H-Hey g-guys! Don't kill me...please...
Maka: You really procrastinate a lot.
I know...
Liz: It's kinda sad really.
Get on with it. You can torture me later with not posting for what was it...three months?
Maka: Yes and now. Guys. Please. Answer her question as to what instrument should Sarah play. One of the reasons she's really putting it off.
Liz: Yeah and Ann does not own Soul Eater. She only owns Kitty and Sarah.
Happy Reading~!
~ A few weeks later~Sarah's POV~
Kitty pulled up her hood to her white and blue hoodie. Under that was a scooped neck blue shirt that went with her eyes well. She was also wearing a skirt similar to Maka's but it was a dark blue not black. I was pulling on my white fingerless gloves. I was wearing blue skin tight jeans, blue tank-top and a white sweater over that. I also had a tie I was going to wear. It's black and reminds me of my mother trying to control me. I pulled it on and pulled my curly hair out from under it. Kitty cut it for me so it now sits to the middle of my upper back. I put a blue clip in it just to keep some of the hair out of the way but other than that I was fine with it down. I pulled on my blue converse that Soul got me after Kitty and I got our 50th soul a few months ago. I still can't believe that we've got that many souls in that short of time..."Sarah? Hello? Anybody in there?" Kitty was waving her hand in front of my face.
I blinked and shook my head. "What?" I asked.
"You ready?" She asked.
"Oh yeah!" I said smiling and getting up. We crossed arms and skipped out of our room.
"We're off to see the Doc. The wonderful Doc of Stein." We sang as we skipped
"Since when is Stein wonderful?" Soul asked as he looked up from his eating eggs.
"He's not." Kitty stated as she unhooked her arm and sat at the table. She leaned over to put on her socks and shoes.
"Yeah it just goes with the song." I said picking up an apple out of the fruit basket.
I bit into it hard and then spit it out. "What? Bitter?" Soul asked.
"No rotten." I said putting it in the trash.
"We can go food shopping later right Maka?" Kitty asked.
"Yea. Tsubaki and I'll come too." Maka said as she read from her book.
"Okay so see you guys at school!" Kitty and I shouted out the door as we left.
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Kitty and I wondered throughout the DWMA. "We should probably get to others." I pointed out.
Kitty sighed though and kept walking forward. I followed like a good friend and found myself with Kitty in front of the tree. Our tree.
~Flashback~Sarah Age 9 and a half~
"Kit!" I whined as I pulled on my meister. "If we're late again Maka will Maka-chop us again and I don't think I can take another hit to my skull." I rubbed the top of my head trying to get the feeling away.
Kitty wouldn't budge. "I want to show you something." She just said. "Don't worry we won't be late. Papa will make sure for me."
So I followed Kitsune Amaya Albarm to a sapling tree in front of the DWMA. "It's a sapling. Why are we here?" I asked annoyed with my meister. "Your gonna make us late!"
Kitty's light blue eyes looked at me. "No I won't. I promise I won't let Maka hit you okay?" Kitty said. She then got down on her knees. She stared at the tree. "Come on." She said pulling me down.
I rolled my eyes but joined her on the ground. "Again why are we here?" I asked annoyed.
"I bet that this tree will grow the biggest and the strongest. That it'll stay here with our children's children. Watch over them. Maybe grow with a soul bond." Kitty said. "Jessica and Nii-san have a tree like that."
"So? We're not your brother and Jessica. We're different." I said blowing my bangs out of my face.
"Not by much." Kitty said. Her eyes were fully trained on the tree though. "I really want to have a bond tree though."
"FINE! If we make this our bond tree will we get to class?" I shouted at her.
Kitty smiled softly. "Sure." She said.
"Alright then! We have a bond tree!"
~end of flashback~
Who knew that this tree could have such a changing effect on us. "Can we stand in the rain?" My admiration for the tree was now put aside as I looked to my meister. Her back was to me but I could tell she was crying. I knew what she was saying by that.
"I know I am. The question for you is...can you?" I asked.
~Flashback~Kitty Age 11~
Sarah and I both were walking back from a movie. One that we were both scared to death of now. "I really hate horrors." I said.
"With you there." Sarah said. Her bright red eyes caught something before I could get out my phone to tell Maka we were on our way home. "Hey look at that!" She said pointing to a sign.
I looked over and saw the sign of a new music store that must have just opened. "Cool can we go home now?" I asked.
Sarah rolled her eyes and grabbed my arm. "Nope. We're gonna check it out!" She said as she pulled me along towards the store.
I dug my heels into the ground but Sarah still pulled me along. Next thing I knew I was in the music store standing next to Sarah as she looked through the records. "Why are we here? I wanna go home." I whined.
