The sunlight streamed through the windows of Vanora's bedroom. She woke up rubbing her eyes she clambered out of bed and went to wake Justin up. She pushed open the death scythe's door and peaked in. Justin was facing away from her. She smiled and went over to him. Crouching down she gently shook his shoulder. Justin stirred. She shook his shoulder again. He rolled onto his back and looked up at her.
"Come on today's the big day." Vanora smiled. Justin turned to his clock. It was time for him to get up. Justin sat up in bed Vanora turned and left the room. "See you at breakfast!" Justin rubbed his eyes. He had a feeling something bad was going to happen today. He hoped she was a weapon. If she was a meister then he would have to put up with a weapon moving in. He didn't want someone else to look after. But also he would have to let her go as they would probably move in. He'd be alone again. He shook his head. He better get ready otherwise Stein and Marie would be there and he wouldn't be ready. He hoped Stein would be able to help her. He hoped she would be a weapon. That would mean he could try and train her himself. He sorted himself out and went through to meet Vanora.
"Well. I hope you find out today what you want." Justin tried to sound happy but he half didn't want her to find out what she was.
"I hope so too. I want to be a weapon." She took a bite out of her toast. Justin sat down opposite her.
"Why a weapon?" Justin asked. She swallowed her slice of toast and looked at him.
"Because I would like to be able to defend myself without relying on someone else." She answered picking up her drink. Justin smiled. "Also..." She took a mouthful of juice and swallowed. "I think you're an awesome fighter and wish I could fight like that." Justin didn't really know what to do then. He went red slightly. At that point the door went. Justin jumped up from the table and shot towards the door. Vanora just looked confused, shrugged her shoulders and finished her breakfast. Justin pulled open the door.
"Hi Justin." Marie greeted him in her normal happy voice. Stein stood just behind her. It was such a strange site. Marie's calm and happy personality along Steins demented and menacing one. Stein looked at Justin.
"Why have you gone red?" He asked suspiciously.
"I've just...erm..." Justin tried to find an answer.
"Can we come in?" Marie asked.
"Yes sure you can." Justin gestured to the two. Marie walked in happily and went over to Vanora. They were soon both chatting about random stuff. Justin stood there watching the two. He unfortunately forgot about Stein standing right behind him.
"I see why you went red." Stein said. Justin jumped, turning round he looked at Stein.
"There is nothing going on Stein." He said quickly in his panic. Stein's glasses when white.
"Remember I can see your soul." Justin did the typical reaction of moving one hand to cover his chest. "I can see it shaking." Stein smiled. "You hope desperately she's a weapon because you don't want someone else moving in to protect her. But you are also worried if she is a weapon, that she will need a meister. You fear losing her." Justin took a step back. Stein's eyes came back into focus. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone." He looked over the room. Stein then walked round the room, he pulled a chair out from the table, spun it round and sat on it. Justin sighed, maybe they should get on and work out what she is.
"Do either of you want any drinks?" Justin asked. Stein shook his head.
"I would like a glass of water. If it's not too much trouble." Marie asked. Justin nodded and went through to the kitchen. He turned on a tap and filled the glass. He went back to the room and noticed Stein staring at Vanora's chest. His grip tightened around the glass. He took a deep breath and relaxed. Stein was just checking her soul, but Justin wished he could do it in a less obvious way.
"Here's your water Marie." Justin deliberately walked in front of Stein. He heard a small chuckle from Stein.
"Thank you Justin." She took the glass, Justin sat down. Stein shuffled in his seat.
"Well, shall we work out what Vanora is?" Stein asked. Everyone looked at him and then back at Vanora.
"What will I have to do?" Vanora asked. Stein's glasses went white again.
"Well your soul is very strange. It wants to prove its self but doesn't know to whom. Very hard working and independent, but seems to have internal conflict. This means you could find it hard to resonate with someone. I can't tell whether you're a meister of weapon from your soul. We'll just have to experiment." He smiled. Vanora didn't feel as comfortable as she had done. Stein made her nervous. Justin wasn't too sure what Stein had in mind. Marie broke the pause.
"Well, we'll first see if you're a meister first." She turned to Justin. "Could we use your garden?"
"Sure you can Marie." Justin replied.
"Good." Stein mumbled from his chair. "We'll need a good amount of space to practice."
The group went outside. It was a lovely sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. The group all commented on the good whether they had been getting. Justin felt at peace outside, he didn't know why but he could spend hours out here listening to his D-Pod without a care in the world. But today was not one of those days. Marie and Vanora stood opposite Stein.
