The light that alters the Future and Beyond (A/N: Due to character limit, it is named as 'The light that alters the Future' on the site)
Presitquite: Unlock Her fate is sealed + Unlock all 4 B chapters + Unlock No different from back then
Requirements: PM/FR All songs in Universe Difficulty
(Find a different future)
(A/N: Continued from A-17)
Hikari paused. She didn't know why she did that. Her instincts simply acted on her own to stop her actions.
What was she doing?
Why is she doing that?
A beam of white light then shone onto the shard she held. Noticing that the shard suddenly became hot, instead of dropping it, she tightened her grip. Unknowingly, she has opened the shard's memories. Her mind entered into its memories.
Night time, their celebration of victory was made in a park with just her and Sophia. A promise, that became a dream, was destroyed by the latter's actions. Hikari was very familiar with this scene. It was her hope to grow, to forge her identity.
"Why show me that hopeless memory that eventually goes into shambles?" She asked, talking to no one.
The entire place then changed on its own. As if responding to her question?
From another time, she saw her own sanity falling.
That time, she succeeded. But she realized that she has found this too familiar. What is that?
"Are you happy with this?"
"You got your revenge. I killed you, so you avenged yourself by killing me. Quite fitting don't you think?"
"I… guess we really couldn't exist… have fun being alone in this world that you can rule to yourself."
These words came into her thoughts. These memories wouldn't appear without reason, despite this world having no sense at all.
"I refuse! I'd rather find another way to live! This is not the only answer we have!"
"I cannot believe you! This isn't what Alexandar wants us to do! Remember that time when Alexandar made us admit to our own mistakes? Did you forget everything?"
She said those words a while ago. But now it's hitting right back at her. Why is that?
The scene changes again, one that brought her an answer.
"...This world was meant to give a second chance to those whose lives were wasted. Whose wishes were not fulfilled…" A voice of someone important to her rang.
"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."
The battle was already over with her victory. But she now knew what everything was about now. This shard wants her to stop killing her. But why? Why should she stop that? Was it… right? She now knew why.
Has Hikari forgiven Tairitsu for what happened back then?
Her mind returns to this world as the memory ends.
She dropped the shard that she held and fell to her knees. Tears came from the girl in white. She was conflicted. On one hand, killing her will give her closure to her previous life, having avenged herself. But on the other hand, is it really ok to kill her only friend? To forsake the chance to alter fate? To drop everything that could have been a paradise?
The dance of white and red light ends. A beam of white light shone upon her as she levitated. She has decided what she wants to do now.
The girl in white looked upon the girl in black, now speaking to her, even though she knew the latter wasn't awake.
"This miserable end we had together back then… I don't want it to affect our future. I still believe that we have hope in this world. Hope to change this senseless world we had. I will no longer be influenced by anything anymore. I have decided to let everything go… and we proceed to our future!" Hikari launches a barrage of shards towards the Beyond. The Beyond resisted the girl in white's attacks with its own barrier.
"My will… My power of Anomaly… I shall use everything to surpass The Beyond!" She shot a beam of white laser at The Beyond.
Eventually, The Beyond broke apart. The crimson light from the shard fades as the white light from the sky shone upon the world. Then, the light disappears as the brightness returns to normal.
Tairitsu then woke up. She looked around as her clothes returned to normal (A/N: to her GL form). She then found Hikari who slowly landed on the ground. She wonders why she wasn't dead. Still alive in this world. She then looked at the broken shard.
From the remnants of The Beyond, it was revealed that the last future shard had already merged with the Beyond by the time the battle was over. But for some reason, Hikari managed to alter fate even at this foretold moment.
So, she laughed. How foolish was she to assume that it was impossible to change the future. Hikari smiled at this before she used her power of anomaly once again. There is one last thing she needs to do before paradise could begin.
"Revive and return to this world"
"Everyone who has fallen to her"
"The wish is now fulfilled. Come back for the second chance that was given to you"
She formed a rainbow as 14 stars rain down to the sky.
Track Complete: Fate has been Alternated.
(If unlocked The Crimson God's Colorless Memory) Full Recall: But not everything is revealed. From another world, witness what would have happened.
(If met all requirements in Alternated Fate along with meeting Full Recall is met and all main story content is done) Pure Memory: You have decided upon Arcaea's fate to your will. See where you have guided fate into.
Next Chapter: Epilogue: The time to move on.
A/N: This fic is not completed yet! This is only part 1 of this ending. The next chapter will finish this. This chapter is basically Hikari finally breaking away from their predetermined future. Obviously this ending represents the player completing the song with a pass.
The new song in Memory Archive, Evening in Scarlet, sounded like A Wandering Melody of Love. And it's a pretty nice song in general. I like the theme of the song. As for the world extend song blue comet, it should be in a free song instead.
EDIT (27/7/2022): Now I have included PM and FR versions. They aren't there back then.
