I heard a faint knock on the door and already felt lighter. I ran as quietly as I could to the door and peeked my head out, making sure it was vendetta.

Vendetta stood at the door with a worried look on her face, "Rika, are you okay? Its not normal of you to call in the middle of the night, sobbing like this", she walked in as she talked. As soon as she finished her thought, I rammed myself into her, hugging her as tightly as I could. The tears began to stream again.

"R-rika….", once she finished her miniature freak-out, she lowered her arms and hugged me back, "Rika… what's wrong? This is so unlike you. I've only ever seen you cry once or twice." her voice sounded slightly muffled, as her mouth was buried in my messy hair.

Her voice sounded so comforting, like the softness I always looked for in someone's voice as they talked to me. Vendetta was all I had left. "Shii-chan… y-you cant go! don't leave me! You're the only family I have left!" My tears soaked her shirt.

Vendetta backed out of the hug a little. "….Leave? Rika? Have you gone insane? You know id never let you go through anything alone.", Her eyes told me there was something I had to know, and soon at that. I completely backed out of the hug and wiped my face with my hands.

"Shii-chan…. I think you're hiding something from me." I shyly said, avoiding eye contact.

Vendetta bit her lip, trying to keep her best poker face, "wh-what are you talking about, Rika?" she said nervously.

I explained the dream, the physical connection, everything to her, "I know you think you're hiding it to do what's best for me, Shii-chan, but I have to know. What in the hell is there between us?" My tone had changed to be more serious.

The both of us fell silent. It stretched on for what seemed forever. After a few minutes, I heard an inaudible mumble from vendetta. I turned my ear toward her, as to tell her to repeat herself.

She quietly chuckled. "… If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." She smiled, then raised her eyes from the ground, to mine.

"Shii-chan, please tell me. Just about any answer right now would satisfy me, what's going on?".

Her smile faded. "Rika.. Since the day we met, I've been trying to avoid this. Once and if I tell you, everything will be different. You wont be able to live in your home anymore. You cant go to the same school. You wont know anyone. Are you sure?". Vendetta was balancing on her heels, which gave away that she was nervous; it was one of the things she would do if she got nervous.

"Vendetta!". I tensed up a little; I had completely forgot there was people in my house that were sleeping and didn't know that vendetta was there.

"Keep your voice down!" She whisper-yelled, "and.. What the hell was that?" She looked confused.

"What the hell was what?"

"You said my name."

"no, I said Shii-chan,"

"No, you said Vendetta"

"Oh. I don't know. Luck I guess. Were getting off subject." I said as I gave Vendetta a stupid look.

Vendetta hesitated a little, then sat down; I followed.

"Okay. So, the story behind this whole thing. This will be interesting… I suck at explaining…." Vendetta laughed nervously, then noticed I was giving her the evil eye. "Gahhh. Okay. Rika, you and I have the same kind of soul- A mixed soul. People with these kind of souls have special abilities, and were not the only ones. There's thousands of others."

I leaned forward, interested in vendetta's story.

"There's also about 14 schools worldwide in secret that help in channeling these abilities. The schools are also boarding schools, so if a student needs help getting back on their feet, or doesn't have a home at all, they can stay there- free of cost. The point of the schools helping these students is to earn their trust; These people with mixed souls are targeted by several people who's souls have become corrupted. The schools, who once have the trust of the student, have them fight for them and their friends' lives."

"Fighting? What would we fight with?" I asked.

Vendetta seemed overjoyed to know that I believed her. "Well every person has a partner; one is the weapon, the other is the weapon meister. (A/N: OTL I know it sounds exactly like soul eater, but by the time I had the entire plot of this story down in my head, only then I realized this.) Two people cant just randomly match up though. For one person, there's only one other person compatible to be their partner, and you, Rika, are mine." Vendetta gave me a satisfied smile.