Hikari Toko'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.

Hikari walked calmly up that stairs looking around at the new students and waving to some friends. 'Where is Innes? We were supposed to meet up before Lord Death's speech.' She wasn't really worried Innes didn't really like being in a big group so he was probably inside waiting for her. She continued walking through the halls of the DWMA to the classroom. After a few minutes of wandering through the familiar halls she finds the classroom and takes a seat towards the middle of the room. 'I thought Innes would be in here waiting for me... Where is he?'

Gray spoke up "Hi, you must be Hikari Toko, I'm Proffesor Archon. I trust your partner will be arriving soon?" Gray spoke calmly, but he was thinking: Nailed it! Introducing myself will be easy!. He didn't want to goof up his first introduction to his students. Gray looked down at the clipboard on his desk, it said Hikari's partner was Innes Ross. "Tell me, do you and your partner walk seprately to school?" Gray wanted to get to know his students and this was a golden opportunity.

"Hi, you must be Hikari Toko, I'm Proffesor Archon. I trust your partner will be arriving soon?"

Kikari smiled at the Professor. "Yes, I'm Hikari. Umm... My partner should be arriving soon I haven't seen him yet today we were supposed to meet up before Lord Death's speech, but that didn't really happen. I'm sure he'll be along any time now." She blushed slightly. 'Stupid Innes why do you choose today of all days to show up late?!?' She began to look behind her to the doorway hoping to see Innes walking in so she could yell at him for not meeting her sooner.

"Tell me, do you and your partner walk separately to school?"

"Ummm No not usually. We normally meet up and walk here together. I guess he didn't show up to the speech..." She silent cursed at her partner again. For someone who was always moving he sure was taking his sweet time showing up.

"Shit! I'm late! Hikari's going to kill me!" Innes scrambled up the stairs to the DWMA, practically wheezing by the time he got to the top.

Rushing into the school, he called apologies to the teachers who yelled at him to slow down. It seemed like a lifetime before he finally stumbled into the classroom, his back hitting the wall loudly as he swung into the room. Wincing from the collision, he paused to catch his breath before offering a half-wave to Hikari.

"Sorry I'm late!" he didn't offer an explanation, figuring that his Meister would ask if she wanted one. "I hope I didn't miss too much."
Setting his notebook and pen down on the desk next to Hikari's, he nodded to the teacher, who seemed to have been talking to his Meister. "Good morning. Sorry for interrupting."

Taking his seat, he tugged self-consciously at his beanie and started adding yet another doodle to the cover of his notebook.

Muzai

"really sounds like a lot of work besides im sure your just the right person to know. youve dont this longer than i have...i think. hey do you think i could have gone here before-" the moment Arthur opened the door she noticed a change in his demenor, he was looking in front of him at a very young looking man who it seems was their prof. by the way he apologized.

Muzai realizing they must have been late paniced a bit and hurridly bowed to the man,her arm than snapped up making Athur bow down as well. she turned her head a little to look at him, frowning a little. Muzai looked to be having a lectruing experssion, her cheek was puffed out a bit. holding her lollipop Muzai raised towards his face, one hand on her hip "silly Athur dont you know that your supposed to bow when apologizing to a superior" her patronizing look doon turned to that of a cheeky smile "oh what am i saying i sound like an old hag" grinning she let go of him so the both of them could stand back up.

Muzai was rather curious as to what just happened between the two and without even thinking she jumped forwards right onto his desk her bell jingled softly with her sudden movment. Muzai switched to her right eye, looking at his colors swirled mainly with surprise since well, she surprised him. Muzai grinned and offered him her hand like she had seen other people do. even though she had no idea what the gesture meant "hi im Muzai and im going to become a Death Scythe or at least thats what Arthur says will do which i have no doubt he will go back on his word" giving the both of them a prideful smile.

"No need to apologize, class hasn't started yet, go take you're seats" Gray smiled, but then Muzai introduced herself and he looked extremely shocked. It's Muzai! What's going on here?, Gray thought, but he didn't speak up about it. "Ok, now that your here, we have almost everyone. You can talk amongst yourselves while we wait for the final people t arrive". Gray knew he had to talk to Muzai, and also to ask her why she introduced herself, didn't she remember him? Gray saved that thought and chuckled to himself, Arthur must have gotten quite a shock when he saw that it was me who is going to teach.

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.

"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.

"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.

Hikari smiled as Innes introduced himself. 'He's getting better about talking in front of people a while ago he would have just frozen. Once he finished his introduction he sat down and she noticed as his hand almost instinctively moved to his heart. She went back to her doodling not paying attention to the rest of the introductions. After a while a tapping alerted her to a note written on a doodle covered page. 'Lunch and practice later? My treat.' She smiled her head still down. She would never tell anyone but she loved how simple her partner was. He never made anything complicated with word games. Short sweet and to the point. It just made everything easier not having to guess what he was talking about. She reached up and wrote a quick note in another open space.

'Sure sounds like fun' She flashed a smile to her partner and went back to drawing waiting for class to be dismissed. They probably weren't going to learn anything new on the first day any way.

"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”.

The whole thing was boring Innes. The fight should have been over long ago. They had been moved outside, so at least they wouldn't be stuck in the classroom anymore; they wouldn't have to worry about damaging school property so much either. When they had gone outside, he'd quickly claimed a spot at the base of one of the trees. Having brought his notebook with him, he was quickly engrossed in his drawings. However, it wasn't long before he started daydreaming, wondering exactly what Hikari and he would be practicing later or what they should have for lunch. It stood to follow that he was quickly asleep before deciding either one of those things.

