Rapid Recovery; Teaching and Meetings?

Steins POV

The kids leave the room and I sigh before standing up. I need to report this to Lord Death immediately both about this attack and also Kema's condition.

''I'm going to report this to Lord Death, can you keep an eye on her?''

''Ofcourse'' Mira says and I nod before turning and heading for the door.

I open it and speed walk down the halls, what was the point of this attack on the school? More importantly why did the send over a thousand units just for them to get wiped out by Kema and the others? I wish I knew the answer, maybe Kema knows but we wont know until she wakes up which could be a while considering she used her Soul as a fucking bomb.

I push open the red door and quickly walk down the guillotine pathway, Lord Death and Sid were at the circle seemingly having cups of tea. I climb the short set of stairs drawing both of their attention and they put down their tea.

''Oh why hello Stein! what brings you here?'' Lord Death asks cheerfully

''We had a bit of an issue'' I explain walking closer

''Issue?'' Lord Death hums curiously

''Yeah, According to Maka they looked like Templar's of some sort. Kema requested the help of Maka, Black Star and Kid along with their partners'' I said ''She used one of her attacks, Soul Bomb, and is currently recovering from the recoil damage she must endure''

''I see'' Lord Death asks ''They did it very quietly didn't they?''

''Apparently Kema didn't want to interrupt the party so she told the others to not say anything'' I say

''How curious indeed. Sid I would like you to contact the other Death-scythes around the world and warn them, I know they only just left but this could be a full-fledged attack on the DWMA so we must let them know'' Lord Death says and Sid nods before leaving the circle ''Stein, from tomorrow onwards I would like you to train your class in different attacks and how they can best utilize them''

''Yes, Lord Death'' I say and turn to go ''I'll ask Kema in the morning if she can provide any information on these Templar's''

''Thank you'' Lord Death says and I walk out of the circle

Maka's POV – The next day

''I wonder where professor Stein is?'' I ask looking at the empty space where he should be

''I don't know and I don't care'' Soul mumbles ''Hangover is a bitch''

''I told you not to drink that much'' I smile

''Did you? I don't recall'' He continues to mumble ''One thing I do recall is Black Star getting incredibly drunk though''

''Yeah, he slapped Tsubaki on the ass'' I giggle ''Before she blushed and slapped him''

''Oh yeah, that was fucking hilarious'' Soul laughs

''Yeah'' I smile ''I'm surprised Black Star doesn't have hangover like you do, he drank like three bottles of Jack Daniels''

''That's cause he drinks that stuff like it was water'' Soul smiles at me

''How'd you get drunk anyway? You had a soda'' I smile rubbing his back

''Black Star emptied his can of soda and filled it with Jack Daniels or something'' Kid says leaning over his desk behind us.

''So why didn't you stop him?'' Soul asks grumpily

''I wanted to see you drunk'' He smiles

''Seriously?'' Soul groans

The door opens with Stein in the entrance way, he silently walks over and sits down in his chair as both Kema and Sid walk in aswell and stand next to Stein with their hands behind their backs. They would look like soldiers if not for the fact one looked like a witch and the other was a zombie.

''Today's class is going to differ from normal. Today a set number of you will be assigned to a different teacher, from there you will meet at a certain time at a certain place in order to do training. When you arrive at the location the teacher will tell you about your training'' Stein said

''Maka, Tsubaki, Black Star, Soul, Kid, Patty and Liz you are with Kema'' Stein says pointing at Kema ''Kim, Jacqueline, Oxford, Harvar, Kilik, Thunder and Fire you are with me. The rest of you are with Sid''

Once he finished there were various murmurs. Some saying they are happy and some annoyed, there are also a few that asked if that teacher was Medusa. I could feel the tension among the students rise as their curiosity about Kema grew, but I was busy listening to Kema and Stein.

''Why did you have to call me a teacher? It makes me feel old!'' Kema groans

''Because you are acting as a teacher for the time being'' Stein replies taking out a cigarette and placing it in his mouth, not lighting it.

''Yeah but still''

''Be glad you got our top three Meister/Weapon teams, I know you can teach them valuable stuff''

''Yeah I know'' Kema sighs ''Just don't call me teacher again, okay?''

''You got it, teacher'' Stein grins causing Kema to pout before she turns to me

''You seven meet me out the south side of the building, in the main clearing you trained at before'' Kema says cheerfully and walks out of the room.

I nod and stand up along with Soul. Kid, Liz and Patty stand up shortly after. I have to poke Black Star in the back of his head for him to realise we are leaving, the pair follow us.

The halls were empty and desolate, classes were in session so obviously the school will be quiet. Dumb me. Black Star, Soul and Kid are begin chatting while the rest of the girls walk up to me.

