"Here."
"Tatsuo Ryoji."
"Here."
"Eira Ratienta."
"Here."
"Okay now that attendance is checked, you may begin your quiz." Professor Stein sat the attendance sheet on the teacher's desk.
The class was quiet, for the exception of the sounds of pencils writing, erasers erasing, and Kid whimpering
I looked at him from the corner of my eye, and noticed beads of sweat on his forehead. Then I looked down to see why he was so nervous.
He was writing his name.
And my guess is, he's trying to make the letters symmetrical as possible.
"Adil, keep your eyes on your own paper."
I jumped and looked up, face flushed, at my teacher, who was staring intensely at me.
A shiver ran down my spine, and I hastily looked down at my test.
Question number three. What's the most important rule of a weapon.
A. Kill the enemy
B. Protect the meister
C. Do nothing, because the meister wields the weapon
Hmmm...
Well pshhh it obvious it's A.
But the other two are as true as A.
Agh! I hate tricky questions like these.
I looked up slightly, and saw Professor Stein, doing some paperwork.
I glared at him. That's what I do to teachers during a quiz, when they give me hard questions.
I hate him.
He stopped doing his paperwork, but continued to stare at the paper.
His head moved to my direction, and the lights reflected on the lens of the glasses.
I paled and buried my head in the test.
Okay, okay. Continue in with the quiz now.
Question four. How many human souls does it take for a person to become a Kishin egg?
A.2
B.4
C.5
Another hard question?
I'll go with four.
Many minutes, and hard questions, later, an alarm startled all the students.
"Times up. Pencils down." The teacher gathered all the papers and sat down on his desk and began checking them.
He gave us free time.
I went to go sit next to Eira, who was a seat under Black Star.
"Hey Eira."
"S'up meister?" she grinned and saluted.
"Haha! Adil , your face was priceless during the quiz. You looked so scared!" Black Star bent down from his seat and laughed.
"Shut up, I bet you got lower than me."
"Lower? Yeah right. I'm the great assassin Black Star, I'll get the highest in the class, just you wait, so I can rub it in your face."
"Black Star, zero." Stein said blankly.
"Aehh." his face fell, and he ran to the teachers desk, and began screaming.
"Liar! I got the highest ! Let me see that!" he snatched the paper from his hands.
We saw his eyes move quickly from left to right.
"This is a mistake! I can't get a zero! Maka circled this one too and-"
He stopped wide eyed as his secret was revealed. Soul snickered loudly as did others.
"I-I mean-"
"That's enough Black Star. For cheating you'll get an even lower grade than last semester."
"NO!" his voice echoes throughout the hallways of school.
0o0
"I can't believe I got a zero!" I poured, upset.
"It's okay. I got a one." Eira laughed.
"I like one better." I mumbled angrily.
Eira and I were sitting where we became partners yesterday.
It was lunch time and kid's were everywhere.
We talked about the teachers, which ones we like and which ones we hated
. "Mr. Stein is creepy. I don't like him."
Eira laughed loudly as people looked at her. I blushed from the attention as she still laughed.
Suddenly she stopped and stated back at the people staring.
"Yeah yeah, I'm awesome that's why you're staring!" then people looked away.
"Aughgh..."
"Aughggh.."
"..Aughgh." Eira groaned with an angry face.
"What?"
She turned to me , half lidded eyes, and said, "Dammit. I'm so bored. Let's do a mission."
"M-mission! No! I mean, were not ready yet!"
"Pshh well just pick an easy one. C'mon don't be a baby."
I grumbled , as she led me to the mission board.
She tapped her foot while looking through the list of missions.
"Ah! Here's a good one!" she pulled the tag, and held it in her hands.
I looked over her shoulder, and grimaced.
"What exactly is the word 'easy' in your world?"
"What. You don't like it?"
"It's too much for a beginner like myself."
"Kill-joy."
Eira put the tag back where it was and pulled another one.
"How about this? A mother and daughter are hunting for human souls so they can get revenge on the father?"
Something flashed in our eyes, hers pain, and mine sadness.
"S-sure..." I mumbled.
She had a lost expression on her face.
"Let's go tell Shinigami."
0o0
The location was at a small greenhouse in a city bear by. It didn't take long untill we reached it.
"It's ...so...hot!" I whined.
Eira was infront of me, walking with no problem.
She stopped and looked over her shoulder. "Don't whine in missions. Do them without complaining!"
"Well I'm sorry, my skin is just sensitive to the uv rays!"
I kicked a rock and stomped my foot on the ground.
I looked up at the laughing sun, "I hate you, you stupid sun! Why do you have to bake the earth! Go away!"
"Stop screaming like an idiot!"
"Who's there?" a small feminine voice came from in front of us.
We looked at the little girl, who was dressed in a spring green sundress and a white hat.
She had a rake in her hands, which was pointed at us.
Her brown shoulder length hair blew with the wind and her green eyes burned with fury.
Eira snorted and nudged me. "Yo, you're Lee, right?" she eyed me while smirking.
My eyes widened in realization. This was the girl I was supposed to kill. But she's so small. About seven or eight.
The girl gasped and backed away, "How do you...? Mommy!" she shrieked.
"Eira ...we can't-"
"No. Who cares if she's a little girl. She's growing up to be a danger to the world. And we have to stop that."
"B-...but."
An mid-aged woman came from the greenhouse, with a rake in hand.
She looked similar to her daughter but had longer hair. She wore a black dress with a green apron over it, and a blue bandana on her head.
