Andrius Kouligowski's Story

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It’s the first day of school for those enrolling DWMA. Students from all around the world gather in front of the oddly symmetrical building the forever smiling sun laughing down at the academy’s new students as well as the old. Some are meeting their partners for the first time while others are having a reunion with their old partners while separated over the summer break. "So yeah come on in students of new and old and welcome to Death Weapons Meister Academy, where you will train to become the best weapon or meister of your ability. But wait, what’s’ that i hear what’s the point of partners! Silly they are there to help you reach your goals. Weapons you will serve as a friend who always supports and encourages their meisters. And meisters you will strive to collect 99s kishin souls and 1witch's soul to turn your weapon into a Death Scythe, one of the greatest achievements you can get. so run along now go find yourself a partner, already have one well who cares go find them and make new friends this school year will be just wonderful" and with that Lord Death clapped his hands together and the scramble for finding new and old partners and friends begun.

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"Well fuck." Andruis spat, running his hand through his crimson hair and turning about. Searching for his partner through the crowd was proving to be useless, he couldn't find his weapon anywhere. Stomping a leather booted foot hard on the ground out of frustration, he finally decided it would be best to follow the crowd that was slowly migrating towards the entrance to the school.

Quickly growing impatient with the sluggish speed of the students as the talked and got to know each other on their way inside, Andrius found himself resorting to pushing and shoving his way through so he could get in quicker. This method resulted in plenty of angry words and shoves his way, but he was rewarded with quicker entrance and soon found himself inside the large building known as the Death Weapon-Meister Academy, DWMA.

Not exactly known for stopping to 'smell the flowers', the fiery haired young man didn't hesitate to admire the architectural masterpiece, instead, he only quickened his pace down the halls, frustrated at himself for loosing track of his friend and allowing the two of them to get separated by the crowd.

He had been planning to meet up with Masamune in their first class, but quickly realized the impossibility of it when he remembered that Masamune still had their schedule and Andruis couldn't be bothered to memorize it before the first day. He knew the halls by heart having been going to school at the DWMA since his freshman year, 3 years ago, but he was lost without knowing exactly what class he was supposed to go to.

With no other options, the defeated Andrius walked to a wall close enough to the doors for Masamune to spot him when he got inside, but far enough away so he wouldn't get trampled by the stampede of eager students coming inside as well. Releasing a heavy sigh, Andrius dropped his bag on the floor with a thud and leaned against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest. Hopefully his partner would spot him, he didn't need a detention on the first day for skipping classes.

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Masamune had lost track of time helping out a lost boy find his mother. "ok now i really need to book it." he said picking up the pace and sliding through into an alley way 'better cut through here.' he thought reaching about half way through and climbing up a fire escape when a dog cut the corner. "not this time mutt your not going to chew on my shoes this time!" he called down rushing up "there we are not that far at least now i know where i'm going.' in his rush he stepped on a cats tail which forced the cat to climb up on his clthes and latch onto his face. 'this is not my day.' grabbing the cat off his face he tossed it into an open window "ouch."

After he finally reached the entrance to the school he made his way to where Andruis was when he finally saw him and as quietly as he could walked up with his face practically covered with claw marks. "sorry i'm late i had a hectic time just getting here and if your wondering what happened to my face well let's just say i better steer clear of cats for a little while." he said through a small wince when he went to laugh at himself. Then reaching into his pocket he handed over the schedule to his partner. "good thing i didn't lose my shoes this time eh."

Finally. Andrius thought as Masamune separated from the crowd and made his way over to him. The redhead tilted his head to the side quizzically when his partner got closer and he saw the slaw marks on his face. He rolled his eyes and, when his friend was close enough, pinched at his cheeks playfully. "You shouldn't have made me wait, asshole." He growled, smacking Masamune's right cheek lightly before shoving his hands back in his pockets and waiting for his explanation.

"Sorry I'm late I had a hectic time just getting here and if your wondering what happened to my face well let's just say I better steer clear of cats for a little while." A grin spread across Andrius's face and he laughed along with his partner at his friend's misfortune.

"It's cool, but don't do it again." He chuckled, reaching forward and taking the schedule from Masamune's hand. He checked the first class before stuffing the piece of paper into his jeans pocket and checking his watch. "We should have enough time to get there, we're heading to Professor Archon's room."

