Mementos
"Maybe I overdid it."
A white haired young boy stood in the middle of what can be described as a complete chaos. The entire place is in ruins. Buildings had collapsed and debris can be seen everywhere. The city looked like it was leveled by an earthquake. That's it, if this place can be even called a city.
Honestly he didn't know what this place even is. It looked and felt similar to the dark hour but at the same time so much different from the dark hour. It did not seen like the 'Tv world' that Elizabeth described but then again he didn't know half the things she talked about.
…*Rustle, rustle*
'Hm?'
Someone kicked the wreckage up and it was thrown into the air.
"tch, dammit!"
And came a young girl, her clothes are tattered and her eye patch is gone. All sorts of bruises and cut can be seen on her body.
"huh, huuh." She seemed to be breathing heavily and judging from the frown on her face and amount of animosity from the glare she's giving him, this seemed to be the Caroline.
"Well, color me surprised. I thought I will have to dig up for the both of you." Minato said while nodding to himself.
"Shut up, convict!" She snark back as hard as she could but it only came out as a wheezy voice.
"Wait, where's Justine?" The girl looked very worried and started to pull the wreckage around her. "Justine, answer me!" and began to shout madly for her twin.
"Justine!" Finally she found her but that did not put her at ease. If he tried to describe her in one word, she looked bad. But the girl lying in front of her was a lot worse. Both her hands looked broken and one of her legs was so purple that it looked like she was poisoned. But, that's to be expected considering what she had done.
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Moments Ago…
"God's hand"
The sky split open and a large golden hand brimming with light came falling down. The girl, Caroline looked at it with wide eyes and appeared to be frozen in place.
The other girl regained her sense quickly.
"Caroline, we must run." But Caroline said nothing and continued to look at the sky with wide eyes. Justine tried to shake her again and again but to no avail. Finally, she made her decision and stood in front of her twin summoning a persona.
"Metatron." The messenger of god appeared and flew towards the golden hand with the intent to stop it. But, it was no use as the hand was not even slow down for a bit.
"Rakujaka, Rakujaka, Rakujaka!" The girl tried to use spell after spell but the hand was still falling. And Finally, Metatron gave out and disappeared into shards.
But the girl did not give up. She looked back at her twin but it looked like she fainted. The girl turned towards the sky again. The golden hand was heading towards them with alarming speed.
"Heat riser".
With her hands forward and like before the convict before her did, she fought head on towards her doom.
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Present
'Honestly, that was a very stupid move.' …But, it looked like her wish came true as the girl she had saved was trying to heal her with all her power.
"Justine, wake up! Open your eyes!" The wounds were healing but the girl seemed like she's not waking up. 'Guess I better intervene.'
"You do know that diarahan does not work if you don't use recarm first,…right?" Minato tried to talk some sense into her.
"Ah, that's right!" Caroline said with wide eyes.
"Wait, did you really forget that?"
"Sh-shut up, convict!" Caroline said back with big blush on her face. 'Honestly, kids these days.'
"Reca-"
"That would not be necessary, Caroline."
An unfamiliar deep voice said. 'Hm?' The white-haired boy tried to look at the speaker and a complete surprise greeted him.
"It is a pleasure to finally meet you in person, Messiah of the Fall."
A familiar man with familiar face filled with familiar grin greeted him with an unfamiliar voice.
"Master!" Caroline said in surprise.
"Igor?" Minato asked in astonishment.
"Heheheheh." The man said nothing but chuckled in deep voice.
"…Ah, Yaldaboath, I presume." The boy hardened his features and glared at the god before him.
The man looked surprised for a moment but chuckled again. "Ah, I am surprised that you know me."
"I am also surprised that you know me…." The boy said back without missing a beat.
The man chuckled again. 'Isn't he doing that too many times?'
"What do you mean, Convict? Master is master!" Caroline said while holding Justine in her arms.
'Looks like she doesn't know'. That's not his concern but still, "I don't know who your real master is but this man is not Igor, that much I can tell."
Caroline didn't say anything but looked back and forth between him and her supposed master.
The man, either didn't care or didn't think that was important enough, said nothing and looked at his surrounding.
