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Chapter Three
Let's all play nice.
Since when was there a party planned?

Victoria's POV

Lunch on the first day of school was never a pleasant experience to begin with; add that to the fact my twin was dragging me in the one direction I really didn't want to go in the first place? Well, that left me a still none to happy camper with the situation.

Balancing my lunch in one hand, I tugged against Miranda's grip on my other one. "Mira, come on, you know I don't want to sit over there. Not with mister 'I shall surpass God' and the rest of his – probably just as crazy – friends. Come on, let's sit somewhere else!" I pleaded, and it's a rare thing for me to plead… at least it was before we came here.

My sister only scoffed at me. "It's the only table with spots still open. It can't be that bad to sit with Soul and the others," she said, before tugging me over to the table. She smiled at them al. "Do you mind if we sit with you guys?" she inquired.

The white-haired boy looked up before shrugging. "I don't care, long as it's cool with the others."

A girl with short blonde hair let out a cheer and reached across the table to try and tug Miranda into a seat. "Sit with us! Sit with us!" she cried. I found myself sorely tempted to run away from this table of people. I was right, they were as crazy as Mister "I shall surpass God".

The older woman with blonde hair – possibly related to the crazy blonde? – grabbed the girl's hand and made her remove it from my sister. "Patti, you can't just tug on people to make them listen to you. Now eat your lunch," she said, and definitely sounded like an older sister.

The younger blonde – Patti now? – pouted before sitting down to eat her lunch. "Yes Liz," she said, but it seemed that her sorrow was short lived as she started having fun just playing with the food on her lunch tray.

Miranda glanced at me and smiled, to which I returned with a grimace, and then pulled me into a seat. I set my tray down at the exact same time she did hers, and we both picked up our forks to start eating. The boy I had hit earlier was boasting again about how he was going to surpass god and no one could stop him. I sighed, looking down at my tray. What got me though was when he started saying how he was the real winner of the fight earlier.

"There was no way she could have beaten me in a fair fight, therefore, I am the TRUE winner of the fight!" he was saying, before letting out that annoying laugh of his.

I twitched and looked up at him. "You have got to be kidding me. I beat you with a hit to the head, not even in my full weapon form. There is no way you are the 'real' winner," I said, glaring at him.

"Oh yeah? Well it's obvious that I was the real winner, because I am the ALMIGHTY BLACK*STAR AND I CANNOT BE DEFEATED! Hahahahahahahaha!" he crowed, hands over his stomach as he laughed, and it only served to make me even more annoyed.

"Why you little blue bug, I could squash you in a second!" I hissed; slamming my hands onto the table and letting the motion propel me into a standing position. I was starting to see spots because of how angry I was, this child got under my skin way too easily.

He rose to meet me, glaring back at me just as hard. "I bet you couldn't," he taunted.

Suddenly there was a hand in my face, shoving me back into my seat. I could see between the fingers that Black*Star was getting the same treatment. "Now now, if you two don't stop fighting, I'm going to knock your heads together," my sister's voice said, and the tone was so sickly sweet that I knew she was being serious, and she would bash our heads together the hardest she could. I made a wise decision then, and sat back willingly while scooting away from my sister. I really didn't need a bruise on my head…

Miranda smiled and sat back in her seat then, having successfully cowed both Black*Star and I.

He looked across the table at me and mouthed 'your sister is scary'. I could only smirk and nod at that. Yes, yes she was, and I loved her that way.

At that point, I turned my attention back to my food and starting eating, ignoring the conversation that had struck up around me. Unfortunately, my ignoring people abilities didn't work very well when there was suddenly a girly squeal followed by an "oh no I forgot to buy my dress for the dance!" I looked up to see my sister looking very confused at Liz's outburst; I had figured it was Liz since she was the one that looked worried.

Then a quiet boy that I hadn't quite noticed spoke up. "Don't worry Liz; you can probably go get it after school. As long as it's symmetrical, you know that," he said.

I took a good look at him then, taking in the black hair with three snow white stripes on one side of his head. Moving down, I spotted his bi-colored eyes, two different shades of golden yellow. He wore the skull of Lord Death and I blinked in mild surprise. Was this the son of Lord Death? We had heard of him of course, but I didn't expect him to be in the same class as us. Let alone choose to sit at the same table… then again he might be friends with Soul and the others.

Liz was nodding. "Oh I know, Kidd. I'll make sure Patti gets a matching outfit for you," she said, grinning. Obviously she was excited about going shopping. Miranda and her were sure to get along…

Soul scoffed and shook his head. "Parties are so uncool, there's nothing cool to do at them," he said.

Tsubaki, I think her name was Tsubaki, frowned at that. "Oh Soul, don't say that. There's plenty to do at a party. You can dance, and visit with friends. And besides, it is for the school," she said.

Black*Star only laughed. "It doesn't matter if he thinks it'll be fun or not! Because I'm going to be the star of the party, and he will pale in comparison to my amazing-ness! Isn't that right Tsubaki?" he asked, grinning at his weapon partner.

The black-haired girl only smiled lightly before nodding. "Of course Black*Star," she said.

Liz perked up. "Oh! Tsubaki! You don't have an outfit for the party yet either do you?" she asked.

She shook her head in response. "No, I don't."

Miranda chose this moment to speak up, and I glanced at her – silently pleading for her not to say what I thought she was going to. "What exactly is this party about…?" she asked.

I let out a sigh of relief; she hadn't asked if we were invited.

Kidd spoke up then. "Well, it's a party this Friday celebrating the anniversary of when the DWMA was created. All students are invited, and it's going to be a grand event. It is formal though, so suits and dresses are required," he said.

Miranda smiled brightly. "Oh that's great! We'll be sure to make it then won't we, Tori?" she asked, looking at me.

I sent her an un-amused look. "I'm not going, you know I don't do well with parties," I said.

"Aw, but please Tori?" she begged, giving me those damn puppy dog eyes I can't fight when it comes to her.

"N-no… fine. Fine, we'll go," I muttered, looking away from her as she grinned in victory. I think she was about to say something, but then the lunch bell rang – thank goodness I ate most of my lunch – and I stood to throw my tray away. Most of the others did too and once that task was done, we headed back to class. Somehow, somehow I just knew that this party was going to be a bad idea.