Sorry for taking so long, the computer had ALOT of problems. But those are resolved, I hope I can get the next chapter out soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater or any of the characters. I only own the Original Characters in the story, as stated in the first chpater.
Beginnings are always messy. – John Galsworthy
'The plane will land shortly. If you are on a connecting flight, please exit through terminal 3 and head to terminal 5. If you are staying…'
Raul just sighed as the monotone voice recited the information. It still sucked that he had to come along. The team of six was currently in Barbados, the island in the eternal dance of sun and rain (as it is now nick-named), Pre-Kishin hunting.
With a small bump the plane landed, as all of them walked to the terminal, their goal was still intact and the memory in fresh in their minds.
As the students stood there, the boy jumped from the top of the guillotine and jumped on Xavier's back. He then proceeded to give him a knuckle sandwich while he tried to shake him off. "Hey X, fancy meeting you here."
"Derek, cut it out. Nice to see you to but you're messing up my hair." Xavier said while he threw Derek to the floor.
"What is the meaning of this?" Ryla and Raul asked annoyed.
"Well, this mission has just escalated into a three star meister mission. Since you both are one star meisters, I have decided to include another Meister, hence Derek." Lord Death said as Derek jumped off of Xavier and landed right next to Raul, placing his elbow on him with a smirk on his face. Raul returned it with a look of disgust.
"And with me and Akira here, you'll need all the help you can get." Derek said.
"I don't need help to maim you right now if you don't take your hand off of me right now! And what is with the 'I'm going to kill you now, nothing personal.' crap man?"
"I needed a cool entrance quote."
"Why I …"
"Stop this Raul!"
As soon as those words rang out, the sword glowed into a pink hue and transformed into a girl. The girl had a white shirt with a grey jacket on and torn faded jeans with worn out
Sneakers on her feet. She had calm purple hair made in a side pony tail and calm green eyes.
"Let's just clam down okay." She said with her smooth voice that melted the hearts of men. Her hair waved in the breeze although their was no wind. She then 'glided' towards Derek, "Derek, can you please treat Raul with at least some respect."
"But he …"
One reaper chop to the head stopped him in his tracks. Derek laid face down blood pooling under his face.
"You three remind me of a certain trio I know." Lord Death said as he walked towards his mirror and 'stared' at it through his mask. "But like them, I can see that you're going to be something great."
"Lord Death said that there are two Pre- Kishins needed to be hunted instead of one. The two, the Steel Donkey and the Heart Man. They were seen together more often and are considered too dangerous for 1 star Meisters." Raul explained.
"So, the festival is 2 days from now. What should we do before then?" Xavier asked as they walked down the street in the city.
"First, we should gather some clues as to where and when they will strike." Ryla said as she walked around a piece of gum. "Daisuke, any ideas?"
"Sorry, no ideas here."
Derek looked in the alleyway. He was currently bored out of his skull. He wanted to be water skiing, not discussing about evil mutated monsters. He stiffened and stared into the darkness. There was a slight gleam in their direction, the soft click of metal, a sound he knew well.
The sound of the safety clip being deactivated from a gun.
He quickly ran down the alley, pulling Akira who was quiet this entire time, into the urine soaked street. Bandits were standing in front of two people, a little girl in terror wearing a school uniform and a man in a business suit slumped over on the street, shot dead. The bandits looked furious, aiming his gun at the girl "Akira! We gotta stop them. Transform."
"Okay."
Akira glowed in a pink aura and materialized into a blade. The blade had an oriental design and had blue highlights. The handle bore a flower motif with black leather wrap around it. Derek caught the blade backhandedly and proceeded to charge to the gunman. Said criminal was shooting bullets like crazy.
Derek smoothly blocked the bullets with his blade and kicked him in the temple knocking him out. After awhile, it was quiet, too quiet. The girl sat there and cried over her father's dead body. She looked up at Derek who was focusing on the scene around him.
In an instant, Derek started spinning. Akira's blade started to breaking into seven segments connected by a wire. The wire encircled him in a spinning sphere.
Gunshots were heard as a flurry of bullets flew to Derek and Akira, whose wire deflected all of the incoming shots. Suddenly he flinched and the wire flew in frenzy, slicing non vital points of the thieves' bodies, paralyzing them.
Before anyone knew, a scream was heard. It was a man's voice, as an arrow made of pure soul wavelength stabbed his legs. Ryla ran to the thief and kicked him in the side as Raul walked to the girl and asked "I'm sorry for your loss. So, are you injured?"
She looked at him weakly and said, "Not really."
