I'm sooo happy that I'm getting this many reviews with only 5 chapters so far! I probably wouldn't of have made it this far without your reviews.
Just-a-Hopeless-Daydreamer: Aww! this is soo cute w and you make ruthless killers seem so sweet
Why thank you, I kind of have a thing with doing that. ;)
peddy-kun: this is my favorite soul eater story for life! I love how you made Black Star as a baby!
Yeah he sounds and looks cuter that way! :3
A Darker Heaven and Hell: If Ruby Star isn't Black Star's mother, then who is? Is White Star still Black Star's father? Yay! Black Star was named! I would get why people would think that the Star Clan eat their children, and I get why the Star Clan would be angry at that accusation. How did the Star Clan die off?
Ruby Star is only Black Star's real mother in my story. It is not known who exactly she was in both anime and manga. White Star however is proven to be Black Star's real father in both anime and manga. And thanks for reviewing for every chapter :D
DarkdemonRaYven: Oh my...this is just plain epic! Update soon
Thanks so much for that and for being one of the first people to review my story! ^-^
JanelleL: This story is awesome so far! I've always wanted to do a story with Black Star and his clan ever since I saw Soul Eater! Except, mine would've been a bit AU... Anyways, I was thinking of doing one after I finish my Soul Eater story...Ignoring my babble, I love how you portrayed the whole clan! It reminded me a bit of Naruto... I was wondering, is Black Star's mom really Ruby Star?
Thank you sooooo much! And thank you for being my first reviewer!
A Darker Heaven and Hell: I'm not exactly sure what Black Star's past is, or what hapopened to his clan. If you know, could you tell me? And I like the beginning of this story.
Black Star's real family is mostly a mystery but it is known that he was in an assassin clan in Japan called the Star Clan who would do anything for money. Soon their greed took the best of them and they started to hunt down human souls. They were soon wiped out by the DWMA students. At the time Black Star was only a baby so they spared his life and took him in.
Blackstarfan: Lile how u tell us how the awesome Black Star got his super cool tattoo
Thanks, but I only did it because I was in writers block.
"Wakey, wakey, rise and shine, Black Star." Ruby Star gently picked up her sleepy son and tried to wake him up without making him upset. "Come on, don't you go back asleep on me." She sat back down on her bed and bounced the baby on her leg. Black Star eyes slowly started to open and he started to smile and giggle. "Are you fully awake now?" Black Star looked up at her with eyes full of life.
"I'm taking that as a yes." She stood up and went to get a beautiful powder blue kimono and went to another room to get dressed. She came back out into the bedroom, changed the baby's diaper and put him in some small baby black shorts, picked up Black Star and headed into the kitchen. She held Black Star with one arm and heated up a bottle of milk with the other. Black Star looked around the kitchen saw what would make a human cringe in dread and repulsion.
In a few glass jars contained human souls with a few ounces of blood no doubt that it belonged to the poor souls of its once owners. Even with the lids tightly sealed the stench of blood would have been noticeable, yet it wasn't. Reason why that there are sweet smelling candles almost everywhere. A scroll with beautiful Japanese writing was written in blood instead of ink. It looked like there was a picture of Mount Fuji. Black Star looked at one side of the wall and saw a shelf with jars with not souls or blood in it, but varieties of poisons. Many were deadly to the human body if entered through the bloodstream. They were all safely above from the baby's reach.
He was still curious about the souls in the jars. He had always seen his parents ate them every day. He almost got the chance to put one in his mouth when the whole family was eating dinner together a few days ago before his father left for the raiding expedition. One of the blue human souls slipped out of Ruby Star's chopsticks and it rolled over to Black Star. He smiled and expected the soul to roll over to his grasp, but his father grabbed it with ease before the baby could even touch it.
"Not yet, son, but soon," he remembered what his father told him. For some reason it sent a chill of fear down his spine. Was it because of his father's low and cold voice? But then again, his voice isn't really the sweetest sounding voice in the world. Then again his father's words also send a rather strange chill of excitement. The baby considered them to be delicious if his parents and everyone in the whole Star Clan enjoyed them so much that they would eat so many of them every single day.
And I mean every single day.
