If I Joined the DWMA-Part 2
The next day, I got to the academy and Kid was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. He smiled at me and then took my book bag and slung it over his shoulders. "I hope you've had a lovely morning so far," he said with a little laugh.
"I was woken up at six by a phone call from Angel asking if we could get together after school to start matching soul wavelengths and fighting as if we were one. And then I had to look for my shoe which my cat somehow moved downstairs in to the living room even though she is only six months old" I explained. The whole time I ranted about how my morning had sucked, Kids smile kept getting bigger and bigger until he was laughing out loud. "Oh. You think that's funny. At least you never had the pleasure to step in cat shit and then have to hop on one foot for ten minutes just to find something to wipe it off with." I lightly punched his arm and continued up the stairs.
"Hey. Don't dis me if your morning was rough," he said still laughing. "By the way. My father wanted to speak to you about how far into your training you got." We continued up the stairs, talking about everything and nothing at the same time. He told me about how he was in Brooklyn on a mission, then out of nowhere this girl slams him into a wall and starts demanding his money while shoving a gun into his face, and that is how he met his weapon partners. Before long, they reached the death room and Kid left to go to class after telling his father that I was there.
The next hour was spent answering questions that I should have done before I started yesterday. Death offered me some tea and beignets, and we chatted like we were friends instead of headmaster and student. After that, he walked me to my class and told Professor Stein that he would have my weapon partners transferred over by tomorrow. After that, I took my seat between Kid and Soul and started taking notes over the fighting techniques that Stein was going over, even though I already knew over half of them thanks to my training.
After the first half of the school day, we walked to the cafeteria were Kid's friends, Angel and Acheron were waiting for us. "Hey, how's it going?" Maka asked politely as soon as she saw us.
"Fine," I replied sitting down next to Angel while Kid sat down across from me in between Liz and Patty. "How are you?"
"I'm fine. Soul decided to over sleep, which made us argue, which in turn made me Maka chop him through the window," she said with a slight chuckle.
"And I am not paying for the window," Soul said leaning over the table to make sure Maka saw how serious he was.
I chuckled slightly and turned to Angel and Acheron. "I have some experience wielding katana's, but we will have to work together. I was thinking that we could go into the forest nearby and work on some moves that will come in handy when dealing with an attacker.
"Sure, that sounds great," Acheron said, almost too chipper for my likings. Angel merely responded with a nod and continued eating his lunch.
"We can help you with some techniques," Black Star said as he leaned over to steal some fries off of Souls plate. "I am the one who surpassed God, you know."
"That would be wonderful. But from what I hear, it was actually Maka who delivered the final blow that defeated the Kishin," I said, just to toy with him.
Everyone laughed and Soul slugged Black Star in the arm as he seethed about me calling him out. He quickly calmed down and started laughing with everyone else. "Yeah, that's right. But I softened him up for her. We'll meet you in the forest around three, alright."
"Sure," I said, picking up my cheese burger and taking a bite out of it. The rest of the lunch continued in idle chit chat until the bell rang to return to the classroom.
Professor Stein came into the room and everybody shut up and turned to face the front of the classroom. "We will continue our discussion about defensive maneuvers, but first. River, can you come down and demonstrate some of what you learned from your martial arts lessons," he said as if I had a choice in the matter.
"OK," I said hesitantly, getting up and walking down the steps as slow as possible. "Will you be my sparring partner, or will one of the other students come down for that job?"
"I will be your partner. Just attack when you're ready," he said coming out from behind his desk, still in his stitched up rolling chair. He then adjusted his screw until it clicked and lunged towards me. I side stepped him to where he went sliding past me and aimed a round house kick at his back which missed by a hairs breath. He then flipped over the back of his chair, landed behind me and captured me in a head lock.
Acting on instinct, I picked my legs up and slammed them back into Steins knee caps which caused him to drop me. Taking advantage of my position, I tried to knock his feet out from under him by swinging my leg around. He jumped over my leg and landed back on his chair with a grace that seemed impossible for a guy of his build. He then lunged at me, his hand glowing green from his soul wavelength. I quickly dodged and did three backflips before landing on the desks in the front of the room. Once I realized that he could attack with his soul wavelength without a weapon, I knew I had to change up my tactics. I had to attack him from behind before he had a chance to hit me with it.