She stood in front of Lee protectively, "Who are you?"
"Pffhhahaha, oh my god! Dude YOU actually go and hunt human souls? Ha! You're as thin as a toothpick, you can't even beat a squirrel." Eira held her stomach, laughing hard.
I looked scared and unprepared.
Ahh, I am such a wimp!
The old lady's face darkened with anger and she lunged at my partner and aimed the rake at her face.
If it wasn't for her reflexes, Eira's face would have had multiple bleeding gashes on it.
The lady looked over her shoulder at me, then turned and swung it diagonally.
My feet were rooted on the dirt road under me. I had a look of shock and fear on my face.
"Duck you idiot!" I quickly dropped to the ground, hearing Eira's voice.
I gulped as I saw thin black hairs falling slowly to the ground infront of me.
I rolled away as she tried plunging the wooden part on my head.
Eira ran to me, not noticing the old lady grab a fist full of her auburn hair .
I stood up hastily and prepared to help my friend but stopped when I saw her face.
I froze, from the dark glare she made. "Don't EVER touch myHAIR!" She roared , twisting and kicked the woman's jaw, hard.
She sent her flying back a few feet, by her daughter.
"Tch." Eira glowered at the two, while I stood on the spot looking confused of the whole situation.
"Yo...Adil. It's time." she jumped and turned to the halberd.
I easily caught it, and slowly walked over to the lady, who was too tired to get up.
I looked unsure of what to do.
"Adil, just kill her. Ignore signs of guiltiness. Kill her now."
I gulped and shakily put the halberd over my head, and swung it downwards ignoring Lee's cries.
The little girl jumped from the side and stood infront of her mother, arms stretched open, in a defensive manner.
"I won't let you kill my mother!"
The halberd froze in midair.
I had a shocked expression on my face.
"No. No, Adil! Don't fall for her tricks, dammit kill them now!"
I didn't hear her, I was too busy staring at the scene infront of me.
It wasn't Lee or her mother.
It was a small version of me and MY mother.
My eyes widened more by the second, and I had a horror struck face.
My mouth was parted slightly showing my teeth.
"I won't let you kill my mother!"
I backed away, the image never leaving.
I couldn't kill my mom... But it wasn't her.
I didn't want this little girl to feel what I felt.
I gulped and shakily dropped the weapon.
"Idiot! What are you doing! Kill them!"
My hands dropped to the side, and I felt numb.
I stared straight ahead, eyes hazy.
My thoughts stopped as a life would when a person pulls the plug.
Eira grabbed my hand roughly and ran far away, from the army of townsfolk that came to the rescue of our targets.
The image stayed in my head.
I knew this would haunt me for a long...long time.
0o0
"It's alright, it was your first mission anyway. You'll succeed in the next one, don't worry."
Shinigami told us kindly.
Eira looked upset while I looked ashamed.
I sniffled and wiped my eyes, embarrassed .
I didn't know why I was crying. Was it if anger? Sadness?
"It's ...fine. C'mon Adil. Let's go grab a drink."
We walked to the bench and soda machine.
It was sunset, and Black Star, Soul, Fuji, Tatsuo , and Kid were all hanging out by the soda machine.
"Hey Adil." Tatsuo waved.
Fuji eyed me faith those dark green eyes.
I blushed as everyone looked at me. I hid my swollen red eyes with my bangs.
I waved back giving him a wiggling smile.
Eira and me sat on the bench, and I curled up, whimpering silently.
Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.
A tear rolled down my cheek as I cursed myself mentally.
"Woah! Adil are you crying?" Black Star's obnoxious laugh broke the flow of tears.
I looked up instantly, and lunged at him.
The other boys backed away shocked.
I still had tears on my face.
Then ,I bit Black Star's hand.
And Death City heard a very, very loud scream.
0o0
"Well goodnight Eira. See you tomorrow. Sorry about today."
She put a hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry. Your sensitive, so I'm not surprised."
"I'm not sensitive!"
She looked at me with a smug smile.
I just realized that I proved it.
"G'night. And tomorrow, if you say I'm fat, I'll kill you."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Do you like snickerdoodles or chocolate chips?"
"What does this have to do with anything?"
"Choose!" she threatened me.
"Eh...I like snickerdoodles ."
I stared at her retreating figure, and she disappeared in the darkness of the city.
I walked home alone since Kid wanted to go to the movies with the boys.
I hate Black Star for embarrassing me! So what if I cried...
I'm human and humans cry
Maybe that's why he doesn't get it, cuz he's not human.
Hehehe.
But that was embarrassing.
Crying in front of all those people.
I wonder if they think I'm a baby...
My mood became depressed as I thought about the girl and her mother.
I sobbed again and cried all the way home.
I looked in the glass walls at my reflection and cried more.
Why do bad things happen to me so much...why?
0o0
I want to thank Za-Za67, KittyAttack, Lonewarrior25,Digimon Dreamer, and Purple-eyed Devil.
I love you so much, and you're all my supporters and friends. I'm better but I still feel a bit down.
I wish you guys are here in real life, that would make me really happy.
If you noticed Adil is being emotional like me hehe.
Adil and Fuji are mine
Eira is for Purple-eyed Devil
And Tatsuo is KittyAttack's
And now I need an idea for the next chapter. I ran out of ideas.
It's going to be a filler, a funny one so when I read it, I'll laugh and be happy.
I want that but I don't have any ideas. Please tell me if you do!
Should I make like a Halloween special? And really who should I pair Freakin adil with?
Luv u guys so much, have a nice day!