The New Student of Shibusen

Walking toward the academy, there were two people, a girl and a boy. The boy looked tired and had a sleepy face.

"Hey, Maka," the boy said a little annoyed, "isn't it a little early to start walking to class? There won't be anyone in Shibusen, not even the teachers."

The girl turned to look at him. "I know Soul," she began, "but we've to assure that the way to the academy is safe for the other students. Besides, this way Blair won't bother you while you sleep."

"Yeah, I guess you're right…" he answered with an emotionless voice.

"Come on, cheer up, and remember that the Keyblade wielder arrives today, those monsters won't be a problem anymore," said Maka as she started climbing the stairs that led to Shibusen.

Soul smirked a little. "That's true, I wonder how he is," he said with curiosity.

Maka looked at him with suspicious eyes. "I hope that you and Black*Star don't do the same thing when Kid enrolled."

Soul chuckled. "Don't worry, I won't. But I can't talk for that idiot."

Gallows Mansion

Meanwhile in a mansion at the outskirts of Death City, Death the Kid and the Thompson sisters were preparing themselves for going to the academy to meet Sora at the entrance.

"I hope that everything goes smooth today," commented Kid.

Liz looked at him with a comforting smile. "You worry too much, Kid. I'm sure Sora will be fine."

Kid looked at her crossing his arms. "Do you remember what happened when we joined the academy?" asked him.

Liz raised an eyebrow looking at him quizzically. "What are yo-" she began but then remembered what happened. "Oh, now I get it."

Kid nodded. "Anyway," he began, "we better get going. I don't want to make Sora wait."

The Keyblade wielder exited his apartment after a good sleep and started walking toward the academy. I wasn't sure if he wanted to attend to a school, but he couldn't do anything about it now.

"It's been almost two years since the last time I put a foot in a school," he thought. "Well, if it's like Kid said, then it wouldn't be so bad after all."

The city looked really peaceful during the day; a lot of shops were opened or were starting to open. Sora saw some teens exiting their houses. "They're probably Shibusen students too," he thought.

He arrived at the long stairs that led to the academy and started to walk up them. There were lots of boys and girls doing the same. When he reached the end of the stairs he saw that there were a lot of people near the entrance of the academy so Sora decided to take a look.

He reached the crowd and noticed that everyone was looking up, so he did the same. He saw a boy standing in the tip of a spiked structure of the building. Sora half closed his eyes to see him better. He could see that the boy had blue spiked hair and was wearing a ninja outfit.

"What is he doing up there?" he thought.

The boy pointed to the sky. "LISTEN UP SHIBUSEN!" he shouted. "I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE WORRIED ABOUT THOSE BLACK MONSTERS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE I, BLACK*STAR, WILL DESTROY THEM ALL!"

Sora looked at him with wide eyes but with an amused face. "Looks like I have some rivalry in the Heartless hunt."

Despite Sora's interest in the boy, the others had a bored look on their faces.

"That idiot is doing it again…" a boy said.

"Let's just ignore him like always," said another one.

After that the crowd started getting into the academy, so Sora did the same. He crossed the front door, and then Kid and the Thompson Sisters saw him.

"Sora, over here!" said Patty while waving her hand.

Sora saw them and walked toward them. "Hey guys, good morning"

"Good morning," yawned Liz.

"Well, if you're ready, we will lead you to our class," Kid said.

Sora nodded. "Yeah, let's go."

They started walking toward the class. Sora started to look at his surroundings, trying to memorize the place, he saw some kind of bulletin board and there were some students looking at it. As they walked Sora could overhear a conversation between two girls.

"Did you hear the rumors?" one of them said.

"No," said the other girl, "what happened?"

"I heard that yesterday at night there was another attack," the first girl answered. "Those monsters attacked a woman that was alone in the streets."

"Oh no…" said the second girl with a worried tone. "What happened to her?"

"Surprisingly nothing, someone destroyed those creatures and saved her," the other answered.

"Wow, I wonder who it was," the last girl commented.

Sora was surprised at how people already know about their fight of the last night. Kid heard the girls too and leaned closer to Sora.

"It looks that our fight didn't go unnoticed," he whispered to him.

Sora laughed lightly. "Yeah, it would appear so," he said. "Maybe we were too noisy."

