I do not own Soul Eater or I'm Not Dead. They belong to their respective owners.
I do however own Desmond Flint and Rain Tempesta.
I would like everyone to know that I'm so pathetic that every time I read the first little paragraph I start laughing…
The group of kids walked into their classroom to see Stein on his wheelie chair spinning around turning the screw in his head. "He enjoys that a little too much," Kid pointed out to the rest of them as they walked by. Everyone agreed.
Suddenly he stopped. "Wait, I have never seen two of you before." Then he wheeled himself over to his desk and read the note that Shinigami-sama had given him.
As the group walked over to their seats, Stein looked up, "Are you two Desmond Flint and Rain… Tempesta?" he asked.
Desmond nodded while Rain looked at him. "Yeah, haha," he said cruelly.
Desmond pulled on his shirt the make him sit down. "Rain!" she said sharply. He didn't apologize this time. Just looked at her and then looked forward, resting his chin on his folded hands. Desmond looked up to Stein, "Yes we are. I'm Desmond and he's Rain."
"Nice to meet you two, I'm your teacher. My name is Franken Stein. You can call me Stein-sensei. My hobbies are dissection and experimentation." Stein turned the screw in his head once again to help him concentrate. Desmond leaned over slightly to Black Star. "Is this guy for real? He's really our teacher?"
Black Star nodded. "Weird, huh?"
Desmond nodded in agreement.
The class ended and Stein went to open the door for his students, but as he was wheeling over to the door he fell off his chair.
Desmond and Rain stood amazed at their new teacher.
Desmond practically ran out of the room once Stein finally opened the door. She couldn't get out of there quick enough.
"Desmond, can I speak with you," a man called out to her as she left the classroom from crazy land. She turned around to find Spirit leaning against the wall.
"Sure. Bout what?" she asked.
Spirit said nothing and walked. Desmond followed. I guess he doesn't want anyone else to hear what he has to say. Great, Desmond thought.
"Its great to see you again and everything, but I'm worried about Maka and her safety," He started once they were alone in a hallway.
"You think I'm the same trouble maker I was before I left," she said looking up at him.
He looked down and said sternly, "I know you're the same trouble maker you were before you left."
She felt like someone just punched her in the stomach. She swallowed hard. "I'm not. I've changed. Something happened in New York and-"
"So that's where you went? New York?" Spirit raised his voice with each word.
"I knew what was going on. I wasn't stupid. I knew that when Maka and I weren't around you and your wife talked about what to do with me. I even heard one of your conversations. You were going to send me to New York anyway and hoped I found my mom once I got there. Good thing it's not that hard to find a woman constantly in and out of a hospital. You're one hell of a godfather," Desmond said holding back tears. She turned and began to walk away.
"Desmond! Don't you walk away from me!"
"Oh so now you decide to act like a father?" Desmond yelled back at him.
This caught Spirit off guard. He didn't know how to respond. "The conversation you heard was us discussing what to do after your father died. My wife wanted to send you to New York and wanted me to go with you and stay with you until you found Catherine. I didn't. I wanted you to stay in Death City and live your life as normal as you could. You know I loved you like my own daughter. And then you didn't come home that one day," Spirit explained as he walked over to her. He stopped next to her and whispered, "I thought you were dead." Then walked away.
Desmond stood in her spot, shaking, holding in her anger, and trying not to explode.
"There she is!" She heard someone call behind her. Then footsteps came running towards her. "Desmond what did you walk all the way over here for?" Liz asked.
"What's wrong?" Tsubaki asked.
"You'll be okay now that you're in the presence of the sun! YA-HOO!" Black Star cheered.
Rain put his hand on her should, "Desmond…"
While looking at the ground, she turned towards him and threw a punch at the air that Rain caught. Her hand was trembling. "Desmond…" he said again in a more worried tone than before.
"I'm not freakin dead," she muttered. Then she looked up with an expression of anger plastered on her face and walked away from the group.
Rain stood in his spot and watched her walk away. What did Death Scythe say to her? he wondered.
"I-I got this," Maka said as she jogged towards her childhood friend.
