Okay, this is gonna be chapter 2, and if you are confused as to what the heck was going on in the history of this story, either you will totally get it or be even more lost, but this is not going to be the only time I reference the history, since there is still more that has yet to be written at this point, but is going to be worked in during the later chapters. I know this is more than a little late, but still, Happy Halloween everybody!

I do not own anything but the plot and any characters not a part of the story.

Chapter 2: Seeing the Guardian

"Kristi, you don't even have a weapon!" Kidd loudly objects.

"Okay, we don't use weapons." Black Star grumbles. I just sigh and stand up, taking off my sweater to reveal my tank top underneath, black with the word 'run' written across the front in a splatter paint design. "What is with that shirt? Run?"

I write him a new message: You'll see, soon enough. Everyone will.

As a spirit guardian, I appear to have a weak soul, but it is extremely strong, just not very well used, as I rely on my spirit more. The difference is, a body needs a soul to live, but a person does not necessarily need to have a spirit in order to do so. However, the spirit clan has remained hidden from all but Lord Shinigami, so I can't use my spirit abilities in a soul fight without being thought of as a witch, which would put me on the run again.

I follow Black Star to the front of the classroom, watching his every movement. He is slightly taller than me, but also a year or two older than me as well, in the same level as Kidd and Maka, so this will be a somewhat even fight between us. He has no clue what he's really going up against, as I have trained with Death Scythe and Stein, both armed and unarmed until I could perfect shooting my own soul wavelength, which I am sure that Black Star can do.

"Let's get this over with." Stein sighs as he wheels his chair his chair to the side of the room to watch us fight. "Begin."

I waste time and just stand where I am, watching Black Star as he shouts off about how big of a star he is, how he will someday surpass a real god. He knows nothing about the life of a god. As he cracks his knuckles, I begin to circle him, hiding my hands from his sight as I call my energy into them, waiting for him to make the wrong move. He doesn't notice my actions and obviously shows me his hands, crackling with energy as he throws a punch at me, which I easily catch in one charged hand. What I don't expect is for his own wavelength to be returned to him in an extremely painful way, but he doesn't drop. He tries to pull away, but I grab his wrist, flip him onto his back, and ram a strong wavelength into him, just enough to knock him unconscious.

When I stand up, I notice a drop of blood on the floor, followed by the appearance of another. I feel liquid dripping from my nose, signifying I used too much power in one go. I sigh and pinch my nose, tilting my head back as Stein approaches me. "Maka, Soul, Take these two to Nygus, please. Kristi, you can come back with them once Nygus has taken care of that nosebleed of yours. I'll wait to get class going until you three get back."

Maka comes to me while Soul goes to pick up Black Star, taking us to Nygus, the nurse if I am remembering correctly.

"Kristi, that was so fast! How did you beat Black Star so easily?" Maka asks me. Then she realizes that I don't have my whiteboard in my hand. "Oh, sorry, can you tell me later?" I nod my head, figuring there is no harm in telling her that Stein had taught me a few tricks. "So, have you thought of what kind of weapon you want to be partnered with?" I never really thought of that, so I shrug and bob my head, indicating I might have an idea or two. "Well, I could help you narrow down who you can choose from based on what weapons you have in mind." For the first time all day, I feel my lips curl into a small, gentle smile as I nod at her again, which I am glad nobody else sees.

When we reach the infirmary, Soul drops Black Star into one of the empty beds and sighs. "Nygus!" A woman, dressed in a lab coat and wrapped in bandages, comes out of the storage closet. "These two," he indicates to me and Black Star, "got into a fight, and we three need to get back to class."

She sees me holding my nose with my head tilted back, so she sits me down in a chair and hands me a box of tissues. "Plug up your nose for a few minutes, and that should make the bleeding stop." I obey and we leave a few minutes later once I have thrown away the bloody tissues and washed my hands. "Tell Tsubaki and Professor Stein I am keeping Black Star here until he is able to walk and talk easily, okay?" Maka nods as we shut the door and walk back to class.

After School

The bell rings, finally releasing us for the afternoon to leave. Maka nudges me when she sees me not rising from my seat, causing me to write her a message: I can tell you later, just not tonight. I have a few things to do.

