Hello everyone SO SORRY about taking so long to update but life just threw a lot of crap at me and I never had any time for writing so thanks for your patience and I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.

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"Crap! I can't believe I forgot about unpacking!" Mato said as she sped to her new dorm room to unpack her belongings.

Mato Kuroi was a fifteen year old girl who had until now lived and studied in her home town all of her life. She was a very kind and good natured person who had always tried her best to help other people even if it meant she got caught up in other people's problems. Much like her new friend Rin Okumura, Mato also had a secret that made her different from other people.

Ever since she was a child Mato had always had some kind of voice in her head which would always give her helpful advice and warnings. She had come up with many explanations for the voice in her head each one changing over the years, ranging from the voice of a guardian angel to some kind of alien probe. As she got older Mato simply got accustomed to the voice and simply determined that it was figment of her imagination but that all changed three years ago when she was in middle school.

FLASHBACK

Mato was on a school trip and she had accidently wondered into a construction site chasing after some girls who had gone in to warn them of the danger. When she finally caught up with them she saw a steel beam falling and just before it was about to crush them Mato felt herself black out. When she came too she found that she was no longer in a construction site but instead she was floating in an empty space that was as blue as the sky.

"Are you unharmed?" She heard a voice say which sounded exactly like hers but with far less emotion. She turned and was surprised when she saw a girl who looked almost identical to her, she even had her short pigtails but there were several differences. For one thing the girl's skin was unnaturally pale and her eyes were a brighter shade of blue and were decorated with a circular pattern instead of regular pupils. Her outfit was also quite peculiar, she was wearing a long black jacket with a black string bikini underneath and she also wore black boots and gloves.

"Who are you?" Mato asked but unafraid.

"I am…..Black Rock Shooter." The girl answered with a blue flame appearing over her left eye.

"Where are we?" Mato asked surprisingly calm. Normally anyone would at least be a little freaked out if a pale double of them with a flame shooting out of their eye suddenly appeared in front of them but Mato felt no fear what so ever.

"We are inside of your soul." The girl said, "M-my soul?" Mato said clutching her chest and the girl nodded in response. "You see you are not an ordinary human. You are one of the few that are born with a soul strong enough to create a separate existence within themselves made from their inner emotions." She explained. "So I…..made you?" Mato asked.

"Yes I have been with you since the day we were born. As the other you my duty is to protect you from anything that may do you harm be it physical injuries or psychological scars. As you can see my body is like a mirror that reflects you, I grow as you grow though I have always been this intelligent even when we were both very small." The girl continued to explain and to her surprise Mato never questioned her word and seemed to be listening rather intently.

"So wait does that mean…YOU'RE THE VOICE IN MY HEAD!" Mato yelled pointing at Black Rock Shooter who nodded in response. "Phew! What a relief I was starting to think that I really was crazy or something." Mato said with a nervous laugh.

"Well I suppose that I should be going, I've eliminated the threat." The girl said confusing Mato. "Huh what do you mean threat?" Mato asked tilting her head slightly. "By threat I meant that steel beam in order to save you I possessed your body and sliced it apart so there's no need for me to remain in control. Please try and stay out of trouble from now on and if you ever find yourself in a life and death situation please feel free to use my power." Black Rock Shooter said.

Mato opened her mouth to ask more questioned but suddenly she found herself back in the construction site. She looked around and saw that her classmates were lying on the floor unconscious but unharmed. She also noticed the large metal pillar that would have crushed them was in pieces and the marks on the fragments suggested that it had been freshly cut just as that girl said.

Black Rock Shooter huh?

Mato thought before leaving to get a teacher.

Since that day Mato never talked with her Otherself again. She still tried to help others like she always had though she heeded the girl's advice and made sure to avoid any situations that might put her life in danger.

FLASHBACK END

"PHEW! I finally got here." Mato said panting as she entered her dorm. "Mato there you are I've been waiting for ages." Said a girl with light tawny brown hair. "Sorry bout' that Yuu I got held up." Mato said bowing apologetically. "Ugh fine just hurry up and help me unpack these boxes already." Yuu ordered.

Yuu Koutari had been Mato's best friend since they had met in kindergarten. After a few play dates Mato's mother realised that Yuu came from a rather abusive household and after her parents neglective nature was exposed Mato's family took legal custody of Yuu and she had been living with them ever since. The two were almost like sisters and they shared everything with each other, Yuu even believed Mato when she told her about Black Rock Shooter.

Because they lived together Yuu had come to True Cross late same as Mato.

After about two hours they had finally settled into their new home. "Finally! I thought that we'd never get this finished. So anyway Yuu how was your first class at this school?" Mato asked. "It was pretty good I guess although a lot of the boys seemed to be giving me a lot of weird stares and that was pretty uncomfortable but this guy in my class told them to back off and the teacher asked him if he could help me catch up with everyone and he said yes." Yuu said in a chipper tone.

"A guy huh? So what's his name?" Mato asked, "It's Ryuuji Suguro and he's kinda cute too." Yuu said with a light blush. "Ara ara we haven't even been here a whole day and you've already fallen for someone?" Mato said slyly. (A/N: Like you're one to talk!)

