Chapter 1:
Aura's house…
Kuro woke up screaming. He looked around and saw Karuki sitting at the side of his bed, "Karuki?" He said in shock, "What are you doing here?"
"Well." Karuki said, "Xero thought it would be best to have me tag along."
"What did I miss?" Kuro asked, "I remember Kumori, that's it."
"It's Xion…" Karuki said, "Kumori took her to a tower in Pheramore."
"What?" Kuro yelled, "Well what are we doing here?"
"We're preparing." Came Draxnew's voice from the front of the room, Kuro looked and saw him walking towards the still shocked half-elf.
"Preparing?" Kuro asked, "Why do we need to prepare?"
"Shadow and Xero predict that this will be the final battle."
"Final battle…" Kuro said, "That means…"
"Yep." Karuki said, "You're finally gonna defeat Kumori."
"Yeah." Draxnew said, "We can finally kill the man that started all this."
"Well…" Kuro said, "Xero can."
"What do you mean?" Karuki asked.
"I promised myself a long time ago that I would never kill another living being." Kuro said.
"What about Errol?" Draxnew asked.
"Well…" Kuro said, "I was out of control then, I was in fallen angel form."
"Yeah…" Draxnew said, "Karuki, you can leave now, you've done your part."
"Alright, good luck you guys!" Karuki said, then she walked out of the room.
"Why was she even here?" Kuro asked.
"She is a healer." Draxnew said, "Kuro, there's something I need to talk to you about."
"What?"
"It's Xion…" Draxnew said.
"You want her back, right?" Kuro sighed.
"Actually, no." Draxnew said, "The exact opposite, she's much happier with you then she was with me. So, it's better for her to be with you."
"Draxnew…" Kuro said, "Th-thank you."
"Kuro." Draxnew said, "There's one more thing I meant to ask you when you got back, why did you leave a year ago?"
"Well…" Kuro said, "It was to find my father."
"Did you find him?" Draxnew asked. Kuro did not answer. And with that, Draxnew got up and said, "Come out into the living room, Xero said that we head out when you wake up."
"Alright." Kuro said, "I'll be right out!" Draxnew then left, Kuro got up and opened a drawer and pulled out his necklace, he opened it and heard the melody, "Isano…" Kuro said, "It finally pays off today…" He closed the locket and tied the necklace around his neck, it started to glow blue. He walked to the door and stepped out.
"Kuro," Shadow said, who stood outside the door, "Get ready, we are heading out shortly."
"Right." Kuro said, he walked down the hall and noticed he was not in Aura's house at all, he turned towards Shadow and asked, "Shadow, where are we?"
"Well…" Shadow said, "This is an old house of Xero's it rests on a cliff that overlooks a field and the city of Pheramore. The balcony is on the door directly down the hall."
"I'll go there." Kuro said, he went down the hall and saw a large door, he opened it and was on a balcony. He saw the cliff, and he saw the field. And he saw the city of Pheramore. And he saw the large tower that reached far into the sky, "She's waiting, in there."
"It's grand, isn't it?" Came a voice from behind Kuro that caught him off guard, he turned around and saw Retsuchi.
"Retsuchi?" Kuro asked.
"I can understand the pain your feeling, the thought that a loved one is in danger, and you're the only one that can help."
"Retsuchi…"
"Listen," She said, "I know I don't open up to you a lot, but just know this, whatever happens, you can save her. Don't you ever give up."
"Retsuchi, what's gotten into you?"
"I figured I have to be the mother figure for you, so that's why I generally am mean to you."
"But, your so nice to me right now…"
"I have to be, I'm your mother figure."
"Th-thank you, Retsuchi." Kuro said.
"Whatever," Retsuchi said, "Now, Xero wants to speak with you, he'll be out here shortly."
"Alright…" Kuro said, then Retsuchi went inside, a few minutes later Xero walked out.
"So…" Xero said, "Finally, we are going to put an end to all this!"
"Xero…" Kuro said, "Are you going to kill Kumori?"
"Of course not," Xero said, "You have to."
"What?" Kuro asked, "But, I can't kill someone!"
"When the time comes," Xero said, "I know you will, believe me, you will be forgiven for what your doing."
"But…" Kuro said.
"Come on!" Xero interrupted, he grabbed Kuro's collar and dragged him down the hall, "We have a world to save!"
"Alright…" Kuro said. "Well," Kuro thought, "Finally, we can put an end to all the pain, all the suffering. The world will soon be back in place."
The buildup to the climax is beginning! The final battle is about to begin! Will Kuro be able to get the guts to kill Kumori? Will Xion ever be saved? Will Abinixia and Iceralx have any lines in this story? These questions and more answered in the next chapters!