Godsends.

BONUS NUMBER ONE: My star.

C'mon, let's begin-
an angry wave of show time,
clearly burns into
the moment when the world prostrates, Shining in this night sky.

Turn your voice into a sign that commands me...
I'll change into myself

"Had enough yet?!"

A group of kids where fighting in the park: Three of them where against only one; they all looked around seven. The bigger group where two brunettes and a blonde boy; they where fighting against a shorter, but well-built blue-haired boy, and the trio was obviously winning.

The blue-haired one was covered in bruises and had a black eye: it hurt him as hell, but he wasn't planning to let it pass; afterall, he had purposely messed around with the other boys, just to get in a fight that was supposed to make him stronger…This particular boy wasn't very clever.

"Are you kidding?!" He spat some blood. "This is nothing at all…you shouldn't mess around with the boy who's gonna surpass God!" He arrogantly shouted, trying not to sound as beat-up as he seemed.

The trio burst out laughing, as they walked away. "Yep! You definately got enough! Let's go home!" One of the brunettes said, as the other two followed, making faces and rude gestures at the blue-headed boy, who saw them off with a glare and a growl.

The bluenette collapsed into the grass where he was, feeling completely exhausted. "Idiots…they'll see…"

"BLACK STAR!!" A feminine voice called. It sounded a bit distant, worried and loud.

This not-so clever boy turned out to be Black star.

"Oh. Hi, Tsubaki" Black star greeted, calmly. Tsubaki was Black star's best and only friend, being the only one tolerant enough to keep up with his enormous ego.

A little nine year old Tsubaki, wearing a ponytail and a short blue dress suddenly appeared, running from the distance, and in the contrary direction form which the group of boys had gone. She was carrying her school bag since she had just gotten out of classes.

"You skipped classes today too! I was so worried!" She recalled, kneeling to Black star's level.

Black star snorted. "I'm gonna surpass god, I don't need cla---HEY! OWW!"

Tsubaki wrapped one part of Black star's right leg with a handkerchief, barely touching him. "You got into a fight again…" She remarked, obviously worried.

"It's fine. I'll get stronger, and make them pay. You'll see". Black star said, seriousness emphazised in his tone, making every word sound important.

Tsubaki sighed. "Yes, yes. Now stay still, I got to treat that black eye…."

"OOWWW!!! Be careful!!!!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

Tsubaki sighed again. Dealing with Black Star was very difficult. A lot of responsibilities filled her, an elementary school student: she already felt like a mother, or a big sister.

Tsubaki cleaned Black star's wounds with various handkerchiefs (she always had lots, since she knew Black star would always get wounds) and water from a bottle in her bag. Black star kept complaining about her help, but Tsubaki just ignored him, as she merrily continued healing and helping him.

When she was done, Tsubaki got up; then, she offered a hand to help Black star up.

Black star looked away.

"I don't need help." He stated, a bit of bitterness on his tone.

"Keep telling that to yourself….Come on" Tsubaki pressed, talking gently.

Black snorted; As soon as he tried to get up on his own, his leg trembled, and was about to fall if it wasn't because of Tsubaki catching him by holding his shoulders.

"Don't be so proud!" She scolded. "I just nursed you. You won't be able to walk properly…"

Black star grunted, as he sat again in the grass, causing Tsubaki to smile in relief.

"Then how am I supposed to go home, huh?" He said dryly.

Tsubaki smiled sweetly, as she kneeled in front of him, offering her back.

"I can give you a piggyback!"

Black star got very flustered at Tsubaki's offer. "Are you kidding?! That's not manly! It's not okay when a girl gives piggyback rides!"

"But what if the girl's older, taller and her friend has a wounded leg? I don't mind at all" Tsubaki offered, smiling pleasently. She really didn't seem to care about Black star's embarasment... she seemed to enjoy it.

Black star stared at her with a defeated look, as he got into her back.

"I hate it when you're right, you know…." He admitted, a bit embarrased.

Tsubaki giggled.

"You must hate it everytime, then. Because I'm always right, aren't I?" She recalled in the sweetest voice.

