Raiven couldn't stop thinking about what Professor Stein told her, he wouldn't leave her mind. She had already gone crazy once; she was amazed that she stayed sane enough to where she could hide from the wave of madness that struck the world.
"Hey, Raiven…" Blair smiled walking in the room. "Yeah…? What is it, Blair?" Raiven looked up at the kitty. "I heard what happened to you today." Blair said sympathetically. "Oh…" "I just wanted to give you a heads up… Maka wants to talk about it." She winked hopping off. "Okay…? That was weird."
"Why would Maka want to talk about it?" she asked herself. "It's not like anything bad happened." She whispered. "Yo, Raider." Soul said loudly from across the hall. "Yeah?" she looked away. "I'm gonna go out with Kid and Black*Star, wanna come?" he asked. She thought about it for a second. "Nah thanks, but I have homework." She replied. "Suit yourself… Maka should be here in a bit so you won't have to deal with Blair for too long." He laughed. "Alright, Soul, see ya later." She laughed back.
Raiven sighed as she took out an apple from the fridge and sat on the couch. "Hey… I'm home!" Maka smiled walking in the door. "Hey, Maka." Raiven smiled. "Hey, where is everyone?" she asked setting some books down. "Soul's out with Mr. and Mrs. Over-personality, and Blair went to find someone to play with her." Maka sat next to her. "So I guess it's just you and me." Raiven smiled. "Ha, yeah." Maka smiled.
"So listen; I wanted to talk to you about Soul… and yourself." Maka began. "Yeah…? What is it?" Raiven turned to meet her. "Well, Soul told me what Stein said and I wanted to ask if that's what you were hiding from when you were gone so long."
Raiven rubbed her neck. "Yeah… I sort of went mad when Soul and I used our song resonance. I screwed up and after that I left Soul here in death city and I ran away." Raiven smiled sullenly. "Soul always looked after me and I lack the ability to remember. Then after you killed Asura I decided to come looking for him… and a meister." She explained.
Maka looked at her. "So you knew you were going crazy… how did it feel?" she asked. "Actually, in hindsight it wasn't that bad. I was just confused most of the time; things didn't make any sense. I didn't really know what was going on, I just knew I had to get Soul somewhere safe." Raiven played with her fingers. "I'm like Stein or Crona. We're all just hiding madness, I'm a bit better at hiding it than they are, but we all are. Deep inside we just want to be happy… and sane, but we know that in order to do that we must kill a demon inside us that is attached to our souls. The closer we get to it, the crazier we become." She sighed. "Soul knows better than anyone that I can suppress this madness well, but I always think to myself the worst. Why do you think I cried when Crona told me his story? I can relate to his madness." Tears started falling from her deep blood-red eyes. "I know what he feels to go mad. I know what it feels to make no sense to yourself." Maka took her hands.
"I had no idea…" she whispered. "Do you want to know why Soul and I's names are what they are?" Raiven asked. Maka nodded. "Soul was always eating spirits and ghosts when we were children. Originally his name was just Soul then my mother realized that he had the ability to eat souls… so he became Soul Eater. I would always take the more malevolent spirits and rip them apart with my own hands. That gave me Soul Raider. Though the "Soul" isn't necessary, I like using it so we match." She giggled, tears still streaming from her eyes.
The two girls sat in silence. "Maka…" Raiven looked down as she finally broke the quiet. "Yeah?" Maka looked down at her. "What is it like… you know; having a partner you can trust…" Raiven asked innocently. Maka blushed. "Uh… its nice… it's nice knowing Soul's got my back." she smiled meekly. "Good… is he trustworthy? Has he left you on purpose?" Raiven asked.
Maka could think of two occasions where Soul had left her, but neither really counted. She decided to spare Raiven's feelings and say, "No." as simple as that. "That's great. I taught him not to leave the people he cares about unless it's necessary to do so; I guess he's learned well." She smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so."
Soul took another soda from the cooler before plopping down on the chair, they were somewhere out in the desert. "So why didn't the girls come again?" Black*Star asked. "They had homework or something…" Soul began gulping. "God, they're such nerds!" Black*Star added as he smiled and set his hands behind his head. "Let them be, Black*Star, being worried about your grades is a good thing, you should try it some time." Kid smirked. "Sh, yeah, sure, I'm too big of a star to worry about something like that!"
"You shouldn't take these things so lightly, you are going to need them in the future, and you won't be at the academy forever, you know." Black*Star's phone began to ring. "Yeah?" he answered, it was Tsubaki. "Ugh, fine." He began getting up. "Tsubaki needs me back home, apparently I gotta take care of an assassination again!" he smiled before walking off. "He's an idiot." Soul smiled.
"So what now…?" Kid turned to Soul. "Don't know… whaddaya wanna talk about?" he asked. Kid shrugged. "Well, Black*Star's not here anymore… lets be serious for a little bit." Soul suggested. "Alright… about what?" kid's eyebrows rose up. "My sister… you got a thing for her, don't you?" Soul looked up at the laughing sun. Kid jumped a bit. "Raiven…? No. she's a classmate and your sister, nothing more." He said trying to sound as serious as he possibly could.
"Heh, yeah, I'm just messin' with ya, Kid." Soul smiled. Kid sighed. "Well then." "But she is really interested in you." Soul looked over to kid. "She does?" Kid blushed. "Yeah, she's always been interested in reapers and meisters." Soul began. "Since we were kids she'd look up to the academy and wonder about Death."
Kid smiled slightly. "She used to take random ghosts and other little evil things and rip them apart with her own hands. That gave her, her name." Soul smiled. "She went crazy after we screwed up on Soul resonance… but she's fine now." Kid smiled back. "She left you in death city where you'd be safe…" he began. "Your sister is truly remarkable."