"You're thinking too hard and your plan is all over your face," Stein said as he lunged at me again. "Try calming your breathing and analyze your surroundings. Use them to your advantage." I quickly dodged and started up the stairs. He was using his chair to his advantage, so if I went up the stairs, he couldn't stay on the chair. Perhaps then I could win this match. Just as I predicted, he followed me up the stairs encouraging my actions. "That's it. Take away the thing that gives your opponent the advantage over you."
When he was about five feet from me, I jumped onto the desks and started to leap down them towards his chair and used my weight and force to propel the chair into the far corner. I then ran at Stein side stepped to where I was behind them and struck his spin as hard as I could, accidentally throwing my soul's wavelength into him. Did I just do what I think I just did? SWEET, I thought to myself staring at my hands. I quickly glanced at my teacher who was staring at me like he wanted to dissect me, which made me take a few steps back.
"I had no idea that you could attack with soul wavelengths directly River," Stein said as he retrieved his chair.
"Me neither," I said still in aw over the new power. "Can I return to my seat? For some reason I feel dizzy." I said heading back to my seat.
"Sure. Here eat this," Stein said chucking something at my head. I caught it and it turned out that it was a Hershey's chocolate bar. I stared at him and wondered why he gave it to me. "It's to rebuild your energy," he explained when he saw my confused look. "When you shot me with your soul wavelength it took a significant amount of energy with it because it was your first time doing so. In order to use that technique as a weapon, you need to further develop the power. Until then, don't use it outside of training with either me or Black Star." He then turned to the blackboard and started writing down more fighting techniques that the students had to learn.
As soon as I reached my seat, Kid turned to me and asked in a worried tone, "Are you alright? If you need to, I can escort you to the infirmary so that Ms. Nygus can check you out."
"I'm fine. Just a little dizzy," I said with a smile as I unwrapped the candy bar and began eating it. I could still feel Kids worried stare on me as I picked up my pencil. I turned to him and gave a reassuring smile before I turned back to my notes.
Kids POV
Even though River said she's alright, I am still worried about her. I know that if someone uses more of their soul wavelength than they are used to it can leave lasting damage on both the body and soul. I now know what this feeling is that I have had ever since she slammed into me yesterday. It's love. I don't know if she feels the same way about me or not, but one thing is certain. I will let no harm befall her delicate frame. I will team up with her for the first mission that she takes, even if Liz and Patty doesn't want to go.
Throughout the rest of the school day, I keep stealing looks to see how she was doing. When she noticed me doing so, she smiled and offered me a piece of her candy. "No thank you," I mouthed at her with a smile. She then shrugged and stuck it in her mouth, picking back up her pen. I sigh and look at the clock hanging over the door. Almost two P.M. I start putting my books away as soon as Stein starts telling us our homework assignment was to practice some of the fighting moves and to study for a test on Friday. After he leaves his desk and goes out the door on his chair, hitting the bump and going flying across the floor like always, I turn to my friends. "How about we gather at my place for an after school snack and then head back up here to meet Angel and Acheron for training," I said hoping that River would agree to come.
"Sure," River replied almost automatically with a smile. "I have always been curious as to what the house of a Grim Reaper looks like." She then throws her backpack over her shoulder and whips the crumbs of her candy off in to her hand and searches for the garbage can. I can't help but watch as she skips across the room, making sure not to spill any of her crumbs. As she walks back I wonder what it would be like kiss her and if she feels the same way that I do about her. "So, are we going or are we just going to stay here standing," she said with a little smirk that brought the right side of her face up some. Usually something like that would irk me because it was asymmetric, but on her it's cute.
"Let's go people so that I can hurry up and show this girl how awesome I am," Black Star said in an excited voice. He then ran down the stairs, to the door, and ran through them with a very high pitched "YAHOO".
We all start laughing, but not River. No, she just chuckled and shook her head as if to say that boy needs some serious help. I already learned from my father that River was from Texas and that her family stayed there but insisted that she comes here since she got a full scholarship that paid for everything. But I never expected the beautiful girl that it turned out to be. I followed her down the stairs, tacking her backpack because I knew it was heavy due to everything it had in it.