Black star couldn't agree more.

.

Since we first met
back then-
we've understood…

Under the star with the name of 'you'
We were born
;
Like how light and shadow are next to each other
I'm closer by you than anyone else…

Aim for that same space,
That exists in the distant future

...

"What a nice day this is!" Tsubaki chanted happily, stretching her arms into the sky, walking in the streets.

Black star was by her side, grinning. Right now, they where walking into Tsubaki's first year of junior high; since Black star was younger, he was just dropping her off, before going into fifth grade. He still could wear the clothes he wanted, but now Tsubaki was made to wear a white sailor style uniform, which was eye-candy to any freshman her age…heck, even older ones would get happy, since the pretty attire beneficied Tsubaki's prematurely atractive figure.

"Say, Black star?" Tsubaki asked, tilting her head towards him.

"Hmm?"

"Was it really necessary for me to wear…braids?" She asked, passing her left hand through one braid.

Tsubaki's hair was long enough to cover the end of her neck, so the braids where a little short.

"I mean," Tsubaki continued. "You even called home, and told me that if I didn't do so, you'd definitely stop talking to me…then you hung up..." She said, remembering how confused she had gotten after the 'strange' call.

Black star grinned in a silly manner.

"That's very easy" He explained. "You're growing up faster than I am, right?"

"Right"

"So, you notice that you're getting prettier?"

Tsubaki blushed in a light pink tone. "Umm…not much"

Black star snorted. "Of course you are!" He remarked, making Tsubaki's blush deepen.

"Anyways, you look the prettiest when you have your hair down or wear a ponytail…" He continued, rather calmly. "If guys see you like that, they'll like you. Then they'll harass you, and stalk you, and date you, and take all of your time...You get my idea?" Black star asked, staring at a very confused Tsubaki.

"I'm...not following" She responded, in all honestly.

Black star grinned. "I don't want you to become too popular, since you're the only one awesome enough to hang around the great me!"

Tsubaki stared at her friend in surprise. "You mean…you don't want any other boys liking me?"

Black star nodded. "Uh-huh. I gotta protect you from those bastards! They'll get in our super-awesome way!"

Tsubaki smiled warmly. Black star did care about her.

"Thank you, Black star" She said, tilting her head to a side, smiling sweetly at him.

"No prob...Oh, Tsubaki?" Black star said, facing his friend.

"Yes?"

"Can I flip your skirt?"

Tsubaki smacked Black star in the head with her brand new suitcase, making a big bump on his head.

"Take that as an answer, pervert!" She said in a scolding and strict voice. Her face was cherry-red and her eyes shut due embarrasment.

"Oww…you could've just said no…" Black star moaned, rubbing his head.

Tsubaki 'humph'ed, turning a little ahead from Black star, without him noticing the fact that she was chuckling lightly.

'You are such a cute idiot'. She thought, looking at the blue, clear sky above her.

...

It won't end
eternally, the show goes on
Destiny is always
Sleeping in my hands
Even if it's silent
Even if it's tiny
As long as a meaning exists
that's right, I'll blossom fully

...

Two years pass quickly; now it's Black star's turn into getting rolled into junior high, while Tsubaki is already on her final year. Both where on their way to junior high, walking together as always.

"The uniform fits you quite nicely" Tsubaki remarked, smiling gently.

Black star's uniform was a dark-navy traditional boy's Japanese uniform; buttoned and clean…well; he'd take care of that after a few days—heck, maybe even minutes.

Black star spat on the floor, in a rowdy manner. "Uniforms are for dorks!"

"Look at it this way: we'll finally be able to walk together to school!" Tsubaki reminded, getting up her index finger in a 'as-a-matter-of-fact' way.

Instead of answering, Black star stared at Tsubaki.

"Something wrong?" She asked.

"I hadn't noticed until now but…is that a bruise on your leg?"

Tsubaki looked down; her right stocking had gone a little off, revealing a big bump on her leg; it looked like it was done just recently.

"Uh…umm…I tripped on the way home yesterday!" Tsubaki said, lying.

As a matter of fact, things weren't precisely okay in Tsubaki's home.

