The Paladin Gamer

by SoGAlpha

First fic ever. Self insert OC. Methodical slow burn type story, sort of. Eventual world hopping. Content Context; Murder, war, blood, violence, lunacy, faith, lots of explosives, anything jarring that happens in real life to be honest can happen here, I'm not going to list every trigger warning ever, read at your own discretion.

8. Chapter 8: A Soul new world! (SE)

[June, the early 2000's, 9:00AM, Nevada, United States]

I found myself within a desert. Quickly, make your Star Wars jokes about sand. No but in all seriousness, it was a bonafide desert and I was safe for the most part as far as I cared. So I ditched my armor into my inventory and bought some more appropriate clothing. Some white cargo shorts, and a blue v-neck, nothing crazy, just normal, casual. If anything, I found the walk quite refreshing. It was a definite change of pace already as to what I was doing before in the world of the Forgotten Realms.

I felt a bit sad about not being able to bring Hazirawn along but it was probably for the best, extradimensional travel is risky, scrambles with the brain, let alone extradimensional universal travel. I glanced up and saw the sun laughing. I was put off by it. A spiked ball of golden rock with an extremely expressive smile on its face. Well, at least it was happy I supposed.

I pondered over what to do in this world, there were still those other classes I had to take too. Would I just sit back and observe the plot as is, most likely not, I would most definitely mess with it. By how much though I had no idea. What kind of angle would I go for, how involved did I want to be in the plot and happenings of Soul Eater? These were real students after all, children, teenagers. I sighed as I summoned Sunfire.

"Alright boy, no wings this time, let's just run for Death City shall we?"

Fun fact, Death City was also known as "Death Vegas", neat. The decor and style was certainly like those of the Tim Burton movies. I placed Sunfire back in my inventory as I stuck to the edges of the city for now, mostly the alleyways and such, I didn't want my presence to be known to anyone that mattered just yet. Off to the north it was pretty hard not to notice the DWMA, the Death Weapon Meister Academy. It was huge, after all this city was pretty much made for weapons and meisters.

I wonder if I should apply as a student there, or maybe enroll as a teacher? I didn't even have the proper paperwork to do that… I yawned as I pulled up my Status tab looking at what classes there were. Production classes were a tad self explanatory, you produce things, and probably sell them off into society and what not. Such classes like; Engineer, Farmer, Gardener, Lumberjack, Blacksmith, etc. I rubbed my face over which class to take for production. I ended up picking Farmer for now. Needed something to take the edge and stress off.

[Congratulations, you have picked the Production Class; Farmer (1/100)]
[Class Feature; Plant and Harvest; You can plant and harvest various plants and materials from your surroundings. You can choose an unoccupied space within 30ft of you and create a 5ft cube of fertile soil at that point, and you can plant one type of crop in it.]

[Class Feature; Farmer's Almanac; Personal journal that writes down all your farming discoveries! Gives 50% all purchases in regards to farming needs to boot!]

[Class Feature; Love of the Country; You gain advantage on all Nature and Survival checks.]

[Congratulations you've gained Earth Affinity (1/100)!]

[...]

Huh, neat. Ok let's do the secondary class then. I was tempted to go for either Martial Artist, Barbarian, or Rogue even but then something caught my eye, one of my brews popped up in the list; Meister.

[Congratulations, you have picked the Secondary Class; Meister (1/100)!]

[Class Feature: Soul Perception; Allows you to see into the soul of living beings!]

[Class Feature: Soul Resonance; Allows for the execution of special techniques with a death weapon.]

[Class Feature: Wavelength Control; Allows for the contractual use of death weapons and other things.]

[...]

Hmm, I don't remember it being this bare bones but oh well, on the bright side my Soul Manipulation went up a level or two. And I was set up rather swell to be part of the world now, my Perks related to souls would pretty much be streamlined. Now to acquire shelter… Maybe I should enroll? Ugh no, I don't want to deal with more school. I paused as I was walking towards the school. I need to remember what happened in this world first. Maka and Soul were fighting Jack…Jack the ripper, London. Damn I'm in the wrong place I can fix that later. I pulled out my phone and inputted a number. I couldn't help but grin as I saw the Grim Reaper appear on my screen.

"Yo old man Death, we need to talk."

"Oh? Hello hello, who might you be?"

"A new recruit for the order, let's say, I need to make a business deal with you asap."

"Oh well I'm sure you'll do just fine testing and enrolling-"

"No, not fast enough, sorry Death, I need you to trust me and to speed up the process, here's something not everyone knows but I do and so do you. I know of your son who hides in the heart of your city."

He chose to remain silent.

"So about that principal's office huh." I couldn't help but grin.

[June, the early 2000's, 9:30AM, Principal's Office, DWMA]

"Old man Death, nice to meet you in the flesh, or bone I should say. Sorry for rattling your ribcage earlier but I needed to get it through your skull that I was deserving of your attention."

"Wow, three bone puns in one, and here I thought I could be silly. Well young man you certainly have it now so let's hear this business of yours! Or I can go ahead and reap your soul…"

We shared a chuckle over that as I got to explaining my immediate desires and to how I knew of the past history of this world. Of the Eight Reaper Legions, of Eibon, Asura, and Excalibur, of Arachne and the witch hunts, etc. What did I want? Honestly I wanted to watch over the children at the very least, see how they grow, maybe made into a teacher. If a damn witch could enroll in the school as a student and another as a nurse then why couldn't I, a full fledged human help as a teacher? Paperwork be damned, I showed him my resume on my phone and that was that.

"Just one more thing before you go Arthur."

"Yeah sure what's up?"

"I'd like you to demonstrate your soul to me."

I couldn't help but grin again as an electric guitar riff went off in my head. "Sure thing."

I closed my eyes and inhaled before staring at my palms. "A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body." I stared at the edges of my flesh, a warbling line of heat distortion coming into view. It hardened into a shell of black. Peering deeper beyond, I found myself outlined in a silhouette of royal violet, flowing into indigo and royal blue. I could feel sweat forming lightly over me. Next was silver and then white and then flecks of gold. I peered within and beheld my soul. The silhouette collapsed into a ball in the center of my chest before expanding outward in a sphere with a diameter of thirty five feet. The majority a shimmering silver, white and gold, while the borders flickered in royal blue, indigo, violet and black. Solar flares danced across the surface of my soul alongside depictions of multiple crosses and swords.

"I am the blade of my Lord. Tortured by the shades of Hell yet tempered by the mercies of Heaven."

I found myself butt on the floor, my right eye crying as I came to.

"Ohoho! You're definitely not from this world, it's all explained now, that's quite a soul you got there mister!"

"Y-yeah.. I'll be back. I'm going to go get more acquainted with the city." I said as I got back up and wiped my face. "Sorry."

