Shadow hunter 10

Hey it's been a while since I updated and that is mostly because of school work but since it's almost Christmas I decided to give you a present :3

Ok so there are a couple things that I haven't specified so I'll do that right now.

The story is taking place in the Manga:

Meaning if you havn't read these may be spoilers but it's important for a couple reasons: 1 Soul is a Death scythe

2 Arachne is already dead

3 Chrona is still at large.

4 and finally Both Black Star and Kid are significantly stronger than they were in the anime

So with that in mind I hope you enjoy this chapter :D

Tsubaki pov

Over the last two weeks I have slain 99 kishin and devoured their souls. Over this time I've discovered that between kishin my reputation has spread far and wide. Kishin come from all over to witness the shadow hunter, to see the weapon that fights like a kishin. It's led to not only respect but also surprisingly a level of reverence that transcends fear. I've been called the queen of kishin. It's not a title I that matters much to me but if it helps me reach my goal then I'll do anything. Anything. And that brings me to where I currently stand; in front of the home of Masamune, and his little witch. The last soul I need to make Soul mine.

Maka pov

I sigh me and Soul have been in and out of fighting all week. He just doesn't want to accept that Tsubaki betrayed us. He's a nice person, which is one of my favorite things about him, but does he have to be so damn naive?

I take another sip of my latte while sitting in the death city cafe. One of my favorite haunts ever since my home became a battleground. I feel tired; anyone who looks at me could see the dark rings under my eyes and tell that I haven't slept in days, but how could I knowing that Tsubaki is out there getting stronger while I sit here helpless. Well not completely helpless. Soul is a great weapon but even without him I'm still the best scythe meister around. After I realized that Soul and I wouldn't be working together until I can fix this I asked Stein and he brought me one of the ancient weapons. Before magical weapons people used weapons without souls, weapons that were made of metal or wood. There aren't many of them left but the few that do exist can be found on the walls of the DWMA. Between searching for Tsubaki and practicing with my temporary scythe I haven't slept all week. But soon it's all going to pay off. It'll all be worth it when I split that traitor's head in two.

Black Star pov.

Black Star suddenly sits up. 'I found her. Just now I felt her soul pulse with energy. I slip on my shoes as I head for the door. Now I'm gonna get some answers!' He slips on his shoes and jumps out the window.

Soul pov.

I walk through the streets, hands in my pockets, eyes downcast. The last week has been hard for me. Things between Maka and I have been... Tense. We used to have fights every day and now I never see her. I'm actually starting to miss the fighting. But the truth is, I'm feeling broken. I'm a weapon that can't be used, last week Stein and I tried to resonate and even he couldn't. What good is a weapon that can't be used by anyone? Well there is one person, but she's the cause of all my problems. Yet even knowing that I can't bring myself to hate her.

As I turn the corner to my home I see Maka and Black Star standing there talking furiously. I stand in the shadows curious as to what they're doing. They shake hands. I move a little bit closer to hear what they're saying. I hear Maka say, "ready Black Star?" he nods, then at the same time they say "resonance link!"

What the hell are they doing? I see the two wings that I've only seen coming out of me when Maka and I fly together. She takes Black Star's hand and flies away.

Now that I'm alone, I leave the shadows and sit on my bike. " Has Maka always been able to fly without me? Where the hell are they going? If they had a mission then Death would have arranged for their travel, but the fact that they seemingly did this in secret means that it isn't official business, it's personal." after a second it dawns on me "oh crap it's Tsubaki! If they didn't talk to anyone about it, that meant they're going to… I have to stop them!" I start up my bike and race in the direction I saw them go.

Stein pov

"Lord death I've found the information you've asked for." Stien says as he enters the death room.

The reaper replies almost impatiently, "and?"

" Your hunch was correct, the names have changed many times but the Evans family does indeed descend from the Arthur clan. If I may ask, how is Soul's lineage important in this situation?"

