Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 3
In an eternal dark abyss of nothingness, young Edward Elric drifts aimlessly into emptiness. Then suddenly, it became white, only an unknown entity shadowing the white emptiness looking straight at him. It was Truth and behind him is the Gate, a huge door-like structure that has alchemical symbols and words.
"So you want to have your alchemy back?" it asked.
"No I didn't say I would" Ed replied.
The Truth frowned at him. "But you just did" it say cruelly, "You disappoint me."
The Gate opened slowly and black, hand-like tentacles appeared and forcefully grab Ed, as if it wants them to bring him inside.
Ed struggles but it was useless. "If I have alchemy" he demanded, "What is my toll?"
The Truth smiled widely. "Your toll" it said, "Is your body and soul..."
"NOOOOO!" Ed shouted.
He wakes up again, this time it seems he's in an interrogation room. Ed tries to get out but he is chained in to a chair. He notices that his briefcase is missing. The door opens and the light made Ed flinch. A red headed guy, wearing a black blazer with a cross as a tie, looks down at him.
"So you're the guy who beat up my daughter and her weapon" he said scornfully.
"You're her daughter?" Ed said, slightly surprised, "Well, I'm impressed. This Maka, I think it was her name, gave all of her strength to strike with that attack."
The guy was smiled at him, and then suddenly became unusually mushy and lovey-dovey all of the sudden. "My daughter is so strong and very heroic" he stated gleefully, "And that, as a father to her, I'm very proud of her."
Ed tilted his head. "I guess that the reason for you here is to brag your daughter, then" he corrected.
The guy snapped back into reality and coughed in embarrassment. "Oh right" he spoke, "I nearly forgotten about it. By the way, my name is Spirit and I was sent here to present you to Lord Death and his students you beat up for a cup of tea. Come with me to the Death room and while we go there, let's keep talking about Maka. "
When Spirit and Ed (who is still chained) arrived at the Death Room, he was completely awed by the inside. There are blue skies as a ceiling and the room is rather opened, as if it had no walls, with crosses placed in the ground. There he spots eight figures sitting in a platform and they walked there.
"I brought him here as promised" Spirit reported cheerfully, patting Ed in the back, "He is a good guy after all and good person to talked with."
You kept saying Maka's whole life story like a documentary Ed mumbled, you reminded me of Hughes bragging his own daughter for being cute.
The guy with a funny-looking, skull-like mask sipped his tea. "Oh?" he said, his voice is surprisingly comical "Let him sit then. The tea is good."
Ed sat down with the 8 students next to him, looking suspiciously and curiously at him. He drank the tea and the tea was satisfying enough because he didn't drink anything since yesterday.
"I suppose that we should introduce ourselves" the guy said, "My name is Lord Death and I'm the head of DWMA and these are my students for which you encountered them awhile ago."
He gestures at the students and kindly told them to tell their names. "Come on" Lord Death said encouragingly.
"My name is Maka Albarn" she said without eye contact with Ed.
"Name's Soul" the kid with spiky white hair introduced coolly.
"Black Star's the name, remember it!" he shouted
"My name is Tsubaki and I would apologise for Black Star's rudeness earlier" the black pony-tail haired girl said apologetically, bowing at him.
"Death the Kid, Kid for short and these are my weapons Liz and Patty Thompson" he said calmly, showing him the girls beside him
"Hey there!" Patty greeted cheekily.
"What's up" Liz responded.
"And who you might be, young man?" Lord Death asked curiously.
Ed looks at everyone, cross-armed and eyes filled with pride. "My name is Edward Elric" he replied.
"What brings you here in Death City then?" Lord Death asked.
Ed scratched his nervously. "To be honest" he said, "I have no idea. I was walking in a desert and suffered from extreme dehydration and a bit of heatstroke. By the time I woke up, I'm in a clinic and a mummy wearing a nurse outfit came but I left only to find three guys, a girl wielding a cool scythe, a kid with asymmetrical lines on his head holding two guns, and a blue haired kid with a chain scythe, attacked me and called me shorty. After that, I fainted and woke in an interrogation room with an obsessed red-headed who kept yapping about his own daughter and brought me here with the same people who I beat up."
The student's jaws were wide open and started to argue with Ed.
"I'm imperfect!"
"We're the ones who brought you here! And what thanks did we get? A beat up because of you!"
"Hey it's not my fault for someone who called me lowly midget!"
"I'm Black Star and I am going to beat you!"
The Grim Reaper gets impatient by the noise. "Reaper Chop!" he yelled. With his huge hand, Lord Death executed a Karate chop at them, leaving a huge dent on their heads. Some were bleeding like a fountain.
"To continue discussing our subject" he said, "May I ask: are you a meister or a demon weapon?"
