Hello everyone, CodenameBlackStar here with another chapter. This chapter was the first on my original Learning The Truth story. I made a lot of changes to this one to fit with the prologue and how it continues, though there are some that I left alone because I felt it fit really well. Aside from that, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater and Assassin's Creed Rogue
Night time. Death City. The day before the incident...
Black Star is standing on top of a building, wearing black clothing with his hood on to blend into the night. He watches two other figures, one giving the other to what seems to be a piece of paper. Though to others it could be writing on the piece of paper, but to the eyes of the figure on the building, it's top secret information about his clan and if it is on the hands of the wrong person, it could mean the end of the Star Clan. He has been sent to kill the traitor as he was one of the top ranked assassins. He's been following him around Death City for a while, waiting for the perfect kill. The wait ends now. He jumps off the building.
*Stab*
And down they go. On the floor lies two lifeless bodies. Out comes two souls. He grabs them and puts it in his bag. He disposes the dead bodies into a nearby trash can.
"Now that's over with, time to go back to base," Black Star says and he climbs up a building and starts to run on the rooftops.
The next morning...
Black Star enters a cave that leads to an underground village, home of the Star Clan. Nobody doesn't know where the cave is since it's deep in a forest twenty five miles away from Death City. Walking around for a while, he goes inside a large building, larger than all the architectures in the village. As he opens the door, he walks up to a familiar person that's sitting on the throne.
"The mission was a success. I retrieved their souls and the document and disposed their bodies," Black Star says, handing over the retrieved items.
"You have done well, my son. Your mother is eager to see you," White Star says. Black Star nods and leaves the building. Then, Gray Star walks up to White Star.
"What are you going to do with the souls?" he asks.
White Star ponders and sighs, " I kept thinking over and over for a long time about how to get stronger. Now, if what they say is true, then we will become the most powerful clan that everyone will know," he gives off a small smirk and leaves the throne to go to another room.
Black Star opens the door to his home and is greeted by a slap to the face. He looks to see that it was his mom, Pink Star, who gave him the said slap. And if you look into her eyes, you could see the she is worried and angry.
"How many times have I told you to not go out without my permission!" Pink Star yelled.
"C'mon mom I'm 15 years old, I could handle myself," Black Star sighed, knowing that his mother is overprotective of him.
"I know you are, but what would I do if you come back with twenty bones broken," the mom asked worriedly.
"I'm known as the best assassin for a reason," Black Star cockily grins, "Plus, who's the one that always takes care of me whenever I was hurt."
"Okay fine, you're off the hook," Pink Star sighed. Black Star smiles and goes upstairs.
"I'mma get some shut eye. I barely got any sleep on the way home. Wake me up when dinner's ready." With that, he goes to his room, lays down on his bed, and knocks out.
White Star is holding to a human soul and looks at it with anticipation.
"How many human souls does it take to create a Kishin? More than we can imagine." He grins. "For now, what will happen if I eat one. Will I become stronger? Or stay the same." Gray Star looks at his leader with curiosity.
"Are you really going to do this, sir? What if you turn mad? What will the rest of us do?" He kept questioning. White Star then turns to look at him.
"Do not worry, I will not go mad. At least, not for a while. If gulping a human soul will make you stronger, then I'll take that chance. I will make us the most powerful clan the world has known!" Eagerness has taken over him. Gray Star then sighs.
"I do agree with you in becoming the most powerful clan, but I believe there is another way. If we were to walk in the wrong path, then the DWMA will hunt us and eradicate us. Do you want to take that chance?"
White Star ponders. He wants to have a clan that everyone fears. A clan when heard upon, will bring chills down their spines. "I fear there isn't enough time to find another way, Gray Star. The DWMA has been sending spies one by one. If this continues, then they will send an army and a war will begin. I will not let my clan lose to a pitiful academy! I WILL MAKE THIS CLAN INVINCIBLE! And it will begin now." He eats the human soul.
Gray Star is lost in his thoughts. 'I hope you are making the right choice, White Star.'
White Star's eyes widen and a strong aura is felt around the room. He starts pulling his hair and screams his lungs out. Gray Star is in shock, horrified as his leader is screaming and pulling his hair out like a maniac. This continues for a moment until White Star is standing still, not moving a muscle. Gray Star walks up to him.
