Chapter 5: Target 2, the one who wishes he showed more emotion

Mosquito watched the monitors as Giriko walked over to the unconscious girls in front of him and kicked each of them a little to check if they were truly knocked out. These girls were in fact Liz and Patty Thompson or better known as The Thompson sisters. Their were the third and fourth targets on a list of people that he was having kidnapped in order to move on with his sinister plan of revenge. Giriko finished kicking the girls and than turned around to speak to Free, who was just standing a few feet away and was keeping a eye out to make sure no one saw them.

"They're both completely out" He said with a smirk "Start working on that dumpster and than come over here and grab little miss sunshine. I will be taking care of grabbing little miss princess by myself." Free rolled his eyes and headed towards the dumpster.

"See old man, I told you my plan would work. They never saw it coming." Giriko laughed as he hoisted Liz up on to his shoulder.

Mosquito leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and thought about the chainsaws comment for a moment. He hates to emit it but Giriko was right his plan had worked out quite well, although he expects that Free had a heavy hand in getting Giriko's plan to the point where it was less smash and grab and more quietly capturing the targets. Still, Giriko was able to sneak into the back of the club and beat up one of the waiters for his uniform before stuffing him in that supply closet they had past. Though from the looks of that closet, that waiter had been found which may Giriko extremely lucky no one had spotted him as an impostor and ruined his plan. The thing that he could not fathom was how the hell Giriko was able to act so nice and well mannered, than again, he did have to act that way for 800 years in order to stay off the DWMA's radar. So he must of become very good at acting nice, though Mosquito wished he acted that way more on a day to day basis.

"HEY OLD MAN, HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO ME!" Giriko yelled snapping Mosquito out of his thoughts. He looked at the monitors to see a very unhappy Giriko with the taller of the two Thompson sisters draped over his shoulder and the other one at his feet. He also saw Free off in the distance using his wolfman strength to move a dumpster next to the building. Mosquito reached on to his desk and grab the microphone for the radio.

"I am sorry Giriko, Did you say something?" he said. At this, Giriko lost it and started yelling and shaking his fist in anger.

"DID I SAY SOMETHING! I HAVE BEEN BOASTING TO YOU FOR THE PAST FIVE MINUTES ON HOW GREAT MY PLAN WORKED AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENING TO A SINGLE WORD I SAID! YOU ARE WORST THAN THAT DAMN LIP-READING BASTARD WHO ALWAYS KEEPS HIS EAR BUDS IN BUT AT LEAST HE CAN TELL WHAT I AM SAYING! WHEN I GET BACK THERE, I AM GOING TO…" and than Free clocked him right in the jaw. Giriko staggered back a bit trying to regain his footing, which was made a little more difficult because of the added wait of Liz on his shoulder. He regained his balance, put his free hand on his jaw, moving it around a little to check if anything was broken, and that murderously stared at Free.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?" he yelled. Free just looked at Giriko and started to growl a little.

"That," Free growled lowly "was to get you to shut the hell up because if I may reminder you, we are two wanted criminals in the middle of Death City with the weapons of Lord Death's son passed out at our feet. Now shut up, stay quiet and when we get out of the city you can bitch and moan as much as you want." Mosquito heard Giriko grumble something and than he looked at the ground, probably not wanting to make eye contact with Free after he told him off. Mosquito was glad that at least Free was focused on the mission and had enough sense to tell Giriko to shut the hell up while they were still in the city but something about this was bugging him. Free, by all means, was a bumbling idiot but here he is, showing more brainpower that everyone else combined. Than again, this plan did suit his natural predatory instincts, so it was probably those that were keeping him so focused and alert.

"Can you hurry the hell up, Free" Mosquito heard Giriko say "The sooner we get out of this city, the sooner I can get out of this damn monkey suit." He grabbed at the collar of the waiters uniform he was wearing pulling at it in an attempt to make it any looser than it already was.

"Well, if you want to change so badly that put your old clothes back on already." Free said through grunts of effort as he gave one last push moving the dumpster completely out of the way. He than walked over to the manhole cover which the dumpster had been blocking.

"Are you kidding me?" He said "We are about to go crawling through the sewers of Death city, I am not wearing my good clothes for that, they can stay nice and safe wrapped up in my cloak. By the way where is my cloak?"

"It's over by the door, I hid it behind some empty boxes" Free said as he ripped the Manhole cover off as easily as if it was a pull-tab on a can. Giriko mean while walked over to the empty boxes and retrieved the bundle which was his cloak and clothes

"Thanks man, this almost makes up for you socking me in the jaw" he said

"Alright, Alright," Mosquito suddenly said "if you two are done shooting the breeze can we please get a move on before some busboy decides to take out the trash and finds you two here."