I needed to get acquainted with creating instant dungeons too now that I had the capability of doing so. I soon found myself within a white room, with freshly trimmed grass as the floor. Another aspect of the class expansion and instant dungeon creation rewards were that I could reroute where all my future XP would go to, how much of each class I wanted to share it with etc. It was pretty nifty for focusing on a given class at a time.

I set the parameters for "Meister" for now, the quicker that class got stronger the better! I could spawn in whatever enemy I wanted from the world(s) I've been to so far, set the difficulty rating etc, etc. So I let it surprise me instead, nothing like some good old rng!

[Now building "Construct Dungeon"!]

"$$$$... No wait wait, Human Siege Machine, I'll be fine."

First opponent, one "Animated Armor", neat. I cracked my joints and stretched before launching myself forth. My right hand dented into the chest plate, left fist practically sending the head flying.

[Animated Armor has been slain! 200XP gained! 400GP gained!]

Far off I could see clay golems materializing, yeah this would be real fun, I grinned as I kissed my knuckles and summoned my sword. Slicing through that clay golem like butter felt so good. Already a fourth level Meister, let's keep the momentum going.

Said momentum stopped going as soon as the iron golem showed up. Thank God Human Siege Machine applied to "Construct" typed enemies as well because this one was definitely tougher.

[Warning you have received a Critical hit!]

[Warning you have received a Minor Scar!]

[Warning you have received a Critical hit!]

[Warning you have received a Minor Scar!]

[Warning you have received a Critical hit!]

[Warning you have received a Minor Scar!]

Navel, edge of the right pectoral and shoulder, left shoulder. Damn, I liked this shirt too. I sighed, that made eighteen scars so far, damn. I couldn't help but chuckle, his fist was as strong as mine. I like that sword though, the shape profile was akin to a large chef's knife, or a bowie knife. Hmmm. I stepped away as I shoved my arm into the Multiverse Market Tab. One adamantine greatsword please and thank you.

I giggled as I pulled the blade out from the screen and slammed atop the head of the golem. I paused only to lunge forth at it in a frenzy, my eyes combing through critical hit notifications. Aha, I love adamantine so much, why didn't I use it sooner!

[Iron Golem has been slain! 15,000XP gained! 30,000GP gained!]

I saw another one pull up from my left. I let out a sigh as I glanced at my Status tab, Meister went up by another two levels. Hmm, I should probably try using that class a bit more, I did choose it after all. I closed my eyes, invisoning my soul once more, clenching my fist. Using the power of the soul wasn't that hard given the nature of my being, values and beliefs. Akin to infusing a smite into my blade, it didn't matter if it was the gold light of the sword or a fist of flaming soul. Everything within flowed. Breathe, hear the rhythm of the soul.

I grinned as I felt a chill spread throughout my back. "Soul Menace, Scarlet Spear."

I rammed my left fist through the chest plate of the golem, red lightning blasting off through the air like an arrow. I didn't stop using it till it was ingrained in my head. Took about seven punches, a minute more or less. It was fun! I can see why Black-Star and Professor Stein used it so much in the show/manga.

I left the instant dungeon with the sound of shattering glass accompanying my ears as I went through the process of getting an apartment in Death City. Managed to get a pretty snazzy one in the eastern half of the city, near the Square of Liberty, nice green scenery really. The inside was nice, whites, golds and delicious dark browns spread throughout a gothic lite theme. I even managed to put my Farmer class to use by utilizing the majority of the balcony as a garden. My first thing to plant you ask, the glorious potato! Even threw in that earth elemental core in there as well to enhance its growth!

[June, the early 2000's, 1:00PM, Principal's Office, DWMA]

"Yo Old man Death I'm back!"

"Ho? How'd you get back in here like that?"

"Once I've been to a place I can travel back if I want to, kind of like a video game." I grinned.

He hummed a ponderous tone, that was when I met his second in command, and Maka's father, Spirit Albarn. Same chin length red hair and same green eyes, arguably handsome, definitely a playboy.

"Good afternoon Shinigami-sama. Oh, who is this?"

"Hey Mr. Albarn, newest staff member for the DWMA, ironing out the process with the man himself. Pleasure to meet the scythe of Death in the flesh."

First impressions are important, don't ya know. He thought so too. Spirit went on about how proud he was of Maka, and how much of a good student she was, and how soon enough she'd make that brat "Soul" into a proper "Death Scythe", much to his mixed emotional state. After all, Maka only wanted to do so to get back at him, but that depressive episode was for another time.

In a few hours' time Old Death and Spirit would be watching over Maka's fight with Jack the ripper, I figured that I didn't really need to be there after all, and that I'd just watch the fight with them. Since she was on her way there I figured I'd get acquainted with the layout of the school itself. Thankfully Old Death decided to throw me headfirst into the "EAT" class where most of the main cast would come to reside. Most likely to keep a closer eye on me, but I didn't mind. Professor Stein currently wasn't here, most likely in his lab. Sid was busy in the gymnasium. Medusa was still the nurse. Me- I paused as I clenched my teeth, feeling my blood boil and guts churn. A primal hate nearly leaked out of me. Medusa was here, of course she was still here. Of course, acting as a nurse.

I found the first person I was going to kill, sorry Maka, you too Crona. Oh man Crona, that poor child. I began internally screaming as I stepped into the Staff bathroom only to step into an instant dungeon. I was too late, or rather the time in which I was brought here was too late for my taste, Sid had already been turned into a blue skinned zombie, the events of "Soul Eater Not!" had already transpired, haaaaa, MEDUSA! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

["Snake Eater" Grand Quest received!

Obj 1; Kill Medusa Gorgon.

Obj 2; ?

Obj 3; ?

Reward; Mystery Box!

Penalty for Failure; Death!]

No, no, no. She wasn't enough, they all had to die. Every last God forsaken witch would die. The memories of the show and manga came flooding back to my head. I gritted my teeth in anger. "Calm down. Calm down. You have time." I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose. There was absolutely no doubt about it, one way or another, whether it'd be anime or manga I was going to change the world of Soul Eater forever. I guess you could say I'd be eating the soul of the plot. I proceeded to trip into the bathroom wall right after making that joke, arguably deserved.

Between the current staff, we had Sid covering physical education, Stein would eventually cover soul studies and duel arts, Spirit would be used as an all rounder, meanwhile I would be put in charge of the special weapons class and a secondary all rounder. This would be the structure for now but knowing the DWMA it'd be subject to change.

I had some time before the school year picked back up though, officially that is, so in the meantime I'd train harder. Most of these kids could already be considered enhanced or superhuman as is, meaning I'd need to be even stronger if I wanted to take down their enemies. Black-star you freak of nature… oh crap, I'd have to babysit a bunch of children, oh well, nothing beats the responsibility of having multiple lives depending on you, sort of.

