I walked up the long staircase the led to my new school in Death City.
“God dammit, why are there so many stairs!”I whined as I reached the top of the stairs.
In the courtyard of the school there was a bunch of students starting to flood into the doors of the school.
“Great, I missed introduction.”I said to myself as I headed to the crowd of kids.
“Can this day get any worse?” I moaned. Then something struck me and I face planted into the concrete. “Ouch…” I groaned.
“Oh shit, are you okay?” A kid in front of me said atop a skateboard.
“Oh just dandy! I always get hit with skateboards.” I looked up at the kid with a dull expression.
“Okay, well if you don’t hurry your gonna be late.” The kid said turning toward the school.
Well this is going to be a good day...
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Hi my name is Eri. I have long dark red hair and pale green eyes. I’m a meister, my parents raised my as an assassin, well because, my parents were hired mercenaries. My parents trained my older brother and I every day so we didn’t really go to school for that long. One day they went on a mission when I was 10 and never returned.
I was left alone with my 17 year old brother. He was always rude to me. A few weeks later, some of my parents friends and brought us the news that our parents were murdered. I cried for weeks.
Since my parents were gone I had to get my training from my brother. Whenever I didn’t perform a move correct he would take the dull side of the blade and smack me in legs with it.. But as I got older his discipline...changed.
Instead of using the dull side of the blade he would use the sharp part and slash me on the back. When I was 15 I finally had enough of this and the way my brother was treating me even though he keeps saying
“I am only doing this to make you stronger! You won’t be good without this pain.” He would say to my when he would strike me. I could tell by the way he looked at me that some part of him was unsure… But, I never really believed he had good inside him after all he did.
One night when my brother was sleeping I packed my bags up. I sneaked into my parents room, that was left the same way as they had left it.
I sat on my mother’s side and opened her dresser that sat next to the bed. I pulled out a silver locket that had two empty pictures frames in it; I reached into my pocket and pulled out two tiny little pictures of my parent’s faces.
I carefully places them in the slots and put the necklace on. I stood up to close the dresser. But, before I did I noticed a letter addressed to me. I picked it up and opened it and began to read silently to myself:
“Dear Eri,
If you are reading this now than you know that you father and I have been killed or you have come of age. I want to tell you that I love you very much. You are a very strong and beautiful girl, honestly you were stronger than I was at your age.
Since, I am no longer with you I want you to go into my closet and grab the box that has your name written on it. Inside are your clothes that we picked out for you when you become a full assassin. But, since we are probably dead you have nobody to train you anymore. I want you to go to Death City and talk to Lord Death, he will be at the DWMA. These last instructions are very important, do NOT leave until you believe it is right.
Love,
お母さん(Mom)”
I wiped my cheek from tears that were slowing falling down my cheek. I stood up and put the letter in my bag and walked over to the closet, grabbed the box and changed.
I peered into my brothers room and saw he was passed out on his couch. I grabbed the blanket that was on his bed and put it on him and kissed him goodbye.
“Good bye, big brother. I love you.” I said exiting his room.
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As I entered the school I walked to the office and signed in and got my class schedule. I headed down the hall and entered my homeroom.
“Good Morning class!” A man in a rolling chair said in the center of the classroom. “I’m Dr.Stein! I will be your teacher. Now I see that mostly everyone has a partner, so that is good news.” He said sliding around on his chair.
“Last period today is combat training, you will go to your assigned groups and practice fighting. Now everyone take your seats.” He added. I quickly filled into an empty seat and pulled my stuff out for class.
“Today we will be dissecting this rabbit!” He said with joy as he pulled a piece of cloth off of a crate. Moans and sighs filled the classroom as he opened the cage.
“Is this what he does all the time?” I asked the girl next to me.
“Yeah, he is obsessed with it,” a girl with pink spikey hair said who was sitting next to me drawing in her notebook. “My name is Kathryn.” She said smiling.
“This is my weapon, Drew.” She added nudging a boy with black silky short hair who was sleeping on the desk.
“Sup.” Drew said groggily before going back to sleep.
“Nice to meet you both. I’m Eri.” I said smiling softly.
“So, are you a weapon or a meister?” She said giving me a questioning glance.
“Meister.” I replied.
“Nice, did you find a weapon yet?” She said.
“No not yet.. I’m a sword and long range meister.. So I hope there are some people like that here.” I said playing with a strand of my red hair as Kathryn and I spoke quietly.
“Yeah! Definitely, you will probably find one in the combat session.” She said reassuringly. I nodded lightly and we continued to chat as Dr.Stein continued to ‘teach’... When the bell rang for lunch everyone quickly filled out.
“Finally! Lunch, I’m starving.” Drew said as he walked along Kathryn and me.
“I know right.” Kathryn said skipping lightly between us. When we got to the lunch room we quickly got on the line to grab our food.
When we got our food we sat down at the nearest empty lunch table and plopped down.
“Ugh! Its the first day of school, and I’m already wanting it to be summer.” Kathryn whined as she sat down next to me. I nodded to her and began to eat my food.
“So, Eri. Your a meister right? What kinda weapons do you use.” Drew mumbled with a mouthful of food.
“Um, I’m a sword and long range meister. When I was little my parents trained me how to use a katana sword and a bow.” I said after swallowing some of my food.
“Nice, well I’m a gun meister.. But, Drew usually is a Cheytac m200. Which is a sniper rifle.” Kathryn said taking a sip of her soda.
The bell rang ending the period for lunch.
I had two more classes, Hunting Kishins and Evil Souls and The History of Meisters and Weapons. Then was the combat practice and hopefully I would find my weapon there.