Tsubaki's older brother was getting into not too good matters, and had been turning into a rather…violent person. Tsubaki was strong enough to bear this, but at the same time, fragile and silent to defend herself and her very disappointed parents... Black star didn't knew yet, since he was too busy being carefree and protective of her…just on the surface.

"Liar" Black star bluntly said, questioning Tsubaki with another stare.

"Eh?"

"You never trip…You're always awake enough to notice when I'M about to trip. You're not dumb or a klutz, Tsubaki." He stated. Sounding intelligent for once.

Tsubaki's look grimaced.

"Um…I guess I'm busted? I just wanted to, uh, show off!" She said, getting nervous. "You know, when everyone sees my bruise, they're going to be all over me and…"

"Tsubaki, stop lying. You never want attention; you always make sure people give it to ME" Black star remarked, talking back like an expert. "Oh, and you suck at lying, by the way".

Tsubaki's look saddened in defeat. "Sorry…"

Looking concerned, Black star asked; "Is there something wrong at your home, or something?"

She shook her head frantically, being too obvious, even to Black star.

Black star gave her an annoyed look. "Look, just tell me! You know I'm there for you!"

"Nothing's wrong, i said..." Tsubaki said, her tolerance flickering.

"Stop lying and tell me!" Black star rudely demmanded, making Tsubaki's calm face dissort.

She gritted her teeth, and squished with might her suitcase.

Tsubaki turned face-to-face with Black star, glaring with wide, suffocating ocean-blue eyes.

"Nothing's wrong, okay?! Stop bugging me about it!!" Tsubaki snapped; it was kind of scary to see her angry for once.

"Just because you go around telling your problems to everyone doesn't mean I have to do it!!" She scolded, completely mad at him.

Black star went blank for a few seconds, very surprised.

... Somehow, he still managed to grin.

"Whoa…so you really can get angry, after all!" He chanted, cheerily.

Tsubaki gasped, as she realized her nice act had just gone.

"D-Did I just-?!" She covered her flustered face with her hands, completely embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, Black star!"

Tsubaki bowed various times, at a quick speed.

Black star's grin became wider. "It's okay! Don't get so formal!"

Soon, he forgot about the bruise, respecting, for a while, Tsubaki's privacy…

...

While holding
our own
Joys and sorrows
; under the star with the name of 'me'
we were born.
Let's push straight forward on this road
to our heart's content-- Aim for that same space
That exists in the distant future

...

"So, which high school did you enter, Tsubaki?" Black star asked.

This time,the story only skipped a year.

Tsubaki had gotten back to ponytails, most to Black star's displease…

Righ now, they where discussing about Black star's soon entering to high school, at Tsubaki's home. Since the weather was still changing from winter to spring, they where sitting in a kotatsu, on the living room, snacking oranges.

"Oh? Okubo high" She answered softly, smiling.

"You mean the one with the cool uniforms?" Black star asked, now interested.

"Yeah, the one by the name of the founder 'Atsushi Okubo' ....impressively enough, this school isn't very known…"

Suddenly, the door from the main entrance was open, and Tsubaki's brother went in. His hair was long and messy, his clothes dirty and damaged.

Tsubaki gave her brother a troubled look, and Black star had no idea who he was.

"Uh, Tsubaki?" Black star said, " Did you clone yourself into a man or something—? This dude looks like you!"

Tsubaki gave both men a forced smile. "Umm…this is my brother, Masamune…and Masamune, this is my friend, Black star…"

Masamune glared at both and walked towards his own room, smashing the door behind him.

"What's up with that impolite jerk?!" Black star shouted angryly as soon as Masamune was out of his sight.

Not that Black star was super educated or anything, but he DID greet his guests, whenever he had one.

Tsubaki sighed. "Leave him. He's actually in a good mood today…"

Black star eyed Tsubaki with a serious face.

"Are you sure? You don't seem to believe that one yourself…"

Tsubaki made yet another forced smile. "Yeah, i'm sure".