I came back home and was pleased to see that my little balcony had managed to grow four whole potatoes. I know what I'd be eating for lunch. Along with what to bring back to Death later.

[June, the early 2000's, 6:00PM, Principal's Office, DWMA]

"Yo old man Death you want some french fries? They're home made."

"Oho? Hi, hello, Thank you, don't mind if I do."

We all kicked back and relaxed in the office, said office being Death's own pocket dimension really, adorned in a plethora of differently designed black crosses and a painted interior of the sky on the ceiling. And then there was of course the famous mirror he used for communication and viewing. Maka was currently engaging Jack, I memorized his claw weapons for future use. I just couldn't help myself, something about it just spoke to a primal part of me. "Rip and Tear until it is finished. KILL THEM ALL! Silence. Be cool, be cool."

My appetite was nearly reversed into vomit as I saw Spirit bickering with Soul. Something about copping a feel for Maka's chest despite saying earlier that he'd kick Soul's ass if Soul tried anything with Maka. Old man Death proceeded to give him a good ol Shinigami chop. Good. I didn't interact, just observed as she gave her report. Cute kid Spirit, you and your ex did good. I excused myself for the afternoon. Not before I told Spirit to be careful of what he said to the girls over at Chupacabra's. He didn't really get it at the moment, but I'd make sure he would.

I'd spend the remaining five hours training and relaxing inside the instant dungeons. It was a fantastic way to blow off steam. My impulses were hammering my head, I wanted to kill every witch outright, first instinct, no mercy, no honor, just blood and slaughter. But I can't. Not yet.

[Aboleth has been slain x3! 17,700XP gained! 35,400GP gained!]

[Congratulations you have reached Radiance/Holy Affinity (100/100)!]

[Congratulations you have gained the Perk: Divine Force Manipulation (1/100) (Passive/Active); The user has control of anything that is divine. They are able to manipulate divine objects and relics that are connected to the gods or divine power. With this, the user is completely considered worthy of spiritual respect, allowing them to achieve feats that are impossible to be reached by mere mortals.]

[Congratulations you have gained Light Affinity (1/100)!]

[Congratulations you have reached Psychic Affinity (100/100)!]

[Congratulations you have gained the Perk: Divine Psionics (1/100) (Active); The power to use mental/psychic-based supernatural powers. This variation is fueled by the divine. You can propel your weapons with psionic force up to 30 ft away upon your enemies. You can move an object or a creature with your mind. Targeting one loose object that is Large or smaller or one willing creature, other than yourself that you can see within 30 ft of you, you can move it up to 30 ft to an unoccupied space you can see. Alternatively, if it is a Tiny object, you can move it to or from your hand. Either way, you can move the target horizontally, vertically, or both. You can establish telepathic communication between yourself and others and choose one or more creatures you can see, up to your Wisdom modifier. To send or receive a message you and the other creature must be within 1 mile of each other. A creature can't use this telepathy if it can't speak any languages, and a creature can end the telepathic connection at any time. You and the creature don't need to speak a common language to understand each other.]

Well hot damn this changes everything! Psionics? Divine force manipulation…Light, wait light, why the hell didn't I get that earlier? Probably too busy smiting people, oh well whatever. This is awesome! I grinned over the thought of killing Medusa with psionics. Oh this just got a lot more interesting. I need to get creative!

[August, the early 2000's, 9:00AM, DWMA, Death City]

Well, two months passed. I had managed to max out my Fire Affinity and gain the Pyrokinesis Perk, thanks in part to grinding instant dungeons and eating those three fire elemental cores I picked up while fighting Tiamat. Yeah, eating those via my Metabolization Perk ended up with me losing my throat for a few days but it was worth it! My production class only went up by like three levels, but there was a good reason for that as I was focusing on pumping up that Meister class! I was now a fifty fourth level Meister!

Oh, oh oh! Also, I totally repurposed that adamantine greatsword via replication into adamantine ripper claws/gauntlets! I couldn't help myself man! It began from the shoulder down, a black fabric wrapping with iron spikes placed along the outer elbows, and finally the silver colored claws themselves hahahahaha, I can't tell you how much fun I had using them. Ever since making and using them I was tempted to just throw out the psionics plan and just gut Medusa like a fishhhh.

Oh yeah that reminds me, Old man Death wanted to see me today. Aside from grinding like a freak gamer I managed to befriend Sid and Nygus, Stein and Spirit not as much, Stein was busy being Stein and Spirit…had a ways to go if he was serious about actually being a father to Maka. I also managed to avoid Medusa entirely, thank God. That $$$$$. Hahahhaha stupid little witch, your "Soul Protect" technique can't work on me, my blessing of the Gamer reveals all things. You can't hide your sins from the eyes of God, you heretic. I know what you are.

"Yo Death, you wanted to see me today?"

"Ah Arthur, just the man I wanted to see! As you probably already glimpsed from past viewings regarding Black-star, Tsubaki, Maka and Soul, they're falling behind and in need of remedial lessons."

I scratched the back of my head. To think it took Soul and Maka nearly a week to hunt down and kill Blair only to find out she wasn't technically a witch in the way they needed her to be. And to start over from scratch, yeah, that's rough buddy.

"So what exactly were you thinking?"

"You, Sid and Stein take on the four, no holds bar, it'll be fun!"

"Don't you think that's a bit much? Stein would already be enough."

"...It'll be fun! No pressure, no power after all!"

I couldn't help but laugh at that briefly, he had a point in a twisted way, but to think we'd go this hard on children…didn't make me feel good, didn't feel right.

Regardless, night came and Sid would play his part in the Hook cemetery and I'd be watching from afar. It was quite a show watching Sid throw his own tombstone around and Maka managing to pull off "Witch Hunter" with Soul, even if she did miss. I sighed, those two would be a hassle to iron out their bond but it'd be worth it. First thing I needed to fix in regards to them was Soul's teasing of Maka's chest and Maka hitting Soul over every little thing like it was breathing oxygen.

I don't care if she was a thirteen year old girl, hitting your partner is not okay. And Soul should know better being fifteen about too much teasing. But kids could be cruel y'know, very cruel, little empathy. I could hear Sundowner laughing in my head, speaking of being cruel, it was time for spring heeled Jack to play. Black-star had managed to capture Sid and his allies using his trap-star technique with Tsubaki. And they just managed to get the info on Stein's location after Black-star flashed Tsubaki's panties and thighs at Sid, Soul tried the same thing with Maka, which ended with Soul, Sid, and Black-star being beaten over the head with a Maka-chop.

See that time it was more than understandable and deserved. I forgot how lewd Soul Eater could be at times, especially in the beginning, or rather how much fanservice there was here and there. Ha, poor Tsubaki, or knowing her..maybe she was into it.. Ah teenagers, hormones and fighting spirit! Where was I, right, right, I'd be the stop gap boss.

