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Chapter 1

Meister and Weapon meet!

Shibusen is a training facility for Meisters and Weapons. Meisters are students of this school trained in the knowledge and ways to prevent the rebirth of the kishin. With the help of weapons, which have a weapon and human form, this organization was born. The second goal of Shibusen is to craft death scythes. By acquiring 99 evil human souls and 1 witch soul a weapon is imbued with immense power and becomes a Death Scythe. This title certifies them to be able to be used by the God of Death, Shinigami himself. Long ago, the original Death Scythe, Spirit was but a humble skirt chasing student himself. The legend of Franken Stein the prodigy was born along with him. The story of a crazed strange stitched up boy and his weapon is told. The area in front of Shibusen was crowded with teenagers. They all had tags on their shirt labled “Weapon” or “Meister”. Among them, was a red haired boy wearing a black school uniform with a gray cross on the collar. He seemed to be hitting on every hot girl that came into view. Weapons and Meisters alike immediately distanced themselves from him. The boy with a “Weapon” tag on his shirt turned his arm into a black scythe and looked around before swinging his arm. A gust of wind exposed girl’s with skirts to his view. He smiled and walked away looking for a Meister of his own. What did happen to those who couldn’t find partners? Well, apparently there was always an equal amount of students and weapons. Shinigami didn’t want anyone being left out. But, there was a single Meister who was too busy fulfilling his own sinister needs. A boy in long white pants and long sleeved white shirt, both adorned with stitches, sat alone. He held onto a mouse he caught with his bare hands and drew out a scalpel from his pocket.

“Hehehehe, I wonder what you look like on the inside?” The boy with silver-gray hair said as the scalpel was knocked out of his hand. The mouse then bit the boy’s hand and escaped into a tiny hole in the school.

“What are you doing?! That’s just a tiny poor mouse!” The boy with red hair said making eye contact with the almost yellow eyed Meister.

“My name is Stein, Franken Stein, but call me Stein.” Stein said with a monotone voice.

“My name is Spirit, Spirit Albarn.” Spirit said shaking Stein’s hand who didn’t actually stick out his hand.

“Excuse me, I have to find a Meister.” Spirit said walking away and Stein just stared at him and shook his head before sitting back down. His hand sparked a bit with yellow energy.

Spirit walked around and noticed a girl with long blonde hair. She stood by another girl with a bright blonde colored hair. The boy smiled and smoothed out his hair before approaching them.

“Hello L---“

“That’s him Cosette! He looked up my skirt!” The blonde haired girl shouted pulling down her black skirt with a lightning bolt pin on it.

“What? I’m sure he wasn’t---“ Cosette stopped as she felt a hand on her butt. She shivered and bit and turned around. It was pretty normal for fights to start on the first day. Shinigami didn’t mind, they never really hurt themselves. Well, that was until he realized some Meisters had outside experience.

“Marie…..” Cosette said holding out her left hand. Marie smiled and took Cosette’s hand. The girl transformed into a large hammer. Spirit smiled and slowly backed away. But, as he tried to run away he ran straight into that creepy stitched up shirt kid, Stein. The stitched up boy stared at Spirit and sighed pushing him out of the way. The hammer with its crushing qualities suddenly came swinging by Stein’s head. The boy simply ducked and dragged Spirit with him.

“Transform now!” Stein shouted and Spirit just did so. His true form revealed. The long black scythe attached to a black cross. Stein flipped the weapon in one hand with ease. When the hammer came by again Stein blocked the blow with Spirit who wasn’t used to being handled. But, somehow Stein easily fended off the hammer swings. But, as he analyzed the movements, they weren’t random. Rather, the girl was swinging the large weapon quite fast and with a certain pattern? But, in a mirror, a black figure with a very familiar white mask appeared. Shinigami watched the scuffle with much interest. A doctor stood behind him in his quarters.

“That’s him. He may seem calm right now, but we advise you to watch him, Shinigami-sama. His mind….is unstable.” A doctor in pure white garbs advised. Shinigami still watched with excitement.

“That’s alright, I can already tell….” Shinigami said as Stein finally took an offensive stance “he has great potential.”

Stein took the offensive with Spirit quite calm in his grasp.

“Who is this guy? Our souls seem to be perfect together, but we just started fighting. How can he…..” Spirit thought

Stein suddenly ran at Cosette and swung with precise agile movements. Cosette could only block the scythe. It seems she wasn’t the only one who had previous training with her partner. But, she didn’t know Spirit and Stein never fought together. Cosette didn’t feel like she had a choice.

“MARIE! SOUL RESONANCE!” She shouted loudly.

The hammer grew to an unimaginable size and had a giant lightning bolt crest on the flat side. Stein stared at the hammerwithout fear. He stuck Spirit into the ground who partially transformed back to his human form.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? GET OUT OF THE WAY!” Spirit shouted before watching the hammer come down. His reaction was to run and he did. But, as he ran farther away he turned around. Other students scattered as well from the giant hammer. You didn’t have to be a genius to know what “Soul Resonance” was. It was most likely gonna be very big and destructive. Shinigami watched from his mirror and knew exactly what Stein was doing. The boy’s hands glowed as he placed his palms against the hammer the threatened to crush him. Cosette was surprised, she pushed down more. But, Stein stood and increased his soul wavelength being released. The hammer started releasing electric bolts into Stein as he continued to hold it. The boy’s hair spiked as he held the hammer. The ground around them cracked and Stein suddenly drew back one hand and smacked the hammer away. His left hand still releasing some sparks and glowing an ominous yellow he ran right to Cosette.

