Hey guys! Sorry for not updating in a while. More like a month huh? Anyway, I had shit happened and then writers block with this chapter but here is the second side story of Tomi and Hinata! Thanks for your held Devi! :D

Disclaimer:

Soul: I want bacon... It's been a month..

Maka: It's probably burned...

Devi: Or maybe Kaoru fell asleep...

-Everyone turns to see Kaoru asleep n the kitchen floor-

Kid: Time for take-out!

Hinata stared at the spot where her previous meister stood. The girl smirked at her softly and brushed passed her.

"I'm sorry, but your weapon form is just stupid and plain. You're just a whip and we can't even resonate properly. Looks like this partnership is going nowhere." The black haired girl called over her shoulder. Hinata shoved her hands in her sweater pocket and looked up. People around her were watching the scene unfold and they began whispering things to themselves. Hinata walked out of the street carnival and began walking to her apartment. She was about to climb up the stairs when the lady that rents her the floor came out of her house.

"Hinata dear, she wasn't worth it. In a few days, Lord Death will find another meister for you." Hinata looked at her and sighed.

"You're right grandma. Tell grandpa I said good night." Hinata replied with a small smile. The lady smiled back and nodded, Hinata made her way up the steps and opened the door. Part of her was going to miss her tech, but the other part was cheering that she hadn't moved her stuff in her house or else her apartment would have been empty. She took her sweater off and climbed into bed, pulling the sheets up to her chin.

"Another tech? Yeah right, they'll leave me before I can even know their favorite movie." She whispered as she drifted off to sleep.

~A Few Days Later~

Hinata pushed the big black doors opened and walked up the four short stairs. She looked at herself in the mirror and waited. "Hi, hey, hello~! How are you today Hinata?" Lord Death said as he appeared through the mirror.

"Hi Lord Death. Did you hear about-"

"I did! I sent your new meister out last night. She lived across town and she should be in your class right now. Her name is Tomi!" Hinata nodded and began walking away when Lord Death cleared his throat. "Hinata?" She turned around and looked at him. "She's a keeper." He said. Hinata smiled at him but it didn't reach her eyes.

'Yeah right' Hinata thought. She walked out and headed toward her class. The last bell rang and usually she would have been in her seat, but she didn't care today. She opened the door to her science class and the teacher frowned at her.

"Honestly, can't you come to class early? Your new meister is here and this is how you give her a first impression? Unbelievable!" The teacher scolded her as she made her way to the front of the class. Hinata looked at the girl and she was the same height as her. She had low pigtails and had a black tank top on with jeans that had lots of paint splatters all over them. The girl smiled at Hinata and stretched her hand out toward her.

"I'm Tomi! I hope you'll protect me as much as I'll protect you!" Hinata looked at her and rolled her eyes at the statement that every technician had to say. She grabbed her hand and shook it.

"Hinata…" She mumbled.

"Hinata! Speak up! She can't hear you!" The teacher yelled at her.

"It doesn't matter it's not like she's going to stay with her long." Tomi' gaze swept across the class and her eyes narrowed when she spotted a blonde haired boy laughing and high-fiving people around him. The boy smirked while Tomi continued glaring at him.

"Where I come from, we don't just talk, we show our strength. Now, how about you and I go against each other on Saturday?" The kid looked surprised at her for a moment before going back to that pestering smirk.

"Sure, I've got nothing to lose. It's not like Hinata's weapon form is going to hurt me." He began taunting. Tomi frowned and grabbed Hinata's arm.

"This isn't the first time you've heard this shit, is it?" Tomi whispered to Hinata. Hinata was taken aback by her forwardness.

"Well...no..." She replied.

"Thought so. But listen-I'm your meister now. What those people say or think don't matter. At all. We can show them that they are dead wrong."

"Tomi, Hinata, would you care to take your seats?" The teacher spoke.

"Right." Tomi nodded and lead the way to the back of the class, right across from the boy she had challenged earlier. She grinned at him while Hinata sat down next to her.

