I do not own Soul Eater or The End Where I Begin. They belong to their respective owners. I do own Rain and Desmond though.
… Guys… this is the last chapter… I'm sad… BUT! I'm already working on the sequel! And it will be up soon!
Rain watched Desmond during their classes. He started reminiscing about times in New York with his 'little sister'…
Rain stood in front of the door of the apartment across the hall from his, debating whether he should knock or not. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Michael called from his spot in the doorway to the Tempesta apartment. Rain turned around and glared at him, and then turned back to the Zeigler/ Flint apartment. As he raised his hand to knock, it opened revealing Desmond.
"Um?" Rain said at a loss for words.
"I could hear Michael, I wanted to make sure everything was okay," Desmond explained.
"Oh, well do you wanna hang out or something?" he asked. She nodded with a small smile. Then she turned to face the room behind her. "Catherine, chillin' with Rain! Be back later-ish!" she said slightly harsh. Then she walked into the hallway and closed the door behind her.
"You didn't sound too happy. And since when do you call her Catherine?" Rain asked on the way out of the lobby.
Desmond sighed. "We're kind of in a fight… I figured out why my parents got divorced and why… she didn't come to visit as often as she should have. I doubt I'll call her mom again sometime soon," she said.
"It's okay," Rain said. Then in an attempt to cheer her up said, "Hey, how weird would it be if my dad married your mom?" Desmond looked at him. At least he's trying, she thought. Then she forced a laugh before saying, "That'd be one screwed up family. So where exactly are we going?" she asked, realizing that she had been following Rain aimlessly the whole trip.
"If we're gonna go to Shibusen, we should practice, don't you think?" he said.
This excited Desmond. She had brought it up before, but Rain never seemed interested in mobbing to Nevada to go to some private school. "Yeah," she agreed happily.
The two stood in the closest junkyard they could find, staring at a heap of Shinigami knows what. "So what do we do now?" Desmond asked.
"I'll transform, pick targets for you and you shoot," he said.
"…And we're back tot here are no arrows," Desmond said confused, referring to the night they met. Rain chuckled and transformed. "Figure something out."
"I really hate when you say that," Desmond said gripping the giant yumi. Rain picked the first target. "The front tire of that yellow car."
Desmond took a deep breath in and raised the bow in her left hand slowly as she brought it down; she made the motion of pulling an arrow. In her right hand, a glowing stripe appeared and took the form of an arrow. She took aim and hit the car right above the tire. Desmond began to cheer because she had figured out how to wield her weapon when Rain spoke up. "That was so cool!" he said. "But now we have to work on your aim. It was close, but you can get it spot on." Desmond nodded in agreement and repeated what she did earlier, and shot another arrow. This time it didn't reach. She tried again and again until after almost twenty arrows she gave up in defeat and threw the yumi to the ground. "OW!" Rain yelled as he turned back into his human form rubbing his head in pain. "Sorry," Desmond said sheepishly.
"Well look what we've got here boys," A voice said from behind the two. They turned around to see a group of boys their age.
"Leave us alone Ross," Rain said to the boy who spoke before.
"Aw, little Rain is trying to protect his little girl friend," Ross said walking over to them. He stopped in front of Desmond and looked her over. "Now why are you wasting your time sweetie?" he asked her. She looked at him and said, "Because you won't leave."
Ross tensed up. "Oh really? So that's how you wanna play it huh?" Ross yelled.
"I'm not playing. Get the hell out of my face," Desmond said calmly. He was frazzled, not knowing how to respond. After a moment of her waiting for a response she spoke up again. "Um, I'm willing to unzip to compare whose is bigger," she said flatly. That was the last straw to Ross. He threw a punch that she dodged easily. He kept throwing punches that she kept dodging, causing him to get more and more annoyed. After one punch that he threw his whole body into, Desmond hit is back causing him to fall to the ground. She looked down with only her eyes and spat. "Get lost," she said. Ross got up and practically tripped over himself running away with his group of boys.