"Such power and to think it would be wasted on a naive human.'' Yaldaboath said while looking around.
"What?"
"Heheh, you are still new to this godhood, so you wouldn't know. The gods' almighty powers don't come with free pass. Us, gods only exists only because of humanity's faith and belief. And our power comes from that, too."
'Really? Philemon never told me about that.', "So?"
"If you continue to use your power recklessly like that, it won't be long before your powers are gone and you become human again."
'So, I have a limit on power and time, huh.'
"It does not matter. All I need is to kill you and what I have left is enough to do that."
"A bit pompous, are we? I am afraid this will not be that easy." Red aura flared around him and the world around them start to shift. Bones like things, actually they really are bones started to appear. "Let me show you the power of a true god." The ground started to shake and rose up into the sky.
But, the white haired boy didn't bat an eye even when all of this is happening. Although the same thing can't be said about the girl holding her twin in arms.
"What's happening!?" She asked with disbelief in her eyes as the ground continued to rise.
Finally it stopped. The man was still grinning with bloodshot eyes and the white haired boy was looking at him with utter…disinterest. The boy finally broke eye contact and looked around. They were up really high in the sky. You can even see the clouds. It reminded the boy of something from his past.
"A tower atop the clouds and a god staring down at me. Hm, Is it supposed to scare me?"
"Don't worry Messiah. This is merely a stage befitting of my true form." Light started to fill the area and completely robbed them off their sight.
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When it died down, a giant winged metal thing stood in front of the tower. It's wings were with red and silver color and it's whole body was shining from reflection. It's head looked like just a stone with slightly visible silhouette of his face and weapon cases like things can seen on his both sides.
"What the hell is that!?" Caroline shouted like there's no tomorrow. "Y-you are not our master?"
"I thought I've already told you that's not your master." Minato said while rolling his eyes.
"Who would've believe you, convict!?" Caroline snark back.
"Anyway, take your sister and get out of here,…Now." Minato said while looking back at his enemy.
"Where do I have to get out!? We are up high in the sky! Do you expect me to jump!?"
Caroline said while looking around for any exit.
"Then…just take a cover." Conveniently there were still debris but it wouldn't mean a thing in battle of gods. But, at least it's still better than nothing.
"F-fine, you owe me, convict."
"Why the hell do I owe you?"
"Finished with your tribling, Messiah?" Yaldobaoth said with now his echoey voice.
"Waiting for us to finish chatting. What a godly thing to do…" Minato said with a slight smile.
"Hm, I am just giving you a handicap."
The boy said nothing and still looked at the god when suddenly the boy vanisheed from his place and reappeared floating directly front of the god.
"What!?" The god said in surprised tone before the boy kicked his head. *Bam!*
A loud sound erupted as the boy's leg hit the god.
"And…do I look like I care?" The boy said in his usual monotone voice while flying in the air.
"Imbecile!" The larger god angrily said as he was thrown of balance. Suddenly, countless light arrows appeared above him.
"You shall perish!" The arrows started to fall mercilessly on the young messiah.
"Cadenza." The boy used a spell and blue light surrounded him.
The arrows relentlessly fell on the boy but the boy dodged them effortlessly.
"Megidoloan." Purple light exploded in front of him and all the arrow were destroyed.
"Gun of execution!" The god roared and a hand like thing appeared from his back. It took a revolver like gun out of it's right case.
"Distorted Lust!" and shot black purple beams from it.
The boy dodged around by moving around in the air. But, the beams followed him around.
"You can't run forever, Messiah! Accept your fate." The larger god said to the boy as he fired his gun again.
"Tch." The boy smacked his lips as more beams followed him, and finally he was hit and as soon as he was hit by one beam, many started to follow until all of them hit him without pause.
As the light became to clear, the white haired boy stood unfazed.
"If you think that's enough, you got another problem coming." Minato said and tried to attack the god again. But, found that he can't move.
"…What?"
"I release upon you the deadly sin of lust. You have no means of escape, Messiah! The insanity of mankind shall bring forth the demise." The larger god said in his echoey voice.
…*Buzzz, buzz*
"What are you trying to do?"
