BLAZBLUE into sion's chronos: chapter.9 two of the same only one love

Nii-san...how could you kill tsubaki?"

"Jin, i didn't know sion would-"

"-Goodbye nii-san..."

"Jin!"

Ragna woke up from the dark dream...sweating as he panted, he soon realized that he was sitting on the grass, alive...he thought for sure that masked freak had killed him-

"That's right, that bastard had jin's face before i blacked out..."

Ragna got up, and looked around. He saw hakumen standing by a tree with his back facing him...leafs blew across as the wind carried them, the wind aslo carried hakumen's hair, as he looked at the sky with his own eyes...

"Ragna the bloodedge...you have awakened"

"Yeah...but why didn't you kill me?" When hakumen spoke, it reminded ragna of an older deeper voiced jin...

"Because...i lost the will to kill you, when you saw my face..."

"About that...why did you have jin's face you bastard!?" Ragna clenched his fists.

"Because...i am jin, dearest nii-san" Hakumen turned around. Ragna was shocked to see a red eyed, silver haired older jin, standing before him...but, there was something about THIS face, that made him really sad inside...why?
Hakumen explained to ragna about the universe links. how one even could create a hole new world, cause the same thing to happen again in another...or be cut off to never exist elsewhere...

"Okay...so, if i fed tao in this world, another world would be made where i didn't?"

"Correct."

"And sion, cut off our world so that...me and jin- er...you...us..ugh- whatever. our love from ever effecting the other's?"

"Yes."

"But why?"

"That is something you must ask her yourself. my task is to lead you through the world of trails...even though you failed to beat me in our battle" Ragna crossed his arms cocking his head, trying to get a good look at hakumen's eyes

"Yeah, but you failed to kill me" Hakumen could only cures at his weak heart.

"...It would be best to hurry along, sion might not be able to keep me here for long."

"Sure thing, just lead the way" Ragna was still registering everything, but with a very inpatient and annoyed look, he followed hakumen who began to lead him down a hill that never seemed to be there when ragna was first wondering.

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The two continued to walk in a long and silent journey...ragna was annoyed with the silence but didn't really know what to say or what to ask, there was so much on his mind. but ragna finally found a simple enough question that hakumen would most likely be able to agree to answer.
"What exactly is this trail thing testing me for?"

"You're worth in life, you're ability to survive in this world, to test you're heart, and to see if you're worth fighting."

"How annoying..." Ragna glared.

"Yes." Hakumen didn't even turn his head to ragna in all this time.

"Hey...you've been trying to kill me all this time, but...were you and you're me close at all? or was you and his lives the same as mine and jin's, but without falling in love"

"...that image was forever burned into my mind..."

"What image?"

"You and that girl...melting into that monster..." his fists clenched.

"..." Ragna could tell he must have meant nu, it's what his gut told him. "Sorry..." Was the only thing ragna could think to say after hearing hakumen's story.

"It is not in you're place to apologize

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"UGH, i can't take this silence anymore! when is the rest of the trail going to start!?" Ragna took both hands and scratched his head after digging his finger's into his own hair.

"Then answer me this, beast. what do you plan to say to jin kisaragi after what you had done to tsubaki yayoi?" He asked, but he almost sounded agree about tsubaki himself, witch makes sense after all.
"I...what am i suppose to say? sorry i killed you're friend and let sion cripple and blind her!?" Ragna was clearly angry about what happened and blamed himself for it all.
Hakumen didn't say anything after that, though. He left ragna to his thought's and all though he cursed his own heart for it. he was now feeling a bit jealous of jin for having a chance with ragna, but would rather kill himself than to EVER say that out loud or even admit it to anyone.

They reached a huge door in the middle of the grass lands, and halted. Ragna looked at the strange door that clearly gave of some kind of warning, while hakumen placed his palm on the door to unseal it. A sudden wave echoed through the air and shook ragna's heart, witch to him aback a bit.

"The hell was that!?"

"I unleashed the seal. you can now began that trail you wanted to so easily breeze through." Hakumen almost mocked ragna, as he could tell that ragna was a bit shocked of the wave earlier. in return, hakumen received a slight growl and glare from ragna, who didn't take too kindly of being mocked.

"You...!" Ragna snarled.

"Heh, let us depart now." Hakumen's almost chuckle surprised ragna, but almost made ragna happy inside, knowing that even with what's become of this jin. he is still able to laugh, and maybe even smile.

The door opened, and a gust of wind blew through, sending a shiver down ragna's spine. his heart beating a mile as they walked through the door, that seemed to lead into an endless black tunnel. Hakumen felt himself slip away for a moment, as his connection with sion slightly faded from within the door.

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Jin stood in the middle of a grass field, frozen is a gentle layer of ices. He took in the information that rachel had given him quiet quickly compared to how ragna was just moment's ago.
"I see...then take me to where i shall begin my next step through this trail" Jin huffed.
"Very well, mr hero. but do follow well" A smile crept from her lips as this made jin glare, as though he knew she was insulting him in some way.

Ragna and jin both begin their trails, but with no idea what they will be facing...or when they will be facing each other. Jin was still upset over tsubaki, and ragna didn't have any idea on what to tell jin...or explain how he felt.