Ryla walked up to her and helped her up and Derek sheepishly picked her bag from the ground and gave it back to her, both of them blushing. He looked up at her and noticed her features, of african american descent, coupled with her brown auburn hair and crystal clear blue eyes. She noticed that he was staring at her and got as red as a tomato.
"U-um, w-w-what are you?" She asked as she stared at Akira's weapon form.
"Oh, uh, we are from the AMWD. Crap, I mean the DWMA." Derek replied nervous. Ryla looked at them nervously until she got the hint that there may be something more between them. "I, uh, think you s-should be getting home now."
She nodded and ran away from the street in a hurry with tears coming from her eyes and her face got even redder if it could. Raul looked at Derek and said "You did a good job (for once) of finding out about her. So, what do you think about …?"
He smiled and fist pumped the air. "Yeah! The girls here are damn sexy. Time to have some ..., mmhmm!"
Ryla punched him in the mouth before he could finish the sentence. Derek placed his hand over his mouth while choking on blood from gurgling curses.
Raul stood there and looked at him while saying "I was talking about the mission, but the girls here sure are…" but stooped when Ryla gave him the Death Glare.
The first Battle
The clash on Barbados, in the eternal dance of Sun and Rain?
Elsewhere in the halls of the DWMA
Ever famous meister Maka was walking towards a room in deep thought. Ever since the introductions of her new class yesterday, she had wondered about that boy. Something about him and his soul was off, and she intended to find out what.
She looked at the sign next to the classroom. "Music Room." She breathed a large sigh. She normally didn't go to him for things like this; however she couldn't do this without him either. And with that, she walked into the room.
The room had a descent of stairs leading to a centre plane. Each tier of the descent had a row of chairs and desks. In the middle of the room where all the stairs lead to, was a piano.
The piano had an occupant. He had white spiky hair, blood red eyes and to go with it, he was smiling his shark like teeth. He wore a white shirt with a black jacket to go with it, which had the words "SOUL EATER" stitched onto it with a face like object beside it. His black jeans and shoes were resting on the small bench near the piano as he was playing away. Strangely, he lacked his trademark headband.
"Oh, Maka. I didn't notice you there." He said as he stopped playing and turned to face her.
"It's nice to see you to Soul." Maka said with a smile. Soul, also known as Soul Eater Death Scythe, was (and still is) Maka's partner when she was in the DWMA. He now teaches students the piano with a fee (discounts for the ladies.)
"You were just playing Für Elise by Beethoven."
"I'm surprised you could recognize it."
"I read a book about him."
"Anyways, what bring you here?"
"Have you heard about a student named Raul? A meister."
"He comes here sometimes to listen to me play. I asked if he wanted music lessons. He wasn't interested. Why?"
"He is being investigated by DWMA. Also I noticed something about his soul wavelength." Maka said as she sat next to soul and held his hand. "It sounded almost like... music? Can you play it on the piano?"
Maka and Soul closed her eyes and in the deep recesses of Soul's soul, a dark void for miles, a clear wisp was the only thing in sight. In a rhythm the wisp released shockwaves in the same clear color. Soul snapped open his eyes and moved his hand from Maka's grasp. He started play a tune, an ominous shadow seemed to fill the room as he played.
"There is no mistaking it." Soul said while playing, "The soul wavelength of this boy perfectly replicates..."
Song track: Moonlight Sonata 1st movement by Beethoven
The song that was being played was Moonlight Sonata but something was wrong. The extra notes made the song seem, almost murderous. It seemed to reek with Madness; Maka could sense that this song, or boy, was far from normal. It was a miracle that the boy or his weapon was not falling into madness just by resonating.
"It so murderous? This is not right Soul." Maka said as Soul started to reach the end. But as he neared the end, multiple screams occurred when he played the final note. Screams that you would her in a tragedy play. Screams that cried out at their incoming deaths.
The duo sat there in silence as they tried to process the situation. The dark atmosphere lifted as Maka started to get up. "I'm going to report this to Lord Death, get ready for anything Soul. See you later."
"Later Maka."
She left the room and went straight to Lord Death with only one though in mind 'What does this mean?'
On the beach of Barbados, we find our heroes relaxing in the sun. Even if hunting for pre- Kishins, you need a break sometime. Xavier and Derek were swimming, showing off for the ladies. Ryla and Akira were face palming and staring at hot guys on the beach. Daisuke was listening to his music, bobbing his head slightly. And Raul was walking on the beach.
He looked at everyone there, would they even know where the pre- Kishin will strike. Maybe not, but he couldn't be sure. He kept walking until he tripped over a person on the sand. She was a girl with long black hair and a curvaceous figure, her bikini was red and her skin was slightly tanned. When she looked at the idiot who tripped over her, her bright red eyes glaring at the boy who probably was eating sand.