''Are you alright Maka?'' Tsubaki asks

''Yeah, why wouldn't I?''

''Kid and Black Star told us what happened last night'' Liz says

''Oh, that'' I murmur ''Crona had given me this, read it yourself''

The other three were quiet and Tsubaki almost fell down some stairs as we walked through the halls, we were nearing the southern exit when Tsubaki spoke.

''I'm sorry, Maka''

''Yeah, but he said he would be okay so don't feel bad'' Liz joins in

''I know, I'm just going to miss him is all'' I say as I open the doors of the southern exit. We burst into the beaming light of morning and I have to cover my eyes for a moment before continuing.

''Race you there!'' Black Star shouts and runs past us all at break-neck speed

''Your on!'' Kid shouts and flies off on his skateboard

''Shinigami!'' Soul mutters before jogging after his friends while the rest of us just continue our casual walk.

Several minutes later we arrive to find Black Star's head in a tree, Soul was on the floor killing himself laughing and Kid was chatting with Kema. When we arrive Kid and Kema turn to us, mainly because they are the only ones who can.

''Do any of you feel like getting him out of there?'' She smirks

''We'll do it'' Liz sighs dragging Patty by the arm over to the tree where Black Star was

While the sisters attempt to get Black Star out of the tree I walk over to Soul.

''Makaaaa...'' I start and he realises what's coming ''CHOP!''

Leaving the wounded Soul on the ground I turn my attention to Kema, who was busy having continuing her conversation with Kid and now Tsubaki.

''Hey Kema'' I start drawing her attention ''What are we doing today?''

''You are going to be learning how to resonate with your partners for a longer time and new techniques'' She said ''Granted only you and Kid will be learning new attacks''

''Whys that?'' I ask

''Because Tsubaki can change forms and develop new attacks without the help of Soul Resonance, So only you and Kid can. That and I don't want to teach Black Star incredible destructive Soul Wavelength attacks because his soul force is deadly enough'' Kema said

''I guess that's true'' I nod as I hear a gunshot

I turn to the tree to find Black Star laying face-first on the ground with his ass smoking, literally. I go to ask what happen but Liz already starts.

''I shot him in the ass'' She says proudly spinning Patty in gun form before her sister transforms back into human form, giggling happily. Several seconds later Black Star stands up and begins shouting an obscure amount of obscenities causing Soul to burst into another fit of laughter but abruptly shuts up when I raise my book.

''Calm down Black Star'' Kema says with a sudden icy cold voice that sends a shiver through everybody, we all turn to her but there she is smiling. Creepy.

''Time to begin''

The next few hours were exhausting, we had to remain resonated with our partners for the entire duration and the only excuse was if you dropped down dead. I was half scared she was serious too. Me and Soul were unable to learn any new techniques but have doubled our record for staying resonated. Kid on the other hand has managed to learn a move which he calls 'Death Gatling' which are like the Death Cannons but fired extremely fast... and could destroy a tree in a second. It was a little disappointing but Kema said if we keep trying we will get it eventually, so she recommended that we train once per day and I agreed, much to Soul's disappointment. We head back towards the school and find my dad waiting for us, oh Shinigami why?

''Hello'' His voice was icy cold

''Yes?'' Kema asks, returning the cold tone

''Lord Death wants to see all of you ASAP''

''What for?''

''Just a general meeting'' He says and turns around and walks into the school. We all follow shortly and make it to the Death Room in less than a minute via speed walking. We walk along the guillotine hallway until we reach the small circle where the meeting is currently being held. Dad, Sid and Stein were all there waiting for us. I liked how we were usually the only students to be able to come to these meetings because we defeated the Kinshin.

''Welcome Welcome!'' Lord Death says happily ''Would you each like to make your reports?''

''Ofcourse. Oxford and Kilik are doing well with their partners while Kim seems to be struggling quite a bit to resonate with Jacqueline, I am uncertain why though'' Stein says

''The rest of the class seems to do adequately, that is all'' Sid says briefly

''Kid managed to do learn a new techniques and increase his resonating abilities while Maka and Black Star managed to increase their duration in which they can stay resonating'' Kema said

''Good Good'' Lord Death said ''Also I know this is off topic but what is the status on Crona?''

This draws my attention ''What about Crona?''

''You remember how he disappeared several days ago?'' Stein asks and I nod ''Well according to Kema she has been keeping an eye on him''

''Well where is he?'' I ask worriedly

''He left Death City last night'' Kema said

''We agreed that you would let me kno-'' Lord Death starts

''If any trouble arose, yes. But no trouble has risen apart from his departure'' Kema interrupts

''So you are trying to say that you do not care that he left?'' Lord Death hums

''Not at all. I'm trying to say that he left willingly without really being pressured into it''

''Without really being pressured?'' I ask

''Well, he wasn't pressured into it but did need some convincing''

''But you should have stopped him, or atleast told us sooner!'' I cry, Soul placing a hand on my shoulder but I shake it off. This was outrageous.

