A sound soul, dwells within a sound mind, and sound body.
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It has been three months and the beginners have been working extra hard. An exam was coming up, as well as an early graduation ceremony. No one stopped to say hi, seeing as there was work to be done. Well, except Black Star, who pretty much ignored all her homework.
However, when school ended, there were shouts of relief, and laughter filled. Exams were tomorrow, as well as early graduation for the accelerated NOTs. Maka and Soul were determined to get into the EAT class, so their once coffee table, is now a resting place for books and endless stacks of papers. Soul, Maka's weapon, had just recently moved in with her partner. There weren't much things to bring in and Soul had stop Maka from spending all his allowance for anything she needed or wanted. He was so generous that she couldn't thank him enough. Yet, he was just glad she came in with him.
" Soul, do you want to take a break?" The meister asked, looking up from his note-taking. Soul blinked from her reading, and nodded.
" Yes please. I could make tea-"
" You don't have to. I will."
" Okay. Lemon with two sugar cubes."
" I know what to do." Maka said with a humored smile and he walked off into the kitchen, leaving the other to smile and get back to concentrating on her book. Soul was determined to get into the EAT class with Maka. She could tell the boy really wanted to get there, seeing as she had to remind him to eat and sleep sometimes. All this hard work will pay off, she was sure of it.
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: Soul Resonance :
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Tsubaki stepped out of his room with a yawn. All day he had been looking for Black Star, but his meister didn't seem to be in any places he could look. He worried for her, even if he knew what the girl was capable of. Dinner passed, and she still wasn't back so he had went to bed. However, the sound of the front door sliding open woke him up.
" Black Star, is that you?" He wondered while stepping into the living. Indeed it was his meister, who is drenched in rain water and had a bag in her hand.
" Achoo! Hey Tsubaki! Why are you still up at this hour?" The bluenette greeted while rubbing her runny nose. Tsubaki completely ignored the question, running back with a towel and immediately began to dry the girl's damp hair.
" Black Star! You can get sick from staying out in the rain so long."
" So? Gods, like me, don't get sick. Achoo!" She wiped her nose again.
With a look of disbelieve, the shadow weapon stepped away with a sigh.
" Where were you this whole time anyways? I've been looking for you." His meister just blinked.
" Out in the forest studying. I thought it would help me concentrate more." With this, Black Star showed her bag, which contained books and notes. Tsubaki's eyes widened.
" You were... studying?"
" Of course. Isn't that what you wanted me to do?" It is true, the male had asked that for once, the assassin should study, but he didn't think she would actually listen to him. He thought for sure they would be expelled or have summer school, but Black Star is taking this exam seriously. Enough to come back dripping wet with rain water.
" Y-yes but..."
" You didn't think I would, did you?" Tsubaki honestly shook his head and that only made his meister smile.
" You know Tsubaki, it may not look like it, but I do listen to you. At least, only things that are worth listening to. But I'm not some cold-hearted meister that never listens to his weapon. Besides, why else would I ask you to be my partner?" This made other teen blush and Black Star laughed.
" I'm going to bed now!-"
" Huh!? Not after you shower first-!..."
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: The Exam! Pass or Fail? :
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" Kid!" Liz yelled, walking down the hall. It was freezing cold in the mansion, and he couldn't help but worry about his younger brother shivering like that under his comforter. Sure, they are the Thompson Brothers, Eliz and Patrick Thompson, who lived in the streets and managed through tough times, but their meister must seriously like living in the arctic or something. He got no response and huffed. What could she be doing anyways?
Liz heard the muffled sound of a drawer opening in a room and turned to face it. What is she doing at this time of the night? He opened the door.
" Oi, could you turn up the heat or at least tell me wear the extra... blankets... are..." He slowly stopped as he and the girl looked at each other. It seemed that she had gotten out of the shower, seeing as she was only in a bra and panty. The shinigami narrowed her eyes with a frown.
" I'll get the- stop staring!" She added with a blush at the male who quickly looked away from his previous location.
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" Here. I suppose this is enough." Kid said a while later while handing the twin guns comforters. Pat eagerly took some and buried himself in his bed, leaving Liz and Kid in an awkward silence. Liz finally sighed and took the rest of the comforts, hoping it was too dark to see his blush.
" S-Sorry about... earlier."
" I-It's fine... well, goodnight."
