Hello everyone yes I am still alive! I wasn't able to update for so long because of finals then shit went down. -_- Anywhoosle, I'm glad to finally have the time to update. ^^ Here's the next chapter, what will happen? How will everyone react when they find out that Toshio's back? Read on to find out! :D
Disclaimer: I do now own Soul Eater
Her Other Self
Toshio's POV
I closed my eyes as I drifted to sleep then I found myself wandering in an endless dark dimension. "Toshio." I stopped and looked around when I heard the girl's voice. Who's that? It's not Kat's voice nor is it Maka's, Tsubaki's, or the twins'. I narrowed my eyes when I saw a tiny white speck in the distance. What a weird dream. "Toshio." The voice said again and the light immediately exploded around me. I shielded my eyes as the brightness overcame me and when I removed my arms I noticed the once black dimension was now an endless white dimension.
"Where the hell am I?" I wondered out loud,
"You are in the Realm of Life." I jumped when a girl approached me. She had white hair with golden streaks that blended nicely. Her skin was pale and her eyes a deep sea green. She wore a cream and pink loilita dress that fell to her knees which were covered in white stockings and her tiny feet were safely contained by her white shoes. From her back were white, feathery angel wings. I blinked at the sight of her beauty.
"I'm sorry, I'm where?"
"The Realm of Life." I scratched the back of my head in confusion,
"What's that?"
"There are two realms that make up this dimension: the Realm of Life and the Realm of Darkness. The Realm of Darkness is where a soul that has just left the living wanders to the white gates of Paradise. You were brought back to life, however, just now in your sleep your soul was wandering through the Realm of Darkness, which is death, to the place it is meant to be in; Paradise. From my place in Paradise I saw your soul wandering and I brought it to the Realm of Life. This realm is where souls that were originally meant to go to Paradise are brought back to be sent back to the living."
"Wait I am so confused. I'm actually alive but my soul was wandering in the Realm of Darkness which is death?" She nodded,
"Yes."
"But wait, if you're an angel, shouldn't you be in Paradise?" She smiled,
"Yes but I have left for the time being to bring you back to the Realm of Life and send you off to the living once again for I am the Angel of Death's other self."
"The Angel of Death? Who's that?"
"You're meister, Kat the Kid, daughter of Lord Death and younger sister of Death the Kid." My jaw dropped,
"What! Kat's the Angel of Death?"
"The black wings didn't give that away?" I deadpanned her,
"You know for an angel you're a bitch." She smiled,
"I can send you right back down to the Realm of Darkness if you keep that attitude up, Toshio."
"And I'm assuming you know my name because you are Kat's other self?" She nodded,
"That's right."
"And I don't believe you told me your name." Her wings spread out and white feathers escaped into the air,
"I am Angel." I deadpanned again,
"Well that's pretty cheesy." Her sea green eyes became emotionless as did her porcelain white face.
"I am here to warn you as well, Toshio; die once more and you will permanently enter the white gates of Paradise; there is no bringing you back." I nodded,
"Alright, but why did you bring me back?"
"Because your existence affects another's fate." I raised an eyebrow,
"Who?" She nodded,
"You shall find out in due time and now I send you forth, back to your world." She spread her arms out slightly in front of her and a white sphere emerged in the air in the space between her palms, then the glowing sphere drifted to me before exploding in my face, I cried as I shielded my eyes.
I gasped and my eyelids snapped open and I lurched upward then fell flat on my back and cursed as I clutched my head when I hit the lid of my casket hard. "Son of a gun!" I gritted then I slowly pushed the cover off.
Normal POV
A priest walked into the church to relight the candles when a sound made him jump, he turned to see the casket cover slide off and he froze in fear. A teenage boy with spiky white hair rose from the casket and looked at the priest with his light lime green eyes. The man trembled in fear and snatched up his cross to face it to Toshio, "S-stay back! Stay back I say! I cleanse you from the power of the devil!" The once dead boy walked up to him and laughed good naturedly,
"Chillax old man, I'm not possessed. An angel brought me back."
"I don't believe it!"
"Believe it for it is true, indeed." The two turned to see a short white haired girl standing in the giant doorway which opened to the night. She stared blankly at the two with her deep sea green eyes, "I brought the boy back as his fate is a vital attribute to another's fate; however, I wasn't the first to bring you back, Toshio."
"Huh? Whataya mean by that?" She smiled,
"You will find out in due time." With that a wind blew and white feathers surrounded her before revealing an empty doorway. The priest was quite shaken from these events and he whirled around at the younger boy,
"So you were brought back to life by that angel and someone else since another's fate relies on your existence?"
"I suppose so." Toshio replied with a shrug,
"Alright then, I must believe that God has sent one of his messengers for good will so I have no intention in interfering with His great plan." Toshio bowed,
"Yes, thank you sir."
"Now, get going."
"Yes sir." With that the white-haired boy ran out of the church and into the night.
