Angela and Aria ran halfway across the DWMA (or rather, Angela ran while dragging Aria along with her) in fear of being late for their first class. However despite the fact that they were late, they arrived to a class full of chattering students and no teacher to scold them.
"Uh, where's Mifune?" Angela asked out loud, surveying the classroom.
"Dunno. He's not here yet." A boy said simply. Upon realizing who she was, he smirked evilly, "So, why did you go see Death? We're all dying to know." At this, everyone turned to stare at the weapon and meister pair below them.
"W-well… we, we uh," Angela stuttered, nervous.
"We were just talking to Lord Death about our advanced lessons." Aria said quietly. The room went dead silent.
The boy looked shocked, but managed to recover his composure fairly quickly. "Advanced Lessons? Please, what you need is remedial lessons." he sneered.
Angela was fuming in fury. "You're just jealous that Aria and I are so ahead of everyone else." That stupid prick, is rubbing off on me! I'll KILL him!
"As if I'd ever be jealous of someone as lame as you!" the boy shot at her.
Angela ignored this comment in favour of imagining the many ways she could put Black*Star in pain, although if she ever seriously considered most of them, she'd have to go straight to Kim. It was then that she realized most of the class was staring at her, waiting for her response. Shoving her nerves down into some deep dark hole she hoped never to revisit, Angela narrowed her eyes, putting on a cool, 'ice-queen' demeanor. "So, where's YOUR Partner?" she demanded. "I don't see anyone sitting next to you there."
The boy looked beside him, and ran his fingers though his tufted brown hair. "Well, he's-"
"YAHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A loud yell interrupted them. Black*Star jumped into the classroom (I can't believe he broke another roof!), followed by a not-quite-so-enthusiastic Tsubaki.
"IT IS I, THE GREAT BLACK*STAR, HERE TO BE YOUR SPECIAL GUEST TODAY!" he shouted at the class. "Be ready to be amazed at mine and Tsubaki's skill! Don't feel bad because you can't measure up to my greatness! Perhaps one day you will-"
Black*Star fell on the ground in pain, for Angela had kicked him in the groin. Heat was radiating off her in waves. "You have to stop showing off like that…No one will listen to you if you keep on shouting. And now everyone knows that I know you…" Angela pulled Black*Star's face close to her own, holding him by the shirt, "if you embarrass me, I'll kill you."
"I'll kill you…" Black*Star choked in pain.
While Aria and Tsubaki were helping up Black*Star (and the latter prevented him from gorging Angela's eyes out), Mifune walked into the classroom. He looked over the situation briefly with an amused smirk on his face. "Alright everyone, settle down." Angela and Aria took two seats at the front of the class.
"Welcome to the Death Weapon Meister Academy, or the DWMA for short. I will be your teacher, please refer to me as Mifune. So today, we will be starting off with the basics: matching soul wavelengths. I am not a meister myself, so we have brought in a Meister and Weapon pair to demonstrate today."Mifune explained, gesturing to Tsubaki and Black*Star. Tsubaki just smiled and waved, but Black*Star grinned and spoke.
"Don't be surprised when you can't measure up to my awesome strength! I've beaten gods before, so it's okay, you don't have to feel bad."
At this, Angela rolled her eyes, but Mifune didn't say anything.
"In order to wield your weapon properly, you have to be able to match your soul wavelengths with each other." Tsubaki informed them. She turned to her meister. "Ready, Black*Star?"
Black*Star jumped up, ready to show off his skills. "Right! Tsubaki! Chain-Scythe mode!"
There was a flash of yellow light, and all the students gasped as Tsubaki turned into a chain scythe and landed in Black*Star's hands.
"The reason why Black*Star can wield Tsubaki so easily is because of the intimate relationship that they share. You cannot connect to your weapon properly if you're not emotionally connected as well." Mifune explained, while Black*Star was showing off with Tsubaki. "Eventually, you can unlock higher powers when you connect to your partner on a greater level. This is called Soul Reasonance. When these two are done-" he glared at the Meister Weapon beside him (specifically Black*Star, who was being a show off), "we will head outside so you can practice matching soul wavelengths, and wielding your weapons."
