"Of course im serious silly," she says, brushing that comment off, "Now lets do this."
She shakes a bit and takes a deep breath. "Uhhh...I'm not really sure how to do this..." she said, titling her head to the side.
"Do you?"

Once she had gotten past the intensely packed crowd of other meisters and demon weapons who practically ignored her existence, Shikei inconspicuously made her way through into the DWMA building, her eyes looking over the corridors and the inside as she walked through. It had several people walking about, and she supposed that despite having not met a person to converse with just yet - she drew to conclusion that it was her own anti-social character that didn't allow her to talk to anyone, really, despite that it was merely the start of the day and that would be more opportunities to come - she wouldn't mind the idea of merely looking around to get a familiar grasp on the layout of the school building. It would be better to know the place inside and out for smaller chances of getting lost.

With her swift gait, she walked past other meisters and weapons - taking note of the tags that they had on, like she had - but took no heed as she looked on in disinterest, allowing them to continue conversation without interruption. When she thought about it, she didn't know exactly where to go - practically everywhere she went, there would be someone or several people occupying the place, and she'd leave and turn around as so not to bother them. There wasn't any need to go about and interrupting strangers' conversations. It was rude nonetheless, and against her morals. She kept doing this as she explored the hallways. How exactly am I find a weapon again? The grave importance and high expectations of the familia made her shoulders slump slightly as she let out a dejected sigh. Then she stopped to slap herself for not maintaining a positive attitude about it upon realization, the red mark on her cheek becoming a more distinct red on the sensitive skin of hers. "Never lose hope," she recited to herself, keeping her head held high. Her cheek still hurt from that slap, and by now it stung. She lightly rubbed it with her hand as a way to reassure the sensitive skin that she wouldn't do that to herself again, trying to ease the pain.

Shikei decided to continue viewing the layout of the school, mentally drawing out a map of the DWMA for future reference - despite knowing that she was going to forget eventually. She eventually came across a bulletin board, and drawn in by curiosity, her eyes hovered over the two pieces of paper that had names on it, and spotting hers, she noticed that this was a public notice of who was in what class. I'm supposedly in E.A.T, aren't I? She tilted her head slightly as she just stared intensely at the list of names, attempting to memorize them and failing lmiserably. Surely, there'll be a weapon in that class for me to bond with, right? Then again, she didn't exactly understand how one was to - but she could try hard enough. Her gaze was stuck onto the list of names of Class 1 as she kept a hand on her hip while she leaned to a side on her left foot. 'Kayl, Dakota, Morana, Janus, myself, Adrian, Kon, Aki, Alistair.' .. So many goddamn names. Maybe she should've just assigned them as letters or alphabets in her mind to remember?

As soon as Morana grabbed onto his hand,Janus closed his eyes and tried to calm down.There was only one thought in his mind during this instance: Resonance of the Soul.He could hear Morana calling it out with her voice "Soul Resonance."

With that said,Janus could now feel their souls resonating,which had been missing until now.So Morana really did prevent herself from resonating in order not to scare anyone.And not without reason.Her soul...it was powerful.Very strong.But the power given off from her soul didn't faze Janus in any way.Sure,it was overwhelming...but there was something else inside him that could share the full brunt of her soul's strength...However,Janus accepted the fact that Morana's soul was indeed powerful.And that...definitely had to be the key.

Slowly,still with his eyes closed,Janus nodded.Then he opened his eyes,smiling.He released Morana's hand and took a look at it.It stung,and was red,as if it was rubbed raw.But it felt great.As if a barrier between them had been removed.Does this mean...it was successful?Were they partners?

"Well...Mori.I can say that your soul is indeed strong...but not scary.Not scary at all.Because I accepted it for what it was." he told her,showing her his reddened hand.

"I've read about it a couple of times..." Lida said and she took both of Oboro's (her new partner's, she reminded herself) hands. "We need to be calm and focused first, though. That's the first thing. " She paused, allowing Oboro some time to regulate her breathing and her pulse. "Then, we focus on finding and matching each other's soul wavelength. It sounds odd, but I'm pretty sure we'll get the rest as we go. Now," she took a deep breath. "Are you ready?"

