Not only are you more than three hours late to lesson but you nearly blow up your father's entrance. I thought you were all about balance and symmetry." Scowling, she furrows her brow at her son.
"I am mother those miscreants discredited this holy place." Disgusted, he sneers scowling at both Blackstar and Soul.
"Right…and you think destroying more of it would help." Ava argues placing her hand on her hip.
"They discredited symmetry mother…" Whining, Kid argues making Ava's eye twitch.
"And you thought to use that much power on these kids? Look at them Kid it's clear they have no clue what symmetry even is!" She gestures over to the two boys being helped up.
"You do make a point I mean why has he tattoo star tattoo on his right while not on the left? Not to mention his weapon having only one star on her left breast as well. I'm not even going to mention that scythe's…" Thoughtfully, Kid notes going on a tangent making Ava sigh at her son seeing the swirls spiral in his eyes.
"And you still think it proper to bring out your death canons over something so simple?" Gently, Ava points out, taking her son's hands feeling them fidget, trying to stop them from scraping his head making Kid flinch from her words, snapping out of his thoughts.
"I…apologies I got carried away." Kid bows his head.
"You can apologise to your father. This is his building, need I remind you." Softly, she smiles at her son.
"You need not to." Kid bows pouting as she smirks placing her hand on his head only then to falter when noting his gold gaze up at his fringe, dread flows between them both.
"Kid don't you…oh come on!" Fuming, Ava begins only to falter when she notes her son's gold meet her own. The two both gaze up at his fringe strands, the two of them freezing knowing full well…sighing, Ava slumps her shoulders as crimson spews out of his mouth smearing on her face but to the surprise of the others, she doesn't seem affected by it almost adjusted to it. She sighs, stopping her yelling to pick him up bridal style.
"What happened to him?" Stein questions her.
"Not much just a little cut." She sighs.
"What got cut?" Stein frowns.
"His hair…" Ava answers.
"His hair?" Stein furrows his brow as she exhales tiredly.
"Kid measures his hair every single strand, he has a book measuring each and every strand. I'm just glad it didn't hit the stripes he would be crying for months…" Ava confesses her grip tightening on her son, a part of her feeling guilty for shouting at him but sometimes she had to do it to get it through to that thick skull of his. A trait she sadly had passed onto her baby boy.
"And you sure I can't dissect your son's brain?" Stein asks rolling over pleading, begging, making her eye twitch.
"Hey, my son is entitled to have his little quirks, they are what make him special and unique. He is as normal as the next person you got that!? You have your freaky habits and my son has his endearing qualities. And if I hear or see a single scratch on him after lessons I swear…" Menacingly, she seethes glaring at Stein, her grip tightening on Kid.
"You truly think I'd do that? I'm hurt." Playfully, he places his hand on his heart.
"Funny that's where you're heart would be if you had one." Annoyed, Ava scowls at the smirking Stein amused almost by her jabs.
"He's the one bleeding now so that means we won the fight huh…" Soul remarks making Ava turn to the two having regained consciousness.
"Yeah and that means I Blackstar have defeated the reaper I knew it!" Blackstar bellows proudly.
"An immature reaper…" Snippily, she scowls at the two.
"Whose going to be talking about this guy now!? Hahah!" Blackstar cackles.
"Are you really sure you're alright now Blackstar?" Tentatively, Tsubaki asks him.
"Hell yeah course I'm alright. I beat Death today. I'm awesome!" Amazed, he praises.
"Yeah it was amazing!" Tsubaki smiles softly at him.
"Hey… Don't let yourself get involved in any stupid fights alright? Come on that's exactly what you used to tell me Soul." Maka approaches Soul.
"Hehehahahah yeah guess I was the uncool one of us today huh?" Strained, Soul smiles his toothy grin.
"Please don't try to do anything too crazy for now on." Tsubaki begs Blackstar.
"Yeah right, nothing's too crazy for me now. I've beaten up a reaper after all what's crazier than that!? Hahahaha!" Heartedly, he bellows.
"Tsubaki's the only one for him…coming?" Fondly, Maka smiles at the two before offering her hand out to Soul.
"Yeah. Sorry." Soul smiles accepting the help up.
"Let's stay cool okay?" Maka smiles.
"You got it." Soul agrees.
"You two okay? He didn't push you guys too hard did he?" Sighing, Ava turns to both Liz and Pat returning to their human form.
"Nah he was fine." Liz assures her.
"Thank goodness for that. I know my boy can be a bit pushy but he means well." Ava sighs at the twins.
"We know miss Ava there's no need to worry." Liz assures Ava.
"Yeah! Kid's fine." Patty pokes Kid's cheek.
"Patty could you not poke my son's face?" Feebly, Ava asks the blonde poking her son's nose who nuzzles into her shoulder.
"But it's so chubby!" Patty giggles.
"I'm sure…" Strained, she smiles at her just then…
"Wazzup! Wazzup! Waazup!" Joyfully, Lord Death pops up happily greeting the crowd by Ava's side.
"What's up is your son having nearly destroyed the entire school with his death canon." Curtly, Ava tells him.
"Is that right?" Death quirks his head to the side at the news.
"Hi there Lord Death!" Happily, the crowd greet him.
"So I heard our son had an eventful first day at school. Kid can be difficult sometimes I hope no one's hurt too badly." Death wraps his arm around Ava's shoulder.
What does the soul of Lord Death look like? Huh…I can't see it. wait what's with Ava's? it looks…warped. I don't understand, Kid's his son and he has a soul could it be due to Ava? Still why can't I see Lord Death's? Curious, Maka ponders to herself seeing Kid's knocked out soul but also noting the pitch-black void that is Lord Death's while Ava's is a strange soul…she notes the indents into it, seeing the colours shift slightly from violet to blue.
"Right then. I'm going to go take Kid home now I think Kid could use some rest." Death tells Stein, holding his child in his arms.
"Great! Byyeee!" Cheerily, Lord Death waves goodbye to the others as Ava smiles softly at the group before the group departs, heading back to the manor.