Alright~ Let's get this started, shall we? It's been a while, sorry but hey after a huge writer's block, I've started writing the next chapter already! Isn't that great? *crickets chirp* Ok... Lets just go to the voting results...
Kagome/Death The Kid: 20 (wow)
Kagome/Soul Eater: 18 (he's catching up!)
Kagome/BlackStar: 0 (we still love you BlackStar just... probably not with Kagome)
Kagome/Everyone Above: 4 (I don't even know what to say about this)
Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga Inuyasha or Soul Eater, the only character I own here is Chiyoko Ishikawa (which by the way means Child of a Thousand Generations and Ishikawa means Stone River)
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Moving Forward
Chapter three: Getting Acquainted
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"Hey! Just who do you think you are!" Kagome went cross-eyed when a finger rudely poked her in the middle of the forehead. Leaning back a bit, the seventeen-year-old caught sight of the person pointing at her, a boy that was just a bit shorter than herself that had spiky aquamarine hair and green eyes that were narrowed angrily on her person. The teen took a small step back and gingerly pushed the accusing appendage away from her face, keeping he eyes trained on the clearly displeased boy.
"-coming in here and trying to outshine me, The Great Black Star! I-"
Kagome wasn't even paying attention to him anymore, silently dismissing what he was saying for a moment while she eyed his spiked hair curiously. 'I wonder how he gets it to stick up like that. The priestess couldn't see any hair gel from her place in front of him, but one could never be sure...
"-am the most powerful assassin the world will ever see! The one who will surpass God himself!" Almond shaped eyes narrowed. This statement by the loud-mouthed teen certainly caught her attention and the boy, BlackStar as he introduced himself, gradually quieted down when he realized that the girl wasn't fazed by any of his accomplishments, nor was she intimidated by him if her scrutinizing stare meant anything. Unknown to Kagome, this silent behavior was really out of character for Black Star, but she would be finding out in due time.
Tsubaki ,who had been behind him all along trying to get him to calm down, was surprised by his abrupt silence. Looking at the the source of his quiet demeanor, Tsubaki could understand why he had suddenly stopped talking; if someone with such a piercing stare had been looking at her that way, she would've quieted too. She still found it strange though, her partner had had plenty of harsh looks in his lifetime, how was this one any different?
"Tell me, Black Star, what is it that you know about a god's powers? Do you know the entirety of what they are capable of?" All amusement gone, Kagome questioned the boy with upmost seriousness. The path of one who wished to surpass the Kami tended to stray as the greed and lust for power begins to worm its way through the forefront of the person's mind. Naraku had been a perfect example in the end, though his desires had been quite simple in the very beginning.
"A god can do anything he wants! He can defeat anyone he wishes to, fight powerful opponents whenever he feels like it!"
'I knew his silence wouldn't last long' Tsubaki breathed in silently through her nose.
Kagome shook her head at the boy's naïveté, wondering who had been the one to put those thoughts in his head. "It's much more than that, maybe even more than all of us can understand. It's true that a god's power is possibly unlimited, but there's a great deal of responsibility involved when you have the ability to both destroy and create." She gave the boy a deadpan stare after his yawn reached her ears then sighed.
The black haired teen grumbled mentally "Kids nowadays, jeez."
Chiyoko giggled in her head. "You make yourself sound like some old lady, Kagome." The girl in question smiled a bit before turning towards the seats. The room resembled more a lecture hall than it did an actual classroom but the two new students didn't mind, it just meant that they'd be able to pay full attention to whatever it was that the teacher said.
A soft tap on her unoccupied shoulder made her turn back around. The one who'd tapped her stood smiling sheepishly in front of BlackStar, her long black hair pulled into a high ponytail to keep it from her face, but a few stray locks framed her face as another rested in the middle of her forehead. Se was tall, a good few inches taller than Kagome and just as curved, if not more.
"I'm sorry about him, he's not really all that bad... He just likes getting attention is all. My name is Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, I'm BlackStar's weapon."