Kid laughed too. "Well, sooner or later, the entire academy will know that you're here, so you won't have to worry about being discreet."

Finally they arrived at the door of the class.

"Here it is," said Kid. "Class Crescent Moon, this will be your class. We've different teachers, but the main one is Professor Stein. Look there he comes."

Sora turned to see someone coming in an office chair; he had silver-gray hair, which Sora thought that looked like Riku's, and wearing a doctor's lab coat, but what stood out most was the large screw going through his head.

"Well, who do we have here?" the man said looking at Sora.

"Hello sir, I'm-" Sora began but was interrupted by Stein.

"Sora, right?" he finished.

"Uh, yeah," affirmed the Keybearer. "Does everyone know my name here?"

Kid patted Sora's shoulder. "We are going to go inside, see you in there."

"Alright," Sora answered and then looked at the man in the chair again.

"Finally I've got to meet you," Stein said while smiling. "I'm Professor Stein, it's a pleasure."

"Likewise," said Sora. "Kid told me that you will be my teacher while I'm here."

"Ah yes," Stein began, "Shinigami-sama told me the reason of your visit, but first let me say that you did a good work yesterday."

Sora looked at him with disbelief. "You know?" asked him.

Stein found his question funny. "Yes, Shinigami-sama told me," he said. "He's always aware of what is happening in the city."

Class Crescent Moon

While Sora and Stein were talking, the students of the Class Crescent Moon were doing the same. A certain girl with two pigtails was reading a book.

"What are you reading now?" asked Soul with curiosity.

"I found this book in the library, it talks about the Keyblade wielders," said Maka. "I'd like to know more about the person that is going to help us."

"You sure are excited about it, Maka-chan," commented a girl next to her. She was tall and had black hair tied into a long ponytail.

Maka giggled. "Well it's the first time that a Keyblade wielder is coming to Death City, so is normal that I'm a little curious. Aren't you curious, Tsubaki?"

"Yes," she admitted. "I wonder if he as young as us."

"If he is strong I'm going to fight him," assured a boy who was sat next to the girl with black hair. He is the one who was giving a speech outside the academy.

"Told you…" Soul whispered to Maka.

"Do you really need pick a fight with everyone in the academy Black*Star?" asked Maka who was annoyed by the boy's attitude.

"Only if they are strong enough to fight me," affirmed him while grinning. Tsubaki sighed at his friend behavior.

Soul decided to change the topic before someone got Maka-chopped. "Did you three hear about the attack of yesterday?" he asked.

Maka closed her book and looked at Soul. "Yeah, it looks like a woman was attacked by some Heartless. But thankfully, someone saved her in time."

"Do you think Kid, Liz and Patty were the ones who saved her?" asked Tsubaki concerned.

"Well why don't we ask him ourselves?" said Soul, pointing at the door. Kid and the Thompson sisters were there, entering the class. They went to sit near to their friends.

"Hello everyone," greeted Liz as she sat.

"Hi!" said a cheerful Patty.

"Hey Kid," said Maka addressing the Shinigami.

"What is it?" asked him looking at her.

"We've heard that some Heartless attacked a woman the last night," she told him. "You three were patrolling the city yesterday, right?"

"Yeah, we're watching over the city yesterday and saw the Heartless," said Kid. "But we weren't the ones who saved the woman."

Soul grew curious. "Then who was it?"

"The Keyblade wielder that my father talked us about," he said with a smile. "He arrived yesterday at evening."

None of them expected that answer.

"He's here?!" asked a surprised Maka. "I thought he was going to arrive today."

Liz smiled at Maka. "Well, it seems that he arrived sooner than expected, and I'm grateful," she said. "Thanks to him we could finish sooner."

"What's he like?" asked Tsubaki.

"He looks a little older than us, I'd say that he's fifteen or sixteen years old," he answered. "He has spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and his clothes are mostly black."

Maka had a pensive look after hearing the description of the Keybearer and Soul noticed.

"What is it, Maka?" he asked.

"That description, it reminds me of-" Maka explained but was interrupted by the sound of someone opening the door of the class. Professor Stein just entered the class followed by a boy. When Maka saw the boy behind Professor Stein, she was surprised to see that it was the same one she met yesterday after buying the dinner.

