p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"strongspan style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"~Naomi's POV~ /span/strong/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="2d4df0cfb7f7c51ce937675a9fff994d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He nodded "Well, where are they?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="17748d508039e2259dc17d4ac92ed358"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama's question echoed throughout my head./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="a392f0b81a1cc04c5576aff828369925"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"(Shinigami-sama = Death God)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e84afe8cf213d8d3b09d74f82d988074"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I was shocked so much I lifted my head and stammered "Um...uh..."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I gulped, I was so dead./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="750fe366d6e439f4b3ecf1c77047bce9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Outside?" My answer sounded much like a question./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I really wish I could face-palm myself right now. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="75326535778b241fb90d20e793c6a2ff"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Could you call them? I would like to talk to all of you about what you wanted." Shinigami-sama said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="bb5f15c036709f794763d4c1def69c9f"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I nodded "O-o-o-of course! If you'll excuse me..." I slowly got up and walked towards the door, when I was out of sight I ran as fast as I could. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0f50ce5d8f24a3179e2f5a8fe47c50ed"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When I opened the door, I sighed as I saw the others./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e3774df2588eaae561b1d7753dcbcddf"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Didn't I tell you to emnot/em come baem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em" Layla started but I didn't let her finish /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b294f5b00232d9c1026623261c52195c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Shinigami-sama said he wanted to talk tospan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"all/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanof us." I said, panting./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="bfff3c2d6974cbadfb2b8f1c2c33269e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They looked at each other and then back at me. Sienna spoke "What exactly did you say, Naomi?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I explained what happened as we walked towards the center of the room. When we arrived, Shinigami-sama and Kid were sitting together at the right side of a table, gesturing the rest of us to sit at the left side, which we obviously did. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="8a03fa0043acd4d7be236ec2718ae969"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Silence echoed throughout the room, nobody know what to say...untilem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="019d1dc00ddfd0586da34afd8da60e99"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So, what do you need that is very important for you to have traveled so far just to reach DWMA?" Shinigami-sama asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e212bf2ada59eeeaf60712c3188ecc85"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Actually," Layla said "We were...um... transported here." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d1e36354e864408439c289c13b8e931e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Transported?" Kid asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d7948f4f0e027ea6bbc3b0f7b0f67025"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes," This time it was Crys who answered "We were inside an unknown house, the only thing in there was a DVD player, and we stupidly placed a Soul Eater CD in it-and the next thing we knew we were in Nevada, USA."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ca1f2a324daa1b45190f979232b1b0a"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Ha! Told 'em we shouldn't do it!/span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e1294ed9dadf46120a26a823e748ed21"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0dd5918c03954c76d62253181e6821bd"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""They might bespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"the ones/em..." He whispered to his father./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="217d34788f5bdf1fd7e9a58892e43a59"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, but we might not be sure." Shinigam-sama whispered back /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="5702e34c1a7628a6e06fb60fe11be377"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""But they might." Kid replied /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="faa51b82b62f4cba786be05b6cf43032"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama nodded "They might."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="40029f0c3ca521d3c0b03ddc6cde6fd8"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid faced back at us "Can you explain from the start?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ab2c9bc7d2fa464b4ed275b40333963"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They all nudged me to do it so I nodded and started telling what happenedem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emright from the very start. It was tiresome but I didn't care, surely two Shinigamis will know what to do to help. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c8998d5c7878ff533bb811d2c07e0812"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When I was finished, Kid and Shinigami-sama nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="141ebdc20119543737dd8eed9fa54c98"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So you have no way back?" Kid asked /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3c5992038a673f634c753237d4c9fca5"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, we do not know how to return to...to our place." I answered, not sure exactly what to call our home and DWMA./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c1ba4e3b106318087d4a6b26dc444810"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Then we have no choice," he said standing up "Father, I am sure that they arespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"the ones/em." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="660c016d6189a211e77ab431d2548e41"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"The ones? They kept on talking about that but I really didn't know what it meant. /span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="628b8e1ba3cabdf85dc13aeb15dc6b88"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes. I have the same thought." Shinigami-sama said "You are here to help us." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="92b0680e9c32b2e5a4394e198f0813f9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Pardon?" Crys asked; confused./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3b949c6c8b7013ac9ea7e0789ab6e0f9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Death City is decreasing its population of weapons and meisters. All of you have come as thespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"'chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanto help us. As you can see there are also a few Deathsycthes left." Shinigami-sama gave us a short explanation but we understood fully what he meant. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="839401ac46e889f6c716bbbbe2f967b7"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So, we are here to help you?" I asked, just to make sure./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1b327a226eea0877fbab34e9afdd12a6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes." Kid had said simply./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f133add27bcd18df28a055b09af8ad4a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"So all of the things my grandmother had told me were true. I understood./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="adf8ae2c582936bee55edce1c7631635"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I looked at my friend's faces and from the looks of them all, they understood it too. But, there was a question in my mind that I need to ask./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0e7f893ddc6208549ae42787b23b713d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Another one./span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="2da6965ec5ca9a998459429a5fce9064"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""How?" I asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="fa46406617070f838135aec46bd8ee5c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It was a small word but it was very important. If we were here to help them, how could we do that if we were defenseless ourselves? /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c17f812d482ec29f2b1a17951963cfed"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Simple," Kid said "Father will turn you into meisters and weapons." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d40f84ce44980e5888fb03fc6c66f267"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"The thought of it made me feel...happy? I don't know what I'm feeling but I'm sure that it is near happiness./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="7eed6a5f58e1bf76e10da0209b264196"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Being a meister, having my own weapon, wouldn't that be great? /span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e450a2537f44911e71c9d08bb3df64e7"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""B-but aren't weapons born as weapons? How can we become one?" Sienna asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f46c1014184185daa6bed1ca3113d129"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It surprised me that Sienna knew, but then there was a flashback of all the days where I would force her to watch it with me./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ab6aeb030f85ebecd6965900a297a949"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, weapons are born as weapons," Shinigami-sama explained "But not all become weapons just because they're born with it; they can become one with a help of a Shinigami." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d364288c91521a4299af6b49fd0ea4b4"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I gasped "You'd do that?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="352ce53ed9827a171613ffa6b54b192d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Of course, everything had been decided even before you came here." Shinigami-sama said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="949a80684588ffa8badfed9807df2ebc"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""What do you mean?" I asked; confused./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b1a043dab4a5f1c01043688b2cfaae90"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""All of your grandparents have come here long ago. They were the previous 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space". Here /spanto help us in our time of need. And because of this,span class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"you/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanare the presentspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"'chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanto help us this time. Your grandparents had all chose to return to their own time, which they've achieved by doing a spell from the witches. They did not wish to stay in DWMA, they chose to make their own family and live in peace, outside this world. Though I do not blame them. Death City is not exactly the most peaceful place to stay in." Shinigami-sama shook his head./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f7a9985a3d4179832bfa794d39ee9cde"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""B-b-but we wouldn't return even if we found the spell!" I said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c05a407df85e3a3f99474020c6ed95d6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama's head looked at me (at least emI think/em he did). "Butem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="962255a7d03f62e3ceb6b506c66e97bd"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I didn't let him finish (sorry). "I-I, even when I was young had always dreamt of being here, and because of my grandmother's story, she gave me hope, that maybe one day I'll find it. And that day is today. I had found Death City and I do not wish to return home." I announced/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="24ac90d0f84f5c7e8165f83a6fff387b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then added "There's nothing left for me there anyway." As I smiled./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="17b049024bf388b1386bbed2f696053b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Let me explain, I am currently staying at Layla's house, (of course with my sister)./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d4666179adb26d49d9c543ef7e16ac58"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Reason: my grandparents and parents had an accident; which resulted to all of their deaths. Yes, it is painful, but I had moved on and since then, finding DWMA had been my goal. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I faced my friends./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Who's with me?" I smiled./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They look like they're in a 'Life or Death' situation. Then Sienna stood up "Of course I'm in." I smiled at her, and stared back at the rest of my friends "Well?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e9a4500986b9d79d41ec417e07baca06"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Layla stood up "Oh for the heck of it, I'm in." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="cfd8e48a9973785554625b480c765985"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Crys stood up too "Me too.", and Jimmy "Me three." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="4f4b14a64891a6eea89b22fb91b56739"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then all of us stared at Chloe and Garry. Garry sighed then said "Sorry ma, I'm in." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="212dea25bda67942571f147e3a8bcdb3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I couldn't help but thought:span class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"He's such a mama's boy./em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="38598dfcbec777470d9db6799f144c5e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then all of us had a group hug saying things like "Alright!", "The family's complete!", "Atta boy!" (for Garry). /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="60443263f069110a7a12ff2094c786c3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then out of nowhere Chloe stood up "Fine! I'm in too!" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="71e50ad1d0305dbc32f4c99ab0a927e0"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then there was Silence. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="800fb950a04340778d2d3e70a00fa1d5"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Nice one!" Sienna shouted then we got back to group hugging and laughing./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="60ffa5cca7dc59d202025470523bc688"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""This isn't the time to be celebrating; you still need to be transformed into weapons." Kid said seriously—a sudden change of atmosphere-which mad all of us sit down like before. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b78fa6514c7e4feaa7c6dc0322dfb8d3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid sighed. "First off, who wants to be the weapons?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ed5f48e66bd4c0ab24b1d9a886e9c2b9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I tugged Sienna's arm and said "Do it, I'll be your partner."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"She looked a bit hesitant but I assured her it would be fine and she nodded and stood up./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="8cc70a6d805da7b3b5ece5ae32432ad4"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Are you sure?" Kid had asked /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1d51327e7576cfba420d21b4e1ed560a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"She thought for a while then nodded "I-I'm sure." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b4141cca1652879e7350fee1dec17f9b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded and gestured for Sienna to stand beside him. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Who else?" He asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="08358b8e11bb13ef6e44b2493dac60ef"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I saw Crys nudging Chloe to do it and Leica nudging Garry and Jimmy. Which made the three of them stood up. Kid asked them the things he had asked Sienna and they all nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ee2e8f4a25a9c9ebba129322e351c42"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded again and said "So let me get this straight, You (he pointed to Sienna) are partnered with you (he pointed at me)?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"We both nodded and he gestured us to stand in the righ-most corner of the stage. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="202f326f63bf69db15ed94be12cd4283"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He did the same with Crys and Chloe Layla and Jimmy and Garry. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="323ca5b75e238cef98f145b009b6415d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"In the end the partners were: /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3896a8bd1f765d784ebfd7653cbd0290"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Naomi (Meister) and Sienna (Weapon)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="39bdcae23e4eea2bfe2d9f500899e0a6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Crysantha (Meister) and Chloe (Weapon)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="91a805aed472486e8cb6ca769d152c64"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Layla (Meister), Jimmy and Garry (Weapons)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="a3a738fdd23e7db165bd9f53f8ce483c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"So basically Layla had 2 weapons. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e045868a25a4b0a74499666afab028e8"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid hadn't ask what weapons we wanted. I had asked him why. He just repliedspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"because I already know./em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="13fb3231d791d9517f8664d397273e3b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It was a weird conversation if you asked me. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f29c20ce5c38aca81fcad225ccfd9535"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"First up was Jimmy and Garry, Shinigami-sama finally told us what weapons (Sienna, Chloe, Jimmy and Garry) were going to be./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ae45daaa30f621c1b63e5468ae8ed6fc"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He said that Jimmy and Garry were going to be sub-machine guns. Chloe would be (originally) a ninja manriki, a katana and a dagger. Sienna would be a double axe (a stick with axe heads in each end, top end facing right, lower end facing left.) /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="65b4d1b65af455561ecd09c78c701216"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama said that there would be a secret ceremony for making a "normal" person a weapon, it was a fast one and in no time they were finished. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1653aeaf7df3f2383a48a24bcf56703a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama also said that they couldn't transform easily yet, he said to give them time to rest, also he said that maybe in 1 week (or less) they would be ready. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1d94d2d7768507865d9815cd414e994a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama saidem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emagainem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emthat he had a house at the near end of Death City; he said that we'll be staying there for awhile, basically for training purposes./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"You know, wide space, less people. A perfect place for a handful of beginners not to screw up or injure ourselves, or anyone for that matter./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b6cb68045fbb4bda53a8ef50fa8b90c6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When the weapons would be able to transform without hassle that would be the time that we'll be given a house nearer and we could attend DWMA. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 25.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"We did as we were told, (followed the directions Kid had given us to find the house) and in no time we were in front of the house; exhausted. When we opened the door, the first thing we did was go to our individual rooms and sleep. Not knowing that the following day would be much harder./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="2d4df0cfb7f7c51ce937675a9fff994d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He nodded "Well, where are they?