Kagome returned the smile full-heartedly and shook the teen's offered hand "I'm Kagome Higurashi, this little ketten is Chiyoko Ishikawa, my weapon. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Tsubaki stared amazed at the three tailed cat and giggled at how cute it was when it jumped onto her shoulder.
Already in her seat, Maka watched with avid interest while the lean teenager communicated with the three-tailed cat on Tsubaki's shoulder with only her eyes and the deep blue colored cat leap off of the her shoulders after gaining a nod from her. The cat jumped from desk to desk until it finally came upon Maka's row, landing directly on top of the blond girl's desk.
Startled, she leaned back in her seat as the cat's purple eyes seemed to stare directly into her soul before bouncing onto her lap with her tails flicking playfully behind her. Liz and Patty gathered next to her, cooing over how cute the cat was and aw-ing when the cat tilted its head to the side and let out a small mew.
Giving in to the urge, Maka let her fingers pet the cat tentatively behind one of its icy blue ears. The meister smiled when she felt the cat let out a rumbling purr.
'Nya~ I love being a cat.' Chiyoko thought, rubbing her head against the hand of one of the three girls that were petting her.
"Silly kitten, weren't you supposed to be looking for a seat?" The cat demon froze and turned to look sheepishly at the teen that stood with Soul at the beginning of the row.
"Um... Here's good!" Chiyoko's tails swished nervously around her. Again, Maka wondered about how easily the teen spoke with the oddly colored cat, it looked like they understood each other perfectly. Kagome walked with Soul to where Chiyoko was sitting, now next to Maka instead of in her lap. When they reached them, Kagome decided to forgo the traditional bow and instead held out her hand for Maka to shake.
The girls shook hands amiably, introducing themselves with smiles on their faces. Kagome did the same with Liz and Patty, quickly identifying them as sisters before they even told her. They'd all looked at her, somewhat curious in how she knew; sure, the Thompson sisters had their family resemblance but surely, they didn't look so alike that a stranger could tell that they were related at first glance?
"Ah well, your auras feel similar to one another so I just figured you two were related in some way, Chiyoko can tell by scent though, so she told me that you were sisters."
Patty's mouth was in a small o shape as she nodded, her hands clapping once in front of her in childlike amazement. Liz hummed and nodded as well, though she was puzzled on the inside. What does she mean by aura?
Death The Kid took the moment of silence in the group as his turn to introduce himself to the pretty Asian girl. He had walked over once he heard that she could sense auras. He had been observing her closely ever since she walked into the classroom, his father had told him the day before that they'd be getting a trained miko as a classmate from then on and so Kid was left anxious to learn of her and her partner's abilities.
When Kid took a look at the girl's soul, he was left befuddled after seeing a chunk of it missing, like something had taken a large bite out of it. He wondered how she was still living, since it was no doubt a straining experience to be without a -rather large- part of one's soul.
'I'll ask about it at a later time.' The young reaper thought before he cleared his throat, catching the blue eyed girl's attention almost instantly. "It's nice to finally meet you, miko-sama. I am Death The Kid, son of Lord Death." Kagome's eyes widened almost comically and she hastily bowed in respect for the Shinigami in front of her. 'I didn't know Lord Death had a son!' A pop and a puff of purple smoke wafted through the air, hiding Kagome and Chiyoko's forms from view momentarily.
The smoke cleared, allowing the group of weapons and meisters to see the twelve-year-old girl now bowing next to Kagome.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" The girls chorused as they stood up straight again. The blue haired girl beside Kagome smiled in a nervous way at the surprised teens around her "H-Hello, my name's Chiyoko Ishikawa. I-It's very nice to meet all of you." The cat demon relaxed her stiff posture after her partner's aura washed over her, encasing her petit body in a reassuring embrace.
The introductions were suddenly interrupted by a shrill ring of the bell, meaning that class was starting and that their teacher would be arriving soon enough. As if on cue, the sound of wheels rolling on the tiled floors reached the assembled group's ears and it wasn't long before their professor came sliding through the doorway on his desk chair, tripping and falling onto his back in the process.
