Teaming Up

Harvar was very surprised to see Ox return so excitedly with Kirikou right behind him some time after he ran away from classes. He himself was playing with the idea of going after his distressed meister when he went out, but with Professor Stein watching he decided not to risk anything.

Still, he felt a small wave of relief washing most of his worries away seeing that his friend was okay, physically speaking of course.

Ox high-fived the Pot meister and the two boys parted ways towards their respective seats with huge smiles on their faces. Whatever happened between these two was beyond the Demon Spear boy's knowledge, nor did he have the desire to know right away…

"Hey!" exclaimed the bald meister as he took his seat back. His good mood was back it seemed.

"Hey,"

"Did I miss something important?"

"Professor Stein hasn't moved since Black Star's uproar," replied Harvar. "If you're worried about Professor saying something about your abrupt exit, then no, he hadn't said anything."

The Lighting King got relieved at the statement as if a weight was taken out off his shoulders and said "Whew… that's good to hear."

"You composed yourself rather quickly. How?"

Ox smiled inwardly. "Let's say I got a little help."

"Hm, is that so?" said the Demon Spear as he looked down at his female teammates, particularly at certain brunette. There was a glint over the reflection on his visor that covered both his eyes.

(6 Hours Later)

Kill Kon Kan Kon~!

"YAHOOOO!" yelled Black Star as he (alongside a crazed Patty and Kirikou) ran out of the classroom and leaving a big trail of dust behind them. Tsubaki sighed and took the Pots' arms and led them out. She decided to take them to Kirikou's apartment by herself now that their meister was probably out of the school already. Considering the three teens were acting like caged animals since the last hour that statement was probably true. Liz, on the other hand, yelled for her sister and went running after her. All the while Death the Kid sighed and followed his crazy weapons in resignation.

Everybody who reminded inside the room (all but Stein, of course) sweat dropped at the sight of those kids leave so... suddenly, but they soon followed their example of going out of the classroom.

Some were still unnerved by their professor at the beginning of the class, but others were very composed or just didn't care enough to give a damn at that display of power. An example of the later was Ox that, after his return from the bathroom, his mood hadn't been hindered at all. Not even by the blank creepy gaze the Professor threw at them all for the remaining two hours.

"Let's go home, Harvar-kun," happily said Ox oblivious of his partner's plan.

"I have some things to check on, Ox-kun," the Demon Spear said as he watched the two girls on the other line getting ready to leave. "Is it all right if we see each other at home?"

Ox was a little confused at first, but then he forgot his surprise as Kim went out of the classroom, leaving her weapon partner behind to collect her bearings. He smiled at himself and waved quickly. "Of course, Harvar-kun. Bye!" The bald meister didn't waste another second there and went to catch up with his pink-haired teammate, much to Kim's dismay.

Harvar sighed in exasperation, but decided to let his friend do whatever he wanted for now. He walked away from his spot with only one direction on mind: his remaining teammate.

"You annoyed my meister," Harvar said in a stoic tone as he stood behind the other Demon Weapon. "What do you have to say?"

"Huh?" Jacqueline looked back a little surprised from rearranging her notes and saw the Demon Spear looking at her coldly. She smelled problems coming from the boy and her eyes immediately sharpened."Oh, it's you."

"Answer me, could you?"

"Hm, more like broke no? For him to go like that…" Harvar didn't bulge at her joke. Jackie huffed in annoyance and said "Look, Ox deserved it this time with him annoying MY meister first. He got a clear warning before just when he started crossing the line. Not my fault he didn't listen to it."

There was a deadly silence between the two. If stares could kill, they would be death since long ago, with their bodies cut into tiny pieces, canned in food cans and sold around the world's supermarkets.

Before leaving the classroom, Stein watched the two Demon Weapons with curiosity and shrugged it off. "You close the room when you finish," said Professor Stein interrupting the tension between the two. Harvar nodded at him without tearing his gaze from the Demon Lamp girl's. The Professor then left, leaving them alone in the room.

The two teens were focused on their staring contest, and by the look of things it seemed both had the will to continue with such game for hours. There was this old fire of rivalry starting to reignite itself inside the two… one that both thought had died after Jacqueline put her sight on getting Kim as her partner and Harvar got Ox as his studying partner, leaving the two to stop trying to outstand the other. First academically and after a while in every little thing they could, but the faint sound of a snort made by Kim brought the girl to her senses making her broke eye contact with the Demon Spear. "Whatever. I need to go."

The brown-haired girl took her notes and started walking past Harvar. "Wait." He firmly grabbed her arm before she got away.

"Get off me, Harvar. I'm not in the mood to deal with your cool-guy complex anymore," she warned very serious; ready to turn her arm in the form of a lamp to burn the offending arm away.

He didn't show any sign of intimidation, but he did sent a small spark of electricity at the girl.

Zap!

"Ow! Hey!" the girl said as she managed to free her hand from his grip, left the notes on the seat again and started rubbing her slightly numb arm. "What was that for?!"

"You were about to burn my hand and you cannot deny it," he stated matter-of-factly.

She stomped her foot on the floor hard. Harvar raised an eyebrow at the outburst. "I was but I didn't do it, you jerk! I could accuse you with the professors for that, you know?"

"Hmp,"

"Hmp? Don't "hmp" me!" she said. Harvar, for his part, remained silent.