"SHUT UP YOU DAMN OLD MAN, WE'RE LEAVING ALREADY!" Giriko yelled and with that he stormed past Free and with Liz on his left shoulder and his bundle in his right hand, he climb down into the manhole and out of sight. Free just shrugged his shoulders, walked over to Patty, picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, walked back to the manhole, climb down into the hole and placed the cover back on.

Mosquito sighed and than smiled, he was now in possession of three of the four targets and soon it would be four. He flipped a switch on the radio and said

"Mizune, what is the position of target two and are you nearing Eruka and the others?"

A series of squeaks and chees followed Mosquito's questions, none of which he could understand but from what he could see on the monitor target two was indeed close to the others and the time of the abduction was nearing.

"Thank you for the report Mizune, stay on the target until your reach the others and than help them with the abduction." He said as Mizune cheed that she understood.

Good, Mosquito thought, now I just need to tell Eruka to get herself and the others ready to go. He flipped two more switches on the radio, closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair a little, he was actually feeling a bit relaxed and happy. That feeling did not last very long because when he opened his eyes to look at the monitor he did not like what he saw. On the monitor were A Two of Hearts, a Ten of Spades, a Jack of Diamonds, an Ace of Spades, and an Ace of Clubs. In one furious sweep, Mosquito bolted up right, grabbed the microphone and yelled.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU…." That was as far as he got because the calm but harsh voice of Eruka came over that radio and said.

"Listen Mosquito, you have had me and the Mizunes sitting in this dark, damp, and might I add disgusting back alley for what feels like the whole day waiting on this target of yours, so sue me if we decided to pass the time with a little game of poker. Now, if you would excuse me, I am about to clean the Mizunes out of every magical herb and potion they have. Ribbit"

Mosquito felt his temples ache and the vein across his forehead was ready to burst. Children, he thought, I am dealing with nothing but a bunch of whiny children who have the maturity of a toddler and the IQ of a horsefly. He closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose and took deep breaths in an effort to calm himself.

"Oh how low I had sunk," he mumbled to himself "if Lady Arachne was still here I would never be forced to work with such dim wits as these but she's not and at the moment they are all I have to work with." He sighed, opened his eyes again and looked at the monitors and he noticed something that made him smile a little. This should end their little game of poker, he thought wickedly and he reached for the radio's microphone.

"Hey, Eruka" he said calmly

"What do you want, I am busy here" she repeated with a snappy attitude.

"Just thought I let you know that you are going to lose this hand." he said. He could see her face on the monitors and the look on her face was priceless; she looked completely shocked and dumbfounded. Eruka finally snapped out of the trance she was in and her face changed from being dumfounded to being peeved in an instant.

"HOW THE HELL DO YOU THAT I AM GOING TO LOSE THIS HAND!" she yelled

"Because" Mosquito said dully "the Mizune sister to your left has a straight, The Mizune sister to your right has a full house and last time I checked, you only have a pair of Aces"

Mosquito watched as the two Mizune sisters looked at each other, looked at Eruka, smiled and placed their cards on the table, which to the dismay of Eruka were indeed a straight and a full house. Upon seeing this, Eruka through her cards on the table and started cursing at Mosquito, which he had to emit, made him laugh a little.

"FUCK YOU TO HELL, MOSQUITO!" She yelled " I HAD A GREAT BLUFF GOING THERE! I COULD HAVE WON THREE STEMS OF HEMLOCK, A BUSHAL OF RAGWEED AND A JAR OF NIGHTSHADE! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO HARVEST NIGHTSHADE THIS TIME OF YEAR! DO YAH!"

"Are you done yet," Mosquito said coolly. Eruka crossed her arms in front of her chest and pouted

"Maybe" She said quietly and with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Good" Mosquito said "now for the reasoned I called." Eruka rolled her eyes and sighed in annoyance at Mosquito's words.

"Let me guess" Eruka said. She than made a noise that sounded like she was clearing her throat and said.

"Eruka" in a voice that was clearly intended to mock Mosquito's voice "As you know it is very, very, very, very important that the target is captured and I am calling you to tell you that all the other teams are done and relaxing back at the complex but sense your target is still not at the abduction point you must stay in this disgusting alleyway for even longer than you have already. So, don't have fun, don't get captured and I will see you at some point in the future, Maybe, I don't really know I haven't a clue what I am talking about." After she was done, she fell back on the ground, laughing at what she had just done while the Mizunes sisters snickered at Eruka's impression of Mosquito. Mosquito however was not very happy with Eruka's little skit. It was just another example in a long list of how childish the people he has to work with are but for the sake of his mission he would have to let this one slide.

