Devereaux woke up suddenly the next morning, he hadn't really noticed that he had fallen asleep, but he calmed down when Maka gently touched his shoulder.
"Was it another nightmare?" Maka asked him
"No, I was trying to stay awake." Devereaux told her before yawning
"Trust me, that's why I got this bed, I fell asleep in it while it was still in the store, and Soul didn't wake me up." Maka laughed "Want to talk about your nightmare last night, well more in depth."
"Later, I'm hungry, and I could make breakfast if you'd like me to." Devereaux replied
"I was thinking about us getting something while we were going to DWMA how does that sound?" Maka asked him
"That sounds good, how's Soul doing?" Devereaux asked her
"I don't know when I woke up he was gone." Maka replied as she tossed him a jacket "It's Soul's I thought it might fit, but now that I get a good look at you it's a long shot."
Devereaux looked from the jacket to Maka and laughed as he got out of her bed, and pulled his shirt on. As Maka was slipping on her jacket he easily picked her up and put her over his shoulder.
"Really Devereaux, put me the hell down." Maka told him
"Say the magic word and I'll put you down." Devereaux told her
"Please put me down." Maka told Devereaux
Devereaux put Maka down and he let her punch him in his chest before quickly pulling up her hood, he out of the house as she chase him down the street, but she almost ran into when he stopped. She looked at him and then when she looked in the direction he was she couldn't believe what she saw, Soul was walking down right side of the street in front of them with his arm around a girl with brown hair, and before either Soul or the girl saw them Devereaux and Maka quickly ran the opposite direction. When they were in the town, Maka stopped Devereaux in front of a small bakery, and she dragged him through the door.
"Could've told me to follow you Maka, you know that right?" Devereaux asked her
"Yeah, but I didn't want to." Maka told him
They walked up to the counter and the cashier seemed delighted to see them, and he quickly told them the specials of the day.
"I'll have the pancakes special with a side of fruit and orange juice." Maka told the cashier
"I'll just have mocha latte." Devereaux replied
"Just put an order of pancakes and turkey bacon too." Maka told the cashier
As Devereaux and Maka picked their seats Maka noticed that Devereaux was a little zoned out, and when she shook his shoulder he jumped a little.
"What's up Devereaux?" Maka asked her
"Medusa was there for a reason, she was after me, but she was trying to piss me off." Devereaux told her
"Why?" Maka asked him
"The truth is that I'm not from here, from this universe I mean." Devereaux replied
When Maka gave him a confused look Devereaux went on to explain farther.
"The demon in my shadow which I know you saw, that's my universe's kishin." Devereaux told her
"How's it in your shadow?" Maka asked him
"In my universe every year one child would get sacrificed to the kishin to keep him from attacking the surrounding towns, with me they knew that I could be used as a vessel to contain the kishin, and they got what they wanted. For 19 years I've been carrying the burden of my people because they were scared past shit to do it themselves, I've had to control my anger, and I can't use the Black Blood since it'll unleash kishin Okashima." Devereaux replied as their food was delivered
When all that Devereaux took was the mocha latte, Maka pushed the plate with the pancakes and turkey bacon towards him, but he pushed it away again. Maka pushed it towards Devereaux again and she kept her hand behind his plate so that he couldn't push it away as she started to cut her pancakes with her fork, after she took a few bites she looked back at Devereaux and noticed that he wasn't even drink his latte, and she started to worry.
"I'm sorry if you didn't want to talk about it I'm sorry." Maka told her
"No, I had to get that out, and I'm glad that you haven't run away." Devereaux replied
"Why would I, I mean sure it's a lot, but at least you've told me and I'm happy that you trust with this." Maka told him
Devereaux kissed Maka's lips gently before taking a drink from his latte and stealing one of her strawberries.
"You've got your food, so leave mine alone." Maka told him
As Devereaux reached for another strawberry Maka slapped his hand with her fork, but as he kept on reaching Maka was distracted until he almost pulled her off her seat with his other hand.
"You bastard, but I still love you." Maka laughed as watched both of Devereaux's hands
After awhile they finally got done with their breakfast, they quickly left the bakery, and when they were halfway to DWMA Maka pulled Devereaux between two pillars but before he could ask a question she clamped her hand over his mouth.
"Soul is up there with that girl." Maka told him
"Okay if we could get out of this tight space I can transport us past him." Devereaux replied "Not that I don't like being this close to you."
Maka slid from between the pillars and Devereaux hopped down after her , he picked her up, and just plainly walked past Soul and his little friend.
"Really, could you stop picking me up already?" Maka asked him
"Sure, but then that wouldn't be any fun would it?" Devereaux asked her
Devereaux set Maka back onto her own feet and they went to the DWMA, when they got there they were automatically greeted by Spirit, Maka's father.
