Chapter One

Hiro not only loved his school, he loved learning. Many kids thought him odd for it too. That and he was the only one at the DWMA that didn't have a weapon partner. He tried so hard too. Many of his friends that were weapons tried to help him out, but he had a very unique soul that couldn't seem to resonate with others.

"Again, Hiro" Stein instructed, rubbing his forehead,"but this time try and match your soul with hers"

"Yes sir!" Hiro responded, saluting his instructor. Today he was trying to resonate souls with Lucy, a blonde girl two years younger than him. She sighed and transformed into a curved throwing hatchet.

"Now watch closely, okay?" Stein said as he reached down to pick her up. Hiro used his Soul Perception (a unique ability which allowed him to see people's souls). He saw Stein's, which was large and grey-blue, and Lucy's, whose soul was orange yellow and lazily drifting about.

Stein reached down and wrapped his hand around Lucy's mahogany handle, and as he did, Hiro noticed Stein's soul twist and contort to match Lucy's soul wavelength. In seconds Stein's wavelength had slowed to match Lucy's. He picked up the hatchet and swung it around a few times.

"You see, Hiro? See how our souls aren't repelling or fighting? But instead pulsing to the same beat?" Stein asked, never breaking eye contact with Hiro. "Now you try". Unexpectedly, Stein hurled the hatchet directly at Hiro's face. Without thinking, Hiro jumped out of the way just as Lucy was about to slice him in two.

"Hurry up. I have a date in an hour and I need to get ready." Lucy said with an annoyed tone, "and this isn't exactly comfortable." Hiro looked up and saw that Lucy was now lodged in a wall. He stood up and walked hesitantly toward her.

"You can do this," Hiro thought. He focused and used his Soul Perception, evaluating what he needed to do. "Lucy's soul is slow and dull…" Hiro noticed, "And mine is…" Hiro looked down and noted that his soul was large and golden, like bursting aura. He focused on his soul, trying to push it down and make it fit in with Lucy's. Hiro closed his eyes, and when he felt he had it in the right place, he reached out and pulled Lucy out of the wall.

Lucy shrieked. Hiro soul had matched hers, but just for a moment. His soul instantly expanded and overpowered the resonance, nearly crushing her soul. Hiro's eyes snapped open and he dropped (or threw) Lucy, the hatchet landing a few feet away. Lucy transformed back into a human, but she didn't look the same. She was bruised and a light smoke came off of her. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but the only thing that escaped was a weak whimper.

"Are you okay?" Stein asked as he ran over to help her up. Lucy began to stand up, but ultimately fell backwards and blacked out. "Hiro go get the nurse. She will know what to do." Hiro nodded, fear apparent on his face and he ran off to find Medusa.

The next day people kept staring at him. He heard them talking about him in their cliques. Rumors where passed around that he brutally attacked another student.

They thought he was a monster.

That day at lunch Hiro just sat there, examining the design on the table. Blackstar came and sat down next to him. Blackstar stared intently at him for a couple of minutes, until he got bored and decided to use another method.

Blackstar reared back his fist, and flat out punched Hiro in the face, knocking him onto the floor. When Hiro realized what had happened, he jumped up and protested, "What was that for?!"
"You're way too sad Hiro. Now you'll never be a big hero like me, but you could at least cheer up a little." Blackstar said, slapping him on the back. "Listen up, your name is Hiro. You gotta live up to that name. You may never transcend god, but you can at least find a weapon partner and back me up when I do." Then Blackstar turned around and walked away.

Far away from Hiro, Xion was under attack. The Twilight Beasts, a scary type of wolves this time, had attacked Twilight Town. She and a couple of the men from the town were fighting them now. She had already exterminated a large number of them, about sixteen she thought, though it was easy to lose count. Xion heard a howl from behind her and she spun around just in time to see a wolf leap out of the tree towards her. She transformed her left arm into the end of a Keyblade and stabbed the Twilit wolf through the chest and it evaporated in a shadow-like cloud. She bolted back to into the town. Xion wasn't going to wait for her meister any longer. She needed him now. She looked around frantically. A window. She needed a large window.

She soon found a shop with a large display window, filled with Christmas presents. Xion hardly had time to notice them though. Quickly, she fogged up an area of it with her breath. Xion neatly wrote in the numbers 42-42-564. The whole window shifted and she was looking into the Death Room.

During class, Hiro was called to talk to Lord Death, and Hiro knew why. He had hurt a student. They were giving up on him.

"I'm sorry Hiro; we have been patient with you up until now. You really are a good kid and you have an amazing soul… but you can't control it, and it has gotten to the point where it's hurting people" Lord Death said solemnly. Hiro just looked down and he felt tears form in his eyes. He heard a ringing sound and looked up. It was a call on Lord Deaths mirror. When the line connected he saw a girl in a black cloak with short black hair. She looked familiar…

"That's the girl from my dream!" Hiro thought. She was clearly panicking. She said a couple words to Lord Death that Hiro couldn't quite make out. Then all the sudden a wolf appeared out of nowhere and jumped on top of her. Shadows started leaking through the windows. They took shape and there were now eight large grey wolves in the Death Room.

"Spirit!" Death shouted and a man transformed into a scythe and flew into the Grim Reaper's hands. The wolves were all dead in seconds. In one delicate stroke Lord Death had destroyed all of the Twilit beasts. Then Death looked Hiro in the eye.

"I've found you a weapon"~