Tomi turned to Hinata and asked, "Now, where is an empty place we can practice in after school?"

Hinata thought and smiled, "There's an old building not that far from here. We can go there."

Tomi grinned at her and nodded, "Cool! Sounds great."

"Okay, let's concentrate. What I did with my previous weapon was as we practiced, we exchanged random facts about us. The tricky part is that we have to accept those facts about each other. Understood?" Tomi said. Hinata nodded and in a white flash she turned into her weapon form. Tomi had her eyes closed and felt rope in her hands. She opened her eyes to find a very large and long whip and she smiled.

"My favorite color is midnight blue." Tomi started.

"I like eating oranges." Hinata ventured. They felt their soul slightly strengthen and Tomi smiled.

"I love the smell of freshly cut grass."

"I have a pet mouse."

Tomi wrinkled her nose, "Really? That's kinda weird." They felt their bond slightly weaken, so Tomi rushed to fix it, "But it would be interesting to meet it."

"Eh...my favorite movie is 'The Others'." They continued exchanging facts when in another flash, Hinata's weapon form grew in length and glowed. Tomi eyed it and gritted her teeth.

"My favorite food is pasta."

"I have to have at least one pink thing on everyday!" Hinata yelled. A light appeared under Tomi's feet and the wind started to pick up around them. A flicker of light came out of the whip and soon more and more beams of light started to join. Tomi smiled and relaxed. Hinata felt a strange sensation come over her, though it wasn't unpleasant, and she relaxed as well. Tomi stared at her weapon and smiled when everything was just fine. After a while, Hinata changed back and smiled at Tomi.

"Told you we could do it." Tomi said with a grin.

~Saturday~

Tomi and Hinata stood by the front gates of the school and people were crowded around them. Tomi looked down at herself and wondered if her outfit was fine. She was wearing a blue sweatshirt over a white camisole, her usual colorful paint stained pants, and a pair of fingerless gloves. She looked over at Hinata who had on a black beanie with a yellow shirt and a pair of black shorts. She had white shoes and dark pink bracelets. Tomi smiled when she remembered how Hinata had said that she needed something pink on every day.

The blonde boy who they had challenged walked up to them, along with a girl who was also blonde.

"Ready?" He asked. Tomi stood up straight and nodded. Hinata bit her bottom lip and quickly changed into her weapon form. Tomi skillfully grabbed the handle of the whip and people around them began giggling. The boy chuckled and snapped his fingers. The girl nodded and turned into something like a lifesaver. The boy swung her around and Tomi tried desperately to hold in her laugh.

"A lifesaver? Really?!" Hinata asked. Tomi shrugged off her laughter and eyed the boy that kept trying to hit her. She gracefully moved out of the way and shot out her weapon, wrapped Hinata around his leg, and pulled him to the ground. As he fell, Tomi smiled. He managed to whack Tomi in the back and she stumbled forward. Tomi growled at him and the color drained from the boy's face.

"Hinata, let's go." Tomi said. Hinata nodded and took a deep breath.

"Let's go Soul Resonance!" They both yelled. Hinata felt their souls connect and Tomi eyed the boy. She whipped the air and the whip had soul wave lengths coming out like electricity. She hit the boy and he had flown back into a tree. The people crowded around gasped and stared at the two girls. Hinata quickly turned back and Tomi stomped over to the boy.

"Tomi! Tomi, it's enough!" Hinata pushed her back and Tomi tried to get out of her grasp.

"Let her try hit me! It's not like that girl is going to hurt me!" The boy yelled. Tomi growled at him and she began yelling at him.

"Take that back!" The blonde boy began scrambling to get up and he pulled his weapon along with him as they both ran away. Tomi was breathing hard and Hinata shook her shoulders.

"Tomi, calm down please!" Tomi looked at Hinata and her once icy blue eyes were now black. Tomi calmed down and Hinata closed her eyes in relief when Tomi's eyes went back to being blue.

