She did it.

Emilia, the woman he loved, had finally ended this nightmare. She had killed the last of the Sloths. Without even needing help.

He knew she was strong, but through the multiple loops, she had always ended up dead against the original. Always frozen, always lifeless.

He had tried to assist Emilia, but Felix had stopped him. "You need to rest. Put your trust in her." Was basically he said. And while Subaru didn't want to, he did. He was scared to lose now, at the end of it all. One small mistake, and Emilia would be done for, and he would have to start a new.

But she didn't lose. It took some time but Emilia had won. She had killed the last of the Sloths and put an end to this nightmare. He breathed a sigh of relief from where he sat. It felt it had been a lifetime since he was allowed to relax from everything. To finally be able to see a happy ending to this.

"You Nyow? That was impressive. I might just take her as my wife! What do you think Subaru? Think she'll accept a cat like me?" Felix said as he stood next to him. Seemed that even now Felix couldn't help but joke even in this situation.

Looking over, Subaru gave him a playful glare. "No, I can't have this. One cat is hard enough to deal with, but two would be hell. Besides, my goddess probably wouldn't give you the time of day." 'She actually would'.

"He he. You have nyothing to worry about Subaru, besides, I already have my princess waiting for me back home." Felix said as he walked away from him, towards Emilia.

Watching them with a faint smile, he saw everyone thanking and congratulating Emilia. She was quickly flustered, and was quick to make a selfish excuse. Everyone saw through it quickly though and had a good laugh.

She caught eyes with him and waved.

Smiling, Subaru got up to his feet, and he started making his way to Emilia.

"Subaru"

A voice called him, loud enough that he had to cover his ears. He looked around, and he stopped. Not because he wanted to, but because time froze.

A black hole appeared before him. Just like whenever he was about to reveal "Return by Death", a hand appeared to come out and slowly wormed it's way into him. It felt cold, and it hurt like hell. The hand continued inwards until it was out of site.

Time resumed as normal, but he didn't feel right. It wasn't the same feeling as the other times. If anything, this felt worse.

He puked. He felt weak. He looked around. Everyone was moving slowly, leaving after images after images.

'My brain Trembles'

He heard it. All the worry he felt turned to full on fear.

Without even thinking, he ran. Ran past Julius,

Ran past a worried Emilia.

Into the Forest

The forest was a big place. That was certain.

During the first days Subaru had spent in this world, he had taken note of this and decided if he ever needed to run away from anything, he would go there. Back in his world, while they had forests, they were more or less safe. Here was a different story.

Even though he was a NEET, he knew how to hunt, fish and camp through multiple American shows showing off all that stuff. While he never had to really use the skills in his world, that didn't stop him from practicing. He should have no problem throwing off any random scavenger or beast… if it was alone.

The problem came in the form of drowsiness and his pursuers being more skilled than he was. He saw 3 of everything, heard 5 of everything, and it was sickening. He puked again, and again and again. The burning of his throat and the smell of acid didn't make anything better.

He tripped, his body finally giving up. Subaru twitched, foam coming from his mouth. His mind was blank and he couldn't think clearly. That's when he heard it.

"Sleep, for the gospel has chosen you as the next vessel!"

He of course resisted, but didn't last long. He could see the face of the man he hated crouched in front of him. The face of Betelgeuse.

"Subaru!"

Emilia was extremely worried. Subaru had looked deathly Ill when he had past her. He didn't even acknowledge her when she tried to stop him. What scared her even more was the face he was making. He never made that face, only when something was terribly wrong.

"Do you think he's alright?" She asked pleading to the people who had followed Subaru with her.

The small party consisted of four people; Julius, Felix, Wilhelm, and Emilia. They were the closest to Subaru, physically and emotionally, at the time when he ran away. That was 2 hours ago.

"Don't worry Nyow! I'm sure he's fine!" Felix hollered from in front of the small search party, being the optimistic person he usually was. This set her slightly at ease.

Julius on the other hand just grunted and continued his walk onward. Even though he didn't say anything, she could see it on his face. Something was wrong and he was worried.

