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The morning after the incident with the 'Traitor', Danny and Sam were sitting at the cafeteria table again with Tsugumi, Meme and Anya before school started. Tsugumi seemed somewhat down. "What's the matter, Tsugumi?" Meme asked tilting her head slightly.
"Oh, I was just wondering. Why did you guys come to the DWMA?" Tsugumi said shifting uncomfortably. "I mean… weapons like Sam and me don't really have much of a choice, but why did you meisters come?"
Meme looked up and frowned. "Um… I forgot." She said with a goofy grin.
"What? How could you forget something so important?" Tsugumi asked as if shocked, though no one else was that surprised. Her attention turned towards Anya.
"What? I don't see why I should have to share such information." Anya said stubbornly. Tsugumi's head dipped a little but then turned to Danny.
"I only became a meister so that I could stay with Sam." He said shrugging. "Never really thought about what I would do here."
All the girls except Sam looked at them wide eyed. "Romanic." Tsugumi said putting her hands in front of her chest.
"What, no, it's not like that!" Danny and Sam shouted together. The others began to giggle at the synergized response.
"You all are lively as ever." Kim said coming over to their table with her lunch and sitting down across from Danny. Tsugumi, Meme, and Anya's eyes widened in shock that the 'girls' dorm witch' was sitting down with them. "What are you all talking about?"
"Tsugumi was just wondering what makes meisters come to the DWMA. My answer, I have no clue." Danny said lean back and smiling at Kim.
"Um… why did you come to the DWMA, Miss Kim?" Tsugumi asked politely.
Kim looked at her as if she was stupid. "Well… the money of course." She said with a shrug. Danny had a feeling that wasn't the real truth, but best not to get into the topic of her past's effect on her decisions. "Graduates from the DWMA can get some of the highest paying government jobs in the world."
"Wow, do you think you could have worded that better." Sam said frowning. "What do you even plan on using the money for anyways?"
"I'm going to buy happiness of course." Kim said as if joking.
"You do realize that you can't buy happiness right?" Tsugumi said a little worried.
"You can't ask nicely for it either." Kim said with toothy grin.
"Well no thanks." Sam said with disgust. "My parents have plenty of money but they're miserable. I'd rather live a more humble life."
Danny burst into chuckles. "Sam, you were miserable when you're around your parents. That's different than them being miserable." The bell started to ring. "Well the next class is freshmen meister's only." Danny said getting up. "I'll give you the boring details if I can stay wake through it."
"Basic training? Yah good luck staying awake through that." Kim said and waved goodbye to him as he left with Meme and Anya. Tsugumi also got up to go and wondered around leaving just Sam and Kim. "So… did Danny tell you about me?" She asked.
"No, he only said he told you his secret. But given that information I can make an educated guess." Sam said with a shrug. "You don't have to worry about me telling anyone about it though. If Danny trusts you then I'm willing to give you a chance. This just means you aren't as pink as I originally thought."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kim said.
After a few classes Sam returned to the cafeteria for lunch and found Tsugumi sitting at the usual table with Eternal Feather. "Hey you two, what's up?" Sam said dropping down into her seat.
"Tsugumi was just asking about boy problems." Eternal Feather said gesturing to the younger girl who blushed.
"And just like that I am out of here." Sam said a worried look on her face.
"No, please Sam, don't go." Tsugumi begged. Sam sighed and leaned back in her seat. "Well um… hypothetically, what does it mean if a boy says that he wants you to be his but then says it was a joke? Or when you ask another boy about it and he confesses to you, but you don't think he really meant it."
"Did something happen?" Eternal Feather asked in a girly way. Tsugumi started waving her hands in front of her and denying any such thing.
"Alright, so let me get this straight, Akane asked you to 'be his' but then took it back saying it was just a joke, and when you asked Clay if Akane really did like you, Clay confessed loving you in a panic. Is that about right?" Sam asked.
"What… how did you?" Tsugumi said turning bright red.