Black star felt uncomfortable, seeing how obviously hurt Tsubaki was. "You know…" He began, "It's okay if you tell me what's going on... I want to help you"

"Why would you do so? I know we're friends, but you're asking a bit too much…" Tsubaki remarked, her look not parting from the floor.

"Maybe because I DO care about you?!" Black star yelled, making Tsubaki red.

"You're always, always there for me; let me be there for you for once, dammit!" He demanded.

Tsubaki's eyes widened, as she turned to Black star.

"Do you mean that?" She slowly asked, trying to make sure she heard correctly.

Black star smirked. "Hell yeah! You should be super grateful at the fact that the GREAT Black star will always be there for you!"

Tsubaki's heart stopped for a moment.

'Always...' She repeated, mentally.

Without having the ability to fight back Black star's support, care and unusual kindness, Tsubaki went ahead and explained how Masamune was into the same old problem almost everyone sees nowadays. Drugs. (AN: I'm SO f****** original, huh? -_-) The talk went on, and on, no matter what time it was.

Tsubaki talked; Black star listened.

He asked questions, she responded.

And at very difficult things to admit and say, Tsubaki was able to find herself crying, and Black star comforting her.

That day was the one and only day when Tsubaki realized she was in love with Black star.

...

Now the only thing
that I can do
,
is to watch over you, but- Under the star with the name of 'me'
We were born.
Let's push straight forward on this road
To our heart's content

...

Almost to the present time, Tsubaki was now seventeen, and Black star was fifteen. Both in Okubo high enjoyed life together, as best friends, best partners and…well, nothing romantic yet. But Tsubaki didn't mind; in fact, she loved it like this. She was pretty sure that Black star wasn't mature enough to feel anything for her, and that maybe relationships where out of his capacity, and that there wasn't a girl in the world who could be as great as he is—he was as unreachable as a star, in her humble opinion.

One day, out of the blue, Tsubaki was called out of class, and sent to the hospital- without explanation. She saw doctors, her parents devastated in anguish, and hurried nurse entering to the same room… She soon learnt that that the brother she respected in her first years, abusive of her middle years, and the lost man of her present; Masamune lay on bed, weak and small…some organs where damaged, some weren't as much. He was a complete mess, being almost destroyed by his greed, ambition, lust, and self-loathing.

Masamune was dying. Being a man of honor on earlier times, he decided to reveal his true nature at the very end- for he knew it was near. He asked for Tsubaki to come to him, and Tsubaki obeyed, even thought she was fearfull for her brother's state...

Masamune's room was very different from the one's where Tsubaki would visit Maka or where her father would be in the future for his minor operation. Masamune was serious; cables and machines attached to his body;his room bigger than any Tsubaki had seen, and her brother.... It was the least to say, he looked pitiful as he could.

As soon as Masamune saw his sister, he breathed in a creepy, long sigh. "So I see, you're on high school now…" He noticed the uniform. A sailor style, a long ponytail, and a black scarf.

"That's not important right now!" Tsubaki scolded, feeling her eyes heavy. "H-how are you…?"

As a response, she got a heavy cough from Masamune.

"Tsubaki; why did you have to wait until now to finally scold me…?" He weakly asked. He seemed to smile, but Tsubaki couldn't tell; she couldn't look at Masamune in the face.

"Anyways…" He tried continuing. "I know I won't be here long…"

Tsubaki's eyes narrowed, her brows curved into a sad expression. "D-don't say that" Her voice trembled, more than she wanted it to. She bit her lip in nervousness.

Masamune ignored her as he reached out an arm and petted Tsubaki on the head.

"I'm sorry…" He began, trying to smile.

Tsubaki stared in confused eyes.

"...I'm so sorry..." He continued, in a raspy, almost creepy voice. "…you where a great sister…you always where, and always will..."

Tsubaki gasped. Not being able to control her grief, she covered her face with her hands, and nodded vigorously, "Uh…uh-huh!" She tried to hold tears back.

Masamune seemed delighted. "Forgive me for all I did to the family…?"

Tsubaki's face was red, and her eyes felt as heavy as they could. "You can't ask that from me...you just can't!" She stated, feeling desesperate and sad.