"I wanna see if they have anything that Soul might like. His birthday is next month." Sarah said. Her hand stopped and her mouth dropped. "No freaking way!"
"What?" I asked peering over her shoulder. She pulled on a cover and I saw a two boys with pure white hair and blood red eyes in black suits with white shirts that were open. A little girl with curly white hair and strawberry eyes stood in between them wearing a black dress with white lace and a black hair band. They all wore the same board look on their face. "Whoa...is that...you?"
Sarah nodded slowly. "This was our first album together. I can't believe it's still in stores." She said pulling on it. "Do you think we could get it?" She asked batting her eyes at me.
I rolled my eyes and nodded. "Sure why not." I said.
So Sarah picked a few other records and we walked over to the counter. That was until we noticed the karaoke machine. "OH! Does that work!?" Sarah asked the man behind the counter.
He looked over to it. "Yeah it does but it's for our karaoke nights. Which will start just after I ring you up." He said smiling.
Sarah looked at me with pleading eyes. "Please?" She asked.
I sighed. I was not getting home fast enough. "Alright. But if we get rimmed I'm blaming you." I said pointing at her.
"Alright." The guy said. "Nice. Hey you look like this girl on the cover."
"That's because she is me." Sarah said.
The man stared blankly at her. "No seriously."
"Yeah. I'm Sarah Evans just don't tell." Sarah said putting her finger to her lips.
The man was in awe of Sarah. Just as he finished ringing us up the karaoke night started. Sarah raised her hand first and grabbed mine as well. My eyes widened but we were chosen and I could not back out. "What song little ladies?" The DJ asked us.
"Sand in the rain by Superchick." Sarah said. Music flowed into the speakers and we started to sing.
(Sarah, Kitty, Both)
She never slows down.
She doesn't know why but she knows that when she's all alone, feels like its all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
You stand in the rain
She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through everything she's running from wants to give up and lie down.
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
You stand in the rain
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
You stand in the rain
~End of Flashback~
"I don't think I can." Kitty's voice cracked with emotion.
I put my hands in my pockets. "Huh? I knew that this would happen soon. Right after the white blood incident. You just seem to break after the fact." I said. "I have something for you then." I walked over to the tree and put my backpack at the roots. Then I turned and left her. Walking back to our class.
~Kitty's POV~
I bit my lip hard. I broke and Sarah was going to let me take care of myself. She knows how I work. I held my arms tightly around the elbows. Tears flowed from my eyes as I stared at her bag. If she left it she knew something was in it that I would need. So I grabbed the bag and opened the zipper. Inside it was a hoodie, hairband, picture of all of us together, camera, CD player, CD's, headphones, a book and her MP3 player. First thing I grabbed was her camera. Last time I saw this was when we took our trip to the beach a few weeks back. I turned it on and sat at the foot of the tree. I scrolled through the pictures but my eyes were caught on one of me and Sarah. I was splashing water on her and she held her hands up in an attempt to block the water. Then a video. "Hey Sarah! Block it! Yeah like that!" I heard Soul's voice say to mock his sister.
"Soul shut up!" Sarah yelled.
A giggle was heard and Soul turned to Arcadia. She sat with her knees to her chest in a swimsuit that we practically forced her to wear. A smile spread on her face as she giggled at us. Then we saw Maka and Tsubaki sneaking up on her. Maka mouthed three and the two picked Arcadia up and ran to the water. They all screamed as their feet hit the water. "Don't worry Tsubaki! YOU'RE GOD WILL SAVE YOU!" Black Star yelled from the background before coming into the picture and running into the water.
Liz and Patty joined shortly afterwards. "GIRLS! YOU ARE NOT SYMMETRICAL!" Kid screamed before running out into the water.
"Well that leaves just you and I, Crona." Soul said turning to Crona who was in trunks that Soul let him borrow. "Come on let's join them."
"No I don't know how to deal with this." Crona whined.
"COME ON CRONA! IT'S SO MUCH FUN!" Sarah and I called to him. Arcadia and Maka both shrugged and ran up the beach. They grabbed Crona and pulled him into the water.
Suddenly it all got fuzzy. Soul's face was then put on. "Hey well that's my cue to go in." Soul said.
"SOUL DON'T YOU DARE DROP MY CAMERA IN THE WATER!" Sarah screamed at her brother.
"I'm not!" Soul shouted at her. "Bye anyone who's watching this."
The screen went black and I went to the next pic. It was Sarah just sitting on her bed with her guitar. The next was a video. Of her. "Hey Kit. If you're watching this then you feel that you can't stand in the rain anymore." Sarah said. "Do you remember when we first sang that song together? Good times good times. Well while you're in the shower now I'm gonna give you a little thing call courage to breath and stand in the rain. This song is called Breathe and I know you love it. Here we go." Sarah pushed back her wet hair and started to strum her guitar.
