Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater at all except my ocs.
Any music reference made is background music when reading this story.
"Class is beginning, hurry and find your seats." Professor Stein announced as him, Aura, and Shade entered the room.
By that time Aura noticed Maka and the others, who were still chatting among themselves. She tried making a hand signal to tell them to quiet down, but Professor Stein next to her muttered, "I'm borrowing Shade."
Gulping Aura watched the two, Shade quickly transformed into his tonfa form, sending him five inches away from Tsubaki's face. In fact, the tonfas stuck to the wall.
"Cease your chit-chat and I won't miss next time..." Stein glared at the group.
Aura retrieved her friend immediately before finding Black Star being sent outside.
"Sheesh, he's quite serious," Shade mumbled to Aura, who shook her head.
"Compared to Miss Marie's punches, I don't know which of the two are the most deadliest," Aura deadpanned on the thought.
Professor Stein explained how the students will deal with the organization, Arachnophobia, created by the spider witch known as Arachne.
He slapped the board with a yellow sign stating Duel Arts, "You will learn how to deal with them. I think learning up close and personal will offer a faster experience compared to words."
"There are some real dim-wits in class," Professor Stein stared at Kid, Liz, and Patty's area in particular.
Aura holding a clip board in hand cleared her throat announcing, "Will the following people please come down: Ox-Harvar pair, to help in rehabilitation Maka-Soul pair, and..."
"Black Star, come in." Stein continued in Aura's place.
"Stay out, come in...Make up you mind , will ya?" Black Star re-entered wiping off his sweat.
Professor Stein decided for Black Star, "In your case, the classroom would be destroyed if you'd used a weapon, so you'll be unarmed."
"Until today, you've been matching your soul wavelengths with your partners. However, if children like you were to stand up to an enormous foe all alone, you would be crushed," Stein ushered for Shade to answer on.
"Your Professor wants you to learn how to resonate souls as a team."
"This is your first lesson, so attack me as much as you want," Stein twisted his bolt as Shade and Aura rush over to the back to avoid getting involved, "Come at me. I'll dissect you..."
During the lesson, Aura and Shade decided to converse...
Aura stammered, "Does Professor Stein seems kind of excited to you?"
"I think 'scary' is more of a better term for him," Shade responded, "Still wondering about why you don't find him scary at all."
"What? He isn't, the most scariest people I find are 18, crooked man, slenderman, and a few more I have yet to name off."
"18? You're using the fandom numbers again..." Shade sighed, "You know you can say his real name. It's not like he'll arrive here out of nowhere."
"I don't know, this another world. Who knows what will happen, but if you want me to say his name then fine, " Aura thus replied, "Hibari Kyoya."
"Now that's a good meister," Shade patted her head as if Aura was a dog.
Aura raised a fist at him, "Don't pat my head."
Kid's POV
My eyes wandered over to Aura and Shade, watching them talk while the lesson took place. She seemed more outgoing toward him than the way Aura acts toward me.
My hands clench the edge of the desk I'm sitting in. I didn't like seeing Aura act that way to ano-...what am I even thinking, those two are meister and weapon pair who respect each other equally. After calming myself, I refocused my gaze back over to the lesson Stein was teaching. However my eyes couldn't stop lingering back over to Aura, as she resumed to watch over the battle taking place in the center of the classroom.
What are you to me? A friend? An acquaintance? Or something more?
Unanswered questions are left without answers as I ponder on what I think about Aura.
Third POV
"They're not in sync..." Aura noted after watching the short fight between Black Star and Ox.
"You got that right," Shade replied, "They're a bit too carefree about this."
"After break, we'll do another round of this lesson except this time Aura, Shade, and I will be giving a demonstration of how teamwork should be," Professor Stein announced as the bell rang.
Ding Dong Dead Dong.
"Shade, I'm going to go outside for a breather, I'll see you in about 15 minutes?" Aura waved her partner goodbye as she jogged off to the balcony of the school.
By the time she got there, Aura began to stretch her arms out, stretching all the tense muscles in her body.
"It's been awhile since I've stayed here," Aura spoke softly as she stared at Death City's view, leaning on the stone balcony she felt the breeze brush her hair. "The air feels great."
"So this is where you've been." Footsteps entering the fray, Aura turned her head to find Kid walking over to her.
"Everyone needs to breath once in a while," Aura commented, "After that lesson, I needed this. Anyway...what's up?"
"The sky." Kid replied making Aura laugh a bit at his sarcasm.
"You don't have to be so literal," She smiled.
Kid stood beside Aura as they continued to stare at the view together.
"Kid/Aura." They both answered at the same time breaking the silence between them.
"No you first." Yet again speaking at the same time.
Laughing together this time, Kid interjected, "I'll say it first...ahem...Good luck against Professor Stein."