He sighed and said in a snarky tone "Well Eruka, you got everything right except the fact that your target will be at your location in about, oh lets say 15 minutes"

"SEE, I KNEW IT!" She yelled while waving her arms in frustration and clearly now paying attention to what he said.

"We are going be stuck here for…" She stopped as what Mosquito just said started to process through her mind, she put her arms down slowly and said with a blank expression.

"Did you just say that the target would be here in 15 minutes?"

Mosquito sighed at this, "Yes Eruka, Your target will be at your location in what is now probably under 15 minutes" Eruka stood there for a moment and than started smiling and jumping around while singing.

"Happy day oh happy day, Mizunes sisters clean up the cards and get ready, the sooner we kidnap the target, the sooner we get out of this back alley so hop to it girls! Ribbit." The Mizunes did as Eruka said and cleaned up what remained of their poker game and transformed in to mouse form to hide.

"We're ready when you are Mosquito" Eruka said as she gave a thumbs up and transformed into a frog to hide herself.

"Well, at least she is back on track" Mosquito grumbled as he grabbed his tea to calm himself. He took a sip and let the stress of the past few minutes melt away from his body. This was the last target and then his plan would be finally on its way and by the end of it no one, not even the dim wits he was working with, could stop him from becoming the puppet master of the whole world. He smiled at this thought and sat back to watch as he acquired the last thing he needed to move on with his plan.

"That will be 48 dollars and 63 cents, Miss"

Tsubaki smiled at the nice little old lady standing in front of her on the other side of the checkout counter and handed her the amount of money she asked for. The woman took the money and as she finished ringing up Tsubaki she smiled and said.

"I couldn't help but notice some of the foods you brought go very well together. If you don't mine me asking are you planning on making dinner for someone special?" Tsubaki blushed a little and said softly.

"Umm…I don't mine… I am making dinner for my boyfriend." The little old lady smiled as she handed Tsubaki her bags of groceries and said.

"That's a very nice thing to do, I hope your boyfriend really appreciates it."

"So do I," she mumbled under her breath. She thanked the little old lady and with her groceries in tow she headed out of Death-mart and into the night. She sighed as she started to walk home, what that little old lady had said made her a little sad. She had been mulling that same question over her mind for the past few months. Did Blackstar truly appreciate her? Did he truly love her? True, he appreciates her as his weapon but does he appreciate her as his girlfriend. He never shares his feelings with her or thanks her for the things she does for him. Furthermore, the only times she could ever remember him saying he loved her was when he was showing off in front of the others or when they were having sex. Was that all she was to Blackstar, a conquest to show off to their friends or was she some sort of object for him to had sex with. No, Blackstar isn't like that or is he. I just don't know. I just do don't have the answers.

She stopped walking as she felt the warmth of her tears roll down her cheeks and land on the cold dark street below her. She gripped the bags tighter, hugging them to her chest while trying to stop herself from completely breaking down into tears. Damn it, she thought, it's times like this that she was a bit jealous of what Maka and Soul had, always cuddling up together on their couch and talking about their feelings. She would never be able to get Blackstar to sit down on a couch let alone cuddle with her and talk about their feelings. If Blackstar would just open up a little I wouldn't be having these doubts but do I really want him to open up. Do I really want to know what he truly thinks of me? She felt more tears slip down her face, come on Tsubaki, she thought, keep it together, you are stronger than this, you have to keep up this act, you can't let the others see your doubts, but they already have their suspicions and Nygus already knows them from what happened earlier today. Tsubaki start walking again as the events that took place earlier that evening flowed back into her mind.

It was a little after six, she remembers because Liz and Patty had just left saying that they had to get home and get ready to go out clubbing with Kid in a hour. She remembered what they said as the got up to leave.

"Are you sure you are going to be ok just sitting there" Liz asked, looking down at Tsubaki sitting next to the bed that held the unconscious form of Blackstar from where she and Patty stood.

"I will be fine Liz, Nygus is here after all and I always have Blackstar to keep me company." Tsubaki said as she grabbed Blackstar's hand and squeezed it a little. Liz just looked at her and shrugged.

"Whatever you say Tsubaki and sorry again for knocking out your boyfriend" she said with a note of guilt in her voice.

"It's ok Liz, he probably deserved it any way" Tsubaki said, smiling at her friend. Liz smiled back and said.

"We will see you tomorrow" and she turned around to head out the door while at the same time grabbing Patty, who had found her way into the medical gauze and while Liz and Tsubaki were talking wrapped herself up like a mummy.