I summoned my ripper claws, a black two piece suit and donned a black demon mask that covered the top half of the face as I launched down towards the entrance of the cemetery.

"Woah woah woah, hey now kids, can't let you go over to Dr. Stein's place just yet." I said grinning, blue flames flickering out from the corners of my mouth. "We need to have more fun first."

[Name; Black-Star!

HP; 180/180

Stats;

Str; 50 (+20)

Dex; 50 (+20)

Con; 50 (+20)

Int; 10 (+0)

Wis; 20 (+5)

Cha; 30 (+10)

Proficiency; +6
Passive Perception; 26

Armor Class;

30 (Unarmored)

Movement speed; 80ft - 160ft
Class; Meister 6/20

Alignment; Chaotic Good

Sex/Gender; Male

Race; Enhanced/Super Human

Immediate thoughts; Curiosity, Confidence, Arrogance, Competitiveness]

Yeah that sounds about right for Black-star I could practically see that baby blue spiked ball of a soul bouncing around inside his body. Then there was Tsubaki's soft yellow off to the side, poor Tsubaki. Naturally they were the first to engage.

"I don't care who you are, the mighty Black-star will kick your a$$! Yahoo!"

I blocked a flying left kick followed by parrying Tsubaki's tanto form with my left hand. I couldn't help but laugh, this kid really was a damn monster, and this was just his fledgeling state, how far would he grow by the end, and how strong were the other enemies of this realm..

I flicked my wrists, swapping my ripper claws for a steel version instead of an adamantine version, I was to rough these kids up, not kill them. I smacked Black-star away and set my sights on Maka.

[Name; Maka Albarn

HP; 180/180

Stats;

Str; 40 (+15)

Dex; 40 (+15)

Con; 50 (+20)

Int; 30 (+10)

Wis; 20 (+5)

Cha; 30 (+10)

Proficiency; +6
Passive Perception; 26

Armor Class;

30 (Unarmored)

Movement speed; 60ft - 120ft
Class; Meister 6/20

Alignment; Lawful Good

Sex/Gender; Female

Race; Enhanced/Super Human

Immediate thoughts; Warniess, Fear, Curiosity, Courage]

I couldn't help but laugh as I took a swipe at her, "Don't be shy Maka, you're in this fight after all."

She gritted her teeth and half parried the swipe, her left shoulder grazed. "Who are you, one of Stein's newest creations? You won't stop us from taking his soul!" She swung at my legs, cutting into the fabric and flesh as I stepped away.

So the baby can fight after all, good to know. I saw that orange soul of hers twitch in affirmation. Soul's silvery blue soul trying to be cool as always. I had to hold myself back. I could already hear the whooping and howling in my head. I let out a growl as I began to lead them out of the cemetery over to Stein's place.

I was nearly tripped up by the speed-star technique as I hopped about the roofs of Death city. "Yahoo! Get over here you black chicken you won't be able to escape me!" It was impressive considering Black-star was carrying a tied up Sid in his arm.

"C'mon Soul after him!" Maka bossed about as she chased me too.

I paused, fell back, gripped Black-star and threw him at Maka with a cackle. "Here's a present from ol Jack!"

We eventually landed in front of the patchwork laboratory.

"Alright enough cat and mouse, let's really play now." I licked my canines.

"Ah shut up you dumba$$ you ended up leading us to Stein's place anyway!" Black-star gloated.

"Yes, I did." I grinned as I unleashed my soul wavelength. "Thank you for being so intellectually stupid Black-star."

Maka's face went pale as she stared at me. I couldn't help but laugh. I was enjoying this too much. Huh, so that's what Stein meant about being sadistic. Maybe I should tone it down, no no, go all out! I was brought out of my musings as Black-star dropped Sid and rushed on over to me, throwing jabs and elbows.

"I'll show you who's really stupid when you get a taste of my soul wavelength! Hyaa!" He rammed his palm into my guts. This kid could really pack a punch, already shaved off an eighth or ninth of my health. I unsummoned my claws and cracked my fingers.

"Haa, good stuff 'star, I see your big wave there, and raise you-" I rammed my left fist into his guts, red lightning blasting off into the air. "A scarlet spear." I then smashed my right fist into his face sending him flying back.

I managed to shave off a third and then some of his health, good. I grinned as I looked at Maka and then towards the door. "Come on out here Stein, I can't have all the fun with these guys."

"This bastard is a Meister too?" Black-star grunted as he shook his head, blood flowing from his nose freely. Tough kid.

The sound of wheels turning filled the air as Stein fell out of his chair onto the floor. Twice. Way to ruin the flow of battle Stein.

"Oh so these are the brats who are supposed to come after me and take my soul?" He grinned while smoking his cigarette. "I suppose I could spare time for some live dissections."

[Name; Dr. Franken Stein

HP; 1,800/1,800

Stats;

Str; 90 (+80)

Dex; 90 (+80)

Con; 90 (+80)

Int; 50 (+20)

Wis; 30 (+10)

Cha; 30 (+10)

Proficiency; +6
Passive Perception; 26

Armor Class;

30 (Unarmored)

Movement speed; 100ft - 200ft
Class; Meister 20/20

Alignment; Chaotic Good

Sex/Gender; Male

Race; Enhanced/Super Human

Immediate thoughts; Curiosity, Sadism]

..Stein was a $$$$ing monster. Well stat wise at least. That dang sickly yellow and blue soul flourished forth in a twenty foot sphere. No wonder he was known as the number one Meister of the DWMA. At that point I took on a more passive observatory role amongst the shadows as Stein started monologing about everyone's souls and personalities himself. Maka was still shaken with fear, Soul was trying to get her out of it, and Black-star proceeded to go after Stein.

"Yahoo! I bet if we beat you this other guy will blow up or something like in the movies!"

I couldn't help but chuckle. Stein then proceeded to beat Black-star back and electrocute Black-star with his own soul menace. It was pretty gnarly considering all the blood that leaked from the kids face. Tsubaki ran over. Maka decided to ignore Soul as she attacked Stein out of desperation, leading to both her and Soul getting injured. She fell to her knees. Her spirit was practically broken. It was then that the bickering between Soul and Maka finally reached its peak. I fast traveled to the roof of the laboratory to watch.

"Hey snap out of it already you idiot we need to beat them!"

"Oh shut up! What do you know huh! You're only saying that because you can't see their souls!"

"So what! Oh you saw their souls good for you, it's not like you saw the future! You can't give up before you even try! Where was all that talk about making me a true Death Scythe huh, or sticking it to your old man! ..Look at me when I'm speaking to you Maka."

She glanced up to look at Soul, then Stein and me, then back to Soul.

