Heyooooo back for the fourth chapter, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. To be quite honest I had some trouble thinking about how the others would react to Hollow being that he looks like something out of a horror movie. I hope you all liked how he met Soul and Maka because I'm feeling really bad about putting them through that. Anyway ON WITH THE STOOOOOORRRRRRRYYYYYY.
I do not own Dark Souls or Soul Eater
Ch.4 Meeting the meisters: Black star and Tsubaki
"On the side of evil what has thou achieved." asked a man in holy robes. Hollow did not answer the man because he had no answer but he had to wonder what it was this man was talking about because he had just started talking to the man a minute ago. "Thou hath no family in thy covenant, leave this sacred place and never return."
At the holy mans words Hollow felt something as if his very heart was torn from his body, he wanted to say something but before he could darkness began to envelope his body. Hollow tried to scream but his efforts were muffled as the darkness covered his mouth, Hollow could only watch in terror as he was consumed by the darkness. When no light could be seen anymore Hollow began to thrash violently against the dark restraints on his body but when he had finally broken free he felt something behind him breathing.
As he turned around he saw that the creature was none other than the giant dark serpent Kaathe, Hollow was now completely terrified he had thought he'd seen the last of that snake. For a while the two just stared at each other, the silence was broken when Kaathe had finally said "We have been waiting for thy lord's safe return." As Kaathe said that, hundreds of other giant serpents like him sprang up from the abyss below, then they all stood at attention and bowed their heads. "All kneel before thy lord." said Kaathe "for he hath returns't."
Hollow awoke from his nightmare with a jump from his corner and examined the alley to see if anyone had noticed. As soon as he realized the cost was clear he slumped back down to his spot and breathed a sigh of relief that no one had saw his cowardice. It was daytime now, Hollow had now gotten used to the suns strange behavior since he had seen it that way for the past 4 days, he was just happy that there was light. Besides he could not claim to know the sun since he had never truly known what it is supposed to look like.
Back in Lordran Hollow had learned a terrible truth, and that truth was that one of Gwyn's children had cast an illusion over the land, the sun that he and his other sane brethren knew was just a lie. He wondered if this was what the sun truly looked like because if it was then he preferred the illusion over the real thing.
The sun itself gave him a feeling of horror but he had to admit that it was better than no light at all so he would not complain, there were more important issues to think about. One of them was his nightmares, since he had come back to this mortal plain of existence he was given back the gift of sleep but when he would, he would be plagued by terrifying nightmares of his past journey. Though this dream had confused him, he did not remember encountering someone who had talked to him with such disgust on his journey so this time he just took it as a random nightmare.
Realizing he was wasting precious day light Hollow got to his feet and began to explore more of this strange place. The knowledge that he was able to obtain was great do to the fact that people coward before him offering anything they had for him to spare them not that he threatened them in any way. These people were indeed strange to Hollow, it seemed that none wore armor. This did not make sense to him, these people were in danger of being attacked by any demon or kishin as they would say in this world, at any given day, and they just went about their business cowering at the sight of one.
It had seemed that these people relied too much on the students of the Death Weapon Meister academy or in shorter words the DWMA, it was the biggest building with strange looking skulls that Hollow saw in the distance. It seemed that the teenagers that Hollow had run in to the other day were the protectors of this world, and their leader was none other than death himself. This made Hollow wonder what this death looked like, he had to be something out of the peoples worst fears if he commanded as much power as the people said he did, he imagined this death lord to look something like Nito the death god of his realm.
Hollow wondered if it would ever be a good idea to meet this death, he had served other gods before on his journey and maybe this god could give him reason for being here because ever since he arrived in this plain of existence he asked himself the question of what he a rogue that was out of place and out of time would be able to do now, surely there had to be need of someone with his skills of darkness and deceit. Then Hollow went back to the night he had hurt two of death's faithful servants and quickly brushed the thought aside, after what he did to them he would guess that this Death would rather see him destroyed then useful in any cause.
These thoughts clouded Hollow's mind as he walked trying to find something to do with his new life. He could try getting more information out of the people but he didn't really want to scare anyone, and it wouldn't make any sense, he had all the information that he really needed. He knew this place was called Death city, he knew that this world had no warriors like knights or wizards unless you counted the students at DWMA, he knew that there were still demons in the world as in any world, and he knew that death was the guardian of all things so he had to be good or else those Meisters as people would call them would hunt him down.
