Chapter 1: Mara The Great Sword
"Oh my god how many stairs are in this goddamn school." Paul thought to himself as he was climbing up the stairs to DWMA for the first time. "
"Jeez I though I had good stamina, the students here must be marathoners. Oh whatever besides Lord Death has excused me for today so I can meet my weapon. I wonder who it would be? Maybe like a jacked up dude who can turn into a sledgehammer, or maybe like a mysterious guy that can turn into a machete, that would be fucking awesome." Paul was monologuing to himself until he found out how many stairs he still has left. "Screw it, I'm just sprinting up to this place." Paul started hauling ass through the stairs and finally up to where he could see DWMA. His mind was blown, he had never seen a school, much less an academy, so intricately designed and made. He went ahead and just stood there for a few minutes until he realized that he needed to go see Lord Death.
Paul had actually never seen what Lord Death looked like in person, thoughts of a dark, skeletal, being from the shadows emerged into Paul's mind as he started thinking what Lord Death would look like. What he actually was something completely different.
"Wassup! You must be Paul Begtse right?"
"Um, yes I am. It is an honor to meet you Lord Death." Paul bowed.
"Oh please, don't treat this very formally, you and by extension, all of us here at DWMA will get to get know each other just fine. I've read your reports on Demon Hunter, you're quite a prolific student. And only 15 years old, you'll have some strong competition to deal with though. I assume you've met Maka Albarn already, right?"
"Yes sir, she seems very nice and very attrativ- I mean arrestin- I mean she's nice to look at- I mean she's nice, yeah nice."
"Well then, seems like I did make a good choice in having you stay next her." Lord Death chuckled "But what I to talk about is your weapon, it's about time I showed you find who your partner will be for the next year."
As Lord Death finished explaining, a girl with light skin, black hair, and blonde streaks appeared from the door and was looking very grumpy from the look of her eyes.
"Paul, this is Mara Flint, Mara this is Paul Begtse."
The girl named Mara was seemed very uninterested. "Look Lord Death this has been what the fourth or third time you tried to pair me with a Meister. I know my wavelength is unnatural so I don't get having another Meister really helps, even if he is from another school. I appreciate the efforts but please I would hate to disappoint you sir."
"Oh but this one is different Mara I've looked into the wavelengths of Paul and-" Lord Death started whispering into Mara's ear so that Paul couldn't hear it. Mara changed her expression to slight relief.
"Alrighty then! Paul I want you to close your eyes and put your hand over Mara."
Paul did just and after a few seconds, felt a weird surge in his body. Paul felt like he was being connected, like he was becoming whole. When Paul finally opened his eyes he saw that he was holding a claymore on both of his hands. It looked amazing no scratches, torns, or even any stains on it, most shockingly it had no weight to it, it felt like the weapon was a part of him
Paul's face was in complete awe of how Mara had transformed at the palm of my hands.
"Fantastic, Paul! I knew someone like you could get it on the first try. Now I think you've already know what resonating with your partner is right?"
"Yes Lord Death. Can I resonate here?"
"I think it would be better trying to resonate on a Kishin. How about I give you your first assignment?"
"Already! Shouldn't I at least go to my classes first? Then again I want try out Mara." Out of pure recklessness and pride, Paul decided to accept his first assignment.
"It would pretty funny to know that the new student's already collecting souls." Paul thought.
As Paul finished saying that Mara had gone back to human form and was hugging me.
"Finally I found you, the perfect man!" She said to Paul.
"Um, what does that mean." Paul asked her.
"Shut up. You have a badass weapon now and I finally have a partner I call it a win win situation."
As Mara let go of Paul, Lord Death had started talking about the assignment the new Meister and Weapon duo were being given.
"The mission is simple really, there is a kishin egg on a nearby city of ours, find and kill it, then grab it's soul and you'll be on your way to a Death Scythe."
"Sounds pretty simple, reminds me of being given an assassinate contract on Demon Hunter."
"I knew you would say that, but I want you to be grouped with another Meister, to ensure safety."
"Sure who am I going with?"
"Well since you've already meet them, I want to pair you up with Soul and Maka."
On the outside Paul looked nonchalant about it, but on the inside he was a nervous wreck."Oh my god they're actually going to watch me fight. What if I crack and have to use "it"? Will they see me as a freak because of it? But if I do kill it and get its soul will I I impress Maka? Nah she's probably seen it before." Finally Paul said...
"Fine! I'll kick the Kishin's ass and make sure that nobody thinks that I'm just an amateur at fighting Kishin or Demon, it's just another prey to kill! I'm going back to my apartment to get ready, see you Mara." Paul ran off and headed to his apartment to prepare.
"Seems like my Meister wants to go down to work already. I'll speak on his behalf that he accepts the assignment. Thanks Lord Death, I'll go catch up to Paul and see how's he doing." Mara left as well, leaving Lord Death by himself.
"Whew, I knew Paul would resonate with Mara, now let's see if his name can live up to it when combating against Kishins."
Okay this is where I should end it. Please R&R and give me your thoughts on it. Next chapter's going to be our first fight scene with our new Meister Paul, or rather, scenes. But I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave it at that.
