It didn't mattered to him if he was lying flat on his stomach after being hit by that concentration of energy that honestly came out of nowhere. The second the warrior of Winter noticed they were distracted, he took chance swiftly slipped his arm. Liberating a giant wave of power to mercilessly attack the team of young heroes.

As soon as he heard all of the screaming in pain, Chris got up and prepared himself to make another attack, he stood there and patiently waited for the curtain of smoke created by him to disperse.

He didn't cared if his previous hit was really powerful, he should get confident. Bao and Johannes were nowhere to be found, which meant they were most likely to be knocked out, so it was only him against all of the warriors.

The blonde boy could only hope to get over with this and take the three warriors he was asked to retrieve.

He wasn't going to fail.


That quick flash of dark pink light made Yuki react, he just jumped in front of his friends and used both his hands to create a big wall of blue energy and hope it would be enough to protect everyone.

It wasn't.

The quickness of his actions didn't let him concentrate his powers for too long, which made his improvised protection to crack and eventually destroy in less than a second.

It probably made the attack not as deadly as it was intended to be, but it still caused some damage on them.

The warrior of Mercury could hear his everyone's screams of pain, including his own.

Just as he ended on the floor, he suspected that the others were also thrown as well.

Yuki couldn't do much. At least, other than trying to stay conscious after a critical hit like that one.

God, he was getting tired of this.

How are they supposed to defeat this guy?!

There has to be something they can do...

It can't end like this!

Maybe before he wouldn't have cared about any of this but...It was different now.

All his life he got used to just...Being alone.

To stay quiet.

To not act.

To have no purpose.

Yuki always kept his head down, never tried to do anything. After losing his sister and being abandoned by his father is like something inside of him died, he had lost.

He had nothing.

He felt like nothing.

Hell, there isn't really a moment in his life where he can recall to even feel anything that mattered.

And why should he?!

His mother had died.

His father deliberately cut anything that tied them together.

His sister was taken away.

His grandfather was forced to abandon everything he had just to take care of him.

Is like everything in his life had just vanished...

And he had no choice but to just accept it.

Yuki didn't raised his hand to defend himself every time somebody would cause him pain, he would let it happen.

The punches.

The kicks.

He deserved them...Or...At least he thought he did.

Maybe that's the reason he never thought of 'ending with his suffering'. Because he thought he deserved it...

That was his life.

Pain.

Silence.

Guilt.

He was floating in an ocean full of it and didn't cared enough to swim.

There was nothing to fight for back then.

He had nothing to stand for.

No reason to be brave.

Nothing to protect.

But now...

Yuki was found.

He was lost, and suddenly was found.

He didn't wanted to be found but...There was nothing he could do to avoid it.

He was a mess...

Motti was a mess...

All of the other warriors were a mess too...

For the things she had yelled to him a couple of hours ago, he had got to the conclusion that his sister is also a mess...

The warrior of winter is most likely to be a mess as well...

You can bet your life Kenta's cousin is also a mess...

And somehow, they got all mixed up together in this insanely big mess.

Maybe it was their destiny after all.

These walking disasters that would never amount to do anything with their lives were destined to find each other.

Their purpose could only be found together.

Even if some of them still lost...They can still be found.

What are they supposed to do?

Turn around and pretend none of this ever happened?

To give Nemesis the world in a silver platter?

To go back to their messy lives and just wait for the moment to die?

Hell no!

Yuki is not going back to that.

He just found what he was missing all his life.

He can't just disappear.

His teammates are going to keep fighting.

He is going to keep fighting.

Because now they have something to fight for.


Chris thought he was completely ready for whatever could come next, but he was proven wrong.

It came out of nowhere.

He wasn't even able to think quick enough, and before he knew it; there was a blue string tied on his wrist.

"Nothing personal!"-A voice yelled before that string got pulled.

His arm got pulled so abruptly that he lost his balance for a few seconds, and apparently it was enough for his attacker to get really close to him.

The string had disappeared, but Chris quickly noticed that the brown haired boy who attacked him made a long stick and held it with both his hands. It was actually a baton, and the warrior lost no time in trying to hit him.

The warrior of Winter concentrated his energy to both his arms and tried to attack the other boy as well.

Chris couldn't deny that he was kinda impressed, this boy looked like a complete dweeb, but was doing a good job to trying to fight him off.

"Hey!"-Yuki called him as he was trying to hit him with his weapon.-"I know this is very weird, but we seriously need you to listen to us!"-

Chris didn't replied to him. He knew what he was trying and wasn't going to succumb to whatever this guy was about to say.

"I know how you feel about this!"-Yuki tried to insist as he noticed that the blonde boy wasn't going to say anything.-"I get this is insane, and that maybe you don't want to get involved with us, but you must know that helping Nemesis is a mistake!"-

"What do you know?!"-This time Chris couldn't contain himself and practically growled at Yuki as he tried to punch him directly in the face.

Yuki didn't missed this, and made a shield with his wrist.

Chris' power wasn't enough to break it this time. His fist collided with the blue shield and the only thing his power amounted to do was to push him away.

"Well."-The warrior of Mercury smiled a little bit, we kneeled down as he was pushed but still kept his ground.-"Since I was forced to get involved with the other warriors for months, I guess I know more about this than you."-He threw the shield.-"Oh, by the way! Since you are obviously working for the bad guys, they were most likely not being honest with you! I mean, I have no idea what they promised you for helping them! But I think it's safe to assume they lied to you!"-

Chris tried to ignore his words and focused on dodging the shield coming on his direction.

