So, a little odd AN note this time. Got a question for you readers out there, though… anyone here RP? Cause I've been looking a bit desperately for some good Soul Eaters one and haven't managed to find too many good ones ^^ If there's any interest please drop me a PM or leave a review with a way for me to contact you~

As far as Black Star was concerned, the day was just like any other Friday. Ordinary wouldn't have been a good word to use to describe it because any day that he was a part of wasn't ordinary – his very presence boosted it to be something amazing and spectacular. Everyone should have felt honored to have their day graced by his presence but of course they didn't view it the same way. He wasn't going to hold it against them, though. No, people as big as he was didn't hold grudges over the small things and he knew that one day people would see his greatness. They would realize how lucky they were and they would beg for his forgiveness which, of course, he would grant right away, and doing so would only make them-

"Black Star!"

"Gah!" The assassin had been working out, doing sit-ups on the freestanding pull-up bar in their living room, and Tsubaki's sudden screeching nearly caused him to lose his balance and fall to the mat below. He reached up and grabbed the bar with a free hand to catch himself and stared up at her, his confused expression amplified by his upside-down pose. "What, Tsubaki, what? I didn't do anything this time, I swear!"

The dark haired girl just walked over to him. She smiled and reached out to hit the top of his head gently with an envelope. "Not everything has to do with you," Tsubaki said, tone teasing, and the assassin just wrinkled his nose and stuck out his tongue. Her attitude immediately shifted and she grinned, shifting her weight from foot to foot as she tried to keep still. "Do you have any idea what's in this envelope?"

"Um, the secret to solving world hunger?" he guessed. Black Star kept his grip on the bar as he let his legs slip off. He landed a bit heavily and released his grip as he straightened. "No, wait, you probably wouldn't be half as excited if it was something as boring as that."

"Ha. Ha." Tsubaki rolled her eyes before opening it. The shadow weapon pulled out two tickets and flourished them in front of Black Star's face. "Tickets! Tickets to see General Causality!"

"To see General who now?" He blinked, completely bemused at her enthusiasm. "That's cool, I guess, since I'm guessing you want to go see them. But why did you get two tickets?"

"Okay, it's more than cool because this group is-" Tsubaki broke off and shook her head, obviously sensing that it would be a pointless battle to try to get the assassin to understand just what was so awesome about the group. "It doesn't matter. They're just really… really good. And I didn't get the tickets, Kid did. For all of us. You're going too Black Star."

The assassin frowned at that. Hearing that Kid had done something as nice as get everyone tickets to the concert struck him as a little odd; the reaper wasn't really known for his generous streak. That was something that the blue-haired teen would dwell on later, though. "What do you mean, I'm going?" he asked slowly. "Why would I want to go to a concert where I'm not the one on stage?"

"Because," Tsubaki said, smacking him on the head again, though this time with just the tickets. "Kid got you a ticket too and we're all going. It wouldn't be all of us if you decided to stay at home. Besides, even though you won't be on stage you can still make a spectacle of yourself there. I'm sure you could get a lot of attention by doing something stupid."

"Hmm." Black Star tapped the side of his face as he nodded. "That is tempting," he admitted as he turned to walk back to the bathroom; if there was one thing that would set Tsubaki off it would be if he walked around after working out without taking a shower. "I'll think about it. What day is the show?"

"Today!"

At this the assassin actually stopped and looked back at her, his expression clearly one of disbelief. "What?" Black Star asked, half expecting to see his weapon laugh and tell him that she was just joking. Tsubaki just kept on grinning, clutching the tickets tightly in one hand as she practically started to bounce in place. "Tonight? Doesn't this seem just a little last minute to you?"

Tsubaki did laugh at that. "Go take your shower Black Star," she said cheerfully, ignoring –or, more likely, just not caring – about the discomfort her meister seemed to be in. "We're gonna leave in an hour. Liz wants to get there early and I want to too."

The assassin would have argued further except he couldn't think of anything to say to argue. He really didn't object to going to the concert and would have gone along even without the flimsy excuse that Tsubaki had offered. He just couldn't help but think that it was odd that Kid would do this for everyone, but they had been working their butts off lately with Spartoi. Maybe the reaper had just thought that they deserved a break.