"Oh shut up will ya! There's no way that you are gonna be the one teasing me about boys. Anyway you said that you got held up by what exactly?" Yuu asked crossing her arms while pouting. "Oh I was hanging out with this friend I made his names Rin Okumu-SHIT!" Mato cursed rather loudly. "What is it?!" Yuu said startled by her friend's outburst. "I forgot I've gotta meet Rin right now see ya Yuu." Mato said before bolting out of their dorm. "The hell was that about?" Yuu asked out loud confused only more at Mato's actions.

"Gotta get there!" Mato yelled as she ran like a mad woman throughout the school building trying to get back to the courtyard but the school was so large and had many open spaces with similar courtyards so it was rather difficult trying to fin dthe one she agree to meet Rin in. The fact that they were all swarming with conversing students didn't make it any easier trying to locate her friend.

Just as she turned another corner she felt herself collide with something or rather someone.

"Itai! Man that's gonna leave a mark." Mato said as she rubbed the back of her head. "Are you alright?" Asked a gentle voice. Mato looked up and saw that it was a girl a bit taller than her with dark wavy hair flowing down both of her shoulders. She also had dark green eyes and was wearing a bright red wristband around her right hand which she was extending to the downed Mato.

"Oh! I'm fine thanks." Mato said accepting the girl's hand and hoisting herself up. "Ano aren't you….Kuroi-san?" The girl asked. "Uh….yeah that's me but how'd you know my name?" Mato asked. "Oh! I'm actually in the same Science class as you so I saw you join us this morning." She explained. "I see well that explains things sorry for not recognising you." Mato said with a nervous laugh. "It's fine it's only you're first day so I don't think it's possible to recognise someone after only one lesson." The girl said with a smile.

"Hey that's really pretty!" Mato said pointing to the green-eyed girl's wristband, "Thanks I made it myself." She answered looking at the item in question. "Oh really?! You can make that yourself?" Mato asked in amazement. "It's just a simple braid, just plain old chain stitching." The girl explained.

"Chain stitching huh? That's still pretty neat Yomi…..Kotoriasobi?" Mato said squinting at a name tag on the handle of the girl's bag. "Takanashi." Yomi corrected. "It looks like Kotoriasobi but it actually reads as Takanashi." Yomi explained. "Why Takanashi and not Kotoriasbi?" Mato asked. "Well if it's a place where little birds play then there can't be any hawks." Yomi continued to explain.

"That's a real smart name!" Mato exclaimed with her eyes sparkiling while Yomi couldn't help but giggle at the girl's behaviour. "Oh God! I forgot hey Yomi sorry to bother you but I totally I need to meet up with my friend in one of the courtyards do you know how I get to the one with the student store?" Mato asked as she started jogging on the spot.

"Yeah sure, you keep going down that hallway and make the second turn on the left. But you know that there are actually signs that say Student Store This Way right?" Yomi said pointing to a bright green sign on the wall.

Mato's face paled and her jaw dropped in disbelief at her own stupidity. "Hehehe. Guess I was running so fast I didn't take any time to look around and notice them. Anyway thanks Yomi see ya later in class." Mato said waving as she continued her run. Yomi just smiled gently and waved back but her smile faded as soon as Mato was out of sight. "I guess it's about time, I don't want to keep her waiting." Yomi said to herself as she turned and made her way to her own destination.

RIN POV

"She's late." Rin grumbled as he angrily bit into his sandwich. She probably stood me up. Guess I shouldn't be surprised well I guess I'll go then. Rin thought as he stood up and turned to leave.

"RRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" He heard a familiar voice call out and he felt his heart skip a beat in happiness when he turned and saw Mato waving and running up to him.

"M-mato? Hey Mato!" Rin said smiling as he ran up to meet her. "Sorry….about….being….late." Mato said between her pants. "It's cool I was waiting that long." Rin said. "You were about to leave." Mato deadpanned with that adorable little pouting face of hers. "Heh guess there's no lying to you is there." Rin said scratching the back of his head.

"So do you want me to get a drink? You look like you need one." Rin said as the two started walking. "Yeah a drink would be great than-AH!" Mato said as she tripped while walking. "WOAH!" Rin said running in front of her and catching her shoulders.

"Thank…you." Mato started but paused when she noticed how close their faces were, both flushed instantly and looked away from eachother.

"You okay?" Rin asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks for that." Mato said, "Sooooo let's get you that drink then." Rin said recovering from embarrassment slightly. "Yeah." Mato said in her normal tone.

As the two walked they didn't seem to notice when they past a window and on the other side of the window was a woman with shoulder length dark hair with brown eyes and a beauty mark on the lower left side of her face. She was smirking while looking through a book of all the students' names and pictures four of which were circled.

She laughed to herself a little before picking up her phone and calling an unknown number.

"Hello its Saya Irino…..Oh nothing much just thought I'd let you know that we have quite a few candidates this year." Saya said her smirk widening at the persons reply.

"Understood." Saya said before hanging up and taking a sip of her coffee.

So what did you guys think, I bet your all asking WTH is Rock? Well don't worry she'll appear in the next chapter.

Just so everyone knows I'll be starting college on Thursday so I might not be able to update as regularly as I'd like but please try to bear with me okay?