"Well? What do you guys think?" A meister and his two weapons at the DWMA were trying to figure out what their next mission should be.
"I think," said the weapon to his left, "that we chose the last two missions."
"Well then," the meister said, "I guess it's my turn to choose."
"Ooh! Ooh!" the weapon to his right exclaimed, "Let's do the one against 'The Lord of the Flies'!"
"I said I'M choosing!"
"DJ!" It was Black Star, Tsubaki, Death the Kidd, and the Thompson sisters, Liz and Patty, coming down the hallway. "Black Star!" said the meister DJ, "Wazzap? I see you're back from your private training."
"What can I say?" Black Star said, "Mifune makes me work like a dog."
"He seems to be the only one who CAN make you work like a dog." said Kidd.
"Hey. No one said the road to surpass God would be an easy one." said DJ, "Even Gods need a little humility."
"Right!" said Black Star, "I don't claim to have any humility but to surpass God I'll have to learn a lot!"
"You can learn it all! I know you can!" said Tsubaki.
"Of course he can!" said one of DJ's weapons, "He's Black Star!"
"You better believe it!"
Kidd smiled. Those three have become indispensable friends. he thought to himself.
Hard to believe we thought of them as a madman, a loner, and an idealist only a year ago…
One year ago:
Moses was a 16-year-old boy with long brown hair and glasses that were broken in the middle. Moses had been at the DWMA since the Kishen Asura had been defeated a week ago. In that time he had been on six missions, by himself, to collect kishen egg souls. All of them were successful. Six missions. Six souls eaten. Yet Moses had not completed his goal. Then he heard reports of the Kishen eating souls again. The fact that that he appeared to be alive was puzzle enough. Rumor had it that Asura's soul was still buried in the Death Room. Even so, Lord Death sent out his three best meisters, Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kidd, to investigate. Moses knew of only one person who could pull off wearing a Kishen costume to terrorize people. And if he didn't get to Austin, TX fast, he might lose his only chance of completing his goal. And that, he thought, is not an option.
My next meal! thought the so called "Kishen," observing his food at Barton Springs, Third blond this week. I should expand my pallet. Swooping down like a vulture, he caught the girl unawares, pinned her on the ground, and said, "Lunch Time!"
Patty smiled. "Joke's on you, bub!" And with that, she pulled one arm free, just in time to grab her sister as she transformed into gun form, and shot the "Kishen" in the head.
When the "Kishen" recovered, he found himself surrounded. Liz and Patty had both transformed into guns and Death the Kidd Had them both pointing at him. Maka was holding her partner, Soul Eater, in Scythe form. Tsubaki had gone into Demon Blade Mode and Black Star was ready to battle. The "Kishen" smiled.
"Well, Well, Well." he said, "If it isn't my supposed 'killers.' As you can see, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
"Drop the act." said Maka, "We know you're not the real Kishen."
"How dare you! I am the Kishen Asura! The first kishen! The ONLY kishen! AND I WILL NOT BE INSULTED BY SOME… SOME… oh alright, you got me." said the fake kishen, "What gave me away?"
"My dad still has Asura's soul buried in the Death Room." said Kidd.
"And," put in Maka, "your soul is not a kishen's soul. If anything, it's a kishen egg."
"Guess I can take off these scarves then." And he took off the scarves to reveal that he was a 16-year-old boy with short, green hair, and a devilish grin. "It took you long enough to find me," said the boy, "I've been collecting human soul for a week now. I've already eaten six."
"Before we pound you," said Black Star, "tell us your name so we know who is imitating a kishen."
The boy grinned wider. "My name?" he said, "I have no real name. But I have taken to being called 'What.' That's W, H, A, T. It makes things more interesting."
"Well then 'What,'" said Kidd, "We're going to take your soul."
"Well take this first!" Then "What" reached into his coat and took out a round thing which he threw at Kidd. When it hit the ground, Kidd noticed that there was a small blob on the side making the whole thing asymmetrical.