"Thank you, Kid." Aura thanked the reaper,"I also wanted to thank you for the dance at the gala, since we didn't have much time to see each other after the incident. Not only that, I'm sorry for leaving you in the middle of the dance."
Kid gave a small smile as he continued to stare at Aura.
What are you to me?
He wondered.
"Um...is something wrong?" Kid didn't respond fast enough, so Aura proceeded to ask him. This caused Kid to falter a bit, who in the end blurted out, "I-Isn't the school perfectly symmetrical!"
Aura gave him the weird look, "Yeah the school is symmetrical."
Until Kid continued, "But it doesn't compare to how symmetrical your face is!"
Kid clamped his mouth shut realizing what he just said.
Aura raised a brow, in fact she was about to question him on what he meant.
Ding Dong Dead Dong.
"Ah!" Aura frantically paced before running off, "I'm sorry Kid, but Professor Stein doesn't want me late for this lesson! I'll see you in class!"
Kid sighed.
Saved by the bell.
In Class...
"So now we'll be starting the demonstration..." Stein began once everyone was in their seats.
Aura, now holding tonfas, placed a hand against her chest, "I can do this."
(Time to Make History ~P4G OST)
"Let's start Professor Stein," She spoke preparing her stance, her right arm lifted forward as Aura's left arm stayed behind her back.
"Come at me, I've been waiting to dissect you two for a long time." Stein was already twisting his bolt, it caused the students and Shade to shiver at his actions. However Aura didn't falter as she charged to make a hit.
Starting she swung her right arm toward to Professor Stein, who dodged at first. Although Aura proceeded to rotate the tonfa in her arm to aim a hit against Stein's stomach. Still that wasn't enough to stop his oncoming attack which allowed Stein to grab her shoulders in the process, Stein was about to jump over her similar to how he avoided Black Star's attacks, but...
"I'm not letting you down, Professor." Aura announced as she unsheathed the chains from her left tonfa, "Coil!"
The chains grabbed Stein's right leg, as Aura reversed the action. Instead of Stein jumping over her, Aura jumped over his shoulders allowing her to swing her feet in order to kick Stein's back. Afterwards she landed on her feet behind Stein.
"That's impressive, but you're not going all out as you're supposed to!" Stein announced as he tried to send an impact of his soul wavelength to Aura's back, however he didn't expect Shade the one holding the punch.
"To think Miss Marie's training would pay off for this..." Shade sighed remembering how many times he got electrocuted by Marie's punches.
Where's Aura?!
Stein's eyes narrowed, he ducked as Aura was about to send a high-jump kick to his head.
"Shit!" Aura yelped once Stein's arm grabbed her leg throwing her across the room.
"Aura!" Shade yelled.
However Stein stopped him giving Shade a maniacal smile, "That was a good diversion, but can you two try to attack when separated?"
"With this! Shade!" Aura admitted as Shade nodded, "Soul Sympathy!"
Shade released his grip on Stein as he stood atop the empty chair beside Stein to speed over to Aura.
Once the two gripped their hands together, a blue soul covered in chains swelled around the two, it wasn't as big as Kid's or Stein's. However it was enough to make Stein, Kid, and Maka notice it's size.
"Aura's soul is swelling!" Maka noted between her and the group.
"You wanted me to go all out, Professor Stein." Aura started holding Shade's hand in her right hand, "I'll give it to you."
"Desesperado Mode!" Shade transformed as Aura locked on Stein, rifle in hand, "Desesperado Impact!"
Pulling the trigger, multiple soul wavelengths shot toward Stein's direction.
He dodged them again as the bullet shaped wavelengths caused the wall, behind Stein, to have small bullet holes.
"You're not getting away!" Aura charged out releasing the swelling of her soul, she began to aim at Stein again, "Chain Judgement!"
Instead of soul wavelengths, it was chains being shot out of the rifle trying to hook Stein. Stein sighed as he punched the chains back to Aura, who unfortunately didn't escape in time.
"ACK!" Aura yelped as she found herself knocked to the ground just in time before Shade returned to back to his human form. Luckily the chains stopped once Shade returned, the chains recoiled themselves back into Shade's palms to stop the incoming rebound from Stein.
"Bravo." Stein congratulated the two, "As expected of a good teamwork."
Stein turned back to the students, "You all were watching right? From the beginning when Aura and Shade started?"
No answer came from the students, Stein thus proceeded to answer his question.
"They're not arguing, both of them focused on the target opponent, and finally they understand each other as a team." Stein lectured, "I want all of you to make sure you're ready for anything."
Especially Arachnophobia...
To think a witch from 800 years ago would be resurrected by the first Afreet's madness...
Aura thought silently.
Fun Fact: Aurelia's name means "golden" that was given to minor saints at an early stage while Shade's real name 'Richter' means "judge" in German.
So when together they're known as the "Golden Judge". Another meaning to Aurelia's name is Moon Jellyfish.