His plan was finally coming to fruition. The flames are eating away on the capital of Lugnica, no its eating the entire country. The screams of the people are heard from every direction. Funny, he wonders if this despair is as strong as the one he has felt. However, he will no longer think of such things for much longer.

Natsuki Subaru, the man who caused this fire, the one who has filled his hands with so much blood, so much sadness, so much despair. He is finally dying. The hero who has succeeded in such a deed was not Reinhardt but the silver haired half-elf, Emilia. His beloved, his sole reason he had done what he has.

"Why?" Is all that she can ask.

Her tears dripped on his blood soaked face. He was lying on her lap after her icicle spear pierced through his chest. Her lap was probably the only reward he has obtained.

"Why? Why? Why?"

Why? It was such a short word,a short question, but he had so many answers for it. He wanted to answer her, to lessen her confusion. To spend time with her as selfish as it tell her, Natsuki Subaru was not just a madman but he had not much time left. He would not leave without answering, however. Then, with a smile more genuine than Emilia had ever seen the boy answers her.

"...because I love you."

His vision was fading with her face looking so much more confused. He stared until it went black. Death's loving embrace swallows him one last time.

His eyes opened. They opened to see nothing, nothing at all. He knows this feeling. He has returned to the dark abyss. An eternal darkness that contains nothing but at the same time contains everything. He turned his head to see her. His memories had all returned, tears in his eyes, he got up and ran toward her. He was so happy, everything he had done was for her. Whether he died or lived, it was all for her. He loved her so much and now he can live with her for all eternity, what a joyous end.

"Satella! Satella! *hic* Satella! I-I *sniff*"

He was crying his heart out on her chest. The tightness of his hug only continued to grow tighter. For so long he had been running and now he had finally caught up to her. Satella did not stop him and instead pet his soft hair ever so gently. She had always known him as a crybaby. Though, she didn't dislike it.

"You really did your best, didn't you." She sympathized with him so affectionately.

He did not answer and continued to cry as he sought comfort from her. He did everything he could, he had no other option. He could not think of another option. He did the right thing. Now, it was over, he will now live with his beloved forever. Or, so he thought.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"Eh? F-for what?" He asked freightened.

"I'm so sorry, Subaru."

He felt something grip onto his ankle. He looked and saw an...unseen hand.

"Why?"

Everything was supposed to be over. He was satisfied with the way things had ended. There was nothing else he could've done. He completed his goal, didn't he?

"Satella, you don't want me to be here? With you?"

His depressed expression caused so much pain in her heart. That was not the case at all. She could not answer him in time as the unseen hands started to drag him. He was utterly mortified, was their love all a lie? Was it always one sided. He was in doubt until...

"Subaru! iloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyou-"

She repeated those words and completely cleared the doubt.

"Yeah, I love you too!-"

He also started to repeat the words 'I love you' to her.

He turned to see light. Never in his life had he been so afraid of light. The unseen hands were forcibly dragging him in there. There was so much he wanted to do with Satella. He wanted to talk to her, he wanted to feel her soft skin again, He wanted to kiss her and make sure it never ended. But mostly, he had just wanted to make her happy. However, he wasn't allowed to, yet. Finally, in an instant she disappeared from his eyes.

It was bright but not too bright. The sun was close to sleeping. It was about to turn looked around to see that everything was normal. The town was not in flames. There wasn't any screams of agony. It was just another day.

"Where am I? No, when is this?"

He didn't respawn in his previous checkpoint. It was different. Was he in the past, where he first started. When the thought occurred to him, he panicked because of what time it was. If he really was in the past then Emilia was in danger.

"Emilia!"

He quickly began to sprint. He knew where she was and was running as fast as he could there. Elsa was going to steal her life again.

He reached the slums quickly. With all the times he's been here, he knew exactly what was the shortest path to Rom's shop. Then out of nowhere, a huge beam of light erupted from the direction he was headed. He was afraid, with the time he had respawned he was afraid that he would not be able to save her this time. Yet he was still so far away.

By the time he made it the store was in pieces. Had he come too late? However, he heard a voice. The voice of the man he hated so very much. A man who had everything while he had nothing. He peeked in to see what was going on inside. There he saw Reinhardt and Emilia, who was alive and well. He let out a sigh of relief. There was also one more person, though. He wore a jersey and had black spiky slicked back hair. He looked like he finished saying something that was directed at Emilia.

"Its Emilia. Just Emilia. Thank you Subaru, for saving me." She said.

She said his name. She thanked Subaru. It was then he realized that the person in the jersey was none other than, Natsuki Subaru. To think there was another option. He grew angry and directed that towards the 'fake Subaru.' Why did he have to suffer? Why couldn't he have reached this outcome? He could just tell that the fake Subaru didn't die as many times he did. He wanted the fake to suffer even more than he had. Of course he would make sure Emilia would win the Royal Selection. But if he saw a chance to hurt the fake then he would make it happen. After all, there can't be two.

"Ill make sure to break you, you fake."