She nods her head. "Okay, but if you have any free time, and you want to hang out, we can meet up at the library in town or at a café, wherever works. Just have Professor Stein call to let me know." I nod and wipe away my message, starting a drawing in my notebook of a dog, missing home making me draw my best friend's puppy. By the time it looks almost as if Coco is on the paper, Stein calls to me.

"Kristi, time to go see Lord Shinigami." I nod and put away my books and pencils, throwing the strap over my head to rest on my shoulder, following Stein to the Death Room yet again. As we get close to our destination, I hear steps up ahead, around the corner to the Death room, followed by Kidd's voice.

Stein notices as well, but we continue on our way regardless of Kidd's presence. The door is closing as we round the corner, but I can only assume that it was Kidd, Patty, and Liz going into the room. "Kristi, wait here. I'll get you when it's okay." He walks in and I lean against the wall by the door, trying to relax.

Death Room Kidd POV

"Father, we need to talk about that new girl, Kristi Mills." I get his attention rather quickly at the mention of her name, a rare occurrence with him.

"Yes, about her, there are a few things you will have already found odd about her." Father seems to read my mind on what we need to discuss. The door opens and closes, Stein coming in to find me, Father, Patty, and Liz together. "Stein, where is she?"

"Waiting just outside. Is it alright for her to come in for this discussion?" he asks Father, eyeing me with a rare concern.

"Yes, she has plenty of questions to answer for Kidd. Bring her in." Stein obeys, going back out to fetch Kristi. "Kidd." I turn to look at Father. "She is not just any person, and has been through a lot since I last saw her, not regarding this morning." Not this morning? What is he talking about? The door opens again to show a nervous looking Kristi, looking straight at me, no expression on her face, the nerves showing in her body language.

"Adrina, Kidd has a few questions that you need to answer." Father says to her, almost ordering her, mostly as though he knows her.

She sighs. "Fine, what do you want to know first, Kidd?" She says it like she is bored, like she actually knows me. When I don't say anything, she turns to Father. "Okay, what was he going to ask?"

"Probably an explanation for your show this morning with Black Star." I nod at her, to which she rolls her eyes.

"I've been training with Stein and Spirit since I got here last week, and I was able to quickly take Black Star down because he underestimated me, just like I know anyone else who sees soul wavelengths does. I mean, just because my soul seems small, that doesn't make me weak." Sheesh, she has an attitude.

"Why does it seem as though you two know me and each other better than you should since you have only recently arrived?" I ask.

"Because I used to work for you and your father a long time ago, which upsets me that you still do not remember that time." She barely even whispers as she looks away from me, almost as though I am causing her pain. "And I failed in the worst way possible."

"Adrina, it wasn't your fault that day. It was theirs and mine, you have to believe that. You have to move on." Father gently tells her as he puts a large hand on her shoulder.

"What happened?" I ask, tired of them not telling me what is on their minds.

"Yeah, really, what's got you so upset?" Liz asks, reminding me that she and Patty have been silent since we arrived in here. I notice Patty, who is normally laughing and is cheerful, is silent, a worried look on her childish face.

"Kidd…" Adrina, or Kristi, whatever she goes by, finally looks back at me. "I can show you what happened. Just promise you won't hate me, and let me explain my story for you beforehand, so that you shouldn't have any questions for me later." She takes a deep breath as I nod at her. "There used to be another clan, over a thousand years ago, called the druids, ancient shamans of villages in the northern regions of Europe. Over time, they left civilization, forming the spirit clan and spreading all around the world. They are similar to witches, but the witches are descendants of the rebellious druids who failed to reach a different power." She stops for a moment, almost trying to delay something. "Those who became witches were indifferent to their heritage, and left their villages. I was a spirit guardian, blessed with the power to wield light and shadow, typically divided, but I could use both at the same time. The spirit clan knew I could be of great value to the gods, but couldn't let me go so soon. You should know, before I go any further, there is a difference between a spirit and a soul. A being can live without a spirit, but nothing can live without a soul. For someone like me, the spirit can't be seen or felt unless it is willingly revealed. The soul, which can be disguised, can't be hidden, and controls almost everything within the body and mind. In the spirit clan, ours became unused and small, but maintained their strength. It was the only proof we had to tell who was really a part of the clan."

