Disclaimer: I do not own Honkai Impact 3rd. Be it characters, or the main story.

There isn't any OC here, so if you were looking for that.. Sorry.

Could this even be considered an AU? Maybe a little..

This being my first time writing something out of my usual Genres, so let me know what you think.

Another Chance:

A New Time

The memories were just simply flying by. She was facing images of her life.

It was a nightmare for her. She was in a burning field.

The surrounding trees was on fire, and it felt like a place left devastated after a battle. The familiar place she used to call home had already turned to ashes. It was strange, she expected the flames around to burn her, yet not even the heat had dared to touch her.

This never felt right, being the only one who was unharmed and seeming to be the only one alive here in this burning wasteland.

Ever since she survived and lived, she had no choice but to move on. However, her legs refused to move, and she just stayed still on the ground. Even if it was dangerous, even if it could take her life away, her body never once left where she lifelessly sat.

The man walking towards her was the reason. Was it fear or confusion she felt at that moment?

He knelt down and embraced her, yet she could not feel anything. She refused to hear the very words from him again, else she would break at that moment.

It was already a wonder she was alive. She couldn't expect herself to be saved any more. If she wasn't able to escape this, she could not escape even the depths of hell. Even a child knows that.. Even she knew that.

At that moment, she collapsed. Not even realizing the man beside her was long gone.

She could never have confirmed if it was because she ran out of oxygen, or she had nothing else to give.

Her back laid against the ground, her vision faces the burning trees and what was left of its wood as the smoke rises up to the dark sky.

It hurts, it was painful. She even thought it would have benefited the world and put her at ease if she just disappeared.

She lost many things, and she stared at the sky, hoping that what was once lost to her could come back.

That was what she last thought to herself in that last moment.

After that, she faded away from the burning trees, even the sky was gone. All she saw was the void itself.

..Until someone came to her vision and was looking down at her.

That person must have been looking for her. She doesn't recognize the face, but it had seemed so familiar.

A figure of a woman, her silver hair shaping a beautiful portrait. Those golden eyes of hers that seemed cold and full of regret like her own. Yet, she was smiling, she had never seen someone like her with such a happy look.

..No, there was a few, that she remembered.. Until her heart sank upon knowing what she has done to them. The promises she had broken, the lives she had taken.

It reminded her of someone else she bitterly thought of, yet there were the differences. It wasn't her.

Even in her own dying and broken soul, the woman before her was glad and thankful for something..

She wasn't sure why, but there was a faint feeling of relief.

Would I ever forget the first time we met face to face?

It was the same place. Over a field of snow, where the former battlefield slowly heal its wounds. A dot of light weakly glimmered through the dark sky.

The dot slowly got brighter, until it glowed. The anomaly in the sky turned bigger and formed a shape, a symbol.

Once it was formed, it radiantly glowed a light of gold and white. Rays of light poured down on the ruins. A figure slowly emerged from the sky and floated down.

Not the size of a giant, or a planet, but of a woman.

The rays reflected off her hair, a golden halo on top of it. Her hair flowed freely down as it moved gently against the wind, which had apparently died down to this visitor. The image created of her at that moment spoke gentle and holy, but in reality, it was never the case.

She flew down to the level of the ground, floating in the air as she faces the one she wanted to see. It was only as she confirmed herself her feet firmly plants on the ground.

There were burnt pieces of wood, laid broken off the walls and some on the ground. Identifying as what was last used to be a cabin in the burnt forest.

She paid it no mind, as her attention was on something, or someone else.

Stepping forward as the snow crunches against her feet, she approaches the ruins. It was not the same as last time, she knew.

The young woman before her was staring at a piece of paper that seemed to be torn off from something. Her hair was now freely down to her waist, a coat of black lined with white and orange, gloved hands of white by her side and firmly gripping the note.

It was when she turned around she saw her eyes, a colour of gentle azure blue that contrasted with her other, a pure deep gold. They spoke with determination.

Did you know how I felt at that moment? Imagine my surprise, as I saw you determined to change the world, you walked back and visited the very place you once called home with a bounty on your head.

The woman gave the Kaslana an offer, and it was up to the person in front of her to decide on the choice.

However, the price would be difficult for her, and possibly the person's own.

Knowing how events will turn out, you may abandon your friends and family even if it was for their own sake.

Nothing in the world was free, they both knew.

Many enemies will come and face you, be it physically or mentally..

Or your own self.

The woman gave her the offer, yet she kept one thing to herself. In order for this wish to happen, she would have to give her Stigmata like she did to another long ago.

The Honkai Will is absolute. The Knight would have to learn how to control such, or be consumed by it in the blindness of her own justice.

And to my surprise, you accepted it with a gentle smile, even though you know what may become of you with this selfish wish of yours.

She lifted her hand, and offered it towards the one in front of her.

I remember, when I first asked for your name for confirmation.

Kiana.. Kiana Kaslana.

It was sad, I could not give a name in exchange, knowing I lost it when I accepted this fate.

However, the name that was called by many stayed in her.

Even while you know what I am, and what I have done to many.

It was the same.

The Kiana in front of her accepted her hand, and everything turned to white.

A new possibility will finally emerge with such an event. Maybe.. Maybe it was alright for her to do this. Maybe everything would be fine this time.

Maybe it would finally be back to like how it was.

A/N: My very first Honkai Impact 3rd story.. I don't know how to feel about this one. Going to make a lot of mistakes along the way, I'll bet.

Originally, I left this out as a oneshot because it would not go out of my head! However, I didn't expect some people to actually want this to be a story. So.. Here I am.

You were expecting this chapter to be about what happened when she went back? Oh, no no no. The previous chapter was a oneshot! aaaaa

We are about to go on a rough ride with Kiana. Of course, not seeing people she called family for a long time as she ran away, you can imagine how she feels when she sees them again.

Back in Time 2.0.

Oh yes, fair warning; The story will be mainly centralized on Kiana, and knowing what has happened, she may go slightly OOC or OP.

This is a fanfic and can go out of the main story we have in the game or manga (or manhua cough) itself.

I will be mainly using the manga as a base, with partial bits of the game and some from myself to try and get this story going.

I mean, who would want to see a story that is just retelling the entire thing again? Just mix it up!

Next chapter will take a while, this is just the start. Annnd by that I mean a longer chapter, obviously!

Taking a long break is fun, but it starts to get boring. Trust me.