Chapter 29 The Contractor's Decision
Yuji notices that he is in a different place, perhaps in another plane, with the small black being floating right beside him, shouting "Welcome, to how the future would look like!"
"If this is the future, why..."
"Because it is going to unveil itself!"
At that moment, he heard the words "Saiki Reiso" and a large amount of existence begins to fill up the place, that begins to form a new earth in an instant.
"This is the new world, the Grand Order, the name you shall call Xanadu, which means new hope!" the black fairy replied.
"Oh I see, can I go near?"
"Of course, silly..." with a wave of a wand, he was teleported in a portion where... surprisingly, Yuji was amazed.
He could see humans and Denizens interacting with one another, with Denizens not even resolving to change to become humans at all! In fact, he even saw one of his friends, Whilhelmina, buying something from a store that is being own by another denizen.
"What is this world, this world Xanadu is..."
"A PARADISE!" the black fairy replied. "Surprise on how the short-sighted Flame Hazes never see this right?"
"But I thought it would case imbalance?"
"It wouldn't... it fact, it will cause a harmony... because the Denizens decided to live in this world without consuming any more humans..."
"Wait, Denizens are capable of..."
"OF COURSE! They grew tired of this ongoing battle themselves... and you do realize that most Flame Hazes just choose to become a Flame Haze because they can take revenge on the Denizens. With this paradise, they know that their job will be useless, so they are trying to still survive..."
"But Shana isn't thinking like that..."
"Well... let's see..."
Immediately, they where teleported to a place where the Yuji was surprised to see Shana and himself holding hands together as if there is no forever, and even caught them on the act of kissing. Yuji began to wonder on the meaning of that, and the black fairy remarked "Isn't that lovely, you two manages to be together..."
"But if her job is now useless, why..."
"Of course, you ignorant fool..." the fairy replied "She realizes a new purpose of living in this world, and it is you. Of course, she isn't the type to show that, but you'll be surprised!"
"But how about on the previous earth..."
"Self-explanatory! It will be left alone!" the fairy remarked. "However, to make sure of it, we might as well ensure that this future is secured..."
Just then, there is an emptiness, but with the black fairy floating beside Yuji. This is when Yuji asks him "Where are we, and do you have a name?"
"Anti-Cosmo, human." the fairy replied.
"That name is weird..."
"Well, my fairy race has weird names... in fact, because I do not want for my son to have such a tradition, I removed the Anti- on his name and named him Foop..."
"Wow, I never knew that you could..."
"Silence! Don't you realize where you are right now?"
"What do you mean?"
"We are inside your treasure tool, you insolent fool, you have been here multiple times!"
"Well... I seem to not be used to..."
"Who goes there?" a voice spoke somewhere. Just then, a gigantic burning fireball of black color stood right in front of them, with Anti-Cosmo saying "Talk to him..."
"Why should I..."
"Just do it, you fool!" At that, Yuji asks "Hello, who are you?"
"Yuji Sakai, I presume? It's been a while since you decide to talk to me, I am known by my title god of creation, because I created the entire Crimson Realm, and I am one of the gods of the Crimson Realm."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"My faithful servants, the Trinity, decided to take a part of me to The Silver, and sealed me inside the Reiji Maigo, the treasure tool you are carrying, young lad. I am not as powerful as before, but I have seen that you are noble enough and understand clearly well what the Grand Order means."
"I finally understood about the future..." Yuji remarked "But I can't figure out how to bridge from the present..."
"I see..." the flame replied to him. "The Grand Order is supposed to be only a world for the Denizens to fulfill their wishes, but upon seeing the future, I see that I have to also listen to what the Flame Hazes and the Denizens allied to them wanted... it is noble for them to live alongside us, but at the current scenario, I higly doubt that it will happen..."
"I know, and I'm thinking about this..."
"However, I think we could sign a contract together, and you shall become my ambassador to fulfill that world, that Xanadu that everyone wanted. I'm a kind and considerate one, and I have noticed and observed the things you would do just to get your desires..."
"If I'm going to make a contract, what would be the cost?" Yuji immediately asks, knowing that there is a cost to this contract-signing between a human and a Denizen, the same thing that Flame Hazes do to their contractors.
"Ah, that is a tricky question..." the black-colored flame said "But I could assure you that I would listen to the request of the Flame Hazes if you so wanted it to be..."
"You are not like any Denizen I met before... why are you even willing to listen to someone whom you consider an opposition?"
"I have seen the future as you have..." he replied. "But I expect opposition from them and the annoying kids who locked my body in the Abyss, because reasoning with them is hard, as I would expect from humans..."
"I'm also a human, and I'm open to reasoning..." Yuji replied to him.
"This is the reason why I admire you, young man..." the flame said to him "And thus, I wanted you to become my vessel, with your desires for the girl you wanted to be fulfilled, while my wish for that harmonious world shall be fulfilled. The cost would be that your family will forget about you, but the question is, what is your decision?"
At that, Yuji begins to decide, but something in his conscience is repeating the same words as the mysterious man he met on new year's eve uttered...
"Be careful on who you trust, because things will change on the next year. Because this world you are living it is not a matter of just disappearing embers and permanent flames, but rather revolves around an unquenchable fireball of wrath and love..."
However, instead, he replied "I'll accept... but I want to make sure that Kazumi Yoshida's memories about me will be forgotten, so that the KND will no longer be able to track me"
"Wa, wait, hold on a second..." Anti-Cosmo inserted himself "She holds a role in the formation of Xanadu! Sorry to tell you, but she is important in reversing the tuning that has occurred all throughout the area where the New World will be done!"
"I could return her memories when the time comes for that... but the KND is a big threat to the Grand Order..." Yuji remarked. "I, Yuji Sakai, am signing the contract of the Snake of Festival, to be a vessel until the Grand Order is finished."
"So you've made your decision, Yuji Sakai. You're the one and only human that will walk with me." At that moment, a very sharp light has covered the area, with a little grin from Anti-Cosmo saying "Mission Accomplished."
In China, however, Shana felt an anomaly happening from somewhere, as if someone close to her has done a wrong decision.
Shana then asks Britain "Arthur, have you felt that?'
"No, I haven't felt anything unusual..." Arthur replied. "You're thinking about Yuji too much, I presume?"
"Yes, I just felt that Yuji has just... I don't know, disappear..."
"How could you say he disappear, I could still remember... wait a minute..."
At that, Britain held a cellphone and contacted someone, with him asking "Hey, Kiku, can you have a minute?"
"After all you've done for keeping that secret society that you are into? No I..."
"Can you check on your registry regarding any information regarding Yuji Sakai?"
Japan then searched his citizens registry saved in his laptop and Japan replied "No, there is no name as Yuji Sakai..." At that, Britain dropped his phone in his hand. Terrified, he looked at Shana and said "Yuji, he... just did it..."
"Just did what?"
"But it's impossible, he's heading to America, it can't possibly mean that... what is the name of that scholarship he joined?"
"Benedictan Scholarship?"
"Bloody &^%&^%&(, repeat that again?"
"Benedictan Schloarship..."
"A &^&*%*&..." Britain cursed in the air "That's the scholarship that recruits teenagers to join Father... I've piece the clues and... alright, Shana, we'll contact KND and make an extensive search on Yuji, he's in grave danger..."
"Arthur, you just can't..."
"Shana, once Yuji signs that contract, the fate of the entire world is sealed!" Arthur said with a panic. "This can't be happening, this can't..." Arthur slammed his fist to the nearby table, stooping down while staring at it with a face of absolute horror and defeat, as what he tried to prevent all this years has now happened.
And for him, the beginning of the end has now started.