"What do you mean, your spirit? You still have a soul like everyone else here." I ask, curious.

"It's hard to explain, but a spirit is like another entity of ourselves. It can be either a source of power, or it can be the strongest shield. Is that good enough?" I nod, wanting her to continue her story. "I don't remember my original parents, but the whole village took care of me, raising me as if I were one of their own, but I could tell that I was different. At age ten, I had a vision, depicting a battle between Lord Shinigami and the Kishin Asura. When I told our foreteller, he went through the village, and the next thing I know, I am the leader of the clan. I never wanted the position, which everyone else wanted, so I was hated, no matter how much everything I did benefited everyone. After three years, the hatred died down, and I made some friends, but then I had another vision, one with the Kishin destroying Lord Shinigami and his son." She looks at me as she continues. "Before I go on again, only a true god really has any power to over a spirit guardian, hence the term 'guardian' in the title."

"Hey, hey!" Patty yells. "Who was Lord Shinigami's son?! Did Kidd have an older brother?!"

Adrina isn't the one to answer my weapon, though. Father answers Patty, his usually energetic voice a bit sullen. "Not exactly. It will be explained. Continue, Adrina."

"After the new vision, I made an announcement of making a visit to another village, one that was ruled over by Lord Shinigami, to discuss an urgent matter, not telling them what I saw. I left two of my four closest friends there to maintain peace, and left. When all was said and done, we held a vote of who wished to protect the Shinigamis, which was unanimous in that favor. For two years, we lived like that, silently protecting the village from any threat, until some people, most actually, turned against me, say8ing there was no need for us to protect the gods. They tried to kill me, but Lord Shinigami intervened before they could finish me off, deciding that any who still wished to protect his village could stay, and the rest could leave, as our old village location had been maintained by me since we had left. In the end, only seven others remained, and we made the promise to protect the Shinigamis for the rest of our lives. That was the first time I had turned fifteen in any life, on the day of my birthday."

"The first time? How many lives have you had, and why was it the first fifteenth birthday for you?" Liz asks.

"I have been brutally murdered by vengeful spirit guardian, at a minimum of days before my fourteenth birthday, and if this pattern keeps up, I might wind up dead within the next three months." She huffs, then looks at me again. "After they left, Asura rose to power as the Kishin, and on my eighteenth birthday, the spirit clan tried to kill everybody, having supported him as their new leader. They failed to kill me, instead killing each of my four friends. They had sent me to find Lord Shinigami, and he sent me to find his son, who died in my arms. This is what I am going to show you." She looks deeply into my eyes. "Just try not to hate me." Then she touches the tall mirror in front of us, producing an image through her perspective.

She shouts for Father, finding him and the Kishin locked in combat in the air. Then Father shouts back to her, "Protect Kidd for me, now! They're coming for him!"

She runs to a certain house, coming in to find me being stabbed by someone. Adrina screams as she runs forward, tackling and pinning the woman beneath her as she conjures a unique light and shadow blade, cleanly decapitating the woman. She doesn't seem to notice the tears streaming down her cheeks.

Then we hear my weak voice as I reach for her. "A- Adrina?"

"Kidd!" She crawls over to me, holing me in her arms. I look to the current Adrina, and see her eyes are closed, but her face is covered in tears and her whole body is shaking. "I'm so sorry." She starts really crying in the vision. "I wasn't fast enough to protect you from them."

I smile weakly, but bravely at her, "It's okay… it's not… your… fault…" My breathing stops, but my eyes stay open.

"Kidd?" She shakes me, almost in disbelief. "No, no, no, NO!" A brilliant light, brighter than the sun, swallows her up as she rests her forehead against mine. She makes what seems to be a promise. "We will meet again, and when I finally save you from this fate, we will be free. The time will come when I die, and will be reincarnated one last time, but not to protect you." A crystal, bluish white, starts to form around her as she kneels back and clasps her hands together, almost as if she is praying, then the vision ends.

