Akira started to run towards the monster and attacked him but his attacks were meaningless against an S - Rank monster, a grin appeared on the monsters face as he threw Akira in air and broke his hand.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh" shouted Akira in pain.
Just in an instant that monster attacked him again.
SWOOSH! his claws covered in Akira's blood
"No, this can't end like this! I need to save everyone. Come on, get up!"
The monster started releasing his black mist to cast the illusion on Akira.
Yui and everyone was caught in the crossfire of the battle between Akira and the illusion monster and were all knocked out with his black mist.
Akira's whole body was covered in fatal wounds and blood, there was no chance of survival for him. His breathing became fainter and fainter as if someone was sucking his life force out of him, just before he passed out the only thing he could hear was Yui shouting his name and crying in the black mist.
"Damn it! I had a simple task to distract him but look at me, I wasn't even able do such an easy thing. I always thought my abilities will awaken but I was just giving myself false hope! Everything I did was hopeless, I'm hopeless! I'm a good for nothing idiot and now I'll die here. Everyone will die because of me, only if I was strong enough I would have done more!" thought Akira and passed out there.
Soon Akira was indulged into negativity and all he can thought of was how helpless he was, how weak and fragile he was after years of training and how he did everything to become strong was only just to die a pathetic death.
The atmosphere around them soon started to change, the monster casted his illusion on Akira and everyone else, there was no escape from this situation.
"Hm, where am I? Just a while ago I was battling with that monster and now I'm here? What is this place anyway? The entire space around me is like an inescapable abyss, it's like the abyss itself is glaring at me with an killing intent."
Akira was inside the illusion created by the magical creature in the dungeon, this illusion would display the darkest desire of the person trapped within. It's impossible to escape this illusion, one can only wish for instant death inside it rather than fading bit by bit inside the abyss of their own darkness.
Soon he was able to see all of his memories playing infront of his eyes like a drama, all of his darkest memories were there, the memories in which he just thought of dying, quitting his dreams, giving up on everything and being frustrated that he's the only one with such an abnormal ability.
All he can think while watching his dark past was how pathetic he was and started laughing like a mad man while crying.
He was going insane bit by bit as he started fading and only thing that appeared in his mind was his long gone parents and Yui whom he was not able to save.
Suddenly a huge hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Akira, the touch of that hand was something Akira has never felt before. All his pain soothed, it made him come back to his senses and he started thinking rationally again, after a few seconds he found himself in his apartment.
Surprised by what was happening he was confused whether it was just an illusion or it was a dream, he started roaming here and there thinking what to do then he suddenly heard a voice, it was a very familiar voice, a voice that he has known for a long time. He heard that voice again saying, "Honey! are you up yet?"
"Honey? when did I even got a girlfriend or a wife? this voice, it's so familiar. Oh! it's her!!" said Akira.
"Akira, you look so surprised! what happened?"
"Yui, why are you calling me with that weird name? we were never that close"
"We got married last month! are you still asleep?"
"although I had a crush on you but I never imagined about this" thought Akira.
"Hey! you okay? why are you staring at me?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
"Really?"
"Yeah"
Shocked by what Yui just told him, he was deep in thoughts and started ignoring her thinking he was still dreaming. Suddenly Yui started coming closer to him and kissed him.
Akira was surprised and started feeling weird after a moment, he pulled Yui a little bit away and saw her sucking his soul.
"What are you doing? Yui stop!!!" shouted Akira
"You're a goner now! only half of your soul is left within you!"
When she was sucking his soul out, instead of white soul like everyone, a black obnubilant soul started to come out of him and Yui's illusion screamed and was burnt to ashes by that obnubilant soul.
The entire illusion created by the monster soon started cracking and shattered.
After few seconds Akira found himself in a place that he has never seen before. It was a wonderful place, one that no architect can build, one that no one can even imagine about, it was like heaven.
"Akira, so you're here finally!"
"Who's voice is this?"
"I am you, I am the demonic power that resides deep inside you."
"You are my powers? Then tell me what happend to you? why I'm unable to use you? Can you answer these questions?" asked Akira in a frustrated voice.
"Yes, I'm here to tell you what your powers are and how your parents were the ones who sealed it."
"What are you talking about? Why would my powers be sealed? Why would my parents do such a thing?"
"Because you are not a human! You are a half - demon. Due to your extraordinary powers the threat to your life was great and since you were just an infant you weren't capable of protecting yourself, so to protect you, your parents sealed me."
"So, what to do now? can you tell me more about what happend and how a ordinary guy like me is an half - demon?" asked Akira in a surprised yet angry tone as his parents never told him about all of this.
After listening that his parents did that to him he was already surprised and confused but when he got to know he's an half - demon his anger level was beyond limits. He was furious that why didn't his parents never told him about anything, why was he in the dark for so long.
"Akira, don't be angry. They did this only to save you, I don't have much time left. Before you wake up i need to tell you how you can awaken your powers because if you don't do it now you'll fade away with me!"
"How am I supposed to awaken them?"
"Right now there is a star seal on your back, I'll open it but first you need to become an half dead in order for it to work."
"You can't do that! If my parents sealed it then let it b -
But before he can finish his sentence the unknown voice starts chanting an spell and kills half of the Akira's soul while he's shouting in agony.
"Why did you do that? I think I'll die here anyway now because of you!" shouted Akira.
"Now that the seal is off you can use your power! When you wake up in reality just shout Sakura! Also, if I hadn't done that we both have died and something horrible would have happend to your world, just believe me!" and the voice fades away as Akira comes back to reality.
As soon as he wakes up, he found his whole body covered in an ominous aura of his own powers, then he shouts Sakura as he was instructed in his dream.
Suddenly a katana starts forming in his hand from black particles. It was a black katana covered in the same ominous aura as Akira.
The monsters notices Akira and attacks him.
SWOOSH!