"Hinata...I...I'm sorry. Please let me explain-" Hinata sat next to her and sighed.

"Go on."

"Well, you see, my past is a bit complicated. The earliest thing I remember was running, constantly running. I didn't know what happened to my parents; I was put into a foster care system. The orphanage there was terrible. Kids would randomly go missing from time to time, and soon it began to happen more often. I became terrified that I, too, would disappear. Out of fear, I searched the orphanage. And I-I-" Tomi hiccuped as tears spring to her eyes. Hinata was shocked. She didn't think that this side of Tomi even existed.

"You don't have to go on if you don't want to." Hinata spoke softly.

"No I just-just-"

Hinata nodded and gently patted Tomi's back until she calmed down.

Tomi began where she left off, "I found out what happened to the kids. They were being fed to some Pre-Kishin in hopes of turning it into a real Kishin." Hinata's eyes grew wide in horror. "The headmistress was a witch. When I saw the Pre-Kishin, I saw it...it eating a girl. And then I ran. I almost made it to the exit, too, when one of the headmistress' assistants caught me. They threw me into a barren room with only one opening-the door-and locked it; I knew I was next. After that, things were kind of a blur. I didn't know how much time had passed, and then the door finally opened." Tomi gave a rueful smile, "Well, blasted down was more like it. My saviors were students from the academy. They've graduated now. Anyway, they brought me to Lord Death, who put me into the girl's dorm at the academy(1). I went to therapy sessions with Stein and I gradually came to who I am now. That's when I enrolled into the academy.

"I...I can't really understand what you must have gone through. But I hope as your weapon that we can learn from each other." Hinata said.

Tomi smiled and leaned back into the iron bars of the fence she was leaning on. They stayed like that for a while until Hinata got up and Tomi looked up at her. "Listen, since you know what I am in weapon form, I understand if you want to leave me." Tomi smiled and got up.

"I won't leave. Honestly, after hearing my horror story, i thought you'd want to leave. As long as you promise that you could deal with me in my bad and worst, we're good." Hinata smiled at her and they shook hands.

"All right. Now next order, where are we going to live?" Tomi thought and shrugged.

"My house has only one room and it's small as hell. Yours?"

"Same. But the third floor of my apartment is bigger. We could live there." Tomi nodded and they made their way back to Hinata's house.

"HEY! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT LEAVING YOUR PAINTS IN THE COUCH?! NOW IT'S STAINED IT!" Hinata yelled as she picked up a tube of Maroon paint. Tomi poked her head around the corner and grinned.

"I was looking for that!" She grabbed the tube and threw a dirty cloth somewhere in the general direction of Hinata. Hinata grabbed it.

"Clean it up with that!" Tomi called out from behind her. Hinata huffed out an annoyed breath and cleaned the paint up. She sat on the other couch and turned on the TV, flipping through the channels. She has been with Tomi for over a year now and she found herself smiling at all the fun stuff they had done. Tomi walked back out, washed her gray hands, and dried them off.

"Well, that clay statue came out pretty awesome." She said as she sat on the other couch looking at the now dry paint stain.

"What did you make this time?" Hinata asked Tomi whipped out her phone and tossed it to her. It was a some sort of dragon on top of a rocky mountain. Even though it was a picture, she could still make out the fine details of the scales and the rocks. "Pretty cool!" She tossed the phone back and Tomi caught it without looking.

They sat back in silence and Tomi looked at Hinata. "Thank you." Hinata looked at her and raised an eyebrow.

"For what?" Tomi shrugged and looked at the TV.

"For being there for me. It's been a year now." Hinata smiled and threw a pillow at her.

"Thank you too then!"

(1) Refer to Soul Eater Not!

PHEW! Hope you guys enjoyed it! The next chapter will be out soon! Don't worry! It wont be next month! I hope... -_-; I love you guys! I understand if you want to yell at me! Just don't yell at Devi! She just edited the chapter... :) I love you guys! -sees mob of angry readers- CRAP!