"Well, I don't need to move to beat you." Lightning crackled around the whole place. "Thunder call…" A large thunder struck the larger god and made him lose his balance.
"Ugh." Then many others started to fall altogether.
"Sword of conviction!" Yaldaboath summoned another of his arm and took out a long sword. "BOW DOWN TO YOUR TRUE GOD!" The larger god shouted and swung down his sword. Thunderbolts hit the sword but they were all repelled towards the whole place.
"No matter what power you use, you are just a human with the borrowed power of a god. You cannot hope to defeat a true god." Yaldaboath said with condescending tone.
"Oratorio." The boy's body shine as he used the healing spell. The boy stood up as he was cured from his status effect. "Not really, No." The boy summoned the same sword he used when fighting against the velvet twins. "I am a human…with unlimited potential and with the power of a god." The boy aimed his sword at the god and jumped straight to him. "You cannot hope to defeat something ranked higher than you."
"You humans never learn." The larger god also brought his sword down.
Both swords met in the middle with a loud clang.
"Your feeble sword cannot broke my sword of conviction."
"Haha, prudent of you to think I brought a normal sword against a god." The boy broke the deadlock by moving to the side and dodging the slash. But, the larger god wouldn't let him. "You wouldn't escape." The god tried to slash again but the boy had prepared for this.
"Scarlet havoc." Both the sword and the boy's body started to glow red, and mirages started to appear around the boy. Then, they all slashed at the larger sword all at once. The sword did not break but the force was so strong that both the sword and it's user was blown back.
"You fool!" Yaldaboath steadied his body and aimed his gun at the boy and fired again.
"This is the sword the Death used…" The boy said as he cut all the beams from the gun.
"And your shiny body won't stand a chance, Door of hades." The boy shouted as visage of Thanatos appeared behind him and he slashed his sword at the god's upper body forming a wide cut on his torso.
"Ahhhh!" the larger god cried out in agony.
But, the god didn't falter and used his power again. "No tolerance, no mercy. DIVINE APEX!" The god summoned more of his hands and brings out his weapons.
….
'Really? A bell and a book, What?' Minato thought looking at the…'weapons'.
"This is your punishment, foolish Messiah!" The larger god charged up a large black energy ball with red outlines.
"Who cares?" The boy said back as he also charged his own attack, the temperature around him rose up immediately.
"Well, I hope your body is flammable." The boy said as fire started to burn around him.
"This is the power of a true god, Rays of control!" The energy ball broke down into countless rays and aimed straight to the young Messiah.
"Ardhanari!" A large stream of fire was shot out of the boy's hand. The fire met the rays head on and many large explosion occurred between them.
"You think that such an attack would work on me! ME! A TRUE GOD!?" Yaldaboath mocked the Messiah as he charged another attack.
The fire were starting to flicker out but the rays were still going strong.
"It's no use, a mere human can not measure to a god, Rays of control!"As Yaldaboath unleashed attack again and more rays started to appear again.
"A mere human? Heh, I cast that life a long time ago. The man, Makoto Yuki and his ideals died with his friends." The flames were starting to disappear but many explosions were still occurring. "His soul had gone atop that tower." A blank card floated down front of him as his eyes start to shine and blue flames appeared around him. "All that's left is me, a savior, a Messiah. A God!" Thunder crackled in the distance as the whole sky darkened, and the wind started to blew heavily.
"What is the meaning of this?" Yaldaboath said as he looked around in fear. "No matter! You shall be defeated!", The Ardhanari spell worn out and rays of control zoomed into the boy.
But, the boy didn't move from his spot and crushed the card in front of him. "Universe" The boy's voice echoed like the god before him.
"Armageddon." The blue flames around the boy emerged and completely engulfed the rays as they burned through to the larger god. Thunder wildly struck upon the god as the wind howled madly, making numerous cuts appeared around the god's body. The whole sky appeared to be crying as countless shards of ice falls onto the god as he cried out in agony. All blended together into such a sight. Yes, a sight befitting of it's name. The end of the world.
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The world around him started to settle as the dark clouds move away.
"Looks like I lost control. Again."
The spell worked like a complete overkill. The larger god was completely defeated. Not even a speck of him was left. The Armageddon spell obliterated him completely.