Hikari followed the rest of the students outside claiming a seat near her partner watching him doodle and eventually drift off to sleep. 'Guess he's still tired... Wonder what kept him from making it to the ceremony this morning? I'll ask during our practice.' As the fight continued she watch observing and learning from the other students. She hadn't had much experience in fighting so anything she could pickup would be useful. After a while the battle grew boring and Hikari started planing for their training that was going to be that afternoon. 'I need to work on the gun part of Innes's gunblade. I'm really good at the close combat but I need to work on my ranged combat. Going to have to find some targets for practice... Maybe work on our resonance see if I can kick our power any more.'

(OOC: best I could do didn't want to read all the battle posts sorry if you guys don't like it let me know and I'll try to make it better.)

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 . . .

Once the class was dismissed Hikari looked over and poked Innes into being awake. "Hey it's time to go train lets go!" She hopped up grabbing his hands pulling him to his feet. "We'll go to the forest back here. Watching how good everyone else was made me even more excited to train and get better! We're gonna be the best team out here." She smiled at her partner a slight fire in her eyes. After a few minutes of running they made it to their practice spot in the woods. It was a small clearing with trees at a staggered distance with targets set up on the bark for training the ranged attacks offered by Innes's gunblade. She stood in the center of the clearing Innes standing close by. "Doesn't it feel great to be back Innes? I can't wait to start training." She held her hand out ready for his transformation waiting to really start the new school year. 'We'll do it this year. This is the year I make Innes a Death Scythe. Nothing's gonna stop us!

Innes grumbled as Hikari woke him. "Lunch already?" his voiced was slurred slightly from sleep, though he was shaken into a more awake state when Hikari pulled him to his feet and took off towards the forest.
"Definitely! We'll be the best!" he called ahead as he chased after her.
When they finally arrived at the clearing, he was slightly surprised to see targets already set up for them. "It's wonderful to be back. It feels like it's been so long since I've been in my weapon form." he chuckled.

As soon as she held out her hand, he nodded and grinned; a brilliant red light engulfed his body momentarily and moved like a vine to form a gunblade in Hikari's hand. Relaxing his soul to match hers better, he remained in his gun form, guessing that was what she wanted to practice with today. Even if she wanted to use him as a sword, all it would take is a simple flick of the wrist.

Hikari's smile widened as she felt the familiar weight in her hand. She took a fighting stance then jumped into the air taking aim at the nearest of the targets. She pulled the trigger lightly sending a bolt of her concentrated soul wavelength into the edge of the target. "Damn it still not spot on." As she landed she took aim again from a stationary position hitting the center of the target this time. "Sorry Innes I'm still not great with the gun." She took a few more shots from stationary positions then started running firing at the targets getting closer and closer to the center of the targets with each running pass. Once she got to the point where she could regulatory hit the center of the targets she stopped flicking out the blade. "Back to the basics now." She took her first position and began flowing through her combat patterns. As she continued moving she focused on her and Innes's souls trying to get them to align. After about half an hour of training Hikari came to a stop panting from the effort. "Alright that should be enough for now. Let's go get some food Innes."

Miyamoto Tetsuko

It didn’t take too long for her to purchase lunch for the two of them, and Tetsuko soon found herself looking for a place where they could enjoy their food. There were many open seats to choose from, but Tetsuko decided on a table a little further away from the other students. It wasn’t because she was antisocial, but rather she knew Katsu would prefer eating in a less distracting environment. That, and there were things to be discussed.

Tetsuko began her meal with a cheerful, “Itadakimasu~!” and tried to slowly enjoy her food as quickly as possible. Each bite was full of glorious flavor that helped fill her stomach and reenergize her soul. This had nothing to do with the food being yakisoba, rather any food would have been received with a similar welcome by her starving and empty stomach.

“Hmm.. so who are we going to spar with…” Tetsuko thought aloud. She thought back to when everyone was introducing themselves in the classroom. “Well in our class, I remember there was that small girl from the Archer family. From what I’ve heard that family’s supposed to have some really talented meisters. What was her name? It was a boy’s name that started with an ‘A’… oh wait I guess that makes her a boy then. Anyways, for such a famous name he’s kind of small and doesn’t look very tough. His weapon – Muzai, was it? – seems pretty fun and energetic, though I haven’t seen what sort of weapon she is.”

“Then there’s Hikari, the girl with the long hair. In her introduction she said she specialized in melee combat, though didn’t her partner say he could turn into a gun? Innes I think his name was… Yeah I think I remember hearing him say he was a gunblade. That might make for an interesting spar.”

“There was also that tall girl, Asuna. I don’t know about you, but I thought her introduction was kind of grim. However her partner is that smiling guy, Ryner Lute. I remembered his name because he said Alexander Lute is his father. Remember? The really strong teacher? It might be interesting to see how strong he is, even though he said he wasn’t anything like his father.”

“Oh! There was also that girl that came into the classroom late. Her name was Yuzuki, or something similar. I don’t really remember her partner all that well, but she was the one who interrupted our duel with Professor Archon. Her weapon form is a bow, which might not be the best for her partner if we ever catch them in melee.”

Hmm. I think that’s about everyone in our class, thought Tetsuko, I hope I didn’t forget anybody. Deciding her assessment to be complete, she said, “So what do you think?”