Of course, chances that he actually would think something like that were next to none, and there was an even slimmer chance that Kid would act on that, but, well…

Eh. Free concert tickets. I shouldn't open my mouth and complain.

"Oh, so you thought that was odd too?" Soul was leaning back against one of the walls in the women's room, arms crossed over his chest as he listened to Black Star. The assassin was leaning against a stall that Kid was currently occupying; the reaper was vomiting again and this time the scythe could hear that it wasn't just dry heaves. "Maka was beyond excited but I thought it was a little weird. No offense Kid, but it did kind of come out of the blue."

"None taken," was all the reaper said weakly in response. Kid let out another groan and Soul winced as he heard him gagging again.

"Hey, hey, answers will come in time," Black Star said. "You don't want me skipping ahead to spoil the end before telling you what happened leading up to it, do you?"

"I don't know, which one would get us out of this bathroom sooner?"

"Since it actually depends on whenever Kid is done…" Soul made a face at that and sighed.

"Fine, stick with the long version. Not like I really felt like eating dinner or anything when I got back home or anything like that," he grumbled.

"All right Tsubaki." Black Star walked out of the bathroom, rubbing his hair with a towel. The blue spikes were hanging a bit low as water dripped off the tips, falling onto the back and shoulders of his shirt. Orange tank top, nothing special. It was just a stupid concert so why would he dress up to go? "Are you ready to go? I… am…"

His voice trailed off as he walked back to their shared room. Tsubaki was looking at herself in the mirror, clearly making sure that what she was wearing was fine. Tight black jeans along with a long sleeved white and black shirt with the band name clearly displayed on front. Her hair was partially down in a half ponytail and when she turned to face him Black Star swore that she had make-up on. Oh, wow, really? That dressed up?

"Black Star!" she said, tone sounding more despondent than anything else. Tsubaki shook her head and walked over to him, placing her hands on his shoulders. The assassin found himself turned about sharply to stare into his closet. "Pick out something nicer to wear. You really want to go out looking like that?"

"… yes?" Black Star blinked and looked over at her. "I put it on. Why wouldn't I want people to see me like this? And it's just a concert Tsubaki. It's not like we're going out anywhere special."

"Just a concert?" Tsubaki's expression made it clear that the assassin just still didn't get it. She frowned and went over to his dresser, opening it and pulling out a pair of khaki shorts. "Find something that goes with this," she ordered as she threw it at his face. Black Star caught it easily and made a face at his weapon as she stalked from the room.

What are you getting so uppity about?

Ten minutes, and four shirt changes later – none of the ones he had picked out were up to Tsubaki's standards and she had eventually pulled one out herself – found the assassin and the shadow weapon outside. They were walking to the Gallow's Manor to meet with Kid and the Thompsons. Maka and Soul were doing the same and they all were apparently going to leave from there together. Black Star wondered how they were going to do that before remembering that this was Kid and the damn reaper probably had a car reserved just for situations like this.

Scratch the probably – Liz had come in class one day with pictures of Kid's various vehicles. Well, not Kid's, they were technically Lord Death's, but Black Star couldn't think of a single reason as to why the grim reaper had so many damn cars. Kid had admitted that he didn't even have his license but that was fine because Liz did. Or at least knew how to drive and, according to her, that was close enough.

"Come on Black Star." Liz nudged his shoulder with her arm and she smiled at her meister. "You look like you're being taken on a death march or something. I thought you'd be happy to spend some time with everyone else."

"What? Of course I am. Any time that I get to show them what a great big star I am is great." Black Star grinned and smacked his fist against his chest. "It's just this whole concert thing. I've never been a fan of them."

"Them?" she repeated, looking at him quizzically. "… Black Star, have you ever even been to a concert before?"

The assassin just shrugged. "No, but I know what happens there."

Tsubaki looked torn between correcting him and just letting it go. She picked the later and just nodded, though she was smiling softly when she did. "All right Black Star. Whatever you say."

"This really was your first concert?" Soul arched a brow and Black Star just rolled his eyes.

"Hey, some of us have been busy being big instead of just wasting our time being a play boy," the assassin drawled out with a slight sneer. "And if this is an example of the norm then I don't think I want to go out to another one."

"Trust me, this one wasn't the norm." The scythe shook his head. "So, what happened next?"

"Next? Next is when I did find out that something was off with Kid…"