"It's him." she whispered.

"Who is he?" asked Soul.

"He's the boy I met yesterday," answered her.

"Listen up kids!" said Stein trying to get his students' attention. "As everyone should know, dark monsters called Heartless have been attacking the city recently. Shinigami-sama decided that it was necessary to ask for help from outside, so this boy here is the one who is going to help us. He is known as a Keyblade wielder…"

At hearing this, the students started whispering.

"What the hell is a Keyblade?" said a boy.

"No idea," answered another boy. "His clothes are pretty cool though."

"And he's kind of cute," whispered a girl.

"Please, you will have time for that later," said Stein interrupting the chattering. "As I was saying, this boy's weapon is the only one that can make the Heartless disappear, so he will be staying with us for a time. I hope you can get along with him and don't cause him any troubles, okay? Now we'll begin with the class."

Sora went to sit down next to Kid. "I guess I'm no longer a secret."

Kid laughed at his remark. "It's better this way," he said. "Although the students are going to get curious."

The class began, and everyone was now listening to Stein. Sora noticed that Maka was looking at him, still a little surprised. He turned his head a little to look her with his right eye and smiled.

The class ended and some of the students were now leaving. Kid now was going to introduce Sora to the other meisters.

"Guys, I'd like to introduce you to…" Kid began but was interrupted by Maka.

"Sora," she said.

"Wait," Kid asked quizzically, "you two knew each other?"

Sora chuckled slightly. "Yeah, I met her yesterday, right after I entered the city."

"Why didn't you tell me that you were a Keyblade wielder?" asked her crossing her arms and pouting.

"You never asked," Sora answered shrugging with a grin on his face making the others laugh.

"Well, now we know your name so it's our turn," said Soul and he extended his hand. "I am Soul Eater, it's a pleasure."

"That's a pretty cool name, Soul." Sora said as he shook hands with him.

"Thanks man," said Soul gratefully with a grin in his face.

Then a girl behind Soul walked next to Sora and bowed. "I'm Tsubaki Nakatsukasa. Thanks Sora for helping us," she said respectfully.

Sora was a little taken aback at her bow. "Nice to meet you Tsubaki, but you don't need to act so formal towards me," he said a little embarrassed. She smiled at him seeing how friendly he was.

Then the blue haired boy next to Tsubaki was about to introduce himself, but Sora cut him off. "You must be the Great Black*Star, right?" asked Sora.

The others had a surprised look on their faces when Sora said that.

"You know me?" asked Black Star, and then started to arch his back while laughing. "See guys, the great Black*Star is known around the world."

"Actually," commented Sora with an amused face, "I saw you before entering the academy today. You were giving a speech of how you were going to destroy all the Heartless if I am not mistaken."

Black*Star stopped laughing and sweat-dropped while the others sighed.

"You'll never change Black Star," said Soul.

"What an idiot…" muttered Maka.

Then Black*Star straightened up and pointed at Sora. "Sora, let's fight!"

Kid sighed. "Here we go again."

Sora was a little surprise at this. "Wait, why do you want to fight me?"

"If you're going to protect the city from the Heartless, then I'll have to see if you're strong enough," he said with determination.

Sora crossed his arms and closed his eyes to think it for a moment. He thought that Black*Star was right, so he decided to accept the duel.

"You have a point there," he said. "Okay we'll fight as long as your partner agrees too."

"Alright!" said a fired up Black*Star. "What do you say Tsubaki?"

"Well if Sora agrees to fight then I'll be at your side," agreed Tsubaki.

Suddenly Stein talked to them. "If you're going to fight, then do it outside, in front of the academy. I'll be the witness, come on," he said as he got out of the class in his chair, then the Shibusen students started following him.

Kid sighed in defeat. "This is what I didn't want to happen."

"It was inevitable, Kid," Soul said. "The only thing we can do now is watch the fight."

"Yeah, remember that you fought Black*Star voluntarily too, when we enrolled in the academy," Liz said.

"Yeah, but he was fighting with a partner who was incompatible with him." Kid said referring to Soul.

"And it was a disaster; I don't think I could stand seeing another "Friendship Combination"," said Maka smiling at Soul.

"Thanks for making me remember that," said an annoyed Soul.