Airi smiled as she waked over to the board "Looks like we're in group 2, so I wonder if they still have stein around to teach classes"

sh waked away from the board and after a few steps stopped and faced Lenore "Lets figure this resonance thing out shall we" she transformed into a black bow with an intricate blue design on both sides and arrows that matched.

"Resonating requires both Meister and Weapon to be calm and of one mind." She eplained "Should one of our souls not be in sync, techniques can not be performed. If a technique is being used and one soul loses focus, the technique will lose power or direction. Common reasons for souls not to sync are fear, arguing, stress, etc.. It is possible to resonate with more than one soul at a time, but it is noted to be a hard technique to control and use effectively."

Oboro squeezed Lida's hands a bit and said "Im ready," She closed her eyes and took one deep breath...two deep breaths....three deeps breaths, and let herself be at her most natural state. She felt a tingling sensation travel down her arms, as if all her molecules were dancing.
She wanted to peek to see how Lida was doing but she knew it would break her condentration. She just conitnued to breathe and waited for somthing to happen.

Lida's skin tingled and her heart fluttered as the resonance began. Though all she saw as darkness under her eyelids, she felt as though there was a light somewhere, a light that no one could see. It had to be sensed. Lida caught flashes of Oboro's soul. She felt the pains of war, and the sorrow of a family torn apart. But then she sensed something else: strength. It fluttered about in Oboro's spirit, indicating that though she had experienced misfortune in her life, she wouldn't let it control her. Oboro's strength rejuvinated Lida, perking her up after a depressing few moments. Lida sensed Oboro's loyalty, her sweet and jovial disposition. But when she wanted to be, Lida saw that she could be fierce on the battlefield. This cheery girl that loved to smile and bring joy to others was, if necessary, a fighter. She was perfect to Lida.

Oboro felt her whole body tingle and peeked open her eye, a light was trailing from her to Lida, and they were both glowing.
"Lida, it worked!" she bursted with excitment. The light was surrounding Oboro, and it came off her in a braid leading to Lida. They were resonating!
Finally, she thought, an innocent smile formed on her lips as she looked over at her new Meister, The one that is for me and only me... She finalized her bond by making a promise to herself. No matte,r I will protect her.

Lida clapped her hands together and jumped up and down, something she'd never done before but gave a shot anyhow. "Yay!" she chirruped, feeling like a normal twelve year old girl for once. She stood on the tips of her toes and gave Oboro a quick hug. "You're officially my weapon, Oboro! We're gonna have awesome adventures together and defeat anyone and anything that stands in our way." she stepped back and smiled, closing her eyes. She relished in the feeling of finally having a true friend and a weapon, the one who would remain by her side, always and forever, no matter what may come.

Oboro joined in with Lida as they jumped and cheered, it was a perfect moment. Her first minute as a Lida's Weapon was filled with so much joy, and this was only the begining.
"You're officially my weapon, Oboro! We're gonna have awesome adventures together and defeat anyone and anything that stands in our way."

"And we finally get to see our room!" she cheered, "I can't wait to decorate!!!" She was so happy in the moment that she almost forgot they had just gotten their class asignments.
"Oh ya, Lida! We better get going though or were going to miss our first class!" She grabbed Lida's hand and giggled as lead her towards the building, "Come on, or we might not get to be next to eachother!"

Konstanyn blinked once, then twice, until he felt a knot of panic in the pit of his petite stomach.

Oh, dear. What do I say? What do I do to Resonate? I forgot! He thought frantically, and it was clearly visible by the way his hands shook as he reached out to grab hers. I only remember that I need to be calm before doing so, and apparently that isn't working.

Locking their fingers together rather weakly, he sighed. "Uh..." the Polish boy breathed out. "I think we have to be in a state of calmness before doing this, otherwise I'm not 100 percent sure if it'll work, so uh..um.." he occasionally tripped over his words, and by the time he finished his rather failing sentence, his cheeks were as red as crimson blood.

