"You don't understand anything, do you?! The most important thing isn't power, it isn't courage, it isn't even having friends! The only thing that matters is that you can rely on ME."- Blackstar

I'm Going Present Hunting TOO!

meanwhile…

~~~Blackstar: The Nonchalant Present Hunter (part 1)~~~

"354...355…356...357…358…" counted Blackstar as he did his daily drill of 1,000 fist push ups

There was a slight knock on the door and a soft voice could be heard on the other side. It belonged to Tsubaki.

"Blackstar? May I come in?"asked Tsubaki

"405...406...407…"Blackstar continued to count as if he heard nothing

Tsubaki asked again and waited for a couple of minutes, but Blackstar kept on doing his push ups. Eventually, she got a little impatient and barged into his room.

"Don't you ever wait for a response?"said Blackstar as he started to count in his mind "It's rude to enter the Great Blackstar's room without getting his permission first."

"I would wait for a response except you didn't even bother to reply for ten minutes. So, what should I do?" said Tsubaki through clenched teeth as a vein was nearly visible on her forehead

"Fine. Anyways, what do you want? Don't you see I'm kind of busy right now with my push ups?" said Blackstar rudely

"Blackstar I don't know what gotten into you today maybe you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed or something, but tomorrow is Maka's birthday and I really want us to go out to the town center to buy her a present." pleaded Tsubaki "Is it about Maka's present? Do you not know what to get her?"

Blackstar stopped doing his push-ups and sat crosslegged in front of Tsubaki and didn't say anything. Tsubaki sighed and sat right in front of Blackstar and waited for an answer. There was a long moment of silence and all that could be heard was the chirp of birds and the hums of cicadas.

"I do know what to get her, but I don't want to go to the party." Blackstar managed to say

"Why?" asked Tsubaki

There was another moment of silence before Blackstar continued.

"Because the party is going to be in his room." mumbled Blackstar

"Who?" questioned Tsubaki, "You mean Soul?"

"Yeah. Everytime I go in that room it reminds me how I was too weak. Too weak to save Soul and Maka. Instead of standing there and talking about how awesome I was, I could've pushed Maka out of the way and saved Soul. But, I didn't. I just stood there like an idiot and bragged about how awesome I was. Not saying that I wasn't awesome, but that isn't the point!" said Blackstar as he held the cloth of his pants tightly.

"So what are you trying to get at?" asked Tsubaki as she scooted beside Blackstar and put an arm over Blackstar

"I'm weak and I always will be. I couldn't do anything to prevent that stupid Asura from awaken and I couldn't even protect my own friends. I know I'm suppose to be better than everybody, but I don't think I am. I think giving up on my mission to surpa-" said Blackstar, but he was punch right in the side of the face by Tsubaki.

Blackstar rolled over two times before he stopped and stayed still for a couple minutes. Then, he got up and turned to give the look at Tsubaki.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" shouted Blackstar as he stood up and stared at Tsubaki while also covering his swelling cheek with his other hand. It was silent for a long time before Tsubaki broke it.

"That's for thinking that you were weak. I know you. You're not weak. Although, you are weak for thinking that. I know one day you're going to defeat Asura, so don't give up. Ever since Asura escaped you've been training like crazy and I know that your way stronger than Asura. You're stronger than you think." said Tsubaki "Now, if you're done discouraging yourself I think it's about time to get Maka a real present and not just some rock with your signature on it."

"Fine, I'm done and just so you know I'm going to be famous when I grow up. I think that my signature on a rock is going to be worth millions!" boasted Blackstar "But, just this once, only because I failed to protect Maka." mumbled Blackstar

Tsubaki started to giggle.

"TSUBAKI! WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT THE GREAT BLACKSTAR?! I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I'M ODDLY CONFUSED AS TO WHY YOU'RE LAUGHING! SO JUST SPILL IT!" shouted Blackstar as he stomped his foot

"Oh Blackstar. Don't deny it." giggled Tsub

"Deny what?" said Blackstar brashly

"Don't deny the fact that you like-no love Maka." admitted Tsubaki

"W-WHAT! I-I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT. I DON'T L-LOVE HER OR LIKE HER. IN FACT, I DON'T EVEN THINK THOSE TWO ARE EVEN A POSSIBILITY! I AM WAY BETTER THAN MAKA! HECK, I COULD EVEN DATE MYSELF. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I-I L-L-LIKE HER!" stuttered Blackstar as he cheeks started to turn beet red

"Well, for one thing it's clear that you're blushing and earlier when you said that you failed to protect Maka, I didn't hear that you failed to protect Soul either." said Tsubaki

"Isn't it obvious? We were just talking about Maka, so yeah I would forget to say that I failed to protect Soul." pointed out Blackstar "Plus, it's really hot in this room. It's summer time after all!"

"Well, isn't Soul your best friend. Why would you ever forget to include him if it was about protecting both Maka and Soul. And Blackstar, it's in the middle of dead winter." corrected Tsubaki as she started to get up and start towards the door, "Anyways, I think getting Maka a present now would be a good idea. So, bye."

"NO, WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN IT WAS HOT BECAUSE IT WAS SUMMER I MEAN IT WAS HOT BECAUSE OF ME. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE GREAT BLACKSTAR! I-I DON'T LIKE MAKA! YOU JUST HAPPEN TO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT I, THE GREAT BLACKSTAR, SAID!" shouted Blackstar

"Right. " said Tsubaki sarcastically as she opened the door and walked out "You're not good at lying Blackstar. Just accept it. I'm leaving now, so you better hurry up. "

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE GREAT BLACKSTAR IS GOOD AT EVERYTHING! I'M ACTUALLY TOO GOOD FOR EVERYONE! I'LL DEFINITELY BEAT YOU TO- WAIT WHERE WE GOING TO SHOP FOR MAKA'S GIFT?" asked Blackstar

Blackstar waited, but no one answered back.

"OH WELL! I GUESS EVERYONE IS JUST IN AWE ABOUT HOW AWESOME I AM THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING! WHATEVER! I CAN JUST SHOP FOR MAKA'S GIFT MYSELF! FOR I'M AM THE GREAT BLACKSTAR! BUT SERIOUSLY, A ROCK WITH MY SIGNATURE WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS!" shouted Blackstar as he opened a window and was prepared to jump out

"I definitely do not like Maka." mumbled Blackstar reassuringly "Yeah, I definitely do not."

"I AM THE GREAT BLACKSTAR AND I WILL SURPASS EVERYOOOONNNNNEEEEEE!" yelled Blackstar as he lept off the window

~~~ to be continued in Blackstar: The Nonchalant Present Hunter (part 2)~~~