"Hey Maka, how's my little girl doing?" Spirit asked
"I'm good dad, where is everyone training at?" Maka asked him
"Out back, you better hurry they're waiting for you, and here you finally are." Spirit replied
Maka quickly took Devereaux's hand and led him outside to an area surrounded by tree, when he saw Death the Kid and BlackStar he nodded towards them, but he was caught off when Patty ran over and hugged him.
"Hey Patty, how's it going?" Devereaux asked her
"Good, I'm glad you're out of the hospital." Patty replied
"I don't get taken down easily short stuff, but neither do I stay down." Devereaux replied "How about this training?"
"Neither you nor Maka have a weapon so this wouldn't be fair." Liz replied
"Trust me, looks can be deceiving." Devereaux replied while his blades slid out
Everyone looked at him and Maka in disbelief as wind easily collected along Devereaux's blades, but everyone could see he strained to keep the winds tamed.
"Everyone down, he about to cut into or through one of these trees." Maka yelled
Devereaux launched the winds and Liz barely ducked in time as the winds rushed over her crouched form everyone watched as the winds sawed straight through the tree, and after it had fallen, Death the kid complained about one thing.
"The cut aren't symmetrical." He yelled as he examined the cuts
He barely had time to react before Maka slammed a book onto the top of his head.
"Where do you keep that thing, you have any pockets, and what the hell!" Death the Kid yelled
"Guys me and Devereaux came because there's supposed to be training, but if there isn't any we'll get going." Maka replied
"No, there is training, but we've been waiting for you two." Black Star replied as Tsubaki turned into her weapon form
Liz and Patty turned into their weapon forms and Death the Kid started shooting at Maka, she easily dodged when she noticed that Black seemed to be having a hard time hitting Devereaux, and in fact she noticed that sometimes Tsubaki passed right through Devereaux. When they got near each other Maka grabbed Devereaux's she watched him disappear in a gust of golden wind, and soon a familiar golden scythe was in her hands. This time when Black Star swung at Maka she easily blocked his swing and spun around him quickly, and as Kid started to fire at her Maka disappeared and reappeared quickly behind him.
"Slide your hand towards the bottom of the grip." Devereaux told Maka
Maka did as Devereaux told her and a claw, Maka swung the claw upwards and it gripped onto a sturdy branch, but all Kid could was watch as Maka was pulled onto the branch. Black Star appeared on the same branch and swung at her, but she hopped to the next branch and then she swung onto the ground. She didn't expect Kid to be there as he kicked into a tree but as Black Star swung downwards Devereaux reappeared, to everyone surprise Black flew backwards into a tree 3 yards away, and he and Tsubaki passed out.
"Kid, I've studied you while you practiced you martial arts, but you can try to hit me if you want." Devereaux taunted
Kid automatically tried to kick him, Devereaux ducked under his kick, and jumped back as he issued multiple punches which hit empty air. This annoyed Kid that Devereaux seemed to be able to predict his movements, he place Liz and Patty on the ground while they were still in their weapon form, and he started to punch and kick in a simple pattern that Devereaux could easily see. After awhile he noticed his opening and dashed at Kid, he slid under Kid's kick, and when he got up he grabbed Kid under his arms and flipped him onto the ground.
"You and Maka should try sparring unless you're afraid you'll get hurt." BlackStar mocked
"Other way around, right now I'm holding back, but I locked away my full power so Medusa doesn't have her weapon." Devereaux replied before he tensed up suddenly "Does anyone else sense that?"
"Sense what?" They all asked him
"There's a demon soul and its close." Devereaux replied
Right after Devereaux finished his sentence he leaped backwards as a hook chain whizzed past his face, it dug into a tree 5 yards away from him as a girl about his height flew into the clearing, and when he saw who it was a growl issued from his throat. Maka instantly stepped between Devereaux and the girl which she later knew was a bad idea as the girl's fist connected with her jaw as she was sent flying through the air she saw something change in Devereaux, it first she thought he was going to even attack since it looked like he was calming down, but suddenly he launched himself at the girl with his arm blades out. The girl dropped her hook blade since she knew it wasn't going to help in a close range fight, instead she pulled out two daggers, and to Devereaux's surprise she was able to use the daggers with ease. He was just focusing on keeping the girl away from everyone, to his surprise BlackStar jumped into the fight and drew her attention.
"Devereaux, I got this get Maka out of here." BlackStar told him
Devereaux didn't argue as he ran over scooped Maka up in her arms like she was a young child, but he kept talking to her so she couldn't fall asleep since she might have had a concussion. When he got to the DWMA he set Maka on the couch, he kissed her forehead, and then he sprinted back to the clearing hoping he didn't get back too late.