Eating Souls, Act One: The Beginning

22: Surpassing god: She Popped?

He ran through the darkness, the horrible glowing darkness that swirled around him, clinging to him like tar. the foxes giggled all around, circling circling closer and closer but never close enough. He was lost, he knew it. Didn't matter nothing mattered yellow flash and he slipped and fell,

Down

down

Down

                Farther and farther  until he hit something solid a wall a wall of glass just to prove how far away he was. So close yet he would never be close enough again. He could see the cage now but it looked so small so small so small like his little sister like *RIVIN

CAN YOU HEAR ME I'M HERE! THE BIG STAR HAS ARRIVED HEY STOP IGNORING ME DON'T YOU WANT MY AUTOGRAPH!?*

But she didn't react, she was crying screaming....

*I'M COLD SO COLD, PLEASE, SOMEONE SOMEONE  LET ME FIX IT! I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I WANT TO GO HOME*

the large five tailed fox was with her, whispering. the words floated up to him, muffled by the glass, but he knew. he slammed his fist into the wall but nothing nothing happened! then the foxes were around him, biting tearing clawing he couldn't move, couldn't fight them, all he could do was laugh laugh because he failed he couldn't protect his friend how could he surpass god that way?

*Are you real?* The voice was suddenly so small and vulnerable

*I'm real!* he shrieked, *I'm real!*

*THEN DO IT THEN DO IT YOU HAVE TO SURPASS GOD I WILL BECOME GOD AND YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO SURPASS I'M SCARED I'M SCARED AND COLD AND ALONE AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS PROMISE ME* but her words drifted away, away from him, away from her he knew she wouldn't remember remember this but he would, he would and he would surpass her if he had to because he was-

"BLACK STAR!" Tsubaki clung to him, her head on his chest, "Black Star, wake up..."

He groaned. His head throbbed. His whole body ached. Black Star felt as though he'd been punctured by a million large needles. And he was sad. He couldn't remember why... Something about wanting to be home?

Tsubaki was crying. He petted her head gently, "There there, Tsubaki. Don't be sad, Black Star, the big man, is here."

Tsubaki sniffled quietly and nuzzled closer.

/*-+-*/

"A mission?" Leila said excitedly, looking up from the cookbook she had been reading. "What kind of mission?"

"I'm not sure yet, but apparently it's fairly important." Stein lit a cigarette. "Lord Death wants to see us in the Death room immediately."

Leila stood up and stretched happily. "Well of course it's important!" she said. "Lord Death's not just gonna send a Meister like you to pick up his dry cleaning, now is he?" She smirked at him playfully.

He laughed. "Come on, let's go see what this mission's about."

"Well HIYA!" Death grinned as he waved them into the Death Room, "Nice ta see ya, good morning, buenos días, ohaio!"

Leila waved. Stein waited patiently for Death to finish his greeting. "Good morning. You have a mission for us?"

"Where're we going?" Leila grinned. "I've been in the house for too long..."