The sky was dark as if weeping a great loss. The surroundings appeared to be destroyed and corpses lay over the ground. Warriors of various empires and kingdoms lay dead with their armor still shining brightly.
On the center of the battlefield, it was full of cracks and craters. All stones have been pulverized leaving it flat. There are currently two beings facing off against each other.
One is wearing a pitch black armor. The head was covered to conceal the identity of the malicious-looking person. The person is holding a black halberd. The weapon is already full of cracks and dents from the onslaught it took from the opponent. Yet, the black figure stood proudly like a warrior even though the armor is also in tattered shape like the weapon.
On the other hand, a figure holding a sword is facing off against the black-clad figure. He has long white hair and delicate features. He wears a red armor all over his body. Just like the previous person, it appears to be in tatters as well, having a massive hole on his chest exposing a gruesome wound on it.
They stood staring at each other for a long time. The winds picked up as dust clouds washed over them. But it seemed to never faze any of them. The silence continued until the black armored person said, "Why do you insist on protecting them?" The voice appeared to be a woman but her voice is tinged with sadness.
The white-haired person only raised an eyebrow. "Why indeed? Well, why are you so hell-bent on destroying everything?" His voice was full of heartfelt sarcasm.
"It is my purpose and reason." The woman answered flatly.
The man only snorted. "Tche, if you haven't decided to go rage mode everything could have been peaceful. I wouldn't even have this nasty wound." He pointed at his chest.
This forced a chuckle from the woman. "You really are different from the rumors. Very different from those weaklings"
"Yeah yeah." Then his face turned serious. "We have fought for 7 days straight already. And it already cost us a lot. This needs to stop."
"You're right. We need to settle this once and for all."
Both warriors silently nodded their heads in recognition of each other. They charged up their strongest attacks. Black mists appeared all over the woman's body. Full of malice and ominousness. The man is emitting a formless pressure yet seems to carry one thing, hope. Their weapons glowing so bright that more cracks appeared.
"APOCALYPSE."
"SALVATION."
They both shouted their strongest attacks. A clash between light and darkness is happening. It engulfed the whole battlefield as black and white split the area. The clash seems to continue forever however, slowly but surely light triumphed over darkness.
The darkness is then swallowed by a shining light. The whole world was bathed by it. Those who felt the light felt the vast hope and warmth it radiated. For once they thought that they were in paradise.
Back to the battlefield, the place is now a wrecked beyond measure. Ground Zero is basically an enormous crater. In the middle of it are the 2 combatants with the white-haired man kneeling in exhaustion. Meanwhile, the black armored figure is lying down the pool of her own blood. Her armor is completely destroyed revealing a beautiful woman.
She has pale skin and black hair. She looked at her opponent without any emotions. But deep inside her onyx eyes is a hint of gratitude.
"Why do you… persist? Why do you insist on protecting them?" she asked in a calm tone.
"…."
The man did not answer. "Why? Those fools are just a bunch of scums, they don't deserve you." She kept on asking him as a single tear flowed down her eye.
"I don't know." The man lowered his head.
"…." This time, it was the woman's turn to be speechless.
"I have seen how dark this world is. How vile and nasty the hearts of all these people. I've seen their work, I've seen the horrible things they've done." The man looked up the sky.
"But… why?" The words of the woman became silent as a breeze.
"There have been a lot of times that I wanted to quit. But maybe it's my desire that kept me on going. I wanted peace and quiet." The man reminisced his childhood as he remembered the days he would sit and relax.
"I wanted to become strong so that I could bring peace. I persevered until the end so that I could see a future without conflict. I don't care how hard or depressing it may become but this is the reason I wanted to become strong." The man clenched his fist.
"You have defeated me so you now have the right to take my life. But it seems none of us would make it out alive." The woman stated as the tiniest bit of emotion appeared on her face.
"That's why I will give you a gift." After she said that her body turned into smoke. The smoke immediately shot towards the man. It could have been avoided easily but due to his earlier fight, he is left with no energy to move or counter any attacks.
The smoke burrowed inside his left eye. Inside his mind, he heard a voice. "I curse you to not be able to achieve the peace and quiet you wanted… so that you will continue to save everyone in need." Her words rang inside his mind like a massive bell with the last part only spoken to herself.
The man felt a slight itch in his left eye and once he opened it he realized that it became blind. "You took my left eye!"
He clutched his head in confusion. Why would she do that? And then suddenly he lost control of his body. He realized he was being controlled by the woman.
"In this world's greatest time of need, I shall appear again. Waving the banner of hope, I shall emerge victorious against any threats, this, my promise as the Hero."
Those words resounded all over the world. It brought a feeling of security for all people knowing that their hero will once again come back to save them in their time of need.
But the Hero was not amused in the slightest. "Hey! You take that back! I have come so close in achieving my peace and quiet yet you ruined it! Even if it's a metaphorical one it still counts." He shouted inwardly.
This only served to further amuse the woman. "Oh c'mon no need to be that pessimistic." She said in between her chuckles.
But the hero was appalled by what he was seeing. The previous emotionless enemy is now giggling and having a light conversation with him. 'What just happen? I'm really sure that I did not bash her head that hard.' He thought.
"And now, for the final act. Now, where do you want to be sealed?"
"Sealed?"
"Yes sealed, you can't heal these injuries the normal way. You will need a special place to recuperate."
"You are ruining my life woman!" He spat out with a hint of venom in his words.
The woman laughed. "Heroes should not say such words, dear."
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!"
"I have an idea!"
His body then levitated high above the sky. Then pieces of earth floated up clinging into him. More pieces of earth also stuck into him forming a perfect sphere, with him at the center. It formed a massive heavenly body and once the sphere was big enough, it then flew outside the atmosphere. Those who saw the spectacle will forever remember this as the day that the moon was created.
Meanwhile inside the moon. "You're imprisoning me woman!" The hero wanted to struggle but it proved to be futile knowing that his body is not yet in his control.
"Now, now no need the panic I have just the solution." Those were the last words the hero heard before his consciousness was taken away. But he was not there to see the former expressionless face of the woman turned serene and peaceful as if being relieved of burdens. "I am finally free. The negative emotions that I have absorbed for thousands of year have been finally cleansed."
Then melancholy filled her heart. "I wish I could have known you better." Her eyes glazed with tears. "I would have loved to spend more time together with you." By now she was crying, crying of sadness knowing the fact that she will not see him anytime soon.
"Don't worry, we will still meet again. You saved me, now I will save your life." With one final smile, "see you later, my Hero." Then she faded into countless light particles.