With a flick oh her wrist, Rengae was holding out a cup of water for Blue, who accepted with a thanks and smile. Dust continued to swing around his newly transformed arm, quietly thanking the sheep gods for giving back his normal skeletal hand and bones instead of the blade.

"I know you don't like training people, or being near many other people," Blue told her, "But thanks for agreeing to help Dust train with you, like how you helped Ink when we were partners."

"At least we got the f*cker to change his arm back into normal, so he doesn't accidentally hurt someone," Rengae said, looking down at her nails. "But Blue, you're a good kid, I'll always do stuff for you. I owe your parents, this is the least I can do."

That's how Blue had met her, through his parents. She was a close family friend, and while his family did have a lot of friends, she was the closest. Sometimes she was a bit loud and mean, but Blue knew she just didn't like most other people. It's why she lived out here, away from society, and only went into town to either buy dark chocolate or to visit his family.

He's known her his entire life, yet she hasn't aged a day. That was one of the advantages to being a death scythe, was that once you collected 99 corrupted souls, and one witch soul, you stopped aging. When you achieved those souls, you and your meisters soul became the ultimate form that could achieve, making them stop aging and making them stronger. Blue looked up to Rengae, one day he wanted to achieve what she did. He wanted to become stronger to help others, like she did.

"Listen, Blue, you're a bright kid," She said, "And though I hate art boy, I did think he was a decent partner for you. How come you switched to this... thing?"

They both looked at Dust to see him punch a tree, then quickly draw back his hand with a squeal and with a glare directed at the tree. He then punched it again, and the same result happened.

"Error has a soul disability, like Ink does," Blue explained, "Errors soul rejects all other soul lengths, and Ink has no soul so he replicates soul lengths and bounces them back. That's why he was assigned to Error. Their disabilities actually help one another, so Ink can focus on just one soul length without getting overwhelmed, and Error can be around people do he doesn't have a soul attack where his soul shuts down. Error can only really team up with Ink, so neither of them really had a choice."

"No, I understand why art boy would leave a good, set partner, which is because he's stupid," She said.

"Ink isn't stupid."

"He's stupid enough to insult my grandma while in the same room as me."

"That was a lack of judgement on his part."

"Either way-" Rengae said, gesturing to Dust. "-Why did you choose this guy as your partner? I mean, sure, he's a bit funny, but that's because he's not the brightest."

"He's... special, but that's why I partnered with him!" Blue said, smiling as he watched Dust flop back onto the ground. "He's really funny, and he does have a strong soul. We're compatible soul wise, he's in my class, and he didn't have any partners either."

"You partnered with him because you thought he had some hots to him, don't you?"

Blue had been sipping some water when his friend said that, causing for the skeleton to sputter out the water with a bright blue blush. "I did not!"

Rengae looks at you, the reader, with a side glance. "He totally did."

"What are you...?" Blue asked, looking around confused.

She puts a hand to the side of her mouth while whispering "soon".

"Rengae, you're doing the weird thing again," Blue whined, "You know I don't choose partners due to their looks."

"Yeah, if you did Ink wouldn't have been a choice," She said, "Nah, I'm just teasing you kid. You're too good for that. But he is a looker, he's got decent fashion. His personality is... weird, really weird. Is weird how to say that?"

"Blue!" Dust said, holding up a worm. "I found Mr. Jumple!"

"That's great, Dust!" Blue called out to him, giving him a thumbs up.

"Weird works," Rengae confirmed, nodding to herself. "Weird."

"I dunno, at least he's nice," Blue said, "I mean, I do like him. He's nice, and he never fails to make me laugh... I'm just not sure if he's serious about training, or about being my partner."

"You think he hates you?"

"No, not that. I think he just doesn't care about having a partner or not, I think he's just tagging along. I want a partner who's willing to work hard, one who wants to be with me to become a death scythe, like you."

"Blue, I never wanted to be a death scythe," Rengae snorted, "I just wanted to be strong enough to get people off my back. It was an accident, we hadn't even been keeping track of the souls. I just beat my first witch and suddenly I was a death scythe."

"Oh, wait, hold on," Blue said, checking his pockets. "I brought you some dark chocolate and-"

He barely managed to pull it out of his pocket before Rengae was grabbing it, red hair bouncing as she practically inhaled it.

"Thanks," She muttered, taking another bite. "But I think it's time to go see if your partner is for being a death scythe or not."

She started to walk off of her porch, but turned around, pointing to Blue with the dark chocolate bar in hand. "Word of advice, maybe wait a few years until you become one. I know a guy that became a death scythe when he was under drinking age, and even though he's older than the people who work there, he can't even get a whisky. Wait until your 21. You might technically be an adult now, but wait until everything's legal for you. Or else it's going to suck."

