We'll meet again... Someday
Chapter 1 : Painful Goodbyes
There I was, cold, isolated and desperate for something I knew I couldn't have. A solution. A remedy. Anything. I hated it. Alone and confused was the last place I wanted to be. Somehow I knew I deserved this.
"Izanagi!" A voice shouted. I raised my head i saw a group of silhouettes below me. They were fighting Erebus, human malice given physical form.. Fighting Erebus would be inevitable.. There's no way to completely defeat it unless humans stop wishing for Nyx.
"Who are you?" I shouted
"Don't you remember us Makoto? I'm Yu Narukami.. We once fought together as camaraderie." He said.
Camaraderie? I remember some of them from S.E.E.S but not the rest.. Just who are they? I thought.
"Wait.. I remember.. you're !?"
Memories started to flow back to me.. He.. no.. they once fought together with me. It all happened during the time we were called or pulled to the haven rift.. Where we meet Zen and Rei..
"How could I forget? Those friends taught me a bunch when we were there." I said
"But why are you all here? Being here... I .. i wouldn't want you all to see me like this.."
"Don't worry leader, we'll get you out of here.. Elizabeth finally found a way to free you from the seal without breaking it." He said
"Leader huh.. it's been a while since I was called that.." I whispered to myself.
" I'm sorry everyone.. i'm really am.. but there's no way to free me.. it's my destiny to be here.. I'm merely a sacrifice for.. everyone.." I said
"Leader.. We can never forgive you because of what you did to us.. The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said or explained.. You left us without telling us and we couldn't believe that.. We'll drag you back here if we had to! " Yu shouted.
"Yu, bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now. I'm willing to give my life for something greater because being able to save one life means unable to save another." I said
" That's just being selfish Makoto. The mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too!" Yu shouted
"Living for others?" I questioned myself.
To be continued...