Hey all, this is just a small, little, tiny thing I wrote in the point of view of Kazuma. Well it becomes his POV, but it starts off from afar. Anyway, it's nothing great, and it's not that long, but it's something, which is slightly a little more than nothing. So please enjoy!

Dark-side Of The Light

The sun was setting, leaving only an orange glow on the land, and casting dark shadows. On a high cliff overlooking the ocean, a long figure sat, gazing out at the moving sea. The figure sat with their legs drawn up to their body, completely lost in thought.

Is this all there is in life? To spend each day fighting for my existence? Knowing it's not safe for me to walk as casually as I use to. Knowing I've made more enemies than any man cares to have. One day I won't win the battle. One day I will lose. One day I will die. But what about Kanami? What will happen to her when I'm gone? Am I too reckless with my life? I never really stopped to think about Kanami. When I go off to fight HOLY, I never think of the consequences, that I might never make it back to Kanami. She would be worried when I never came home, and it wouldn't be for a while till she found out. Then what would happen to her? I guess I've been kind of selfish, just attacking and recklessly fighting for my own pleasure, not even thinking about what would happen if I was out-classed by another Alter user. But that's why I must get stronger, that's why I must defeat all of HOLY. So Kanami and I can live in peace, so we don't have to worry about HOLY knocking down our door and taking us away. The native alters could live their lives. That's all we really want, don't we, just to live our lives the way we want and not have the fear of being captured. But as I fight more and more, I begin to wonder, is it all just a lost cause? Will we ever defeat HOLY? Will we ever be free? I doubt I will see the day. Even with all my fighting, my personal battle with HOLY, all that I've sacrificed, I know I will never truly be free of them. There is no true escape for me, no true peace. My life is an endless battle, one I will fight until the day I die, no matter how soon or far away that is. My destiny has called, and I have long since answered it.

His thoughts stopped, Kazuma's unfocused eyes still rested on the sea, but all conscious thought had stopped. He sat there, unmoving for some time, until suddenly he was brought to his senses. He stood up, stretching out his stiff limbs, and stifling a yawn. "It's time to head home. I wonder what Kanami made for dinner?" And he turned away from the sea and headed into the darkness of the shadows beyond.