"You are so… UGH!" she felt like she was about to explode. Literally. When she felt that her emotions were getting the best of her by the Demon Spear's provocations, she immediately started taking deep breaths to keep herself cool in a literal way. There was steam already coming out from the sleeves of her shirt.

While doing so she reasoned it was pointless trying to leave without placating Harvar first. That boy might fool all of Shibusen with his emotionless attitude, but the girl knew better than that. Oh Death, she knew damn better than that.

Under that thick cold skin was living a creature of a great will with a sick pleasure to get what he wanted. She still remembered how both would spend hours debating; trying to submit the other in classes of philosophy, history, battle tactics, combat training or even karate. In whatever way they could and make it the victory of the day until they encountered again the next day at class to try and make the scores even. Shame she didn't have the same time and priorities as before.

When sure that she was under control again, Jackie said "Agh… all right then. If that's what you want then I'm sorry for burning Ox's paper, okay?"

"You should be," he answered with a smile. Getting the best of the quick-tempered girl had always been fun to him. He remembered those times in the past as well and was actually a little sad they finished too, but quickly shooed those thoughts away to the far-away place they belonged in his mind. He got more serious now. "Just know that next time you do something to injure Ox in any single way, I'm not going to be so easy on you… or your meister."

"Uh…" the girl was taken aback. Knowing or not knowing the type of guy Harvar was, there was something crystal clear sure: there was a real treat in his statement. That confused Jackie to no end. One thing was treating her, but... "My mei-? What in the name of Death are you implying with that? Are you treating her?!"

"Just worry about your own meister and I worry about mine," answered coldly Harvar as he went out of the classroom, not acknowledging Kim who was outside of the room after escaping from a clingy Ox, and went his way.

The green-eyed girl watched the Demon Spear boy go with a raised eyebrow before entering the room again. She wasn't expecting to see her weapon partner standing there with her fist clenched in a very angry expression. There was a dark burned mark on the floor beneath her feet.

"Woah, what's wrong? Did he tell you something awful?" asked Kim a little worried.

Jacqueline huffed while she took her notes and grabbed her meister's wrist, pulling the other girl with her outside with a little more force than needed.

"H-hey!" said Kim as she tried to stop her fuming friend on her tracks.

When Jackie felt Kim suddenly stop in the middle of the hallway, she turned at her friend who sported a worried face. That managed to calm her a little. She took another deep breath and, with an assuring smile, she said "It's nothing important. Let's go home, okay?"

Harvar encountered Ox when he exited the school. His meister was against one of the pillars of the eccentric place. When he got near of the bald boy, he turned over to watch him intently.

"What did you do, Harvar-kun?" the Lighting King asked curiously.

"I already told you Ox-kun, things. Nothing to worry about, really."

The two started walking towards their house discussing about trivial things like the new discoveries around the Quantum spin liquid's magnetism and so on. When the two arrived to the door of their shared department, Ox decided to suddenly change topics.

"It's no good having problems with people, you know? And more If they're supposed to be your friends," he said opening the door and entered the house.

"I know," was the answer of Harvar as he crossed the door too, closing it behind him. 'But sometimes it cannot be helped.' He thought.

Several hours later, at their room in the Girls Dormitory, Kim (already on her night-clothes) watched her friend with a hint of annoyance on her face. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, yes. I'm fine!" replied hurriedly Jackie. "Why you ask?" 'The nerve! Threatening Kim like that…' she thought remembering her encounter with the Demon Spear boy.

"Maybe because you've been like that since we arrived home?"

"Be more specific with "like that", if you don't mind," Jackie said as she started studying another book. She was sitting in their living room's couch surrounded by piles of different books. 'But I'm gonna show that tight-ass dork who's better protecting their meister than who!'

Kim fidgeted on her place. "You know, murmuring to yourself, surrounded with all these books and stuff. Heck, you didn't even notice when I went out of the room, right?"

"Hmm, paprika…" said the weapon girl, clearly ignoring Kim. Said meister got fed up by then. She massaged her temples with one hand until she got a very bright idea. A devilish smile appeared on face as she got next to her friend's ear. She took a very long breath and…

"GET UP GIRL! IT'S 11 O'CLOCK ALREADY! DINNER WAS SERVED THREE HOURS AGO AND I'M NOT WARMING IT FOR YOU YET AGAIN YOU LAZY-ASS CHEESE GRATER!"

The response was immediate. And loud.

"ARRRGHHHH! My eaaaaar!" screeched Jacqueline as she fell down on the floor, grabbing her pained ear. All the while she scattered her pile of books everywhere. "Bloody hell…! I-I'm deaf! I'm fucking deaf!"

"Hump! Serves you right, and don't even dare to think I'm going to cure that," Kim said very satisfied with herself as she went to sleep, ignoring the rich vocabulary on curses her friend was displaying at the moment.

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater, their characters or locations; they're the properties of Atsushi Ohkubo. I just took them without permission for entertaining purposes.

Hallöchen!

Here it is. A very fast update! :D

This was somewhat easier to write than last chapter. Mostly because I had lot of this idea (and the next one) already planned. Yup, you read well. Planned.

I know that these Harvar and Jacqueline are nothing like the ones I put on the first chapter, but the circumstances there were far different.

That's all. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. :)

Bis bald, alle!