The cold nametag was pressed against his fingers, Blue twirling it in his hands as the Professor talked in the front of the room.

He was very grateful for the help from the one skeleton to get to his class, but now that he was there, he was starting to get worried again. He had no plans for a partner, and he was a meister.

A meister would need a weapon.

There were about a little over thirty kids in his class, all first year students. Some of them had the name tags 'Meister' imbedded on them, the other half of the class had 'Weapon' on theirs. Some students were paying attention, leaning in closely with inspired twinklies gleaming in their eyes. Others were laying back, uninterested in the Professor's words. It wasn't exactly hard to get into the school, you just had to have the right genes, but it was becoming a powerful meister and weapon that was the hard work.

Blue wanted to save people, that's why he was here. He wanted to be the one who would stand at the top with the Grim Reaper, promises of his strength allowing for people to sleep easy at night. He wanted to be the one who would defeat a Kishin, to save people from the dangers of the world.

Blue wanted to be the one that little kids would run up to and thank.

The day he had met the Grim Reaper was important to him. It was sunny, warm, his parents had brought him to the school when he was a child for the introductions. Their family had been Meisters for the Grim Reaper for centuries, he was born to be a Meister. His parents wanted him to meet the person he would be training to work with.

Since that day, he swore to himself that he would become the best Meister there ever was.

But he would need a weapon partner to be a Meister!

That was the one obstacle that he was having trouble with. The Professor had said it was no problem that they didn't have partners yet, it was their first day, but Blue had no idea who he would be working with. He had never concerned about it, as he thought his childhood friend would be his partner, but earlier this morning he had said he already found a partner.

Now he had no partner and no clue who he should team up with.

In order for a Weapon and Mesiter to become partners, they would need to have compatible soul lengths. That meant monster with monster, human with human. If a human was partnered with a monster, their soul lengths would repel one another and they wouldn't be able to make a spiritual bond. There were just too many differences between human souls and monster souls to allow for them to overcome the wave lengths repelling and to form a bond. That eliminated some of the possible partners in the room right off the bat, as some of the weapons within the room were humans. Of course, in a dire situation, a monster could use a human weapon, or vise versa, but they wouldn't be able to preform any powerful moves like Soul Residence. But they wouldn't be able to preform a bond due to the differences in souls.

They would also need someone they could get along with. If two people became partners who were enemies, their souls would reject one another from hatred and they wouldn't be able to link their soul wave lengths. Any single Meister could wield a Weapon, sure, but it took a compatible pair of souls to form a bond and create a powerful duo. And that's what Blue wanted, so he would have to focus on the monsters in the room, as the humans were the humans.

Some of them were skeletons, there were a couple elementals in the room too, but skeletons were the dominant monster species. They were able to adapt any weapon and able to survive in most environments, of course they were the largest species of monsters.

One of the weapons was the guy who led him to class earlier, the skeleton with sharp teeth and red pupils. He was sitting a couple rows behind Blue, picking between his sharp teeth while barely even paying attention to the Professor. Sure, Blue had met the guy once, but he didn't seem like a good choice for a partner. Just because he was an available Weapon who he had talked to once doesn't mean that Blue was going to throw himself at him.

"You all don't have to get partners immediately, as finding a perfect partner can take time and effort," The Professor said, "There's no need to feel pressured into finding a partner, there's even some second year students who still don't have partners yet. The best partner duos often come from a sense of love and trust, either between friends or lovers, even family. So don't expect to find one immediately."

Blue had already planned out his partner for years, his childhood friend. They were compatible, as they were close friends and their souls would work together. But now his friend had declined his offer because he found someone else, and Blue was left to find someone else.

It wasn't his friends fault, he had found someone that morning. Blue understood, they were still friends after all, they just weren't partners. His friend was a second year student, and he had held off on finding a partner because of Blue, he did deserve to finally get a partner and prove how strong he could be.

That just left Blue with finding his own partner.

Of course, he was a little bit bummed out by being pushed aside for someone he didn't even know, but he trusted his friend. They needed a Meister, and Blue could find someone else; his soul was compatible with a lot of others. Due to his bright attitude and open personality, he could soul bond with more monsters than normal.

"However, if anyone already has a soul bond with someone, you should tell me now so I don't start pairing you with random people," The Professor said.

A few groups of humans and monsters raised their hands, telling who they were already partners with. They had come to the school with their friends with the intent of being their partners, which would explain why they had no tags saying whether they were a Meister or a Weapon, since they didn't need them. They didn't need to go try and find a partner, they already had partners.

"Dude, where did you get pop tarts?"

The voice was quiet, a hushed whisper from next to him. It was the guy at the table next to his own, a skeleton taller than him with a hood drawn up. A large grin was pulled up on his face as he gestured towards the sugary treat in his hands.

"Oh, uh, I bought this large pack of pop tarts at the store and brought it into my dorm," Blue answered.

Blue loved to cook, but he was one who tended to take careful time while cooking, so he was never able to make himself breakfast in the mornings and ended up missing everyday. That's when he started buying snacks he could eat inside of his first period class while he was in middle school so he wouldn't starve until lunch, thus the reason why he had a couple pop tarts shoved into his binder.

"Do you want some? I got extras?" Blue asked.

"H*ll yes, they're like goats, but better," The person said, reaching over and snatching one from his table.

"What?" Blue asked.

But it was too late, the person at the other table was already eating the food, not giving any explanation to whatever the heck he just said. It was just so gosh darn random that he had to blink a few times to make sure the person was actually there and that he wasn't hallucinating.

The heck?

He was wearing a tag with the word 'Weapon' imbedded onto it, the tag hanging loosely from his grey hoodie. This guy was a skeleton, just as he was, but he had bags under his eye sockets, and his pupils were a combination of red and blue. Blue could sense his soul, it was powerful, yet goofy looking, compatible with his own soul. The guy was also sitting alone, just as he was.

"Are there any other partners that I should be made aware of?" The Professor asked.

"Hey," Blue said.

This was probably a bad idea, but they were the only two not sitting with anyone. And he just gave the guy a pop tart, he did owe him.

"Do you want to be partners?" Blue asked, "Just for the first couple of weeks, so we aren't alone?"

The guy didn't even seem to hesitate, just simply shrugging like it was no big deal.

"Sure," He said, "But give me some more of those woody pop tarts tomorrow."

"Deal," Blue said.

He turned back towards the teacher, hand being thrown into the air quickly, glad that he was able to find a partner. The idea of not having a partner and failing his parents had made Blue anxious, so a temporary partner like this one could help train his skills while he looked for a permanent one.

"Uh, he and I are partners too!" Blue said.

"You and Dust?" The professor asked.

"Yup!" The guy who must have been Dust agreed, waving around the empty pop tart wrapper into the air like some sort of flag. "We can be the pop tart partners!"

"... I don't get paid enough for this," The teacher muttered, writing them down onto the paper.

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Heck yeah, update out on time! All it took was me throwing up and being stuck on the couch to write!

Also, if you didn't notice, I actually am making the chapter titles based off of the episode titles. Just a little extra detail I'm doing.