. . .
Kat's POV
"Kat! Wake up, Marcus is at the door to see you!" I moaned under my warm sheets then a pulse surged through me making me coil up tight and I grit my teeth and clench my eyes shut. A raspy laugh (1) sounded from inside me,
"You are so stupid for giving up one of your stripes, little girl, now it's easier for me to consume your soul."
"I know." I muttered, "But I just had to bring him back."
"Why? He was only a mere weapon partner wasn't he?"
"No . . . he was more . . . he was my friend . . . but he also was more than that." Darkness snickered within me,
"Whatever, it's not like that will change me killing you in the very end of it all." With that the pressure on my body faded and I simply lay on my side, thinking about Darkness' words.
"Kat, Marcus is at the door." Liz opened my door but I didn't look at her,
"Alright, I'll be down in a minute." I said quietly,
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just tired."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'll be down in a bit, just let me change."
"Alright." She closed the door and I slowly got up to change out of my white nightgown.
I ran down the stairs and stood next to Kid who stood in front of Marcus who stood in the doorway, "M-Marcus, what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to say goodbye, I'm leaving Death City for the time being."
"What? Why are you leaving?" He rubbed my head,
"Sorry, I need to find a good job I don't have the good life like you do, Kit Kat." I sadly looked down at the red carpet,
"I see."
"Hey, look at me." I lifted my head and my golden eyes stared into his dark ones, "I'm not leaving for good. I'll visit I promise." I smiled a little,
"Ok." He hugged me close,
"And sorry about Toshio . . . he was a good guy." I gasped silently then remembered that only I knew he was alive again, and he was because of my sacrifice.
"Yeah, I know." He pulled away and smiled,
"See ya, Kit Kat." I smiled,
"Goodbye, Marcus, good luck. I hope we see each other again." He turned to look at me from his place a few yards from the door, placed his index and middle finger to his temple and saluted with a smile before disappearing over the horizon.
"Well he was certainly a nice fellow." Kid said with a smile,
"Mhm." I smiled, "Come on, let's meet the others."
Kid's POV
We all met up at the basketball court as it was the weekend, I watched from the sidelines as my little sister laughed her heart out while she played against Soul and Black*Star who were on the opposing team. I was glad to see her back to her usual self; recently she had been beside herself because of Toshio's death and I was glad to have her back. "Well you're quite happy." I looked to the right to see my girlfriend staring at me, her hands on her hips,
"I am indeed, Liz."
"Why?"
"Because Kat's back to her cheery self, during the few days after Toshio died she was nothing like herself, now she'd back." My weapon partner smiled and looked at my sister,
"You're right. It is good to see her back to normal. I was actually getting really worried about her."
"Oh?"
"Yeah because if she sank that far into depression couldn't Darkness have even more of an advantage to take over her soul?"
"That's true, I never thought of that. Well we won't need to worry about that now."
"Yeah." She sat next to me and rested her head on my shoulder as our fingers intertwined. Life was perfect.
Kat's POV
"Pass here, Patty! Pass here!" I cried,
"Kay, here it comes~!" I stared at the ball as it rocketed towards me than cried right before it hit me, sending me flying backwards.
"Time out!" Crona cried and everyone surrounded me, looking down at my body,
"You ok, Kat?" Tomi asked,
"Uh huh." I replied still dizzy in the head, he helped me up and I sighed,
"Man I wasn't excepting that one." He laughed,
"Well you should have, I mean come on it's Patty." The younger Thompson sister approached me with concerned blue eyes,
"Gee, I'm sorry, Kat-chan~! Are you ok~?" I smiled feebly,
"Yeah, don't worry about it, it's cool."
"Hey, don't go stealing my line!" We all laughed then footsteps on the blacktop caught my attention and I turned to see the newcomer. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. "Hm? What's up, Kat?" The albino asked and everyone turned to see what I was looking at and their reactions mirrored mine. A few yards away stood my once deceased sai partner.
"Toshio." I murmured and he smiled,
"What's goin' on, guys?"
"H-how are you . . . alive?!" Maka cried,
"You're not god!"
"This isn't humanly possible!" Tsubaki cried, "A-are you a copy of Toshio made by Neko and Kono? Have you come to kill Kat?" She stood in front of me protectively, "Well I won't let you!" He raised his hands,
"I'm not here to kill anyone, chillax, Tsubaki!"
