A-10:
Act 3: Altering Fate Start!
Prerequisite: Unlock A-9 + Potential at least 9
Requirements: PM a BYD song OR unlock 6 BYD songs in lost chapter.
The light that came from the combined shards lost its shine. Shortly after, it broke apart. The truth about themselves has finally been revealed to the girls. However, doubt came about within the girls.
"Brother...?" Hikari spoke after seeing what appears to be Alexandar.
"No, I am not your stepbrother, Alexandar, Hikari." 'Alexandar' spoke.
'He' spoke her name, the name that was given to her before. So, that is her name. Was she happy now? Having to know her own identity? Or was she sad, having to see her friend being the one who has gone mad once again?
Tairitsu, confused, having learnt everything. She wants to deny it. She did not live like this. She was hurt everything. She was cast aside by the world.
This is a lie...!
The figure, knowing what she was thinking spoke
"Tairitsu, you are neither Pandora nor Sophia. You two have died and rebirthed in this world under my invitation. However, like I said earlier, my intention was not for you to suffer, but to give you your chance. Perhaps the conflict shards have influenced you too much but..."
"Shut it, I did not kill her... That world always hated me. They want to hurt me. And this world is no different. The shards around me hate me. They taught me hate once again. They made me suffer too. And so, this world must be gone!"
"Enough is enough Tairitsu. You have been lied and manipulated. Something or someone wants both of you be in this nightmare forever."
"She killed me… She killed me! She will do it again! She must pay… SHE MUST PAY!"
The figure pushed her down before she could make an attack. The shards nearby start to bury her hands and feet. She thought that this was a merely a child's play. However, it was effective to essentially paralyze her.
"Tairitsu, you have to stop now. You are not a demon, never was, never now and never will."
"Curse this world! They have given proof to everything I need to know!"
"Is she far gone?" 'He' thought to himself. No, she can't be…! He can't give up. However, he remembered her brightest moment of her life. One that he hopes for her to realize that.
"Do you remember…? The time where you first met won?"
She won? What did she win? She won nothing! She always loses… No, she did win something. What was that? Her vision fades from this reality as she returns to this 'false' memory.
At night, right after they won the Music Talent Show. Hikari and Sophia were on a park, celebrating their impossible, unlikely, and unexpected victory.
"I can't believe we actually won! I am shocked, I thought we would be at least put up a fight, but we won the first prize?!" Hikari excitedly exclaimed.
"Shirabe was a tough competitor, she played her songs too well, I too, did not expect to be able to beat her." Sophia replied.
Hikari returned to her normal expression as she said her next sentence, one that is important to both girls. "Sophia, do we want to be better musicians?"
Better musicians? What does she mean by that? Where is this going to?
"Today may be our moment of our victory, but do you want to be better with me? If we continue doing this, we can even one day surpass Alexandar! Do you like the sound of it?"
Better than Alexandar? Better than the perfection himself? She sought for perfection that she did not realize what is better than perfection. But the sound of being better than perfection, it is very exciting. Nothing beats perfection, but… if they could surpass Alexandar, then… it is a better goal. After all, they managed to beat Shirabe. Beating Alexandar in a music contest doesn't sound so far-fetched after all. And to do it with Hikari, she won't be alone now. She will always be together.
Sophia smiled, "Why not? Let's promise ourselves that we will be better than Alexandar!"
"Yeah, we will one day beat Alexandar in a music contest!"
Tairitsu's vision returns to reality. As the shards no longer restrict her movements, her ability to move returns.
"Do you want to return to how you truly were back then? Or do you still seek to destroy everything?"
"I…I…!"
"You have the power to go back, to the life you want it to be. Do you want a life filled with such friendship with her, or do you want a life filled with hatred? Even if you are a demon yourself, even if you are hated, the chance to experience happiness, the world without pain and suffering. The ability to turn your new life into world of happiness and light is in your hands. Do you want that?"
Tears formed within Tairitsu's eyes, if she can stop this pain, if she can… if this is possible… then… can she accept? She wants this to end… this pain…
"I accept, I want a peaceful world, one that sparks meaning to this world."
As she said those words, her form changes. The tempest around her fades. The crows once again surround her. When the crows fade away, she returns to her form. The form where she had before she transformed.
In the meantime, Hikari heard those words, those words that spoke familiarity to her. The chance to experience happiness, the world without pain and suffering…
She had forgotten of the word happiness during the battle. She thought of happiness being a curse, a drug where would have killed her. But this happiness that he spoke, it's not what she experienced or saw back then in that sky. It's something more meaningful. Not a blind one.
She too, saw that memory that Tairitsu just saw. It is that happiness that she never experienced. That light… this is what she may be looking for…
As Tairitsu stood up, the figure then spoke.
"Now, I want both of you to stop fighting. It's clear that both of you now wish to return to that life you lost. Please acknowledge to each other that you are both wrong and accept each other."
They girls faced each other, to them, they found it funny that they tried to kill each other, now seeking peace between them. They spoke of their mistakes and their misunderstandings, then shake their hands.
This is where their journey truly starts. The journey to fix this mess.
A/N: This chapter is mainly to have 'Alexandar' to wake Hikari and Tairitsu up and to truly end the fight between girls with an acceptance. Tairitsu believes that she was Pandora when she is not. The shards in A-3 have selectively chose the most horrible memories from both Hikari and Sophia's lives to make it seem like this was Tairitsu's past life.
Tairitsu changed her form back to her GL form. So, no more Tempest Tairitsu. I honestly prefer her GL form over Tempest.
Next Chapter will be a bonus chapter (Named 'B' chapter which simply means bonus) to extend Act 2's story by telling other character's stories that have appeared during Act 2 themselves. They will be published in order of their contribution to this fanfic from the least to the most. They are in this order: Shirabe, Alice, Cedric/Tenniel, Alexandar. They will be published between Act 3's chapters.