" 'night."
Once the shinigami had left, the older male flopped back on his be while trying not to remember what happened earlier. It's not the first time he's seen a girl in her underwear or anything, but it seemed to weird that he saw his meister's. It's not like her body wasn't good-looki- crap!
" Hey hey, what exactly happened earlier?" Pat asked curiously. His elder brother just shook his head and turned to his side.
Morning...
" Maka... Wake up." Soul whispered while poking her meister's arm. She received no response but she smiled. He looked so peaceful sleeping like that with a serene look. She could actually just sit there and watch him until he wakes up on his own, but they have school and she didn't want either of them to be late. Not when there is an exam to pass. Besides that, she just made breakfast for him.
" Maka... Come on. Wake up." This time, he slowly opened his eyes, blinking when he saw his weapon in front of him.
" ... Soul? What time is it?"
" Don't worry. We have an hour still, and I made breakfast." Soul assured while getting up from the ground. Maka looked surprised.
" Ah, you didn't have to-"
" I want to help around more. I can't just let you pamper me all the time."
" I wish." He muttered, looking down.
" Huh?"
" N-Nothing. But thanks for everything Soul. I'll be out in a bit." The girl nodded and left while reminding, " Hurry up then, your food's getting cold."
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Just as the duo made it upstairs, Black Star and Tsubaki came up as well.
" Hey guys! Ready for the exam?"
" As ready as we'll ever be. You seem confidant Black Star." Soul added with a raised eyebrow but the other paid no mind to it.
" Of course I am! I studied a lot, right Tsubaki?" The male quickly nodded with an exasperated look. This made Maka raise an eyebrow as well.
" She studies?"
The four made it to class and were expecting to see a strict teacher with stacks of booklets, but only saw a small line of students lining up at a desk.
" What's going on?"
" Dunno, let's go see."
The four walked up to the desk near Professor Sid, who signed students' names different sheets of paper.
" Um professor, is there suppose to be an exam?" Maka asked, causing the man to look up from recommending something to a pair.
" Oh, you lot. This is the exam. In order to pass, you must defeat a kishin." All three mouth's dropped while Black Star just laughed confidently.
" Finally! I've been thinking that we'd never get the chance to."
" B-but we aren't exactly pros sir..." Soul added with a hint of worry in her tone.
" Don't worry. These missions are your level only, so you should be capable of at least doing damage." Sid explained while signing another group up. They looked just as scared as they were. " Here. Maka, Soul. I have a task for you all. And Black Star, Tsubaki..." The four were soon shooed out the room with directions to get to their location.
" I see you guys later then. Best of luck."
" You'll be the one needing it instead. Come on Tsubaki! Let's hurry or we'll lose'm!" The tall boy yelped when he was dragged away by the enthusiastic Bluenette. Indeed, Maka needed all the luck he could get. Though he thought it was a bit much sighing them for missions that meister's and weapons sometimes dont come back alive from.
" Well Soul. Let's do it."
" Okay..." He knew Soul is just as anxious as he was, but he wanted to appear calm so it would help her a little.
The two set off, out the safe atmosphere of DWMA, and into the dark city of Death. They hadn't realized how scary the city seemed until they thought about all the kishins hiding around in dark corners.
" Okay, here it is... The Rundown WareHouse. Said to be a Kishin's that has tentacles for arms. Creepy...
Soul just sighed while hugging herself and looking up at the old building. Of all the places, why did they get chosen here?
She followed her miester into the gloomy warehouse and they began to look around for the enemy. They got no clues at all on trying to find the thing so they could kill it so they ended up leaning against the wall boredly.
" If I had know this would have happened, we could've stopped to get some smoothies at least." Soul commented sarcastically, causing the boy on her side to chuckle.
" Same here. Ar this rate, we might have time to." The two laughed and sighed deeply, realizing how silent it was as their laughter echoed in the hollow place. There was a slight rumble om the ground, causing Maka to instantly be on alert. Another, and the sound of crashing on the other side of the floor made him get up.
" Soul, I think it's time."
" R-right."
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: Soul Eater :
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Just as she transformed into a glowing scythe, the sound of something sticky sliding on the floor penetrated the air. Maka grasped the handle and rested it on his shoulder, examining a pink tentacle creeping across the floor. Soon followed by two... four... seven...