"Disgusting!" Kidd shot it only to have it explode right beside him, knocking him unconscious.
"Ku ku ku," What giggled to himself, "that's what I call going out with a bang."
"Eat steel, you poor excuse for a comedian!" Black Star jumped towards "What" with Tsubaki raised in the air. What pulled out his spring-loaded-extendo-boxing-glove and knocked Black Star into the springs behind him.
"Never leave home without it!" What quipped. He tried to knock Maka out with the glove but Maka ducked and sliced the spring-loaded-extendo-boxing-glove in two with Soul.
"You're next." she threatened, and then she sliced at What, but to her surprise, What put his arm out and stopped the blade with the palm of his hand. Soul saw blood dripping from What's palm. Black blood.
Soul was surprised. "Maka!" he said, trying to snap her out of her disbelief, "Do you remember the last time we saw something like this?"
Maka thought for a moment. "No." she said, "It can't be."
"But it is." said What, "Oops! Did I forget to mention?" He grinned. "I have Black Blood in my veins." In one fluid movement, he threw Soul into the springs and knocked Maka unconscious with a blow to her neck. That's all of them. he thought. Wait. Where did Black Star go?
"YA-HOOO!" Black Star sprung from the springs behind What and brought Tsubaki down on him. What managed to catch Tsubaki between his hands.
"Nice try, god-surpasser." snickered What, "To bad you couldn't catch Soul as he floated away."
"How did you know that?" asked Black Star.
"I didn't. You just told me." Black Star was confused. "Don't think about it too hard."
"Well," said Black Star, "I may not have been able to help my friend, but I can still beat you! BLACK STAR BIG WAVE!" With his one free hand, Black Star tried to drive his soul wavelength into What.
Perfect. What grabbed Black Star's wrist and redirected his attack right into Tsubaki.
"Tsubaki!" said Black Star, "Are you alright?" Before he could do anything else, Black Star was knocked out by What's uppercut and thrown back into Barton Springs with Tsubaki.
"See you next spring!" What yelled after them. "Well, that's all of them."
"Not quite, clowny!" What turned around to see Patty holding Liz in gun form. "Dodge this!" Patty let loose a barrage of soul wavelength bullets, enough to kill an elephant. For a single moment, as she was shooting, Patty succumbed to the madness inside her. But only for a moment. When she stopped shooting, she smiled, sure that she had eliminated the fake kishen. But when the smoke cleared, she saw that What's hands had turned into black blades with white edges, which he had used to block her shots. Drat! she thought, He's a weapon!
What grinned. He retracted his blades and walked calmly towards Patty. "Stay back!" she said nervously, pointing Liz at him. What kept on walking.
"Shoot him!" yelled Liz. Patty just watched him walk forward.
What walked right up to Patty's face and gave her a kiss on the nose. "You're cute." he said. Patty blushed. What slapped Liz out of Patty's hands and onto a puddle of his blood. By saying the phrase "Bloody Coils," What made his blood wrap around Liz in an instant. Liz tried to transform back into a human to escape, but that only made the coils wrap around her mouth and nose tighter until she lost consciousness. What smiled.
Patty snapped out of her stupor. She tried to defeat What in hand-to-hand combat. With the possible exception of Black Star, Patty was the best at hand-to-hand combat in the DWMA. But What was fast enough to dodge her attacks and cunning enough to counter with his own. In the end, What slammed Patty against a tree, making a tree branch fall on her head. "It's over." What said to no one in particular.
"Not yet." Moses had finally made it to Barton Springs. His hands had turned into white blades with black edges. "Hello brother." What grinned.
A strange clothed figure watched from the treetops. He had seen everything. Look at them. he thought. It has been ten years since they've seen each other and the first thing they want to do is fight. He sighed. Oh well. I guess it might help for them to let off some steam. Let's just hope they can make up before they kill each other. Good thing I'm here to make sure of that.