"White Star, are you alright?"
Silence.
"White Star answer me!" Desperately trying to get through him.
"I...feel something within me. Like it has awoken from a peaceful slumber. The power that has finally been released." Gray Star just looks at him, wondering if White Star has gone mad. "No I have not, if that's what you were thinking. I am merely just saying that I feel stronger. Now, I have a mission for you."
"What will you have me do?"
"Eating human souls does make you stronger and the whole clan will know this feeling. However, there is a very little amount of souls. We will have to hunt for more humans in another location as Death City won't be enough. I want you to gather up the top ranked assassins to aid you for this mission."
"So you're saying I need to get a team and go to a larger location where there is a bigger population"
"Exactly. I also want you to send Black Star. The way he is, he should not know what we will do here. Plus, there are actually a few traitors in the location you're going. He would love to hunt them down"
"But what about your wife?"
"I will deal with her myself. I have more than enough time to distract her. Like mother like son, their personalities resemble so much."
"Yes they do, sir. And where would this location be?"
"Las Vegas. It is hundreds of miles from here so it will take you a couple hours. But I suspect you will be here tomorrow morning. And another thing, " he goes up to Gray Star and whispers in his ear. After a while, he stepped aside.
"Understood, sir. I will be taking off." With that, Gray Star leaves.
Las Vegas. Night time. 10 PM. The day it happened...
Black Star is in a hotel room laying down on the bed when Yellow Star opens the door.
"Blackie Star, it's time to go," she says with affection in her tone.
"Not again with that nickname...Alright, where to?"
"Well we will split up to find the traitors that you love to hunt. It may take the entire night, so I hope you have a lot of energy because after we're done here, we're going straight home," Yellow Star explained.
"Then that's the plan. Call me when you find a group of those fuckers, I don't want to miss out." Black Star then leaves the room by going out the window.
'Oh Blackie Star, we definitely have to use that hatred to our advantage,' Yellow Star smirks.
Black Star climbs up to the tallest tower he could find and looks at the city from above.
"Gotta say, I should come back here for fun. Don't want to miss out of all the good things they offer"
Closing his eyes, he breathes slowly and deeply. As he felt the twitch in his eyes, he opens them and scrutinizes the city.
"Hmm, nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe I should go to another tower as my area of vision is limited"
He closes his eyes and opens them again as he felt the same twitch.
"Black Star, do you copy?"
The assassin presses the button on his ear microphone.
"Yeah, what is it?"
"We found them. A big group especially"
"Where?"
"Caesars Palace. I'm sure you know where it is"
"Damn right I do. I'm on my way." Static is now heard. Black Star gives off a menacing smirk.
"Betray the clan and a blade goes threw your heart." He aims his right arm at another building in front and out comes a thin nylon rope with a grappler that attaches itself to the ledge of the building. Black Star ziplines down and as he touches the roof of the building, he gets back the rope and starts running on the rooftop.
As Black Star sees his destination up ahead, he notices five figures on a nearby rooftop. Trusting his instincts, he goes up to the figures.
"Took you long enough," spoke a masculine voice.
"I got here as quick as I can, Gray Star. So now, where are they," he starts to glare and clench his fists.
"They're in there, in the building," Gray Star stated.
"Great." Right before he was about to leave, someone grabbed the young assassin's arm. He noticed that it was Yellow Star.
"We just have one small problem. We received intel that ninety-eight percent of the people in the Caesars Palace are working with the traitors. You can go in there, but you have to be extremely cautious about your actions, you don't want to attract unwanted attention"
"Got it, what would you have me do?"
"They have snipers patrolling the area and the assassins are still trying to find them. Best if you go in there while blending in. Once entered, you are to go to the top floor as that's where there are most of the traitors. However, as the ninety-eight percent are working with them, we are going to have to destroy the place," she hands him a small case. Black Star opens it to reveal a small red button.
"Why not just press it now?"
"Don't you want to kill them with your own hands?"