Lord death sighed, "Stien let me tell you the story of the first magic weapon, Excalibur. Excalibur was a magic tool created by Eibon. It was a part of a two-piece set; Excalibur the ultimate weapon combined with the philosophers stone to limit its output energy. For you see Excalibur was too powerful for its own good. The magic within the weapon exerted more power than its material could handle. So not wanting his creation to be destroyed Eibon created the philosophers stone, an item whose sole purpose was to contain the power of Excalibur. One day a boy with an extremely powerful soul stumbled upon the sword. He was able to pull the sword out of he stone but when he did its power was unleashed. With the sword on the verge of critical meltdown the philosophers stone's emergency protocols kicked in. Because the boy's soul usurped the power of the stone the stone judged him to be a more suitable container and sealed Excalibur's powers within him. The sword's physical body became one with the boy and he became the first magical weapon. The boy's name was Arthur, and his descendants adopted this as their surname before, as you know eventually changing it."

After a brief pause stein speaks, " Do you believe that Excalibur's powers have passed on to soul?"

Death seems to think for a second before finally answering, "no. However there is another problem" death paused briefly before continuing. "The Natatsukasa and Arthurs have a bit of history between them.

We sought the boy out for his powers, thinking that he might want to join our fight against the witches. However what we found was an inexperienced boy who was unable to control his own powers. Seeing this Asura and I paid him no mind and quickly returned to the fight. Eibon while curious as to the fate of his weapon, was too deep into developing brew to pay attention to anything else. One of my followers however, was a woman named Natatsukasa who took a particular interest in the boy. She had the unique ability to absorb the powers of others into herself and was one of the more powerful members of my troupe. She used her ability to seal part of Arthur's powers in herself so that he could learn to control them better.

The two of them were very close, always choosing to fight with each other, more often than not with Natatsukasa wielding Arthur, but while absorbing his powers she too gained the ability to become a weapon and he could fight wielding her. They were the best of friends, and he would often visit her home and spend time with her family, later he would even become the godfather of her first child. However the happy times were not meant to last forever. While Natatsukasa was powerful her soul was not as strong as Arthur's and the power of Excalibur within her was too much to bear. She fell very ill and eventually died from his power. While the family didn't blame Arthur, he blamed himself and was too ashamed to ever visit there home again.

Arthur grew up to have a wife and family, but the power of Excalibur kept him from aging. He saw his children and grandchildren be born, grow old, and die. He began to slowly lose his mind as time lost him, and he became more myth than reality. "

Stein looked up shocked by death's story. " Does that mean that the Excalibur that we know today is the same boy?" death only nodded in confirmation. "Then what happened to his appearance?"

Death shook his head "the only one that could tell you that has probably long forgotten. However that was not the point of this story. I would like to amend my answer to your previous question. I do believe that the powers of Excalibur have been passed onto soul. However I don't believe that he can activate them by himself."

A look of realization came upon Stein's face "you believe Tsubaki is the key?"

Death began walking towards his mirror, " the fact that all Natatsukasa are weapons means the her family still carries Excalibur's power so if the two were able to resonate and pull out Soul's latent potential, the result could be ...spectacular."

Tsubaki pov

Mifune was strong, very strong. But not strong enough. As soon as he saw me he could tell what I was here for. We had been fighting for about 20 minutes and I could see that I was wearing him down. Of his 100 swords about 30 of them still remain. The rest are smashed or shattered at our feet. I hold my side; while I may be winning the fight had not been easy. My power surpasses Mifune's so it quickly became a battle of speed, which has turned into a war of attrition.

"Where is black star?" Mifune's asks. I remain quiet. As I create a shadow scythe to block his sword. "Why are you here?" he swings his sword and I catch it with my scythe and attempt to get in close but he jumps back too fast for me and grabs another two swords.

"I'm here because you have something I need." I charge at him and swing my scythe he blocks me with one sword and my shadow puppet with another, then he kicks up a sword on the ground that nicks me across the forehead. I take advantage of his stance and push harder while his leg is in the air and knock him off balance. My shadow puppet constricts him and holds him in the air knocking the sword from his hand.

He struggles to move before eventually giving up, "you have defeated me, I can see in your eyes that you have chosen the path of the demon. Why?"

"Because it was necessary to achieve my goals" I begin to walk past him, towards the house. "Just like your death."

As I walk past him my shadow puppet constricts and I hear a satisfying crack. Now that he's out of the way I can move on to my real goal. I allow my powers to recede as I step inside the small home to find my prize. I stand quiet and listen. I hear the shuffle of footsteps behind me. I turn to see the little witch I came for running out the door.

I take my time going after her and stand as she kneels over her former caretaker. Her face is in tears and I can't help but feel bad. I've done a lot of terrible things. I see her face streaming with tears as she holds Mifune's broken body and decide to allow her a moment to mourn. Considering what's about to happen to her it's the least I can do. I think as I walk towards her.

Black Star pov

I'm hanging from Maka's grasp as I focus all of my energy on Tsubaki's soul. I felt it pulse this morning and since then it's only become more erratic. The closer we get the more unsure of this I get. Tsubaki needs to be punished and Maka deserves her revenge, but while what Tsubaki did was wrong she would have never killed Maka or any of our other friends. Right?

I signal Maka towards a building that I feel Tsubaki's presence in. We decide to land about 20 or so yards away so that Tsubaki doesn't see us and run.

I hide behind a sand dune and look over to Maka who is shaking in anticipation. I look over the dune to see Tsubaki standing looking down at something, but I can't see what. I signal Maka to move closer and we sprint and duck behind another sand dune about 10 yards from Tsubaki. A peek over to see if she's noticed us and she still seems focused on what she's doing. She raises one arm and I look to she what she's looking at and see. Angela!

I grab Maka's hand and sprint forward "Tsubaki no!" but I was too late Tsubaki's arm transforms into a chain scythe and decapitates Angela. Afterward she turns to look at me, surprised, before smirking. Now that I'm standing I can see that the thing Angela was crying over was the body of Mifune. I kneel over Angela's body, tears running down my face as I see her soul floating up. Tsubaki's hand shoots out from 10 feet away and grabs it. I look at Tsubaki "how could you? They were our friends Tsubaki? We would come here and play with Angela and drink tea with Mifune! Didn't that mean anything to you!"

She looks at Angela's soul for a second before she answers me, "those were fun times but it's irrelevant now those times meant a lot to me but currently I have something that means more."

I look over to see Maka seething gripping her scythe with both hands. I open my mouth to say something to Tsubaki but Maka cuts me off. "Give up Black Star! She's beyond saving. Look at this she just murdered two of her friends in cold blood and she isn't even sorry! I don't event think she knows what she did is wrong. She wants Soul. And she'll do anything to get him. She'll even kill us." I look to Maka wanting to refute her point but I know that she's right. I look and see Tsubaki's eyes, what used to be warm brown was now icy blackness. I wipe the tears from my eyes and take up my fighting stance.

Tsubaki pov

I have no ill will towards Black Star or Maka but because of my purposes they and the entire DWMA have become enemies of mine. I see Black Star slip into his stance and Maka readies her crude scythe. But before I deal with my problems I should first enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Before Maka or Star can stop me I raise Angela's soul it the air and swallow it whole. I suppose it's not their fault they didn't know to stop me; they had no idea that I had been spending my time collecting 99 kishin souls. But they were about to find out.

I could feel the energy of her soul join mine and it was like nothing I had ever felt. My soul was stretching in an almost painful way. I close my eyes and fell to the ground and stayed there until the feeling subsided. I looked up to see both Black Star's and Maka's mouths agape. I stood and stretched my limbs to regain my feeling. Finally Maka spoke," What are you?"

I grinned and focused my energy to invoke enchanted sword mode. I answered her as I felt the lines of darkness streak across my skin. Surprisingly the cut on my face stops hurting and disappears all together. "A death scythe."

Did you like it? If you did please let me know I love your reviews 3 and if you have any complaints , you should still review! This chapter is the start of the next arc that should span about 3 or 4 chapters(depends how creative I am). And I also hope my explanation involving the Natatsukasa and the Evans was acceptable. It was one of the few parts of the story that I had set up before and I really hope you liked it. As allways R&R :3