I am a GOD

He had finally graduated from the DWMA along with his friends not four hours ago. His hard-to-tame blue hair was eventually slicked to the side in submission. He was dressed in a new black suit, white shirt and a black tie in front of a full length mirror. He marvelled at how tall he was now and how broad his shoulders had gotten over the years; at last his stature matched his Godliness.

I AM A GOD

He kept thinking to himself but it was more out of a desperate attempt to reassure himself than anything else.

Am I a God?

For the first time in his life he was questioning himself. His whole world was a stage but never before had he felt his stomach make knots like these. He was about to put his neck on the line, again it was something he was used to but the outcome of tonight could change not only his life but also Tsubaki's for a long time. He was risking their ability to resonate and that terrified him. He recalled something Stein had said one of his classes not too long ago "A meister and weapon's souls bond is a very fragile thing; the slightest change between the two of you could make you stronger than ever before or shatter your bond, putting your souls out of sync permanently"

He thought of his good friends Soul and Maka "If they can do it, why can't we?" He stroked his five-day-stubbled face.

"Black Star?" his thoughts were interrupted by a soft voice. He turned to face her.

"Hey, Tsubaki" He had a broad nervous smile on his face. The door was slightly open, just enough for her to poke her head in.

"You ready to go?" she smiled.

"I'm a God, I'm always ready for everything!" he tried his best to cover his nerves.

"Are you not going to shave?" she asked a little dumbfounded. She'd never seen him with stubble before.

"Nah" was all he could say.

"Good, I like it; it suits you" She gave him her prettiest smile "Kidd, Liz and Patty will be here to pick us up in a few minutes"

"I'll be out in a second" he smiled.

"I thought you were ready for everything?" she giggled a little.

"I am; I'm just mentally preparing myself for all the other people who aren't ready for me"

"Okay" she smiled and left.

She likes the stubble

He let out a sigh of relief before becoming very stern. He looked back into the mirror and stared into his own eyes.

You can do this. She's your weapon, she's not the Kishin; she's just a gir- a woman; a very pretty, attractive, smart, patient woman who's stood by me through it all… and who makes AMAZING food AND she likes my stubble.

He took a deep breath, checked his appearance one last time and left his bedroom.

As he got to the living room he saw her. She stood before him with her hair down; it draped over one of her shoulders and stopped a little past her collar bone. She was wearing a beautiful black full length dress. It was a plain halter-neck dress but never the less it looked amazing on her.

A more elaborate dress would be an injustice to her natural beauty - he thought – Did I just think that? I've been spending too much time with Soul; his sappiness for Maka must've rubbed off on me.

She twirled "Whadya think?" She caught him looking at her with his jaw open.

"Amazing" he whispered.

"Hm?" she didn't hear him.

He shook his head and came out of his thoughts. He didn't realise he was staring. "Uh, I said you look great" He scratched the back of his head with his nervous smile making a re-appearance.

"Thanks" she smiled "You clean up pretty well yourself"

The doorbell rang.

"That'll be our ride"

"I'll get it" he offered. He brushed passed her on his way to the door. He got a whiff of her perfume; it was sweet and tickled the inside of his nose (in a good way) like the first flowers of spring.

Tsubaki; a flower without fragrance; what a shitty lie.

He opened the door and before he even had a chance to say hey, Patty had him grappled in a giraffe crushing hug.

"I can't believe we've graduated!" she laughed.

Kidd and Liz stood behind her. Liz sighed "Patty"

"Hey you guys" Tsubaki smiled.

"Hello" Kidd nodded.

"Wow! Tsubaki!" Liz made her way over to her friend for a hug "You look absolutely amazing!"

"Well, it's all thanks to you. You were totally right about this dress"

Liz and Patty were dressed in matching one shoulder red and black dresses, Patty's strap went over her left shoulder and Liz's went over her right. Kid was dressed in a white suit with a black shirt and red tie.

"Ready to go?" Kidd asked as he looked at everyone.

"Yeah!" Patty let go of Black Star and threw her fists into the air.

He caught his breath "Let's go!" a toothy smile on one side of his face.


Kidd had rented a limo for tonight. The five were already partying in it. They were talking and laughing when they pulled up outside Soul and Maka's apartment.

"I'll go get them" Kidd said as he went to get out of the limo.

"Mind if I come too?" Tsubaki asked.

"I don't see why not" kid shrugged.

Patty, Liz and Black Star were all laughing and drinking as the pair got out, but once they closed the door-

"Have you told her?" Liz suddenly became very serious.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Black Star could begin to feel nervous sweat on his brow.

"Don't play dumb, Black Star. You and Tsubaki. It's been pretty obvious for a while now, the way you look at her when she's not looking and the way she looks at you-"

"She looks at me?" a little bit of his nerves evaporated.

"Have you told her?"

He sighed and his chin fell to his chest "No"

"Do you plan on telling her?"

"What's with all these questions?" he perked up a bit.

"So you don't plan on telling her?"

"No, I never- I do plan on- I mean, I want to but-"

"But what, Black Star?"

He looked at his friend "What if I screw it up and we can't resonate anymore?"

The door opened.

"Soul! Maka!" Patty shouted.

They all hugged as they got into the limo. Maka was in beautiful green dress that matched her eyes and Soul wore a black suit with a white shirt and skinny green tie. They sat next to each other and held hands.

"Can you believe it, we've graduated!" Maka exclaimed with a huge smile "And Soul has some great news!"

The group of friends looked at the white haired man. He gave his trademark shark-teeth grin "I'm 100% officially a Death Scythe!"

They all clapped. "Whoo!" Black Star cheered as he grappled his friend forgetting about the conversation he had with Liz not five minutes ago.

"Yeah, it's pretty cool" Soul smiled "I can't take all the credit though, it was mainly Maka" he kissed her on the cheek.

She blushed with an embarrassed smile.

"Aw! You two are so cute!" Tsubaki sang.

Soul gripped his meisters hand tighter and winked at her. Maka turned an even deeper shade of red.


They pulled up outside the DWMA and climbed out of the limo. Soul and Maka walked up the steps holding hands. Kidd walked up with Patty and Liz on his arms, each of them carefully calculating their steps as to appeal to Kidds symmetry obsession.

Black Star turned to Tsubaki and held out his elbow for her to link arms with him. "Shall we, m'lady?" he said in a mock voice as he smiled at her playfully.

"We shall" she said in the same tone with a smile as she took his arm.

Tonight's the night. I won't back down.