"See, while you're here shaking in your boots they're being decent guys waiting it out, now let's do this thing Maka. Resonate with me."

I couldn't help but grin as I saw her take Soul's hand and get back up. I could practically hear "Soul Jam" playing in my head as they shouted out "Soul Resonance!" Soul's red and black zig zag blade becoming highlighted in iridescent energy, growing in size, the coveted advanced scythe technique, "Witch Hunter", ah how exciting! The duo rushed forth!

"Wait, wait! No, no, why are you coming at me you're supposed to go to Stein! This isn't the way it's supposed to go! $$$$!" I slammed my hands together upon the overhead blade and gritted my teeth as I then threw Maka and Soul sideways at Stein. "A move like that should go for the biggest threat you numbskulls!" Ironic since I arguably was the biggest one as a gamer.

Soon enough Stein caught it between his elbow and knee, and shattered the attack with his soul menace. Soul and Maka collapsed to the floor, Soul changing back into human form to shield Maka. Heh, cute display there kid. It was even funnier when Stein patted Soul on the head and it was revealed to the kids that this was all a huge set up.

I sighed and fast traveled back home. It was late, like ten or eleven in the night and soon enough the school year would officially begin again, ugh, I needed to sleep. I was just grateful everything so far was going to plan more or less.

[September 8th, the early 2000's, 9:00AM, E.A.T Class, DWMA]

After introductions were made with me being a secondary teacher in Class C Stein and I split the class up between frog dissection, soul studies and duel arts, having an increase of teachers was a good thing in my eyes, no kid left behind and all that. Well aside from Kid himself, Liz said something about symmetry and fixing paintings, oh Kid you silly shinigami. The hours went by till it was my turn to man the fort and pick up the Special Weapons Class to teach. Soul, Tsubaki, the Thompson sisters, Harvard and Jacqueline were all present, good. Ha even Kilik was here, with Fire and Thunder, how cute. It was time for a roll call!

Soul "Soul Eater" Evans, fifteen years old, five feet four inches tall. Fair skinned, a mob of silver swept spiky hair, sharp teeth and blood red irises. Ha, not bad kid, pretty "cool" looking. American. A human scythe.

Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, sixteen years old, five feet seven inches tall, Pale skinned, silken black hair that was hip length in a ponytail, indigo irises. All in all, honestly a beautiful girl, and a very good multi ninja weapon. Known for her kindness. Japanese. A human ninja weapon armory.

Elizabeth Thompson, sixteen years old, five feet seven inches tall, Fair skinned, golden blonde hair that was sternum length, blue irises. Another beautiful girl, and with the marksmanship and grit to back it up. The more mature sister. American. A human gun.

Patricia Thompson, fifteen years old, five feet three inches tall, Fair skinned, golden blonde hair that was chin length, blue irises. Younger sister to Elizabeth Thompson, same level of marksmanship and grit though. Pretty accurate image of a blonde happy go lucky child in terms of personality though, well nowadays at least. American. A human gun.

Harvar D. Eclair, fifteen years old, five feet seven inches tall. Fair skinned, jaw length dark brown hair set up in a spiky ponytail and brown irises. Sporting a red tinted visor. Known for his logical mindset and pragmatism, nice. European. A human lightning spear.

Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre, fifteen years old, five feet five inches tall. Fair skinned, shoulder length dark brown hair along with brown irises too. Not much to say, a good model student at least. European. A human lantern.

Fire and Thunder, what, three feet max, mops of blonde hair and big blue eyes. Dark skinned. African. Human "pots" more so human boxing gloves really. ..Honestly they shouldn't even have been here and I was suddenly seriously beginning to question Old man Death, the DWMA and Ohkubo himself as to why he wrote the two to be so young. They were practically the size of toddlers. Hell they didn't even speak verbally! Bad enough that the others were essentially high schoolers but come on man… I made a deal more or less with Kilik that he'd study what I'd teach today and they'd go over how it could be applied to them together as a trio later on.

I sighed and threw the pen and board over the teacher's desk. "Okay! With that out of the way we can dig into the fun stuff! First things first, the whole demon weapon title, throw it out of your mind, I will never refer to you as such. You are humans, you deserve to be treated and named as such, regardless of supernatural powers. It's not like you asked to be weapons in the first place eh. So if you're feeling down about yourself don't be. You came to this school for a purpose, and that's to be a better human, and a weapon of protection."

Tsubaki, Jacqueline, Patty, Liz and Kilik smiled and nodded. Soul and Harvar raised an eyebrow and nodded. Okay, so far so good.

"In this hypothetical training lesson you have been separated from your meister. We will focus on strengthening your self defense arts and pinpoint/partial transformations! Soul, Tsubaki, Harvar, to the front please. Harvar, you're picking up karate, as well as focusing on pinpoint/partial transformation of the fingers and legs. Soul, same thing, but you'll be taking up taekwondo."

"Gah, martial arts, not cool.." Soul mumbled.

Tsubaki's interest peaked, "What about me Mr Arthur?"

"Northern praying mantis kung fu training followed by dual wielding your kusarigama transformation, for now. You all have practically mastered full body to weapon shifting as well as the shifting of major limbs more or less, now it's time to be more intricate about it. That'll sharpen your mind. The martial arts will sharpen your body. The overall end result, your soul! You'll become stronger!" I couldn't help but grin, and heck they did the same.

"Liz, Patty, I want you two to be able to transform one of your arms into a gun, and pick up some good ol boxing or judo. Jacqueline I want you to pick up boxing too and dual wielding your lantern form amongst your limbs."

They all nodded, Soul looked a tad put off, natural for a slightly lazy soul, pun intended. But I refused to let him and furthermore anyone else be as weak as they were originally.

"Alright, you've all been great so far for the day, so one last thing before you go, I'm giving you all two hundred dollars."

Harvar, Tsubaki and Soul had looks of slight confusion while Liz, Patty, Jacqueline and Kilik had looks of surprise and awe.

"Ah why is this Mr Arthur?" Kilik asked.

"Easy thing Mr Kilik! Hehe, one hundred will go towards your increased diet! The other, so you could be teenagers with money and go buy what you normally would anyway with extra money!"

"You'd figure that if you just gave two hundred dollars flat we'd spend it all in one place so to speak, pretty astute thought and counter there by dividing the limit." Harvar commented.

"Yes! Alright class is dismissed, y'all can go wild, just be safe, I'll be expecting visual results by next week!"

[Congratulations you have gained 90% Reputation with Soul, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Harvar, Jacqueline, Kilik, Fire and Thunder!]

Heh, dang kids.

[Congratulations you have gained the Perk; Love Empowerment (1/100) (Active);

You can negate damage received equal to your Constitution stat and ignore debuff effects so long as you have stamina to burn. Likewise you regain 1.6 HP per second.]