"Tsugumi, I am practically a master detective, and even if I wasn't, you only talk to like, five guys in this whole city. Danny isn't the romantic type so that strikes him off the list of suspects, and if it was Sid or that boss you had at your part time job I would have to call the police for pedophilia. That just leaves Akane and Clay, and out of the two of them Clay is the scatterbrained one, though even then they're seventeen going on eighteen, a little pushing it." Sam explained.
Eternal Feather was clapping for Sam's deduction with opened mouthed astonishment. "So, what does it mean then?" Tsugumi asked embarrassed.
"Beats me." Sam said with a shrug. "It could be they were just trying to tease you. You do always make that silly face whenever you are flustered." Tsugumi couldn't help but to get flustered and prove Sam's point.
"No that's not it at all." Eternal Feather said angrily. "You might be good at deduction, but you don't understand matters of the heart at all."
"Clearly, the only boy I ever dated was a complete fake." Sam said leaning back.
Eternal Feather shook her head and looked at Tsugumi. "Listen, it's only natural for a boy who is in love with a girl to think she's cute, right? I mean, to them, it's the same thing as courtship behavior. If you turn it around, they just aren't quite as charming as we girls are when we talk theoretically about boys and love." Eternal Feather said her hands folded in front of her as if she was some kind of guru.
"That made absolutely no sense to me." Sam said scratching her chin.
Two boys walked towards Eternal Feather. "Eternal Feather, I'm sorry, but can I see your notes from today?" One of the boys asked.
"Sure thing." She said and turned to them and pulled the notes out of her bag. "Here."
"Thank you." The boy said taking the notes and turning to his friend. "Eternal Feather doesn't seem like someone of the opposite sex, so she's nice and easily accessible, huh?" He said to his friend.
"That's true." The other boy said as they walked away.
Eternal Feather looked mortified. "Whether or not I'm popular is a different matter, though." She said turning her face away.
"Wait, being treated as an equal is a bad thing?" Sam asked, her feminist mind confused. "What's so wrong about that?" Eternal Feather burst into tears.
"What's got Eternal Feather so upset?" Kim said with a wide grin as she sat down next to the weapon girl, frightening her. "Come on, what were you all talking about?"
"Apparently, boys." Sam said from the seat across from the witch girl.
"And just like that I am out of here." Kim said grabbing her food and getting back up.
"That's exactly what I said." Sam chuckled.
"No, please help Kim, I need advice." Tsugumi said and gave her a puppy dog look. Kim mumbled as she sat back down. "Well um… what if…"
"Akane asked her to 'be his' but then took it back saying it was just a joke, and when she asked Clay if Akane really did like her, Clay confessed to her in a panic. She wants to know if either one really has feeling for her." Sam recapped quickly.
"Sam!" Tsugumi shouted in embarrassment.
"So that's it? Thank goodness. I was afraid she got herself a creepy stalker like Ox and that we would have to call the cops." Kim said scratching the back of her head. "I don't know about Clay, but Akane might have realized it was a bad financial decision to get a girl friend."
"Um… you think?" Tsugumi said her voice doubting.
"Tsugumi, we're all girls, we don't know how guys think." Sam said trying to dismiss Kim's statement.
"Ha guys." This time it was Danny. "Got kicked out of class early since they don't think I need to learn about calling on my soul waves. What's up?"
"We were just talking about boys." Kim said with a sly grin.
"And just like that I am out of here." Danny said trying to run but Sam grabbed his belt and pulled him back as Kim snickered.
After a short explanation of the situation to the horror of Tsugumi, Danny gave his answer. "Beats me, I don't know anything about love. I have only dated two girls in my life, one was possessed and the other was trying to kill me."
"Well then take a wild guess." Sam said elbowing her partner. The three other girls looked hung up on the possessed and trying to kill parts of his defense.
"Fine… I guess Akane might have really meant it, but believed you were over reacting and tried to pull out in order to save your friendship." Danny said with a shrug. "Clay was probably just as unsure as we are whenever you asked him and just spouted nonsense based on your body language in order to try to make you feel better, only to fail epically. Does that sound reasonable?"
"Yeah… kind of." Tsugumi said squirming in her seat. Soon Meme and Anya returned and the conversation changed.