Please tell me you'll fight this fight
I can't see without your light
I need you to breathe into my life
Don't tell me this is goodbye
I won't grieve - it's not yet time
Each breath breathed is keeping hope alive
So keep breathing
Go on breathe in
Keep on breathing
Go on breathe in
Just breathe
Each breath breathed means we're alive
And life means that we can find
The reasons to keep on getting by
And if reasons we can't find
We'll make up some to get by
'Til breath by breath we'll leave this behind
So keep breathing
Go on breathe in
Keep on breathing
Go on breathe in
Just breathe
All you have to do is breathe
She looked back up and her smile was very sweet but sad. "Now I know that you love everyone but if you can't breathe right now take some time. I'll cover you for TWO only two classes. Or better yet, if you need it, ask Lord Death for a mission. I love you. Don't forget that. Bye." Sarah reached over and the picture of her sitting with a guitar on her lap showed again.
I lied back and smiled. I love my weapon.
~Sarah's POV~
"Sarah where is Kitty?" Stein asked me.
"Uh...Kitty is..."
"Right here." My meister walked in just as the bell rang. She blue eyes blinked innocently. "Did you need me for something Professor Stein."
I could almost see Stein's mouth drop as he saw Kitty in the mini-skirt. Laughing at it was not my option because everyone was eyeing her. One look from me though and everyone was ducking into their books. Stein readjusted his glasses. "No but you would have been late if it weren't for you arriving right on the bell." Stein said.
"Perfect timing then right?" Kitty said in a totally Lolita/chibi way. Stein nodded. I think to avoid any further conflict with her skirt. So Kitty being annoying skipped up to her seat.
"Hey Sarah?"
"Huh?" I looked over at Liz who was sitting next to Maka.
"Is Kitty alright? I mean you both normally come to class together." Liz said.
"It's always perfectly symmetrical with you two...it was gone." Kid said banging his head on the table.
"Oh yeah Kit's fine." I said.
"Huh? What about me?" Kitty asked.
I scooted to make room. Tsubaki scooted a little too. "Oh hey we're throwing a party in honor of you and Maka, Kitty." Liz said as Kitty sat next to me.
"Oh that sound like fun but what for?" Kitty asked.
"For getting better and having your memory back." Liz said.
"Yeah!" Patty cried as she stood up. "We're gonna invite Arcadia and Corna too!"
"Cool." Kitty and I said in sync.
"Hey you two are back to normal." Maka said smiling.
"Really?" We said together again. We shrugged and leaned over the desks. "Hey Tsubaki? Where's Black Star?"
Before Tsubaki could answer a knife came out of nowhere and hit the wall. "I advise you to cut the chit-chatter." Stein said, menacingly. "otherwise, next time I won't hit the wall."
"Scary..." Kitty said.
I nodded fast. "Hey you okay?" I asked as Stein talked to Black Star about his fight.
"Yeah thanks." She said smiling.
We turned our attention back at Stein and the others after that. "What's been eating at Black Star lately?" Maka asked.
"He's fighting so much these days." Kitty said.
"Yeah I know. Ten fights and ten victories." I commented.
"Without using his weapon. Something's up." Soul said.
I looked over at Tsubaki. She must feel really down because she's not being any help to Black Star. Stein started the lesson and I tried to pay attention but my mind kept on wandering to Black Star and Tsubaki. I feel so bad about them.
~Kitty's POV~
"As you know the kishin's madness has woken the witch Arachne, and with her arrival the organization Arachnophobia is once again active." Stein explained.
He slammed his hand on the board. Thus putting the sign: 'Dual Arts' up as well. "So now it's time to learn about Dual Arts."
Sarah pulled on my arm. "What's that?" She whispered in my ear.
"Listen and you'll find out." I whispered back.
"It's simpler if I don't explain it in words." Stein said as he fixed the sign. "This lesson you'll learn by doing not listening." Huh? "Some of you are slower than others, so we'll see."
I noticed he was looking at Liz, Kid and Patty. Poor them. Sarah giggled but Stein looked at her make her shut up. "I'm not that slow...am I?"
I sighed and held my head up with my hand. "Sometimes you are."
"Alright if I call your name please step to the front of the classroom. First up we have Ox and Harvar. Get up here." Stein called. Both Ox and Harvar walked to the front. "Two newly recovered students. Maka with Soul of course and Kitty with Sarah."
"Sweet." Maka said as she got up.
"Great." I said with a sigh. Just have a recovered memory might as well get hit in the head more right? Great just great.
Sarah and I with our siblings got to the front of the class. I was getting a little pink because I don't really know how to fight in a skirt. I'll ask Maka for help later. "And lastly." Stein looked over at the door. "Black Star! Get back in here!" He called.