"To see if you're a meister I'm going to see if you're able to wield a weapon. Marie's soul wavelength is luckily compatible with yours. So hopefully you will be able to wield her." Stein explained. Vanora nodded to show she understood. Marie changed into her weapon form. Vanora caught the handle of the hammer Marie had changed into. She held it for a few seconds before dropping down to her knees. Marie changed back.
"I'm sorry. Are you okay?" Marie asked her quickly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Vanora answered smiling. Stein sighed.
"Well, I don't think she's a meister." He said in a bored tone.
"How do you know after one try?" Justin asked. Stein turned to him.
"It's quite simple. As she couldn't hold Marie but sustained no other signs of soul rejection. It's clear that it wasn't the wave lengths being incompatible but the link that they are two weapons."
"What about the Thompson sisters?" Marie asked. "They are both weapons but can wield each other."
"It's not impossible, but very unlikely, they are an exception." Stein muttered. "Well, I'm going to check what weapon you are." He grinned. Justin shuddered, what was Stein planning? "Justin for what I'm about to do I want you to stand over there." He pointed to a tree a good distance away from him.
"Why?" Justin protested.
"Just do it. Marie you know what's going to happen next." Stein said. Marie nodded.
"Come on Justin." Marie said smiling she took Justin's hand. He struggled at first but reluctantly followed Marie. They walked a distance away from Stein and Vanora. Justin looked over at Vanora. She smiled sweetly at him. Her brown eyes glistening back at him. A breeze swept through her ginger hair, it shone in the sunlight. Justin sighed. "Justin? You okay?"
"Yes I'm fine." He quickly said. Marie smiled. Justin looked back at Vanora and Stein.
"Ready Marie?" Stein asked. She grabbed hold of Justin's arms and pinned them behind him back. "Ready!" She cried.
"What?" Justin cried out, he looked at Stein. Stein quickly seeing him restrained turned to Vanora. Vanora quickly moved away from him. Stein quickly grabbed hold of her arms. She let out a cry out as his grip tightened on her arms. She started to struggle, but Stein wouldn't let go. Justin cried out and struggled against Marie.
"Justin! Calm down!" Marie said as Justin struggled more. "Trust me, Vanora will come to no harm." Justin stopped struggling.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Weapons change in the heat of battle, right?" Marie explained.
"Right..." Justin watched Vanora still fighting against Stein, he towered over her, she looked helpless.
"Well, a weapon also change in a state of fear to protect themselves. So he's trying to push her to changing."
"If she doesn't?" Justin asked, beginning to struggle again.
"Then she'll blast him with her soul wavelength." Marie answered. At that moment a loud shout echoed the garden, Marie and Justin looked over to Stein and Vanora. Stein didn't seem to be getting any result. He glanced quickly at Justin grinning manically. He moved Vanora so he was holding both of her writs in one hand. He held her arms up above her head. Vanora struggled harder. With his now free hand he moved it down to Vanora's waist. He grabbed the end of her top. His fingers moved under the fabric. Vanora let out a cry as he reached her skin. Justin struggled against Marie. Marie was caught off guard by the strength Justin was using. She luckily kept hold of the young Death Scythe. The everything stopped. Stein had frozen, looking at his hand. Vanora looked up. Around her right arm a chain seemed to of appeared. It snaked up her arm. The tip of it was sticking out through Steins hand. Blood trickled down his wrist.
"Justin... have you a first aid kit nearby?" Stein asked slowly. Justin nodded. "Well could I use it?"
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They were all back inside the house having a drink. Stein hand his hand bandaged up. Marie sat next to him. Justin sat opposite her and Vanora next to him. Vanora had gone back to normal.
"Well, after that I think it's safe to say that Vanora is a weapon." Stein said after a long silence. "But I couldn't work out what weapon exactly. So I'm going to ask something a bit out of the ordinary." He looked at Justin. "I want you to try and wield her."
"But I thought you said weapons couldn't wield other weapons." Marie questioned.
"If anyone tried to wield her that she doesn't trust, we may have another accident." Stein explained. "Justin, she trusts you."
"I'll try." Vanora said. "Justin?"
"I guess I have no choice." Justin smiled.
"I don't think we need to go outside again." Stein said. They all got up Justin and Vanora stood opposite each other Stein stood a slight distance away, and Marie stayed seated watching the three.
