Chapter Two
In five minutes, Misao was completely knocked out and fast asleep. From the look on her face, Blood could tell that she was having a sweet dream. It made him smile as he ran his fingers through her short soft hair. "Blood, may I ask you something?" Blood looked over at Stein with a grim look. Stein just went on and asked his question. "Why won't you tell us what connection Misao has with the Kishin Asura? What are you hiding?"
Blood looked hard at Stein, thinking about the pain Misao's been through in her past, and the pain she feels now. When the Kishin attacked their village, and took Misao hostage, he could feel her fear; her soul shaking to the point where it almost destroyed itself.
"Well? Are you going to answer me?" Stein asked again.
"It's none of your business." Blood answered in a soft voice. "Our past is nothing you need to worry about."
"Well then, that puts us in a difficult position." Spirit said. Blood stared at him, wondering what he meant. "If you refuse to explain yourselves, then Lord Death has ordered us to place you under arrest." Once again, the room was silent as Blood stared at Misao while thinking about what Spirit just said. "So…does this change your mind?"
"No it doesn't." Blood said. "You can threaten us all you want. But for the sake of Misao's happiness and sanity, I will not tell you anything about us!"
"Suit yourselves." Spirit sighed, not really agreeing with Lord Death's decision. Personally, Spirit was on Blood's side in this situation. "As soon as she wakes up, I have to take you two to the prison cells in the lower levels of the school. I'll go tell Lord Death your decision." Spirit walked out the door with an uneasy look on his face. As he walked out, Blood could hear him sigh "Geez.", before closing the door completely. Blood continued staring at the door, trying to figure out Spirit's motives.
Two hours later, Blood felt Misao squirm in the bed and slowly open her eyes. She slowly began to sit up as she wiped her eyes and looked around. "Misao, how do you feel?" he asked her, placing his hand on her back and helping her sit up.
She looked up at Blood still not fully awake. "A little better actually." She answered. "I dreamt about papa. He was training me to be a meister." Blood smiled when he heard she had a peaceful dream about her father. She straightened up, took the tea that sat beside her and took a small sip of it. She didn't care that it was cold as ice. After she finished it, she was awake and full of energy again. "So, what are we going to do now?" she asked Blood, setting down the cup. Misao was confused at the concerned look on Blood's face, and waited for him to answer her. He stayed silent, thinking in his head what she'd do if he told her the decision he made for both of them. When he said it, he thought he was speaking the exact words she'd say, but now he wasn't sure if it was the right thing. "Blood, are you okay?" She shook his arm, trying to make him answer her question.
"You're both being placed under arrest." Stein answered for Blood, making Misao turn and look at him. "Because you refuse to tell us your connection with the Kishin Asura, Lord Death decided to lock you both up until you tell us what we want to know."
"Why would you do that to us?!" Misao jumped out of the bed and ran up in Stein's face. "Just because we won't tell you about our past, you think you have the right to lock us up?"
"It was Lord Death's decision. It has already been confirmed." Stein adjusted his glasses and remained calm while Misao yelled in his face. "Your partner over there said you'd rather be locked up than explain yourself." Misao turned to Blood, who sat quietly on the bed looking at his feet with a guilty look.
She walked over to him and looked at him. "Blood why would you do that?" she asked quietly, refraining from punching him in the face. "What gave you the right to make this decision for both of us? Were you even thinking about what I would want? What my decision would be?" Her voice broke out, replacing her anger with tears of frustration and confusion. She never thought Blood would ever do something like this; choose something without talking with her first.
It took some time for Blood to say something or even move. Finally, he got down to his knees and bowed at her feet. "Forgive me, Misao. I thought this was your decision. As I gave him my answer, I thought I was speaking the same words you would if you were awake." Stein watched as the two were talking and trying to come up with a solution.
"I see you're finally awake." Everyone looked to the door to see Spirit walk in with his hands in his pockets. "Well, I just explained everything to Lord Death and he has arranged a cell for you to stay in until something can be done."
"Something will be done." Misao whispered. She reached her hand out and pressed it against Blood's chest. As she applied more pressure, Blood transformed into a giant spear with an axe-like blade at the end of it. "I'll just go have a little talk with this Lord Death and make him change the charges." With some kind of ancient power, she forced Blood to transform into a weapon, even though he didn't want to.
"Misao, don't do this! You can't take on the Reaper. You're not strong enough!" Blood tried to convince her to stop, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't even revert back to a human because of her immense power.
"Shut up, Blood!" she yelled, gripping him tighter and tighter. "I can handle anything he throws at me. What he's doing to us is injustice!"
"Do you really intend to take down Lord Death?" Stein asked, staring narrowly at Misao. The strength of her soul filled the room, making Spirit flinch and tremble for just a minute. They both wondered how she was able to gain enough power to force her partner to turn into a weapon. They didn't think it was possible.
Misao chuckled. "I will if he won't change his mind."
"If you want to get to Lord Death…" In a flash of light, Spirit transformed into a black scythe and flew to Stein who grabbed it, and got into an offensive position. "…you'll have to get through us."
Misao laughed at how Stein was standing with Spirit in his hands. "You dumb-asses just don't get it do you? Obviously I'm not like other meisters out there." Stein didn't know what she meant by that, but ignored it and charged at her ready to slash her to pieces. He was stopped abruptly and thrown back against the wall, electricity running all through his body. He felt his soul being slightly crushed under the pain as he tried to figure out what just happened. "Like I said, you don't know who you're dealing with." She said in a low voice, smiling at Stein's failure. "My powers allow me to bend reality and make air hard as a rock to form a barrier. I don't even have to use Soul Resonance." She ran out of the room, leaving Stein and Spirit confused and lost.
