Weaponless Meinster
A Fate/Stay Night and Soul Eater crossover
Author Notes: Shinigami was talking about someone named Kerry last chapter… Kerry is a nickname given to Kiritsugu when he was a kid by a girl that he fell in love with (Shirley) a girl who was 4 years older than him… however disaster struck… for more information please read/watch Fate/Zero.
Chapter 2: Enter The (failing) Star
"So… apparently I am to be partnered with you for this mission… Black Star" Shirou said
"isn't it great I bet you are feeling proud to be partnered with someone as great as me" Black Star said with a grin.
"Oh… I feel something alright" Shirou said as he sighed.
"I am sorry for Black Star's actions" the twin chained scythe (kusari-gama) said with an apologetic voice.
It was a demon arm called Tsubaki, a rather nice, easy-going girl, her personality was almost similar to Shirou, she always was readily available to help anyone who needed, and was always there to listen.
Also, he had to suppress the urge to hug her and caresses her (in human form the first, the second for the later), she was a magnificent weapon, she was like a utility belt, she can transform into many weapons for defensive and offensive purposes… she even could become a smoke bomb for goodness sake, how much versatility can one weapon have?
Seating down on the table under the rafters we had chosen to hide was a rather ugly man smoking a Cuban cigar.
"Kill all the scum who oppose me… ya know, kill em dead" the person said.
He is the target, leader of the mafia Alcaponne
"That's the target this time?" Black Star asked
"yes, let's go get his 'soul'" Tsubaki said.
This kid, Black Star, he is supposed to be a member of an elite assassin family, and he is supposed to be a great assassin as well… but for an assassin, he has one big flaw that Shirou will discover.
"I am the great Black Star! I've come to take your souls! YEAAAH!" he said as he used Tsubaki as a mic.
Shirou's eyebrow twitched.
The assassin was a big show off. I think Kiritsugu would be twisting on his grave if he ever saw this kid denigrate his profession like that. He was a consummate killer, someone who would kill anything and anyone who would be a threat to peace and stability of the lives of people.
Black Star wanted to be like him, however he always wanted to show-off, if Shirou where to compare it would be like Night and Day, Kiritsugu was blunt, to the point, no fuss no wuss… crisp professionalism laced with an equal amount of deadliness.
Black Star…. Well… he was… something.
"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Black Star said feeling great.
"I AM NOT A MIC! I'M A WEAPON! A KUSARI-GAMA! DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT AN ASSASSINATION IS!?" Tsubaki yelled as she begun to change to human form.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS!?" the mobster yelled as they begun to shoot.
"Trace… on"
A rain of swords landed in front of both partners shielding them from the hail of bullets being shot their way.
"Break time Tsubaki!" Black Star said as he grinned
Tsubaki wanted to cry at the failed assassination.
"Urggg… not again" she moaned.
"Smoke bomb mode!" Black Star said.
"Right!" she transformed into a spherical object and Black Star launched it at the table making a smoke curtain and vanishing from sight.
An hour later
Shirou was sitting on a crate; this mission was a total and complete failure, but strategically speaking and the mission itself. Black Star outright refused any help "because I am a star, someone who will surpass the gods themselves, I can't let a nobody just help me out, he would steal my thunder, and I can't have that"
That was followed by Tsubaki apologizing.
Well Shirou would hold it against him… he would be the same when it came to risking his own life to protect the many.
"Hyahahaha! That was a great stage today! I'm getting really big (famous)" Black Star said with a grin.
"But I didn't absorb a single soul today… at this rate I will never be… a dark blade" Tsubaki said.
Shirou stood up a gentle hand on her head was placed as he patted her "you are a good weapon, and a good friend, Black Star can be a bit stupid" Shirou said as Black Star protested, but regardless of that he cares for you and wants to make you into a dark blade you so wish to become" Shirou said as he finished with a warm smile.
It was time to contact Shinigami-sama.
She threw a bomb, the smoke rose and made a connection to Shinigami-sama.
"Well well, hello hello, how's the soul collecting going?" he asked.
"Well… we still… just one… ahaha" Tsubaki laughed nerviously.
"Wha… no way? Really?" Shinigami-sama
After explaining everything and having seen the infamous "Shinigami chop" being used on Black Star, Shinigami-sama decided to help them by giving them a 'short-cut'
"in the city you are there are a few who possess a 'strong soul' a soul stronger than that of a regular human… this human is Mifune the bodyguard, he is a highly skilled bodyguard protecting the witch, Angela" Shinigami-sama said "his soul is comparable to 99 human souls… it should be easy, once you defeat him and kill the witch"
With that they left, only Shirou remained. "There is something else you wanted to say?" he asked.
