There was only silence for the next several minutes as Yakunan's sobs fell into quiet ones. His body trembled, unleashing the tension he had held for far too long through shutting himself off from the rest of the group.
"Xenu, please...I cannot do this without you... You were...you were my everything... I just want you here beside me again... To live a life of peace without anyone trying to tear us apart... If only you'd come back... If only I could hold you close and reassure you that it'll all be okay, even though it won't be considering everything we've ever gone through... If only you could come back to me... I don't want to have to do this alone anymore... Not...anymore..."
Whenever he tried to dismiss his thoughts, they came back at full force, driving him once more into the shadowy depths of despair. He couldn't help it. He only ever wanted to reverse it all, to undo the chaos that created a wedge between him and his child. He was grasping at straws now, hoping, just hoping for destiny to show mercy on him. The silence after Yakunan's lament was deafening. He was torn and broken beyond belief. He just wanted a sign, any sign that his child would come back to him again. He cradled his child against his chest, pulling him closer, just like he had so long ago. He wouldn't let anything hurt his child again if he ever were to get him back.
If he were ever going to be with his child, he would never allow anything to tear them apart. It was already so difficult at this moment. He didn't want to imagine what it would be like if he lost Xenudah once again.
"Xenudah, hōhō ga nakereba narimasen... Watashi ni ienikaeru... Modotte kite kudasai, modotte kite! Kanarazu!" (Xenudah, there has to be a way...come home to me... Come back please, come back! You have to!) Yakunan cried, his body trembling uncontrollably even more. He reared his head to the sky and wailed harder. "XENUUUUUDAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Lloyd overheard this and with a soft, fragile voice, whispered, "Dad...Is there any way? I'm tired of hearing him complain about this?" He glanced back at Yakunan upon mentioning him. A sigh escaped his lips as he continued. "Not to mention, we're not making any progress... I just want this to all be over, okay?"
"You and I both, my child..." Garmadon whispered, pulling Lloyd closer to his chest, stroking his hair. "I know it's hard for you to see him suffering like this, but we haven't found any solution just yet. I'm so sorry, little one..."
"It's scary..."
"I know...I know... Just hold on... I have you now... You're gonna be okay... Everything is gonna be just fine..."
"SHUT UP!" Yakunan glared daggers at the destruction elemental. "IT'S NOT! AND IT NEVER WILL BE!"
"My powers are greater than death itself," Hikari explained. "If I used them we could–"
"So we can bring Xenudah back..." Yakunan realized. His voice then rose, his arms trembling as he cradled Xenudah's body closer. "Why did you not tell me?!" he demanded. "I want my son, and I shall not hesitate to bring him back!"
"You do not have that ability. Only I can–"
"REVIVE HIM AT ONCE!"
"Very well. Hold him steady now." Hikari knelt beside the corpse of his friend's child. He began to whisper something. An ancient language so nearly lost to time itself: "Tokei o gen ni modoshi, daraku shita seishin ga mōichido kono yōki o shōhi suru yō ni shite, modotte kita sōzō-mono ni atataka-sa to hikari o okutte kudasai." (Turn back the clock, let the fallen spirit consume this vessel once more and send warmth and light to a returning creation.)
Nothing happened.
Desperately, Yakunan began to whisper, cradling his child's body close to him again. "Kore wa umaku iku hitsuyō ga arimasu... Sore wa shinakereba narimasen... Sore wa shinakereba narimasen... Watashi wa anata o ushinau koto wa dekimasen... Mōichidode wa arimasen... Kudasai... Xenudah, watashi no kodomo... Okite kudasai!" (This has to work... It has to... It has to... I can't lose you... Not again... Please... Xenudah, my child... Please wake up!)
As he held Xenudah for a little longer, though, he could feel his son's body slowly beginning to warm up. "Saigo ni..." (Finally...) A soft, shuddering sob escaped his lips as a wave of soothing relief began to wash over his trembling body.
Xenudah's eyes shot open and he began convulsing and coughing, trying to get air back into his system again.
"Anata wa daijōbudesu... Watashi wa ima anata ga imasu, Xenudah..." Yakunan breathed. He couldn't believe it. (You're okay... I have you now, Xenudah...)
His son was back.
"Otōsan..." Xenudah finally managed to whisper, his father tightening his hold in response. "Otōsan, sumimasen..." (Father, I'm so sorry...)
"Shhhh..." Yakunan hushed, pressing his forehead against his son's as a sob shudderingly escaped his lips once more. "Sore wa mondaide wa arimasen... Watashi wa ki ni shimasen... Anata wa ikite imasu...anata wa ikite imasu... Mōichido watashi o kowagaranaide kudasai..." (It doesn't matter... I don't care... You're alive...you're alive... Please don't ever scare me like that again...)
The others backed up to give the Akurais space to reconvene.
"Anata wa watashi o kowagatte imasu... Okonatte wa ikemasen..." Xenudah whimpered, burying his face deeper into his father's chest. (You're scaring me...please don't go...)
"Mochiron chigaimasu, Xenudah... Watashi wa anata o nidoto ika semasen..." (Of course not, Xenudah... I'll never let you go again...)
Nightfall quickly arrived and the group was asleep. Yakunan and Xenudah, however, were not.
"Xenu, chottoshita hito... Nanika jama o shite iru nodesu ka?" (Xenu, little one... Is something bothering you?)
Xenudah trembled, a wail escaping his lips now. "Chichiyo, kanojo wa inaku natta! Kymika, kanojo... Dekinai! Sore wa itai! Tasukete! TASUKETE!" (Father, she's gone! Kymika, she... I can't! It hurts! Help me! HELP ME!)
As Xenudah continued to wail, Yakunan ran gentle fingers through his child's locks of raven-black hair with purple highlights, speaking once more in the modern language. "We'll find a solution someday."
"Why didn't you leave me be?" Xenudah croaked, fighting the urge to shout at his father. "I was already reunited with her in the afterlife. Why did Hikari bring me back?! Why did he tear me away from her?!"
Yakunan cradled a hand gently on his son's cheek, caressing it. "You and I both. I wanted you, just as much as you wanted her. I was desperate. I missed you. And I knew how much you were and still are so attached to Kymika. I had to make a choice, and so I did."
"But I was already satisfied with leaving this realm–"
"I couldn't finish the mission without you, Xenudah!" cried the former Overlord. "I only ever wanted you back, and now I have you..." Yakunan's exclamation echoed throughout the temple, causing a deafening silence in its wake. "I'm so sorry, Xenu... Believe me... I've considered. But I don't have the power that Hikari has, nor will I ever."
"I just want her back..."
"I know Xenudah..." Yakunan softly whispered. "I know you do... Come here..."
Xenudah buried his face into his father's chest, tears streaming silently down his cheeks. His father tightened his embrace in response.
"Shhhhhhhhhh... Watashiwomite kudasai. Watashi wa anata o tasukemasu... Watashi wa yakusoku shimasu..." whispered Yakunan in such tender softness that it melted the father's heart. (Look at me...listen to me... I'll help you... I promise...) He began to rock his little boy, but not before he glanced back to the sleeping First Spinjitzu Master. "Hikari, watashi no kodomo o yomigaera sete itadaki arigatōgozaimasu..." (Thank you, Hikari, for reviving my child...) He then looked down at his child again. "Totemo koishikatta, Xenu... Kono shunkan o owara setakunai..." (I've missed you so much, Xenu... I don't want this moment to end...)