'Considering we are at a school for weapons and meisters, and one of us is a half ghost and another is a witch, this is more ordinary then our time back home in Amity Park.' Sam thought to herself with a grin.
"So the second 'Traitor' is still at large?" Sid asked Akane and Clay in the Central Intelligent office below the DWMA. He was holding one of many papers that filed the office. The paper contained a detailed report of the first 'Traitor' that they had in their custody.
"Unfortunately yes." Akane said sadly. "We were unwilling to blow our cover as 'NOT' class students and the Princess had to take priority."
Sid nodded. "I understand completely. I have the testimonies of the other students that were involved right here." He pushed a few folders over each labeled with a name; Meme, Anya, Tsugumi, Danny. "I suggest you over look Meme's, the girl didn't remember anything about the attacker by the time we interviewed her. Tsugumi was too scared to get any good details." Akane nodded and opened up the file labeled Anya, but it was not that insightful other than saying that the man had an unusual eye. Something that Akane already new.
But the student was shocked when he opened Danny's folder. "This description is rather detailed; an estimated height and weight range, clothes, the stance, body language, all the words he spoke, and a detailed drawing of the man's face and eye." Clay said impressed. "Was he completely unafraid while he was getting cut up like that?"
"He did run off after the fight like it was nothing." Akane reminded. "Those injures would have been enough to kill most people, but he seemed to hardly mind. A healing wave length... I'm jealous."
"Yeah, the kid Stein brought to the academy." Sid said looking over to the folder. "That level of detail should be expected though from the son of two scientists. He went on to speculate about the attacker. He guessed that the man was not in control of his actions, he ruled out ghosts do to the fact that the facial expressions didn't seem to fit the actions like what would happen in an 'overshadowing'. So he suspects a more puppet like approach. Then he went on to say that the man was probably being controlled through a hypnotized sleep because of what the man said, 'Tell me did you sleep well last night?'." Sid said nodding. "He already knows about as much about this case as we do."
"Think they are going to put him in Central Intelligent." Clay asked.
"That is not the topic at hand. Right know we need to start researching this symbol that appears on the people's eyes and try to find whatever witch is responsible." Sid said before dismissing the two boys.
"Why me?" Danny mumbled as the fitness exams started on the following day.
"Just get it over with Danny." Sam grumbled, she was less than happy about the ridiculously revealing gym shorts that they were given from the test.
"Easy for you to say." Danny sighed.
Danny walked over to her hundred meter dash with the other boys in his class. The shot went off and they hit the ground running. Akane finished first in 6.32 seconds and wasn't even breathing hard, Danny finished second to last at 16.22 seconds and looked like he was about to die as he gasped for air. The only one that placed behind him was a weapon boy who simply walked.
The rest of the activities didn't go any better for the ghost meister. Out of all the freshmen meisters, he scored dead last in every activity. He wasn't even on par with the average weapon. The bullies and people who had been jealous of his skill with soul waves openly mocked him.
Sam on the other hand was the top student among the freshmen weapons, even better than the undercover agent Clay who was three years older than her. She even managed to keep up with most of the meisters.
After the exam Danny was laying miserably against the wall. 'Man I really suck.' Danny thought. 'The power to go a few rounds against a god like Pariahs, but too weak to even do two lousy pull ups.' Danny had learned long ago to never cheat, ever! So he didn't us any of his power during the test and tried to get by on just his human strength alone. 'And that fight the other day. I lost to a good-for-nothing possessed street thug because I couldn't just blast him. Without Sam guiding my hands… my close quarters combat skills are total shit.'
"I guess I just can't deny it any longer… I'm puny." Danny mumbled to himself.
A scream filled the air. It wasn't a panicked scream, just a scream of frustration. Danny still had to cover his sensitive ears until the noise died down. Looking over he saw Tsugumi. Danny understood, both Meme and Anya were incredible, even for meisters. It must have made Tsugumi feel inferior.
Akane went up to her and must have said something to cheer her up because she ran off when Anya called her. Danny frowned, getting up he ran over to Akane and Clay.
