Black*Star X Tsubaki Chapter 8: Finale 2/2

Black*XTsubaki Chapter 8: Finale 2/2


“Black*Star?”

Tsubaki opens here eyes, looking around the empty world of Black*Stars soul. She steps forward, walking for what seemed to be a small boy.

“Black-“

“Leave…”

Tsubaki takes a step back, her lower lip trembling.

“Wha-“

“I said…”

The boy starts to lift his head, a shining red light coming from under the light blue hair that covered his forehead.

“LEAVE!!!”

The boy shoots to his feet, tentacles of black blood erupting from is chest and swinging at Tsubaki.

“Oh crap…” Tsubaki mutters, jumping back and avoiding the swipe of one tentacle and bending back to avoid another. “Black*Star! If you can hear me, please just say something! Its me, Tsubak- OW!” Tsubaki calls, before being strangled from behind by a tentacle.

“Tsu… baki…?” The boy mutters, holding his head as the tentacles were sucked back into his body. “No… she… isn’t…” The boy falls to his knees, words that Tsubaki could barely understand being whispered in tongue.

“Black… Star?” She asks, the grip of the tentacle around her neck tightening.

“No… big brother… said… Tsubaki…” The boy mutters, getting to his feet. “died… because… I wasn’t strong enough…” The boys lowered head tilts as he wobbled to her, the darkness radiating off his soul making Tsubaki begin to shiver in the black blood tentacle’s grip. “So… he made me stroooooonnnnnngggg….” The boy whines, shaking his head as the tentacles petruded from within his chest, a star beginning to form on his face.

“No… that bastard… he’s got Black*Star…” Tsubaki mutters, grabbing the tentacle around her neck and trying to free herself.

“Bastard… I prefer savior…” A hiss comes from behind her, the tentacle forming a forearm at her neck. “I’m saving my little brother from you DWMA monsters…” The arm around her neck tightens, making he lose breath for a split second.

“Shooting*Star… please… you’re killing him…” Tsubaki mutters, his grip loosening slightly.

“Exactly…” Shoot hisses, making Tubaki cringe.

“What? You WANT him to die?!” Tsubaki yells, his tight grip returning.

“If I merge my soul with his, both our souls will give out from the amount of soul energy… he won’t feel any pain…” Shoot drops the raven-haired girl onto the dark, seemingly endlessly black ground. “I’ll die too… two kishin… with one stone…” Shoot grabs his shoulder, feeling a burning heat come from his core. “It’s starting…”

Tsubaki looks to Black*Star’s younger self, which had aged many years to his current age, his body now covered in Black Blood markings with kishin eyes covering his body as well.

“That’s why you wanted his soul… so you could stop him from transforming…” She looks back at the scarred Star clansman, on his knees and groaning in pain.

“I didn’t want him to suffer… the only way to stop someone from turning Kishin is to kill them… and destroy the soul…” Shoot falls forward, holding his body up with his hands.

Tsubaki looks back to Black*Star, who to was on his hands and knees.

“Please… let me take him from here!” She yells, Shoot looking up with a shocked look, then a grin coming to his face.

“You care about him…” He mutters, his deep voice rasping as he felt his strength starting to leave him. “Then you should understand why I’m doing this… He’ll turn one day… this is-”

“He’s not like your father.”

Shoot looks up, Tsubaki’s face stern and intimidating. He winces, the images of his father in his crazed state and his corpse when DWMA had slain him and his family.

“And you aren’t either.” Tsubaki walks to Black*Star holding him in her arms. “Please… I know the pain of losing a brother to madness… let me try and save him.”

Shoot chuckles, coughing as his black blood markings begin to cover him.

“He’s lucky… to find someone…” Shoot manages to get to his feet.

Tsubaki looks back, Black*Star still shaking in her arms in his maddening state.

“Go…” Shoot says, the darkness around his feet starting to cover him. “I’ll hold back the madness as long as I can…”

‘Goodbye… little brother…’ Shoot thinks to himself, closing his eyes. ‘And a thanks to you… Tsubaki… make sure he’s a gentleman when he takes you to dinner… hehe.’

And before she could even say anything, Shoot was swallowed into the darkness of his and Black*Star’s combined soul.

“Come on Black…” She looks down, her eyes widening. “Star?”

Black*Star looks up with his glazed eyes, his kishin eye starting to fade.

“Tsubaki…” He mutters, Tsuabaki releasing herself in his soul.


Tsuabaki opened her eyes, the harsh light of the hospital room meeting her soft dark eyes. She groans, sitting up in a chair just next to Black*Star’s hospital bed.

“I must’ve fallen back in this when I entered Black*Star’s soul…” She mutters. “Wait.” Her eyes widen, her focus shooting to Black*Star. “Black*Star?” She asks, standing and walking to her sleeping partner.

She gasped, Black*Star’s face now marked with a star tattoo on his face similar to his brother’s. ‘Is Shooting*Star’s influence…?’

“Mmmm…. Tsubaki?” Black*Star’s voice croaks, his olive colored eyes showing themselves groggily. “Did… did I…?”

“BLACK*STAR!” Tsubaki cries, wrapping her arms around Black*Star neck and cradling his head tightly.

“If I could feel anything right now… I’d be hurting…” Black*Star croaks, Tsubaki giving a choking cry and loosening her grip only for Black*Star to apply his arms around her neck. “You on the other hand…” He mutters, smiling in her shoulder.

Tsubaki smles, pressing her chest into Black*Star’s, locking them in the tightest embrace she had ever known.


EPILOGUE


“Well… man I could exaggerate and say I did ALL the work (I deserve a good 85% of the credit here!) but I won’t. My whole life I thought myself alone… and I wasn’t. My brother was alive, though he’s gone now. No one will say what happened to him. They said I killed him with the Falling Star in the pit… but… I don’t know.

I kinda like the new tat on my face though. Brings out my jaw muscles so the ladies drool when I smile now! HAHA. I joke of course. Tsubaki and me… well… yeah, we’re pretty much a couple. Now I get to brag to Soul my girlfriend has bigger boobs than his! HAHAHA!

Tsubaki… I can never do anything to repay her. She saved me from madness. I know the guys had the same deal but… I don’t know. Now I’m not saying I’m in love or anything (a god cant fall in love, you know? Haha) but the thought of coming home to Tsubaki sitting on a couch in a warm house… little fire in the fireplace… and a look alike of me or two running around my feet like a crack head that just got his fix…. Wouldn’t be so bad I guess…”

-Black*Star