The bottle of milk was warmed up and to be sure it wasn't going to be too hot for Black Star, Ruby Star squirted a few drops on her hand. She smiled when it didn't burn her skin and it proved that the milk was at an appropriate warm temperature and placed the bottle in Black Star's mouth and he started drinking. His large, green eyes looked up at his mother. "So what do you want to do today?" Black Star pushed away the bottle from his mouth and yawned with his eyes half open.
"No, no," she gently bounced the baby and woke him up a little again. "It's not naptime yet. Why don't we go outside and have a little walk? I bet that'll wake you up." She grabbed a small bag of souls and tied the small but strong thread on her kimono's stash tied around her waist and was greeted by the sun's rays off light. She took in a deep breath of the fresh morning air and put on her sandals. Black Star looked up at the laughing sun above. Whenever he saw it he would try and reach out for the odd sun and grab it. To him it looked like the sun was mocking him since it's all the way up in the sky and the baby was on the ground unable to reach it. "The sun always looks funny doesn't it?" Black Star kicked his feet against Ruby Star until he saw a little beetle flew on his arm. He stared in fascination as the insect crawled on his arm. Ruby Star looked at the beetle too and kept a close eye on them since she wanted to make sure that Black Star doesn't get too curious and wanted to see what it tastes like. Just as he gotten too curious the beetle flew away.
"Good morning, Ruby Star," Ruby Star turned around and saw Sky Star hold Frost Star's small hand while she rubs her tired eyes with the other and tried to adjust her eyes to the light. "How are you?"
"Just came here for a little walk with Black Star while I have some breakfast." Ruby Star nodded to the small bag of souls tied to her stash.
"I see, but you have to be careful, babies' skins are very delicate and the sun can really damage their skin." The other mother cautioned.
"Yes I'm aware of it. I'm only taking a short walk to wake the two of us up, and I'll mainly stay in the shade anyway." Frost Star made a big yawn and made a tired smile and waved at Black Star.
"Hi Black Star, you sleepy too?" she yawned again and laid her head against her mother. Sky Star gently shook her shoulder. "You can't go to sleep Frost; assassins don't sleep in in mornings. How will you become a great assassin like the rest of us if you just keep on sleeping most of the time?"
Frost Star only shrugged. "I don't know." She murmured.
"Then I suggest that you start going to bed on time and wake up when you're supposed to."
"Well then," she gently tucked a long strand of blue hair behind her ear, "I better start my walk before Black Star tries to catch a few winks." Sky Star and Frost Star bowed and left to wherever they had planned to go.
Ruby Star smiled as she watched her friend and her daughter leave. Black Star on the other hand didn't really notice that they were just there. His small, chubby hands caressed his mother's silky clothing she wore. So soft. Just like her hair. The kimono she wore was beautiful but not the same hue as hers or Black Star's hair.
A cool breeze passed through the cherry blossom trees. A few of the flowers drifted with the breeze leaving a pleasant aroma in the air. Ruby Star took in a deep breath and let out a content sigh. "Such a beautiful morning." She said to herself. She looked down at her child while a blossom flew into his face and caused him to sneeze. Ruby Star smiled and continued her walk under the shade.
Soon she came across a glistening, crystal-clear lake. She sat down on the grass, and took off her sandals and dipped her feet in the cool water. She placed Black Star on her lap and opened her small pouch of souls and popped one in her mouth. Black Star looked up and his mother and down at the water and saw his own reflection for the first time. He blinked a few times and reached out for it but was restrained by one of Ruby Star's arm.
"The water looks fun doesn't it?" Black Star continued to reach out for the person that looked like him and kept on doing what he did on the water. "Maybe when you get older daddy and I can teach you how to swim. You could come swim here with your friends. The waters here are perfect and fun to play in." She took in a deep breath and let it out. Long time ago when she was a child, she always came here and played in the water with her friends. It was also the time when White Star's father was still running the entire Star Clan and when she first met White Star.
Twenty-eight years ago in the exact same spot, a six-year-old Ruby Star was playing in the water with a few other girls her age, one also being Sky Star. They were splashing at each other playfully while some others swam around the clean water.