Desmond turned around to her weapon as the two began to laugh. "Shall we continue?" he asked. She nodded and their training went on…
The group walked from their last class to the doors of Shibusen to go hang out. "Lets go to the park and act like stupid teenagers!" Black Star suggested.
"Sounds good. I gotta talk to Shinigami-sama first though. I'll meet you guys there okay?" Desmond said breaking away from the group. Rain went to follow her, however she stopped him. "Private," she said. He nodded and went back to the group and watched her walk away.
"What do you think that was all about?" Tsubaki asked when Desmond was out of earshot.
"I'm not really sure," Rain said.
"This is very risky, Desmond. You know that right?" Shinigami asked her.
"Yes."
"My whole reputation is on the line if I agree to it. I have to be a good role model as well."
"I know Shinigami-sama."
"It would be better if you brought a weapon. Maybe-"
"If I'm going to be stupid, I'd rather only risk my life. Not the life of another," she told him respectfully.
Shinigami sighed. "You know you can't tell anyone. And it would have to happen before midnight tonight."
"Of course," she said monotone.
"And I reserve the power to pull you out and bring you back right away if things get bad." Desmond nodded. "So, what are you going to tell them?" he asked, curious to know how the gears were turning.
Desmond gave a sad smile. "Nothing."
"For crying out loud! It's been thirty minutes since we got here! What could she possibly have to talk to him about?" Black Star complained sitting on a park bench.
"My dad is a busy man. Maybe she's still waiting to talk to him," Kid defended his father from his seat next to Black Star.
"Howdy!" Desmond said as she popped up behind Black Star, startling him. She then hopped over the bench and plopped down next to Kid.
"What the hell Desmond?" Black Star screeched. "You don't scare gods!"
"Oh come off it, Star," Desmond said leaning over onto Kid slightly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Am I cutting into time with you and your boyfriend?" he asked.
Desmond held up her hand and began to put down fingers as she said, "Roses are red, violets are blue. I have five fingers, the middle one's for you!"
The group laughed at the two trying to out do each other. However, after a while, Black Star got bored and declared himself the winner. "Why the hell do you win?" Desmond screamed.
"Because I'm the great Black Star and I am God!" Black Star yelled back.
"Why are we screaming?" Soul asked loudly.
"We're not screaming! We're talking VERY loud!" Desmond 'spoke very loudly'.
On the walk home they all planned to meet up the next morning to play basketball, for it was a Saturday. "Sounds great," Rain said. Desmond was laughing along with Patty and nodded in agreement with Rain. "So why don't we meet at Rain and Desmond's apartment since it's closest to the courts?" Maka asked.
Desmond's laughter stopped slightly as she started to realize what was going on. "Yeah, sure," she said half-heartedly now.
The group broke apart to go to their houses.
Desmond flopped down on the couch. "So what's for dinner?" she asked.
"I was thinking maybe steak and sweet potatoes. Is that good with you?" Rain responded.
"Yes! Why on Earth would that not be good with me?" she asked, not wanting an answer. She then jumped up off the couch. "I'm gonna relax in my room a bit. Call me in for dinner please."
"Sure thing."
Desmond closed her door behind her and looked towards her closet. She knew that Kid tried to hide her suitcase and she assumed it was in the closet. When it wasn't there, she looked under her bed, and sure enough, it was centered perfectly under her bed. She pulled it out and found a note taped to the top. 'Desmond, please don't do this. You'll regret it later on. –Kid' Desmond looked at the note for a moment before opening up the suitcase to find another note and an envelope. 'Well I guess I can't change your mind. Keep this with you then. –Kid' She let a small smile slip as she picked up the envelope. She opened it up and pulled out a picture. Someone had taken a candid picture of Kid, Liz, Patty, Rain, and Desmond talking and laughing. Desmond put the picture down and took another piece of paper and began to write. "You all know I love you guys so much, but…"
"Desmond! Dinner!" Rain called her out of her room. Desmond came out happily, ready to eat her favorite meal. The two talked and laughed and recounted on the past week. "So I'm getting a lot better at that song Soul taught me," Desmond said proudly.