“SOUL PURGE!” He shouted and thrust his palm forward striking the girl’s heart. Stein realized his hand connected with something else. Marie’s hammer fist blocked Stein’s palm. But, the boy wasn’t done yet. His right hand came around and struck her in the gut. Marie felt his soul wavelength get injected into her body. She fell to her knees and blood spurted out of her mouth.

“It’s over …..” Stein said as Marie fell over. He knew the feeling as he had tested this technique on many animals and objects. The girl would feel paralyzed as if something expanded her own soul inside of her, tearing her innards. The girl coughed up some blood and her meister tried comforting her. Stein just smiled and started bursting out laughing. Spirit stared at his…friend…meister….he didn’t know what their relationship was now, but Stein scared him.

“Hello!” Shinigami finally said revealing himself in the open….well on his mirror. The masked figure didn’t get a response due to everyone paying attention to the scuffle between the experienced Meister, Cosette and the talented Stein. Shinigami had to wait quit awhile before someone shouted loudly “SHINIGAMI-SAMA!”. Stein and Spirit stood with eachother, quietly, while Cosette and Marie went to the infirmary inside the school. Stein watched the two and also left the ceremony. Spirit seemed flustered as he watched Stein walk away. He somehow felt connected to stitch boy already and just followed after him. The two walked together, stalking the injured pair. Spirit badgered Stein quietly as they walked. He wondered why the hell Stein would stalk the Meister and her injured weapon. Cosette waited outside the nurse’s office. They were always prepared for such events on the introductory ceremony to Shibusen. She looked at the two boys and walked up to Stein who just stared back at her. The girl has tears forming in her eyes and as Stein opened his mouth a fist came in contact with his face. Spirit watched Stein take the hit and stand there before rubbing his face. He rubbed the place where the fist made contact and as he tried to speak again, he got fist to the gut. The boy fell over and quickly got up. Cosette didn’t even say anything, but Stein looked into the air as Cosette pulled back her fist again, the boy was ready. His pale hand grabbed her fist as he moved closer to her. His other hand held her other hand as he kissed lips lightly. The act that Stein took upon himself seemed so sweet. As one could tell seeing Cosette’s face turn a bright red. Spirit, shock, appalled, and slightly turned on gasped at this sight. But, the matter of the fact was, Stein didn’t know about love, but he knew one thing. Spontaneous acts of what could be affection make girls stop dead in their tracks. It acted as a temporary mental block that connected their brain to their mouths.

“I’m sorry.” He said centimeters away from her face and walked away. Spirit gawked and looked Cosette who was blushing madly. Her arms went limp as Spirit continued to stand and ran after Stein.

“Nice one!” Spirit said patting Stein on the back.

“Nice…one? I did that to make her stop hitting me.” Stein said as they continued walking.

“You mean that didn’t mean anything?! Dude! That’s even nicer! Scoring a kiss and you don’t even like her!” Spirit continued, but Stein knew the social rules of life. He had predicted what this kiss might do to him in the future. But, having a person fall for him instead of hating him wasn’t so bad. Cosette was still standing outside the nurse’s office. It seemed Marie’s injury only needed some medicine and little medical attention. She had been standing by the window of the door the entire time. Marie couldn’t believe the Cosette kissed that guy! Who the hell would want to touch the creepy stitch boy? With his pure white outfit, beautiful yellow eyes, and.....he was so dreamy. Marie suddenly sat down in a chair. How could she think of that guy in such ways.

“Are you ok Marie?” Cosette asked stepping in as Marie quickly scrambled into a bed which confused the nurse.

“Oh yeah! So…..I was up and….uhhh…..how was it?” She asked and Cosette knew exactly what she was talking about.

“Um….it was….good….wait…where’s my gum?” She thought curiously and Marie shrugged. Then they both realized and Cosette just blushed while Marie could only shout.

“OH MY GOD!”

BACK WITH STEIN AND SPIRIT

“Hey Stein, can I have some gum?” Spirit asked and thought about that question. When did Stein get that gum? “YOU TOTALLY FRENCHED HER!” Spirit shouted so loudly that Stein couldn’t help, but slap Spirt’s head with his palm as he chewed.

“Frenched? No…I just partook of some of her gum with my tongue which happened to be where her tongue was.” Stein said chewing all the while with a bored face. His eyes seemed so…..lazy. Not as if they were drooping, but like he wasn’t thinking. His new friend, Spirit, stood there with a smile. He was glad to make a friend, as weird as Stein might be. It wasn’t like he was gonna cut him open…..right? The skirt chasing weapon had met an equally masterful Meister. A pair that would go down in history had come together. One would become a Death Scythe and the other the strongest Meister to ever graduate from Shibusen. This was also the beginning of a very faulty relationship.