"Ah, Shirou-kun, yes… you see… Angela really is…"
Morning, Witch Angela's Castle
The mob was there all armed to take on the witch, the boss wanted to eat the witch's soul in order to gain even more power. The castle was covered in yellow tape "keep out" written on it in English, like the ones you see in crime scenes.
"What business does the kink of the underworld have here?" a man said, he had a business suit, sloppily and cringled, a bolo tie hang on his shirt, his jacket laid on his shoulders, a single sheeted blade on his hand
"but remember, if I don't like it… you die" he said as he put his blade on his hand.
"What a joker…" the don said as he did a cutting motion with his thumb on his neck "Kill him"
"Yes boss!"
An hour later
Shirou, Black Star and Tsubaki reached the castle; Shirou looked at the scene before him, many men laid dead, impaled by many swords.
"just like Unlimited Blade Works" Shirou whispered, the only one who caught that was Tsubaki.
"What is that?" she asked.
Shirou pushed Tsubaki back "Trace…on!" he said.
In a flash, Kanshou and Bakuya were traced and appeared into the world, stopping the attack from the assailant. He pushed him back
"Today's looking… rather noisy" Mifune the body-guard said looking a bit annoyed.
Shirou twisted his blades and made them vanish back into prana.
"Did you guys come here after 'the witch's power' too?" he asked
"Yeah… and your 'soul' too" Black Star said while grinning. "Shirou don't go stealing my thunder or you will be next" he warned.
"yes, yes… go and show me your true self" Shirou said, "if you can't… I will step in" Shirou said.
"Heh… no you won't. I will finish this in a flash… TSUBAKI!" Black Star said
"Right!" she changed into a weapon.
"You must be scared, seeing how big I am, I know how you feel. I can't stay around mirrors for to long, I get scared on how grandiose I am, really" Black Star said as he circled Mifune.
Black Star attacked, he snared his sword and pulled to get Mifune close range.
While it was a good strategy in theory, application was something else. Mifune let go of the sword and used the pull to reach a pillar where a sword was laying in there and used it to attack Black Star, however he managed to defend using the chain of his weapon.
"Your weapon saved you… a normal scythe would have broken by now" Mifune said, he then let go of the sword and grabbed another one that was on the ground and slashed at Black Star. He managed to narrowly avoid it.
"he's really strong" Black Star said.
"Of course he is! He has the 'strong soul' after all!" Tsubaki said.
A sword then flew and missed Black Star's head by mere inches.
"Get lost already! If I have to kill a little kid I will have nightmares" Mifune said dismissing Black Star.
"Did you just call me (a) little (kid)?... are you calling me a half-pint!? TSUBAKI, Shuriken mode!" he said as he grew angrier.
"Well this won't end well… that Mifune guy, he fights similar to me… he even tried to reconstruct something like Unlimited Blade Works… it's still falls short, but it's a damn good try" Shirou said as he watched Black Star's hopeless battle.
Black Star threw Tsubaki with all his migh, but Mifune merely jumped and used a sword as a way to keep the star from going anywhere.
"SMOKE BOMB!" Black Star yelled.
Mifune was then covered in smoke, visibility 0.
"I GOT YOUR SOUL!" Black Star yelled.
Shirou face-palmed , the kid had 0 talent as an assssin. Mifune then hit him with is sword.
"Black Star!" Tsubaki yelled as she transformed back into human form.
Shirou then stood in front of Black Star his blades out.
"How dare you… you acully thought someone as great as me would stoop to 'backstabbing'?" Black Star asked as he begun to raise.
"You… are an idiot" Shirou said.
Black Star glared at him "Don't you have any pride?!"
"Fortunately, I do not have any pride. But what about it? Will the name of the hero be disgraced? Hah, don't make me laugh, Black Star. You can wash away disgrace with results. You can feed your meaningless pride to the dogs." Shirou said.
Black Star shivered in rage, "You will see… how the likes of me fights… a 'Magus Killer'" Shirou said as his blades re-appeared on his hands.
"You seem one like me… you seen countless battles, countless bloodsheeds… I wonder…" Mifune said as he charged in.
Shirou stopped his blade with the white blade. He attacked with the black, Mifune guarded with the sword that was stuck on a pillar, with a swift move Mifune disarmed Shirou, as he was about to attack at his exposed side the black blade he had disposed of had re-appeared on his hand, and parried and broke his sword.
"Your style is but a cheap imitation of mine… let me show you… what it means to fight with unlimited blades" Shirou said as he stood in a horse stane, he closed his eyes.
"I am the bone of my sword" he chanted… "Trace… stand-by!" he said.
Black Star, Mifune and Tsubaki were shocked; many different weapons lay hovering in the air.