Black*Star smirked. "Okay Tsubaki, now for our big finale. Smoke ball mode, now!" Tsubaki switched into a smoke ball, and Black*Star quickly threw it down and disappeared. Everyone was staring in awe at the spot where they vanished. Everyone except Angela, of course, who had seen it all before.
"Alright, everyone, let's head out." Mifune gestured the class to follow him, as he walked out the door.
As they got ready to go, Angela tapped Aria on the shoulder.
"Aria, what sort of weapon do you turn into?"
She smiled softly. "You'll see."
"Awww! Why can't you tell me?" Angela pouted. Aria just stared at her, all packed up and ready to go. "Fine, surprises are better anyway. Come on, everyone's leaving without us!" Together, they hurried to meet up with the rest of the class.
"Alright, everyone, turn into your weapon forms now!" Mifune told them, after they settled down. Half the class flashed into different colored lights before turning into their respective weapons. Angela gaped at the vast variety of weapons. There were the usual but no less impressive axes, scythes, swords, and guns. And then there were the slightly stranger ones, like torches, boxing gloves, and crossbows. Having lived most of her life at the DWMA, Angela had seen her fair share of strange weapons. Since she spent so much time training with Kim, she had come to know Jacqueline too, as well as the rest of their team. All four weapons were unusual. She had also spent time with Black*Star (against her will) and Tsubaki (who made excellent cookies), and had therefore come to know them pretty well, although she wasn't quite as well acquainted with the rest of their team. Most of their weapons were what Angela would generally consider the less strange ones.
Angela blinked, realizing she had been lost in thought, and looked around for Aria. Instead, she found a silver-bladed katana (she was suddenly thankful for Mifune's absolute insistence that she be able to fight with swords and learn their name because it would have been disgraceful to just call Aria a sword) lying next to her. She picked her up and tried to swing her, but there was a huge crack and she flew back, dropping Aria in alarm.
"OW! What just happened?" she yelled out, as Aria clanged on the ground.
"…That is what happens when you and your partner do not match soul wavelengths properly. A there will be a reaction, like what just happened to Angela and Aria. It can range from a shock or burns to severe heaviness of the weapon to just about anything else. You must be in sync with your weapon in order to wield it properly. So, before you touch your weapon, make sure that you are completely calm, and spread your soul. Think of it as tentacles, like an octopus, try and reach out to make a connection to your weapon before fully raising it." Mifune explained. "Now you may pick up your weapons."
Angela tried again, calming her nerves as she reached to pick up Aria once again. This time, there wasn't a shock, as she anticipated. Aria felt light in her hands, and as she slowly brought her up to a sizable level. Angela tried swinging Aria, slowly testing out her new weapon. The katanas Mifune had made her practice with were somewhat heavier, and it was slightly disorienting, although nothing she couldn't get used to. She glanced over to Mifune, who was talking to the rude boy from earlier.
"Well? What do I do? My weapon isn't here!" The boy shouted at Mifune. This, of course, made Angela's cold blood boil. That boy had no right to yell at her Mifune.
"You, Gale Todd, will have to watch for today. If you need to, then you can come after school with your brother and practice with me." Mifune told him coldly.
"There's no way I'm coming here after school! You must be crazy to think that!" Gale said ruefully. "Me and Jaden can match Soul Wavelengths better than all these losers!"
"Besides Mifune, you promised that we could have family game night!" Angela cried. Maybe she wasn't four anymore, but she was very sensitive when it came to Mifune.
Mifune quirked an eyebrow, but said no more and moved on to help someone else. Angela moved away, when the a voice stopped her.
"Hey!" Gale called out. "You! Yeah, the chick with the fancy sword." Angela turned around, and her eyes narrowed at the sight of him.
"Yes?" she asked, struggling to keep her cool.