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="17748d508039e2259dc17d4ac92ed358"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama's question echoed throughout my head./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="a392f0b81a1cc04c5576aff828369925"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"(Shinigami-sama = Death God)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e84afe8cf213d8d3b09d74f82d988074"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I was shocked so much I lifted my head and stammered "Um...uh..."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I gulped, I was so dead./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="750fe366d6e439f4b3ecf1c77047bce9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Outside?" My answer sounded much like a question./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I really wish I could face-palm myself right now. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="75326535778b241fb90d20e793c6a2ff"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Could you call them? I would like to talk to all of you about what you wanted." Shinigami-sama said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="bb5f15c036709f794763d4c1def69c9f"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I nodded "O-o-o-of course! If you'll excuse me..." I slowly got up and walked towards the door, when I was out of sight I ran as fast as I could. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0f50ce5d8f24a3179e2f5a8fe47c50ed"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When I opened the door, I sighed as I saw the others./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e3774df2588eaae561b1d7753dcbcddf"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Didn't I tell you to emnot/em come baem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em" Layla started but I didn't let her finish /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b294f5b00232d9c1026623261c52195c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Shinigami-sama said he wanted to talk tospan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"all/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanof us." I said, panting./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="bfff3c2d6974cbadfb2b8f1c2c33269e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They looked at each other and then back at me. Sienna spoke "What exactly did you say, Naomi?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I explained what happened as we walked towards the center of the room. When we arrived, Shinigami-sama and Kid were sitting together at the right side of a table, gesturing the rest of us to sit at the left side, which we obviously did. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="8a03fa0043acd4d7be236ec2718ae969"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Silence echoed throughout the room, nobody know what to say...untilem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="019d1dc00ddfd0586da34afd8da60e99"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So, what do you need that is very important for you to have traveled so far just to reach DWMA?" Shinigami-sama asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e212bf2ada59eeeaf60712c3188ecc85"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Actually," Layla said "We were...um... transported here." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d1e36354e864408439c289c13b8e931e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Transported?" Kid asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d7948f4f0e027ea6bbc3b0f7b0f67025"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes," This time it was Crys who answered "We were inside an unknown house, the only thing in there was a DVD player, and we stupidly placed a Soul Eater CD in it-and the next thing we knew we were in Nevada, USA."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ca1f2a324daa1b45190f979232b1b0a"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Ha! Told 'em we shouldn't do it!/span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e1294ed9dadf46120a26a823e748ed21"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0dd5918c03954c76d62253181e6821bd"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""They might bespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"the ones/em..." He whispered to his father./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="217d34788f5bdf1fd7e9a58892e43a59"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, but we might not be sure." Shinigam-sama whispered back /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="5702e34c1a7628a6e06fb60fe11be377"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""But they might." Kid replied /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="faa51b82b62f4cba786be05b6cf43032"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama nodded "They might."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="40029f0c3ca521d3c0b03ddc6cde6fd8"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid faced back at us "Can you explain from the start?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ab2c9bc7d2fa464b4ed275b40333963"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They all nudged me to do it so I nodded and started telling what happenedem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emright from the very start. It was tiresome but I didn't care, surely two Shinigamis will know what to do to help. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c8998d5c7878ff533bb811d2c07e0812"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When I was finished, Kid and Shinigami-sama nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="141ebdc20119543737dd8eed9fa54c98"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So you have no way back?" Kid asked /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3c5992038a673f634c753237d4c9fca5"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, we do not know how to return to...to our place." I answered, not sure exactly what to call our home and DWMA./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c1ba4e3b106318087d4a6b26dc444810"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Then we have no choice," he said standing up "Father, I am sure that they arespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"the ones/em." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="660c016d6189a211e77ab431d2548e41"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"The ones? They kept on talking about that but I really didn't know what it meant. /span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="628b8e1ba3cabdf85dc13aeb15dc6b88"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes. I have the same thought." Shinigami-sama said "You are here to help us." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="92b0680e9c32b2e5a4394e198f0813f9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Pardon?" Crys asked; confused./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3b949c6c8b7013ac9ea7e0789ab6e0f9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Death City is decreasing its population of weapons and meisters. All of you have come as thespan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"'chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanto help us. As you can see there are also a few Deathsycthes left." Shinigami-sama gave us a short explanation but we understood fully what he meant. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="839401ac46e889f6c716bbbbe2f967b7"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""So, we are here to help you?" I asked, just to make sure./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1b327a226eea0877fbab34e9afdd12a6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes." Kid had said simply./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f133add27bcd18df28a055b09af8ad4a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"So all of the things my grandmother had told me were true. I understood./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="adf8ae2c582936bee55edce1c7631635"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I looked at my friend's faces and from the looks of them all, they understood it too. But, there was a question in my mind that I need to ask./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="0e7f893ddc6208549ae42787b23b713d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Another one./span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="2da6965ec5ca9a998459429a5fce9064"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""How?" I asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="fa46406617070f838135aec46bd8ee5c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It was a small word but it was very important. If we were here to help them, how could we do that if we were defenseless ourselves? /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c17f812d482ec29f2b1a17951963cfed"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Simple," Kid said "Father will turn you into meisters and weapons." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d40f84ce44980e5888fb03fc6c66f267"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"The thought of it made me feel...happy? I don't know what I'm feeling but I'm sure that it is near happiness./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="7eed6a5f58e1bf76e10da0209b264196"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Being a meister, having my own weapon, wouldn't that be great? /span/em/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e450a2537f44911e71c9d08bb3df64e7"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""B-but aren't weapons born as weapons? How can we become one?" Sienna asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f46c1014184185daa6bed1ca3113d129"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It surprised me that Sienna knew, but then there was a flashback of all the days where I would force her to watch it with me./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ab6aeb030f85ebecd6965900a297a949"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Yes, weapons are born as weapons," Shinigami-sama explained "But not all become weapons just because they're born with it; they can become one with a help of a Shinigami." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d364288c91521a4299af6b49fd0ea4b4"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I gasped "You'd do that?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="352ce53ed9827a171613ffa6b54b192d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Of course, everything had been decided even before you came here." Shinigami-sama said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="949a80684588ffa8badfed9807df2ebc"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""What do you mean?" I asked; confused./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b1a043dab4a5f1c01043688b2cfaae90"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""All of your grandparents have come here long ago. They were the previous 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space". Here /spanto help us in our time of need. And because of this,span class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"you/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanare the presentspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"'chosen ones'/emspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanto help us this time. Your grandparents had all chose to return to their own time, which they've achieved by doing a spell from the witches. They did not wish to stay in DWMA, they chose to make their own family and live in peace, outside this world. Though I do not blame them. Death City is not exactly the most peaceful place to stay in." Shinigami-sama shook his head./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f7a9985a3d4179832bfa794d39ee9cde"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""B-b-but we wouldn't return even if we found the spell!" I said./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="c05a407df85e3a3f99474020c6ed95d6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama's head looked at me (at least emI think/em he did). "Butem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/em" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="962255a7d03f62e3ceb6b506c66e97bd"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I didn't let him finish (sorry). "I-I, even when I was young had always dreamt of being here, and because of my grandmother's story, she gave me hope, that maybe one day I'll find it. And that day is today. I had found Death City and I do not wish to return home." I announced/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="24ac90d0f84f5c7e8165f83a6fff387b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then added "There's nothing left for me there anyway." As I smiled./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="17b049024bf388b1386bbed2f696053b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Let me explain, I am currently staying at Layla's house, (of course with my sister)./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="d4666179adb26d49d9c543ef7e16ac58"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Reason: my grandparents and parents had an accident; which resulted to all of their deaths. Yes, it is painful, but I had moved on and since then, finding DWMA had been my goal. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I faced my friends./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Who's with me?" I smiled./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"They look like they're in a 'Life or Death' situation. Then Sienna stood up "Of course I'm in." I smiled at her, and stared back at the rest of my friends "Well?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e9a4500986b9d79d41ec417e07baca06"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Layla stood up "Oh for the heck of it, I'm in." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="cfd8e48a9973785554625b480c765985"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Crys stood up too "Me too.", and Jimmy "Me three." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="4f4b14a64891a6eea89b22fb91b56739"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then all of us stared at Chloe and Garry. Garry sighed then said "Sorry ma, I'm in." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="212dea25bda67942571f147e3a8bcdb3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I couldn't help but thought:span class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"He's such a mama's boy./em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="38598dfcbec777470d9db6799f144c5e"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then all of us had a group hug saying things like "Alright!", "The family's complete!", "Atta boy!" (for Garry). /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="60443263f069110a7a12ff2094c786c3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then out of nowhere Chloe stood up "Fine! I'm in too!" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="71e50ad1d0305dbc32f4c99ab0a927e0"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Then there was Silence. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="800fb950a04340778d2d3e70a00fa1d5"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Nice one!" Sienna shouted then we got back to group hugging and laughing./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="60ffa5cca7dc59d202025470523bc688"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""This isn't the time to be celebrating; you still need to be transformed into weapons." Kid said seriously—a sudden change of atmosphere-which mad all of us sit down like before. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b78fa6514c7e4feaa7c6dc0322dfb8d3"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid sighed. "First off, who wants to be the weapons?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ed5f48e66bd4c0ab24b1d9a886e9c2b9"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I tugged Sienna's arm and said "Do it, I'll be your partner."/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"She looked a bit hesitant but I assured her it would be fine and she nodded and stood up./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="8cc70a6d805da7b3b5ece5ae32432ad4"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Are you sure?" Kid had asked /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1d51327e7576cfba420d21b4e1ed560a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"She thought for a while then nodded "I-I'm sure." /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b4141cca1652879e7350fee1dec17f9b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded and gestured for Sienna to stand beside him. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';""Who else?" He asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="08358b8e11bb13ef6e44b2493dac60ef"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"I saw Crys nudging Chloe to do it and Leica nudging Garry and Jimmy. Which made the three of them stood up. Kid asked them the things he had asked Sienna and they all nodded./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="9ee2e8f4a25a9c9ebba129322e351c42"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid nodded again and said "So let me get this straight, You (he pointed to Sienna) are partnered with you (he pointed at me)?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"We both nodded and he gestured us to stand in the righ-most corner of the stage. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="202f326f63bf69db15ed94be12cd4283"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He did the same with Crys and Chloe Layla and Jimmy and Garry. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="323ca5b75e238cef98f145b009b6415d"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"In the end the partners were: /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="3896a8bd1f765d784ebfd7653cbd0290"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Naomi (Meister) and Sienna (Weapon)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="39bdcae23e4eea2bfe2d9f500899e0a6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Crysantha (Meister) and Chloe (Weapon)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="91a805aed472486e8cb6ca769d152c64"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"*Layla (Meister), Jimmy and Garry (Weapons)/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="a3a738fdd23e7db165bd9f53f8ce483c"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"So basically Layla had 2 weapons. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="e045868a25a4b0a74499666afab028e8"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Kid hadn't ask what weapons we wanted. I had asked him why. He just repliedspan class="apple-converted-space" /spanem style="box-sizing: border-box;"because I already know./em/span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="13fb3231d791d9517f8664d397273e3b"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"It was a weird conversation if you asked me. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="f29c20ce5c38aca81fcad225ccfd9535"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"First up was Jimmy and Garry, Shinigami-sama finally told us what weapons (Sienna, Chloe, Jimmy and Garry) were going to be./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="ae45daaa30f621c1b63e5468ae8ed6fc"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"He said that Jimmy and Garry were going to be sub-machine guns. Chloe would be (originally) a ninja manriki, a katana and a dagger. Sienna would be a double axe (a stick with axe heads in each end, top end facing right, lower end facing left.) /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="65b4d1b65af455561ecd09c78c701216"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama said that there would be a secret ceremony for making a "normal" person a weapon, it was a fast one and in no time they were finished. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1653aeaf7df3f2383a48a24bcf56703a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama also said that they couldn't transform easily yet, he said to give them time to rest, also he said that maybe in 1 week (or less) they would be ready. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="1d94d2d7768507865d9815cd414e994a"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"Shinigami-sama saidem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emagainem style="box-sizing: border-box;"-/emthat he had a house at the near end of Death City; he said that we'll be staying there for awhile, basically for training purposes./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"You know, wide space, less people. A perfect place for a handful of beginners not to screw up or injure ourselves, or anyone for that matter./span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18pt; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" data-p-id="b6cb68045fbb4bda53a8ef50fa8b90c6"span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"When the weapons would be able to transform without hassle that would be the time that we'll be given a house nearer and we could attend DWMA. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in 0in 25.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"We did as we were told, (followed the directions Kid had given us to find the house) and in no time we were in front of the house; exhausted. When we opened the door, the first thing we did was go to our individual rooms and sleep. Not knowing that the following day would be much harder./span/p