Breathing in and out, like he normally does to calm himself in nerve-wracking situations, his fingers loosely dangled around hers, at the same time gradually remembering the phrase. Soul Resonance, right? Let's give it a shot then, he thought, as he breathed in one last breath and spoke quietly.

"Afterwards, if the Soul Resonance does work, do you mind turning into a weapon to see if I'm actually able to carry you, so if we do fight, I don't end up topping over?" Kon chuckled lightly and breathed hard, and drew in as much breath as he could, before weakly blurting the following words(of course, it wasn't that loud):

"Soul Resonance."

Morana could barely think, the feeling was so amazing. Was this what real resonating felt like? She certainly never felt it before. There was something dark about his sould though.. Something sinister. But Mori didn't pay it any mind. Janus could handle this! When he let go of her hand she opened her eyes and gazed at him with awe. Amazing...

"Thanks for accepting it, Janus." Morana grinned widely at him, happiness clear in her gold eyes. impulsively, she threw her arms around his neck and gave him the hug of his life. "Guess we're partners now, huh?" The young shinigami couldn't help but beam up at him. After being rejected so many times.. she had founf her weapon at last.

The sun shone brightly above, reflecting off the white overhead skull at the entrance of the DWMA. It was warm, but not unpleasantly so. Perfect weather for a day outdoors. Shinzu Tokage stood at the top of the steps in his usual suit. One hand was stuck down his front right pocket where his pipe was while his left hand was currently being used to shade his eyes from the harshness of the sun. A faint breeze wound its way through air and brushed across his face. 'Another day at the DWMA. Let's just hope I don't get obnoxious students. Sticking his hands back into his pockets, Shinzu confidently strode into the DWMA and headed towards the classrooms. It was not more than 5 minutes after entering the DWMA when another professor bumped into him. Polite introductions were made before the other professor handed him his class roster and scurried off to whatever else he was late for. The man faded from his memory before he was three feet away. A quick glance over the roster was all that was needed for him to memorize his students and classroom number. Shinzu wasn't far off from his classrom and made it there relatively quickly. A standard classroom with his desk in the middle and blackboard behind it, making it easier to give lectures and see all of his students. Shinzu sat down in his chair, kicked up his feet, and chewed on the stem of his pipe while he waited for his students to arrive.

Oboro and Lida skipped into their classroom. It looked like they were the first two there. Ms.Baker sat behind her desk rubbing circles on her tummy.
"Look Lida," she said trying not to be rude as she pointed to thier teacher, "Baby!" She raised her fists to her face and squintes eyes and let out a little squeel. "I love babies."
Oboro skips over to the desk and says, "Hello, may I rub your tummy?" It was a very forward question but thats how Oboro was when it came to babies. They were on her list of The Cutest Things in the World. She looked up at Susan and smiled. She was already enjoying her class assignment.

Seb put Jezebel on the bed so that she can transform back. "Nah. But im not really tired anymore" Seb then though of an idea and smiled "We should invite our classmates to a housewarming party, it'll be a good way to meet other meisters and their weapons..." Seb didn't really wait for Jezebel's response as he already made up his mind Seb turned to Jezebel "Jezzi! Go find the people from our class and tell them about the party." Seb's attention then went to his closet and looked through it, pulling out a skimpy dress "This one's for you." Seb tosses it to Jezebel, then pulls out an even skimpier dress for himself "And this one's for me" Seb seemed excited "Put it on and then go" Seb rushed to the bathroom to change.

Momoko looked at the girl. She started to get red again. " Oh. Thank you. Sorry, but I had a fall back outside, but I'm okay now," she said. She took the tissue from the girl and she instantly felt a shock. This didn't feel like anything Momoko had felt before. It was surprising, but at the same time pleasant. It felt like something that was missing in her life was brought back to her. Almost at once she knew they would be together for a long time. Then Momoko asked, "Um excuse me, but could you please tell me your name?"

Aki made a small eep-like noise when she felt it, but held herself still. It had been like a few sparks of electricity, and there was an odd sensation. Like Kostantyn was going through her, and she could get a sense of just what was being sent, no, amplified through her. She took a few seconds to remember the agreement to turn into a weapon, but she still gave herself a few minutes to get used to it, and to understand it a little more. She supposed it felt rather weaker than it could be, but this was just their first try, they could be forgiven for it not being too strong. Taking a deep breath, Aki assumed her weapon form, her hand becoming the bottom of the the handle.

