"Welcome back, Riley." Ms. Marie smiled. She was, apparently, here to see how well I could fight, and to judge if I should go back to fighting or stay home for more physical therapy.
"Glad to be back." I said. I was sitting beside Maka, and found that I could look at Ms. Marie; looking at Stein still gave me chills.
Ms. Marie smiled, writing something on her clipboard. "Who do you want to fight?"
"I'm okay with anyone, Ms. Marie." I said.
Stein rolled over to Ms. Marie and pulled on her arm. She leaned down, and he whispered something in her ear.
'Wonder what that was about.' I thought when Ms. Marie stood up.
Kylie
I sat beside my boyfriend, waiting to see who we would fight.
"Stein recommends that you two fight Maka and Soul." Ms. Marie said.
"What!" Both Riley and I shouted simultaneously. A scalpel whizzed past my head, and I slid down into my seat.
"Sorry Dr. Stein." I muttered.
"Sorry Dr. Stein." Riley muttered.
"You're forgiven." Stein said, pushing his glasses up. "Go outside and get ready to fight."
Riley
I was heavily debating whether or not I should purposely lose the fight and just have more physical therapy. I mean, sure, I was nearly going insane from all of that crap, but that was better than hurting Maka, right? It had to be.
As if reading my thoughts, Maka said "Don't hold back against us, okay?" and winked.
God, she was adorable.
"Alright." I nodded, smiling. "Don't hold back either."
Maka smiled her adorable determined smile. "I wasn't even considering it."
Kylie
I was walking with Soul when he said "Give it your best, Kylie."
"Huh?" I asked.
"You're probably thinking of holding back. Don't." Soul said.
"What if you or Maka gets hurt?"
Through his famous, girl-loved half-smile, Soul said "We're stronger than we look."
I nodded. "Alright."
Soul took a step closer to me, and gave me a full-on kiss, even though it was against rules. Stein walked by and, without stopping, said "The fight starts in five minutes. Get ready."
Soul frowned, and I giggled, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Better get ready to be beat."
Riley
My body started popping like bubble-wrap when I began stretching, hurting like hell. But, pain was nothing new, and I kept getting ready. After I was done stretching, I noticed that Kylie had, when I was out-of-commission, began stretching exactly like me.
"What are you looking at?" Kylie asked.
"When did you start stretching?" I asked.
"The track teacher says that it helps to stretch before exercise, and that it will keep you from getting stiff in weapon form." Kylie said.
"And you're using the exact same stretches like me?"
"Yeah. You're a great partner and brother, Riley. I learn a lot from you." Kylie said.
I smiled. "Thanks. Ready to beat the crap out o' your boyfriend?"
"Yep." Kylie said, taking my hand and changing into her weapon form. As soon as I attached the sheath to my belt, it was like every moment we'd spent apart, every bit of the awkward feelings we had toward each other evaporated. "Hey Rye?"
I smiled, noticing Kylie began calling me 'Rye' again. "Yeah?"
"Do you feel good enough to fight?" Kylie asked.
"Trust me," I said. "I feel fantastic."
"Go!" Ms. Marie said, standing a little ways off beside Stein, who was sitting in his weird, stitched-up chair.
I shot forward, pulling Kylie out and nearly cutting Maka. But she shot backwards, so her awesome jacket was the only thing that was cut.
"Seriously." I said, dodging one of her attacks. "Where do you get that coat? It's freakin' sweet."
"Talking during a fight?" Stein asked. "Usually he doesn't say anything."
I brought Kylie down, but Maka blocked with Soul. We both stood, Maka holding back my attack while I thought my plan of attack through. I jumped backwards and decided to see if Kylie and I could link soul wavelengths.
"Wanna try to link wavelengths?" I asked.
"Rye, shouldn't we try that later?" Kylie asked.
"We could. Or we could show Ms. Marie that I'm completely healed, maybe even better than I was." I said.
"Alright then." Kylie said.
And, just like that, we matched soul wavelengths. Kylie's sword form began glowing green and grew several times larger and much more dangerous-looking.
"Damn." I chuckled. "Can we stop fighting 'fore I have to unleash this thing? What are we going to call us resonating, Kylie."
"Sibling Resonance?" Kylie suggested.
"Better than anything I could come up with." I shrugged.
"Stop fighting!" Ms. Marie said. "You've proved that your better than you used to be. You can go to usual classes now."
I nodded, wondering if going to classes again was good or not as Kylie powered down and changed back to her human form. We high-fived, and, as she walked over to Soul, I ran my hand over the scar I had on my forehead from Maka pushing me down the stairs.
"You didn't hold back." Maka noted.
"Nope." I smiled. "What did ya' think?"
"You were good. But, if I resonated with Soul, we would've wiped the floor with you." Maka smiled, and I hugged her.