"Look at you, feeling all high and mighty with your weapon. So what if you can wield your weapon? You got shocked earlier!" he scoffed, smiling cruelly.
"At least I have my weapon here!" Angela retorted. "What, is yours so scared that he wouldn't come to school today?"
"No, he's just sick!" he said, exasperated. "Besides, I'm pretty sure I'm a good enough meister to handle you without my weapon." He smirked.
"Oh really now? Is that a challenge?" Angela asked, gripping Aria tighter.
"Uh… Angela? I don't think this is a good idea…" Aria muttered.
"Yeah, listen to your weapon before I whoop your butt all the way to New Mexico!" Gale threatened.
"That's it! You're on my last nerves! Prepare to find out what it's like to be beaten up by a girl!"
Angela lunged at him, but at the last second, he dodged it.
"Is that all you can do?" he smirked. Gale ran towards her, and tried to punch Angela. She managed to guard with Aria, but just barely. He was strong, and Mifune had only taught her the basics. On the rare occasion that he showed her how to do something with a real sword, they had never used a katana. And Gale (not that she would ever admit it) was strong.
"Do you really think that you could win this easily?" Angela asked, as she prepared to lunge again at Gale. However, she was stopped by Mifune walking up to them.
"Your form is off, Angela. You need to use two hands, or you won't be able to achieve maximum damage, and your opponent will easily defeat you."
Gale looked surprised and somewhat irked that Mifune had stopped their battle to correct Angela.
"Hey, what's the big idea? This is our battle, so stay out of it, why don't you!" Gale shouted rudely. Not a very wise move, as Mifune was his teacher, but Mifune simply stared down at him.
"Angela is my responsibility, and therefore it is my job to protect her wherever she is. Be that at school or fighting a kishin. This battle is over. If you would like, you may resume sometime when you both have your weapons and I am not trying to teach a class. Until then, I suggest you both get back to work."
Gale grumbled, but walked away. Aria changed out of her weapon form.
"I'm going to go get some water. Do either of you want?" She asked. Both Angela and Mifune shook their heads, so Aria went back inside alone.
"Angela, tonight Kim will be waiting for you here, to practice on your invisibility skills." Mifune said quietly, taking care to make sure no one else would hear them.
"What time?" Angela asked, every bit as quiet as her mentor.
"Six PM. And don't be late, you know how ticked off she gets…" Mifune said.
"Alright." Angela nodded. They stood together until Aria came jogging back, looking preoccupied.
"Is something wrong?" Angela asked.
"Huh? Oh, no everything is fine!" Aria said with a bright smile, which Angela returned without hesitation.
"So Aria! Weapons and Meisters usually live together, just as a basic rule. So, do you wanna move in with me and Mifune?"
"Eh? You and Mifune?" Aria asked.
"Yeah. Like I said before, Mifune is my guardian. So he lives with me!" Angela said.
"What happened with your parents then?" Aria asked, puzzled.
"Well, they… er…" Angela stuttered, unable to reply.
"Angela's parents were killed when the Star Clan raided their village one day. She was the only one left; so I took her in as my own child." Mifune said plainly, covering for Angela. How exactly do you tell your new Weapon that you're mother was a psycho freak who used and then killed your father before she was ultimately killed by the DWMA?
Aria nodded slowly. "I'm sorry for bringing it up…" she said quietly.
"N-no! It's alright, really! I can't even remember my parents at all!" Angela dismissed, waving her hands nervously. "Anyway, we should get to our next class. See ya Mifune!" Angela dragged Aria in the opposite direction, onward to their next class. Even if they were going the wrong way.
Afterschool, Angela and Aria were walking slowly out of the DWMA, chatting aimlessly.
"-And then Black*Star crashed into the wall!" Angela finished her story. Aria giggled, smiling.
"Wow, it sounds like you always have fun around here…" She said quietly.
"Yup! It is fun around here!" Angela replied, "But… now everyone's away on super secret missions, and even Mifune is busy now with his teaching. So I don't really have much to do…"
"I see." Aria said thoughtfully, nodding.