Janus's eyes went wide with surprise when Morana hugged him.It was a little tight,but at least it didn't crush him.He hadn't been hugged before.It was a warm feeling,similar to how resonating was,but at the same time,completely different.He wasn't sure if he should hug back,or if he should keep his hands down.They were partners now?But...

"Hey...I think you should know something...I-I can't really control my transformation." he said slowly. "I end up hurting the wielder..."

He tried to avoid the beaming shinigami's eyes,knowing that this piece of information might change her outlook on things.Sure,he was happy that he had found a Meister.But his condition...he was afraid of hurting someone.Anyone by that matter,but now that he had a Meister...his Meister took first priority.

"If you really are my partner now...I don't want to end up hurting you..." he said quietly.

Kasumi smiled shyly at the girl. "Um, you're welcome. I'm Kasumi. And you are?" As Kasumi looked into the girl's eyes, she suddenly felt a stirring inside her heart. This could only be described as a feeling of closeness. Why is this happening? Why am I feeling like I should have met this girl earlier, that we know each other so well? Kasumi panicked inwardly. She tried not to let it show on her face.

The boy, also, flinched at the electrical shocks, though they didn't hurt for long. They were replaced by faint bits of memories, what Aki's nationality was, her prestige and elegant sisters, and the lineage of her ancient samurai history.

Konstantyn looked a bit confused as to how this was working, but he brushed it off. Realizing only now that the weapon turned into an ax, he gasped and caught it, slightly stumbling forward before gaining balance. She wasn't that heavy, maybe it was just because they were partners now, or something?

Gawking stupidly, he stared at the weapon. "Oh, how cool!" The Polish boy squeaked, literally hugging the weapon. "You have designs just like on your obi and the sleeves! At least I think it was an obi," he murmured the obi part, but beamed during the rest.

The boy lightly giggled as he swung it once to get used to it, and then propped her over his shoulder. "I think you're a really awesome weapon, y'know," he said, grinning. "and not just in your weapon form! You're nice, too. I really like nice people."

Konstantyn's gaze shifted towards the ax on his shoulder, then, pulling it off of his shoulder and simply holding it, he smiled. "If you want, you can change back now."

"Don't worry. I can handle anything you throw at me." Mori said confidently to Janus. "And if I can't, I'll get stronger to use you properly." It was simple. Now that she found someone who was able to resonate with her, she wasn't going to let him out of her sight. "Now, I've got to go. So I'll see you tomorrow in class okay?" she gave him one last smile before running off. She had to go tell Death, Patty, and Liz the news! It would be so awesome.. Mori smiled to herself. This was going ot be a good year.

Next Day

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Morana was standing outside of her class room about an hour early. She couldn't help it. She was just so excited.. Would Janus come though? She furrowed her brows with worry. What if he decided to back out? She tapped her toe slowly, the familiar movement bringing some comfort. Mori was early after all. Of course Janus wasn't going to be here yet. She forced herself to breathe in calming breaths.

Janus waved and watched as Lord Death's niece ran off.She was really adamant with keeping him around as her Weapon.He tried to rub the stinging redness from his hand.Perhaps this was what he needed?Someone who would push forward whenever he tried to back down?Was that why they were partners?He placed a hand over his chest and clutched it.He could feel it stirring.

"Was it because of you that I could handle her soul?Or was it because I accepted it?" he asked to no one in particular.He let his hands drop down before staring at the sky and walking away.





Janus yawned rather loudly,despite walking around the school at such an early time.He didn't get a good amount of sleep last night.He muttered to himself sleepily and scratched his extremely messy bed hair.He looked extremely terrible.He still had some morning glory around his eyes and,unknown to himself,he was drooling.He couldn't go back to sleep and so here he was,wandering the school.It wouldn't be long until class started.He tried to make his way to class for the 7th time right now,he couldn't find it,and kept going back to where he started.This time he managed to find it,and he didn't notice that Mori was there.He sleepily bumped into her and looked up with half-opened eyes.

