Chapter 15
Tears were falling into my hand, pooling around where I have the blade cupped in my hand. Even though I wanted to feel that control I know I should stop. Not just for me but for Marya, she was about to turn 16 when she died. No one except for me would see her empty smiles and the way her blue eyes went from a bright blue like the ocean on a sunny day, to a frozen pond in the middle of winter, cold lifeless and grey. No one else saw how she would wear her long sleeves in the middle of summer and always be the first to the bathroom after a meal. Even though no one else saw, I did, and she died because I never mentioned it. I never asked her what was wrong, and maybe if I had she'd still be around.
With shaking hands I placed the blade back in the sharpener, tightened the screw, and tossed it into my makeup bag. I am stronger than this and don't need to turn to it every time i feel that I can't handle the situation. Taking a deep breath I got up, and went to walk towards my suitcase to grab a bathing suit.
As soon as I had turned around I saw my door slam shut. Whoever it was must've seen my scars and what I had planned on doing. With both my new and old friends here it could have been anyone. What am I going to do if they decide to tell people? What do they think about me now? Have I ruined friendships that I've worked so hard to build and maintain? I picked one of the bathing suits that wasn't too bad I light pink halter top with ruffles and the bottoms were just bikini so I put the denim shorts back on over top but left the button and the zipper undone. I put my hair in a messy bun on top of my head and picked out some big white rimmed shades. Slipping on my favorite pair of beat up black flip flops, I grabbed a black and blue striped towel and headed out.
When I had gotten to the beach everyone was already there. I saw Tsubaki trying to calm black star down, because he was trying to take on mori and honey because he heard that they were good fighters, patty was splashing around in the ocean and Kid was obsessing over the perfect symmetry of the twins. When I emerged from the trail though all the conversations stopped and everyone turned to look at me.
Tsubaki, black star, Liz, Patty and Kid all came to greet me. I was hoping that we'd get a chance to talk things over before they started asking me why I left so suddenly, because when I had explained to my new classmates I tried to make it sound like I didn't run away. Liz started off by hugging me and asked,
"Maka how have you been? You left so suddenly none of us knew what to think…" Everyone seemed to agree and Tsubaki added,
"Yeah, your note made us worry… Why didn't you say goodbye in person?" That's when I noticed that they weren't mad at me. I had assumed that by my leaving so suddenly everyone would be mad that I hadn't stayed or at least said goodbye in person.
"Well, goodbyes are hard…" I said thinking of Soul, "I didn't want to make you guys sad and personally I just don't think I could handle another goodbye." It was hard and painful for me to say this but it wasn't like I could just walk away from the people who supported me for so long. When I looked around I saw tears in the girls eyes and the boys were looking uncomfortable as they often do when they're sad but still feeling manly.
"Oh Maka we didn't even realize. With everyone you've lost of course goodbyes are hard." Kid was trying to comfort me and it did help but I wanted to get away from this topic. I broke the silence not so smoothly,
"S-so… Has everyone been introduced?" When I saw heads being shaken I started with my friends from the DWMA.
"So this is Tsubaki, she's black stars weapon partner and she has multiple different forms. Did you guys want to show them what I mean?" Without responding Tsubaki had transformed into her ninja star mode, after that she transformed into her chain scythe mode, and to top it all off she changed to her Enchanted Sword mode. Even though just the change into her weapon form had shocked and amazed them all, when black star had the black marks running down his arms and across his face everyone was just awestruck. Seeing their souls resonate like they did, they've really improved. I bet everyone has, well except for me. Then I introduced the other group.
"This is Death the Kid or Kid for short, he's Lord Deaths son and his weapon partners are Liz and Patty Thompson. Can you guys show them your weapon forms?" They nodded and with a flash of light, Kid was posed and holding the twin pistols in his special way, upside-down. I didn't explain why he held them upside-down because personally I have no idea except for the fact that it looks cool. After that he showed them the death cannon.
Like I had suspected their soul resonance had greatly improved. If they continued like this before long they would be unstoppable. It made me wonder if Soul and I had been able to continue improving just how strong we would have gotten. Maybe just like my mom I could've learned the genie hunter. But that was all over now.
When they were back in their human forms I started my introductions of my new friends from Ouran.
"Okay so this is Kyoya, he's always taking notes so if you ever forget something he's a bit like our own walking encyclopedia." That comment got a few chuckles from everyone and in response Kyoya pushed his glasses up his nose. Moving around the circle next was Haruhi,
"So this is Haruhi, he is also on scholarship at Ouran, he's very kind, and always puts others before himself." At the complements Haruhi looked down towards his shoes and blushed. Next were the twins,
"These troublemakers are Hikaru and Kaoru Hiitachin, they may be pranksters and stir up a fair amount of trouble, but they're good friends that I can always count on." The twins grinned and switched places a few times to try and confuse anyone that was trying to figure out who was who. Tamaki was after the twins but I skipped him for now because I hadn't talked to him a lot. So I moved on to Mori and Honey,
"Mori is Tsubakis cousin so they don't need to be reintroduced and another cousin of theirs is Honey. Mori and Honey create a perfect balance for each other and are both very caring and considerate." Now that I had introduced everyone I had to go back to Tamaki,
"Tamaki is probably the least mature of all of us, but still cares as much as everyone else or more. He always understands and knows when you need help the most." I didn't think my introductions and explanations were very good but every one of my new friends hugged me and thanked me. I looked over at the weapons and meisters and saw they were tearing up again. I don't like it when people get so emotional, but this time I didn't mind. I feel like I could open up to these people even if it scares me at first. I'll try my best to trust them, and put my faith in them.
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