Episode 9: Stardust


Author's Note: Again, please remember that the Soul Eater Chronicles is a series. As such, it is also important to read the two other stories coinciding with this one. Though I know that some of you have 'biases' on which character/s you'd prefer to follow and I respect that, but please reconsider. It is to help you, my valued readers, get the full view of this entire series. Thank you for your time and please enjoy... ^_^


Paris—at about 2:04 in the afternoon, Blair de Valesti and the Thompson Sisters, Liz and Patti, went up against the mighty Mosquito on the Pont Louis-Philippe. However, in the course of the battle, Liz and Patti were knocked out by the hulking behemoth. Thus, Blair was forced to unleash her power in order to finish the job.

"Time to end this," Blair started wailing like a banshee. The sound waves were terribly destructive that it started tearing away at his flesh. Even the bridge was in danger of shattering to bits.

It seemed as though victory was assured for the heroin, but then…


"YA-TA! I FOUND YOU AT LAST!"

Loud shouting was heard from above. It was none other than Black Star. He was on one of the nearby buildings, laughing at the heavens as he brandished the Demon Blade, Tsubaki. However, as expected, no one even bothered to notice him.

"OI, OI! I'M TALKING HERE! LISTEN UP!!" he grew furious at being completely ignored.

"Black Star, maybe we should just get down there and help," suggested Tsubaki.

"BUT NO ONE STEALS MY SPOTLIGHT!!!"


Meanwhile, Mosquito was brought to his knees. He could not escape nor could he even protect himself from Blair. The sound waves that battered his body were also driving him crazy with a massive migraine. He was frustrated and confused. His ear drums were just about ready to pop.

"SSSSSTOOOPP!!!" he couldn't even hear himself scream.

Clearly, at this point, it wasn't going to take long for his soul to be out in the open. He had to do something, but what? Only a miracle would save him now…

"HERE I COME!!!" yelled the so-called ninja after he sliced off a huge portion of the building and brought it down with him.

Crash!!!


Several tons of concrete and steel buried Mosquito and engulfed the area in a cloud of dust and smoke. Blair was thrown back and landed on the wing chair she set up earlier. Liz and Patti were a bit farther from the action so they weren't in any danger of being crushed.

"Ugh…w-what just happened?" Blair was focused so much on her opponent that she didn't even notice the falling debris until it was too late.

"YOSH!!! THE AMAZING BLACK STAR IS HERE!" he declared atop the pile of rubble, in a king-of-the-mountain-type manner.

"What the hell!? What do you think you're doing, monkey!?" shouted Blair, enraged by his audacious moves.

"Hey, I just saved your life! Be grateful!"

"Saved my life? Are you kidding me!? I outta kick your ass for doing such a stupid stunt like that!"

"You're really asking for it, aren't you!?" his grip tightened on Tsubaki. Her partner knew that this was getting serious. So, before Black Star could do anything he'd regret, she disarmed him by forcefully turning back into her human form.

"Relax, you guys. We shouldn't be fighting. We're all on the same side here, right?" she tried to diffuse the situation, but her words fell on deaf ears.

"Bring it on!" Blair readied herself in a karate combat stance.

"You're dead!" he charged, leaving his partner behind.


Attacking with strong kicks and fast punches, Black Star didn't hold back and so did Blair. Meanwhile, as they fought, Mira Nygus appeared on Notre Dame to inform Sid of an impending danger.

"What? You saw some witches coming here?"

"Yes, Sid-sama. They blocked out all radio signals so I couldn't call it in.

"How many and where are they now?"

"About twelve on brooms and they're two klicks from our position."

"This isn't good. Azusa-sama, we have to leave immediately."

"I know. Nygus-san, where's the Death Copter?"

"I've hid it behind this cathedra-"


"KYAAAAAH!!!" a woman's scream echoed across the desolate cityscape and caught everyone by surprise.

"Tsubaki!" Black Star was shocked to find his partner fighting for life in the hands of Mosquito, now turned into his hundred-year form. It seems that tons of rubble weren't enough to lay the ancient fossil down to rest. Somehow, he managed to dig himself out.

"Move and I'll break her neck!" he threatened.

"Let her go and I'll go easy on you!"

"You insolent brat! You think I won't do it!? It'll be as easy as snapping a twig!"

"If you hurt her, I'll rip you to pieces!"

In a strange twist, Black Star was going about this hostage situation in the wrong way. However, it seemed as though it was working for Mosquito was actually hesitating, probably because he was a gentleman at heart. At the same time, Sid was having trouble aiming for his head.

"No good. If we fire from this angle, the bullet would pierce his skull and still hit Tsubaki-chan. What should we do, Azusa-sama?"

"Aim for his neck. I might be able to stop him."

"Yes, sir!"

Bang!!!


In a split second, Black Star dashed forward and delivered a flying kick to Mosquito's body just as the bullet severed his head off. In effect, his body was sent flying over the guardrails and towards the water below.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I left you," the boy hugged her tightly.

"Black Star…" Tsubaki was about to cry in his arms when…

"Don't be too sure of yourself, punk!" From out of nowhere, Mosquito's bouncing head appeared and sprang a direct attack with his needle nose.

"Tsubaki!" Amazingly, Black Star's quick reactions saved her yet again. Although Mosquito's attack wasn't really aimed at her, the boy pushed her out of the way and nobly "sacrificed" himself in the process.


"Ewww! That's disgusting!" was all Blair could say as she watched Mosquito drain away litres of blood via the boy's left butt cheek and making him pass out.

Incidentally, without the vital liquid, Black Star was pale as a ghost, weighed only about a few pounds and his entire body became like paper. A gust of wind blew him across the pavement together with a few dust bunnies.

"I'm back!" In the end, Mosquito became stronger after instantaneously regenerating his hundred-year-old body. In doing so, he had also effectively sobered up.

"Oh man…We've lost two more," sighed the witch. After the Thompson Sisters, now Black Star and Tsubaki were out. The latter was sent to never-never land when she hit her head on a rock after being "saved".

"What the heck is taking those guys so long?" she looked around as though she was expecting someone.