Black Star clenches his fist. "Good point"
"We will tell you when to press the button. Can't have the snipers find out about us"
"Alright, I got this. I won't take long." He jumps off the rooftop and makes his way towards the building.
"Why are you doing this to him?" asked Gray Star.
"(sigh) He is going to find out about what we're doing in a matter of time. We have to get rid of him. He would only be trouble if he keeps staying. If this works, he would be so traumatized about what he did and we would go in and knock him out. I'm sure you understand, Gray," explains Yellow Star.
"Won't White Star feel upset about all this? Getting rid of his son?"
Yellow Star stays quite for a while, the speaks in a quite tone, "I'm sure he completely understands about this."
Black Star has entered the building while blending in with a group of civilians. He begins to look around.
'I see nothing but people gambling'
He changes his vision, only to see everyone gray, meaning regular people.
'This is really strange, but duty calls.' He walks up to an elevator, walks in, and presses the button for the top floor.
'I have a weird feeling about this'
Upon the elevator door opening, he walks out and inspects the hallways. Switching his vision once more, he finds a door glowing gold. He silently walks up to it and puts an ear against.
"...it will start today. We have already made enough money to get the weapons we need. Now we just move out and eliminate that poor excuse of a leader," said a strong masculine voice.
"(giggles) The Star Clan won't stand a chance. Without any modern weaponry, they're weak," laughed a female.
Black Star walks a couple feet away from the door, faces it, then runs towards the door, slamming it open.
"Who the fuck…" responded a confused male?
The young assassin inspects the room and counted five, two females and three males. All wearing mouth masks and armed with handguns.
"Well why don't you look at that, a nosy motherfucker barging in during our meeting. Didja hear anything?" said a skinny male.
"Barging in. Top floor is restricted. Wearing a hood. You must be an assassin from that pitiful clan," stated a blond female.
Black Star gives off a menacing grin while unsheathing his dagger.
"Traitors. I'll enjoy taking your lives." He suddenly vanishes and reappears in front of the blonde female. The said female is shocked about what just happened, but then starts to feel a sudden pain in her chest area. She looks down to see a blade going in her chest. She finally looks up to see the intense hatred and pleasure from the smirk and eyes of her killer.
Black Star removes the dagger and pushes the motionless body to the now group of four traitors. Everyone else is showing fright in their eyes, but nonetheless they take out their handguns and aim at the assassin.
Again, he vanishes in the blink of the eye. The skinny male grabs onto his neck after feeling a painful sensation. He looks at his hand to see it covered in blood. With no time to react, he falls forward, not moving anymore. Everyone noticed what just happened and slowly step back.
"Where do you think you're going?" a male asked in a quiet, deep tone.
The three traitors looked back to see Black Star with a dagger in front of him, the blade covered in blood. As they all aim their handguns, he yet again vanishes. A male that's a head shorter than the muscular masked man, dropped his handgun. The other two witness their comrade fall to the ground and a pool of red substance surrounds the body. The duo quickly inspects the room, hoping to find the assassin. And they did, as he was sitting down on a chair with a small case in his left hand.
"Make one wrong move, and I'll blow this place up. Your plan will fail and all of your associates will die with you," he opens the case to reveal a red button. He hovers his thumb over it.
"Associates? It was just the five of us working together. No one else was involved," stated the male.
Black Star is now getting confused. "Really? No one else? Then what about those snipers that are guarding this place?"
"Snipers? They are probably bodyguards for someone else but us," explained the female.
"Then why was I told about everyone in this building working with you?"
"Someone were to meet with us in this room for a meeting. Other than him, no one else is working with us"
The assassin slowly lowers his arm, taking in about what the two said.
'They aren't lying. But why do I get the feeling that something is off...'
"Black Star, everything is clear. Press the button now!" Yellow Star calls him through the ear microphone.
"We were going to destroy the Star Clan. It is not the same anymore. Everyone is hungry for power. And because you assassins don't have an modern weaponry, all will be killed with ease," said the masked male.
The young assassin looks at the two, wondering if he should trust them. 'Is it true? Is everyone changing?'
"Black Star hurry up and press the button!"