Sniffing the air, Felix smiled. "He's nearby!" He hollered.

Quickly, Emilia made her way next to Felix. Trailing slightly behind, her anxiety seemed to be showing for Wilhelm put a hand on her shoulder and told her "I'm sure he's fine. He survived a battle with Hakugei, I'm sure he's just mentally exhausted." Wilhelm tried comforting her.

"I hope so." She responded. She halted immediately though, "Wait! Hakugei! Like the White Whale Hakugei!?"

This had started off a conversation to calm everyone's nerves. The main topic was Subaru, of course. Wilhelm had offered Emilia a chance to get to know what Subaru had been up to since Emilia and Subaru's fight. Which she gladly accepted.

Felix seemed keen to help out too, for he thought sounded fun to do. Felix started by telling her about how Subaru convinced Crusch and Anastasia to hunt down Hakugei. The deals he made and the other help he received.

Wilhelm then took over because it started getting personal. He explained that the battle had been orchestrated by Crusch, but Subaru did some of the leading. He explained that Subaru had saved him from death and helped achieve revenge on the demon.

Immediately Emilia questioned why he wanted revenge, to which he answered "For my Wife." She apologized and gave her condolences. But continued to ask about his wife.

Not one to shy away from telling his wife's story, he explained to her. How he met her while training, how she came everyday to watch him and the flowers, how when he became a night, she rescued him and revealed she was the Master Swordsman. How he was furious with her, how he forgave her and later became friends with her along with his colleagues. How he wed her. How she passed.

"I'm sorry if that was hard on you." Emilia apologized

"No, don't be sorry, I haven't talked about her in a long time. This is probably for the better." He replied.

Felix pitched in, "Yeah! He almost never talks about her! I haven't even heard this much until nyow!"

"So, what happened with Subaru after Hakugei?"

Julius continued for them, explaining how Subaru told them he needed to do something after this, with Wilhelm, Anastasia and Crusch offering their assistance. They sent Wilhelm, Felix, Julius and Mimi and Hetaro to assist him. A group of twenty or so soldier offered their assistance to, stating they owed him.

Julius described the battles one after another, noting Subaru's bravery in many situations and leaving out a few chosen details. Felix caught on, but decided to add in the part of Rem's 'Death' to get a stir of her and lighten the mood.

"What!?" Emilia practically yelled.

"It's true Nyo! She tricked him to say those words as a parting gift, Nyo!" Felix said with a giant grin, he could already see her mind working out ways to get back at Rem.

"Anyways," Julius interrupted, "We decided to split up and hunt them down one by one, until we surrounded the leader. That's where you come in. I believe you know the rest of the story."

Emilia nodded, feeling a sense of relief. It appeared that after their fight, Subaru just kept going. Helping more and more people along the way. She smiled, that was the Subaru she liked best.

"Thank you Julius, Felix, Wilhelm. It helped me out." She told them.

"The honor is mine, Lord Emilia." Julius said.

"Nyo, I'm happy to help! It's fun playing match up, Nyo!" Felix laughed as Emilia looked slightly confused.

The sky was purple, he noticed.

The sun was on the horizon with maybe an hour left and he still had a long trek ahead of him. He couldn't help but curse his luck. Everything was supposed to go perfectly but this traitor took it upon himself to rescue the imposter.

If he was still alive, he would have ripped the kid limb from limb.

Standing in a clearing, he looked at the flowers beneath him. Blue.

"Subaru?" A female voice called out.

"Hue?" He looked around, and spotted her. The Imposter. His smile was wide already.

Maybe his luck wasn't so bad after all?

Break

Emilia approached Subaru, with Felix and Julius following close behind. They seemed tense for some reason. "Subaru? Are you ok?"

The world spun for her, a feeling of weightlessness seemed to envelope her. It took her but a second for her tor realize what happened. She had been thrown into the air.

Falling at a fast, she forced Puck out. He didn't even need to be told what was going on as he worked to cushion her fall. Magic shields appeared around her as she tumbled.