Adrina opens her eyes and gasps for breath, falling to her knees, hugging herself as she rocks back and forth. She tries to talk, but can't, so I kneel next to her and pull her into a hug. "How could I hate you for that? I'm here now, and you tried. That's all that really matters to me." She seems to calm down and nods at me.

"When was this, Lord Shinigami?" Liz asks.

"800 years ago. Adrina has been reborn every fifty years, and always died soon before she would turn fourteen, always killed by the spirit guardians who could sense her awakening." Father says, as Adrina can't talk at the moment. "Kidd, she came to our village to protect us both, but your safety was the most important, because her clan did not want you to take over my place as a god. Due to her promise, she was repeatedly reborn, but your circumstances led you to be reborn together this time. Except, she needs to be protected to the best of our abilities, within this school ad city."

The door slams open as Soul and Maka come running into the room. "Professor Stein, Lord Shinigami, there are people going unconscious in the city, then attacking DWMA students." Maka pants out.

"What?! That's impossible! This room should have shielded my presence!" Adrina shouts as she rips out of my arms and charges out of the room, Stein and Father hot on her heels.

"Huh? I thought she didn't talk?" Soul asks me.

"Cover story just got blown. Can you two fight?" I ask, motioning symmetrically for Liz and Patty to transform into their gun forms.

"Yeah, no problem." Maka responds, catching Soul as he transforms into a red and black scythe.

Adrina POV

I run out of the Death Room, having to see this for myself. If the spirit guardians have already found me, then they will know that Kidd has finally returned to life. I hear Stein and Lord Shinigami following me as I reach the main entrance, seeing smoke rising from the city filled with screams. Meister and weapon teams are outside the doors and on the stairs that lead to the school all looking battered and waiting for something.

I come to a halt when I see there is a hostage situation now, with my cousins being held at knifepoint by the spirit guardians. "Well, well, well, look at what we have here, just the young lady we wanted." Everybody turns to look at me, and my cousins, Rihan and Carrie, are the only ones who are calm. "If you would be so kind as to hand yourself over, we can leave peacefully."

"Don't even try it." Kidd's voice comes from behind me, followed by the clicking of the safety on Liz and Patty's weapon forms.

"You're not leaving without a fight." I speak in from of the entire school, shocking them. Then, Rihan and Carrie stomp on their captors' feet, breaking the delicate bones as they swing their sharp elbows into their stomachs, forcing their release.

The two run to me and I hold out my hands as they transform into twin swords, the sharpest blades I could have asked for. We shout, "Soul Resonance!" My soul, small in most ways swells exponentially, filling me with power. "Let's go to work." I whisper to them as we jump in the air, faster than anyone can track. Their blades come down hard and fast, claiming the lives of the two spirit guardians. I look up and toss them aside as one of their comrades throws a wall of water at us, taking the attack that barely has any effect on my.

"You forget who you are dealing with!" I scream at them as I conjure my sword of light and shadow, feeling my clothing shift and change into an outfit better for fighting, a black dress that reaches to mid-thigh with no sleeves, and slits on each side up to my hips, showing shorts underneath. My hair weaves itself into a tight braid, interwoven with ribbons of the purest white and the deepest black. Pure white boots traced with black designs form on my feet, climbing up to my knees, with three inch heels on the bottoms.

"Adrina!" I hear Kidd shout, and I turn to find him and Lord Shinigami back to back, getting ready to fight a small squad of the spirit clan. I call energy into my sword and leap into the air, falling hard enough to drive my power through the ground, throwing all the other clan members to the ground, where they are held down by beams of shadow, burning their skin where their clothes don't protect them from their bonds. My knees feel weak as I walk to Kidd.

"Are you alright, Kidd?"

"Yeah I'm fi- Adrina?!" Kidd catches me as I fall forward as my vision is shrouded in darkness.

Finally finished typing this chapter up. I hope this explains a lot more now that you have an idea of the history I had in mind for the story. I'm really sorry it took me so long to update, but I will try to update at least one more time within the next week, I would have updated sooner if I hadn't been drowning in homework lately. I'll have the next chapter up soon. I hope you enjoy, and please review!