"Sometimes, I wonder how it would feel...if I never was born in that timeline. Would I be happier? Would my life be more simpler?" I said sitting on the roof with Melida.
"But you wouldn't have met any of your friends." Melida responded.
"Why must I be given the power to do this? I've gone through so many different identities that I no longer know the person I originally was. I can only imagine the little me was so much more happier. I last time I experienced being a child, it was hell. The Zodiac Timeline...it broke me." I said and looked at the ground.
"You've been through so much...You should give yourself some time to rest. You should...just learn to--"
"You just don't get it. If I hadn't been created...none of this would happen and I feel like I would be happier. I have to constantly carry a burden. Carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. I try to create peace and that peace shatters. I try to make change but change becomes impossible!" I stood up and looked at Melida. "...No matter what I do...I can't reach that perfect reality I truly wished for."
Melida looked at me and looked at the ground. I sighed and walked off. I placed my hand on the handle and had flashbacks about my old friends. I looked at my hand on the doorknob then walked inside.
"Hakai, do you truly wish to be alone? How would she feel if she heard you wishing you never existed? Were you truly happy before you encountered her?" Melida giggled and stood up. "Now that I think about it, even in the Sky Timeline he did carry burdens no child should."
I walked outside and Candy saw me then ran towards me. I stopped then looked at her. She felt something was off then let me go and stumbled back. I closed my eyes and pulled my scarf over my mouth and walked off. Melida watched from the roof and smirked.
"No one in this world will truly understand the pains I suffered." I said to myself then had a flashback about my childhood in the Zodiac Timeline. "No one will understand how it feels to be betrayed...used...they will never know how it feels to hold burdens bigger than the universe. Nobody understands."
I walked along the shore of the ocean and looked at the sky. My right eye shined a bit then I stopped walking. I looked back and saw Candy standing behind me.
"So you're just gonna leave..?" Candy asked.
"It's better this way." I looked ahead. "You weren't supposed to join me in the first place. This is my battle...my world...my universe. This is what I'm supposed to protect...not you. Not Melida...just me."
"You can't just leave us! Arize and Arane...they love you. I...you can't just leave me after you promised to help me.." Candy took a step closer.
"It's always everyone else. Ever since the beginning it's never been about what I want...what I need. Ever since I was born, it's never been about me. Those burdens I was forced to carry. I will not carry them anymore." I summoned my sword then turned around. "I'll destroy these burdens...all of them."
"Warning! Dark anomaly spotted in Hakai! Be cautious!" Plexi said and floated around Candy.
"Hakai...You don't have to do this." Candy looked at me and had a flashback about an event in the Sky Timeline.
My eye shined brightly and dark aura surged around me. Candy's body began to shake. Plexi noticed her aura change.
"We don't have to fight...It's me...your partner...Look at me." Candy began to get anxious.
"...I will make a clean slate in this world...and erase all burdens!" I dashed towards her.
Candy began to hyperventilate then she closed her eyes tightly then Plexi turned into a cannon and shot a laser at me. I dodged the laser and jumped back.
"Alert! Alert! High amounts of dark energy surrounding Hakai! Proposal: Defeat Hakai to eliminate the Dark Anomaly!" Plexi said.
"Defeat Hakai..? He's literally the strongest there could ever be...I can't stand toe to toe with him!" Candy looked at Plexi bewildered.
"It must be done to neutralize the target. Your Chaos Mode will be enough to repel his dark power." Plexi said.
I grunted and gripped the handle of my sword tighter. Black blood dripped to the ground and I looked at Plexi and Candy. Candy's eyes flashed purple and her breathing became faster.
"Stop it.." Candy whispered.
I looked at her and grunted, trying to resist, but couldn't then dashed towards her. Plexi shot more lasers at me and I dodged them. I bellowed and slashed downwards.
"I said stop it!" Candy yelled and her aura surged. I grunted and was pushed back by her aura. Candy's eyes were purple and she looked at me with sadness and confusion. "I won't...let you fall any deeper into despair! You're not the Hakai I know!"