Oh… oh, this is new, sudden.. Heavy. Ah man responsibility, damn my sentimentality. I couldn't help but think back to everyone I had befriended so far. Damn, I was totally swept down memory lane once again.

[September 8th, the early 2000's, 9:00PM, My apartment, Death City]

I sat outside upon the balcony, having just planted the golden apple I had in my inventory. I had serious questions to ask of Old man Death, and I only had a few weeks till Maka and Soul went to Italy and Crona would be introduced into the picture… That'd be a perfect chance to try and kill Medusa. I was grateful that I was able to put off two days of sleep, needing only five a week instead of seven thanks to my A Body of Steel perk.

I was pulled from my internal musings by the sound of a cat meowing. Looking to the side I saw the source. Blair. $$$$.

"Good evening Blair, taking a stroll around town are we?"

"Nya, Good evening Mr Arthur. Mmhm, Blair doesn't have a house anymore after Maka and Soul decided to be meanies and blow it up. They even killed me too, how rude."

"I don't blame them really." "Hence why you tease Soul and crash at their place every now and then huh."

"Mmhm! It's fun to tease Soul nya."

I chuckled at that. "They say anything about school?"

"Hmmmm Maka didn't like the fact that Stein was the new teacher since he's kind of scary but so far she seems to like you, even if you look scary in your own way. Soul didn't really feel like taking up martial arts but he sure was happy about the extra money you gave him!"

I smiled briefly, rubbing my face. I felt Blair rub her cheek up against my leg. "Nya, say Mr Arthur, can I have some extra money too? I can make it worth your while." She transformed into her human form on her knees playfully rubbing her head against my thigh. I had to grit my teeth to control myself.

I sighed and shook my head, "Here, go get some tuna or something." I passed her a tenner, considering the fish vendor likes you too. It shouldn't cost as much."

"Yay! Thanks Mr Arthur!" She was rather enthusiastic about the hug, her chest practically trying to suffocate me.

I can see why Soul would struggle so much especially at his age with this every morning. Him and nearly every other boy and man. After all, physical attraction was a normal bodily response and a thing as human and old as time itself, almost.

"Alright alright go on now, be careful."

I sighed as I watched her leave. I couldn't help but chuckle, partially nervous that she'd make a reappearance in the future. I already had enough temptations to deal with in my head. Oh well, nothing I can't handle..

Blair ended up being a recurring guest in my apartment, to my mixed feelings.

[September 15th, the early 2000's, 8:00AM, Principal's Office, DWMA]

"Old man Death, we need to talk, cause I have a few questions that most likely only you can answer."

"Oh, go ahead and ask them then, this'll be fun."

"We both know that to make a 'Death Scythe', to forge one, one needs ninety nine kishin eggs and a witch's soul, that's what everyone in the E.A.T class aims for more or less, but what happens to those that do not? After all there are only about eight Death Scythes currently active right now anyway. Did no one else ever accomplish such a thing in all the time that the DWMA was founded, did they simply die in or out of combat-"

"Hoooh you surely came with a gatling gun of questions eh. Those that ultimately fail in forging a 'Death Scythe' over their tenure at this academy get demoted to the N.O.T class! Even further than that, expulsion! Very sad eh, but that's why I am one for remediation!"

"Hmm, okay. Next question then, why make the age of attendance so low, you know damn well half of these kids are at risk of dying by now, hell some already have in the past."

"..Demon weapons-"

"Human. Human weapons. They don't deserve to be called demons from the sins of others."

"Hoh... father bear personality eh Mr Arthur.. But to answer the question, kids with the weapon gene discovered are already at risk to others and themselves you know, this academy is a place to make sure that risk is minimized."

I sighed. I couldn't help but be worried about the students, Fire and Thunder were just such a tonal whiplash for me. $$$$, my mind was starting to slip, these were still kids no matter how strong they were, be it spiritual or physical etc.

"And the reason why you disbanded the Reaper legion and started the DWMA in the first place was because of Asura and Arachne by extension." I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Yes."

Dammit! I forgot what else I was going to ask! I sighed and rubbed my head. "Alright thanks for the answers, I'll probably be back considering I forgot the rest. I really need to make a habit of writing things down more. Oh yeah one more thing I suppose, keep your eyes on Medusa, she's a witch after all."

Sucks to suck Medusa you were truly screwed now.

"Oh? I'll have Stein working on it then."

"Yeah sure, if she's still alive by then once I'm done with her."

I decided to take my leave. Not much else happened that day. Earlier in the week Black-star and Soul had their debut brawl with Kid, unfortunately I wasn't there to watch it in person, oh well. Once again, the Special Weapons Class was in session and I was over towards the right side of the room. The living weapons were more or less lined up in the front.

"Alright, you beautiful human weapons, to the front, let's see how far you've come along in a week's time."

I couldn't help but give a toothy grin as I parried Soul's attacks. Flying hook kicks shifting into scythe sweeps and jabs into scythe claws for hypothetically gruesome swiping. "Yes, Yes, YES!"

Everything was a $$$$ing success! Tsubaki could now transform both arms into kusarigama, Jacqueline as well with her flaming lanterns, Harvar was deadly with his rapid kicks and finger strikes, Liz actually managed to turn her hand into a gun! Patty not so much, but that's okay for now! These damn kids actually pulled my lessons off. I felt fantastic!

"This is great! You all get high marks! Keep up the good work, monetary bonus will still apply!"

They cheered at that, confident and happy with themselves. I couldn't help but laugh. They all said their goodbyes as class ended, Soul being the last one to go this time, I managed to get a few words with him before he completely left though.

"Hey Soul, good job today, I mean it, you were wicked cool, you'll be a true 'Death Scythe' in no time."

He paused and softly smiled that cool guy smile of his, well for a fifteen year old that is. "Thanks teach, you ain't half bad yourself either."

We both shared a chuckle over that. After all that, it was especially subject to change. And yes, I was still normally wearing my glasses, actually reinforced the frames with a coating of adamantine too, they were more so a fashion statement and a sentimental object to me now.

[Congratulations, you have reached 100% Reputation with Soul, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Harvar, Jacqueline, Kilik, Fire and Thunder! You have reached the Rank of Friend!]

Ha, silly kids! A mixture of monetary incentive, positive encouragement and consistency is all it takes huh, or so it'd seem. Hmm, maybe I should go check out the cafeteria.. I sat down to eat some steak in the cafe with the other students and staff when I got an unexpected guest in the form of Maka as she asked to sit down.

"I couldn't help but notice and now I'm sure of it. You're that spring heeled Jack when me and Soul had our remedial lesson with Stein and Sid sensei weren't you, Arthur sensei."

"Ha, guilty as charged Maka, though how did you know?"

"Your mannerisms with the students and that little scar on your bottom lip."