When Black Star walked back in he was all sweaty. "In or out make up your mind." He complained.
"Uhh...why are you all sweaty?" Maka asked.
She was ignored. Damn it! I wanted to know too! "I'm afraid you might destroy the classroom if you use your weapon so..." I turned and looked at Tsubaki getting up. "So you're on your own."
Poor Tsubaki. She must feel really bad. I turned back to Stein. "Up until this point you're training has been resonating with your respective partners, but the fact of the matter is that you're still just kids. A single soul resonance won't be enough for the type of enemy we're facing now. So what I'm going to teach you today is how to resonate souls as a team."
"All seven of us are suppose to match wavelengths?" Maka asked dryly.
"I realize this is a new concept for you." Stein said. "But give it a try. Come after me with all your might."
"Already? Just like that?" Maka asked.
"Not happening." I muttered.
~Sarah's POV~
I almost hid behind Kitty. I say that because Stein is a freaking LUNNY! "Go ahead! I'll dissect you all." He hissed at us.
All of us had that blankness. Me I was scared to death. Now we have classic Black Star. "HELL YEAH!" He shouted. And there you have it folks.
The seven of us got into stances. Kitty and I though just stood next to one another. Sure he said to come at him but we were just watching. We've done this before. We know when to attack. Plus...Kitty's never fought in a skirt before so this should be interesting. "I have no clue how to do this." I muttered to Kitty.
"Maybe it'll be easy..." She muttered back.
"You know saying that will just make it super hard right?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Just checking." I transformed in a hue of purple and Kitty's soul connected with mine.
She caught me one handed and held me behind her head. Stein stopped turning his screw and Black Star just jumped right in. "DIE YOU MAD SCIENTIST FREAK!"
After a minute of Black Star's punches while Stein had flipped and sat in his chair he called: "Anyone else wanna try? Don't overthink it. It won't do you any good."
"I can barely think at all with this many people watching us." Maka said.
Stein moved his chair causing Black Star to fall forwards. "Damn you!"
Kitty and I just watched as it all went to hell. Both Ox and Maka hurt, unintentionally for Maka, Black Star. "Are you two gonna join in or not?" Stein asked us.
"I don't know. They're doing such a good job." Good sarcasm Kitty. Very good! But Kitty sighed and held me at an angle. "Might as well though."
I felt the calmness of her soul intertwine with mine. Kitty took a running start and jumped into the air. Stein moved out of the way at the last second. Kitty anticipated this and pulled my blade up before it hit the ground. She spun it so then it slashed at his chair at least. I felt the dull edge against metal of the chair. Kitty jumped towards Stein. He moved and I felt Kitty's soul frustrated. "Calm."
Kitty stopped and Ox went to poke at her. She turned with a glare. Her eyes were not kind. "Do it Ox. I dare you. You'll die." She literally meant that.
"One warning dude. She doesn't like you much and she can do it." No lie there. If Kitty is mad enough or really hates you get out of the way and stay out of the way. She won't even really try to kill you. It just happens one way or another.
"That was eve worse then I'd expected." Stein rubbed the top of his head. COME ON! Kitty and I at least got close right? No? Well then!
Black Star sat up. "I'm done with this." He muttered. Black Star stood up and Kitty walked over to Maka. "Professor, I'm gonna beat the crap out of Ox now. Will you act as fight supervisor?"
"Save your fighting for after class." Stein said as the two boys stood across from each other.
"Sure thing professor but Black Star and I are gonna have to settle this eventually." Ox said.
Man, they both just told Stein that their gonna fight even without his permission. That's a little cold dudes. "Why do I even bother?" Stein sighed.
Ox's glasses glinted. "Do you really think you can stand a chance against the royal thunder commander?" Yes, yes I do. Black Star? Totally.
I blinked and Ox was on the ground. That's eleven. Eleven straight victories. Stein sighed. "I asked them to work together and they beat each other up instead." Stein said.
~Kitty's POV~
"They don't seem to get it." Huh? What does Stein mean by that?
I kneeled down to my sister. "Hey Maka? Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Okay." The bell rang though and it was time for break. What was Stein talking about? What did he mean?
"Hey Kitty?"
"Huh?" I looked over at Sarah. "What?"
"We should go look up what Stein was talking about right?"
"Yeah."
Again...please don't kill me. I kinda like the living. The songs are both by Superchick and are called Stand in the rain and Breath. If you didn't like the flashbacks I'm sorry. I was a little bored when writing that part and there's not that much to write about in that episode. Yes I changed their outfits once again. They shall be in them for a while though. I wanted to put them in-spolier if you haven't read the manga-the spatori outfit. Or my version of what they'd wear. I hope you liked the chapter.