"Watch where you're going bub!" She spat as she got up from the sand. Raul got up and dusted himself off.
"Sorry. I didn't see you." He apologized as he started to walk away, but the girl stopped him but holding onto his arm. He stared to blush but he managed to hide it well.
"You're from the DWMA, aren't you?" She asked.
"How did you..."
"Oh, I can tell when someone is from the DWMA or not? Besides," she rubbed against his arms; he started to blush more but could still hide it, "your muscles are so strong. Bet you could lift a car with these."
"Well maybe, wait. Just who are you?"
"You can call me Akane." She said as she leaning closer to his face. In the corner of Raul's eye, were two things he did not want to see. One was Xavier, who was green with envy; the other was Ryla, red with rage.
"What do you think you're doing to Raul?" Ryla asked as she ran towards Akane. She clenched her fist and a blue aura started to glow from it. Ryla tried to swing at the girl but Akane ducked and before Ryla got another breath she swung Raul in front of her.
"You guys are completely hilarious. I'll give you a hint about the monsters your hunting. The Heartman strikes at midnight in the cane fields, and the Steel Donkey is around when you hear the clanking of chains when nobody is there. Good luck." Akane said as she released Raul and started chanting "Kon Kon Vixen Kitsune, Illusion of Flames."
She then disappeared in flames that spouted around her and they died down, leaving only her bikini. Xavier was having a nosebleed at the image coming from his head while Raul looked around and saw a fox running away with nine tales.
"Do you know what this means?"
"That you are the luckiest person in the world to have met such a divine lady." Xavier said dreamily. "Got to give you props, man."
"No. That chant, it was a witch's chant. We just met a witch."
"And a damn fine one at that!" X added as Ryla punched him in the face again. Hard.
In the dead of the night in a cane field, a soft rustle was heard as a man in a farmer outfit was walking to the canes with a cutlass. He crept eerily to the field, when a hand reach out and started chocking him. He gasped for breath as a man in a black cloak with a murderous glint in his eyes jabbed his hand straight threw the man and the rest was history. The cloaked man took what was left of the man's soul, a blue wisp, and placed it in a sack on his back. He then retreated into the shadows.
"So that's him. The Heartman. Pretty hardcore if you ask me."
"I didn't ask you Derek." Raul said as he and the others stepped out of bushes. He had on his trademark attire and Ryla wore black leather fingerless gloves. Derek wore a short jeans, t-shirt and blue jacket with his earrings with Lord Death's mask. Everyone had their weapons with them.
"The question is where is he taking that soul?"
"We should trail him as soon as possible." Akira said from her weapon form.
"Good point." Raul looked at the man fleeing the scene. "Ryla, tail him 20 meters distance. We'll go in and distract him, you will kill him long-range. You follow?"
"Yes. Don't get killed." Ryla said as she ran off to a hill.
"Let's go guys." Xavier said as Raul and Derek ran straight to the Heartman.
Derek's blade broke into segments again and flew towards the Heartman, who blocked with his arm. He then threw Derek into the ground and proceeded to stab at his heart. A kick flew into his head as Raul managed to get him off of Derek, but the Heartman rebounded from the ground and pounced to the second meister. Raul managed to deflect most of the blows with his weapon and with one mighty swing, repelled the enemy from his personal space. The axe meister proceeded to run towards the cloaked man and Xavier released his hidden spike. He stabbed at the enemy' heart, if it had any.
But the Heartman's reflexes were sharp. He ducked and swept at Raul's feet, said person blocked with the bottom part of his axe. Derek slashed the segments at the man again but was pulled in again and got an elbow to the face. He then ran and force palmed the meister, who blocked with his weapon. He then grabbed the axe and a dark aura shot out of his hand and into Xavier and Raul. They both screamed out in pain as the aura went throughout their body and caused Raul to vomit blood and spasm around frantically like a dying fish without water, momentarily stunned. He tried to stab Raul but an earthen fist came out and smacked the man away. Raul looked to the direction of which the fist was backing.
Amazing, Ryla was the one who had sent the fist. She had her fist into the ground, which was slightly cracked, with some electricity seeming able to spark around her arm from the ground. What was even more amazing was that she wasn't being electrocuted by the lightning. After a few minutes of shock, she regained her senses and decided to repeat said action. Ryla then punched the ground again with her other hand and another gigantic hand made from stone rose and reached out to the killer. But the Heartmanreleased the dark aura again, and this time it went through the ground stunning everyone for awhile.