"Emilia! Are you ok!?" Puck quickly asked in concern.

"Yes, just surprised is all. I'm sorry for calling you out like this." Emilia apologized. She sat up.

"That's no problem, that's what I'm here for." Puck Yawned, "I can't stay for long though, I'm tired and I don't have much in me to fight."

"That's no problem, I have other protecto-"

"Emilia!" Someone interrupted her. Looking up, she saw Felix face full of concern. "Are you ok!?"

"Yes, I'm fine! What happened!?" She called back. She got up and dusted herself off. Looking around, she saw a way back up. Puck had already drifted off so he couldn't do anything for her currently.

"I- I don't Nyow! Julius just threw you and then he was thrown into the forest! It looked like some shadow magic was in play!" He announced worriedly.

"OK, I'll be right there, just hold on!" She started making her trek upwards with haste.

'What are you doing Subaru?'

When Julius had thrown Emilia, he didn't mean to throw her as high as he did. Nor did he mean to throw her up, just pull her back. But in the spur of the moment, he body controlled itself. Though everything worked out in the end. Maybe.

He had been shot backwards to the Forest much to his surprise. It wasn't far but it still hurt.. a lot..

Not giving a moments notice, he got up ans sprinted back to Subaru's location. It wasn't hard at all to find where he impacted from. There was trees and branches that had toppled in his wake. Made him wonder how he wasn't dead. He was most likely injured somewhere.

Coming back into the clearing, he was just in time to watch Wilhelm fly, at a slower pace, into the forest. Locking sight with Subaru, he now understood why he was sent flying.

Multiple hands, all seeming to come from Subaru's back, surrounded him. They were made of pure black and purple. The same as described by Subaru a while back, when they fought the other Sloths. This made him wonder though, why was he able to see it now and not earlier?

Looking over, he saw Felix looking over a cliff. "Felix!? Where is Emilia?" He questioned.

"She's making her way to us, Nyo! She's fine, but please be careful next time, Nyo!" Felix responded.

"Will do!" Subaru's head snapped to Julius direction.

"Oh! Your alive!?" Subaru said, a grin making its way to his mouth as he tilted his head. His grin was quickly replaced as a upset look came upon him and he started walking in circles, "This is no good, no good indeed. I just bullied them without even introducing myself!" Subaru's head cracked to Julius direction. Bowing, he introduced himself "My name Betelgeuse Romanee-conti! I have a request of you if you don't mind?"

Without given the chance to answer, he spun around and started walking back and forth, "You see, I am low on amount of fingers I have in my possession right now, " he stopped and started counting off his fingers. "And I'm in need of a substitute. I had to borrow this poor boys body for the time being, and I can see that yours," He pointed at Julius, "Is rather, well, better than my current one! Would you like to become one of my fingers? We would just need to get rid of those pesky blessings!" He positioned his finger upon his chin.

"I decline, I rather like my Blessings. Now, if you'd be so kind as to leave my companions body, I would be greatful." Julius responded, drawing out his sword. This greatly upset him.

Slumping forward, Betelgeuse face was set in an upset frown. "Oh well, worth a shot!" He leaned all the way back, then shot forward, his hands propelling him. All the while a grin on his face.

Hands tried to grab on to Julius, but with each attempt, they were thoroughly cut through. But as the numbers started to dwindle though, the limbs got harder to cut though. Right, left, vertical, left. The slashes were quick and so we're the hands.

Then Subaru's possessed body did something he had expected. Aimed for his gut. The hands distracted him as the main body was thrown into the mix.

Julius blocked with the flat of the blade. Not expecting this, Betelgeuse was knocked back and kicked in the side of the head. Being sent back, Betelgeuse tried to gain his composure, but was hit with the bottom of the blade.

"Ugh, I need to stop trying to show off! My bad! Let's restart!" Betelgeuse hollered over the distance. Putting his hands behind his back, the hands started to re-emerge, looking darker somehow. "Now I'm ready! Please don't die quickly!"