"Good thing I didn't lose my shoes this time, eh?"

Andrius looked at his friend's beat up face and busted up laughing, "Bozhe moy, Tsubaki, it's a wonder you ever remember your shoes." He joked, elbowing his weapon partner in the ribs. "Now let's get to class before you remember to forget anything else."

He led his friend through the familiar halls and quickly found his way to the professor's room. "Izvinite, sir," Andrius apologized upon entering the room. "My partner got in a pretty serious brawl with a cat and was a bit late to give me my schedule." He sent a knowing look back at Masamune and had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.

He stuck his hands into his pocket and found a seat next to a young girl with red hair and two toned eyes.

Muzai

Muzai looked at Professor Archon with a curious gaze, her gold eye swirled with different shades of gold. her right eye saw everything; she took note of the surprise as well as the recognition. there were swirls of light purple 'he must be strong, I wonder how strong'and hints of red. Muzai grinned and jumped back, landing lightly on her feet besides Arthur and led him to a seat in the third row.

Muzai sighed with content, unwrapping a new lollipop and stuck it in her mouth. she leaned back lacing her hands behind her head, switching her right for her left so now the only color you could see was her left red eye. a young man sat next to her with similar colored hair like hers Muzai smiled at him as a way of hello. she noticed his partner had scratches all over his face and she tried to hold back a laugh but it didn't go well, but it came out as a small chuckle. "I see the cat did you a good one" chuckling, Muzai shook her head, the bell in her hair jingled a soft yet clear note.


[color=green] Chamile [color]

with one raised eye brow Chamile stared at him with what seemed to be an expression of disapproval at being called the Dynamo Deluxe. her face broke into a playful smile as she closed the distance between Bang and herself, her lips brushed his ear as she whispered "there is no such thing as luck boy only those who are destined to come out on top". Chamile stepped away from him and turned to face the others, "well it seems we have gathered a group of rather strong witches hmm. so tell me who knows of a way to find the Looking Glass?" her question was soon answered by Karbachi "of service tell me boy what makes you so sure that what you have to offer will be good enough?" provoking the male witch.

Gray laughed at hearing about the cat, he looked towards the scratched up student "You have to watch out for cats, the are very ferocious beasts" Gray said, holding back a laugh. "We are a bit behind schedule, so lets start class, since it is the first day, I will cut the rest of the people who are late some slack. Ok let's start with introductions, I already know most of your names, but for those of you who don't know me, I'm Proffesor Gray Archon, but you can call me Gray. Alright, now that I have introduced myself, it's your turn, when I point to you, stand and state your name, if you feel like it you can tell something about yourself, but enough of me dragging on" Gray pointed to Andrius "Why don't you start us off?". Gray knew what they would start with as soon as they finished introductions, and it would shock everyone.

Asuna got up out of her slumber, usually she was up and atom alot earlier than alot of the other students. But today of all days she had to sleep in. She might as well have jumped into her clothing after seeing the time, she was late and she was never late. She got her bag together and left her flat and gunned it to DWMA. In the whole five years she has been at the academy this was her first time being late.

When she got to the steps leading up to the school she didn't stop to catch her breath, she needed to get to class and the whole time she was running to class she was thinking "Oh my god we have a new teacher today, I hope he doesn't think im some kind of slacker,I hope Ryner is there then I will have some on to sit next too.

Asuna got to class at the moment when Andrius was asked to start off something. She sort burst in with a gasp of air taking a much need breath. Now she was in class she could relax. She looked nobody was staring.....yet .

"Sorry Professor"

Asuna then bowed and slightly hopped to an empty seat next to Ryner and let out a sigh of relief. She turned to him and asked "Hey Ryner, what did I miss ???

Asuna looked round she noticed that there was very few face she recognised she was a little unprepared for this, she knew there would be new people but not quite as many as there was.