"Hey guys." Danny said getting their attention. "What's being done about the 'Traitor' thing?"
"Wha… what makes you think we know?" Clay asked hesitantly.
"Because you two are undercover agents?" Danny said with a playful grin.
"You… you knew?" Clay said with defeat.
"You're not supposed to admit it, Clay." Akane said looking a little disappointed at his partner who winced realizing his mistake. "We don't have any information. Please don't ask again." Akane said grabbing Clay and pulling his weapon away before he could slip up again.
"Well that was unhelpful." Danny grumbled. "I guess I should have tried to get Clay alone before asking."
"Danny!" Sam shouted from across the field. "Hurry it up! It's your turn to cook tonight! If you don't watch out I'm going to start kicking you out the window like Maka does!"
"Fine!" Danny shouted back.
Later that evening while Sam was practicing controlling her multiple weapon transformations with Tsubaki, Danny sat alongside with Black Star watching. Danny was sitting on a bench and Black Star was up on a wall above him.
"Hey Black Star." Danny murmured after finally making up his mind.
"What is it?" Black Star asked.
"I really am a wimp." Danny said to Black Star's surprise. "I can't do anything in a normal fight without Sam. Without my soul wave I am just a weak little kid."
"Well we can't all be big stars like me." Black Star said confidently but looked serious at the other meister.
"Black Star… I want to get stronger." Danny said flatly. "Can you show me how?"
Black Star lifted up on hand and started to clean earwax out of his ears. "Sorry, I thought I heard a fly buzzing." Black Star said disinterested.
Danny shot him a look. "I want to get stronger." Danny said in a little louder.
"Oh, how strong do you want to get?" Black Star asked.
Danny looked over at Sam turning into a spade. "Strong enough to protect those close to me." Danny said quietly. "Please… teach me."
"Sorry, but I would only consider teaching a real man. And real men don't whisper." Black Star said shrugging. "If you are serious then say it. Say it for the world to hear." Black Star said glaring down at Danny. "Tell the world what you will accomplish and don't ever settle for anything less."
Danny understood what Black Star wanted. Danny stood up on the bench and took a deep breath. "I want to… no, I promise that I will become Stronger! Strong enough to protect everyone, even if all the gods in the heavens would try to stop me! So teach me, oh Great Black Star!" Danny shouted trying to ignore the humiliation as Sam and Tsubaki giggled.
"Alright, that's more like it!" Black Star said with a grin. "Just remember that you could never hope to be as big a star as me! Now let's get started, first some light stretches followed by a warm up of five sets of one hundred pushups, one hundred situps and thirty squats, then we will go mountain climbing…" Black Star started to list of what the training would include and Danny started to get the feeling he had made a huge mistake.
He had been jogging for eight miles with twenty pound weights tied to each of his arms when Danny passed by the school swimming pool area. He had been training under Black Star for just under a month and the improvement he was showing was beyond dramatic. Where at first he could hardly climb the stairs in front of the academy without having to take a breather halfway up, he could now hop up them with his legs tied together and his hands tied behind his back, which was part of Black Star's training.
He still had a pretty lean build, but there was definitely some muscle. And with the sparing he had been doing against Black Star, with some gentle hints from Tsubaki, his fighting style had improved as well.
His weapon partner, Sam, had also gained mastery of her multiple weapon forms through her training with Tsubaki. They had started to call her 'the magic farm hand' as a joke, since she was taught by 'the magic dark arm'.
"Ha Phantom!" Danny turned his head to see Kim as well as Tsugumi and her partners cleaning the pool with a weapon from the 'EAT' class, Jacqueline. Danny waved back.
Black Star had heard Sam call her meister Phantom once and decided it was a good stage name. So he went behind Danny's back and filled out a stage name form in order to declare Danny's name to be Phantom Moon at the Academy. So everyone was calling him Phantom, and Sam and Kim couldn't stop laughing about it.
"What up, how are you all doing?" Danny shouted back grinning as he jogged over to the fence. He had to hide a blush as he realized that Kim was in a pink bikini.