Doctor Franken Stein was a notorious man in the DWMA, being one of the most powerful meisters to ever graduate from the academy. He also had a rather interesting appearance, in Kagome's opinion, if one were to take the giant screw imbedded in his head and the stitches on his clothes and body into account. His hair was a light grey color, contrasting with his bright yellow-green eyes.
He took out his clipboard while he righted himself and his chair, acting like he hadn't just fallen in what had looked to be a painful way. The bespectacled man allowed his eyes to scan the room while he checked off the students on his attendance sheet. He never really checked attendance like other teachers did, instead he merely committed each students' face and name to memory, allowing him to waste little to no time in making sure they were present. But that day, there were two names that he did not recognize at all.
The man easily found both of the new classmates that the class had, spotting them next to his "favorite" bunch of students. Stein observed the girls' souls with interest, also noticing the strange aura the younger of the two held while he did so. 'Looks like things will be getting lively around here.' He caught the older teen's stare with a raised brow, making the girl blink and mutter something to to her partner before walking down the steps to his desk in the front center of the room.
"Higurashi Kagome-" the black haired youth nodded at him "-and Ishikawa Chiyoko." That left the one with cat-like purple eyes to stare questioningly at him. Stein paid no mind and simply checked them off on his list before he looked back to them, "Welcome to the academy. I'm your teacher, Doctor Franken Stein." The lean man analyzed their souls briefly and then continued, "I assume you two are already partners, correct?" It was not a necessary question, he already knew that they were already paired up. Despite this, both of the new students nodded though the younger one, Chiyoko, seemed a bit apprehensive by the way she kept looking from him to her meister.
Realizing that her weapon wasn't going to be speaking any time soon, Kagome offered her teacher a small smile "Thank you, professor. We look forward to your lessons." The priestess spoke evenly, taking care to not set Chiyoko off with the slightest waver of her voice. 'The cat girl is sensitive to her partner's wavelengths' Stein mussed, 'But her meister is keeping herself in check, I can't sense a single negative emotion coming off of her...'
Stein's glasses gleamed eerily 'Impressive.' He thought and then ushered the girls to take their seats, for the class had begun.
"I'll be looking forward to seeing them fight."
"Aw Chiyoko, he wasn't that scary and you know it!" The small cat demon pouted in Kagome's arms, clearly displeased that she didn't share her opinion on their creepy teacher. "Yes he was! Didn't you see his face? And clothes? And the huge screw jabbed in his head?!"
Kagome sighed "Yes, I did see them; I'm not blind you know." They walked over to the bulletin board placed in the middle of a wide, crowded hallway. Stein had told them to take a look and see if there were any missions that interested them on it after he explained the purpose of the school. He was surprised that Death hadn't explained it the day they met him, but he shrugged it off knowing the god could be a bit eccentric -like him- at times.
Apparently, Kagome and Chiyoko had to collect ninety nine evil human souls and one witch soul. For what, you may ask? Oh, just so Chiyoko could become a death scythe, no biggie. 'Right, not a big deal at all.' Shaking off her sarcastic thoughts, Kagome stared up at the mission bulletin with her eyes skimming over the large board trying to find something suitable for a new student like her.
Chiyoko was looking for a mission too, her quick eyes easily found one in record time. She jumped and transformed into her human from next to Kagome, ignoring the looks from the students around them, and pointed to the one on the bottom left corner of the board. "Let's do this one!" A clawed finger tapped impatiently on the wooden card hanging from the bulletin, waiting for the teen to finish reading the requirements of the mission.
Once she finished, Kagome nodded her approval and walked over to the receptionist with the mission card in hand. A few minutes later, she returned with both the mission card and a thin folder. The folder in her grasp contained a detailed explanation on their targets, background check and current whereabouts. Kagome grinned and motioned for Chiyoko to follow while she headed back to the apartment complex they lived in.
"Any reason in particular you chose this mission?" Frowning, Chiyoko answered "I don't like rats, that's all."
They walked through the halls in silence after that, unaware of the gossiping teens they had left behind them.
