A sound soul, dwells within a sound mind, and sound body.
" Tsubaki, that's our target?" A feminine voice spoke in a hush.
" Yes, Black Star." A metallic male's voice came out.
Two figures hid in the darkness of the vent as they watched a group of men sat in a dinner table. One particular man sit at the short end of the table, puffing out a ring of smoke from his cigar. They seemed to be plotting something.
A girl in an assassin attire got a closer look, clutching her weapon tightly.
" Tsubaki." She whispered.
" Right. Rule of Assassination #1, blend into the shadows, control your breaths, wait for your target to let their guard down. Rule of Assassination #2, tune into your target. Predict his thoughts and actions. Rule of Assassination #3, strike your target before he notices you."
" Let's go."
" Yes ma'am."
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: Soul Resonance :
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" Hyaa! I'm the great Black Star and I'm here to assassinate you!" The girl yelled while pointing a finger to the ceiling. " And that is all." Tsubaki popped out halfway of his weapon form and frowned.
" I'm not a microphone, I'm a weapon! A chain scythe. Don't you know what assassination even means!?" A bullet is shot at the table and soon, hundreds came and the two ran in circles trying to dodge them, though it looked as if Black Star was having fun. She smiled and faced her weapon with a sweat.
" We'll have to retreat!"
" Not again..."
" Smoke bomb mode!"
" Yes ma'am!" The man turned into the said mode and Black Star threw it on the ground to make her escape. The men had stopped shooting and one pointed out, " Was that a Japanese ninja?" Another man with a mask walked up to the other, who had a cigar in his mouth.
" Sir, we have located the witch. Shall we make our move?"
" Heh, heh. Good, good. With the witch's power, the family will be powerful and unstoppable!"
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: The Easy Way Out! Conquer Mifune and The Witch Angel?:
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" That was great Tsubaki!"
" I didn't even get a single soul though... At this rate, I'll start jumping with at shadows instead with them."
" Oi! That was a lame joke, and someone like me won't accept, so you know what I'd say?' Tsubaki blinked in surprise before shaking his head, causing the other to give a smug look. " I'd say, stop with the weird jokes you bloke!" The male sweated before taking out a skull shaped ball and throwing it to the ground. The smoke cleared to show a hologram of Lord Death himself, and he gave a big wave.
" Hello there! How did it go?" Tsubaki bit his bottom lip as he looked down.
" We didn't really..."
" Again?" Death responded dead-pan. Black Star just gave a thumbs up with a paper in her hand, which had her signature on it.
" Don't worry sir, we'll definitely get one, but in the mean-time why don't you take an autograph? Who needs weapons anyway-" Lord Death shinigami-chopped the girl.
" I think I might have an easier task for you both." This causes Tsubaki to look up. " In order to become a Death Scythe, you must have 99 souls and a witch's soul. What if there was a way to collect all 99 souls in just one hit?" This caused the meister to hop up form her unconsciousness.
" What is this way!?" She exclaimed.
" There is one person near this village who happens to possess a soul, that appears to be big enough for 99. Mifune is the body guard of the witch, Angel. Do the math and you'll figure out how much it adds up to."
Tsubaki already had it in his head while Black Star counted her fingers. " Woah! That's 100 right there! This'll be a piece of cake! Come on Tsubaki!"
" B-Black Star, wait..!"
" The both of, there's something about Angel you should kno-... Ah they already ran off."
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As the two dashed through the forest, Tsubaki began to get more worried than before. They always retreated after every mission and at this rate, he didn't know if he'll even get his first soul at all. He would shame his family if this kept up. It seemed that his meister noticed his worried look and Black Star smiled.
" Don't worry Tsubaki," This caused the said male to look up, " I'll definitely make you into a death scythe." The sincere look made the weapon blush but he smiled back before nodding. He trusted his meister more than anything.
The two ran to a deserted front yard of a run-down building and gasped to find dozens of souls floating around. Tsubaki realized that he had an opportunity to get a lot of souls without of having to go through the pain of running off all the time.
" Black Star-"
" Nope. I wanna beat this Mifune person fair and square." She interrupted as if reading the male's mind. Her partner sighed and she only looked around before spotting a woman slowly exiting the building.
" Oh great, more company. It sure is rowdy today, I don't like it." She muttered with a toothpick between her teeth. Black Star caught her eye.
" You must Mifune."
" What's your intention, little girl?" This caused the meister to visibly twitch and scowl.
" Little girl? I'm here to take your's and the witch's soul."
" Is that right? Well, I am warning you this once to leave, or there will be trouble? Besides, killing a kid makes me lose sleep."
' K-Kid..?' The assassin gave an angry pout as she pointed dramatically at the woman.
" I am not a kid! I'll have you know that my chest grew an extra centimeter over the summer!" This statement caused Tsubaki to blush and face-palm himself while Mifune sweated.
' Quite a blunt girl.'
" Tsubaki, shadow mode."
" Yes ma'am." The male switched into a shadow weapon and Black Star caught the weapon. " Listen! I'm going to defeat you with my assassination skills! So try not to scream so loud."
" Assassination usually means not being seen right..?"
Black Star quickly threw one end of the chain scythe to wrap it around the woman's sword.
" Haa! Got your sword!" However, instead of Mifune instantly giving up like Black Star imagined, the other jumped up high and pulled another sword out, clearly getting ready to strike. The meister cursed and quickly yanked the chain up to block the sword from reaching her. She sweated as she tried to strain the sword away from reaching it's goal.
