Chapter 4: New School. A Battle for the Ages?
Logan and Ethan were in amazement as they studied the interior of the building. They were shown the bathrooms, the lunch room, and where all their classes were. They arrived at Sid's room. Just as they were about to enter the door, Maka pulled Liz aside and asked,
"Seriously. You think of him as more than a friend, don't you?"
Liz lowered her voice and said,
"Would you just drop it? It is all history."
"Just tell me what happened, because it doesn't seem like history to you. Friends don't just blush every time they get close unless there is something more."
"I'll tell you when we aren't around him. Is that okay?"
"Yeah. I'd like to know what happened."
They entered in the middle of a sentence Sid was saying at the time. Ethan was holding Patty's hand as the whole class turned to see the new kids. Sid's voice rang out from the front of the class,
"Well there they are. Please come to the front of the class, boys. Let's introduce you two."
Ethan let go of Patty and she said,
"Don't go."
Ethan scribbled down,
'Don't worry. I'll be back.'
The two young men were calm and cool as they made it to where the undead teacher was standing. Logan of course spoke for the both of them,
"Hello. My name is Logan Lieben, and this is my brother Ethan. It is a pleasure to be attending this school. My brother doesn't talk so he communicates with notes and stuff like that. He is also a multi-weapon."
Sid spoke,
"Well luckily we were just about to go to the practice field to have a bit of combat practice. Even though you have already fought two battles I think one more will be good."
"Wait how did you know we already fought?"
"You think we couldn't feel the ground shaking?"
"Oh that makes sense now."
Sid directed the students outside and Ethan rejoined with Patty as other students stared with faces that said,
'These two know each other?'
Logan was glad to feel the sun again even though he disliked that it was constantly laughing down on the city. Logan was wondering who he was going to be fighting. The first match was called out,
"Albarn and Eater, against the Liebenbrothers."
Maka and Soul were ready for the battle. They probably arranged it with Sid. Soul transformed into his scythe form after he said,
"Alright, let's make this battle cool."
"Ethan, scythe form please."
Ethan smiled and turned into a bright white scythe that had a hooked tip. Logan span the blade around his body catching it I his right hand,
"This is Ethan's favorite form besides his gun."
Sid blew a whistle he had in his hand to start the match. Maka wasted no time and swung Soul around while running at Logan. With a smile he swung at her legs. She jumped over the strike and Logan hit her in the lower chest with the handle of his weapon. She swung and missed as she fell back. Maka launched forward swinging upward connecting with Logan's blade. He stumbled back and Maka slammed her palm into Logan's sternum. He slipped backward and raised his knee into her stomach. She coughed and held her gut as Soul said,
"Maka what the hell are you doing? You need to focus."
"What the hell do you think I'm doing?"
Logan wagged his index finger at her then curled it, beckoning her to come back at him. She did as his silent gesture told her to. She went back to her attack. Logan went to strike at her stomach again, but only with his hand. She put up Soul as a defense, hoping the handle would stop him. Instead, Logan switched his attack to an aerial spin kick. His feet caught Soul's handle and wrenched him away from Maka. Her weapon was sent flying as she fell to the ground. Logan landed on his feet and with one palm on the ground. Ethan was in his other hand. He was perched over Maka with his face only about two inches from hers. He whispered into her blushing face,
"Wow. Nice moves. I'm guessing battle moves aren't your best ones though."
He winked and pushed himself from the ground and back to his feet. He span Ethan around a bit and Soul came running back to the battle. He immediately switched back to weapon form. Maka had enough of the battle but Sid wanted to see their real skills,
"Okay. Now let's see your Soul Resonance. Everyone stand back."
Maka closed her eyes and said,
"Soul Resonance: Witch Hunter."
Soul's blade became at least twice as big as it was normally and was glowing. Maka smiled as Logan held his weapon with two hands. He was able to say,
"Soul resonance: Demon Hunter."
A white light engulfed the blade and made it several times bigger. Logan was completely calm.
Sid screamed out,
"Everyone get back. This is a very powerful duel they are having."
Sid could tell that Logan was holding back. It was for everyone's best interest that he didn't use the attack that he was truly capable of. An ultimate scythe technique. Maka ran at Logan and swung Soul directly at his heart. Logan simply put up his hand and caught the Witch Hunter. With a twitch he broke the Soul Resonance that Maka had established. He lightly tapped Maka's rib cage with the end that wasn't sharp, sending her body and partner skipping across the ground. Soul switched to normal and caught her in his arms. She opened her eyes to see Logan and Ethan running up to them with a terrified look on their faces. The rest of the class gave the Lieben brothers a round of applause as Logan went up to Maka,
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to put that much power into that. Are you okay?"
She smiled and put one thumb up to him. He sighed and then patted his brother on the back then helped Maka up while Ethan helped the disgruntled Soul up. The class gave the contestants another round of applause. Logan smiled as Liz walked you to him. She had a smile that made Logan feel warm inside. Their first day went off without a hitch.