Chapter 3- Let the Torture Begin
"LANA! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW OR I WILL DRAG YOU OUT OF THIS BED!" Kate screamed into my ear. Of course, me being the heavy, aggressive sleeper that I was, I simply turned over, mumbling incoherent babble.
I felt someone start shaking me, trying to get me awake. Instinctively, I swung at whatever was shaking me. I felt my hand get grabbed, and I felt myself start to be pulled out of my comfy haven underneath the blankets into the freezing air.
"NOOOOOO," I screamed as I tried to climb back into the bed from the floor, but was blocked by my weapon. I started to grumble more incoherent babble as I squinted my eyes open. I glared at Kate, who had a victorious smirk on her face. "I really don't like you," I grumbled.
"You and I both know that's a lie, you know that deep down you love me!" she told me.
"Ha-ha-ha that's funny," I teased.
"Would you two quit fooling around and get dressed already? We are going to be late if you two don't hurry up!" Leon yelled at us from the doorway, already dressed in a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket on top, jeans and converse, ready to leave. He walked out of our room, closing the door behind him.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," I said as we started getting ready.
"Yeah, who pissed in his fruit loops?" Kate commented as she finished brushing her hair, handing me the hairbrush as she started getting changed. She wore a purple short with a denim skirt that went to about mid-thigh with black combat boots that went about mid-calf. I finished brushing my hair and went to go change. I wore a dark, almost royal, blue shirt and a black skirt that also went to about mid-thigh. I accessorized with black flats and my favorite black peacoat. Together, Kate and I left our room, excited for our first day of school.
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Soul, Maka, Kate, Leon and I all made our way up the stairs that lead up to DWMA, where most of the students who attended the school were standing around, talking. Maka and Soul led us over to a group of people that were standing near a fountain. "Hey guys! This is my cousin, Lana, and her weapons, Kate and Leon," Maka said to her friends, introducing us to everyone.
"Hi there! I'm Tsubaki, it's very nice to meet you all," a girl with raven black hair said. "I hope you will like it here, it's really fun."
"I'm Crona," a boy with choppy pink hair said. "I'm sorry, I don't know how to deal with new people."
"All that's missing is Kid, Liz, Patty, and Black*Star. I wonder where they could be," Maka pondered.
"A new student?! I challenge you to a duel!" a boy with spikey blue hair exclaimed from the other side of the fountain.
The rest of the group moaned, apparently, this was a regular occurrence. Kate, being Kate, went ahead and yelled right back at him, "Do you really think you will be able to beat us? Fine, then! We accept your challenge! Let's go!"
"Wait, we don't have to do this, I really don't want anyone to get hurt," I said, trying to dissuade my best friend.
"I agree with Lana on this one, let's try not to fight with anyone on our first day," Leon said.
"Oh, I get it! Being in the presence of a star like me frightens you! It's okay, though, not many people can stand being in such a star's presence!" the blue-haired boy exclaimed to Leon and I. I ground my teeth; this kid was really starting to get on my nerves, with all this talk of him being such a great big star. "But don't worry; maybe someday you'll be half as good as I am!"
By that point, I was clenching my fists, trying so hard not to punch this kid in the face. "You really wanna duel, kid? Fine, then, let's duel!" I said. "Kate! Leon! Weapon form," I said to my two weapons as they transformed into dual swords. I caught them in my hands and swung them around once or twice to get a good grip on the handles.
"You've really done it this time, Black*Star, haven't you?" Soul said to the blue-haired brat. Huh, Black*Star, so that's his name I thought to myself.
"Tsubaki! Enchanted sword mode!" Black*Star shouted, and his partner turned into a sword. We stood there, waiting for the other to make a move, before Black*Star finally made a move, coming straight at me. I easily sidestepped his attack, and stuck my foot out in front of him at the last second, making him trip and fall on his face. He got up, red-faced. "Alright, now you've done it, I'm not going to go easy on you anymore!" Black*Star shouted at me. I just kept a blank face, which, I think, irritated him more. He came at me again. This time, I blocked him with Kate and decided to attack with Leon. He barely guarded himself, and I was exposing that weak point. He dodged the attack at the last second. I took this chance to advance, and swung at him. For a few minutes we just kept clashing swords, until I realized another weak point. He didn't stand still. I waited until he moved once more, and then, I swept at his feet, making him fall to the ground, the enchanted sword Tsubaki slid out of his grasp. Before I could pin him, he moved behind me and tried to use soul wavelength I quickly adapted my soul to the same wavelength, so the attack did nothing. As Black*Star stood there in shock, I took the chance and attacked, pinning him to the ground.
"I think this battle is over," I said to him, letting Kate and Leon go back to their human forms, and helping Black*Star up right as the bell rang.
"How did you…"
"Deflect your soul attack? Simple, I have a flexible soul, making it easy to deflect direct soul attacks," I told him. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to go get our schedules." And at that, Kate, Leon, and I walked away, leaving a gaping Black*Star in our wake.
We walked into the death room, where Lord Death was, to get our schedules. However, we accidentally walked in on what seemed to be a private meeting between him and a boy about our age. He had pale skin and raven black hair that had three white horizontal stripes. He was wearing a suit, with stripes on his shoulders. I had to admit, he was pretty cute. I blushed when I realized that he was staring at me. "Oh, sorry to interrupt, we were just here for our schedules," I said quickly, blushing a few shades darker as the strange boy kept staring at me.
"Oh, it's no trouble at all! This is my son, Death the Kid, or Kid to his friends," the shinigami introduced. "Kid, this is Lana, and her weapons Leon and Kate, they're new here."
"Pleasure to meet you all, I hope you enjoy it here at the DWMA. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get to class," Kid said, never once taking those beautiful golden eyes off of me for one moment.
"Alright, then, Kid, see you later!" Lord Death said, waving goodbye to his son as he walked out the door. "Now, here are your schedules," the shinigami said, handing us our schedules. "You're in class Crescent Moon, which is taught by Professor Stein. Good Luck! If you need anything, just stop on by. Now, you three had better be off to class, bye bye!" At that, we left.
"Wow, we haven't even gotten to our class and already we have been in a duel, made some new friends, and I'm pretty sure that Lana has a new crush," Kate teased as we made our way down the hall.
"What? Pffft, I don't have a crush on anyone," I lied, failing miserably.
"We all know that that's a lie, you liiiiiike him!" Kate teased. "And from the stare he was giving you, he might like you too!"
I kept quiet, not knowing how to respond to that. Maybe he does like me, after all, he was staring at me that whole time he was in the Death Room, but maybe he was just spacing out. Oh, I don't know! I thought to myself. Only time will tell. Who knows, maybe I'll finally get a little luck, and he can be my maybe something just a little bit more. I immediately pushed that thought from my head. He's so handsome, he probably already has a girlfriend.
I was shaken out of my thoughts by Kate's yelling. "UGH! Where is class Crescent Moon?"
"Here it is!" I exclaimed, pointing to a door with a sign on it that said Class Crescent Moon.
"Well, you ready to go in? I know I am. Let's go," Kate said, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"Calm down, Kate. You're going to explode or something," I said, making her stop bouncing. "Now, let's see our new class!" I put my hand on the door knob and opened the door, stepping into the classroom with Leon and Kate right behind me. We were ready for a semi-normal life, and right now, we were starting on the first step.
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating, I'm going to try and update as often as possible, which will probably be every 3-4 days. Thanks so much for reviewing to all of you who did. As you can tell, this is my first fanfic, so please do read and review. And please, no flames. If you have anything you would like to see, just let me know and I can work something out. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! 3