''Are you saying I should tell him that he is permanently grounded here?!'' Her voice was suddenly filled with rage, draining me of my own in a second. Where did that come from?

Kema looks as shocked as everyone else, she raises a hand to her mouth and coughs loudly before staring at her hand for a couple moments. Her eyes glazed over slightly

''I will have to excuse myself from this meeting, my apologises'' Kema said and quickly walked down the hallway, Stein ran after her leaving us to stare.

''Well... that was unexpected'' Lord Death said quietly ''I guess we can call this meeting over''

And with that everyone begins to leave, dad left first at a fast jog and Sid followed him as the rest of us casually walk along the hallway.

''I wonder what that was about?'' Tsubaki asks no-one in particular

''Yeah, she just got all pissy'' Soul laughs lightly

''What did she mean by permanently grounded?'' I ask

''Who knows?'' Liz said ''You heard her, Crona left Death City last night''

''I know'' I murmur looking at my feet as we walk

''I'm concerned about Kema, I mean did you see the way she looked at her hand?'' Tsubaki said

''Yeah, I wonder why she coughed up blood?'' Liz says and we all stare at her

''How did you know that?'' We all say

''Well I was standing next to her'' She says and we all nod

''Maybe because she was so angry'' Patty happily suggests

''Maybe... Stein ran after her aswell so maybe he knew why'' Soul suggests

We finally reach the end of the hallway and open the red metal door, It slides open easily and just across the hall from us Doctor Stein is leaning against the walls just outside the bathroom.

''Stein? Where is Kema?'' Kid asks

''Inside cleaning up the blood'' He says bluntly ''Don't disturb her''

''Why did she cough up blood?'' Kid continues causing Stein to sigh

''Long ago, twelve years ago to be exact, Kema was the strongest Meister at the academy along with her partner. She could easily surpass anyone including me - what you kids saw was her going easy on me - Anyway she had very bad anger issues that often involved others getting hurt, sometimes even her own partner so to prevent herself from hurting others or be manipulated by her enemies via her rage she made a spell that when she got angry she coughed up blood. The end result was her taming her inner rage and becoming even more powerful than before. That was until she decided to begin learning magic and becoming a witch, in an effort to hide this Lord Death removed all data of her from the lower floors of the library so they're all stored on the top floor encase other students got discouraged about her being a witch. So never get her angry or do anything that would enrage her because imagine me when I was enveloped by the madness times twenty. That's how strong she would be if not more''

''Wow'' Black Star said

Suddenly the door to the woman's restroom shatters as a body flies through the air, A Templar.

''Bloody motherfucker!'' Kema screams as she stands in the doorway ''Tried to bloody choke me with some wire, asshole''

''Templars are here?'' Liz asks

''You guys didn't detect them either? I just detected this asshole at the last second and I sense atleast a hundred heading towards the school'' She said

''Templar's?'' Stein asks curiously inspecting the body of the Templar who had a black mark on his chest with smoke slowly floating upwards

''We do not know, the look like Templars though so the name fits'' I said

''I see'' Stein said ''Well I will go inform Lord Death about the situation, You go outside and-''

''Stein, I'm picking up more Souls'' Kema says as her hands are on her temples and closing her eyes to help detect souls ''Two-hundred, Three-hundred, seven-hundred, one thousand...'' Kema continues as her features strain before she opens her eyes and looks at us before turning to Stein.

''I don't think I can manage another Soul Bomb'' She says quietly

''Don't worry, if we combine our efforts then we can beat them easily'' Stein says putting a hand on her shoulder and smiling at her and she smiles back, I wonder if they have something.

''Spirit should be out in a minute so you team up with him and head over to the Death Room so you can tell Lord Death about the incoming-'' Kema begins before a sudden bang sound shatters the window next to us causing us to instinctively raise our arms to protect our eyes. A seconds passes after the glass hits the floor and we all run over to the shattered window and peer outwards into the afternoon sky. There were several creatures flying all over death city, the looked like Dragons but I guessed they were a myth. Looks like I was wrong.

I strain my eyes to see through the sun and I think I see a Templar riding on its back. We all look back at each other as dad walks out of the men's bathroom, Stein gestures for dad to follow as he runs back into the Death room with dad shortly following.

''Lets go'' Kema says and jumps out of the window, Kid follows without hesitation with his partners transforming as he jumps. Soul and Tsubaki change into their weapon forms and me and Black Star jump out the window aswell after our teammates.