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Chapter Twenty-Six: Boku no Sekai

If you try your best, your dreams will always come true
So keep running, never giving up
Reaching out, look, everyone's so close by
That's why you can step forward

~Akiramenaide

                Everything's spinning around, and I understand nothing now.  Not that I ever understand ANYTHING, but…  Now, the world is twirling around, and it's hard to stay on.  Something's calling me, telling me it's time to go…  I don't want to go!!  You can't take me…  Please, leave me alone!! 

                Yami and Akari…  I sense they…are me…just like they said the first time we met…  But…why if they are me, they are there…and I am here?  Shouldn't we be together?  Nothing makes sense anymore…  And Aishuu-sama!!  Why is he being so nice?  I thought he was the Master of Darkness, dedicated to avenging the Digital World by killing the Monster Makers and the Tamers.  And my body, I just don't understand it anymore. 

                My body…  It's burning…  Pain ripping at my head.  I have to stop it.  But…  Why should I?  Who would care if I lived or died?  No one…  Why should I care if I die of pain, all alone like this…?  Who would grieve for me?  I'm all alone now, I've got to be strong for myself.  Before…  I cared about everyone else…  I asked Aishuu-sama not to kill my friends…

                Would they ask the same if they were in my position?  Maybe I shouldn't care about anybody anymore.  When you care, it hurts you.  Especially if they don't care back.  Maybe it's better to be alone, when no one can go near you and no one can hurt you.  It's better to be tough so no one can break you.  I wonder what it's like to be truly happy…

                Wait…  I was happy before…but it's all a blurry haze now…  I can't seem to remember…anything anymore…  Why is this happening to me?  What did I do to deserve such pain?   I…I just don't know anything anymore…  My world…  Is an unhappy place…  There is a golden treasure chest, which I cannot open, a trove of memories of happier times…  Is this my fate?