Chiyoko sat cross legged on the couch of her living room, a plate of steamed salmon placed atop her legs while she read the files inside the folder Kagome received earlier at school. The girls had finished furnishing their apartment the day before, for the most part anyway. They'd traded the queen-sized bed in one of the rooms for a smaller one, since the other bedroom had a twin-sized bed placed there. However, they weren't sure what they were going to do with the extra room yet, but Chiyoko wasn't dwelling on that at the moment.
Chopsticks gingerly picked up a piece of salmon, placing it inside of a hungry neko's mouth. Light blue cat ears suddenly replaced the human-like ones that Chiyoko possessed, the furry appendages twitched and swiveled this way and that in response to the sounds of Kagome's work in the kitchen. The miko plopped down on the couch next to her a moment later with a plate of her own in her hands, this one filled with freshly prepared albacore sushi and a small tray of soy sauce on the side.
"It says here that they'll be gathering tomorrow at nine o'clock in one of Las Vegas' most prosperous hotels." Chiyoko stated after she swallowed her food. She flicked another piece into her mouth, this time using her claws instead of the chopsticks lying on the plate; she waited for Kagome to respond as she chewed.
"There are approximately fifty to sixty members that will be making an appearance there, all of them are kishin eggs... Meaning that they've each consumed a considerable amount of human souls. The nezumi gang has made a name for itself in these past months, probably since they started devouring the souls of innocent humans." A disgusted look formed on Kagome's face and Chiyoko sneered, "Damn rats." She muttered, her claws lengthening due to her agitation.
Shaking her head, Kagome munched on her food and held her plate out of Chiyoko's reach when she tried to snatch a piece of it. She flicked the girl lightly on the nose and wagged her finger playfully "Bad kitty, do you want to get fat?" Chiyoko crossed her arms and pouted "Yōkai can't get fat!" The seventeen-year-old shrugged but guarded her dish nonetheless. "Pleaaaaaaase?"she rolled her eyes when Chiyoko's whines filled her ears and silenced her by stuffing the last bite into her mouth.
Kagome giggled and ran to the hall "Don't come crying to me when the scale breaks under your feet!" The cushion aimed at her head was promptly dodged.
"Father, I would like to speak with you."
Death The Kid stood in front of his father in the Death Room, where Lord Death usually resided. The deity in question cocked his head to the side "What did you need kiddo?" Kid huffed through his nose but decided to address the subject that had been on his mind directly "How is it possible to live with an incomplete soul?"
The empty holes on Death's mask crinkled, indicating that the god was smiling "It's not or rather, it shouldn't be possible. The soul must be tremendously strong to bear with the pain missing a part of it, and the person also has to have an incredibly strong will to continue living accompanied by the agony of their tattered soul."
Kid's golden eyes blinked "It's... painful?" Death bobbed his head "Mm-Hm, like having a part of you amputated without any morphine." His son cringed at the analogy, though it was the one best suited for that situation, he'd known few people with an incomplete soul and one was a student at the academy.
"I assume that you've already met Kagome then?" Kid nodded and then narrowed his eyes, "Yes... But Father, isn't she supposed to have been placed in the grade below mine? She is a new meister after all and her weapon is quite young to say the least."
"Had it been anybody else, you would've been right but Chiyoko and Kagome are a special case, I wouldn't have given them a scholarship if they weren't. I had someone keeping an eye on Kagome for quite some time, she is a powerful young lady with plenty of potential just like you and your friends though she discovered her powers in a more different way than others have."
The young reaper's brow rose at this last statement "What sort of "different way" are we talking about?" The Death god held up his large white index finger in front of where his mouth would be "It's not something I can say, you'll have to get her to tell you if you want to know." Resisting the urge to pout, because reapers did not pout, Kid scoffed and turned to the door "That's all I wanted to discuss, thank you father."
The door clicked shut before Death could even respond. "Kids these days..." The Shinigami shook his head with a sigh, unknowingly repeating the phrase Kagome used earlier that day.
"And I didn't even get the chance to tell him that we'll be seeing her in action tomorrow... Oh well, he'll find out eventually."
He always did, after all.
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