"Come on, we're gonna be late for lunch" An overly excited spirit dragged his younger sister up several flights of stairs to the balcony where he ate lunch. As he burst through the doors there was a small cluster of students sitting on the railing laughing and eating various food.
"Spirit! its about time, you're late!" A thin girl with blond hair said as she hopped down from the railing to give spirit a hug.
"Sorry i was getting my sister" he said pushing her forward for introductions "This is Sid Barett" he said motioning to a tall muscular boy.
"Nice to meet ya!" he said in a loud booming voice
Spirit lead her over to a girl with bandages on her arms and dreadlock "His partner Mira Nygus"
"Hello its nice to meet you" Mira said calmly
"And i'm Kami!" The thin blond girl said cheerily "Its nice to finally meet you! Spirit has told us so much about you. He said you've trained so much that you actually had a choice. Why on earth would you choose to learn how to fight when you could lead a normal life ?"
"I-i " She was nervous, Spirit could tell, she wasn't use to being around so many loud people asking her questions.
"I also heard that you can change into any weapon as long as you've seen it. Is that true? thats so cool i Bet you'll be a death scythe in-" Kami continued asking questions in quick succession.
"Kami, i think you're making her nervous" Said a boy with grey hair and glasses inturupting her onslaught of questions.
"Hello. My name is Stein, Franken Stein" He held out his hand for her to shake. she stared at him for a moment then gently shook his hand. Spirit had a confused look on his face as this was something he had never seen his sister do and the fact that she was comfortable shaking someone's hand let alone someone whos as strange as stein was genuinely surprising .
"Hey you're suppose to tell us your name now." Mira tried telling the girl
"i-i'. My na-i" she began stammering Spirit moved in front of her in attempts to shield her from having to further deal with the strange people she had been introduced to.
"Sorry shes really shy, her name is M-"Spirit began to say but was interrupted by a small voice.
"Mim, My name is Mim." She whispered confidently from behind her brother peeking her head over his shoulder.
"Mim! What a cute name is it short for something?" Kami asked excitedly.
"Yes, its, um, short for...Mimic." she said moving out from behind spirit.
"Is it because of your weapon form is is there another reason?" Stein asked with a strange look in his eye.
Spirit moved in front of his sister again "Well lunch is almost over and i think i should make sure Mim gets back to her class, I'll see you guys after school" He dragged Mim back to the hall and they started walking back toward her class in silence.
"Meet me after school at the top of the stairs and we'll all go train for a while ok?" spirit told her as they reached her classroom.
She smiled slightly "ok"
"You went to school today, Right daddy? How was it? Did you do well with Maka" asked an overly affectionate cat named Blair.
"She ignored me. I was in charge of her class, but she ignored me. It doesn't matter what i do she gets mad at me" Replied a sulky Spirit
"but you just got divorced. her feelings will change. Just try to fix that womanizing habit that got you divorced and find a new wife!"
"I cant even think about getting remarried." He sobbed "These terrible days started when i teamed with Stein. My time with him was Honestly hell. That bastard... while i was sleeping... was doing freaking human experiments on me!" he words were slurred as he pulled himself up from the floor onto Blairs chest
"Hey Blair want to know a secret?"his mood changed drastically.
"Sure, Spirit what is it?" She asked interested after hearing the other girls talk about the great secrets Spirit shared while drunk.
"I always told people the reason why I quit being Steins partner wasn't actually because of the experiments he was a genius technician and i would've stayed with him because of that" He said nearly in a whisper
"why was it then, was it because you loved your Ex-wife and wanted to be her partner?"
"No it...was because….of …...my …...sist"He passed out
"oh, just when you were getting to the good part" Blair complained as she tried to get spirit off of her.
"Maka the scythe Meister, where have i heard that before?" Asked a man with grey hair and glasses "Your Spirits daughter!" he proclaimed "Now i remember, you're the daughter of him and that Woman he was assigned to after i met his sister."
"Papa doesn't have a sister. And he alway said that he left his first partner" A thin blond girl said obviously confused.
"Are you sure? You should ask him about the Mirror blade, She was so much fun to dissect." He said while running towards her for an attack. "And i have a very Clear memory of how she came to be my partner" The attack connected
"Maka, what the hell is he talking about?" said a voice from the girls Scythe
"She was a master strategist, excitement fighter, and the most versatile weapon that has ever existed. It was a same the way she ended, She was the best weapon to ever come out of the DWMA. Such a shame." The man with glasses said as another attack made contact.
"You know Mim, i don't have a weapon right now so maybe we could train together. After what Spirit has told us i would love for you to be my weapon" Shouted an excited Kami.
"R-really?"The nervous girl replied
"Yes of course! Really"
"o-k. W-what form would you like me to take?"
"i have options?What are they? This is so cool" She said Gleefully Mim stopped by a nearby tree to pull out an old book with worn binding from her backpack. The title read 'Weapons and Fighting Techniques from throughout the Ages'. She handed the book to Kami and watched as the blond girl flipped through the Yellowed pages. "Here" she said while pointing to a simple Scythe and handing the book back to Mim "lets start out with something easy"
Mim studied the blade for a moment before nodding and focusing on the image. She quickly turned into to sword and was in Kamis' hand.