"The difference in your style is that yours is only a seeming, mine is also a copy of the copy… or rather should I say I am the creator and the student?" Shirou said.
"What you say, makes no sense" Mifune said
"Trace… continuous fire!" he yelled.
The swords shone brightly, then with cold precision they shot out.
Mifune blocked, he parried and dodged the swords, but they keep shooting out, the same swords.
"Hey… you two… stop hogging the spot light… the only star in here… IS ME! You got that?" he said as he got up.
Shirou snapped his fingers as all the swords he threw dissolved into prana.
"Somehow, his eyes changed color" Mifune said.
Shirou then rose his hands and left the area of combat.
"It's all up to you, show me the power of a star" Shirou said.
Black Star fist bumped Shirou "Tsubaki… Ninja Blade Mode" he said.
"YES!" she said as she then transformed.
Shirou then noticed something and smirked "I see… if this is how it is… he can do it too"
"Impossible… I can't feel his presence at all… no… no… that's not it. I feel a faint presence! But clearly a different person's presence!" Mifune thought.
"It can't be… you…?" Mifune said
Shirou noticed this the second he saw.
"Dark demon blade 'Tsubaki'… 'Dummy Star' mode" Tsubaki said as she changed from Black Star to herself.
Behind Mifune, Black Star was ready to unleash his ultimate attack "Deadly Black Star Big Wave!" he yelled as he shoved his soul energy into the attack
"I am… a STAR!" He yelled
"A fair fight, no tricks, just swords… that's how the dark assassins do it" he said with a smirk.
"A bastard like you protecting an evil witch… bastards like you will always die! And above all for getting more attention than me! I'm taking your soul!" Black Star said.
"Tsubaki" he yelled
"RIGHT!" Tsubaki said as she changed to a weapon again.
Black Star rose his arm… he was about to deliver the killing blow.
"STOP!" A little girl, a witch… she stopped in front of Mifune and stared at Black Star, she had tears on her eyes. "Don't bully Mifune!" she yelled as she protected her protector "MIFUNE IS PROTECTING ME FROM HUMANS BECAUSE I'M STILL NO GOOD AT MAGIC! SO DON'T BULLY HIM!"
"This is Angela?" Black Star asked hesitantly, it was just but a little girl…
Mifune then put himself in front of Angela " you can have my 'soul' but if you try to kill Angela I'll defend her with my life" Mifune said.
"You kidding, I don't like killing children, it will give me nightmares… come on Tsubaki, let's go" Black Star said.
Tsubaki sighed, but was happy. "okay"
"Hey Black Star… can I borrow Tsubaki a minute?" Shirou asked.
"Uh? Well… I guess… but be careful, if you can't match her Soul Wave it would be hard to wield her" Black Star said.
"Tsubaki… scythe mode" Shirou said.
"Right" Tsubaki said.
Shirou then wielded her in ways never imagined she could be weileded, Shirou even stpped on the chain to change the trajectory of the blades on the fly, wrapping it around his neck, like it was some kind of movie. "Tantou mode" Shirou said as she changed again, he moved fluidly and directly with her.
Tsubaki's imagination
Tsubaki was dressed in a rather beautiful bareback, princess cut dress, as Shirou was dressed in a rather expensive looking tux, both of them where dancing to a a beautiful song, moving in ways that made a beautiful dance, then the song turned faster, both of them keeping the pace, moving directly, fluidly, never stopping… like water.
"Shi…rou" Tubaki whispered with a blush on her face.
Her berath become more elaborated, she leaned closer on him… closer, something about him… it's like he had known her all her life, understanding how she could and should move.
She never felt so close to anyone… and for some reason her heart beat faster, her body felt like on fire… she was being wielded by someone that can be considered an artist.
Real world
Shirou then stopped the movement… "You got yourself a good partner, she is a good blade, balanced, deadly… yet refined, like a woman should" Shirou said as Tsubaki transformed back into her human form, she had a strong blush on her face as she was acting coy.
"heh, I don't need you to tell me that, she is one of a kind" Black Star said.
"With that said, treat her good, she will cry (break) if you keep on piling failure over failure" Shirou said.
A stabbing sound could be heard… Black Star had an arrow on his head with a sign that said "Direct Hit"
Tsubaki giggled as she looked at Shirou forlornly at being separated from him.
"I wanna be wielded by him again" she said as Shirou left to go back to class.
"WHAT!?" Black Star yelled in shock.
He young man remained, and he left.
He remained how he was, and left, he left everything behind as he heads to the wasteland...
All that remained in his memory was the crossing of blades.
It is a long road ahead. Guided by the distant echoes, the young man heads to the wastelands.
And Shirou's ability gained a new blade… a partner.
And so the real adventure begins…