"We're just cleaning the pool for a small job. You want to join in? Might help you cool off?" Kim said lifting up a hose. Kim was pretty obsessed with money so she was constantly grabbing easy jobs that she saw as fun. It was apparently a side effect of her witch's magic, but compared to begin compelled to rip off people's toe nails and insight the end of the world, it was really mellow.
"No thanks, I have to run for eleven more miles and then do the last mile on my hands." Danny said groaning a little.
"I don't know how you can survive Black Star." Kim said sympathetically.
"I'm pretty sure if I didn't have a healing wavelength I would just be a pile of bruises." Danny admitted. "He does have his quarks but… it's not so bad."
They talked for a few minutes before Danny started running again. Everyone found it strange that Danny and Sam seemed to be the only people that Kim had opened up to. Most believed that it was because Danny was willing to do a lot of construction jobs and was a pretty skilled laborer even if he wasn't the most impressive fighter or student.
As Danny was running along he couldn't help feeling drawn to the back alley, the place where he had lost his fight against the possessed man. He stood in the exact spot he had been standing when he had moved in the way of that first attack and visualized the events from that day. It felt like years ago even though it had only been one month.
He reached the part where everything had gone downhill for him, after he grabbed onto the wrist of the man, when his last punch was not fast enough. Danny brought up his fist and felt the rush of adrenalin as he imagined throwing that last punch. His arm moved faster, so much faster than it had on that day. "I'm getting stronger." Danny said to himself. Before running on back towards the coed dorm.
Danny didn't notice the man in the hoodie watching him from around a corner. "That's right… get stronger… strong enough to kill Death."
Danny gave a long yawn as he left the history classroom at the end of the school day. "Danny, you really should learn to stay awake in class." Sam scolded. She was the only person who still called him Danny.
"But it's just so stupid. Why should I care about some witch that died 800 years ago?" Danny said stretching.
"Danny, haven't you heard that those how don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it?" Sam said glaring at her partner.
"But they didn't even say anything important, like how she was defeated or how to counter what she did. I don't care about some skirmishes or trials and decrees about the witch." Danny whined.
"You're hopeless." Sam said miserably.
"I always have been." Danny joked.
"Phantom." Kim said coming up to the looking a little embarrassed. "Can I talk to you… alone?" She asked quietly. Whispers ran though the hall as she grabbed him and pulled him away leaving a shocked Sam starring after them.
"What do you need?" Danny asked Kim after they were alone at the school roof.
"It's about Jacqueline and Tsugumi and her friends. I think… they are trying to get my attention to get me to be partners with Jacqueline. Though they haven't asked me straight out yet." Kim said leaning against a side railing. "I don't know what I'm going to do when they do."
"Do you not like Jacqueline or something?" Danny asked.
"That Straight Laced Chick? I… I don't know, I just…" Kim struggled to find the right words. "I've always avoided having a partner since I don't want anyone to find out that I am a… you know." She said gripping the sleeves of her jacket. "But now they are trying to look into things in order to get my attention."
Danny nodded understandingly. He went over and leaned against the railing with her. "I understand you're worried, but maybe you should give it a chance. I'm friends with Black Star and Tsubaki and they don't know I'm a half ghost and I know nothing about their pasts. Just because you can't let them know about you're past, it doesn't mean that you can't become friend with them."
"Maybe, but I don't like how they are trying to look into my past." Kim said sighing. "How am I supposed to let someone into my soul if I can't be open with them?" Out there on the roof top they stayed and talked for a while and Kim got all her frustrations off her chest. After an hour she had finally unwind. She turned and smiled to Danny. "Thanks for listening, Phantom. I think you're probably the first friend I've ever really had."
The silence that followed was starting to get awkward when the door to the roof shot open and standing there was Ox. "Phantom, how dare you force yourself on Kim!?" Ox shouted angrily.
Danny and Kim flushed bright red. "Wha… what are you saying you idiot. Nothing like…" Kim tried to shout but was cut off.
"Don't not worry my angel, I will dispatch this roughen!" Ox shouted and pointed at Danny. "I challenge you to a duel!"