Stepping in after his partner Masamune gave a sigh when Andrius said he got in a brawl with a cat. "brawl really? i may fight allot but come on that's how your going to word the whole thing...well ok then." he said finding an empty seat far enough away from others then sat down. 'i swear it's just not my day first i get lost in a city i've lived in for half my life then a cat claws my face like a scratching post.' he thought resting his arm on the desk and placing his chin in the palm of his hand after the stinging subsided. 'can't wait till we find an good mission that's open.' hearing the girl laugh at him he just turned his head away. "yeah yeah go ahead and laugh it up go ahead and get it out of your system." shrugging he nodded at the teachers words and of course when the lessons were about to begin another student burst in completely breathless. 'and i thought i was late' Masamune thought looking out a window.

"For the student that just crawled into class, there ARE easier ways to get into the room, but I do admire your creativity" Gray smiled, the student that had just arrived thought that they could pull the wool over his eyes eh? Well, she might have been prepared to get to class quietly, a plan that failed in the end, but no one was going to be prepared for the first lesson. Gray turned and looked at the student that came through the window. "I do hope your partner doesn't try the trick you did, there are only a few people I know that can climb flat walls" Gray didn't want to mention that he was one of these people, he didn't want to appear arrogant.

Ryner wondered where Asuna was, since she usually woke up around the same time he did. He had good stamina, but not superhuman. The only reason he got to the DWMA so quickly was: The fact that he had a bike. If he didn't have a bike, he probably would have been as tired as a cheetah late to work, assuming cheetahs working was a normal thing where you lived. He began counting the amount of time it would take Asuna to get to the DWMA, but he was still making sure to pay attention to the introduction by the Andrius person that would be soon to come.

There she was, she managed to be late, surprisingly. Ryner expected cats and dogs to start raining, but then again, that could be a normality for another location. His normality was hardly universal. He would have laughed about her lateness, but she seemed geniunely tired. He expected stares to quickly turn to her, but surprisingly, no one looked. "Sorry Professor" Such formality, wouldn't be expected of Ryner. This little statement would probably crush any hopes of anonymity she had. She was probably delusional, but then again, who was he to judge what was delusional? He was probably the most susceptible to madness, and he would probably be one of the first targets. Then again, he would probably blow off any new madness added to his persona. "Hey Ryner, what did I miss?" She turned to him when she asked this. "Not much, from what I can tell." He was still a bit distracted, waiting for Andrius to introduce himself. Ryner didn't like introducing himself, since it was simply repeating the same things over and over again, even if he changed the way he said those phrases. He guessed that perhaps seeing new faces would be enjoyable, but he couldn't guage his boredome, science hadn't invented a way to gauge such an abstract concept. Trying to gauge boredom, would be like trying to gauge how much a number weighs. Meaning, that it would probably be entirely probably, if you had the correct tools, but the result would never be constant. "Oh wait, you did miss the first part of class. But, that was just time for students to mingle, and late students to get here." Ryner emphasized the word "late", so he could tease slightly. He didn't like being mean, but he trusted that Asuna wouldn't break off their relationship over something so infantile. "Just kidding," Ryner added, " anyways, are we going for any assignments this week?" Ryner, like many others, didn't "taste" souls, instead he "felt" the texture of souls. He couldn't describe how a soul "tasted" to someone who hadn't done so before. It would be like telling a blind person about the color red.

"Look at the window," Ryner began saying under his breathe, since he only wanted Asuna to hear him. He noticed movement out of his peripheral vision. He at first thought it was a bird, so he paid close attention. He had only once held a bird in his hands, but the bird had been damaged and had been slightly tinted red. He did however, notice that the thing was too awkward to be a bird, so it must have been another human, unless it was a witch. In that case, the witch would have to be stupid, suicidal, extremely strong, or a combination of all the aforementioned adjectives. He would have laughed, but he didn't like bringing attention to others. "For the student that just crawled into class, there ARE easier ways to get into the room, but I do admire your creativity." Gray smiled, and so did Ryner. Ryner's smile, however, was calm and as if he knew something everyone else didn't. "I do hope your partner doesn't try the trick you did, there are only a few people I know that can climb flat walls" Gray made it seem as if he could, but Ryner seriously doubted this. Ryner's father, Alexander Lute, could fail at climbing walls with his hands, but he could run up walls without a problem. Ryner highly doubted the girl's partner would be foolish enough to try infiltrating through an already compromised entrance or an already used entrance, since spreading forces could be an advantage. Ryner hoped that this first day wouldn't be boring, he should have been careful what he wished for. Wait... that girl, she had the same color hair as his father did. This was interesting, slightly.