Masamune sighed sadly. "I guess you're right..."

Tsubaki nodded again, her sadness seeming even more transparent.

"Then i guess...I'll just keep apologizing..." Masamune tried, taking all his efforts to smile weakly at his sister, who almost broke on the spot.

"V-visit time is over…brother" Tsubaki whispered, her voice shaky and even more high pitched than usual- she didn't even glanced at her brother.

She got out of the room as fast as she could, and closed the door behind her. Tsubaki took a long sigh, trying to hide her sadness.

"So, how did it go?" A voice asked behind her, as she turned her head to see the person standing in the hallway.

"Black…star…?" Tsubaki asked in awe, still fighting back tears.

Black star gave her a small smile; he was standing face to face with her, a meter or so away from her.

"Stop trying to act tough" He demanded, bluntly "You know I'M the though one!"

He then, extended his arms in her direction.

Tsubaki's blue eyes widened in amazement, as her brows curved as much as they could, making the saddest, most surprised expresion she had ever made.

Without thinking twice, Tsubaki had lost the battle, and the tears flew out of her eyes like cascades. She threw herself into Black star's arms and kneeled to his level, so that she could be held by the head as if being the smaller one. She didn't care anymore about anything on that moment. For once, Tsubaki was being selfish, and didn't even ask for Black star's approval for crying, or to hug him. She embraced Black star with all her might, crying loudly.

...She just did whatever she felt like.

Tsubaki cried, and cried on Black star's torso, as he just silently comforted her, hugging her back with might, and patting her shoulders or back. He was allowing her to take the lead now.

Just like a friend is supposed to do when you feel the worst.

.

.

…Masamune died the same night, when a nurse had gone just to get a doctor to fix a cable that was falling…

...

Under the star with the name of 'you'
We were born
Like how light and shadow are next to each other
I'm closer by you than anyone else

...

Present day, two months before Maka and Soul's meeting, Tsubaki and Black star where hanging out at Tsubaki's place, talking about getting an apartment, since Tsubaki was about to start living on her own: now Tsubaki's eighteen, and Black star is sixteen.

"Uh…Tsu…Tsubaki?" Black star asked, his voice trembling, his whole body shaking. He tried to sound as casual as possible.

"Yes, what is it?" Tsubaki asked back in a sweet tone.

"You…you know how your dad is all worried because no one will continue your super traditional and super old family name…?" He asked, completely flustered.

"Yeah…" She sighed. "Of course I do"

"Well…" Black star gulped. He never gulped.

" I was wonderin'…" He began, now getting his hand to his pocket.

"Yes?"

"Tsubaki, when we get older…"

"Uh-huh?"

An awkward silence filled the room, and only Black star's acelerated breathings and heartbeats could be heard.

"W-would…"

"Black star?"

"Would you..."

"Uh-huh?"

"Tsubaki, would you..."

"Are you okay? Your face is so red--maybe you have a fever or--"

"WOULDYOUMARRYME?!!" Black star shouted at the top of his lungs, showing Tsubaki a tiny box; opening and demonstrating a little diamond ring; it looked expensive.

It happened all so fast Tsubaki froze at that very instant.

Tsubaki's eyes got wide as plates. Her mouth dropped almost reaching the floor, and her heart almost stopped. Her hands covered her gasping mouth, and she almost fell from her sitting position, being now probably the most surprised girl on earth…

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.

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And of course, we all now the answer, don't we?

End Bonus.

AN: FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY!

I actually liked how this chapter turned out. So…SHOJO! XD

Ah, about the lyrics you see around this chapter. Those are the translated lyrics for Tsubaki and Black star's song from the soul eater soundtrack, 'My*star'. Go look for it! since they talk about each other during the whole song, it's pretty much perfect for their little bonus :3

The truth be told, I wasn't very eager to make this chapter, since I'm now hooked to this new anime 'axis powers hetalia' .. having a new addiction sucks out about half of my working time, sorry guys…o_o

Well, that's all for today. Right now it's….3:00 am. I'm VERY sleepy...

Please review! (: