Shadow hunter chapter 4 part 4

It started out small. A twitch of the finger here, a twitch there but it wasn't until Soul was twitching on the ground that BlackStar truly felt worried for his friend.

The night started out great pizza, lame jokes, and people glaring at them because of their boisterous laughter. But that stopped fast as soul went crashing to the ground. "Soul! Soul! Get up man what's wrong with you?" BlackStar rushed to his friend's side holding his head up off of the unforgiving tile. He could feel blood on the back of Soul's head. "Shit! Don't worry buddy I'll get you to the hospital just hold on! Don't worry your in the hands of the great BlackStar!" the people in the pizza parlor stared as the insane star jumped through the window with soul I his arms "yahoo!"

"Ow!" I wiped the dust from the back of my skirt as I stood up. I fixed my twin tails as I surveyed my surroundings. All around me was white. Thick, blinding, emptiness. "Maka?" I turned to see my best friend standing a few yards away from me. I ran forward and hugged her "Tsubaki I'm so glad to see you do you know where we are?"

She looked down "I actually just woke up I as hoping you would know." it was then that Maka noticed something small and red making its way towards them. Tsubaki followed Maka's gaze and asked, "What is that?"

Before Maka could reply the demon answered for her "heheehe! I am a manifestation of the madness that lives within Soul Eater. And you two are in his head! Hahaha!" Maka and Tsubaki both took a step back and then

Maka asked "why are we here! Where's Soul?" the demon only smiled back "Soul's soul is currently being ripped in two." he horror on Maka and Tsubaki's faces was evident. "And the cause of that is the two of you! Let me. Explain. When a meister and weapon resonate the weapon reserves a small part of their soul to their meister which grows over time and that is why resonating becomes easier over time. Normally if a weapon has several different meisters it's no problem as they just need to clear a new space, however you!" he points an incriminating finger at Tsubaki. You don't resonate in the normal fashion. Instead of reaching for the small section provided for you your shadow grabs his entire soul to keep it all to yourself regardless of what he wants, you selfish girl. So now for the solution." two scythes identical to soul fell from the sky and planted their blades into the ground near Maka and Tsubaki. " As another resident of this soul I won't allow you to destroy it soooo, hehehe, you two will fight to the death! Hahahaha! Relatively speaking anyway the loser will no longer have any sway on the boy's soul. And if you refuse then Soul will die!"

Back at the hospital BlackStar was forced to wait in the waiting room when he noticed two more bodies being wheeled through. Maka and Tsubaki were both wheeled into the same room that soul was in. And you know it's not a party without the big star right? BlackStar using all the ninja stealth Tsubaki had instilled in him slips through the doors after the nurses. He hid behind a chair and listened to Stein talk to Nygus. "What is going on?"

" It seems that the three of them. Have engaged in some resonance link that is being sustained by soul's madness."

Nygus finished hooking Maka and Tsubaki to their IV's. " So you're saying that they're all trapped in his madness?"

Stein shook his head "it's possible but Maka's done this before, the real problem is what's happening to Soul."

Nygus walked up to stein to get a better look at Soul " can you clue me in doctor I don't have your aptitude for soul perseption."

"His soul is being torn in two. He's trying to resonate with Maka but Tsubaki is pulling him towards her, I suspect that this partners switch is too much for him."

"Well what can we do?"

"We can only observe." Stein says well aware that BlackStar is there despite his ninja stealth but he had more important things to worry about as he looked down on Soul's distressed face.

The little demon disappeared in a red mist but his voice echoed through the air 'if both of you are still standing an hour from now then we will all die as the boys soul is ripped in two!' Tsubaki watches as Maka picks up her scythe. " What are you doing Maka, are you really going to attack me?"

Maka got into her fighting stance "I need to save soul and to do that I have to beat you. Don't worry though, close your eyes and I'll get us out of here quick. Maka took a step further and saw Tsubaki took a step back to pick her scythe up. "What are you what are you doing Tsubaki we need to save Soul! Don't let that demon trick you, even if you can't resonate with Soul anymore it'll be okay after all your still partners with BlackStar."

Tsubaki's expression was dark as she stared Maka down. " I wasn't sure at first, but now, now I'm positive that Soul should stay with me." Maka gave Tsubaki an incredulous look before the betrayal set in. " I know he's your weapon and the two of you are partners, but... I don't care any more. I've spent my entire life smiling politely and trying to please others but just this once I'll stand my ground. I'm not completely sure why but I know I'm right." Tsubaki firmly said raising her own scythe.

Maka was livid " are you serious!" Tsubaki just answered with an unwavering look. " What about BlackStar? What about me! What the fuck gives you the right to take soul! Where do you get off on saying that! Why do you think you even deserve him! It's your fault that he's in danger!" Maka huffed regaining her breath and glared at Tsubaki. " Don't even answer I don't care because after I beat you it won't even matter." Maka and Tsubaki both raised their scythe into the air.

"Soul resonance!"

"Genie hunter-!"

"Shadow hunter!"

In the hospital room the metaphorical shit had hit the fan. Screeching machines went off and about a dozen nurses crowded the room. Nygus turned to Stein " what the hell is going on!"

" This isn't good it appeared they've entered in resonance link but... Not quite."

Nygus turned to him with a panicked look " what do you mean not quite?"

Stein pushed up his glasses as he studied their souls. At this time the curse marks appeared on Tsubaki's skin and on Soul's left arm. " It appears that what is actually happening is that both Maka and Tsubaki are trying to resonate with soul individually but are being blocked by the other. It appears that Maka's link to Soul is stronger and therefore she controls the majority of his soul however there is no doubt that Tsubaki's dark powers give her an advantage over Maka."

Nygus absorbed what stein had said, " Do you mean that the two of hem are subconsciously fighting for soul?"

Stein shook his head " on the contrary it seems to me that both are consciously battling each other likely for dominion over his soul. However, that is however highly doubtfully and unheard of."

Maka and Tsubaki charged at each other, Maka roared with anger while Tsubaki glare in concentration. Maka swung genie hunter horizontally but Tsubaki evaded it by flipping over it and launching a vertical assault with shadow hunter. Maka kept her momentum and swung around to parry Tsubaki's blow with the end of her staff, she then used her scythe to propel her into the air and hit Tsubaki in the face with a flying kick. Tsubaki slid on the ground and as Maka landed she said, " Give up. I'm one of the greatest scythe meisters the DWMA has ever seen. Do you really think you would be a better partner to Soul than me!"

Tsubaki put her hand over her heart as she stood "no. I never thought that I was better than you, but that's not why I'm doing this, I'm doing this because, because, it's something that I have to do!" Maka stared at Tsubaki in disbelief, she was you g to steal Soul am not even give a reason! Maka raised the genie hunter again "kishin hunter!" the scythe blade grew tremendously and it glowed with all the colors of the rainbow.

Maka ran at Tsubaki and slashed horizontally, Tsubaki raised her own blade too block and was thrown backwards by the force of Maka's blow. " Do you really think that you can beat me!"? Maka charged again and slashed vertically, Tsubaki again tried to block and was thrown back. " Do you!" Maka went to charge again but Tsubaki jumped into he air and transformed her arm into chains and sent a long-range shadow hunter strike at Maka. Maka easily deflected it with the blade of her scythe and grabbed Tsubaki's arm-chain to pull her down down. As Tsubaki was falling Maka prepared for a horizontal strike aimd at Tsubaki's neck. As soon as she was in range Maka swung only for Tsubaki to turn her other arm into a short sword to deflect Maka's strike and come in close for the kill. Maka reacted quickly by leaning backwards with the momentum of her scythe and back flipping a few feet away from Tsubaki. Tsubaki wasted no time and went on he offensive rushing at Maka. She aimed a vertical strike downwards intending to rip Maka down the middle with shadow hunter's jagged blade, Maka used her scythe to catch Tsubaki's blade and throw it in the air, she followed up with a diagonal strike with kishin hunter but before the attack could connect Tsubaki went into smoke bomb mode.

Tsubaki was everywhere and could attack from anywhere. Maka wasn't scared, she turned just in time to block the scythe that Tsubaki materialized with her hands around. She smirked at the surprise on Tsubaki's face. " Your body may have been smoke, but it's impossible to hide your soul. Soul perception, another reason I'm better than you. Tsubaki this fight needs to end soon, you know you can't beat me but if you keep fighting like this Soul will die! I'm going to end this in one blow." Maka and Tsubaki both took a step back.

"Kishin hunter!" Maka charged at Tsubaki, Tsubaki only smirked.

"Shadow snare!" Maka was stopped in her tracks as Tsubaki's shadow puppets wrapped around her body. Tsubaki got in a striking position. "Shadow draw!" As Maka came close Tsubaki unleashed a horizontal slice that cleanly separated Maka's head from her body.

Back in the hospital Nygus was glad to see that both Tsubaki and Soul's vital sighs had returned to normal even though Maka saw no change, Stein however knew better 'it seems that whatever internal battle there was it was over now and Tsubaki had won. Soul is now perfectly aligned with Tsubaki while he and Maka's wavelengths are incompatible. But it goes deeper than that, it seems that she is being repulsed by his very soul. This is a very big problem.' stein turned to Nygus " I'll go update Shinigami you stay and monitor their conditions, come get me if anything changes." Stein was about to leave when he stopped. " And you BlackStar come with me." BlackStar fell from his spot in the air ducts in surprise. "Your weapon could be in a lot of trouble."