Hazama was laughing while his brother remained still, kneeling after the blow he received on his back...
"¡B-brooooother!"
Just a moment ago, he was fighting Ragna The Bloodedge, his brother and The Black Beast, the creature he was destined to kill. Jin was about to do the final blow with his own hands...
"Finally...my choice, my burden. This is what I´m supposed to do...this is what I WANT to do..."
He kept repeating himself that phrase over and over again as he held Yukianesa with both hands. But at the fourth time, what was once an affirmation suddenly turned into a question...
"...Is...is this what I want to do?"
Jin looked again at his brother, who just remained there holding himself up with his sword. Ragna was angered, but he didn´t feel as if his anger was aimed towards him. Last time they met, Ragna´s eyes showed a burning hate to the man who killed Saya, their sister. That anger was no longer present, he seemed annoyed by his presence...
"What happened with the criminal of the N.O.L?
Isn´t it me who you want to take revenge on?
I´m your enemy! I´m the one supposed you should be hating right now!"
Those were the words that came through his head, but still, Ragna remained silent. Jin´s doubts made him worry on what could Ragna know. He always thought that the only truth in this world was death itself, but even that idea started to lose any meaning. Just by looking at those eyes, Jin was about to choose to end his brother´s life. He couldn´t repent now, after all these years he simply couldn´t.
Then it happened...
Suddenly, Jin saw his brothers body being pierced through by a hand. Ragna fell to the floor bleeding, while the man who remained hidden watching the fight finally showed himself up. It was Hazama, who was carrying someone whose body was enveloped.
"Wow guys, you have got some serious Cain and Abel shit here!"
Jin tried to understand what just happened, the way Hazama spoke clearly pointed out that he was planning something. But what worried him most was...
"B-brooooother!"
The bounty, his destiny, become a hero of justice, his duty... Those things didn´t matter anymore, nothing mattered anymore. His brother was about to die, to die by the hand of the same man who seemed to be pulling the strings since the beginning. Hazama kept talking, alluding how Ragna´s wounds aren´t something to be worried about...
"...You bastard!"
Jin couldn´t stand it anymore, he prepared himself to land an attack with Yukianesa while Hazama kept talking as if everything was going as he expected. Acting as if the two brothers where part of an audience, he revealed the identity of the person he brought with him...
"Will everyone please give a warm welcome to Miss Noel Vemillion?"
Those words made Jin and Ragna remain silent, confused on what could that maniac be thinking. Jin simply muttered Noel´s name as if trying to understand what was she doing there...
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Our stage is set! Let the ultimate show BEGIN!"
He threw Noel´s body away and snapped his right finger, making it float towards the strange artifact...
"N-noel!"
Jin and Ragna looked behind after hearing the voice of a young wounded woman who just arrived after climbing the stairs. The uniform of the Zero Squadron was more than enough to make Ragna ask himself if she was an enemy, but Jin quickly recognized her face...
"Tsubaki! I told you to leave this place!"
"B-brother...pl-please...s-stop...him...No-el..."
Tsubaki couldn´t hold herself anymore, her consciousness left her while Jin ran and tried to wake her up. By that time the body of Noel was completely engulfed inside the strange machine...
"These wounds...what happened to you?"
"Let´s just say I made sure that the hindrances wouldn´t disturb the show"
Interrupted Hazama with a smile. Kisaragi charged, angered with his Nox Nyctore at hand, but an intense light that covered the place made it imposible to see for a few seconds. When the light dissipated, from where Noel´s body entered, came out a murakumo unit with Noel´s characteristics.
"What th...Is that you, Noel Vermilion!"
"Oh it seems you are mistaken, let me present you...to number twelve!"
"μ -No. 12- ? Where is Vermilion?"
"Well she was just a bunch of useless memories, so I simply get rid of her...Now she is the ultimate weapon to destroy Amaterasu and everything this world full of lies has!"
Explained Hazama with an enthusiastic voice and a maniac laugh.
"Terumi...you..."
Ragna tried to speak but he could only keep watching -No. 12. Noel and Saya , she looked just like them, but her eyes where simply empty, as if no life existed at all inside her...
"Damn it...DAMN IT!"
Ragna tried to stand up with his sword on the ground, he hardly could keep his balance.
"Oi, you shouldn´t stand up on the condition you are. Simply stay there like your..."
But when Hazama turned his face, he saw Jin just a meter in front of him, about to freeze him with his weapon. But Hazama avoided just in time the sudden attack while whistling...
"Phew, that was close. I guess I can´t expect you to do as I want anymore "Mr. Hero of Justice""
Those words...Hazama´s change of tone in his voice seemed familiar to him. Jin looked firmly at Hazama and an intense pain started to grow inside his head. It quickly worsened, making him kneel and drop Yukianesa on the ground while holding his head with both hands…