The white haired boy looked at the floating card in front of him. "Looks like he's telling the truth." Sure, that spell was strong but in the past he could only use it once and after that he can't even move and never before it was this strong. So, of course, it came with a price. Over one third of the card looked like it's been burned. Nearly half of the card was gone.
"So, this is price for the power of a god, huh. I wonder is there any other way to recharge it?" The white haired boy said to himself as he now stood alone on the tower.
"Hey, convict. Is he gone?" Well, not entirely alone.
"I think so. And can you stop with the convict thing?" The white haired boy now directed his attention to the approaching girl. She was carrying her sister on her back.
"She still has not woken up?"
"Uh huh, and whose fault do you think that is?"
"Not mine, you guys attack me first."
"tch, we were just acting on orders." Caroline huffed in response. "So, if this one is fake, where is our real master?"
"How should I know?"
"You don't know!?"
"Well, maybe he did know but I can't ask him now, can I?" Minato said as he point as his back. "Besides, how can you mistake that guy for Igor?"
"We-well, we are busy helping our guest, so I hadn't really noticed it." Caroline said awkwardly looking away.
"…Okay, but I thought you guys and Igor are always in the room. How come you not notice it? His demeanor changed suddenly and you didn't notice it? Were you sleeping?"
"Ahh, umm-", Caroline started to think to herself. She looked confused but What's there to confuse about?
"And I thought the wildcard hadn't appear yet?"
"Well, one had already appear. But, we are preparing for the other one while you came. And who are you to talk about that? How do you know all of this?" Caroline asked him again while she steadied her sister's body from her back.
"Oh, I was a guest before."
"Huuh! You were the wildcard!?"
"Isn't that obvious?" But, anyway two wildcards? Isn't the wildcard supposed to be one and only? And wouldn't the other affects the other one's journey? Well, this complicated things. So, which wildcard was the one Philemon talking about?…'Nah, That does not concern me. I only need to save Elizabeth.'
"Caroline, what about your other siblings from the velvet room?"
…No reply came back.
"…Caroline?"
When he looked at Caroline she looked shocked. 'What happened again?'
''Con-co-convict!"
"My, my, Caroline. You shouldn't talk everything to an outsider."
The familiar echoey voice started to…well, echoed from behind.
"You are still alive?" Minato said in disbelief while turning around.
Yaldoboath looked like he was regenerating. No, not looks like, he was indeed regenerating. He still hasn't fully reformed but nearly all of his upper body has been healed. This scene felt familiar and it brought the boy great discomfort.
"I thought I destroyed all of you."
"You didn't think it would be that easy to kill a true god, Messiah?" Yaldobath said while regenerating.
"Well, I've never done it before."
"Like I say before, a god's power comes from humanity. As long as humanity's faith in me is still strong, I will not be defeated."
"Humanity's faith? I never even heard of you before I came here."
"Hm, with such power and you still think like an ape." Yaldaboath snorted back in response. "You of all people should know that, Messiah, people necessarily doesn't need to be believe in gods, themselves."
By that time, all of his upper body had been healed. 'Wait, I remember now.'
"As long as humanity feels grief, Erebus will still live." Erebus, that's who he reminded him of. "As long as humanity longs for death, Nyx will never fall." Nearly all of his body had been reformed. Minato readied his sword as the fight was looming closer and closer. "And, as long as humanity wish to be controlled, I will exist forever.", Yaldaboath roared as his wings sprouted forth. "That's what means to be a true god." Yaldaboath said with condescending tone as he finished regenerating. "But, you, messiah, you can be killed."
'Ahhhh, I forgot about that. That's why I had to seal Nyx. But, how does he know about my journey.…Damn it. Should I use my Armageddon spell to kill him again? Would that even matter?'
"Aren't you supposed to take your time?"
"Hm, don't lump me in with other gods. I am Yaldaboath, creator of all! Unparalleled by any!" Yaldaboath said as his hands appeared again and took out his weapons. And his wings started to darken as black aura surrounded his body. 'This feels like…death…?'
"Prepare, Messiah. This will not be easy as last time."
'Great, My second day on earth and already I don't know what's going on anymore.'
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