Julius was about to lunge in, but caught himself. He was being fueled by anger. That was no way to fight, especially if he was trying to keep the body intact. He also had no doubt that if he ran in there now, he would be torn apart.

(OK, this part is cheesy. One important fact though is that this is almost what happened but with Julius instead. So please just bear with me.)

"Subaru?"

Glancing over, Emilia came through the foliage. A look of worry across her face.

The clearing was silent. The wind blew, blowing around everyone's hair. It was soon obvious that Subaru didn't hear her call, so she tried again. "Subaru?"

Again, he didn't answer, just stared, wide eyed.

"Subaru? Can you hear me?" She called, slightly more worried. She of course saw the appendages that surrounded him, and she knew it was anything but good news, but she still held onto hope. Hope that this was a new magic spell… or something. He always had surprises for her.

Glancing around, Subaru eyed her again. Then, with his left index finger, he pointed at himself and asked, "Are you talking to me?"

She nodded. Taking a step closer.

"I'm sorry Emilia. I had a feeling this would happen, but I was unsure and let this continue. This is my fault, I should take responsibility." Julius said as he drew his sword in front of him.

She stopped. A cold feeling gripped her. She looked over to Julius, "Explain."

Taking a deep breathe, he started explaining. "Apparently, the authority of Sloths, the leader of this batch of Cultists, can transfer bodies when one of his dies. We first thought that he gained the ability to transfer through gospels, given to the people with the likely hood of upholding the mantle. I don't know how he transferred to Subaru though."

Emilia breath caught in her throat. She felt the coldness wrap around her body. She stared at Subaru, disbelief overtaking her. This wasn't real to her.

"Subaru! Your in there and I know you are! Come out now!" She commanded. She was never one to order people around, but she couldn't think straight. She didn't know what else to do.

Twitching, Subaru looked over to her and laughed. He laughed hard. Acting like he was wiping a tear away, he said, "Ah, is that what you plan to do, imposter? Call out to your boyfriend? I'm afraid to tell you your love won't reach him! What your doing is futile!"

"Subaru! Your in there and I know it! You need to come here this instant!" Emilia yelled even louder. Julius stared at her, same as Felix and the limping Wilhelm.

"I told you, it is futile. What your doing is really embarrassing." Subaru's imposter said as he scratched his cheek.

"Subaru, I want you to come out right now! I want you to explain your relationship with Rem! I want you to come with me back to the mansion! I want you to work at the mansion and play with Puck again! I want you to teach the villagers new things! To show me more things from where your from! I-I need you to come home! I-i-i-i- need y-y-y-ypu t-to-" she started crying.

"Even I'm slightly touched by this… almost makes me feel bad for you. No matter! You will be with him shortly! Imposter!" Betelgeuse laughed.

"I want you to come home because I love you!"

Crack

It was dark here.

That was the first thing he had noticed when he arrived. The second was the flood of memories and emotions. None of which were his.

A flash, and a grimace. Another feeling of despair. Another feeling of regret. Another of Betelgeuse feelings flooded through him.

He had found out shortly that all these memories were his, and this is what Betelgeuse felt all the time. In the end, Subaru couldn't help but compare himself to him.

Subaru had friends that were as close as family to him, so did Betelgeuse. Subaru had once killed his loved one, and so did Betelgeuse. Subaru had once lost everything, and so did Betelgeuse.

He hated this fact. They were to similar.

The only difference was that Subaru had the chance to come back and fix that mistake, while Betelgeuse had to move forward. He had to continue his despair. Subaru couldn't help but feel sympathy for him.

Though Subaru still wouldn't forgive him. What Betelgeuse did was unforgivable. The extent of what he did had driven Subaru mad, making him attempt to kill Crusch (light novel).

But he couldn't find it in him to be mad anymore. Why he couldn't forgive him, being angry was senseless. Betelgeuse hadn't done anything yet, and he had fled far enough that nobody would find him. He had accomplished his goal of keeping everyone alive.

