"Kasziel is the one who organized everything." Azazel explained. "His is our leader, our voice."
"And what exactly is the purpose of destroying everything?" Akuro asked. "I don't understand, it just seems like senseless chaos."
"Wrong." Kasziel said. "There is a reason. All of the realities are flawed. Do you know why?"
"Explain."
"Do you know the never ending pattern of every reality? It starts as nothing, then the gods create stars, the Titans make worlds, yada yada. But, every time this happens, every thing comes to end. Whether it be by war, conflict, or natural disasters, such as black holes, everything ends. I don't know why, none of us do. Reality breaks, and then splits off and makes new ones, starting over. But that's not the purpose of creating reality.
"There were never meant to be multiple realities, there was only ever meant to be one, and the more there are, the more my mind falls apart and my power wanes.. soon, if realities keep being created, my mind will shatter completely. And then everything will end. Including the Genesis Gods."
"What do you mean?" Akuro asked. "Is reality linked to you?"
"Yes." Kasziel answered. "It's kind of how you are linked to the element of death itself. But you see, I am the creator of reality. Every single one of the Genesis Gods has a purpose. Metrina keeps balance between the power of the Genesis Gods, Velistan is the creator of aura and life, all aura you possess comes from him, while Sention controls the futures and his job is to avoid ultimate end to reality. While Apophus is the interference, his job is to eliminate all threats to reality. My job is to keep reality in tact.
There are others. But that gives you the main idea. The original idea was to make one reality, where we could focus our attention on creating the ultimate universe of peace and joy, but conflict rose between the gods and the Titans, resulting in the end of the first reality. But, when a reality ends, three more are made, sometimes more than that, and every one of them repeats the same events but with different actions or results, but the ending is always the same, he reality ends. I can't handle all these realities. My mind will break. And everything will end.
"That's why I have you all to help me. I need your help in my goal to end all realities, reset everything, and then recreate one singular reality."
"Why can't you choose one to keep and destroy the others?" Akuro asked.
"Because, conflict is down deeply into all of them. Especially yours. They all need a factory reset."
"The beginning to a new ending." Azazel spoke. "We end everything, to create a new story, with a new result."
"Huh." Akuro glanced at Azazel. It wasn't right. Akuro clearly remembered Azazel saying something about wanting to destroy reality and recreate it in his own image.. he had alternative motives. Not that it mattered. Akuro could care less. All he wanted was strength.
"I do have bad news though." Kasziel said. "Apophus will come for you soon. He is not very intelligent, he acts purely on instinct, a predator, and his job is to kill beings like you since you threaten reality. Even if we have a good goal in mind, he will come for you soon. I am too weak to fight him. The goal here is to make you strong enough to hold him off."
"Hold him off, huh?" Akuro spoke. "How would I get enough power to do that?"
"You already have the power. Reality bending is unique and an all powerful ability. Not even the gods possess it, even if they pretend they do. I am truly the only being to have that power.. until you." Kasziel spoke.
"You are the one, Akuro, the one we've been waiting for. You are the answer to it all, the ender of all things, and the creator of all things. You truly are death incarnate." Void added.
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It's been two days since Akuro had left them. Deeming Fort Arashi's current position unsafe, the base was moved. Now they hid out within the vast deserts of Egypt, somewhere within the Sahara. It was in the middle of nowhere and the new fort was built into a large rock face, making it difficult to spot. Kessana's aura shrouded the fort, making it impossible to sense it. This way they were safe from gods or anything else.
Inari had not left her room since the move, she has stayed hidden away behind a shut door. Both Onoma and Darius had attempted to speak with her, but she didn't answer any of them. She felt broken to her core. She felt like a part of her had been taken when Akuro left. Not just that but she felt guilt. She knew it was stupid of her, but she couldn't help but feel guilty for Zealous's death. When she saw the state Kessana, the twins, Tetsuno, Xell, all of them, were in, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Like it was her fault for being unable to stop Akuro from the start.
She lay on her stomach, sinking into her bed, face buried into the pillow. She wrapped the blanket about her tightly and tried to sleep. The curtains were drawn, blocking out any light and making her room dark and dreary. Her pillow had been soaked in tears, and now her head hurt and her eyes were tired. She probably should get up and get some water, maybe some food, but she didn't have the energy, even though her stomach growled at her and she felt like it was eating itself.
She lost all will to take care of herself. She didn't mover from her bed since the day they arrived in the new location, and she didn't plan on moving anytime soon. All she could think of was Akuro.
She didn't understand how she could feel this way for someone who had always kept her at arms length.. but she knew, deep down, he had done that because he didn't want her to be hurt. He was protecting her. His eyes were cold, but they always had a softness to them, a specially when he looked at her. She knew he cared... but when he changed that day.. his eyes.. they were sharp, cold, and emotionless... soulless. That wasn't the same Akuro she loved. Did she love him? Is that what this was? Love? Is that why her heart hurt so much? Because she loved him..? Is that why she missed him so much? Missed his voice.. his face.. his eyes.. his confidence.. his warmth...
New tears welled in her eyes. Most times crying was relieving, it felt good, but sometimes, when you cry so much, it just hurts. Your head hurts, your eyes hurt, your heart hurts, you can feel yourself breaking, feel yourself losing a grip on everything and falling to piece. You can feel as each and every crack splits across your heart until it eventually shatters and breaks. Hot tears rolled down Inari's cheeks, soaking the pillow yet again.
Why did she hurt so much... why.. why.. why! Why did Akuro have to go! Why couldn't she stop him! Why was she so in love with him... why was it so one sided..
She screamed into her pillow, and outside her room, Darius's hand stopped a breath away from her door. He could hear her pain, and he felt wrong, he didn't think he was the one she wanted to see, even if he wanted to see her. He lowered his hand, and walked away.