He was just looking at me, like he's begging me to do it.
Why? Why do we all have to meet our dead-end?
He is old, I know, but I too, if I got old.
Could it be? That this is the reason why we are given the chance to attain immortality?
I mean.. Of course... There's no other reason... We are all afraid to die...
How stupid of me?
Why did I even say all for immortality? When I myself wants immortality too...
As the crowd began to shout with one another, one of the hoarder then drops a knife right in front of me.
The smirking elder then raises his right hand to silence everyone.
"Now, make your choice..." The elder says.
I looked down. I felt a pain in my chest, and cried.
'I can't do this... He's the first person I saved... Is he telling me to kill the first person I saved, just like that?'
The old man then touches my foot.
"It's ok. I enjoyed my life more than enough... Do it... I beg of you..."
I sniffled, wiped the tears from my face, and looks at him.
"Is it really ok for you? Once this is done, there is no turning back. You can't undo what's done."
He then replied with a smile and nods,
"I should've been dead back in the streets of Sapporo, but you came. In this situation, this is the only way to pay my debt to you..."
I shook my head.
"You don't owe me any debt old man. If anyone has a debt, it's me."
"Is that so? Whatever you say then. If you have debt on me, then will you do this favor for me?"
I gulped.
Of course he'd ask me to do that.
I then grabbed the knife and prepared myself.
"Thank you... Now do it, mysterious man..."
I gasped and smiled at him.
"It's Ryu. Ryu Akimoto."
He smiled with tears coming from his eyes.
"Thank you... Ryu Akimoto. For everything..."
"Thank you too... Good bye old man..."
I then stabbed him in the abdomen.
I know it is a painful death.
If only they provided a better killing method, maybe I could've give him a painless death.
I feel paralyzed after. It's like my body couldn't move.
Is this the feeling of killing a person close to you?
I don't know why, but he's like a parent to me.
I know I only met him once, or twice, but he's one of the few people I knew.
He's the only one who said, that I have a warm heart.
He's the reason, why I came back for Yuna.
Because he made me realize, that Yuna and I belong together.
If anyone's my source of light, then there is no other than Yuna and him.
They're my source of light...
All his words... Are full of wisdom.
I wish he'll be happy 'till the next life..
'Good bye, old man.'
Tears continued to drip from my eyes.
An ache in the chest, an uneasy breathing, and a feeling of paralyzed.
'I wish this'll be over soon...'
I suddenly lost conscious. All I hear, are shouts of people. Like they're debating with one another.
It was all noisy, when suddenly, it becomes quiet.
I guess my senses lost conscious as well...
'When? When will this be over?'
After a while, I woke up in a dark room.
It's the interrogation room. Where I spent my time for the last three days.
I took a deep breath, and tried to look everywhere.
I'm sure they will now give me the chance to see her. I mean, I did it. I did what the elder has told me.
No, I didn't do it for the elder. I did it for the old man, but then again, it's the choice I made.
But then, why am I still locked up? Why am I still chained? And why am I still in this room?
Just what is happening? What is going on?
I am lost in thought, but dazed. It's like a feeling of woozy, like I'm about to faint.
'What time is it? What day is it? I haven't eaten yet. I want water. I want food.'
I can imagine it, Café Noir's espresso.
'Oh, how I miss its aroma...'
I feel like I'm dreaming. I could see her.
I could see Yuna, in her barista outfit.
Pouring coffee into my cup, from a coffee pot.
I laughed.
I was laughing alone, like a mentally unstable man.
How stupid of me? I don't even know what's right and wrong...
I sighed.
'I just wanna die...'
I was spacing out, when suddenly, the door opens.
It was him. The person who sent the request to the elder.
"I'm sorry, it looks like the elder had a change of mind." He says.
My eyes began to produce tears.
"Why? After everything I did, after everything I've done. He had a change of mind? After all of that? Are you telling me that I killed the person I knew, all for nothing? All this time, I waited for nothing??"
My blood is about to burst, a feeling of anger is building up from my chest.
"Why!?"
"Calm down. I'll help you get away."
I suddenly stopped from getting angry.
I was in complete confusion, but feeling relieved, and was able to breathe easily.
"Wh-What's the sudden change of hearts? Why?"
"Thanks to you. Because of you, many of us began to realize, that the promised immortality is all but a fake."
He smiled at me as he unlocks my cuffs.
"Here. Water and rations. This'll be enough to retain your sanity."
I hurriedly eat the ration out of hunger.
I even almost choke myself.
After eating, I drank and emptied the bottle out of thirst.
Now I feel okay.
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me yet. I need you to help us bring down the elder."
"What are you about to do?"
"We will kill the elder of course, and be free from this wretched cult."
"I wish I could, but I must hurry. I still have to save someone."
"Your girl?"
I nodded.
"Here. Your keychain weapon. Good luck, I hope we'll see each other again."
He then handed me my black sword.
"Thank you. I owe you a debt."
"Sure, that's great to hear. Now let's go! Before the loyalists found us out."
I nodded.
After that, we then head on our separate ways.
He joined with his group, while I head for the exit.
I feel excited, but also feeling worried.
How am I supposed to face her? How am I suppose to get back at her?
Should I tell her the truth?
I believe she deserves the real truth...