A New World I Never Noticed Ch.48

The force and light begins to fade

Ichigo opens his eyes and the field surround in flames and ice

Ichigo: Saki! Where are you? Saki!

Ichigo notices Ignis lying on the ground

Ichigo: Saki…

Ignis: You… I won't lose to…

Kon: Ignis, just stop already! Can't you see that we don't want to fight you anymore?

Ignis: If that is what you wish… then killing you will be a lot easier now…

Ichigo prepares himself

Ignis: I may have used all of Pandora's power on that bomb… but my own should be enough to finish you…

Ignis screams in pain

Yuki-Onno takes over

Yuki-Onno: Ichigo… Kurosaki…

Ichigo: Yuki-Onno? Why are you…?

Yuki-Onno: The only way to stop Ignis is to destroy this body. If you have already set your mind, then don't hesitate to attack.

Ichigo: But…

Ignis regains control

Ignis: Yuki-Onno! Why are you doing this? Don't you hate them for what they have done?

Yuki-Onno: They have done nothing wrong, Ignis! They were never a part of this, but you have dragged them into it!

Ignis: I don't care about their lives! It was to gain Pandora's Heart so I can…

Yuki-Onno: Protect me? How are protecting me if you hurting me right now?

Ignis: What? I'm doing this all for our safety! Our revenge!

Yuki-Onno: I do not wish for vengeance! I never did!

Ignis: Then tell me… why are protecting them? Why do you care what happens to them?

Yuki-Onno: Because I love this world. I know that after all the trails we have gone through… you have felt the world has betray you, I to have felt the same.

Ignis: What?

Yuki-Onno: But, after meeting Ichigo Kurosaki and the others… I'd realize that this world is filled with many different kinds of people. They have many differences, but they share one common thing… they want to protect what they love. I have seen what they are capable of. And they can achieve anything if they put their hearts into it. That's why I love this world. Because I don't want to see people like them lose what they love.

Yuki-Onno looks at Ichigo

Yuki-Onno: Ichigo Kurosaki… thank you for making me realizes this after years of despair. Please, help Ignis see this too.

Ichigo: Wait, what do you…?

Yuki-Onno tears out her core from Saki's body

Everyone is shocked

Ignis: Yuki-Onno! What are you…?

Yuki-Onno places her hand on the core

Yuki-Onno: Goodbye, Ignis. I love you.

Ignis: Yuki-Onno…

Yuki-Onno creates a flame and destroys her core

Everyone is deeply shocked

Ignis: Yuki-Onno? Yuki-Onno…

Ignis sheds a tear

Ignis: Yuki-Onno!

A large amount of fire erupts around him

Everybody covers their eyes

Ichigo: Yuki-Onno! Ignis! Saki!

The flames begin to part

Ignis rises from the flames

Ichigo: Ignis. Please, stop this… too many people have sacrificed their lives already. Just stop.

Ignis: Stop… why I would stop… I haven't killed you yet…

Ichigo: Ignis!

Ignis: Shut up! You have no right to talk to me like that! Not after what you have done!

Ignis slowly walks towards Ichigo

Ignis: I'll destroy you… I'll kill you and your friends… for what you done to me and Yuki…

Ignis stops

Ichigo lowers his sword and looks at Ignis with remorse

Ignis recounts all of his memories

Ignis: (All of this… what was I doing all of this time… why are cursed with this… why…)

Ignis stops and looks at Ichigo

Ignis grits his teeth

Ignis: Ichigo Kurosaki!

Ignis grabs his sword from the ground and charges at Ichigo

Ichigo prepares himself

Ignis attacks Ichigo

Ichigo is pushed back and returns back to his normal state

Ichigo is shocked

Ignis strikes at Ichigo

Ichigo frailly blocks the strike

Ignis strikes again

Ichigo once again frailly blocks the strike

Ignis: You have someone you want to protect, right?

Ignis repeatedly strikes at Ichigo

Ichigo frailly blocks the strikes

Ignis: Someone to care for! Someone to die for!

Ignis turns around and prepares to strike

Ichigo blocks the strike

Ignis parries Ichigo's block and strikes rapidly

Ichigo frailly blocks the strikes

Ignis: What if I took away that? What if I took away everything that mattered to you, just like me? So, you can feel my pain!

Ichigo parries Ignis' strike

Ignis is knocked away and loses his grip on his sword

Ignis: (You can't trust anyone.)

Ignis sees figures of Yuki-Onno, Kuro, Tomo, Alexander, Katherine, and Saki on the blades of his sword

Ignis: How come you are so strong?

Ignis grabs his sword and charges at Ichigo

Ignis: Why can't I beat you?

Ichigo and Ignis strike at each other

Ichigo breaks Ignis' sword

A shard from one blades cut Ignis' face

Ignis grabs the shard and prepares to strike

Ignis begins to cry

Ignis: Ichigo Kurosaki!

Ichigo dodges the strike and strikes upwards

Ignis is cut deeply and his core is shattered

Ignis is thrown to air

Ichigo breathes hazily

Ignis looks at his blood, shards of his core, and portions of Pandora's Hearts flowing out of him

Ignis: (This is… the end? Sure doesn't feel like…)

Saki's body glows and separates into two parts

Saki and Ignis are reborn back into their original forms

Saki wakes up

Saki (Hollow): What…

Saki notices he is a Hollow again

Saki (Hollow): I'm a Hollow…

Saki turns around and looks at Ignis

Ignis stares at the sky

Saki stands up walks towards Ignis

Ignis notices him

Saki (Hollow): Ignis…

Ignis: I'm I a fool?

Saki (Hollow): Huh?

Ignis: Everything I have done… was it all for nothing?

Saki is silent

Saki (Hollow): Ignis, you're the biggest douche bag I have ever known, but… I don't think you're a fool.

Ignis slightly laughs

Ignis: I knew you say something like.

Ignis picks a shard from his chest

Ignis notices the shard is half red and blue

Ignis slimes

Ignis: So, you stayed with me until the end… Yuki-Onno, now we can rest in peace.

Ignis fades away

To be continued