I lightly touched my bottom lip. "Ha, I hope my appearance doesn't scare you students too much y'know."

Maka shook her head side to side. "Soul and Black-star say that scars are a sign of strength, though.. I can't lie, sometimes it is a little scary, especially with how much Stein sensei likes dissection and such. You lived a pretty dangerous life so far, haven't you Arthur sensei?"

"Ha I sure have! Dragons, monsters, devils, evil cultists and witches, even giant magic golems, I've fought them all!"

"Doesn't it scare you?"

"It used to, y'know. Though eventually I found out it was more so anger and disgust that I was feeling, the things I fought were unnatural to begin with, I just had to get over that initial jump so to speak. It's different for everyone but what really matters is the consistency of it. You've shown courage in the face of fear before Maka, heck you even went as far as to go at me with Witch Hunter, that takes guts, no fear there. It's a matter of trusting yourself and your partner in your case. It's about remembering who you really are and what you can do. Fear is a distraction, a mind killer. Humanity was never given a spirit of fear on purpose but of courage and a sound mind Maka. Remember that and you won't have to worry about being weak as a person or a meister."

She nodded at that and smiled, "Thank you Arthur sensei."

"Anytime Maka, also please stop hitting Soul so much, it'll improve your resonance with him I swear."

She gave a slightly embarrassed look and scratched her head before bowing and departing.

Kids. Gotta love em or hate em.

[Congratulations you have reached 100% Reputation with Maka Albarn, you have reached the Rank of Friend!]

Oh, is that so? Good to know, endearing to see and hear.

[November, the early 2000's, 8:00AM, My apartment, Death City]

A whole month more or less had passed. Meister level was now ninety three and Farmer was sitting at twenty nine. I had finally unlocked Electrokinesis and Photokinesis as well! I also sported more scars upon my lower legs now, Tarrasques were a hell of a monster to fight but man were they worth it! After fighting and partially eating twelve of them I finally achieved what I desired, along with a bonus.

[Congratulations you have gained the Perk; Reflective Carapace (Passive); Any time you're targeted by autonomos instant hit spell, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll a d6. On a 1 to 5, you're unaffected. On a 6, you're unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from you, turning the caster into the target.]

[Congratulations you have gained the Perk; The Monster Mutilator (Passive); You gain advantage in combat when fighting against monstrosity typed creatures, regarding any and all rolls.]

I couldn't help but cackle. Another thing I worked on as well was making Golden Apple Cider! Non alcoholic of course.

[Golden Apple Cider (Legendary); Provides excellent refreshment as well as one minute of resistance to all damage and four instances of hit die points in temporary HP.]

It tasted great, Blair thought so too. ..I wonder if I could open up a business here or sell these off to the academy..perhaps. Ah, right, soon enough Maka and Soul would be going after Sonson J, and encounter Crona..and Medusa… I could just try flying over to Italy via Pyrokinesis but I knew damn well I wasn't there yet in terms of power or practice which means, Sunfire!

"Welcome back boy, sorry I haven't seen ya in so long." I stroked his mane and scratched his ears.

He neighed happily spreading his wings.

"Yeah, we're going to go sightseeing tonight, might even kill a witch to boot! How's that sound?"

"Splendid Master."

[November, the early 2000's, 10:00PM, The Santa Maria Novella Basilica, Italy]

Ah Italia, amore mio. I couldn't help but get slightly watery eyed. The people, the culture, the language! Gosh what beauty. I landed upon a nearby building and unsummoned Sunfire. Medusa was upon her broom in the air, the moon laughing and dripping blood from its mouth. How disgusting.

I cloned myself and proceeded to hide in the shadows while the clone went off to skulk and support Maka and Soul from the rear. I know that Crona killed innocent people and everything or rather killed people that weren't deemed to be killed from Death's list but the fact that Maka would attempt to cut his head off just gave me such a whiplash, probably because I have meta knowledge of the plot and characters, I know that Crona would never really have done such a thing had he not been raised by Medusa, most likely. Just, the fact that child, teenage soldiers were sent out to fight such things. It felt wrong from a modern point of view. But I suppose one can argue that throughout the lens of our world history, it's always been that way.

Sending my clone into the basilica was my way of ensuring Maka and Soul's safety, and making sure that Crona wasn't out right executed and instead rehabilitated. I heard the screams of Ragnarok pop off inside followed by the faint sound of steel clashing. They were engaging. I cracked my back as I stood up double checking everything, I could feel my body heating up.

That was when I heard the church bell ring again and saw Stein and Spirit pull up, good they'd make apprehending Crona easier and provide a slight distraction for Medusa.

[Name; Medusa Gorgon

HP; 1,800/1,800

Stats;

Str; 50 (+20)

Dex; 90 (+80)

Con; 90 (+80)

Int; 50 (+20)

Wis; 30 (+10)

Cha; 30 (+10)

Proficiency; +6
Passive Perception; 26

Armor Class;

30 (Unarmored)

Movement speed; 100ft - 200ft
Class; Witch 20/20

Alignment; Neutral Evil

Sex/Gender; Female

Race; Enhanced/Super Witch

Immediate thoughts; Curiosity, Sadism, Boredom]

"Medusa…MEDUSAAAA!"

I lunged from the rooftop of where I was, slipping into my Jack persona as I summoned my mask, suit and adamantine ripper claws. "YuNg BrAtZ" by XXXTENTACION was blasting in the air and in my head.

"What the-"

I tackled her to the floor, creating a crater as I grappled her and then proceeded to light myself on fire. "Maximum Heaaat!" Blue flames burst forth lighting up the night.

I spat in her face as I rammed my left hand into her side, impaling her ribcage over and over, pumping maximum smites into her flesh as she coughed up blood, burning and writhing from the sudden attack.

"Blood blood blood blood BLOOD!"

I did about eight hundred and then some damage give or take off that initial ambush. AND I LOVED IT!

"I don't care if you have a thousand snakes in your body, I don't care how many vector arrows you can throw out or if you're on the same level more or less as Stein, I'm going to kill you or die trying."

I could see the hatred and desperation in her eyes, the hunger and killing intent to strike me back. Good good GOOD! LET'S NOT STOP TILL ONE OF US DIES BABY! Like the damn snake she was, she managed to slip and break free, trying to create as much distance as possible as she unleashed her magic snake tattoos against me. I cloned myself again and let the clone deal with that $$$$ as I lunged forth at her. I laughed as eleven of her magic arrows bounced off of me like nothing, even more so when two rebounded back and stabbed her back.

I felt my clone shift back into me as I swung my claws like a feral animal. No mercy, no forgiveness, only slaughter, only BLOOD! Both Medusa's soul and my soul were practically clashing with one another on full blast, no doubt I'd get noticed by Stein and Maka after this hunt but that can wait till then!