"He's too powerful." Derek groaned. Raul stared at the cloaked figure that was coming towards him. His senses were dulling and he was starting to lose consciousness at he laid on the ground below waiting for the end. He closed his eyes and inhaled his last breath. He felt himself slipping away in the darkness that was consuming his vision. His body felt like it was floating in a space, with no ground nor axe in hand, most of his senses were shot in the last attack.
"Raul!" Xavier shouted, "You need to get up. I won't let you lie there and die. Come on, GET UP!"
Raul didn't move as he felt a weight or something like that on top of him. His breathing slowed down as he heard a voice familiar to him. It was soft, yet he could hear as loud as any surround sound. 'You must find the king. You must give the message to him, but beware. You must not die before having an offspring. You must give the message to him. I believe you can do it. Please you need to give the letter. Don't leave her will or soul in vain.'
It was then the fallen meister regained his senses. He back flipped, throwing the evil human off of him. Standing up using his axe as a prop, he did a recon of what was happening. Ryla was starting to regain consciousness but couldn't pull herself together. Derek was still paralyzed on the ground, looking like he was having a seizure. Seeing as he was by himself, he closed his eyes and focused on the partner he had in his hands.
"Xavier, it's time to resonate." Raul said as he raised the axe and his muscles tensed for a few seconds. They then opened his eyes and shouted "SOUL RESONANCE!"
Around him erupted a blue aura, stronger than anything before in the fight. The man backed away in fear as the aura enveloped the pair as it grew stronger and stronger. Raul's jacket fluttered in the breeze from the energy, he roared from the power he was outputting.
"Ryla, what is he doing?" Derek asked, now recovering from his seizure.
"Haven't you been listening in class? I suppose not. Fine, I'll explain. When you and your weapon are fighting, you are resonating normally. When Soul Resonance is initiated, the meister synchronizes with his weapons soul wavelength by sending their wavelength to their partner, who in turn sends their wavelength back along with the first amplified as well back to the meister. The process is repeated in order to gain an even more powerful wavelength more powerful than a normal meister or weapon alone could obtain. With this new power, the meister can utilize more powerful techniques that can normally change the tide of battle. But the pair must be in sync and one of mind. Even one distraction can cause the resonance to fail. That is why you cannot interfere with his concentration." Ryla explained as she breathed a heavy sigh.
"So cool." Derek said as he watched the drama.
The axe in the meister's hand started to change shape. It transformed into a bigger weapon. The blade of the axe grew bigger with a giant X in the middle. The handle grew longer and seemed to ooze with energy. The bottom of the axe had another head with the same X as the other side. Retaining the same colors except with a blue hue, the weapon looked like an upgraded version of the original axe. He ran towards the monster and slashed at its head and missed as the monster jumped in the air.
"You're not getting away from me that easily! Xecutioner's Slash" Raul shouted as he threw the weapon into the air. It connected head on with the Heartmanand went straight threw him, leaving a glowing diagonal slash where it connected. Xavier flew into space, leaving the meister defense-less.
"That was stupid, now he's weaponless. Guess I have to save him again." Derek said with a sigh. He was about to dash off when a hand stopped him from running off. He looked at Ryla with her hand outstretched, who was looking at the glowing object in the sky. She looked at Derek with a calm yet malicious look.
'You should probably stand back Derek.' Akira said from her image on her blade. The meister stepped back with caution as Ryla lowered her hand.
From the air, the Heartman dropped to the ground and on top Raul with a malicious look on his nonexistent face. The glowing mark on his chest still remained after the blow. Raul's face was full with confidence even though the dagger was near his heart.
But seconds later, a star in the sky was glowing brighter. It seemed to come closer and closer until it seemed like a shooting star. All eyes were directed to the incoming object with glowed enchantingly. Raul took the opportunity to kick the Heartman in the face and somersaulted from the spot.
"Xavier, now!"
The glowing object, Xavier, flew straight towards the Heartman and went threw him again, leaving an X shaped pattern on its chest. He screamed in pain as he dissipated into a Kishin soul egg. Xavier and the other weapons reverted back into human form as he ate the soul.
Derek walked up to the bag of souls and said "These are enough souls to turn anyone into a Kishin. Wonder what he was doing with them?"
Raul walked up beside him, looking at the sack off souls. He spotted a piece of paper on the ground. Bending down. He picked up the paper and read it, all the color draining off of his face.
"What's does it say?" Daisuke asked.
Raul looked at them and they saw the worry on his face.
"Beginning."
The romance and pairing are starting to form. Thank you Don't forget to review.