After a few minutes of talking the two girls returned and the group walked out of the school. Desmond didn't tell Maka what her dad said to her. She already has enough reason to hate him, she thought, I won't give her more.
The group met up again later at the basketball court. Most of them had changed into something comfortable to play basketball in. Desmond was still wearing black leggings with the maroon jacket and a pair of converse Chuck Taylors. She sat on the bench with Crona while the others made teams. Liz was making a big fuss over the fact that playing would make her all sweaty and mess up her nails.
Desmond looked down to the book she was reading and tried to tune out the insanity going on two yards from her.
"You and Maka must really have been close if you came down here with a book too," Soul said standing over her.
She looked up, "You're in my light."
"Put the book down, you're playing," Soul said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Why?" She whined.
"We need you to play four on four since Liz won't play."
"Desmond!" Maka called from the court. "If I have to play then so do you!" she yelled pointing to herself then to Desmond.
Desmond rolled her eyes and put down her book and walked over to the court with Soul. "So whose team am I on?" Desmond sighed.
"It's meisters versus weapons," Patty said happily.
Desmond looked at the smirk plastered on Rain's face. "Oh shit."
She stretched her arms for a few seconds then got ready.
"You're going down, Flint," Rain said trying to be intimidating.
"If you say so, Tempy," Desmond countered to strike a nerve.
"Lets raise the stakes a little," Black Star suggested picking up on the competitive vibe between the two.
"How about losing team wears the winning team's clothes?" Soul suggested.
Desmond and Rain laughed. "You're on," they said simultaneously.
Kid put a hat that Patty gave him on her head. "What's this for?" Desmond asked.
"Your hair is down. It'll help. And it didn't lay flat on my head so it didn't look symmetrical. It looks better on you anyway," Kid explained.
"Thanks," Desmond said slightly blushing.
"Hey Casanova!" Soul said. "Can we start the game now or are you still flirting with little Ms. Asymmetrical?" he asked jokingly.
Kid looked down at her right hand and twitched then walked away.
The game began and Desmond was actually better than everyone else thought she would have been. That is until she started to get really hot. She stopped to catch her breath and Kid jogged up to her. "You'd probably be better off if you took the jacket off and rolled up your pants," he suggested.
"Leggings," she wheezed. "They're not pants, they're leggings."
"Whatever they are just roll them up and take off your jacket, we're getting killed while you two chat and have tea over there!" Black Star yelled.
Desmond didn't like the idea but realized she had to do what Kid said. She raised her hand and called for a time out. She ran over to the bench where Liz was now sitting with Crona and took off her sweatshirt. She was wearing a long navy blue tank top that showed off her hourglass figure. Then rolled her leggings up to her kneecaps. She turned around and everyone saw why she was so reluctant to do so.
She had a scar on her shin that was the size of a quarter surrounded a bunch of other line scars, and on her right shoulder was a tattoo of a red rose. Some petals were falling off and others were lying next to the bottom of the stem.
Kid and Maka's jaws dropped at the sight of the tattoo.
"Oh. My. God," Maka whispered in shock.
"It's perfectly symmetrical!" Kid shrieked out of pure happiness.
"Oh great, we just lost Kid!" Black Star yelled out of frustration.
"And that's the game!" Liz called. She was keeping time for the game. "Final score: Meisters: 36, Weapons: 24!"
Desmond ran over to Rain and yelled in his face, "What now bitch!"
Everyone laughed as Desmond walked over to Liz and Crona to put her jacket back on. The look of joy and a good time slowly left her face as she remembered why she bought the jacket when she picked it up. She adjusted her goggles and put her jacket on while insanity ensued once again behind her.
Rain walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You don't have to be scared about it. It'll be okay. You just changed since he's seen you last. You've changed since I met you for sure," he said relating to what happened earlier.
He smiled. To Desmond, his smile was like sunlight; it always gave her hope. She gave a small smile in return. "Yeah," she said quietly.
I'm not dead just floating
Right between the ink of your tattoo
In the belly of the beast we turned into.
I'm not scared just changing
Right behind the cigarette and the devilish smile
You're my crack of sunlight…