Unfortunately the second Mim touched Kami she felt a jolt of electricity and was forced back into her human form.
"I'm so sorry" Mim began apologizing quickly and quietly while looking at Kamis' hands which appeared to be burned "Here let me help" She grabbed water and bandages from her bag and poured the water on kamis' hands then proceeded to wrap the bandages around the burns. "i'm so so sorry"
"Hey its ok"Kami flexed her hands "see, Look all fine."
"I'm sorry" Mim repeated under her breath several more times before she was stopped by Kami
"Mim! I'm ok i promise, its ok" She reassure the small girl for several more minutes "Not every weapon can match wavelengths with every meister, Its ok"
"Its because her soul is to weak" Stein yelled from his position leaning against a nearby tree.
"My sister does not have a weak soul!" Spirit yelled trying to defend his sister.
"Good observation, because i was talking about Kami. Her soul is too weak to support the soul of Mimic." He walked where the group had gathered "Mimics soul is far too large to match wavelength with a soul as small as Kamis, It will overwhelm her soul and crush her, she's lucky it didn't burn her hands off."
"and why didn't you tell them that before they tried?" fumed spirit.
"you didn't ask"
"She could've had her hands burned off, and you didn't think to tell us because we didn't ask?" Spirit was still fuming
"It was a learning experience" Replied Stein nonchalantly.
"You can't be serious!"
Mim slowly began to back away from the situation, afraid that more yelling would occur. As she backed up she ran into something. As she turned around she recognized the figure as a teacher from the school and immediately started apologizing.
"its alright Mim, i just came to oversee your guys training" he said as he walked towards the group. "So Mim, have you found a partner yet?" The teacher said looking back at her.
"N-no"She replied timidly.
"Well lets see" he scanned the group of Meisters "Kami wont work her soul is to small, Sids soul isnt flexible enough." he continued looking over the students "Franken! Why don't you and Mim try matching wavelengths!"
"No, NO, No, i will not allow this as her older brother i'm putting my foot down she will NOT Resonate with Stein" Spirit yelled
"And why not? Are you afraid your little sister will take your Technician away?" The teacher asked teasing the boy
"no! Because hes crazy! and what if he tries to… oh i don't know, cut open her brain or something!"
"Not a valid excuse, Stein you and Mim against Kami and Spirit." Chuckled the teacher.
Mim turned to Stein "What Form would you like me to take?"
"Surprise me" He said while looking down at the girl.
"Come on Spirit, we have the advantage, We've faught together befor" Cheered Kami
"fine."Spirit quickly changed into his weapon form and was in Kamis bandaged hands in no time.
Mim was Slightly scared, she had never actually fought anyone. She had only practiced transforming into weapons with her father. She looked up at Stein who was giving her a look of reassurance and focused on the image of her brothers scythe form. She quickly transformed and was in Steins hands. This time there was not spark that forced her back into her human form, This time there was a spark that overwhelmed her soul and cleared her mind of all anxiety and shyness.
"You transformed in to me?! Real Mature Mim!" An Aggravated Spirit called from across the battlegrounds Mim couldn't help but smirk
"Did you have a plan that involved you turning into your brother or was he just the first weapon you could think of?" Stein asked chuckling to himself
"It was so you could wield me easily actually" if she was in human form she would have blushed.
It was strange to stein hearing the girls voice come from the weapon and not spirits, but stein quickly decided that he preferred the shy, quiet voice over Spirits loud voice.
"If you wanted a plan though, try knocking Spirit out of her hand and switching us. She can't wield me so she would have no choice but to forfeit and since Spirit is her partner by default he would forfeit also" Mims new found confidence beaming.
"Not a bad idea" Stein smirked "Maybe your brother is right maybe i should cut open your brain i bet its fascinating"
Mim couldn't help but be in awe of how clear her surroundings had become with the loss of her anxiety. Every time Stein swung her she felt as though she was processing everything frame by frame, she could trace back every sound and she had never felt more in control of her soul.
Suddenly there was a crash, Stein had successfully knocked Spirit out of kamis' hand and he was now laying on the ground. He quickly pushed her back and picked up Spirit, and spun both of the Scythes around his body in order to confuse the girl, after a few attempts at grabbing one of them Stein through Mim at her. The second they touched she was thrown back and Mim fell to the ground in human form. Spirit changed back into his human form and rushed to Kami
"Are you all right?" he comforted her and wrapped his arm around her trying to help her up.
"Yea i'm fine" Kami graciously accepted the help after being shocked twice in a very short period of time
"That was cheap Stein, I thought for sure you would want to show off your soul wavelength at least once, but that was just low" Complained and angry Spirit
"You're Right, i did want to show off my soul wavelength" He said while walking over to Mim as he reached her he offered her a hand to help her up. "It wasn't my idea it was Mims."
"Well as your instructor i have the power to reassign partners if i see fit and I believe that Franken and Mim have the makings of a very powerfull pair. Spirit you seem to work well with Kami i suggest being her partner from now on ." the teacher said with a smile on his face
"What?! No you cant do that hes going to kill her." Cried Spirit
"Spirit i have no intentions of killing my new partner" Smirked Stein