Little did he knew that was actually a distraction, and Yuki jumped right onto his direction with a spear in his hands. He decided to not just dodge him and decided to grab the weapon and take it away from the boy's surprisingly strong grip.

However in the end, he was able to take the spear.

Must have been intentional, since Yuki started to smile even wider.

Chris didn't cared about what tricks the warrior of Mercury, he prepared himself and held the spear in a way where its blade was just a couple of inches from Yuki's face.

"Look, I think we really need to stop this nonsense."-Yuki smiled.-"We can talk about this."-

"Will you just shut up already?!"-The warrior of Winter held the weapon closer to the blue-eyed boy's face.-"I have nothing to talk, I have a mission to complete."-

Yuki sighed.

"A mission of what?!"-He asked with exasperation.-"To help the God of Destruction? Yeah, like that isn't going to blow up in your face!"-

"Shut up!"-

"No, I'm serious! Mr...Huh, sorry I didn't get your name."-Yuki laughed awkwardly.

"My name doesn't matter. And you don't get any of this, none of you will defeat Nemesis! So you might as well be smart and join him now! Maybe that way he will spare the rest of you."-Chris warned him.

"We can try."-Yuki shrugged.-"I know this might scare you, but do you seriously think Nemesis will spare your life? He wants all of us dead! Not to mention he is probably going to make the planet a hunk of garbage fire."-

"Well maybe that's not so bad after all! Maybe this shitty world needs to be destroyed!"-

"Seriously?!"-Yuki couldn't believe what he was hearing.-"Are you listening to yourself?! What do you think it's going to happen to you if the world becomes a fierily hell?!"-

"It wouldn't be as bad as the life I already have, that's for sure!"-

"Oh my-! Seriously?!"-Yuki sighed with exasperation. He can't do this, he can try to be positive and nice all he wants, but if there is someone that can deal with this guy it may be Gingka.-"Look! I know life can suck real bad! Trust me, I sometimes get nightmares and anxiety from what I've been through in the past! It's terrible, painful, and we don't even know what to do aside from just staying there suffering, I know! But do you seriously think destroying the planet will fix anything?! How are you going to know if your life can get any better?! I mean, heck! Last year on this day I was probably bleeding through my nose, and going through the horrible hell that was my life! But it got better! And I'm not exactly talking about the fragment, I'm talking about me realizing that I still have something to live for! Do you think you've nothing left to live for?! What are you? Sixteen? We are still too young to think like that!"-

"Who the hell do you think you ar-?!"-

"I'm trying to help you!"-Yuki interrupted him.-"Do you think you are the only one who knows what it is to feel like a lost cause?! Believe it or not, we know how that is! All of us, me, the other warriors, we've all been there! And if you think that we are just going to leave you like that, then you are wrong!"-

"What do you mean?!"-

"We are not just a team! I was scared to death when I first joined the other warriors, I thought that I could just pretend to be friends with them to get this over with but what do you think that happened?!"-Yuki couldn't help but laugh, even though there were tears forming in his eyes.-"They didn't gave up on me! They didn't cared of how much of a loser I am, they became the greatest friends I could ever ask for! And I can guarantee you that I won't give up on you either! None of us! We will give you so much friendship it will make you sick of your stomach!"-

"Argh!"-

Yuki noticed how Chris' yell was accompanied by an attempt of him to cut his face with the weapon.

He rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers.

The warrior of Winter's eyes snapped wide open as the spear disappeared and Yuki took this as a chance to kick him in the stomach.

He didn't imagined it would hurt this much...

"Or, we could, you know."-Yuki smiled with a little bit of sarcasm.-"Keep fighting until one of us gets knocked out. Must say, that was a real waste of my inspirational speech. What a shame, I was really feeling it."-

"You...You bastard!"-

Yuki noticed how Chris was intending to launch an energy beam to his direction, so he made a shield to protect himself.

However, the attack only got halfway until was struck by a lightning bolt that seriously came out of nowhere. The warrior of Winter gave a groan of annoyance, but Yuki couldn't avoid to sigh in relief.

"Right on time."-He mumbled with a tired smile.

Yuki saw Kyoya, Gingka, Madoka, and Tithi fully awake while the others were still unconscious, but he didn't cared about it. He was just glad he wouldn't have to fight alone again.

"Hey, Kyoya!"-Madoka called the green haired guy.-"Think you can give me some of that lightning?"-

"If you die, then it's not my fault!"-Kyoya laughed as he extended his hand and struck the young girl with a big amount of electricity from the sky.

The while lightning that hit Madoka suddenly turned into pink and before a minute could pass, the girl's body was surrounded in pink electricity, she opened her eyes and they were also surrounded by that energy as well.

"God, that feels great."-She sighed in relief Apparently electricity was the only kind of energy she could take.-"Now I'm ready."-

"Hey!"-Gingka yelled with a smile.-"I hope you didn't forgot about us!"-

Yuki wasn't sure if he was talking to him or to Chris, but decided to answer anyways.

"Don't worry!"-The boy with blue eyes laughed.-"I was just keeping it warm for you!"-

"Hey! Now's your last chance!"-Kyoya interrupted and yelled at Chris.-"We can either stop this, or just kick your ass! Maybe if we break your legs, then you will listen!"-

The blonde boy just shoot another wave of energy at their direction.

They took it as an invitation.