Candy summoned her pistols and twirled them around her fingers and got into a stance. I looked at her then gave a little smirk. Candy glared then dashed towards me. I got prepared and Candy spun then went for a roundhouse kick. I blocked the kick and slid back. Candy dashed towards me again and fired multiple shots. I deflected the bullets and noticed her going for a punch.
"Too slow." I dodged the punch and kicked her away.
Candy rolled backwards then rebounded off the ground and a purple wing emerged from her back then she glared at me. I chuckled then glared and my dark aura grew darker.
"I will erase everything and start over!" I bellowed and vanished.
Candy looked shocked then was punched on her cheek and flew backwards. I snapped my fingers and a dark aura wall emerged from the ground and Candy hit her back on the wall and groaned. I appeared in front of her.
"You shouldn't have gotten in my way." I palmed her stomach and she crashed through the wall.
Candy crashed on the ground and her aura vanished. I walked towards her and stood over her. I looked at her with empty eyes then raised my sword over her chest. I prepared to stab her then Plexi blasted me away with a laser. I landed on my feet and slid back. Candy slowly stood up.
"After all we've been through...you're gonna throw it away.." Candy wobbled a bit then looked up at me. "I won't let you just throw it away..! NEVER! You...I won't let you leave!"
I looked at her and saw white lightning crackling around her body. I got in a stance and watched her every move.
"I'll never let you go, Hakai. Wherever you go, I go! I will stop you here and now! Go ahead, run away, but I'll be here to bring you back!" Candy bellowed and her aura surged to the sky.
I was surprised and felt the rush of aura hit me then slid back and grunted. Candy's angel wings emerged from her back and she entered Chaos Mode. She summoned a sword with a blade that shined light blue. Her eyes were purely light blue and shined brightly. She took one step and vanished then appeared in front of me and slashed. I blocked the attack and got blown away. She flew after me and punched my stomach and I crashed to the ground. She descended to the ground then I emerged from the smoke and slashed at her. She parried my attack then palmed my stomach and I was blown away again.
"Come on! The aura came from here!" Arize said and ran to our location.
"Slow down!" Arane followed Arize quickly.
"Plexi!" Candy ran towards me. Plexi flew in front of Candy and she grabbed Plexi then punched my face. I flew backwards then she slashed down, releasing a huge blade beam. A huge explosion happened and a large smoke cloud formed.
Candy looked shocked and the smoke cleared. I stood there in my Chaos Form. My black wings spread wide open then I dashed towards Candy and dragged my sword along the ground. I slashed upwards and released a dark blade beam and Candy dodged it then was hit by an invisible force. She groaned and flew backwards. She landed on her feet and looked up. I send down multiple dark spikes. She dodged them and flew in the air.
"I'm ending this now!" Candy bellowed and she held her hand out, preparing to charge an energy blast.
I flew towards her and grabbed her hand then punched her face and Candy grunted then punched back and my hold loosened. She kicked me off her and shot an energy blast at me and it hit me. I grunted and slowly fell to the ground. Candy flew after me and held out her hand.
"Hakai!" Candy yelled.
I opened my eyes and saw her reach out to me. I slowly reached out my hand and she grabbed my hand and interlocked our fingers together.
"Candy..." I said softly and my dark aura vanished. I noticed how we were getting closer to crashing to the ground.
"I'm too tired to fly up..!" Candy grunted and closed her eyes, bracing for impact.
I pulled Candy into a hug and a star appeared on my back and golden aura covered us then I flew into the air. Candy held onto me tight. I slowly descended to the ground safely and let her go.
"I'm sorry.." I said then looked at her bruised body. "I...don't know what happened to cause me to become like this.."
"It's okay...I still..love you Hakai." Candy smiled and kept holding on to me.
"I guess...the stress got to me. I kept holding those burdens to myself...I always fought alone so I never got the chance to let others understand my burdens...understand my life and my pains." I said and looked down.
"You no longer have to worry about being alone, Hakai. I'm here for you...I'm not going anywhere." Candy looked at me and raised my head.
We looked into each other's eyes then she looked away, blushing. Melida watched from afar and gave a chuckle.
"It's finally finished...but I need to know more...I need to know his limits." Melida walked off. "I will do whatever it takes...to get that."
Melida laughed softly and her Phantom Eyes vanished. She walked into a portal and the portal closed.