Knowing that there was nothing for someone like him to do made Hollow in a word depressed, he had no friends or family to go to, no purpose other than to exist, and no idea what he wanted, 'Thy luck seems the same as ever.' thought Hollow in sadness. He was now entering the center of the city, since Hollow had arrived here he had taken note of every detail in the areas he had been in but he knew he had a lot more to go before he could say he explored every inch of this strange new land.
"Hey you, with the stupid looking armor." said someone in a high voice. Hollow turned to source of the sound and saw before him a very small looking boy with tan skin, spikey blue hair, a tattoo of a star on one of his shoulders, and wore a strange wardrobe with a sleeveless black shirt that covered to his neck, and long white baggy pants. Hollow could only assume that the taller girl with light skin, black hair, and white dress with a star on one side of it behind the boy was his partner, 'So thou art like the two before you.' thought Hollow with insight as to what might happen next.
"So you're the one who beat up my friends huh, you don't look like much compared to a big man like me." said the boy who afterwards started laughing. 'What is thou saying, thou looks as if he were a dwarf.' thought Hollow with a brow raised behind his skull mask. Then the taller girl behind him walked by his side and told him in a soft kind voice full of worry "Be careful Black*Star you don't know what this person is capable of, don't you remember what Soul and Maka said."
1 day ago
"I wonder if there are any good missions for us up there?" asked the tall girl known as Tsubaki. "What are you talking about, we already have one, we still have to take down Capone and his thugs." answered the boy Black*star in an annoyed mood. This had been another failed assassination attempt do to the fact that the boy Black*star couldn't keep his mouth shut when he would go in for the kill. His weapon and partner Tsubaki replied saying "We seem to be on a losing streak right now Black*star, maybe we should think about taking on an easier mission." At that moment Soul and Maka had arrived to greet their friends after they had failed to capture 100 souls when they had mistaken a cat's soul for a witches.
"Yo" said Soul greeting his friends along with his partner Maka walking beside him. "Looks like you two screwed up again last night huh." said Soul as he came to a stop in front of his best friend Black*star. Black*star only gave Soul a stare before replying "I don't know what you're talking about, it was awesome I was the biggest star in the whole room yesterday." while giving Soul a high five. Maka then spoke up and told Black*star "I'm sure it was a great show Black*star but shouldn't you be worrying about collecting some kishin souls." Black*star could only smile before saying "Yeah I guess I forgot that." and then started to laugh uncontrollably.
Tsubaki could only look down disappointed, she and Black*star had not collected a single kishin soul since they had first arrived at the academy. Sometimes she wanted to tell Black*star the simple truth that they weren't getting anywhere by keeping the way they were going about it but she did not want to rain on her partners hyperactive good mood.
She then asked Soul and Maka how they've been fairing with collecting their hundred souls, her answer came in the form of the two slouching over in sadness and disappointment. Soul then replied "Please don't ask." he was so upset by the fact that they blew their chances of Soul becoming a death scythe, Maka continued on saying "Yeah it's too depressing to even think about right now.
Black*star then smiled, and said "Cheer up, you should be able to get all 99 kishin souls and one witch soul no sweat." Soul then looked up and gave Black*star an even sadder look he then replied "You don't understand, we nearly died trying to get the last two souls." Needless to say this intrigued Black*star, Soul and Maka were one of the strongest weapon and Meister he'd ever known, if who's ever two souls were strong enough to give Soul and Maka a good fight then that meant those two people were one of the strongest kishin and witch that they had ever faced.
"Hey you two by any chance are those two people still alive?" asked Black*star with determination in his voice. This made Soul and Maka look up and give him a face that showed 'are you serious.' Black*star's smile only grew bigger after he saw the looks they gave him, "Well" said Maka in thought "There is Blair but she's just a cat that we mistook for a witch, she's not really dangerous but Soul won't stop gawking at her breasts." This made Soul look up and give a 'are you serious' look at Maka who just pouted out her lip and gave him an annoyed expression.