"Hatred Empowerment x Magus Killer x Reflective Carapace x Pyrokinesis x Smite x Adamantine ripper claws = YOU'RE$$$$ED!"

I couldn't help but cackle as I stabbed my claws into her and proceeded to slice her arms off. Ahh, Ahhh! THE FEAR IN HER EYES LOOKED SO GOOD! I let my Dreadful Mein pop off to immobilize her writhing arms and her main body. No snake escapes, no shattering of the soul here Medusa chan~ No possessing little girls to stay alive, you sick $$$$ing FREAK!

I knelt beside her ear and whispered softly "I $$$$ing HATE you… have fun in Hell. Oh yeah, and your older sister is hotter than you, $$$$$."

I repeatedly stabbed my left hand into her once more, finishing her off by igniting her main body in flames, I then went over and did the same to her arms. I then dampened my cloak of flames I had on me and picked up Medusa's soul. A small purple ball of writhing arrows and magenta snake slitted eyes, ooh how spooky scary. I stuffed it in my inventory.

[Medusa Gorgon the Witch has been slain! 155,000XP gained! 310,000GP gained!]

[Congratulations you have gained +18 stat points!]

[Warning you have been Poisoned from repeated usage of Hatred Empowerment!]

["Snake Eater" Grand Quest succeeded!

Obj 1; Kill Medusa Gorgon. Success!

Obj 2; ? (Stop the plans of Medusa's kishin projects coming to fruition.) Success!

Obj 3; ? (Apprehend Crona.) Success!

Reward; Mystery Box x6!

Penalty for Failure; Death!]

Oh sweet, six boxes. I giggled to myself. I had actually done it. I killed Medusa! I winced as I read the third message, my guts already feeling queasy and uncomfortable. Thankfully I was just suffering the physical ramifications of this Perk, I had managed to keep my head clear in regards to the mental side of things. Ah, nothing a little antidote and some sleep can't fix up!

It's been what four months give or take since I've been in this world and the plot has already been $$$$ed up by me! What's going to happen now, hell if I know, but that's what makes it fun! I laughed and sighed, letting the cool night air wash over my body. First thing is first. Go home and sleep, then check in with my clone on how Soul and Crona are doing. Nygus would most likely be the school nurse from now on. Everything else, worry about later.

I turned around and gazed about the square. God must've been smiling at me, just maybe, because Stein and everyone else were nowhere in sight, I tapped into my clone's mental link till it disconnected, they were all on their way back, good.

I summoned Sunfire once more and patted his head.

"Alright boy, let's go back home."

[November 8th, the early 2000's, 7:00AM, My apartment, Death City]

Enjoying my breakfast I crushed the first mystery box open, only receiving one item, but a heart stopper of an item nonetheless.

[BREW (Artifact); A demon tool considered to be the Magnum Opus of the sorcerer and Great Old One of Knowledge, Eibon. Capable of merging two or more separate things together into one unified whole stronger than the sum of its previous parts put together. As well as boosting soul wavelengths and strengthening souls over all. Previously kept within the time storm of the Lost Island in Alaska, USA.]

I quickly stuffed it in my inventory and ran my fingers through my hair. Oh man, now I had to worry about the future of Noah and his gang of freaks coming after me. As well as Arachne and her cult as well, potentially. Maybe I should try to kill her too… I hesitated over handing such a thing over to Old man Death. Even if he was the best shot he wasn't infallible so I don't know how much I could've actually trusted him with this thing.

I went to the bathroom to splash some water on my face and when I looked up into the mirror I was heavily concerned. My reflection was different. I was in casual wear, my reflection, draped in what looked like black ink, while also being on fire. Steel for teeth and fingers and blood red irises. It reminded me of my jack persona I used now and then.

"It's about damn time you took note of me boy."

"What, was being stuffed in my head not enough for you?"

"Bah! Don't mind that, I'm just happy you finally let go for once is all. I didn't manage to get you this time, but next time, I'll be there waiting, knocking on the door of your head. To let it all go and let me in! Think of all the carnage we could-"

"I'm going to stop you right there buddy, I am not about to be a homicidal maniac just because I landed in a world where insanity and madness are a more intrinsically used mechanic and power up. Killing Medusa was a good thing and it was justified. Just like with everyone else that I had to end so far."

"Hnnn so you say, so you say! Oh well, all it takes is one day.. I'll be waiting till then."

My reflection changed once again back to normal. Gosh you kill a witch once and all of a sudden your shoulder devil decides to talk to you in the mirror, how rude. I splashed more water in my face to cool myself off. Maybe I should practice my Farmer class more..take the edge off.

[November 8th, the early 2000's, 7:30AM, Principal's office, DWMA]

"Hey Death I got some things to discuss with ya."

"Hoh, it never ceases to amuse me how you flash in and out of here so wistfully, it reminds me of a certain individual.. But go on."

"I'm not sure how aware you are of what happened in regards to Maka and Soul's mission in Italy, but to sum it up after dispatching Sonson J they discovered a hybrid meister and kishin in the making, who we managed to successfully apprehend. Albeit at the cost of Soul needing to be hospitalized. He'll be fine, but my main concern was the hybrid meister, Crona, they were practically groomed into being a kishin."

"Oh..this is certainly the status report you're giving me."

"It's not the only thing I'm going to be giving you." I held out Medusa's soul. "As you can already tell, this is Medusa's soul, a bona fide witch soul. She was the one leading Crona to kill those people. She was the one…This used her own son as an experiment to make a new kishin. I hate her. ..So I technically went AWOL, and killed her outright, sorry not sorry."

I tossed her soul over to him which he palmed up in his giant hands.

"I have no use for it, and you're the overseer of souls in this world so yeah, have at it."

"Hoh Arthur, you truly are out of this world eh, I'm glad to have you on the side of order."

"With her out of the way we won't have to worry about people trying to resurrect Asura from his containment, for a while at least, a word to the wise, kill any spiders you see around the city eh. I'm going to go check on Soul."

And with that I left Death's space for the infirmary.

AN; Hoo boy that was rough. I hope y'all enjoy my madness though! one chapter in and I'm already messing up the plot of the world oh boy. I'm excited for future plans though regarding these characters, hopefully you don't hate how I portrayed them too much. If you do..sorry, but also that's your problem lmao. I think I did a good job :P Definitely going to have fun burning every brain cell as to how I'm going to make a new plot and also nurture the cast into growing up as sane people. But that's the fun of writing yknow! Anyway yeah. Thanks for your time. Thanks for the follows and faves. And for your reviews as I well, I do read them. Try my best to get back to them as well, sorry about that. But to the guests who did, thank you, thank you, I saw you don't worry! I try my best with this story, and I do plan on revisiting D&D eventually!
Okay that's all for now, remember, God loves you, you're never alone, be safe. God bless.