"You will be first to die." The female quickly aims her handgun at the assassin. Black Star snaps out of his thoughts and out of pure instinct, he presses the button. The entire building starts to shake as well as explosives are being heard. Realizing what he has done, the assassin sprints out the door. As the traitors we about to pull the trigger, they were crushed by the ceiling as it starts to break down.
Black Star runs down the hallways, but then the floor breaks apart and he falls down within. He tumbles down as he collides with other floor fragments and then lands on his back. Getting up, he could hear the screams of people who are trying to run to safety while others are either being trampled to death or smashed by falling objects. Horrified by the scene, Black Star sprints to the other direction. Seeing that there's another hole in the floor, he jumps down and does a roll. Finding a window, he quickly looks outside to see a pool that seems deep enough to jump in. With the building shaking again, he goes back a couple steps and sprints towards the window, smashing and jumping out. As if everything seems to go in slow motion, he turns around to see the Caesars Palace starting to collapse from the explosions. Slowly descending to ground zero, he has a thought repeating over and over again in his head.
'I have have killed them. The innocents. I will carry all those deaths over my shoulders'
An angry expression appears on his face.
'They made me do this'
A large splash was made in the pool as he finally landed in the water.
"Hurry up and find him. He should be unconscious or in the rubble by now. Knowing him, he is not dead," ordered Yellow Star.
"While searching, collect all the human souls you can find. That is our main objective of this mission," also ordered Gray Star.
"If we can't find him, then we have to inform White Star. He needs to know about this," said the female assassin.
"You better be right about him understanding this. If Black Star finds out about everything, then he might come for us," warned the male assassin.
"Oh please, he may be the best assassin, but I doubt he is able to kill us all"
Black Star opens his eyes to find out that he is underwater. Around him were a few rubble from the building. He goes up and heavily breathes in air. He swims to the edge of the pool and lifts himself up. He turns around to see the damage he had cause to the palace. It was all rubble with no survivors.
"Those two said everyone is hungry for power. I have to tell father about this. As a leader, he's the one that made the decision for everyone to chase after power. He's the one that made the decision to create...this." He clenches his fists. "I have to get out of here. Who knows what the assassins will do if they find me. If all of this is to gain power, then the best assassin will come to hunt you all" He then vanishes into thin air.
Star Clan base. The next morning…
Finally arriving at the village, the young assassin wobbly enters as the injuries and bruises he sustained while falling within and out the building are still there. Looking around, he could see everyone else going on with their usual routine, training for their next mission or simply just enjoying the company of others. Black Star then begins to glare as the thought of them forcefully gaining more power came into mind. Nonetheless, he continues on to the direction of where White Star is located. That's when he heard a conversation from around the corner. Thinking it could be of use, he decides to eavesdrop.
"Did you hear about what happened yesterday?" said a Clan member.
"Yeah I definitely did. Seems to me that there was quite a fight," said another Clan member.
"I heard it happened in the house of White Star's wife." Black Star was getting suspicious.
"Pink Star!? I hope nothing happened to her. Who knows what will happen to Black Star if he were to find out."
"I also heard White Star is going to get everyone stronger by using human souls." That was it for Black Star.
'A fight happened in my home. Father using human souls to gain power. Something doesn't feel right.' He changes his course and heads for his home. As he opens the door, he inspects his surroundings. 'Hmm, that's strange, I thought mom would be here. Everything feels different.' He goes upstairs and stops.
'I sense something in the bedroom. I have to be careful.' He slowly opens the bedroom door to find himself in a horrified situation. Blood spattered around the walls and floor. Frames broken and photos torn. The window was broken. There seems to be a hole in the wall near the king size bed. It seems the people he eavesdropped were correct.
'What the fuck happened here?!' Black Star asked, surprised and scared. But what scared him the most, was the dead body of his mother, lying lifelessly on the floor. It appears that someone stabbed her in her abdomen. She was also bruised and her face looked like someone had beaten her violently.
'Who could've done this?' Black Star felt anger bottling up inside. 'I will kill the bastard that did this.' He left to find whom he was looking for in the first place.
And that's the end. I hope you guys enjoyed this improved version of the original chapter one. I would love to hear your thoughts about this and the way this story is going. The next chapter will be up soon so hang on.
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