Disclaimer: -repeats from the last 28 chapters-

Warnings: n/a

A/N: I have no idea as to who I'm actually writing from, so, uh… yeah, it doesn't matter if you have no clue either (we're all in the same boat here). We'll just pretend that everything's fine now and, uh… whatever. I need to get a life XD (and if you find any errors, it'll prove that I wasn't really awake when typing this)

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Locked in a Cage
29

(Whispers In The Dark)

She saw the chains that tied them down to their fate – to the one known path that would inevitably destroy them at the very end. Even though she wanted to help them, she knew that there was no way she could alter what had already been set into stone.

No matter how one looked at it, they were only human at the end. With emotions that challenged what they thought was the best course of action, and fears deep inside their minds. They had aspirations, goals; an animalistic instinct to struggle and survive, against all odds.

That was how they all were – to the point where some eventually just gave up and let life get the better of them until they faded from existence.

But then, to be blessed with powers beyond their own imaginations (although it usually felt more like a curse) it was… strange. It could tear them apart, or bring them closer together: either way, she had no idea where it would take them in the end.

If they followed and listened closely, there was no telling where Kujyou Suzune and Karasuma Rika would lead them in their way to the future, and she sometimes wondered if she even wanted to know.

They were all being yanked by the chains of the pair from the future (one Kuga Jin was threatened with his own existence) and there were no reassurance of salvation at its end.

A conclusion no one wanted.

That was what she felt – truly, deep within herself – was what would happen.