"Aria, wanna play basketball? Whoever loses treats the winner out for ice cream!" Angela asked.
"Yeah… sure. But I'm not very good." Aria smiled
"That's okay, I'll teach you! Let's go!" Angela pulled Aria along until they reached the basketball court where Black*Star had taught her to play. She remembered the first time they had played he had been too cocky, and with Mifune's overall awesomeness, and her ball kicking abilities and broomstick, they had crushed Black*Star and Tsubaki.
So Angela spent the afternoon teaching her partner how to play basketball, and by the time they were done, they were both hot and sweaty, but please with what they had accomplished.
"Why don't we go get ice cream?" Angela asked. "I'm boiling!"
"I love Death Robbins ice cream." Aria smiled. "Especially their sundaes."
"Alright, we can go there then!" Angela nodded, "But… what's the time?"
Aria checked her watch. "Ummm… It's 5:55. Why?"
"Oh no! I'm sorry Aria, I have to go… um… get groceries for Dinner tonight. Mifune will kill me if I'm late." Angela explained weakly.
"Can I come with you? I love going grocery shopping." Aria asked excitedly.
"N-no! I just need to pick up a few things, so there's really no point. Besides, don't you need to pack up to move in tomorrow?" she asked hurriedly.
"I can do that latter it's really no-"
"I'll see you tomorrow!" Angela called, already a block away.
"Trouble…" Aria finished her sentence as her partner ran off.
'Oh… I really hope Kim won't kill me because I'm late!' That was Angela's sole thought as she sprinted towards the DWMA. Unfortunately, it was not one that would help her later on.
Nor would it help ease Aria's mind as she lifted the note from her pocket. She wrinkled her nose at the strange black ink that smelled like blood, and stared again at the warning. She wasn't sure exactly what the writer had meant. She frowned, then tucked it back into her pocket for safekeeping. Angela was right. She had packing to do.
A/N: Yay, new characters! XD Don't worry, if you're wondering, Gale won't be such a D-bag forever! Ahh but I made it more of a Gale and Angela chapter than an Aria and Angela chapter XD Which was my intention at first. Ahh this chapter is what, 2k of words? XD Oh gosh, it's so long! But it took FOREVER to type up, due to severe homework and severe writer's block XD Angela got ANGRYY in this chapter, eh? :P You can totally tell what's going to happen at their first mission together x3 By the way, all the new kids are considered "zero star" meisters at this point, and in order to become a 1 star meister they have to complete ten "training" missions and then a final exam. :3 So that'll be fun. Sorry for the wall of text [in word it's six pages!] for this chapter xD Just so much happens and there's a lot of talking. But regardless, I hope you enjoyed it! :3 And remember to Rate and Review! All updates for this story and future projects will be on my profile. So go check it out! X3
Something I should mention: I changed it from "deathbucks" to "death robbins" for the sake of the next chapter :3
Hi again… it's me, the Beta. I am epically sorry for the lateness, it won't happen again. This is what having to many projects can do to a girl… anyway, to make up for it, I give you a bonus scene!
Aria whistled as she walked to the water fountain. She was in a good mood. Then she heard a rustle. She turned to the left, where the sound had come from, but saw nothing. Then she heard it again, and whirled around, changing her arm into a blade. "Who's there?" She demanded. Silence was her only answer.
Looking around cautiously, Aria made her way over to the water fountain, turned her blade back into her arm, and took a drink. She finished, straightened up, and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. There was a swooshing noise behind her, and she whirled around, arm back in blade form. But no one was there. On the ground, however, there was a piece of paper that hadn't been there a moment ago. Aria bent down and picked it up. It was written in black ink, and it smelled like blood. Aria sniffed it, just to be sure. It definitely smelled like blood. But it couldn't be blood, because blood was red, not black. Maybe the writer just had an opened wound or something. She scanned the note, then stiffened at its content.
WATCH OUT. NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.