Partners
Transformation
Soul Eater was a human being with the power to transform his body into a weapon made for slaying evil souls to free them from their fate of eternal damnation. It was a special gene that ran through families all over the world and he was the first one in his family in a very long time to inherit the abilities. His partial transformation allowed his arm to adopt a red and black blade that could cut through almost anything. His full transformation shifted his body into a scythe that his Weapon Meister, Maka Albarn took hold of to finish the job.
Other than the fact that his body morphed into something completely inhuman, Maka noticed another transformation undergo as the two of them grew up together.
She was soon told by Soul himself, that he had changed his name, mocked an American accent and kept his family ties a secret for the sole purpose of getting away from the bitter feelings that weighed on his shoulders. She learned that the day they met, he had taken on a character that would soon grow onto him and then shift into something else altogether. Soul went through a transformation all on its own and he hadn't even shifted into a scythe to do so.
He admit to her that the only reason he was so set on being a 'cool' guy was because when they came across each other for the first time, she mentioned that she thought he was 'pretty cool'. The word stuck on him and it filled the empty pit inside him with self confidence that turned him into the kind of guy he was as her very own personal Death Scythe. Before they became Partners, Soul was a wreck. The only kind of hope he had a hold of for his future was the sliver of light that leaked out from the door the DWMA managed to crack open for him. He just had to open it further and step through and then maybe one day, he would be able to be good at something. One day, he would have a crowd of people looking up to him. One day, he would be a well-respected Death Scythe.
It was Maka who managed to reach out and pull him through the threshold.
From there, he had become an oblivious kind of guy, blinded by his dreams and his bliss. Maka had given him a chance to become something greater than his brother and it did sort of get to his head. His transformation caused him to shift into an obnoxious guy that was best friends with the one and only Black*Star: the school's most arrogant trouble maker in history. He and the ninja got into all sorts of mischief together and were always sent away to be punished. He learned how to play basketball from that weirdo, became a bit of a couch potato and realized that he didn't actually want to put the effort into his classes no matter how important his Meister claimed it to be.
A year alongside his 'all business, no failure' Partner caused his character to grow on him. After a while, saying things like 'that's not cool' and 'I'm the coolest guy around' began to come natural to him. He almost forgot about his family and the issues he had pushed aside to take his opportunity. He had finally found his calling. Working for the DWMA was what he was always meant to do, and he realized that when he noticed just how important Maka had become to him as well.
After he started to open up to her, was when his character began to fade away into the far reaches of his mind. Things like being a 'cool' guy still came to him as easily as it was to breathe, but after a while, his obnoxious behavior began to come to an end, and even he found himself getting annoyed by Black*Star's persistent yelling. He calmed down a little, focused a little more, and made his Meister's sanity his first priority. He had much more responsibility after becoming a Death Scythe. He was a weapon that exceeded and stood taller than the other's. He was made into a weapon the Grim Reaper himself could wield. Albeit he wouldn't admit to anyone, not even his own Meister, that he didn't like that idea very much. He never wanted to leave her side.
Hell, if it meant staying with her forever, he would strip his status as a Death Scythe in a heartbeat.
The real transformation that he went through was there in his feelings. In the beginning, he took her for granted. He used her as an escape from his dreadful life hiding in his Brother's shadow. Now, she was the only thing on his mind, and he would gladly die for her if the time called for it.
He didn't care about his status very much anymore. All he wanted was to be by his Meister's side and continue to fight with her until the day they both dropped dead from exhaustion. He didn't need his character, he didn't need his family or his brother either. He just needed his Partner.
But being a Death Scythe was pretty cool too.