THE NIGHTMARE

The kiss tasted so sweet. He did not know it could have felt so good. Is this what love truly is like?

Everything around him seemed a little radiant, but the radiance seemed warm and gentle. It glowed a soft magenta, as if a silky velvet brushed through his skin, and he could not help but marvel at the amazing girl in front of him.

"I love you so much, Kyle-oppa..." came Jyu Min's coaxing voice, "Don't you think with our love, we can take on anything on this world, even taking over it?"

Kyle felt dazed, still deeply attracted by her voice. She was right. They could take on the whole world. They could get married and live on a happy life. The world was theirs to claim. At that instant moment, Kyle felt his powers rising within him. He began to marvel at this power, the dark aura that started to emanate from him. He, as the legendary kaiser, could easily take over this world and live with his lover forever.

"Yes, Kyle-oppa, I've always believed in the power of love, it's so strong, so overwhelming, I don't even get why there are still divorces in this world, love is such a strong force..."

Jyu Min smiled as he saw the kaiser in front of him rise up. It had worked, and the transformation was complete. In no time at all, the kaiser appeared in front of her in his true form, the black dragon warrior with his legendary powers.

The kaiser was back.

Tear barely pushed through the crowds and squeezed into the premise of the theme park when it happened.

A faint magenta light could be seen glowing at the background, rather insignificant that it did not catch the attention of any other person, but Tear could see it clearly. It had already begun. She needed to hurry up.

She continued to run towards the place, passing through yet a few more crowds. Just then, Tear heard screaming from the direction she was headed. It can't be good, thought Tear.

It became more apparent. As Tear got closer to her destination, she started to notice the wreckage of a few rides, and hordes of people barging and rushing out of the area, screaming escape. Then casualties appeared, some badly injured and collapsed on the ground, too weak to proceed on, and some already unconscious. The conditions of the casualties seemed to be more severe the nearer she was to the place, and the wreckage of rides and stalls more serious. And then Tear saw what was causing the chaos.

It was the army of skeletons under Hilla's command. And the spectres that were under Magnus's. They cried bloody havoc as they wrecked the place, trampling the area and slashing at everything they find. Some of the skeletons started attacking Tear as they saw her, but she merely dodged as she ran onward. She was more worried about Kyle than anything else, and she was determined to find out the truth.

At last, she arrived at the place. The shores of the swan boat ride. What was a river of clear water had turned into a river of blood, exactly the one in Tear's nightmare. She knew exactly happens next. All would be done when the swan boat reach the shores. And it was exactly there, already in a state of disrepair. And right next to the boat stood someone. Someone very familiar to her, especially with her red hair and cunning, devilish beauty. Hilla. She slowly walked inwards land, folding her arms and looked around as if admiring her own work. So she did come to this world, Tear thought. The nightmare she had had turned real.

Tear was on the boat sitting with Kyle, exchanging sweet talks with one another. It was so sweet, and Tear actually felt very happy.

However, things started going wrong when she kissed Kyle. She felt like she was no longer herself, and in her mind, something told her a certain plan was working, and she couldn't help smiling to herself. As the magenta velvet drew over Kyle, Tear was certain it was already doing its course, but she still continued to utter sweet talks to make the transition go more smoothly. Tear didn't want to do this, her conscience wanted her to stop. But strangely, her conscience did nothing to stop her, almost as if the conscience was not intact with herself.

As Kyle regained his powers, yet in his corrupted self, Tear started to smirk. The boat ride was about to reach its end.

As it slowly reached ashore, Tear saw the amount of people waiting for their turns. She felt annoyed. She didn't like it. She turned towards her lover and coaxed him into driving them away.

And drive them away he did. At one swing of his sword, the wave that emerged from the slash charged towards land. Bloodshed and wreckage were immediately visible. And people started screaming and running. He summoned three swords above him, and at his gesture, they started flying and charging towards land as if having their own minds, wrecking the place even more.

At that time, Tear knew it was her turn. And so she started chanting words that apparently came to her mind, uncontrollably. Moments later, from the ground emerged purple figures. There were so many of them. And yet she continued chanting. One by one, the purple figures started materialising into their true forms. Some turned into skeletons, others into spectres.

When she had finished, the skeletons and spectres had already started their attack. And she smiled to herself. That wasn't her own smile; in fact, Tear was actually horrified, but she had no control over herself.

And that was when she woke up.

Tear tried to find a place to hide. She had known the truth. She tried to test her powers once again, but still they did not work. She knew she couldn't confront Hilla if she was in a powerless state – Hilla could have easily finished her. Nonetheless, she had to quickly find a way to save Kyle and drive Hilla and his minions away.

Amidst the chaos that occurred, Tear could see someone above where Hilla was standing. It was Kyle, in his dragon warrior form! He had regained his powers, transformed into the kaiser, and held firmly to his sword, wings flapping gracefully. He seemed like he was about to confront Hilla. But it did not happen.

No. That was definitely not the Kyle she knew.

Just then, the Kaiser turned its head towards Tear. Without hesitation, he swung his sword at her direction, creating a wave that charged straight at her. Tear dodged to her side, barely missing the wave.

"Kyle," Feeling helpless and desperate, Tear tried to call him out, "it's me, Tear!"

Kyle seemed to ignore him and continued his attack as Tear dodged his blades. She felt like exhaustion was already taking over her, and she started to get less agile. Finally, one of the attacks hit her and she fell to the floor, weak and helpless.

Below, Hilla only smirked as she slowly walked over to Tear. She shook her head as if to pity her.

"Poor, poor angelic buster, the idol of the battlefield, now weak and helpless, betrayed by her closest ally..."

"Hilla, you...how could you..." Tear managed to blurt out with her remaining strength.

"You know, idol, I tell you what, I'll take this title of yours because it's not meant for the weak and stupid, and your life may be spared, well, depends on whether or not you'll be killed by one of my minions. Yes, from now on, I hereby proclaim myself idol of the battlefield.

"Now if you excuse me, I have to proceed with my unfinished businesses, so I'll just see you around~ Now where's that no-good man Magnus..." Hilla said before she walked away from her.

Saeg Laeng sat at the bench near the entrance. He watched as everything went down, and continued watching even when crowds of people were screaming and running out and away from the theme park.

"So she really went and done it..." Saeg Laeng muttered. He took off the hat that was atop of him and let his horns free. Nobody noticed him as they were all busy escaping for their lives.

"In all honesty, I would never expect it to go like this..." he muttered to himself again. He had already done his part and drew the kaiser away from the idol. But somehow, he did not feel like continuing his task and help Hilla out. After all, his spectres had already been used. He didn't have to help anymore.

And so, he lay down on the bench, while people were still screaming and evacuating the park. He decided to take a nap, something he thought he had earned himself.