When we got to my house, I saw River's eyes go wide with aw and that made me smile. It was the first time that I would actually appreciate someone other than my close family and friends being in my house. I just hope that I remembered to make everything symmetrical and tidy so that nothing will bother her.
River's POV
When Kid said to come over to his place I don't know what I was expecting, but a mansion that is three stories high was not it. But that was one of the many things that I liked about him. Not only was he sweet and charismatic, he exceeded my expectations every time he did something. And it was then I noticed something. I love him. Maybe love wasn't the right word to use because we had only just met, but I knew what I was feeling was something I had never felt before. Not even to my ex-boyfriend down in Texas.
When I sent in the tape of all of my good moments of fighting in an attempt to get into the school, the last thing I expected was to get into the academy, let alone a full scholarship that supplied me with a house and the books and school materials I needed. And now, I have strong feelings for Lord Deaths son and heir. I know that he doesn't have the same feelings for me. He can't. I'm some poor girl who doesn't have much and he's a God, for crying out loud. He could never fall for something like me. "You have a fantastic home," I said once we reach the kitchen. And there is one word that I know would describe it to his likings. "It's so symmetric and beautiful."
"Thank you," Kid said with a smile. "I try to keep it perfect but there are somethings that don't like to stay perfectly symmetrical. For example the candles that are always lit by the painting at the front entrance." He gave a little grumble and Liz patted him on the back affectionately. For some reason I got a little jealous of it. It's not like I'm the one who's his weapon, and I'm pretty sure he has a girlfriend somewhere. I sigh as Patty comes into the room with a tray of muffins.
'Thanks for the snack," I said smiling at how my mother used to come to the dojo with different sweets and healthy snakes for the kids in my class. "As my mother always told me, 'it's not good to train on an empty stomach'." I gave a sad little laugh. I miss my family, but they had a life and jobs of their own. They couldn't afford moving all the way from Texas to Nevada so that I could chase my own dreams, and I couldn't allow them to through their lives away because of me.
"Is everything alright," Maka said as she noticed the sad look on my face.
"Yeah, just home sick I guess."
"Don't worry," Black Star said around a mouth full of muffin. "Once we get started, you'll have the time of your life." He then gave a goofy smile that sent crumbs flying everywhere. "Oops," he said staring at kid to see his reaction.
"I'll get the broom and a wet wash cloth," Patty said, running off to get the cleaning supplies before Kid started freaking out.
I thought the best thing to do was to take Kids mind off of the matter entirely so I quickly asked, "Hey Kid. Where do you keep the cups?" I started to get up and went towards the cupboard that he pointed to. I only went a few steps before I hit a slick part in the floor and started to fall backwards. Next thing I know, Kid is right by my side, clutching me up against his chest and staring at me as if he were afraid to let go. He then coughed and set me back down on my feet.
"Are you okay," he asked, scanning me from head to toe as if to reassure himself that I didn't get injured in any way.
"Fine. Just didn't see the water that someone spilled and didn't think to mention it to anyone," I said staring at Black Star, the only one with a glass of water. I then glanced down at my watch and noticed the time. "It's two fifty, we have to get going or we will be late for our training session." After that everyone grabbed their bag, except Kid got to mine before I did and slung it over his shoulder, and headed out the door.
Kid's POV
When I noticed River starting to fall, I acted on instinct. I teleported beside her and clutched her to my torso as if she were my very breath. When she looked up into my eyes I could tell that she was a bit startled to end up in my arms instead of on the ground. "Are you okay," I asked looking her up and down to reassure myself that she wasn't hurt.
"Fine. Just didn't see the water that someone spilled and didn't think to mention it to anyone," she then turned her head towards Black Star and then at her watch. "It's two fifty, we have to get going or we will be late for our training session." I quickly grabbed her backpack and slung it over my shoulder. I really didn't feel like going to the practice, but I knew that if I didn't, I wouldn't see her again until tomorrow. At least this way, I will have an excuse to walk her home and spend more time with her. By the look in her eye's, I can tell that she is contemplating what that spark between us was. I just hope that I will somehow find the courage to ask her out. I wonder what she likes to do. For now, I just have to steadily get close enough to her to learn her like and dislikes and then try to figure out how best to make her mine.