SOUL EATER" ~AFTERMATH~
Chapter 7 - Messor and Ryder Join the DWMA... Can They Really be Trusted?
"...Sure." Dani answered.
"Aw, I just thought it would be easier for us to get to school and you'd have your own room..." Jake started.
"Jake... I said sure." she tried to get him to listen
"And it would give us more time... to practice... and-"
"JAKE! I said I would live with you!" Dani shook him.
"Wait- what?" he asked confused.
"I would love to live with you... I mean... I'm getting tired of Patty waking me up every morning... so, yeah."
"Well, cool! I'll give you a key. Let me know when you want to move your stuff. Until then we have to go to school."
"Sure let's go."
Things at school were totally out of control. Groups of students were all huddled around the main entrance. They had no idea what was going on until the whispers had reached the back of the crowd.
"Who's the kid with skull?" asked a random girl.
"I don't know but his friend is cute!" said another. Dani and Jake looked at each other and worked their way to the middle to find Messor and Ryder were the center of attention. A kid approached Messor and stuck his face very close.
"So your name is 'Messor'? Does that stand for something?" he asked
"Yeah... it stands for get out of my face... or I'll kill you." He glanced at Ryder who grinned and quickly changed into his scythe form. Everyone in the group backed away.
"Now, now. That's enough of that." Stein came forward and put his hand on Messor's shoulder.
"You never said there were going to be other people!" Ryder shouted.
"I never said there weren't."
Dani gave Jake a look and he could tell she was uncomfortable. Then Jake did something nobody was expecting. He walked forward and extended his hand to Messor who stared at it like a piece of trash.
"What is this?" he questioned.
"It's a handshake... Welcome to the academy." Jake responded. It took a moment but he eventually reached out and grabbed Jake's hand momentarily.
"Something tells me they're going to enjoy it here. I'll give them the tour. Everyone else please return to your classes." instructed Stein.
Dani and Jake made their way to class where they sat between Black Star and Soul. Curiousity randomly took over Dani who turned to Soul.
"Hey... so, you guys defeated the Kishin Asura right?" she asked out of the blue.
"What... It was really Maka. The way she handled it was pretty cool." Soul answered.
"YEAH! But I was the real star!" Black Star jumped in the conversation.
"So what exactly did she do?" Jake was wondering now also.
"Well she-" Soul started but was cut off by Sid who chucked an eraser hitting him square in the face.
"NO TALKING IN MY CLASS! SAVE IT FOR LATER!" Sid yelled!
"I'll tell you guys some other time..." said Soul rubbing his nose, right before a second erased made contact.
"NO TALKING!"
Jake and Dani made their separate ways to make it to their classes.
"See you at home." Jake smiled.
"Yeah. See you there." she smiled back at him. On the way to her next class she saw Messor and Ryder wandering the halls. They stopped when they saw he and slowly made their way over. Dani began to think the worst until Ryder said something.
"Hey! Which way is the bathroom?" he asked Dani.
"Well, there's more than one bathroom." she said not wanting to give him a straight answer.
"WHICH EVER ONE IS CLOSEST! I HAVE TO PISS!" he screamed at her.
"Well now I don't think I'll tell you. Also you're going to be late to class."
"YOU LITTLE BITCH! I'LL-" he began to say walking towards her. Messor grabbed a hold of his suit and yanked him to the floor.
"Shut up. He's been complaining for the last two hours... Can you just tell him?" Messor asked politely.
"...Yeah it's down the hall on the right. The door that says bathroom." Dani told him reluctantly.
"I thought you said you went that way and there wasn't anything..." Messor said sounding annoyed.
"What? You can't blame me, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ!" Ryder growled.
"You can be on your way now... we don't need you anymore." Messor turned his attention to Dani who was trying not to laugh at Ryder's stupidity.
"Oh, yeah. Bye then." She quickly ran past them and made it to her class before she was late. It was boring and seemed to drag by at a dreadfully slow pace. When the class was over she headed to Jake's house. She stood at the front door for a moment as if she was scared to go inside. Jake showed up behind her carrying suitcases with her belongings.
"You know it's not going to bite you." He told her in a snark tone.
"Huh?... Oh yeah. How'd you get my stuff?" she asked him.
"Death the Kid brought them to school. He had Liz give them to me because he claimed he couldn't touch them." Jake sighed.
"Why not? My bags not symmetrical enough?" Dani joked.
"I don't even know anymore." The two of them headed into the front door. Jake had an average-sized house. Dani seemed amazed by the home and wandered around for a moment.
"Take your time. You'll have to get used to it, but I'm sure you'll adjust."
"It's amazing! Like I always expected you to have some kind of really run down crappy place but this is pretty cool!" she exclaimed.
"Gee, thanks Dani." Jake told her sarcastically.
"Well where's my room?" she asked anticipating his answer.
"About that... I don't have a bed for you yet... so-"
"Oh I get it. You're going to make me sleep on the floor? Is that it?"
"No. Actually I was going to let you sleep in my bed tonight. I'll take the floor until we can get you a bed."
She stared at him for a moment but then nodded and made her way to his room. He laid out some blankets on the floor and laid on them ready to fall asleep. Before he could manage he heard Dani yelp and she came back down the hall with a sad look on her face.
"I'm sorry..." she said frowning.
"Sorry for what?" he asked.
"Well I was so ready to fall asleep that I just jumped on your bed and..." she held out her hand revealing a pair of broken glasses.
"Oh... it's okay. I rarely wear them... I'll just have to buy a new pair." he smiled and put his head down.
"I promise I'll pay you back! Really!" Dani said flustered.
"Dani... It's your birthday next week. Don't worry about it, okay?"
"Okay... night then?"
"Yes... good night."
Dani headed back down the hall to his room and once she was gone he fell asleep almost instantly. Jake was sleeping quite soundly until something pinched his back in the middle of the night.
"OUCH! What was-" he whispered loudly. When he turned around he saw Dani laying quietly behind him. She seemed to be having a bad dream so he didn't blame her for pinching him. He simply rolled over and went back to sleep.
Chapter 7- FIN