"And" she continued "There was this guy in some sort of heavy dark set armor that looked like something out of a medieval horror movie, but he turned out not to be a kishin at all, in fact I don't really know what he is at all since I didn't sense any signs of a soul in him. Me and Soul only found him out of pure luck when we had arrived at the crime scene." Both Soul and Maka shivered at the memory of how that 'thing' had managed to turned the tides of the battle with a regular scythe that should have just snapped on first impact. Soul grimaced at the memory of how he nearly failed his job as a weapon, that the creature had them in a deadly situation, and it chose to save his Meister by giving them a strange liquid that could heal any injury.
Blackstar's smile grew in to a wicked one when he had heard the part about this strange person with no detectible soul. "So where did you last see this guy?" asked Black*star with an urge to find and fight this mysterious being. Both Soul and Maka's eyes widened at what Black*star had just said, he did not know the kind of strength this man wielded, Maka was still a little sore even now after that fight and it had been three days ago. "Listen Black*star." said Soul who's face had now become serious "Don't even try to fight this guy, he'll only flatten you." All this information was now starting to make him anxious if this guy was able to scare the wits out of his friends then he had to be really powerful, "Just tell me where he went." said Black*star who was now becoming impatient.
Soul and Maka just looked at each other before replying "We don't know." This caused Black*star's wicked smile to contort in to one of disappointment, Maka then said "One moment he was in front of us and the next he just vanished." still in shock of how quick that man had gotten away in that armor, he was also really tall so she decided that was how he could move so quick but it still didn't explain how he could move so quietly without anyone noticing.
At that Moment the loud speakers came on and said "Meister Black*star and Tsubaki of class crescent moon, please report immediately to the death room, repeat please report to the death room." That announcement had immediately ruined any plans that Black*star had of finding that guy, he then replied "Us, what for." his plan to find this guy would have to wait, for now he had to deal with the problem that Death had called him and Tsubaki for.
A few minutes ago
After retrieving the souls of Capone's thugs, Black*Star and Tsubaki had arrived back in death city after a run in with a strange swordsmen named Mifune, who had done their job for them. On their way back to the academy, they had seen a man running down the street in terror. The man had then fallen over himself and tried to continue running, but was stopped when Black*star had questioned him on why he was running.
The man then caught his breath and tried to calmly tell the two what happened to him, "There was this..this..demon that walked up to me and asked me a few questions." 'That was it, that was why he was running.' thought Tsubaki in disbelief, if anything it was just some guy playing a prank on people, and not an actual demon. "Where is this demon you speak of." said Black*star with his wicked smile, the man then pointed from the direction he ran from and Black*star took off running. Tsubaki only knew what that smile meant, she only hoped that this did not end badly.
Present time
Blackstar now stood a few feet away from the person Soul and Maka had told him about and was excited to know what challenge it would present. He completely ignored all Tsubaki's pleads and challenged the person saying "I the great Black*star challenge you...creepy guy to a challenge." he then pointed to the person to make sure he got who he was challenging. The man stood there like a statue as if deciding what to do in the situation, and after a moment started to walk away as if he hadn't heard anything.
This made Black*star stand there in the same expression in shock as the person completely ignored everything he just said, "Don't ever turn your back on me." shouted Black*star signaling Tsubaki to turn in to a chain scythe. The shout had made the man turn around and witness what Tsubaki could turn in to, seeing that he couldn't just walk away from the challenge he took out his huge scythe and stood at the ready.
Black*star smiled and went in to a dash at a speed that could be equal to a boulder falling down a flight of steps for the man, when Black*star finally attacked he jumped in to the air and through his chain scythe at the man's scythe using the momentum of the pull back to earth to try and kick the man in dark set armor in the face.
As Hollow saw the kick coming he easily side stepped it, but when the boy was back on the ground he kicked upwards trying to kick him in the face. Hollow saw what was coming and with lightning quick reflexes he blocked the incoming attack at a speed that matched the boy. Hollow didn't even mean for it to happen it just did, at that point Hollow had thought about each moment where he could easily sense something coming and avoid any harm, it was as if these abilities were second nature to him.
Hollow couldn't help but wonder how he was able to retain all his past life's abilities even after all this time, and not remember a single detail of it, it was as if his own past life was mocking him by saying that he would have died more then he should have without the skills he had learned when he was alive.