"Now hold on a minute this is all just a mis…" Danny started trying to talk to Ox but was cut off by a familiar laugh.
"He accepts!" Black Star shouted from behind Ox.
"Wait…" Kim said trying to stop them.
"Then I will get a Professor to oversee the match. I will see you down in front of the grand entrance in ten minutes. Try not to run away." Ox said glaring at Danny through his thick glasses and leaving the shocked Danny and Kim with the laughing Black Star.
"What the heck just happened?" Danny asked.
"Ox… you idiot." Kim mumbled. "How humiliating."
"Come on Phantom, we need to find that crazy weapon of yours so you can fight Ox." Black Star said grabbing onto Danny arm and starting to pull him away.
"But I don't want to fight Ox, this is all just a misunderstanding." Danny said as he was pulled away.
"Listen my apprentice, all fights at this academy are overseen by one of the Professors because they help them get an accurate idea of the student's skill levels." Black Star said. "Ox maybe a nerd, but he is still an 'EAT' class student. When you beat him it will help with you and Sam getting into the 'EAT' classes. Besides, he won't listen to you until after you fight. That's just how things work. Haven't you ever read any comic books before?"
So Danny was dragged against his will and they found Sam with Tsubaki organizing the library. Sam laughed at Danny and Kim's expense as they made their way to the front entrance where Ox and his partner, Harvar, a weapon boy who wore a visor like in the Sci-Fi movies and his black hair up in a spiked ponytail. Professor Sid was with them along with a crowd of students.
"Ox, stop this. You're being stupid." Kim said angrily.
"Do not worry angel, I will finish this quick and then this roughen will not bother you anymore." Ox said not listening. Harvar sighed and transformed into a golden spear that Ox caught before dropping into a stance. They began to synchronize their soul wavelengths and Ox's soul expanded until it filled his chest.
"Wait, they are fighting over her?" "I thought Phantom was dating his weapon partner?" "I didn't know Kim was still popular with the boys." The whispers ran through the gathered students much to Kim's horror as the pink haired witch tried to keep her bad girl persona showing while trying to fight down her blush.
"Come on Danny, let's just knock this guy out fast so we can avoid further embarrassment." Sam said as her body shone with purple light and she transformed into a spade. Danny groaned as he caught the spade. But as his waves mixed with Sam's, he dropped down into a stance and her instincts took over him. Danny's soul pushed out until it was twice the size of his body. The green orb stabilized and a blue D formed in the center of it. The few people who could see souls whispered in amazement as they backed up from the oncoming fight.
'The difference in the boys' souls is clear.' Sid thought as he looked at the two. 'Phantom's soul is much stronger than any other academy student's, but as of last month he lacked the stable body and mind needed to focus the soul waves to their full extent. Not to mention he lacked any martial arts training; he lost to the 'Traitor' who was not at the 'EAT' class level. This fight will help to see how well he has improved under Black Star's training regiment.'
"Alright, began!" Sid shouted.
Ox rushed forward. He was fast, no doubt about that, but he couldn't hold a candle to Black Star's speed. Danny swung Sam wide holding her by the spade's handle and using the long reach to force Ox to stumble out of his charge to avoid getting hit. Using the momentum to bring the large spade into the air over him Danny jumped forward bringing the spade down towards Ox who jumped out of the way.
"Bad move, you left yourself open!" Ox shouted moving in while Danny's weapon was down.
"Sam, hand shovel form." Danny said coolly.
The spade light up and shank into a small hand shovel that Danny held with the point going down like how Black Star held Tsubaki in her dagger-like form. Danny caught the spearhead in the palm in the shovel.
'Such a quick transition. Tsubaki has taught her well.' Sid thought noting the progress of the kids. 'And Phantom was quick to adjust to the change in his partner's center of balance.'
"Can't we talk this out?" Danny asked holding back the attack with relative ease as his soul waves enhance his physical strength.
"Not likely, Royal Thunder!" Ox said. Harvar began to give off large bolts of electricity that ran through Sam and into Danny. Danny tensed and winced slightly from the familiar pain of being shocked, but a scream of pained surprise came from Sam.