"Soul taught you a song?" Rain asked innocently.
"Oh shut up! You and Maka were standing by the doors when he was teaching me. Not only could I hear you two loud elephants, but also I could sense you just standing there. Then she left and you stayed a little bit, then you left!" Desmond declared to her partner.
"You could sense us?" Rain asked confused.
"Yeah, Maka said it's like soul presence or something. It means I can sense souls. She can do it too so she's going to teach me and help me get better. She said its increased and passed to you when we resonate," Desmond explained.
"Resonate?" Rain questioned.
"It's when we basically combine our soul wavelengths and increase out power by like one thousand or something insane like that," Desmond said laughing. She then proceeded to stuff her face with steak followed by a forkful of her sweet potato. "Sounds like a good ol' time," Rain said chuckling. Desmond agreed with a mouth full of food.
After dinner, they both went to their rooms to go to sleep.
At about eleven thirty, Desmond came out of her room silently, placed something on the table and walked out, closing and locking the door behind her and walked out of the apartment complex.
At about twelve fifteen in the morning there was a knock at the door. Rain woke up and answered the door quickly to make sure it wouldn't wake Desmond. Soul and Maka were standing at the door worriedly. "What's wrong?" Rain asked.
"I don't sense her anymore," Maka said holding back tears.
"Come in, keep your voices down though. Sense who Maka? Why are you crying?" Rain started to get slightly frantic. Soul and Maka sat down on the couch. Soul looked up at Rain and didn't say a word, just looked at him.
"Oh my Shinigami!" Rain practically yelled as he ran to Desmond's room and flung the door open. Her bed was made, her room was clean, and Desmond was gone. He slammed the door shut angry with himself. "Shit," he mumbled. "Shit, shit, shit," he progressively got louder as he walked back to the two when a piece of white paper caught his eye. He picked it up and began reading it out loud.
"You all know I love you guys so much but this couldn't be avoided. Stop cursing yourself out, Rain. You might need all your stormy words some other day."
Desmond walked the empty streets of Death City alone. The streetlights were barely light and it made everything seem much gloomier.
"Don't you see? I'm just changing. Now, I know there's no light to guide me on my way, so let the flames begin."
She walked past Black Star and Tsubaki's house. The lights were off, but she could still hear Black Star training.
"You know I didn't mean to be so lonely. We have nothing to be afraid of; it's just a phase."
She passed Kid's house and looked up to his window. "I'm sorry. I really am," she whispered and began to walk away. After she was out of sight, the window opened, revealing Kid looking around for whom he just sensed.
"So only you don't feel me, but no one else knows I'm no long with 'us'. I never though I'd need borrowed time, yet I just make the same mistakes again. It's the end were I begin."
She walked past Maka and Soul's apartment. This was where she began to let a few tears escape from her eyes. These few tears however quickly became sobs until she realized that there were lights on, but no movement in the apartment. This meant that they weren't home and that they probably told Rain that Maka didn't sense Desmond near by anymore. She began to quicken her pace down the street.
"I love you and I'll see you again one of these days,
Desmond" Rain set the letter down on the table again and looked at Maka who was now crying fully and Soul was trying to comfort her. Rain slammed his fist down on the table. "Goddamn it! This is my entire fault! I'm sorry Maka. I'll go and get her back. I'll-"
"No. If this is what she wanted to do you know as well as I do that nothing could sway her. She said she'd be back someday. We'll just have to wait until then," Maka said trying to get her sobs under control.
Desmond stood in the desert looking back at the magnificent city. As images of her past months there began flooding back, she started to cry. Trying to keep it under control, she turned away and began to walk…
Sometimes tears say all there is to say
Sometimes your first scars won't ever fade
Try to break my heart well its broke
Try to hang me high well I'm choked
Wanted rain on me well I'm soaked
Soaked to the skin.
It's the end where I begin…
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