"Bet I can hold my breath longer than you, Sky!" said a boy with silky black hair. The younger Sky Star made a smug smile. "You're on, Oni Star!" she shouted. They both held their breaths and went under. Ruby Star rolled her eyes knowing that both of her friends can be competitive in childish activities. So it would be a while before they would resurface. So to kill time she crossed her arms under her head and gently kicked her feet. She started to hum some tune she probably made up while her eyes were glued to the clouds.
"Let's see," she said to herself. "That one looks like a little cherry blossom… And that one's a mongoose… and that's a hand doing thumbs up sign… that's a doggy… a katana…"
"What are you doing?" said a voice of a boy. Ruby Star turned herself around and was face to face with a white-haired child perhaps a year or two older than herself. "Well, I'm waiting." He replied a little impatiently.
"I'm looking at the clouds until my friends come back up from the water." The boy stared with a confused expression and looked around the water.
"So you're waiting for drowned people to come back up?"
"No! They're seeing who can hold their breath the longest."
"Oh. Seems kind of childish don't you think?" he asked her but before she could even answer he interrupted her. "So where are they?"
Ruby Star gave a flat look at the boy then turned around and pointed at where the other kids were swimming at and also saw that Sky Star and Oni Star were done with their contest and resurfaced. The boy looked over at them and smiled when he say a familiar face. "Hey, Oni Star! Over here!" he shouted and waved his hand.
Oni Star looked over and saw the boy and waved back. "Hey White Star!"
Ruby Star's eyes widened when she faced back the boy named 'White Star'. "Oh!" she quickly bowed in respect and to hide her embarrassing red face flush up. "I'm sorry; I didn't realize that you're Silver Star-sama's son!" The reply back shocked her. She looked up and saw White Star lightly chuckling to himself.
"What's to be sorry about? I usually don't mind, I like to see how they react when they realize who they are talking to!" he stated boastfully. Ruby Star's face turned a darker shade of red when she found out exactly how ridiculous she looks right now. "But I guess I have to get as much fun out of it as I can."
Ruby Star looked back at him with her face color back to normal. "What do you mean?"
"Well, when the time comes, I'll be the next leader of the entire Star Clan and then everyone would know who they're talking to." He made a big sigh and laid his head against the ground.
"But when you do become leader, everyone here will show you more respect than you do now." White Star did a small shrug and slightly nodded his head when he understood what the girl meant.
"And when you become leader of our clan, people outside of it would be afraid of you more than the other guys." She added. White Star sat back up with his spirit back and made a cool little smile at her which caused her face to turn pink.
"You know what, you're right! When I get older, I'll be the most ferocious assassin in the clan not only because I'll be the leader, because I'll one day become stronger than my own father!" He quickly stood up and ran back to wherever he came from. Ruby Star just stared at the white-hair boy run off but made a quick halt and looked back. "By the way, I never got to ask for your name."
"My name is Ruby Star." White Star smiled.
"Well, thanks for bringing back my spirit, Ruby." he said with smile and jumped on a tree branch above him so high it couldn't be possible for any human being to achieve, except for those in the clan.
Ruby Star only stared unaware that Sky Star was swimming towards her muttering something to herself. "Stupid Oni Star," she said and startled Ruby Star, "I should've won, the only reason he says he won because we didn't went under at the same time and I went under first!" Ruby Star only rolled her eyes and went back to stare at where White Star had been before. Sky Star stopped her complaining and stared at her friend in confusion. "Hey I saw you talking to some guy, who was he?"
"That was White Star." She said looking at her friend and giggled at her friend's shocked expression.
"You're joking! That was him?" she was utterly speechless. That was what caused Ruby Star to smirk.
"Yep, that was him. And I guess he was right." Her friend looked at her strangely expecting an answer.
"Guess he was right, it is fun to see people react when they find out who exactly he is."
"And that's how I first met your father, honey." Black Star didn't even bother to even listen his mother's story and splashes his hand on the water's surface while he giggled with joy. "Oh, you don't care what happens in the past, you just want to live in the present." Now Black Star looked up at his mother with his big round green eyes then looked out at the glimmering water's surface. "But who knows, perhaps one day you will meet your future spouse here as I did."