Feeling a sense of calmness, he noticed that he was sinking. Hands clawed at his pants and we're dragging him down. Whispers of comfort in his ears made him tired. He understood now.

This was death.

"Subaru!"

That was his name. He hadn't heard it in a good while. The best part, he knew who it was.

Crack

He looked around. Right, left, behind, up.

There, right above him, a light shined on him. A light in the darkness for him to follow.

Gripping the ground, he pushed himself up. The hands had had half of him before he started resisting. The great thing too, they didn't put up much of a fight.

"I need you!"

A crack, and another.

He ran climbed forward. Physics didn't matter in this place. As he got closer, he could hear more of her cries.

Crack

He reached the like. But he couldn't get through. It was like being trapped under water and ice was covering you escape. It was stressful.

Pounding against the light, it kept opening more and more, until

"I love you!"

White was for the first thing he would describe it. Not blinding, but a white like paper. A polar opposite of where he just was.

Moving forward, he heard the crunch of something. Looking down, blue flowers surrounded him. Subaru wasn't one for plants, but he had to admit, they were beautiful.

He was tempted to pick them up, but he had a job to do. He moved forward, until he saw him. A man, dressed in purple, looking over a pond. His gray eyes watching the ripples as they went by. It saddened him.

Putting a hand on his shoulder, Subaru told him "Let's finally give it a rest Betelgeuse. You've done all you can do. Please, let's end this."

Betelgeuse looked over and smiled, not his insane one, but a sad one. "I can't, Subaru. Satella needs me here. I love her." He looked down, "Why are you so loved?"

"Honestly, I'm not sure myself. I'm useless, don't have any remarkable abilities other than a killer work out system. I have bad grades, constantly make mistakes and bring everyone around me down when I screw up. I'm a horrible person and selfish to the core." Subaru looked up and smiled, "But to be completely honest, I understand how you feel. I have lost people I love too. So we need to end this."

Betelgeuse seemed genuinely sad. He smiled and saw a reflection, but not of them. A reflection of Fortuna.

"Do you think she'll forgive me? Will any of them forgive me?" Betelgeuse asked, a crack in his voice.

Subaru looked down, the reflection smiling back. "I'm not sure, but if Fortuna cared about you at all, I'm sure she'll forgive you." Subaru smiled again, "Sorry, are you ready?"

"Alright. But please go out in style. I've always wanted a amazing finale!" Betelgeuse said, almost like a kid.

Giving a thumbs up, he smiled and said, "I wouldn't have it any other way!"

Subaru went on ahead, as Betelgeuse knelt in prayer.

Subaru was back in control. The first thing he took notice of was Emilia, and hey tears.

He was going to hate himself for this part. This was such a good loop too.

"I love you too, Emilia." She stopped crying. She froze as the arms slowly disappeared. His smile immediately relaxing her troubled mind.

She got up, but he made the universal sign of "stop".

"At first glance I was in love with you. Even though you won't remember, you helped me when I arrived here and even tried to shield me from you by lying to me. Even if it hurt you. You are truly selfless and any man would be luck to have you. Your beautiful And no matter what people say you're the coolest person I've ever met." He declared.

"Wah?"

Looking over, he spotted Wilhelm crouched over. It looked like he was in pain. "Wilhelm, while we may not have known each other for very long, I enjoyed every minute I talked to you. You are amazing with the sword and I'm honored to have you teach me how to wield one!" Subaru hollered.

Wilhelm nodded, confusion sprayed out across his face.

Subaru's eyes caught with Emilia. He could see the confusion in them, good.

Watching Felix, he seemed upset. Seemed he caught on. Good. He could stop Emilia. "Felix, Ferris, or whatever you call yourself. I want you to know that, even though you were a jerk sometimes, you are one of the greatest healers I've ever seen. That may not be much coming from me, but your still amazing. You are loyal to no end, and are one of the greatest friends I've ever made. Thank you for believing in me! Also, tell Crusch to have a drink for me. Never got to have one before."

Felix giggled sadly, but nodded nonetheless.

Next was Julius. He seemed to know what was about to happen too. Good. Gives Emilia less time to react. "Julius, I know we had are ups and downs, and I was a complete asshole when we first met, again I'm sorry for that, but I'm happy we made up. I didn't get to know you long enough, but I can see your loyalty has no bounds. You showed me respect even when everything was said and done. You are one of the most awesome people I know! Thank you!" Subaru choked.

Subaru bit back his tears. He couldn't help it, even though he knew that'll restart again, he didn't want to say goodbye. It hurt, to die and see the pain on their faces. He didn't want them to forget.

Taking a deep breath, he said one last thing. "I LOVE ALL OF YOU!"

Then he nodded towards Julius, who ran at him. Emilia, finally understanding what was about to happen, went up and started running to intercept Julius. Felix tried to stop her, but failed.

Wilhelm tried to move, a feeling of Déjà vu kicking in but he couldn't do much.

Emilia screamed. It hurt so much.

As she laid him in her arms, she cried. His face covered with a smile. A long gash extended from his heart to the other side of his waist. Tears fell from her eyes uncontrollably.

The others had left a long time ago. Not far from her, but far enough that she could let out her sorrow in peace.

"Someone, does anyone want to explain that was?" Wilhelm voiced in hate.

"Subaru was possessed." Came a simple answer from Felix. He was leaning against a tree and looking down. Apparently the loss got to him.

"I know that! But why did you kill him!? He was perfectly talking before you swing your sword through him!" Wilhelm yelled at Felix.

"Please, don't yell. The reason we killed him was because he was possessed. There is no way to remove a spirit from a host without doing some really nasty work. You should know this Wilhelm." Julius said with a straight face. While the loss hit him, he still had a job to do. Protect Emilia.

"Ugh. There had to be another way!"

"There is, but someone else would have to die. I don't think Subaru would want that. Nor would I have allowed it." Felix said.

"This still upsets me greatly. We just killed someone's lover in front of them." Wilhelm said, brushing his hair back.

Times Square, one of the busiest places in New York. The honk of a horn, the Blair of a distant siren. The yell if some random pedestrian. The all out annoyance of the world and people just combined into one place.

Miles loved it.

Almost as much as being Spider-Man. Chewing on the subway sandwich he just bought, he sat with Ms. Marvel and Nova. It had been awhile since the last of them ever chatted with this whole Civil War thing going on.

That's why they had made a deal, every Saturday, they would take a break from the Civil War and be teens (in there eyes fight crime together). This was encouraged by everyone. Including individual commanders.

Tony had said that they were to young for this, which they disagreed with, but Danvers agreed with.

A loud pop sound was heard. A cry as something crashed. And a scream for help. Signs of someone being naughty.

"Dibs!" Spider-Man yelled as he jumped off the ledge without warning. Not giving enough time for Nova and Ms. Marvel to argue back.

He swung around, and saw what the emergency was.

Was one of the most interesting things in his life.

OK, first off, first fanfic I've ever cared about, so criticism (not just blindly saying you suck) is welcomed. Second, I'm sorry that this chapter was horribly written. I wanted to avoid being close to the Canon version because at the time I didn't want people to be spoiled. It's close to the Canon version, but isn't at the same time.

Thirdly, this story will be like a marvel comic series. It will go arc by arc, until it runs out of material. I'm not going to make it bland, there is going to be character development and I have decided how I want to end in (have it all planned out), so it's not like it's gonna be a whole lot of one shots. Problem is, I need help getting there.

So, I am open to ideas with this story. Give me anything you think that'll be cool and I'll try working with it. I'll credit you took so don't worry about that.

Another thing, Subaru's revival. This won't be as much of a thing as it is in Re:Zero, but will make appearances here and there. I'm not great at solving puzzles (love them still though) so it's hard for me. I'll still try though.

Also, if I get a characters age wrong or personality is wrong, tell me. This project is to help me with my main writing with characters interactions, so it'll help!

Thanks and catch you later!