"Sam!" Danny shouted immediately jumping back and breaking contact between the two weapons.
'He could still move while having all that electricity flowing though him?' Ox thought in surprise.
'Ox and Harvar's electric based soul waves are capable of hurting a weapon even when it is transformed, even though the damage isn't anything to bad, it can still interrupt soul waves and if Sam passes out from the pain then she will lose her weapon form.' Sid thought.
"Sam, are you ok?" Danny asked worried about his weapon partner.
"I'm fine… just a bit startled." Sam's voice replied. Danny sighed with relief.
"Now you see why I am called the Royal Thunder Commander." Ox boasted as he raised his spear.
Danny glared at the older student. "What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked shocking the boy. "You barge in out of nowhere, accuse me of doing who knows what, challenge me to a duel even though you out rank me and now you shock my partner. What's your problem?"
"You can't talk your way out of this roughen." Ox said lifting up his weapon partner.
"Danny… lets just crush him." Sam said in annoyance.
"Be careful Sam, we don't want to hurt him." Danny said as Sam transformed into her till form and he switched her to his left hand holding her near the head.
Danny went running straight at Ox who brought up his spear. "I don't think so, Royal Thunder!" Ox shouted. The tip of his spear came to life again with electricity.
Everyone expected Danny to bring up Sam in order to counter, but instead he lifted his free hand. The hand glowed bright green and a small green square shield materialized in front of the hand. The lightning spear hit the shield and bounced off to the side.
Now Ox's arm and spear was across his chest. Danny raised Sam in his left hand and Ox moved the body of the spear to cover his stomach as he anticipated the attack. But instead Sam's pole slid between his fingers, hitting Ox in the knee. Eyes widened when Danny's green soul turned a shade of light blue, almost white. "Phantom Phrost." Danny said and barreled straight past Ox.
For a moment no one understood what had happened. They all thought that Danny had just ran straight past the other meister. But then they noticed what he did. "What is this?" Ox shouted as he tried to break free of the ice that held his right leg to the ground.
"You two aren't the only ones with an elementally attributed soul." Sam said smugly. "This is Danny's specialty." Danny lifted his right hand and a blue aura appeared as a snowball formed in his hand.
'He has an ice attributed soul wave on top of his healing soul wave?' Sid thought in amazement. 'and that shield, even if it was small, I've only seen Death make a shield out of his soul waves like that before and Stein during a soul resonance.'
"You lose, Ox." Danny said as Sam turned into a spade and he rested the head of it on Ox's shoulder by the nerd's neck.
"The winner, Phantom Moon, 'NOT' class group 1D." Sid declared over the cheers of the audience.
"Now will you hear me out?" Danny said lowering Sam who transformed back into her human form. Danny waved one hand and the ice began to fade away.
"Never." Ox said glaring at Danny. "You've won this round Phantom, but I will never give up. Not until Kim accepts my love!" A fist connected hard to the side of his head and he went flying.
"Forget about it you creeper! And Phantom and I are just friends!" Kim shouted at the nerd whose glasses were cracked and was sporting a large swollen cheek.
"Geez, and I tried so hard not to hurt him too." Danny mumbled as Harvar transformed back into a human and checked on his meister.
"Morning Phantom." Kim said as she sat down next to Danny at the lunch table. Sam was in weapons only class with Tsugumi and none of the others had arrived yet.
"Morning. I hear you're partners with Jacqueline now. Congratulation." Danny said smiling. "I'm glad you got over your fear."
"Thanks." Kim said blushing. "But I didn't really. Before I could talk to her about it a stray dog got hurt in an accident, Jackie saw me healing it."
Danny nodded. "So one more person knows about your secret and wants to be your friend anyways." He said cheerfully.
"Well… I mean what else would you expect from a straight laced chick like her." Kim said point up her nose, but there was a smile on her face. "But maybe… maybe there is a place for me yet."
GirlFish said: "Ox seems to be nothing more than a love struck idiot..." as a response to this chapter. I respond, have you watch him in Soul Eater?