Cinder Chalice's Story

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⌠ I'll fight till my last breath is snatched away. ⌡

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【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя: #B38184 ▮ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #400040 】

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Cinder scratched the tip of one of her red polished nails along the frame of the Shinigami Board. Her eyes searched for her and her partner's latest assignment among the pinned up heap with a high level of impatience. It was the anniversary of her sister's death and she had still not successfully located nor defeated their traitor kishin mother. It was hard to be proud of how far she had gotten and what she had already achieved when her sole reason for attending the DWMA had not yet been fulfilled. It was frustrating and infuriating, her eyes almost glowing with hatred as she glared at the board. She clung onto a desperate hope that her wish would be granted today of all days. Reading her name and Lucas' assigned to a random murderer and not her ideal target, her glare was enhanced tenfold. Everything means nothing if I can't see this through.

Cinder walked away from the board with haste as if she detested it, her heavy footsteps echoing through the hallways she happened upon on her way to class. A year and nothing, no trail, nothing. she contemplated angrily, wondering where her mother could have gone. Worst case scenario, her mother had already been defeated by another meister and death scythe. Cinder considered it as a possibility but such a situation would grind her bones. Nobody deserves that kill more than me. So distracted, she had nearly missed the entrance to her classroom if not for the familiar students she spotted filling the room. Cinder could not identify her weapon partner Lucas among them, bringing her to subtly sigh between her lips in disappointment. She viewed her education as important as his, being partners that had to rely on one another out there in the field. Cinder took her usual seat in the front row, retrieving her notebook and other study necessities out of her shoulder bag to lay out in preparation on the table.

Ready for anything, she watched the Sky and Qi duo out of the corner of her eye questioning their chemistry. Cinder could not recall their abilities but she remembered their names well and acknowledged them as her classmates. Wanting to be the best of the best, she would not be wondering for long. A time would come when she would see their abilities for herself or be the one to challenge them.

Qi cracked a small smile, she was immune to Skyler's little quips, and in the past month or so she'd been working on trying to not hide this fact as much. It was definitely an effort on her part to show little parts of how she felt, but after a year of having known and worked so closely with both Skyler and Skylar, Qi figured it was about time that maybe she should start opening up.

"I mean technically I guess we are three person team, but I think they wouldn't assign us something if they didn't think we could do it," Qi responded.

The weapon briefly noticed Skyler hiding his hands in his sleeves, it was just a pacing glance as her eyes were returning to look at her own hand, but for whatever reason it seemed to catch her attention.

People started to file into the class. This class was smaller than the N.O.T. classes, so it was easier to recognize the other students. Qi really didn't know anything about anyone besides general, possible, names (if she was paying attention well enough to remember which name belonged to who) and who were who's partner. Cinder, the especially abrasive and intensely competitive girl walked in without her partner. Then Avi or Avivi, Qi wasn't sure on the name, the girl who always hid an eye, walked in. This girl in particular reminded Qi, in some ways of her own mesiter. With the whole hiding the eye thing and the rumors that surrounded this girl was that she didn't escape the Kishin's madness unscratched, so to speak. If you catch my drift. This girl, too, entered the classroom without her partner.

Odd, Qi thought to herself, I wonder if those two are having troubles, or...

The class bell interrupted her thought.

And sparked another one.

"Hey Skyler," Qi whispered, hoping to get a few words in before the teacher showed up. He always seemed to be late, Professor Stein was his name. "Did Skylar get in a fight this morning? Think I need to help after class?"

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Skyler too a glace from his hand to Qi to see her crack a small smile at his attempt of a small joke. He knew Qi was trying to open up more and that’s more of a reason for him to not push her to much to try but wait to she ready. Skylar on the other hand, thinks it would be better to lay each others secrets flat out on the table and work each others way around it. But I guess that’s why people say Skylar’s not really a lady’s man. Skyler then went back to looking at his hand as he was wondering if he should tell Qi about his hand or just get up and go to the infirmary to check if the nurse is there. He was soon pulled out of his thoughts when Qi replied to his Question.

"I mean technically I guess we are three person team, but I think they wouldn't assign us something if they didn't think we could do it,"

Skyler nodded his head as he figured Qi was right. ‘Would the DWMA really assign a mission to a student that wouldn’t be able to come back alive?’ Skyler wondered in thought when another voice in his head spoke. ‘ I’m sure lord death would assign them to one. Face it! The school is teaching and training us to fight kishine. We have to be ready for anything.’ Skylar declares as his voice goes silent once again. Skyler takes another glace at Qi to see her reaction since he knows as long as Sky and Qi were in a certain range or in the same room she could hear who ever was talking as a thought through their soul wave length. But then that when other students started to enter the class.

