Chapter 10: A Soul's True Identity

They went to the Hollywood sign when they got to LA to look for the Kishin egg.

"Wow, look at that," Serena said, gazing at the huge sign.

"We have work to do," Maka said as Serena took out her camera. She lowered it and smiled guiltily.

"How do we find it?"

"Soul perception, of course," Michael said. "Every meister has it."

"Oh."

"What do you see, Michael?" Maka coached him. "Look for an evil soul."

"Well, all I see are Hollywood sleazebags, but that's not exactly evil." Maka glared at him.

"What's that?" Serena pointed to something in the road. There enough was the Kishin egg, faint because it was weak but there.

"Amazing soul perception," Maka said. "Almost as good as mine."

Soul gave her a look. Was she really Maka's sister? As the day went on there were more and more similarities. Both liked the same food and they both swooned over the same guy that walked past them. Well, he was very attractive, but still was it still all coincidence at this point?

"How does one really get soul perception?" She asked. "What really determines if one has the skill?"

"I got mine from my mother," Maka replied.

"What about your father."

"I have no father."

"Eh?"

"I just don't consider him such since he's a total douche. My mom deserves way better. I don't know why she picked him."

"Did she have someone else then?" Serena asked, trying to be discrete.

"I think she dated Stein before my father." OH GOD! Serena was panicked. There was no way in hell that Stein could possibly be her father. He was crazy. The man locked her in the dungeon!

"Are you okay?"

"P-p-perfectly fine," she stammered. No. it was just her nerves talking. "Let's get this guy." She transformed into a weapon. With her, Michael stormed at the Kishin egg.

"Aggressive," Soul commented.

Michael slashed at the Kishin egg, ripping it in half.

"But effective," he said.

"Hey!" Michael shouted. "We did it." They ran back up and Serena undid her transformation.

"What now?" She asked.

"I guess we can go and sight-see or something," Maka said.

Just then someone popped up behind them. They grabbed Maka's arm and attempted to drag her away. "Hey!" she shouted. Soul immediately transformed his arm into a blade and slashed at the figure. It rippled and disintegrated. "What the—"

"Serena!" Michael called. "She's gone."

"Let go!" Serena said to the guy in the hoodie.

"Listen! You have to trust me." She whipped around and she saw bright blue eyes. The same ones that saved her that day. She did trust him, but had no idea why.

"My name's Simon. I was ordered by my superior to watch over you. I currently infiltrated the Celestial Code to gain information. Shibusen is not safe for you anymore. The Celestial Code will do anything to get their hands on you and it's very dangerous for you to be here right now."

"Why do they want me?"

"I'm going to be completely honest with you right now: they want to experiment on you."

"What!"

"There's no time to explain. Your friends are here."

"But Simon—"

"Don't say anything. I promise I'll see you again soon."

"Hey," Soul said to Serena. She hadn't said a word in the past few days. He assumed it was post traumatic stress from her kidnapping. "Are you going to the Founder's Eve Ball?"

"It's required."

"Do you want to come with my group? We do it every year."

"I wouldn't want to third wheel." She walked away. The Ball was tonight, but she couldn't care less. She was wearing what she wore to prom, so she didn't have to worry about her outfit. She couldn't stop thinking about the events over the trip. Was she really Maka's sister? Why did the Celestial Code want her? She thought about it for the rest of the day and into the evening.

At the Ball, Serena stood talking to a girl from her class, trying to act like nothing was wrong. No one wanted a downer at a party and Serena decided to throw her worries away in the probably already spiked punch. Actually, with all the giggling she was doing, she knew it was spiked.

Soul caught up to her and said, "We're talking."

"On the dance floor," Serena said, leading him in that direction.

While awkwardly dancing, Serena said, "Everything's fine. You're worrying for nothing."

Then another song came on. It was "their song." It was "In Your Eyes."

Soul tried to ignore it, but couldn't help but thinking of how Maka and he danced last year to this song. He looked into Serena's eyes and saw Maka's. Maka didn't show it, but he knew she was hurt by his friendship with Serena. He looked in Maka's across the room. By just one look, he knew she remembered their song, too. He looked back to Serena when the chorus started and he realized something. Their eyes weren't the same. The light behind their eyes was different. Serena was haunted by her unknown past and she had the look of lost in her eyes. He had so wanted to help her because Maka had the same look when they met and he had made it go away. He had been hurt by Maka and wanted something to fill the emptiness that her eyes had burned into his soul with one look. But they weren't the same person.

"I'm sorry," he said and left Serena alone in the crowd of dancing people. He walked over to Maka and they both said, "I'm sorry."

They danced to their song. "I saw her soul when we first met," Maka said. "You knew she was lost like I was."

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry for hurting you. I was just so afraid of my mother and father's relationship that I let it get in the way of ours. I lied when I said I didn't love you."

"I know that now." He looked into her eyes. They kissed as the song ended.

Across the room, Serena screamed,"No! That's impossible!" She slapped Stein right in the face before running away.

(A/N): Yay! They're back together again! And thus the love triangle truly emerges. I wrote this chapter awhile back when I was listening to "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. I was just coming up with the concept of the story. I pictured Soul dancing with Serena and looking into her eyes and seeing Maka. Which is really romantic and went perfectly with the song! So sorry if it doesn't completely line up with the plot beforehand. If you haven't already guessed, I got the concept of this fanfic from the relationship of the characters in the book Never Let Me Go. It's a really good book and you should read it if you haven't already. Or you could watch the movie that has the very attractive Andrew Garfield as the male lead.