It also made Hollow wonder what kind of thief he was because he seemed to know a whole lot when it came to fighting, something that most thieves would prefer not to do. His attention then turned back to the fight as the boy tried to make a swipe at his legs, this prompted Hollow to jump back and avoid the swipe, the boy seemed easily surprised at how quick he could move, it was as if he expected to land a hit on the first try. Hollow decided he would play with the boy, it wasn't like he had anything better to do and maybe by the end he could teach the boy of some humility.
Hollow then beckoned him to attack again which made the boy smile, "Do you know who you're dealing with, you're dealing with the greatest assassin ever to exist, you're dealing with the great Black*star..." Hollow then just ignored what this Black*star was saying. The boy was all bravado and no brains, by the time he had finished his ranting his weapon then took the form of a dagger and he began to circle slowly around which put Hollow on guard. At that moment Hollow's instincts kicked in and told him something just wasn't right, the boy seemed more cooled and relaxed now and he didn't appear to be breathing.
The boy then started to fade away in the wind revealing the person to be the girl, Hollow then quickly realized that it was only a distraction and heard the real one running up from behind. Hollow's instincts again kicked in and turned around the boy was already so close and throwing what looked like an electrified punch. At that point it felt like everything was moving in slow motion for Hollow, he quickly grabbed the boys arm staying clear of his fist and used the momentum from the punch to swing Black*star around and throw him hard against the ground.
Then he heard a crack indicating that he had broken something in the boy's body, his partner also apparently heard it and came running to his side in shock at what had just happened. As Hollow slowly made his way to the two, Black*star had turned to face him with a look of shock as he neared them, this made the girl try to help him up but he refused to move, Hollow wondered if it was fear or shock that made the boy Black*star as he said, unable to move. By the time Hollow was in front of the two he looked down and saw them waiting for the final blow that would end them but it would never come because Hollow knew if he killed a mere child he would have nightmares even if the child was the one who started the fight."
As Tsubaki hugged Black*star awaiting the final strike she looked up and saw that the 'thing' they had fought was offering his hand to help them up. In truth Tsubaki was stunned, she thought he would be angry and try to finish them off but it appeared that those were not his intentions at all. After a moment Tsubaki took his hand and he hoisted her up with ease, Tsubaki couldn't believe how strong he was, she was up to his chest in height but he picked her up as if she weighed nothing at all, he then turned his attention to Black*star and offered his hand to help him up. When Black*star had recovered from his stunned state he quickly slapped away the strangers hand and got back to his feet, he then said "I know what you're doing you want to make a big man like me look small so you can feel better about yourself, well it ain't gonna happen.
"The stranger then shook his head no and said in a deep voice "Not thy intentions." Again the stranger held out his hand but Black*star wouldn't have it, this man had beaten him, forgiven him, and spared him, Black*star had to admit the man was acting bigger then himself. Black*star then stood up and looked straight in to the holes of the strangers weird mask "Why are you being this way, how are you the bigger star then I am right now." The stranger then said something that really ticked Black*star off, he had said "Knowledge and experience are a virtue." First this man insults him by walking away, then he defeats him, and now he was calling him stupid, Black*star now officially hated this man and he would challenge him again but first he had to regain the spotlight.
Hollow just stared at the boy seeing how his advice had just ticked him off, sometimes he wished that he would not say anything when it came to such situations like this. The boy then just started laughing out of nowhere, Hollow did not see how the situation was funny at all, either the boy had a problem or he just wasn't right in the head. He then smiled and pointed his finger right in Hollow's face and said "You should be honored to know that I the great Black*star have found you to be a worthy opponent, therefore I make you my rival."
Tsubaki who had decided to remain silent the whole time finally spoke up and said "Um Black*star not to burst your bubble but I don't think that's a good idea." As soon as Tsubaki voiced her concern Black*star faced her and said "That's why it's a great idea, if I can beat this guy then I'm one step closer to surpassing god." Tsubaki then let out a sigh as Black*star turned back to the stranger but when he did the stranger had vanished without a trace, and instead of taking the hint that he stranger had refused to do such a thing Black*star took it as a sign that the stranger was even better than him when it came to sneaking. "NO FAIR." shouted Black*star, who then slumped over due to the pain in his chest, not believing he had just been showed up again, not that it was really Hollow's intentions in the first place.