" You were saved by your weapon," Black Star furrowed her eyebrows," Had he been normal and you'd be in two pieces." Mifune quickly pulled a sword from the ground and swiped at Black Star, " Ah wah wah wah!", who bent down backwards. The blue-haired girl jumped back against the wall and 'eep-ed' when the sword came whooshing into the spike of her hair.
" How pathetic. Just leave brat! You're wasting yours and my time." Black Star scowled and demanded for her partner to turn into a Shuriken.
" Che. Call me a brat... one more time!" She exclaimed while heaving the large weapon at the unmoving woman. Mifune only blinked and jumped up before shoving her sword into the ground by the whole of the Shuriken. The weapon continued to spin as Mifune stood atop her sword. " Tsubaki! Smoke bomb mode!"
Suddenly, in the cloud of smoke, Mifune stilled herself, listening for any signs of movement.
Maybe the brat does have some skill-
" Haha! I got you now!"
" Bakayaro! You lost your chance when you yelled!" Mifune inwardly smirked and swiped her sword at the girl, hitting her dead on and she fell to the ground.
" Black Star!" Tsubaki switched back from weapon form and hurried down to his meister. Black Star couldn't be dead. Not now, not ever! She is a God right!? He couldn't help the tears forming at the corner of his eyes. " Please don't be dead!"
A tear fell.
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: Soul Eater :
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Mifune watched blankly at the scene before her.
" Ngh..."
" Black Star?" The said girl shakily got on her hands and knees while glaring at the woman before her.
" Th-That Bitch. Using the back of the sword on me..." Tsubaki gasped when his partner coughed blood on the floor.
" Oi. Aren't you being rude to this young man?" Mifune said, causing the two to look up at her confusedly. " This little girl only managed to survive because of how good this weapon is. No matter how much the weapon is good, it doesn't mean anything when the user is just a defenseless weakling. Am I right, brat?" Tsubaki noticed his partner beginning to shake and he quickly stood up, ready to defend his meister.
" Don't say that! Black Star may be a little... slow, but she does her best if she puts her mind into it!"
" M-Mifune...," The two look down at the girl who was slowly starting to stand," What's your intention?"
Mifune frowned, but answered the question. " To protect the witch."
" That's not it! I know what it is!" Tsubaki helped his meister up who was livid with anger. " You say all those things just so you can have the spotlight right!? Well guess again!," The female assassin jabbed her index finger to her chest," I'm not letting that happen. Tsubaki, Ninja Sword sword."
" Y-yes sir."
Mifune narrowed her eyes while watching the girl closely. Something was different. She couldn't tell if it was the eyes but something felt off about her. The same loud brat is now taking the fight seriously. She heard faint mumbling and Mifune tuned in more. There was... A faint presence yet, here is the meister in front of her. There is no way something like that could happen unless-
" Wait a minute!" But the minute was up. The blue-haired girl began to dissolve, showing instead, the black-haired weapon.
" Dummy Star mode." He muttered.
Rule of Assassination #3! Strike your target before he notices you!
Mifune urked, when blinding pain reached her back, she tremulously turned her head, spotting Black Star eyeing her back with a smug look.
" Y-you..."
" Look who's the brat now."
Black Star Big Wave!
Mifune was sent flying across the yard, falling into the ground in a bloody heap. She tried to catch her ragged breaths, as she could only watch as the smaller girl slowly walked up with a livid expression. Her heart raced just as the sharp blade of the chain scythe is raised.
" This is what happens when you try to steal my spotlight. Now, I'm going to take your soul for that."
The woman shut her eyes tight as the blade was swung down, only for a familiar voice to call out from the yard.
" STOP IT!" Black Star froze and her eyes widened when a little boy came flying down on a broom and hopped off, spreading his arms as if to block her off from Mifune. " Please don't hurt Mifune! He protects me from meanies like you because my magic isn't very strong yet!"
Taubaki came out of weapon form and walked to his partners side. " Ma'am. This is an opportunity that we would probably never get again." He stated.
" Yeah... But..." Black Star looked down sadly at the little boy who was bopping her chest. Should she really kill this poor innocent boy? All Mifune is doing is protecting this defenseless witch...
" Meanie!" Angel cried while using a sword to slice the top of Black Star's hair.
" Aaaah! I'm going to kill you!" The girl roared while making a grab for the scampering boy. Mifune got up in grunts while holding up a sword.
" You can have my soul for all I care! But if you want Angel, then I swear on my sword I will protect him until death!" The two DWMA students fell silent, moved by the statement. Black Star felt tears beginning to form and she quickly looked up while rubbing her sniffing nose.
"Ag! Protecting a brat like him must be a pain so I'll let you live! Come on Tsubaki, I'm hungry." The girl motioned for her partner to follow, who smiled widely.
" Yes ma'am."
" Besides," Mifune looked up," killing a kid makes me lose sleep." The woman sat speechless before smiling in relief. That girl does seem to have her mature moments...
" Oh Tsubaki, sorry that we didn't get you souls again. But we can start over tomorrow." Despite the fact that they, yet again, didn't catch a soul, he only felt glad that they managed to get out of this one alive.
" It's okay Black Star. I forgive you." Black Star stopped her tracks and Tsubaki stopped as well though confused.
" Why do you keep forgiving me? This must be like the 57th attempt." The male only smiled.
" Black Star. To be honest, I don't care about catching souls anymore," The said girl blinked," I just like spending time with you. I had fun as usual." Black Star felt her face heat drastically and she quickly turned around with a scowl, trying to cover her red face. The setting is starting to get too mushy.
" B-Baka! We're signing up for a mission tomorrow."
" Yes ma'am, haha!"
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: I Wanna Be :
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