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"So that was your first ever transformation?" Renage asked Dust, crossing her arms.

"Yup, had no idea what was going on," Dust said, "I think my arm was coming out."

"I..." Rengae looked over at Blue. "You're sure about this one?"

"Can you teach my left leg to come out too? Not my right, he's probably straight."

"Jesus f*cking- Kid, I'm going to teach you how to transform fully," Rengae said, pointing both of her hands at him. "I did the same think for art kid, which is why he's in the car, because he doesn't need this crap."

"Oh, she said crap," Dust said, putting a hand against his teeth.

Blue snorted at Dust, looking to the side. With a sigh, Rengae grabbed Dust and Blue's hands, intertwining their fingers with each others.

"What's this for? You didn't do this when Ink and I were training," Blue said.

"Nah, just wanted to," She said, looking at Dust. "Kid, he needs a boyfriend. Might as well be you."

"Congratulations, we're engaged now!" Dust said, grinning at Blue. "Want nine or ten children? And how many of them will be dogs, and the rest can either be chinchillas or cockatiels. Or we can have one child and it could just be Stinky. I have rope if you want to kidnap the skunk."

"No, bad Dust!" Blue said.

"Guys, please don't... flirt? Was that flirting?" Rengae asked, "Honestly, with Dust, I don't know anything. Anyway, Dust, transforming is about warping your body into a new form. It's really easy, which is why you accidently did it when you had been even thinking about it. The problem for beginners is control, though. It's way too easy to transform, since it doesn't require any magic or strength, but it does require some mental control. Which is why you're arm was like that for so long, since it was just like having a normal arm. Weapons are different because-"

"They're all gay!" Dust finished.

Rengae blinked. "No, not all of them."

"The weapons in my class beg to differ," Dust hummed, tilting his skull with a smile.

Rengae sighed. "Weapons are different because they have two bodies, not just one.They can change between these bodies easily, and even change specific parts like you did. It's just control that you don't have, which can easily be fixed. When you change weapon form, you just have to think about being a weapon and let your body change. That's why your arm changed, probably because you were thinking about it."

"I've been thinking about it this entire time, but I'm not even a little more gay," Dust said, using his free hand to pat at his chest. "So why haven't I transformed?"

"Because you're just thinking about the idea of transforming, but not thinking about actually transforming. And the lack of control also comes into play, since you don't have control over it. Think about changing your right arm again."

And sure enough, his right arm started to glow, quickly transforming into the same blade as earlier. Dust gave a giggle as he waved it around a bit, transforming back into his arm in a heartbeat.

"That's really easy! It's like getting engaged!" Dust said.

"Getting engaged isn't easy," Blue said.

Dust held up their hands, still holding. "We just got engaged, so yes it is."

"That isn't engagement!" Blue said, pulling his hand away with a blush. "There has to be a ring and-"

"I got onion rings, that'll work," Dust said, clapping his hands. "And since we're going to become a death scythe and strong meister, that means we'll be engaged for awhile!"

"Wait," Blue said, "You actually want to become a death scythe with me?"

"Yup!" Dust said, changing his arm again. "It'll give us unlimited poptarts!"

"Only when your on duty you get free food," Rengae said, crossing her arms. "All I do is get incredibly lazy and move away, and don't do any work, and suddenly they take away my free dark chocolate. Rude."

"At least you're helping us train," Blue said, "Thanks for that!"

"No problem, Blue," She said, "But Dust, when you want to transform into a weapon, you have to focus on your entire body. Once you get transform it should be easy, it only took art boy a... few..."

Suddenly, Rengae was trailing away, looking at the forest across the street from her house and the open field.

"What?" Blue asked.

"You two should stand back," Rengae said, standing up slowly with a serious expression on her face. "There's two souls coming towards us, a meister and a weapon... the demon sword, it's a demon sword, on the verge of becoming a kishin. With... Oh no."

"What?" Blue asked.

"You two should get in the car with art boy and coffee boy, now!" Rengae said, looking down at the two. "There's a witch in the forest!"

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Rengae is the OC of the amazing person who drew a cover for me, MIGHTYBACON888 ! They're awesome for doing that so I agreed to give them credit (which is in the credit chapter) and insert their OC into the story. Rengae breaks the 4th wall sometimes, thus she did in this chappie. 

Also, witches are incredibly power creatures with the strongest magic, which is heading towards 4 unprepared teenagers and one death scythe. What fun for them huh?

I wonder who the weapon and meister are...