Hello everyone. This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction work (seriously, my first ever). After reading the Hollow Mirror Field route of 11eyes CrossOver, I found it quite disappointing in the fact that there wasn't a Kanae Route, and there wasn't much reference to the main series (Sin, Damnation and the Atonement Girl arc) either, so I wanted to try if I can make one myself. I hope you will enjoy the reading.

11eyes CrossOver

—Distorted Reflection—

Prologue:

Turn that Gear Around

In this crimson world, one could hear all sorts of noise.

The sound of footsteps—

The roar of a colossal dragon—

The screams of humans being torn apart—

It was—by any means—hell.

In that city—Ayamegaoka—everyone was running. They ran from something that they didn't know of and couldn't comprehend with all their might, utilizing everything at their disposal. Some took a car, some took a bike, some used their own feet... The way to do it was diverse for each individual, but they still shared a common thing:

They didn't stop—

—because stopping was the equivalent of death.

In that city where humans lived, black creatures with tentacles had appeared out of nowhere, chasing off every moving thing they saw, and once they got a hold of something, they would eat it.

But then why didn't the people try to fight back these things? Surely there must be some who would refuse to yield to these monstrosities.

The answer was simple.

Because no matter what they tried, they could not do any harm to these creatures. As for why… if there was an answer, people wouldn't have been unable to comprehend the situation.

But those black creatures weren't the only thing out of place.

Near the remains of what used to be called the Ashihara Bridge, a colossal black dragon was spitting fire blasts from its mouth at something that the human eye couldn't see from afar—simply because getting anywhere near the bridge would be the same as adding the "being hit by the dragon's fire blasts" to the how-to-die-today list.

However, it was certain that the dragon was fighting something—or someone. Every now and then, some sort of light would appear from a glowing circle on the sky and crash into the dragon, which either injured or pissed it off, resulting even more fire blasts being released randomly.

People running for their lives, unknown hostile creatures, gigantic dragon, crimson sky… All those elements created a perfectly literal image of a like-from-an-Armageddon-movie chaos in Ayamegaoka.

In the midst of that chaos, one brown-haired boy stood still, looking at something on the ground.

A corpse—or rather what left of it.

He just stood there, silently looking down at what used to be Kuroshiba Kanae.

She was gone.

There was no denying it. The girl he loved was forever gone. No matter what he tried, bringing her back was impossible.

He turned around and looked up. Above him was a gigantic black moon—its size was immeasurable and its existence threatened every single creature on this whole planet. It wasn't quite completed—not yet at least, but nearly. Once that so-called moon reached maximum size, it would be the end of everything. That was how dangerous that thing was.

However, the boy held no interest in that pitch black object—not now, at least. His gaze was focusing on the center of that thing—on the small human figure in front of it.

A white dress… and long silver hair—

He began to walk toward that figure.

His steps felt heavy—or at least they used to. He wasn't sure how, but every step he took, the weight seemed to reduce little by little. He pressed forward, hardly realized that there were tiny purple sparks appearing at where his feet stepped on.

Don't be afraid…

Suddenly, he could hear Kanae's voice. Not in his ears but somewhere… deep in his core.

…I'm always…

More purple sparks appeared, dancing around his feet… It wasn't a dream. He could really hear her again.

…I'm always by your side.

Now he could feel her warmth enclosing his body... No—not just warmth—power as well.

Before long, there were sparks everywhere around him, bouncing back and forth like snakes on the ground. Every single part of him was brimming with power. His whole body was lit up like a torch.

Seemingly attracted by that light, that figure looked down at him with emerald green eyes, showing a cold gaze that could pin anyone down without any efforts.

It was neither a gaze of indifference nor was it a gaze of contempt.

It was just that anyone who looked into those eyes would find himself looking at the reflection of all the filth of this world.

In those eyes, no hope could be found, no light could be seen—all those eyes reflected was a dark void, in which nothing existed, save for one thing:

Hatred.

Those eyes reflected only hatred—her hatred.

She hated this world.

It was such a deep hatred. So deep, so painful that even her existence was devoured by it. What used to be her, now only a mass of vengeance.

Any living creature would be able to feel it—that void, that hatred, that darkness.

But the boy wasn't afraid at all. In fact, he aimed to have those eyes pinned on him right at the beginning.

Before he stopped looking at Kuroshiba Kanae's corpse, those green eyes had been looking at nothing. That figure—that girl—had been in so much delight of having her wish finally realized that she totally forgot about everything else. Therefore, being able to draw her attention was quite a feat.

Because the moment she fixed her gaze on him proved that his existence was significant.

Yes…

He knew that his existence was significant enough to drag her from dreamland back to reality. And with that confirmed, there was only one thing left to do.

"Come and face me, Witch of Babylon!" Amami Shuu declared.

Author's note:

There is something I'd like to note. As you guys can see above, I've kept the names in the original Japanese way. Also, later chapters will use suffixes such as –kun, -chan, etc to keep the soul of some characters. I never intended to use them from the beginning, but there are some certain characters *cough* Shione *cough* whose lines can never sound right in English, so I had no choice.

That's all I want to say. See you guys in chapter 1.