Charging at the speed of light, Misao ran through a long hallway, sensing the Reaper's soul waves. "Misao, this is wrong!" Blood said trying to convince her to turn back and accept her fate. "You can't hold a grudge over someone just because they make a decision you're not happy with."
"I said shut up, Blood! If you hadn't opened your big mouth, I wouldn't have to do this! Let this be a lesson to you. If you don't want me to flip out like this, don't choose things for the both of us!" She leapt into the air and confronted the Reaper himself. He looked up at her with a curious look. "Reaper, prepare to die!" She slashed straight at him, barely missing him by an inch. She used the gravity to jump back a few inches away in midair, and landed gracefully on her feet.
"Well what's going on here?" he asked with a goofy look on his face. The calm look on his face made Misao very confused. "Can I help you young lady?" he asked.
"Yeah you can!" she answered straight forward, pointing the weapon at him directly. "You can drop the charges put on us!"
The Reaper tilted his head, not fully understanding her demands. "Who are you exactly?" he asked.
"My name is Misao, and this is my weapon partner Blood. You gave orders to place us under arrest because we refused to tell you anything about us! I'm here to make you drop our charges." The room fell silent as he pondered her words for a short while. Suddenly everything came back to him.
"Tell me, is your father Isame Ono?" he asked.
Misao paused and looked at the Reaper with curious and confused eyes. She lowered her weapon and began trembling. "How…how do you know my father?" she asked, waiting for an explanation.
"So my suspicions were true. You're Misao Ono! And your weapon is Blood Parker, correct?"
"Hold on a minute! How the hell do you know who we are?"
"That's what I was trying to tell you, Misao." Misao watched as Blood was able to regain control of his form, and turn back into a human. He walked over to Lord Death and stood next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Lord Death and your father were very close friends. In fact, they both fought alongside each other, trying to save you when the Kishin took you hostage. If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be here." Misao was speechless at all the information she was listening to. "I'm sorry about this Lord Death. She's sort of a straight forward person."
"No worries." Lord Death clapped his hands twice and looked at Misao. "I don't blame her. After all she was only a small child when I first saw her. My, my how you look like Isame."
"Lord Death, are you okay?" Stein and Spirit ran into the death room to see that everyone was standing around. Spirit transformed back into his human form.
"Yes, I'm fine. This was all just a slight misunderstanding."
"So does this mean that we're not under arrest?" Blood asked.
"Of course it does. We're all cool here." Lord Death walked up to Misao and looked at her. "It's not your fault." He told her. "After all, you were too young to remember me at all. Spirit you remember Blood and Misao don't you?"
Spirit approached Misao and examined her. "Oh now I remember! Isame's daughter! Wow, you've grown up a lot! Just look at that body!" Misao tackled Spirit, bending his arms backwards trying to snap them off.
"I'll kill you for that you pervert!" She screamed, kicking his head in the ground at the same time. No matter how much he struggled, Spirit couldn't break free of Misao's grip. The others watched quietly from the side, afraid of Misao's terrifying face to even try to break up the fight. "Die you bastard!"
"Like I said, just like her father." Lord Death repeated, letting out a sigh of disappointment for Spirit. "Spirit shouldn't have underestimated her. She has incredible powers for someone her age."
"Her father taught her everything she knows." Blood told him. "She mastered almost all of his techniques in only two months. He started training her when she was three. A week after her mother died."
"That young?" Lord Death was surprised at this. He's never heard of a meister beginning her training at such a young age. "That's not like Isame to put his daughter through rigorous training so early."
Blood chuckled. "You won't believe this, but she was the one who wanted to start her training. She forced her father to train her. And as you know, Isame couldn't say no to her." Isame always spoiled Misao because she was his only child and wanted her to be happy.
"That explains her abilities." Stein said, reaching into his pocket and taking out a cigarette, lit it and exhaled the smoke out so it spread around him.
"I hope her barrier didn't hurt you. She sometimes forgets her level of power and ends up leaving significant damage to her opponents."
"You don't have to worry about me." He assured Blood. "It takes a lot more than a shock of electricity to do me in. As for Spirit however…" Stein looked over to see Sprit now being stomped on by a very angry Misao. Blood couldn't help but laugh at how angry she was and how much she was beating up Spirit who was crying a fountain, begging her to stop.
After teaching Spirit a lesson on how to treat a lady, Misao quietly sat next to Blood, peaking at Lord Death from the side. She bowed her head at him and forced herself to say, "Please forgive me. I was out of line and wasn't thinking."
Lord Death took a sip of tea and looked at Misao. "No need to apologize my dear. As I said before, it's not your fault you didn't remember me." Misao was surprised that he would forgive her for such a dumb reason. She slowly lifted her head and continued staring at him. "Is something else wrong?" he asked her.
Misao jerked her head away in shock and quickly looked from Lord Death to her cup of tea. "No, nothing's wrong!" she exclaimed, cheeks flushing bright red.
Blood smiled at her cute shy face and then went back to the real issue at hand. "Lord Death, answer me something. Why were you going to lock us up for not explaining ourselves about the Kishin? What does he have to do with this?"
"Well at first it was because I thought you two were total strangers involved with the Kishin. Once I heard your names, it became clear. But the real truth is…the Kishin Asura has awakened." Misao flinched at the sound of Asura's name and the fact that he was back.
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