Arthur was still struck with surprise, and and mulling over the irony of having one of the deciding factors in his decision not to become a meister, teach him how to be a meister. Allowing himself to be lead to their seats, it occurred to Arthur that Gray's, or Professor as he should probably call him now, expression had changed when Muzai had introduced himself. Since he had promised her he'd help her regain her memory, this needed looking into.

Another thing that was bothering Arthur was his promise to make Muzai a Death Scythe. While he would never, ever, break a promise, he still couldn't help but wonder exactly how he'd accomplish this without being a great meister. Well, given the fact that Muzai seemed to be some sort of amnesiac ninja, with quite a punch, he added, touching the black eye she'd accidentally given him when he'd tried to wake her up. That could probably balance things out.

Arthur was suddenly snapped out of these thoughts when Muzai's hair hit him in the face, the bell in it letting out a soft chime. It was probably for the better, as worrying was an unfortunate habit of his, and he sometimes needed to be snapped out of it. Looking over to see if he could determine the reason he was just assaulted with hair, Arthur saw his partner chatting with the students next to them. Not wanting to interrupt, he offered a nod of acknowledgement, before returning to his game. Though he would keep an ear open in case the Professor called on him. Speaking of which, when was the boy who'd been clawed by a cat going to start them off anyway?

Sorry guys, double post. :'(

Andrius laughed along with the girl he was sitting with and when he was finished, he looked to his partner's face and sighed, poking Masamune's elbow. "C'mon Tsubaki, lighten up." He said, smiling at his close friend. His attention quickly changed direction, however, when he saw the girl climb in through the window followed shortly after by her partner. Andrius grinned, "How come we didn't do that, eh Masamune?" He chuckled leaning back in his chair comfortably.

Professor Gray started off by introducing himself and then telling them that their first activity was to introduce themselves to the rest of the class. Andrius didn't see it as being entirely necessary seeing as he knew almost all of the students who had been to the DWMA in previous years, but he played along.

"Why don't you start us off?" The teacher said, pointing a finger towards the red-headed meister.

Shrugging, Andrius stood up and took a moment to look at each of his classmates. He coughed into his fist and then smiled. "Menya zovut Andrius Kouligowski." He said, leaning over in a mock bow. "Let's see...I'm from Amargosa Valley, Nevada but my grandparents were from Russia so I know the language. I'm a meister and my partner is this lovely fellow here, Masamune." Andrius chuckled and sat back down, leaning back into his seat comfortably.

"Alright, next why don't you introduce yourself" Gray pointed at Arthur with a slight smirk. Arthur... I wonder what he will say? It's probably going to be interesting nonetheless! Gray opened a drawer in his desk and looked through it for a moment, after he looked at something (it was hidden from the class) for a few seconds, he placed it back in the drawer, then closed and locked the drawer he put it in to.

While he seemed to be involved in matters of his own, or at least was trying to appear that way, Arthur listened intently to the introductions made by Andrius. Unfortunately, he hadn't explained what he'd done to anger a cat so much, though that was probably to be expected.

Arthur was quite interested in what the object in Gray's desk drawer might be, but unfortunately he couldn't see what it was. At the professor's suggestion, the small boy stood and began to speak. "As you are aware sir, I am Arthur Andrew Atlas Archer, scion of the Archer family. I say this only for clarification, as I've no intention of trying to achieve the things they did, other than making their weapons into Death Scythes." Gesturing to indicate Muzai, who was sitting beside him, he added. "This is my partner Muzai Rey."

After a short pause, Arthur sat back down and resumed his gaming, leaving a moment for Muzai to jump in and take his place, if she felt the need. Though his earbuds were firmly in place, the volume was off, and their owner currently attempting to covertly observe his surroundings.

Muzai

she smiled at Arthur when he introduced himself and when he sat down she took this chance to introduce herself to the rest of the class. grinning from one end to the other Muzai jumped up and twirled around to face them, her bell jingled again and she gave a small bow before coughing into her fist in an almost comical way.