Skyler was familiar with at least with every student face in his class but he didn’t find any other student ‘fun.’ Or so how he puts its. But that’s not to one certain girl walks in. Skyler sighed knowing that Skylar had a interest in this girl and the other reason was cause she was a meister like them and Skylar is sure she would be a good sparing partner. Sometimes Skyler wonders if fighting was the only think Skylar really liked. Skyler train of thought was then caught by another girl walking in. This one made Skyler a little uneasy. Just for the fact that she was oddly almost similar to Skyler. Skyler watched these two girls trying not to bring attention to him self as he wondered where the two girls partner was until the bell rang. Skyler just shrugged it off as he looked back at his covered hand thinking how to deal with it.

"Hey Skyler, Did Skylar get in a fight this morning? Think I need to help after class?"

Skyler tensed a little as he glanced back at Qi. “Was I that obvious?” Skyler whispers back. He chuckles a little as he grabs his right sleeve and pulls it down. Skyler grits his teeth as the fabric slide across cuts on his knuckles. Once the sleeve was pulled back sky’s busted hand was covering in some what dried blood and skin was torn a little. Skyler grins a little as he looks at Qi. “Looks worse then it is.“ He says before pulling the sleeve back over his hand to cover the wound.

♫ Ignition ♫

Mac's eyes slowly opened as he woke up. He let out a loud yawn that sounded like the roar of some kind of animal, surprisingly deep since it comes from someone his stature. Mac ran his hand down his face, and looked at his watch. He was gonna be late, again. Well today's off to a good start already. Mac willed himself out of bed, and stretched out his limbs, with each one of his joints making popping, and cracking sounds. Mac quickly got dressed in his usual attire, and left his bedroom. He looked at the kitchen table, and saw that Avi had make him breakfast before she left.

Mac let out a sigh. He hoped that this batch of breakfast wasn't as horrible as her other attempts at cooking. Just thinking about the toxic dishes that he's eaten sends shivers down his spine. Mac quickly woofed down his breakfast, which wasn't too bad actually. What a relief. Once that was squared away he quickly grabbed his skateboard, and was off to school. It was a relatively short ride to the DWMA, Mac has learned all sorts of short cuts, and back alley ways to get to the academy. Yet he still manages to be late more times than not.

Once Mac reached the impressive stairs that led to the academy he quickly rushed up them. It took him about three minutes to make it up the mountain of stairs, a personal best for him. But the celebratory Rocky moment will have to wait, he was late enough as it was. Mac put his skateboard down on the ground, and hopped on it, skating his way to class. He didn't really care if he wasn't supposed to, he had to get to class quickly after all. He didn't want another lecture on the importance of attendance.

Once he reached the classroom he picked up his skateboard, and started to head inside. "Well ain't this a surprise. Little Mac running late for class, who would have guessed?" A foreign voice smirked at the skater. Mac rolled his eyes, and turned around. "Oh, it's you." Mac groaned.





♫ Fashionably Late ♫

Lucas hummed to himself as he was finishing up getting ready for the day. His partner Cinder had already left, and he has spent the entire morning getting ready. He was just now finishing up his hair. He was parting it just the way he likes it, and making it appear as though he put in little effort with it, like he woke up like this. But of course he spends regularly a hour, and a half on his appearance. He has to look good for all the beautiful ladies after all.

Once he was ready, and fully dressed he started out the door, but stopped and pulled out his usual yellow bandanna that he wore from his jacket pocket. He looked down at it, and sighed as he held his right hand on his chest. He then tied his bandanna around his neck. It didn't take him too long to get to the academy, and once he was there he still got the strange looks from some of the older students, the ones that know about his history, and his former partner. Luckily they none of this has reached Cinder. Or at least he hoped not.

Lucas sighed, and placed his hands in his pockets, walking the halls like he owned the place all with a fake smug grin on his face. As he approached the classroom he saw Mac, oh how he enjoys annoying the short fuse pipsqueak. "Well ain't this a surprise. Little Mac running late for class, who would have guessed?" Lucas smirked to greet him. Mac rolled his eyes, and turned around. "Oh, it's you." Mac groaned. "To the Shelias ever lasting pleasure." He chuckled.

"And DON'T call me little! Ya one man Aussie boy-band! And you're late too asshole." Mac growled. This caused Lucas to merely chuckle once more. "There's difference mate, I'm fashionably late. The ladies love it." He smirked. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get a Sheila all your own, girls do love a bad boy. But not as many as me of course." Lucas then brushed pass the skater, and flung open the door. "G'Day mates! I've returned to continue bombing all the lovely Sheilas ovaries with my good looks!" He announced himself. Mac rolled his eyes as he followed behind him.

Lucas then proceeded to take his seat next to his partner Cinder. "G'Day my darling. And how are you this fine morning? I know mine is looking up since I saw you!" Lucas greeted his partner. Mac then took him a seat next to his partner as well. "Sup." He greeted her. "The breakfast wasn't too bad this morning. Sorry I made you wait."

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Avi sighed as her pencil hit paper. Avi was one of the top students in the class and it was a abundance of hard work that got her there. Doing extra studying before class is one of her habits, especially since their teacher was particularly lazy. Stein, an interesting specimen from what she has gathered, is suffering from madness such as her. A skilled meister though but a comedian at heart, earning the respect of many students, including her.

It didn't take long for Mac to finally show up, accompanied by the lady-killer Lucas. Avi didn't particularly enjoy Lucus as a person. He was at least amusing to watch, but his attempts to hit on her have fallen deaf to her ears. As Mac greeted her, Avi smiled back and harbored a simple wave, responding with "Oh. Glad to hear that. Are you just saying that to make me feel better?" when Mac complimented her cooking. Beneath that bad boy and tough exterior, Mac was a kind person, it wouldn't surprise her that he forcefully gulped the meal down just to make her feel better about her inept cooking.

As Mac just woke up, it would be natural to assume he hasn't looked at the board. "If you haven't looked at the mission board yet, our mission today is the harvesting of the soul of Edgar A. Poe. Avi couldn't imagine a respected poet would be deemed a target, but orders were orders. Lord Death knew best after-all. Speaking of Death, Avi heard of his son enrolling into the academy. When Avi thought she would run out of interesting personas, a reaper's son came in to save the day. Hopefully he wasn't too aggressive, from what she has heard, he is a bit of a problem child, as Avi would at least like to get a bit closer to observe. After a brief time of waiting, Mr. Stein finally decided to stand up, straightening his papers using the desk. He finally opened his mouth to speak a few words of wisdom.

Looking at the time from a clock in the classroom, it seemed the class was about to start, even if the bell tolled 15 minutes ago.

Goro

Goro strutted down the now empty halls of the DWMA. He would have preferred to do this when there were more people about to have their heads turn and whispers surround him about who he was, but his father had other plans. While everyone was scurrying off to class, Death had a little chat with his son about proper etiquette he should hold himself to while in the school, mostly meaning his temper. Only the talk went on for a while, as his father did tend to ramble and poor Hisashi was standing near the entrance waiting to rush out. Death always gave his poor weapon the "uneasy stomach", as Hisashi called it.

The last little thing that Death gave them was their schedule, starting with Soul Studies with a Dr. Stein. Goro had heard many stories about Dr. Stein, from his older brother "Kid", especially what happened to him over that whole Kishin business and how far into madness he had truly gotten. Goro had crumpled the piece of paper with his and Hisahsi's schedule in his back pocket. His weapon a couple of paces behind him, his arms in his pants and head bent unusually far down.

The two boys passed by a guy in a green cape. Goro didn't say anything, but passed the man quietly. Hisashi eyed the guy oddly before returning his gaze to the ground and continuing on their way.

They entered the class, just as two other boys were sitting down. Clearly we aren't the only ones late, Goro thought.

"Ah, yes, perfect timing Goro," an old man with scars on himself and clothing said from where he stood at the front of the class, "Class I'd like to introduce you to one of Lord Death's sons, this is Goro and his weapon Hisashi, they'll be joining us for classes. Now that introductions out of the way, let's begin our lesson."

Goro through a wink to one of the girl's in the front row making her blush slightly before picking a seat in the middle of the classroom.

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Qi

"G'Day mates! I've returned to continue bombing all the lovely Sheilas ovaries with my good looks!" a blonde boy said in the front of the class, Lucas, Qi vaguely remembered his name being.

"For fuck's sake," she groaned under her breath, her hand going to her pocket only for her to remember that the DWMA doesn't like their students smoking in the classroom. She learned that after getting in six detentions for it and she really didn't want to hold Skyler or Skylar back for it. Instead she started biting her lip. Another boy had entered late too, but he made less of a loud entrance than Lucas, Qi didn't really know his name, but she had seen him on his skateboard plenty of times.

Dr. Stein finally came in and was about to start class when two new boys walked in. Both had white hair, but yet they seemed completely different otherwise. One was very open, tall, and seemed at ease standing in front of the house and the other stood a little bit away from him, more closed off, and not making any eye contact at all.

"Ah, yes, perfect timing Goro," Dr. Stein said, "Class I'd like to introduce you to one of Lord Death's sons, this is Goro and his weapon Hisashi, they'll be joining us for classes. Now that introductions out of the way, let's begin our lesson."

The more arrogant one winked at some girl, Qi rolled her eyes, "Not another one, eh Skyler?" It was her attempt at some humor, it took some work on her part. She had never had to have a sense of humor in life before now, but apparently it was part of interacting with people in a friendly way. Yet another thing that Qi found herself working on.

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⌠ I'll fight till my last breath is snatched away. ⌡

|| PARAMORE ; MONSTER ||

【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя: #B38184 ▮ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #400040 】

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"G'Day mates! I've returned to continue bombing all the lovely Sheilas ovaries with my good looks!" Cinder didn't even feel the need to turn her head to recognize that her flamboyant weapon partner had finally arrived to class. He had a way with words that boy. It was probably a wonder to most what a serious teenage girl like Cinder was doing paired with the lad in the first place, their personalities differing greatly but she had her reasons.

"G'Day my darling. And how are you this fine morning? I know mine is looking up since I saw you!" Cinder didn't show any noticeable difference to Lucas' usual flirtations and flattery, simply flicking aside a bit of dirt with a red polished nail that had somehow gotten stuck on one of her notebooks. "That's not the only thing looking up." Cinder seemingly joked but her dead serious face remained even as she spoke referring to his manhood. She looked him over as if to assert her words before continuing, "Our next job is in Lithuania so save 'bombing sheilas' for later. Work first, fun later." Her blood red eyes met his brown, waiting for his response and expecting no less than more babble but it didn't bother her. So long as he was at the ready, capable and compliant.. then their partnership was ideal for her purposes.

Their conversation was interrupted as the teacher Dr. Stein also arrived moments later to begin the lesson. Cinder had no real opinion on the teacher, only interested in bettering herself. If paying attention in class was the way to go then so be it; that was the only reason for her attendance. Her teacher's personality, personal affairs, history etc was of no concern although his abilities might prove to be intriguing if there was such an occasion for them to be showcased.

"Class I'd like to introduce you to one of Lord Death's sons, this is Goro and his weapon Hisashi, they'll be joining us for classes. Now that introductions out of the way, let's begin our lesson." Cinder opened her notebook with a pen twirling around her fingers while her gaze settled on the two new students in order to size them up particularly Goro. Son of death... what privilege but do you measure to the name?
In appearance, his weapon partner Hisashi was more intimidating but Cinder knew better than to judge from the outer alone. "Lucas." she whispered discreetly over to her partner, her eyes still locked on the two newbies. "I feel like a warm up fight before leaving for Lithuania. Are you in?"

Four faces showed up at in class that Skyler saw. Two where the missing partner of his class mates and then two new student. "Class I'd like to introduce you to one of Lord Death's sons, this is Goro and his weapon Hisashi, they'll be joining us for classes. Now that introductions out of the way, let's begin our lesson." Skyler looked a little confused at the due for a time before he could hear Qi. "Not another one, eh Skyler?" Skyler broke into a smile as started to laugh loudly through class. Has he tried to calm his laughing fit Skyler realized that some other class mates and their teacher Stain were staring at him. He blushed lightly as he looked down at his desk. “U-Um sorry about that. I have no idea what came over me.” Skyler trys to cover up as he heard Skylar mock him in his head. ‘Nice way to draw attention to us Skyler. Real nice.’ Skyler pouted as he looked toward Stain as he stood up.

‘”If I may speak Stain, but When I was on my way her to class I injured my hand and I thought I could handle to at least to the end of class but my partner here kind of blackmail me right now. So If we can be excused to get my hand check at the nurses.” Skyler then looks at Qi knowing he lied about being black mail but that was the only thing he could think of that would help convince Stain to drag Qi with him. “Lets go Qi!” As he kept looking at her he sent a message using there soul wave length. ‘You can have a smoke on the way there. If you share or give me one.’ He sends as he then turns to head for the door. Skyler knows what smoking can do to a person that why he wanted Qi to stop but doesn’t want to force her cause it would just make it harder on her. So the only way he could think of is by making her give him a smoke when she takes one and hopefully stop not for her but for him. He shrugged not knowing if it would work or not.

As Skyler made his way to the door Skyler could hear laughing in his head. ‘Good excuse to ditch class Skyler!’ Skyler sweat dropped on the back of his neck as he knew Skylar caught his other motive. He hates class! Especially when Stain is teaching since if it not a one on one learning with him he tends to like dissect different things and Skyler is not sure his stomach can handle that at a moment. As Skyler made his way past the new student Goro, he stopped to take a good look at him as he felt Skylar soul wave length start to rise. He could tell Skylar was itching to ‘spar’ with him that stain to claim that he was the son of lord death and that means he should be really really strong. Skyler then continued to the door to stop to and turn to make sure Qi was falling him.

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"Ah before we start, I would like to give you guys a recap of wants going to happen this evening, this hear young man will be our new edition to the school, more likely my assistant who just became a death scythe not to long ago"

♫ Believe ♫

Mac chuckled slightly at Avi's question of him only saying that to make her feel better. "Whatever, believe what ya want." He stated, neither confirming or denying it. When she informed him of their mission for today he scratched his chin, and raised an eyebrow at it. He recognized the name. Poe was poet if he wasn't mistaken. But why would he be on Lord Death's hit list? "Dude's like a writer or poet right?" Mac asked to confirm it. "What? I read." He stated to explain how he'd know the guy.

"Weird that Death would have such a hard on to gank the guy." Mac stated as he pondered why. "Dude writes horror short stories right? And didn't he like marry his first cousin or something? Doesn't seem all that dangerous." He added. "Whatever. We got a job to do, so we might as well get it over with." He stated as he leaned back in his chair, and planted his feet up on the desk. "So where's the location? Guessing somewhere in the US?" He asked.

His attention was then brought to the arrival of two new students. Lord Death's son, and his partner. Mac took his feet off the table, and leaned forward in his chair, sizing the Shinigami up. He wasn't too impressed. Granite, he wasn't too impressed with Lord Death when he first laid eyes on the cartoonish grim reaper. So he shouldn't jump to conclusions. A slight grin crossed Mac's face as he thought about the power this guy, this Goro might have.





♫ Irresistible ♫

"Oh! So naughty! I love it!" Lucas responded to Cinder's statement about his day being not the only thing looking up. He laughed when she told him work first, and fun later. "Sheila when I'm with you work is always fun!" He smirked followed by a suggestive eyebrow raise. Lucas did enjoy the little banter that they've developed between each other. Remained him somewhat of what he had with Aimi. Though Aimi was much more innocent, and soft spoken than Cinder. Half the time his advances went right over her head, while with Cinder she gets them at least, even though they get him nowhere with the ice queen.

When the new kids, Lord Death's son, and his partner was introduced he raised an eyebrow at this. He couldn't help but wonder if the only reason he was here was because he was Death's son. It did make him curious of what their combat ability was. And then winked at one of the girls in the class. Lucas growled slightly under his breath. How dare he try to horn in on his territory. His attention was then brought to the Death Scythe that joined them, Dr. Stein's teaching assistant or something along those lines.

But Cinder soon brought his attention to Goro or whatever his name was by Cinder. Of course she wanted to challenge this guy. Grant it he was more than willing to do so. He can't let some upstart muscle his way into his harem of beautiful ladies! He can have the scraps like all the other guys in the school. "Sounds good to me! This bloke is trying to muscle in on my harem of shelias!" Lucas responded.

"Yo Stitches! I wanna throw down the gauntlet with the Snow Flake here! See if he's got any right to be here other than Daddy running this place." Mac called out as he shot out of his seat, and slammed his hand on his desk. He did so without consoling his partner. Another impulsive decision of his. "Unless he's afraid to get his hands dirty." He smirked, just goating the young reaper into a fight.

"Looks like the angry midget beat us. Might have to have a blue with the bloke some other time." Lucas whispered over to his partner.