"What is this meister or weapon you're talking about?" Ed asked puzzled.
Lord Death clasps his huge hands, anticipated by the question. "I see that you don't know about them" he said, "Here in Death Weapon Meister Academy or DWMA for short-"
Ed twitched at the word "short".
"-we train our students here to protect the world and to ensure peace against Kishins or Evil Humans you call it" he continued, "Now meisters are students who are skilled to wield their partners, the demon weapon, to battle these Kishins. Demon weapons, on the other hand, are humans who can turn into, well, certain weapons of course and they're usually wielded by meisters but some do not and they are called autonomous weapons."
"I see your point there" Ed said, sipping his tea.
"So are you a meister or a weapon?" Lord Death repeated.
He chuckled. "I am neither," was Ed's only reply.
Lord Death and Ed shared their laughs together, only to confuse the students.
"So what are you then" Maka asked.
"Me?" he replied, "I used to be an alchemist. Now, I just travel the world to know about the world."
"Used to?" she wondered, "You retired?"
"Not necessary retired" Ed corrected, "You see, I sacrifice all of my powers to save my brother's body. Alchemy is not just for shows, it's all about equivalent exchange, in order to create or obtain something, and you'll need something of equal value in return. So today, I may lose the ability to perform alchemy but that doesn't mean that my knowledge of alchemy is gone too."
"But how did you manage to defeat us with such precision and power since you lost the ability to perform alchemy?" Kid asked.
"If I have my briefcase, how can I explain properly?" Ed said.
Then, a familiar woman and someone accompany her that has blue skin and his teeth showing carrying a briefcase of his.
"Mummy?" he remarked.
"You left this downstairs" Nygus said. Instead of a nurse outfit, she is wearing military cargo pants and a white top.
"If I were you young man" the blue skinned guy reminded, wearing jerseys and jogging pants, "Don't leave your things unattended. That's not the man I used to be."
"And who are you?" Ed asked.
"I'm Sid Barret and I'm a zombie" he replied.
Nygus gives the briefcase to Ed. "Before I explain" he said suspiciously, "Did someone tempered with my stuff?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Ed opens his brief case and shows them some research notes and exotic objects. "Now these knick knacks of mine can come quite handy in terms of battle" he explained enthusiastically, spreading four objects in the table so everyone can see:
-The Gloves of Paracelsus: a pair of white gloves with a transmutation array, filled with runic symbols, which has a tiny fraction of a Philosopher's Stone in each glove and used in combat.
-The Crystal of Kelley: a crystal ball that can float in midair and can store huge amounts of energy and use it as a projectile attack.
-A small bottle with red liquid in it.
-A small pearl-like red orb no bigger than a marble.
"What is this jewel?" Black Star asked, holding the orb at his finger tips, but Ed grabbed it.
"This jewel is the Philosopher's Stone" he replied sharply.
"What!" Maka said in disbelief, "The Philosopher's Stone is said to have an ability to turn anything into gold, become young again, and bring the dead back to life. Even Eibon can't make one. How did you ever get one or even made it?"
Ed's face darkened. "A doctor made this and it was used for evil once" he explained, "This tiny orb contains at least 10,000 souls of innocent people."
Everyone gasped, except for Lord Death, Nygus, Sid and Spirit, who understood the situation Ed, is talking about.
"No matter how powerful this stone is" Ed continued, "It contains the souls of all humans and has been used for evil numerous times. No matter how small an object is, it still contains power to do anything like bringing a person back from the dead. I only used this only for life-and-death situations."
Lord Death sipped his tea calmly. "Edward" he said reassuringly, "I understand how you feel. This stone can rival even my powers and holds dark secrets for it is not to be mentioned in the outside world. Not to mention it has thousands of innocent souls that I would imagine if a Kishin were to get a hold of it. So it's not the best to show it. Eibon, an alchemist like you, even attempted to make one so he could use this to save his wife but failed."
"So what's your point?" he asked.
"Like you said, you could only use when you needed the most" Lord Death explained, "Because the souls tell you to use them for the greater good."
There is silence in the Death Room.
He clasps his huge hands again. "So if I were wondering" Lord Death said, "Do you want to learn about DWMA for the time being, hmm? You said you like to learn, right?"
Ed smiled. "Yeah" he said.
"Nygus" he called, "Would you bring Mr. Elric to the Visitor's Residence, if you please? Forgive me Edward but the rooms in the Visitor's Residence are a little spacious. I hope you don't mind."
It looks like Ed is going to stay in DWMA for awhile. Will he be friends with Maka and her friends, even though they tried to kill him? Find out at the next Soul Eater Brotherhood!
*Another chapter done! Please comment!*