" What is that?" He wondered aloud while squinting at a dark figure come out from it's shadow. It looked like a pudgy man with completely black eyeballs with tentacles for legs and hands. No matter how much Maka wanted to vomit, he clenched the scythe slightly while readying himself for the other to make it's move.
" You'll be alright Maka?" Soul's metallic voice came out.
" As alright as I can be."
A tentacle slashed out within a mere second, and the meister quickly jumped from his spot, feeling sorry for an unlucky mouse that was squished violently on the floor by the attack. However, a second tentacle brought him away from that subject and he was forced to duck down from getting the impact.
The kishin roared and darted all eight tentacles at the him, and Maka swung the scythe horizontal to cut off more than half of the lengths. Purple blood squirted out in high pressure and the kishin screamed in agony.
" RAAAAAh!"
" Maka, now's our chance!"
" Right!"
The boy then ran forward and swung with all his might on the monster. It screamed no more, only exploding in black shadows, that dissolved to show a big, red floating soul.
Soul transformed back and stood next to Maka, who was examining the soul.
" What is that Maka?" something about that soul... Made her drool a little. Though, she quickly wiped the corner of her mouth.
" I think... It might be an Afreet Egg. They only come out of kishins once defeated. I heard that EAT students collect these to progress."
" Do we take it?"
" That's what I'm wondering... Hold on..." Maka fished out the folded paper with directions on his paper. " Sid personally gave me this number when I finish with the exam. I think we passed."
He looked up and around the building, voicing his victory when he spotted a window. Soul cocked her head in confusion when he ran up to it and fogged the mirror with his breath. Walking up, the weapon watched as her meister fingered in numbers with squeaks from the friction and quickly translated the numbers to 'die-die-kill'.
" Have you gone dark?" The boy chuckled and stepped away from the mirror, watching as it dissolved and shook.
" No. It's as it says on the paper, ' 42-42-564.' It's the number we use to contact Lord Death."
" Why is that?" They turned their heads when they looked at screen of a blue sky full of clouds. They raised their eyebrows, actually expecting to see a dark or room or something. The creator of DWMA hopped into the view and threw up piece signs.
" What's up!? What's up!? How's my favorite group of kids!?" The two sweated at Death's enthusiasm and Maka stepped up.
" U-um... This is Scythe meister Maka reporting sir-"
" Ah yes! Spirit's little offspring correct!? You did an excellent job on your exam! You both pass!"
They smiled nervously and suddenly, Maka remembered a subject.
" Ah sir, the Afreet Egg. What should we do with it?" Death clapped his enormous hands together.
" Why eat it of course! Soul-kun would definitely enjoy it!" In response, Maka made a face at Soul, who sweated and shook her hands and head.
" I-I don't think... That's not exactly..."
" Bring it here and you'll see." The one in the screen explained and Maka cautiously grabbed the Afreet Egg and brought it up. Death motioned for Soul to take it.
" Go ahead, put it in your mouth and chew." Soul blushed and looked down at the egg in her hand before exhaling and bit by bit, pushed it into her mouth. Maka watched attentively as she nervously chewed the sort of mushy object and swallowed.
" Well... How was it?" Maka asked and Soul blinked.
" It actually... Wasnt that ba- *burp*" The meister laughed as Soul embarrassedly covered her mouth. Lord Death laughed as well before settling down.
" Alrighty then! You two are now honorary EAT students. Have fun in your early graduation!" This made the duo smile big. Despite all that studying which wasn't really necessary, they had passed through the examination, with a breeze actually. If that's all they have to do to get Soul into a Death Scythe, they would be dine in no time.
" Hey Soul, after Black Star and Tsubaki are finished, let's celebrate. After all, we are EAT students now." Soul grinned. Once they finished chatting with Death, they set off to school again in a giddy mood.
" Yeah, we definitely should! Could you make curry please?"
" But we had that last night Soul-"
" Please?" He couldn't say no to that face. Never. Plus, he did remind himself that he would do anything for his weapon.
" I guess we should. But you'll have to do laundry for an extra day."
" Aw fine. I'll only do it cause I love your curry." This made the meister blush, even if it had been an innocent comment. " Besides, I'm sure they would like it too."
" I guess. I wonder if they passes as well."
" Don't be silly. I'm sure they will..."
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: I Wanna Be :
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