"Oh hey...I'm sorry,just a bit sleepy,I'll just sleep here if you don't min--" and Janus dozed off,collapsing onto the floor.

Inside her axe form, Aki blinked briefly as she was swung to be held in two hands, and Konstantyn stumbled slightly... Then, of all things, hugged in her axe form. Internally, she had a look of incredulity, no one had ever hugged her weapon form. In fact, most of her family couldn't lift her weapon form. That was when she tuned into Konstantyn's babble about the carvings she bore, and decided now was as good a time as any to try to communicate with her new meister, but it appeared not to work. Oh well. She turned back into her human form when prompted, kept her back straight and her expression impassive, but inwardly she felt surprisingly pleased by the exclamations Konstantyn had made. She briefly cleared her throat.
"Firstly, yes, it's an obi. Secondly... This should be a wonderful partnership." Aki replied, smiling.

The Next Day...

Aki walked with a frenetic speed, practically marching into the courtyard. She had a meister now, and thus she would have to learn to work with him. She could easily tell from her brief glance when they'd resonated that working together wouldn't be a problem, but she couldn't help worrying about whether it would turn out that her own failings may get in the way. She wasn't entirely sure what failings would do that, but the fact she didn't could well be one of them, for all she knew.

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Susan decided she was bored. She'd been sitting for what felt like hours that morning, balancing a pencil between her nose and pouting lips. She put the utensil away, before planting her good hand on her desk and hoisting herself onto her feet. Once she was up, she rested it on her swollen stomach, as she set off for a brisk walk around the school. Coming around the side, she spotted the knots of new students, evidently many had already paired themselves up. She smiled over at them, looking forward to teaching them. Or letting them teach themselves. Whichever came first.

Sleep. Blissful sleep. A pleasant dream, one where he fought off a giant monster that had been devouring human souls to the point where it was nearly a Kishin. Fighting with the best of the Academy. They had nearly beaten it. He drew his fist back for the final blow...

...And fell flat on his back and out of the chair. Shinzu grunted when he hit the floor while the chair clattered and rolled a short distance away. His pipe flew out of his mouth when he fell, smacking him in the face before landing next to his head. Another muffled thump from somewhere nearby jarred Shinzu back into the present and out of his dream. His eyes shot open as energy coursed through him, fueled by panic. How long was I out?! Has the day started? Where are the students!? A frantic look at his watch told him that, thankfully, he had not slept the entire day. At least I won't get in trouble...

Shinzu stood up from where he landed, adjusted his suit jacket, and picked up his pipe. There seemed to be no damage to the plain wooden pipe, so he tucked it away in his pocket. As he picked the chair up, he remembered hearing the thump from earlier. Outside the classroom perhaps? A student slacking off already? Someone dropping their things? A fight? Or just someone walking entirely too loudly? All plausible, but all purely speculative. Only one way to find out. Casually crossing the room to the door, Shinzu opened it and looked into the hall.

He nearly trod on the sleeping figure just outside the door. The blonde-haired boy was lying flat on the floor at the feet of a young girl. Shinzu looked at the girl before arching one of his eyebrows? She had white hair and was simply dressed. The three black lines in her hair were an instantaneous warning to Shinzu. One of the Deaths, eh? Interesting year already. Clearing his throat, he tapped the shoulder of the sleeping boy at her feet.

"Is this one yours?", he inquired.

Konstantyn smiled warmly. "I can't wait for our future battles. Yes, it will be a nice partnership." The Polish boy smiled a bit too creepily, and he waved. "Getting a bit dark. I should head to the dorm. I'll see you tomorrow, Aki!"

He turned his back and waved at her, hiding his hands in his sleeves as the sea coral tinge of pale pink rested on his high cheeks. Kon sped walk towards the door of the school and pushed his way through them, and thus, began walking down corridors and long hallways to get to his dorm.