"well as my meister has said I am Muzai Rey, a scythe weapon and Arthur here is my partner. unfortunately I cant tell you anything about myself as I'm still trying to figure that out myself on who I am and Arthur here said he is going to help me remember and I trust he will so don't get in his way" she had been smiling at them during her little speech, but the moment she mentioned her past and not remembering her smile faltered for a moment.

sitting back down Muzai sighed heavily but it was a happy sigh and she turned her head to look at Arthur. seeing him play his little game she was curious as to what he was playing and leaned over to see what it was. their sides touched and a strand of Muzai's hair drifted from her sudden movement to land softly across his face. Muzai smiled at him before speaking "so whacha got there Arthur I don't think I've seen one of those before" her eye sparkled with curiosity as she waited eagerly fro Arthur to respond.

Another expression of shock crossed Gray's face when Muzai said she had lost her memory. So that's why... Gray quickly regained composure and looked around the class, his eyes finally settling on Hikari, he pointed to her "Why don't you go next" Gray said calmly, but in his mind he was thinking about things six levels above the average person. As soon as the school day is over I need to speak with her, Gray made a mental note of that and leaned back in his chair.

Hikari nodded at the Professor'd instructions. She stood slowly and bowed to the class slightly. "I'm Hikari Toko. I'm a meister specializing in melee combat. My goal is the same as all meisters. To rid the world of kishin eggs and make my weapon into a Death Scythe. This is my partner Innes." With that she sat down and began drawing in her note book waiting for the class to finish introductions and the actual learning to begin.

Double posted sorry

Innes had barely paid any attention to the introductions and such that were taking place around him. After the first minute of a weird girl jumping onto desks and people climbing through the window, he'd done his utmost to tune them out. What snapped him out of his distracted state was Hikari standing up to introduce herself. Barely catching the end of her introduction, he hastily stood up to state his own greeting.

"Hello. I'm Innes Ross, age 18 and also Hikari's partner. I'm a weapon that transforms into a gunblade. I've only lived here for a few years now, so please take care of me." he bowed slightly and tugged at his beanie again as he sat down.

His face had flushed slightly while he was talking, since he wasn't comfortable in the least with groups like the one they were in, much less talking in front of all of them. Sinking down slightly in his seat, he took a deep breath to calm himself down. His right hand instinctively went to the red tattoo of his family's crest that was situated over his heart. Brushing his hand over the ink, he sighed and turned his attention back to his notebook. Flipping it open to the front page, he scribbled a note between several of the drawings that were taking over the page. Turning his notebook toward Hikari, he tapped the page with his pen to catch her attention.

Lunch and practice later? My treat.

The handwriting was neat and simple, almost too much so, as Innes noted with a sigh. Handwriting had never particularly been his forte when he was growing up. He'd had other things that were more important to him than his print and even in the present it fell at the bottom of his priority list.

"Next how about you" Gray pointed to Ryner. Should have been more discreet with the drawer, I don't need anyone prying, Gray thought, annoyed at himself. He scanned the class, it looked like people were writing notes to their partners. "I must tell you writing notes to each other is not allowed" Gray said seriously, then a grin crossed his face "Why don't you just speak with each other? You are right next to each other".

