Chapter 7 (Alternate Perspective)

"Do you still remember this place? The train stop we used to go to all the time for school." The pink haired girl asks. Both standing by the train stop, during what
may be a hot summer day.

The clone nods his head in response. "Don't you like the sun right now? The heat feels good on the skin." He says. Stretching his arms out, with a sigh. The clone
takes a seat on the bench, whilst the pink haired girl stands on the side, still in her Funeral Parlor outfit.

"Why're you so distant?" He questions her. Though She doesn't respond. Seeing her reaction he knew she wasn't buying any of this. Though, despite her being a mere obstacle, he felt a strange connection with her.

The clone lets down another sigh once again. "Listen, i have something i've been meaning to tell you." The clone says.

"What?" She asks.

"Haven't you become bored just laying around here? Come with me instead." He insists. He raises his bottom off the seat, and gets up.

While raising his hand out towards her, he says "Here, take it." with a slight smile on his face. It was at the least she could accept it, instead of laying around in
the same place over again.

The girl is left with a deep expression on her face, as if something traumatizing happened, left with a big shock. Wiping away a small tear, after experiencing a flashback of giving Shu the Cat's cradle, which had been the Guilty Crown. Knowing in her heart, she still longs for Shu, but feels inside that he is safe.

"Sorry, it's nothing" She says, and accepts the phony hand.

With the clone a bit surprised of seeing the sudden tear, he begins to worry a bit. And has a strange look on his face. Feeling a sudden urge to embrace the pink
haired maiden, he blocks off the sudden feeling.

Now for him, he wasn't clueless at all to how to she was feeling. Being a clone of Shu, he had gained part of his memories, both good and bad. But was also given false
memories as said to him by Mana, when he was made into a clone. Despite this, he remained loyal to her.

He knew the great power that Shu once had, and the adventures he encountered, but also the great losses. Shu's strengths and scars passed onto him. Though the false
memories, such as him being destined to become the Adam, instead of the real Shu. Him, spending his whole life in the utopia, unaware if he ever had a body in the real
world, if he really did exist. His pains were much different than Inori, because she was a clone of Mana in the real world. Unlike him, unsure of himself.

Holding Inori's hand, they continue off into the other empty spaces of the Utopia. The both of them, look into the empty space, both with lonely expressions.

Both of them, with unfinished business.

The clone, with a strange and sudden change of heart, with this strange connection between that woman.

They get closer and closer until Yuu is finally in sight. Once the both of them reach him, they are greeted by Yuu.

Yuu glances at Inori "Oh, so you've brought her instead? Very well." Yuu says. "It has been a while, Inori." Bowing his head slightly.

She does the same, but remains in silence. Again, with the clone's strange look, he glares at her with slight pity. Noticing her far away look.

"Inori, did you know that this man will be Adam? Just like before." Yuu says. The clone is utterly shocked. How could he have said that so suddenly, the clone thinks
in his mind.

"We will, and i mean we will, finish the job." He demands looking directly at her, seeming amused. "After all, Mana still has the power to do so."

Inori still remains silent.

But Yuu just decides to take advantage of her, he grabs he by the chin, and closer he whispers "How about you? Do you still have the power? Or is it gone?".

The brunette clone stares at the both of them, with mixed feelings of anger and confusion. Then suddenly a flashback of the pink-haired maiden tied up as a sacrifice
appears again. Crystallized. He tightens his hand intertwined with Inori's

Just at the moment when the clone decided to gather enough courage to say "Stop!"

Inori does instead, and the tightened hand is relieved.

"Haha, as i thought, Inori." And he slowly lets go of her, barely even gently. Inori's cheeks is left a bit reddened. Inori turns her eyes over to the clone, who, with
a dark look started resembling Shu for a change.

"I've had enough," Yuu says. "take her somewhere else, Shu." Leaving a wink. "Y-yes" The clone says in response.

Still holding onto Inori's hand, they move into a huge portal, portraying this time, a black, empty space.

"Just...who are you?" Inori asks him, with a deep,dark, and sad expression. The clone, pauses for a minute and tilts his head downwards.

"I, don't even know..." He says to her.

"This, empty space; is where my memories have been stored. This is how live through my own memories, Inori." He says, barely smiling.

"But you don't have anything in here." She says. He nods.

"Obviously, i'm not Shu. Since i don't have any memories. Not even memories of you."

"I'm just, an old, useless cl-"

She squeezes his hand. "No." The girl interrupts.

"But why did you tell me this in the first place?" She asks.

"Even i don't understand. At first i thought i could care less about you, but when i saw you i've been getting strange memories..."

"Seeing these memories, made me feel as if I were human. As if i actually had purpose." "But i can't rely on my connection to you. I can't fail the already existing purpose i have as a clone. Therefore i need to eliminate you, Inori."

He draws out his void, from his chest and a huge glowing light comes off. Inori takes a step back, facing away covering her eyes.

With no void he absorbed, he couldn't use a void to kill her, unless with his own...

Just when he is about to kill her, another memory returns his to his mind. An almost fully crystallized girl is walking up to an Shu, who is infected. In a dim lighted GHQ. With each step echoeing of crushing crystals. "Shu..Shu..." She cries out to him.

"Don't blame yourself, i...got a lot of feelings from you, it's all thanks to you.." The dying girl walks up closer to him and steps into the light. She walks aimlessly, as if she were blind, and bumps into him.

"Hey, shu..where are you...?" and uses her right hand to feel him. "Shu?" She says. Shu slowly reaches his hand towards her...and interlocks fingers.

"Shu, please stay with me." Shu closes his eyes.

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At that moment the clone stops his hand mid-way, and drops to his knees, sort of awestruck. "Why...?"

Chapter 7- END.

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