"Bye-bye Tsubaki" she yelled as Liz dragged her out of the room while mumbling under her breath about what she was going to do about her little sister.

"Bye Liz, Bye Patty" Tsubaki yelled back and with that the sisters were gone, leaving just Tsubaki and Blackstar. She sighed and looked back at Blackstar asleep on the bed, he looked so peaceful when he was asleep. She wished he was this calm and peaceful when he was awake but than he wouldn't be the Blackstar she loved but that again did he love her back. She remembers sitting there, staring at him while he slept and thinking over the same damn questions that have haunted her for months. She did that for what felt like hours but in reality was only an hour and a half. Any way, she stopped when she noticed Blackstar starting to toss and turn in his bed and he slowly rose to a sitting position with his hand on his head.

"Ugggh, What happen? Where am I? And why is my head hurting so much?" he said as he massaged his lower chin.

"BLACKSTAR! YOUR AWAKE!" she yelled as she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly while crying a little.

"Jeez Tsubaki, you act as if I was dying or something" he said, pushing her off a little. Tsubaki just looked back at him, her eyes a little red from crying and a puzzled look on her face.

"Blackstar," She said weakly "I am acting this way because I was worried about you. Aren't you happy about that?" Blackstar crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked away from her.

"I guess so," he said, not making eye contact with her "but I don't know why you were worry I am a god after all."

"Right" she said frowning a little which when unnoticed by Blackstar as he put his hands behind his head and lied back down on the pillow. Blackstar lied there, staring at the ceiling and talking to himself.

"Let's see," he said as he tried his best to focus on what he was thinking on "the last thing I remember was that I was making fun of Kid and then Liz was screaming at me and then…" He sat bolt upright as he came to a conclusion on what must had happened to him that led to him being in the nurse's office.

"DAMN IT" He yelled, scaring Tsubaki a little "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT LIZ KNOCKED OUT A GOD LIKE ME!" He than punched the side table next to his bed, shattering it into splinters and causing Tsubaki to jump at the same time.

"N…n…now B…Bla…Blackstar, l..lets calm down" she said timidly as she slowly made her way towards him. Blackstar jumped out of the bed and storm towards the window.

"I am going to go do some parkour and jump around the city for a bit to blow off some steam." He said angrily as he put a foot on the windowsill, ready to jump out into the night.

"BLACKSTAR, WAIT" Tsubaki yelled as she raced around the bed to stop him. He looked over his shoulder and stared at her with blank emotionless eyes.

"What" he said in a cold and distant voice, his eyes piercing the very depths of her soul.

"I…I j…just wanted to know if y…you wa…wanted to walk h…home to...together" She stuttered while the color left her face and her body began to shake. He looked away and stared out of the window, looking at the dark city nested below. He didn't speak for a few minutes but when he did, it caused her heart to sink.

"I am sorry Tsubaki but I am just not in the mood" his tone low and saddened, with that he leaped out the window and shouted "Yahoo" before he disappeared into the night. Tsubaki started to cry as she fell to her knees in front of the window and felt the questions begin to flow through her mind again.

"May I ask why you let him treat you like that if it makes you so sad." A voice from behind her said. Tsubaki quickly turned around to see a tall, dark skinned woman with black dreadlocks and blue eyes. She wore a white nurses uniform and her arms, legs and most of her face were wrapped in white bandages, giving her the appearance of a mummy and she was standing in the doorway of the room. Tsubaki stood up quickly to face the speaker and wiped away the tears that had run down her face.

"Nygus! How long have you been standing there?" Tsubaki said nervously looking at the DWMA's nurse as she walked into the room.

"Long enough to see how miserable you are on the inside despite what you want others to see." Nygus said as she stopped in front of Tsubaki.

"What!" Tsubaki said panicking a little as she waved her hands in front of her "Me miserable! What gave you a silly idea like that? I not miserable, I'm as happy as can be." Nygus just gave her a long quizzical look and Tsubaki could tell that she didn't believe her.

"Alright" she said dropping her arms and bowing her head as the tear started to flow from her eyes "I am miserable, I just want him to show some small sign that he cares about me as much as I care about him but Blackstar never seems to show any emotion, other than anger." She closed her eyes and felt the tears flow heavily from her eyes. She felt something warm wrap around her and opened her eyes to see than Nygus was hugging her. She hugged her back and cried a little more as Nygus stroked the back of her head in a caring fashion. Tsubaki stopped crying as she broke away from the hug and looked up at Nygus.

"Thanks" she said wearily "I needed that."

"Any time" Nygus said, her smile showing through her bandages "If you ever what to talk, my door is always open and I am very good at keeping secrets."