"Toshio?" Tomi stared in complete disbelief at his younger brother, who turned to him with a smile,
"Hey, Tomi." The two then embraced, "Hey, hey no crying, man! You'll get my shirt wet!" They pulled back and Tomi blinked his moist eyes,
"I wasn't crying." The others laughed a little then I took a step forward,
"Is it really you, Toshio?" My voice quivered as the sight was too good to be true, the sight that my friend was alive once again. My friend looked at me, love filling his light lime green eyes,
"Yeah . . . it's really me, Kat." That was it; those words made me break down in tears. I knew he was alive again before the others did but it was just overwhelming to see him walking the earth again, to know that he could yet again stand by my side in battle with Tomi. Toshio approached me as I cried into my hands and he hugged me close, I cried into my hands as I buried myself into his chest. He stroked my long black to comfort me and I slowly began to calm down. He cupped my face with both hands and stared lovingly into my eyes. I stared back into them and couldn't help myself and I launched myself forward and pressed my lips onto his. His eyes widened and everyone gaped as my action was unpredictable. Tears stopped flowing from my eyes as the last few trickled into the air behind me. Toshio stood therein surprise then kissed me back gently before pulling away. We stared at each other then I glared at him,
"Don't you ever do something like that again you hear me you idiot!" He laughed,
"Yeah, no promises, Kat." I smiled,
"Well it's about damn time you two hooked up." Liz smirked and I glared at her with a blush on my face which intensified when Toshio wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close,
"And she's all mine now." Tomi pulled me to him,
"Hey now, she's my meister too." The two then started to playfully fight over me and I simply stood there, smiling feebly and sweatdropping.
Kid's POV
I smiled as I watched my sister beam brightly. Yes, life was definitely perfect.
. . .
Kat's POV
A few hours passed and we all returned home. Kid looked at me,
"How are we going to explain about Toshio to Father and the rest of the academy?" I looked at the floor,
"I'm not sure come to think of it."
"Simple," my official boyfriend said, "I'll tell him that an angel brought me back as my existence is going to heavily affect someone else's."
"That really happened?" Kid asked and the while haired boy nodded,
"Yeah, an angel brought me back because apparently I was officially resurrected by someone else and while I was sleeping my soul was wandering back to Paradise and the angel sent me back here to the living."
"Wow." Liz said, "Interesting story." We approached my father, who turned,
"Hello kiddi-" ,he stopped mid-greeting when he saw Toshio, "Toshio?" The sai bowed,
"Hello, Shinigami-sama."
"How are you alive?" I faintly heard him explain how he was brought back, at least the way he knows of, as my mind was elsewhere. An angel brought his soul back to his physical body? Who was that angel? Why do I have the feeling I know her?
Hours passed and night had finally come and I sat in front of my vanity, hugging my pillow to my chest as I smiled at my lap with a slight blush. Finally . . . I mustered up my courage to admit my feelings to Toshio. My sweet smile widened and I closed my knees as I curled up on my chair with the pillow. Suddenly a bell chimed and I opened my eyes to see myself standing in a realm of endless darkness. "Wh-where am I?"
"The Realm of Darkness." I flinched when suddenly gates of white light appeared in front of me; inside the gateway was a white-haired girl in a lolita dress. "Wh-who are you?" She smiled,
"I am Angel, the girl who sent your beloved sai partner back to the living as his soul was wandering once again to where it is meant to be; Paradise which is where these gates lead to." I gasped when I saw a woman standing in the distance inside of the gates;
"Mom!" I cried and Angel blinked at my reaction before turning to see my deceased mother, "Mom! Mom!" She only stared at me the turned her back and walked away, I was crying now, "No! Wait, please! Mom! Mom, don't go!" I reached out to her in desperation and when my hand entered the gates a burning sensation covered it and I cried as I pulled back, however, no burns were on my hand as I examined it. Angel smiled,
"You, Kat, cannot set one foot in these gates." I looked at her in despair,
"Wh-why!" She smiled more,
"Because I am your other self . . . like there is the Angel of Life, you, Kat, are the Angel of Death an you belong in the Realm of Darkness." I gasped, my eyes wide,
"What . . . no . . . you're lying!"
"Then explain to me this, Kat. Your very mother died because of you, your beloved partner died because of you. Both died saving you, throwing their lives away to save your very own life. You can't even stick a hand through these gates without being forced out, what does that tell you? Light cannot live without darkness and darkness cannot live without light."
"But those were accidents! And I don't know why that happens! But yes that is true they cannot exist without the other, also, Toshio said that you told him his existence would heavily affect another's fate. What do you mean by that?" She smiled,
"You shall find out in due time. Until then, farewell my other self. Farewell, Angel of Death." Then a breeze blew, angel wings appeared from Angel's scapula and she disappeared into the light. I was left in the Realm of Darkness, kneeling in despair. I already hated her; my other self.
(1) Much like Ryuk's laugh. I do not own Death Note
I'm so glad I was finally able to put up the cover for this too, stupid scanner wouldn't work for the longest time X| Well Anywhoosle, here's the new chapter at last! Chapter 19 woohoo! ^^ So sorry for not updating in for freaking ever! Hope you all liked this chapter. Sadly, because of my new classes I won't be updating as consistently as I have been so sorry abou that ^^; Please review and also PM if you're planning on going to Anime NEXT 2013 :)
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