Just as he passed a bulletin board, he caught his name at the corner of his eye, and ceased his movement. Moving backwards 2 steps, he gazed at the list of names and inwardly squeaked with delight. Oh, yay! Aki's in my class! At least I won't feel so alone there.

The Polish boy's gaze rising upwards, he saw the man that was going to be teaching the class. Shinzu Tokage. "Mr. Tokage," he murmured under his breath, weakly tapping his plump, bottom lip in thought. Never heard of him. I'll find out soon, I suppose! Sighing quietly, he turned again and began speed walking down the hall, arriving at his dorm shortly afterwards. The boy dressed into his sleep clothing, which consisted of a blue (very) long sleeved pajama top, along with blue pajama shorts that were fleece.

Slipping off his high-heeled boots, he did a couple of cartwheels in the dorm to get him exhausted (and of course, ready for sleep). Before he went to bed, though, he went into his bags and pulled out a box of incense. Lighting it with a small lighter, he relaxed and flopped onto his bed, the sleeves dangling over his hands as he stared at the ceiling, lost in pure thought. "I have a weapon now, huh? Gosh, I thought I'd never get one."

Setting the incense and the holder onto a stone desk next to him, he reached for the blanket and threw it over his small frame as he took off his glasses and set it gently next to the incense. Afterwards, he flicked off the light and slowly drifted off into a deep rest.
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Waking up a bit early, he thrashed under the covers before sitting up and accidentally poking the dead incense. "Not my glasses," he grunted, and felt along the stone top before feeling the familiar glass touch of his sight-depending tool. Grabbing them delicately and pushing them up on his nose, he yawned before hopping out of bed and singing, rather loudly, a Polish folk song his mother sang to him before her life ended.

Fixing up one of his favorite pastries, called pączek, he filled it with frosting (kind of like a toaster strudel) and ate it silently, and reasoning that, hopefully, no one was awake yet (he kind of felt embarrassed walking around in PJs), he decided to take a little escapade.

His pajamas still warmly around him, he slipped on his knee-high blue boots and laced them up with a yawn. He also slipped on thin, leather, white gloves and flexed his fingers to get used to them.

Getting up, he pulled up his sleeves so his hands were visible, but they just slipped back down and covered them again. The polish sighed in defeat and gave up.

Konstantyn rose up and opened the door, making it creak eerily and he flinched. Poking his head out of the door, he looked up and down the hallway before walking, a slight hop to his movements as if he was strutting or on a catwalk (a little bit feminine, eh?).

The curl on his head moving to his walking, he stopped dead in his tracks and thought. Perhaps I should look for my classroom? Might aswell get a glimpse as it while I can.

Konstantyn turned and sped walk down the corridor, not even knowing where he was going. "Mn..I think I might be going the wrong- oh!" The boy was relieved when he found the classroom, though it was found through a backdoor, and he was quite unaware others where on the other side.

Entering through the back door, he shyly walked in and brought his knees together, holding his glasses in one hand and rubbing his left eye with the others, and he seemed quite sleepy. Using his other eye to wearily glance around, he quite liked the organization of the classroom, though from his spot he could smell a bit of faint smoke. A cigarette, maybe? Pipe? Cigar? Who knows.

Yawning, he stopped rubbing his eye and got a good look around. Opening his mouth to quietly speak, he stopped himself. Maybe Aki is awake... Seeming to forget he was wearing, well, a bit almost girly clothing, he walked outside and got hit with the morning coldness, making him groan. "It's chilly," he murmured, looking over, and deciding to walk everywhere to find her.

He trailed over to the tree they met. She wasn't there. He turned around the school and walked to a patch of grass. Not there either. Finally, he turned another corner and trailed off silently and obliviously to the courtyard. "Hi Aki!" Kon called, raising his covered hand into the air to wave: instead, his sleeve just dangled back and fourth to his hand movements.

The smaller boy ran towards her, his heels sinking into the grass beneath him, and hugged her as if she was a mother or what not. "Hi! Did you sleep well? I hope you did! I did, I know that! I'm still sort of sleepy, but whatever! How are you? Are you okay? Want something to eat?" Piling her with a load of questions, he smiled softly and the coral tinge, as always, remained on his cheeks.