"You ready?" Justin asked.
"Yeah." Vanora replied. The two stood there, preparing for the task ahead. Justin took a deep breath. Vanora held her hand out to Justin. He took it. Closing their eyes they waited a while as their soul wavelengths synchronised with each other. Stein smiled as he saw the two souls growing. The wavelengths matching up perfectly. There was a blue flash. Vanora had disappeared. Justin opened his eyes and looked down to his hands. She had changed into her full weapon form.
"A Wushu Chain weapon. Never seen that before. How interesting." Stein walked over to Justin and looked down at Vanora in her weapon form. "I wonder how good she is in a fight." Stein moved his hand down to pick her up. Justin's grip tightened slightly on her. He didn't want Stein to even touch her after earlier. Just before Stein touched the metal, a small blue spark hit his hand. Stein withdrew his hand quickly. "So she still doesn't trust me."
"What happened?" Marie asked, moving round to Stein.
"She zapped me with her soul wavelength. Bit of a sting there." Stein answered.
"How come I didn't feel it?" Justin asked.
"She obviously likes you." He said with a smirk. Justin went red.
"Well I think we better be going now. Come on Fraken." Marie grabbed the back of Stein's collar.
"But I'm not..." He started to protest.
"Come on, we've done our job. We better leave Justin and Vanora alone to work things out." Marie pulled him to the door. "Nice to see you two, but we have some other stuff we need to do. Bye!" Marie opened the door and pushed Stein out, waved goodbye and shut the door behind her. Justin looked down at Vanora. The chain glowed blue and she changed back into her human form. Justin staggered at bit as he was now holding her bridal style. Vanora blushed slightly.
"Are you going to put me down?" Vanora giggled. Justin walked over to the sofa and gently placed her down. She was blushing as Justin turned away from her. Justin's face had also gone red. He walked across the room and stood looking in the mirror. Vanora stood up and walked up behind him. Both of them were blushing. The mirror started to ripple. The two of them tried to return to their normal colour but only succeeded in going redder.
"Hi! Hello! How are yah? What happened? You two are all red." Lord Death asked.
"Nothing happened Lord Death. We just worked out that Vanora's a weapon." Justin said quickly.
"I don't think that's it Justin." Lord Death leaned towards the mirror. "I think you two aren't telling me something. What is it?"
"Lord Death do you have an update with the Giriko case Lord Death?" Vanora quickly cut in. Luckily Lord Death dropped the questions.
"We've found out where he's based. He's strangely working alone at the moment. I would like you two to see if you can arrest him and bring him here." Lord Death said.
"Send us the information on his location and we'll get on it." Vanora said confidently.
"We will go after him in 5 days." Justin said. Vanora looked confused at him.
"Why the delay Justin?" Lord Death asked.
"I want time to train Vanora to defend herself on this mission." Justin explained.
"Ah I see. Good job Justin! I'll send you the info! See you guys later!" Lord Death disappeared. Vanora smiled at Justin.
"Well I guess we better start training." Vanora said. Justin smiled back.
"I guess we're going back outside." Justin said. The two of them went outside.
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"That was so tiring." Vanora complained as she collapsed on the sofa. Justin collapsed next to her.
"I don't think I've had to work that hard since school." Justin said tired. Vanora sighed and slumped sideways. Justin felt her head rest gently on his shoulder. He looked down at her. She had fallen asleep. He smiled gently. He brushed some hair away from her face. Justin closed his eyes. They were both soon asleep. The mirror began to ripple.
"LORD DEATH!" Spirit shouted. Lord Death looked round a spirit franticly pointing at something in the mirror.
"What is it Spirit?" He asked.
"LOOK AT THEM!" Spirit shouted at him.
"Okay, what is...?" Lord Death stopped. The two of them looked at the tired weapons. Justin was asleep with Vanora leaning on his chest. Justin had moved one arm around her waist and held her gently. She had snuggled up to him. Both of them looked peaceful asleep. A perfect pair. "I see." Lord Death turned off the mirror.
"What? You're not going to do anything?" Spirit asked annoyed. Lord Death turned to him.
"No. I'm not going to do anything." He said. Spirit looked at Lord Death confused. "I think we should leave them to prepare for their mission." Lord Death turned away from Spirit. Spirit looked back at the mirror.
"I guess he might finally let someone else in his life. It will hopefully help him become stronger. I can only hope it doesn't become a weakness as well."
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