"Right" Tsubaki said smiling a little "I have to get going, I am thinking about stopping by Death-Mart to pick up some groceries so I can make a nice dinner for myself and Blackstar, when ever he gets home." Nygus nodded and smiled at her as Tsubaki walked past her and headed out the door.

Tsubaki sighed as the memory ended, she was glad that Nygus had gotten her to open up and maybe she would take her up on her offer and talk through some of her feelings and fears about her relationship with Blackstar. She than yawned a little, I'm so tired she thought it's been a long day both physically and emotionally but I'm almost home and than I can relax with some hot tea and do some cooking. She turned and headed down the alley that bridged the street she was on and the street her apartment was on. She had walked through this alley many times but for some reason it felt different, there was a feeling of danger in the air, maybe it was just because she was walking through it so late at night. However, she soon realized what that feeling meant when she heard a somewhat familiar voice ring out behind her.

"I love it when the fly falls so willingly on the frog's tongue. Ribbit." Tsubaki swung around and what she saw sent her into a state of shock and panic causing her to drop her bags to the ground. In front of her stood three figures in the darkness, she recognized the middle figure instantly as the Frog Witch Eruka. She quickly regained herself and turned her ponytail into a chain scythe, grabbing it and putting herself in to a battle ready stance. She stared down the three witches as they smiled at her and began to slowly walk towards her. Tsubaki's mind was racing, there were three of them and only one of her and she wouldn't be able to do much on her own against three witches. Her best course of action was to slowly back out of the alley and hope that someone sees her and is able to help. Tsubaki begun to slowly back away from the oncoming attackers but she immediately hit something that was blocking her way. She whipped around to move the object out of her way but she suddenly found herself being hit with a handful of dust. Shocked and confused at what just happened, Tsubaki found herself stumbling backwards when she tripped over something and landed hardly on her butt. She rubbed the dust out of her eyes and saw that it wasn't an object that she had hit but another witch.

Tsubaki when to get up but found that she couldn't find enough strength to get back on her feet. She felt a wave of tiredness sweep through her body and watched as the chain scythe in her hand changed back into her ponytail. What's going on, she thought, why am I so tired all the sudden, what did these witches do to me. She felt the strength slowly leave her arms as she fell backwards, hitting her head against the ground. Her mind was starting to cloud, partly from what ever was happening to her and partly from being hit on the head. Her eyes were barely open as she looked up into the starry sky. She saw the forms of the four witches hovering over her, each with a smile on their face but she also saw something else. She saw what appeared to be a blue object falling slowly from the sky, is that Blackstar or is it just my mind playing tricks on me, she asked herself. However, she never got her answer because at that very moment her eyes gave out causing them to close and everything when black.

Hatter Quicktype: (both arms in slings) Hey guys, hope you liked the chapter and sorry it so long to update but it is kind of hard to type when Death the Kid breaks your only good arm. Yes, he did catch me but only after one of my reviewers blitzed and tackled me to the ground. You know who you are so thanks for that because now I need to watch out for now only the characters attacking me but my reviewers as well! So, with my well being in mind I have decided to do the closing myself. Here we go, I Hatter Quicktype would like… (Hear a loud YAHOO come from above him, Sweatdrop, and start waving his hand around) NO! WAIT! PLEASE HAVE MERCY! (Blackstar foot dives Hatter Quicktype and drives his head into the ground)

Blackstar: (grabs Hatter Quicktype by the collar and starts shaking him violently) ALL RIGHT HATTER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO TSUBAKI? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER? COME ON TELL ME! TELL ME! TELL ME! TEEEEEELL MEEEEEE!

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Blackstar: (stops shaking Hatter Quicktype, looks at him and sweatdrop) Crap, I think I knocked him out.

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Blackstar: Well, he's no use to me like this. (let's go of Hatter Quicktype's collar and lets him hit the floor very hard)

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Blackstar: Well, while I'm here I might as well say good bye to the fans (strikes a pose) The all mighty Blackstar…and Hatter Quicktype, would like to thank you for reading and hopes you enjoyed the chapter. He also would like to give a special shout out to his wonderful reviewers TaySoul13, 1-rocker-chic, Little Did You Know, Soulkitten, Seagirl Neptuna and tsunasoraceillover. Please remember to Review, Follow, Favorite and remember that I, Blackstar the man who will surpass god, is awesome.

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Blackstar: (looks back at Hatter Quicktype) Now what am I going to do with you. (Thinks for a little bit, smiles evilly, walks over to Hatter Quicktype, grabs his collar and starts dragging him away) Maybe waking up on the side of a tall building will teach you now to mess with other people's girlfriends.

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