Ryner watched as Andrius stood up and surveyed the room. "Menya zovut Andrius Kouligowski. Andrius said this in Russian. Ryner understood a bit of Russian, and he had enough common sense to know that Andrius was introducing himself. "Let's see...I'm from Amargosa Valley, Nevada but my grandparents were from Russia, so I know the language. Andrius just revealed how he understood Russian. "I'm a meister and my meister is this lovely fellow here, Masamune." Andrius chuckled and sat down. Ryner thought that he would like this meister, since Andrius seemed to be happy. Ryner turned his attention to the newly addressed student, Arthur. "As you are aware sir, I am Arthur Andrew Atlas Archer, scion of the Archer family. I saw this only for classification, as I've no intention of trying to achieve the things they did, other than making their weapons into Dead Scythes." Arthur seemed to have the same view towards expectations as Ryner did. "well as my meister has said i am Muzai Rey, a scythe weapon and Arthur here is my partner, unfortunately I cant tell you anything about myself as I'm still trying to figure out myself on who I am and Arthur here said he is going to help me remember and i trust he will so don't get in his way" She appeared much more different than Arthur, but this was only the impression Ryner got. Ryner hoped that he wouldn't make any enemies or rivals. He wondered why the girl(Hikari) addressed bothered to bow. "I'm Hikari Toko, I'm a meister specializing in melee combat. My goal is the same as all meisters." She seemed to assume that all meisters had that goal. Ryner thought that she shouldn't foolishly think that all meisters had the same goal, since some only wanted to make their weapons a Death Scythe. It mattered not the goal, it only mattered what would happen to reach that goal and what would happen due to that goal being accomplished. For example: One could kill everyone in the world, justifying their actions with the theory that there would be no Kishin Eggs if there are no people to consume souls. Ryner would have pointed this out, but, he wasn't completely sure if his mentality was correct, and he didn't want to be embarrassed. "and make my weapon into a Death Scythe." She continued without stopping. If he had pointed out his argument from earlier, he would have been extremely embarrassed. He was relieved that he hadn't stupidly jumped in and interrupted. " This is my partner Innes." She continued. Ryner watched her sit down, then he returned his attention to his partner. However, the boy named Innes stood up and began his own introduction. Ryner noticed the weapon(Iness)'s face flushing, but he tried not to show that he noticed this. Ryner focused his senses, since he wanted to know what weapon types there would be. "Hello. I'm Innes Ross, age 18 and also Hikari's partner. I'm a weapon that transforms into a gunblade. I've only lived here for a few years now, so please take care of me. innes bowed slightly. Please take care of me? What a strange statement. Ryner wondered what a gunblade would look like. He brushed his curiousity away, he would find out eventually. Ryner adverted his eyes from the seemingly uncomfortable weapon, as to not cause any more nervousness. Ryner was smiling slyly when Asuna appeared to be writing a note in class. He quickly read the paper, then answered by talking, "So I guess that means we wont get to go on a mission. Oh, to answer your question, yes, I would like to practice."

"Next how about you' Gray pointed to the ever so lovely Ryner. Ryner stood up, calmly and composed. He felt no need no be nervous about talking to people he felt no attachment to. He was about to start, but Gray began speaking again. "I must tell you writing notes to each other is not allowed" Gray said this. Ryner wanted to begin messing with the teacher, but he decided against it. He didn't want to be given extra assignments. "Why don't you just speak with each other? You are right next to each other." Gray added. Rude, I was just about to start. Ryner thought this to himself. "I'm hoping that I can introduce myself now without interruptions." Ryner teased slightly. If the teacher spoke again, then the teacher would be proving Ryner's point. If the teacher didn't speak, then it would appear as if the teacher didn't notice what Ryner said. Then again, Ryner could be the one to be embarrassed. Then again, Ryner probably wouldn't care if he was lectured in front of these students. Oh crap, I forgot that my dad works here. Unluckily for him, his father was a teacher here. "Anyways, on to my introduction." Ryner began calmly. "My name is Ryner Lute, son of Alexander Lute and some other person." Ryner forgot his mother's name, so he dubbed her 'person'. "I am a weapon, a scythe to be precise. My meister is Asuna Yamagata." Ryner paused before adding something else, "Do not expect me to be the same as my father." Ryner didn't like people expecting more out of him just because his father was good at killing kishin eggs. Ryner sat down and smiled lightly, hiding some mysterious emotion. He waited for Asuna to either take his place, or wait to be called upon.

"Alright now that the introductions are over it's time for the first lesson" Gray stood up and walked in front of his desk "Who wants to duel me first?" He was only fighting his student because he wanted to test their strength. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Gray smiled, he thought that Arthur would be suprised at this, knowing Gray's strength. "I'll give you thirty seconds before I choose the partners who will duel me".

Miyamoto Tetsuko

Tetsuko was mildly distracted through the rest of the introductions as she tried to imagine what the professor was hiding in his drawer. Paying attention wasn’t too difficult, since people tended to generally say the same things. Some of the introductions were casual and carefree, while others were grumpy or not wanting to be associated with their family. Asuna’s introduction, however, was quite different from the rest. Well, that was a little… unusual, Tetsuko thought, Why would she tell us that her whole family is dead?

Tetsuko didn’t have too much time to ponder another mystery, since Professor Archon began moving things along. "Alright now that the introductions are over it's time for the first lesson. Who wants to duel me first?"

“Professor!” Tetsuko shouted as she stood up from her seat, “Katsu and I didn’t do our introductions yet!”
Having made her presence known, Tetsuko continued. “Hello and good morning everyone! My name is Miyamoto Tetsuko, and a few years ago I discovered I was a weapon! Oh, and this is my partner and sister Katsu Hayashi! And… um…”
Think, Tetsuko, think! Say something interesting about yourself like everyone else did!
Trying to avoid pausing for too long in the middle of her introduction, Tetsuko blurted out the first thing that popped into her head, “And I’d like to duel you!”
Hmm, maybe that wasn’t the best way to introduce myself. She sat back down and looked at Katsu. Oh, and I probably should have asked her first before volunteering. Sorry Katsu! I’ll make it up to you next time.

Yuzuki was all for the introduction of herself but at this moment she was all involved in waiting for her new partner to arrive so that she could get both introduced to him, and could then she could then make their introduction to their teacher. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Smiling Yuzuki stands up and raises her hand, "Sir I would enjoy to see how far my abilities have gone but would you mind too terribly for my partner to show up?" Moving her hair from her face she walked down to the front of the class and stood in front of Gray and bowed slightly. I won't mind a quick spar not sure about my partner but I would love to sir." Smiling warmly she then leaned against the wall by the door and looked silently towards it. "Also sir, as a weapon I do know how to defend myself but I can't hold my own alone so please, just wait until he appears I would really appreciate it."

Atomsk ran through the hallways fervently, rushing to get to class. First day and he was already late. This was incredibly out of place for Atomsk. He was punctual to a ridiculous degree. It was joked you could set a clock by him. Somehow though, of all the days he NEEDED to be on time, he had slept through his alarms.

Atomsk was getting ready on the run. He threw bread into his toaster and started it before preparing the rest of his attire. He didn't bother showering, instead throwing on his clothes. He pulled on his shirt clumsily, and put on his boots in a rushed fashion, wishing he had regular shoes to speed up the process. The toast popped up, and he rushed over a scarrfed them both down. He chugged half of a quart of orange juice, not bothering with a glass. He ran out of his room, pulling his hair back into its pony tail as he ran, and putting his earrings in clumsily.

The hallways were mostly empty, most everyone already in class. His boots made a large clomp with each step, leading it to resonate through the hallways. He burst through a doorway, only to realize he was in the wrong class. After receiving a few weird stares, he promptly closed the door and began his search once more. He was excited to meet his new partner, hoping that it would go better then his number of partners the years before.

He found the right room this time. He burst through the doorway once more, and quickly stood at attention to the teacher at the front of the room. He noticed a few students standing, all girls. He made a rushed bow towards the teacher and began introducing himself, not waiting for approval. "I'm sorry for my tardiness sir! Atomsk Walker! Second Year! My partner is supposed to be Yuzuki Rinslet!" He then turned to the class, and made a small rushed bow once more. "Pleased to make all of your acquaintance!"

Ryner sat down before Asuna stood up and introduce herself. He expected a simple little introduction, but instead, he was surprised by a strange sort of confidence. "My name is Asuna Yamagata, I am 18 years of age and I am a scythe Meister and I will make Ryner a death Scythe even if it kills me." She seemed too willing to sacrifice herself. Ryner was about to say something, but decided not to. "I am an Orphan. My mother and father are dead." She said this. He wondered why she would bother with telling the rest of the students about her parents' death. He defintely wouldn't have. He absolutely hated being pitied. He didn't like when people cried, but, he decided not to do anything about the tear that slid down Asuna's face. If all she needed was comfort, then it wouldn't be a serious problem. "So practice. What do you want to do for it?" She wiped her own tear away. "Perhaps training in Soul Resonance would be a good idea." Ryner suggested this, since most Weapon Meister pairs had their own technique unique to them.

"Alright, now that introductions are over, it's time for the first lesson." Oh god, this was probably going to be the hardest lesson of the year. Ryner would be unprepared for this class's methods for teaching; therefore the first day would be the hardest and most lenient. "Who wants to duel me first?" Was Gray crazy? Probably. "Do I have any volunteers? Or should I choose who goes first?" Ryner had a calm and competitive smile on his face. He motioned for Asuna to not volunteer. "I'll give you thirty seconds before I choose the partners who will duel me." Gray said. Ryner hoped that he wouldn't be picked, but it was highly probable, since his father was a teacher here. "Professor!" Tetsuko shouted. The girl seemed interesting. Ryner was relieved that he probably wouldn't be picked.

Ryner was slightly startled by the sudden entrance of the new student(Atomsk), but he didn't show any signs of it. He calmly turned his attention back towards Gray. He would have volunteered, but, he had only a bit of knowledge upon Gray's fighting ability. "Let's wait a bit, I'm going to study our teacher's fighting ability." Ryner told this to Asuna, hoping to temporarily dissuade any idea of fighting. He decided it would be easier to figure out Gray's fighting style. Ryner's soul had a bit of Madness infection Distortion in it, appearing to have a giant clockwork gear on it. He was even further relieved when he learned that someone else would be second. He wouldn't have minded being third, but, he still wasn't going to volunteer.

The sound of some coffee splashing onto the ground caught Ellis' attention, her cup had been full nearly to the brim. "What caused that," she thought aloud after all there had been no audible crash or anything similar. She still placed down her cup and went over to the sink, keeping that segment of hair transformed the entire time. She'd rather wash coffee off a metal gauntlet than out of her hair, it was much easier that way. When she had finished, she let her hair return to its proper form and stepped out of the staff lounge in an attempt to find the source of the disturbance. There was faint noise in the halls, but a sound of a fight...or sparring could be heard down the length of the hall.

Quick steps carried her down towards the source, which became increasingly louder as she approached. When she reached the door where the noise was loudest, she opened it without hesitation. Stopping fights was past of the job description in Death Academy so that was her intent. The sight of a teacher casually sparring with a student, wasn't something she expected and caused her to pause for a second.

"Combat training would be more appropriate in the gym or outside than in a lecture hall. It prevents a lot of paper work and doesn't waste budget by needing to repair things that would be broken in a classroom." She'd kept her voice loud, but as void of tone as possible when she spoke. The point was to grab attention and take the issue somewhere else this time around... serious action could be taken if the current method was insufficient.

Gray looked at the Ellis "Ah yes, my bad. I guess I got a little too excited" Gray was back to normal, as the fight would have to be delayed until everyone was outside. "Alright, everyone come with me to the front of the school, we shall have the duels there" Gray looked back at Ellis "Thanks for the reminder, this is my first year so I'm not exactly familiar with the school" Gray smiled and proceeded to walk out the door, motioning for his class to follow.

Muzai

Muzai noticed her partners change in expression and she smiled so now he wants to fight shaking her head Muzai rested her chin on her hand closing her left eye and opened her left. What she saw surprised her, she had never seen such a colorful soul, with its dominant purple, flashes of neon yellow and red and of course tinges of blue. But the blue wasn’t all that important what she focused on was the purple that dominated all the other colors.

But unlike another person she met, Prof. Archons purple didn’t expand to fill the room or leak out into the streets. No it stayed in a specific area that surrounded him like any soul would of such a young teacher. "Well I’ll let you take a guess at what his dominant color is" she slightly frowned but then a smile twitched at the corners of her mouth, like a cat who cornered a mouse.

What she saw now as the battle progressed was the weak points that flashed colors of black and she grinned mischievously at this. “Oh well what do we have here a weak spot you don’t want us to see hmm no wonder you move the way you do” a keen smile on her face.

Suddenly another color burst into fruition of swirling colors. It was an older woman informing prof. Archon about the need to go outside to do duels. “Uh-oh looks like someone’s in trouble” giggling to herself, Muzai got up jumping over everyone’s heads and landed lightly on her feet besides the Prof. Archon her hands lace behind her head. Muzai grinned at him before remembering Arthur who was still in the third row waiting for the other students to thin out so he could come down.

Muzai chuckled and jumped back to the third row, picked up Arthur in her arms like a child, jumping lightly on a few people’s heads to get back down. She set him down dusting herself down. Her usual smile back on her face “well that was fun”.

GM POST

and so the duels ended with a good end, at that moment the lunch bell rang. signaling for the students to either got o the mess hall, wonder the school or go off grounds for lunch. most of the students in Prof. Gray's class left the moment the bell rang while other straggled behind but they eventually left for better use of their time as they would describe . . .