Epilogue – Intertwined Destinies

The destruction of Soul Edge had struck all over the world. Hilde had returned to Wolfkrone Castle. She ran to her father, King Wolfkrone's chambers. She walked in and saw her father up on his feet.

"Father?"

"Hildegard."

She ran to her father and hugged him.

"I'm so glad you're okay!"

He gave a small chuckle.

"Well, Hildegard, you've done well to help me fight off Soul Edge's influence."

"I'm just glad you're free from it."

Emilio and Renard, Hilde's most loyal guards walked in.

"Milady, we are happy you have returned."

The two broke down in happiness. Hilde calmed them down.

"You two. I'm glad to see you again."

"We are happy that we serve you, Princess."

Lilianna walked in. She saw Hilde and smiled.

"It is good to have you back, milady."

"It's good to see you, too, Lilianna."

Lilianna bowed to Hilde.

"I will prepare tonight's food for the feast, for we will celebrate your return."

Hilde looked at the three people that greeted her.

"Please do."

She smiled and looked at her father. The King smiled and sat down on his bed.

"Lilianna, please tend to my daughter. She will need a dress for the feast tonight."

"Yes, your Highness."

Lilianna smiled and followed the King's orders. Hilde was glad that Cassandra and the other person helped her to cure her father.

"If I would've known the other person... I would've thanked him..."

Tira had arrived to a small village. Everyone had heard of her past exploits, of her being an assassin, and a follower of Soul Edge. She noticed there was a band of thieves raiding the village and all the thieves stopped in front of her.

"Ain't you a pretty doll?"

Tira smirked.

"You wanna die?"

Tira got in an aggressive stance. The villagers looked at all of the thieves and Tira. The thieves all attacked Tira, but she beat them all down. Tira retrieved the ill-gotten items and a small girl walked up to her. Tira kneeled down to her and gave her a small doll. The little girl smiled, and Tira left. The villagers all looked at Tira. The little girl ran to Tira and stopped her. She turned to the villagers and all cheered for her courageous deed. Tira smiled and walked away.

"I wonder... Whoever changed me into who I am today... I thank the person..."

She looked up into the sky. She smiled and kept walking into the horizon.

Amy looked up into the night sky in Sorel Castle.

"He really did it."

She turned to Raphael, who was tied up. She called her two maids and both appeared in a matter of seconds.

"Take my stepfather to the torture chamber."

Raphael had the sudden look of fear on him.

"You can't do this to me! I tried to get a new pet for you!"

"But no one had told you I even wanted one."

Raphael was dragged by the two maids.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Siegfried had walked on a path left in the woods. He placed Soul Calibur on the ground.

"It's time we parted ways..."

The crystal blade had an aura emanating from it. Siegfried saw the blade disappear from the spot. He walked and now placed another sword on his back: the Requiem. He walked and he saw the sky through an open spot in between the trees.

"Father. I will continue my journey... to free myself from my sins..."

Cassandra read the letter one more time. The more she read the letter, the more memories of this young man had come back into her mind.

"Leonsritt..."

She thought of this person. This person had been by her side. She helped this person fight off the evil that Soul Edge infested him. Even though she remembers who this person was, he was more of a shadow. She looked closely, but all she saw of him was a silhouette. The day turned to night. Cassandra was up and she thought really hard of this person. Her father walked in her room.

"Cassandra, are you all right? Have you been feeling well?"

"Um, yes. Why do you ask?"

Her father had a worried look.

"You have been distracted lately. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Well..."

Cassandra looked at her father.

"Father, what would you do if you met a person, but lose the person once you take separate paths?"

Her father looked at her. She had somewhat of a sad face on her.

"What do you mean?"

"I..."

Cassandra was nervous to tell her father. She decided to tell him.

"I met a boy. Him and I parted ways. And..."

Her father had gotten the idea.

"You love this boy, don't you?"

Cassandra nodded.

"Well, Cassandra. I know how you feel."

He smiled at Cassandra.

"If you see a future with him, then go."

Cassandra looked at her father.

"Really?"

He nodded, approving of her decision. Cassandra hugged him.

"Thank you, father."

"Now, sleep. You have a long journey ahead of you."

Cassandra had gone to sleep, now determined to look for this boy.

Cassandra was falling into a deep darkness. She stopped falling and was now standing in a room. She was looking at the same young man that she was looking for. This moment she was dreaming felt like if she was there before. The young man walked to Cassandra. He handed her a piece of parchment on her hand. She was looking at the boy. She heard the following:

"Cassandra, place this somewhere you can carry this on. I know you will lose your memory, but when you read it, you will know someone was, and will always, be there for you. And the bangle I gave you..."

She looked at the bangle that this young man had given her. She felt a sudden sadness overcome her. She looked at the silhouette. He embraced her and heard the following:

"Goodbye, Cassandra. A part of me resides in that bangle. I love you..."

The silhouette backed away, with a light that emanated from what seemed to be a window, now revealed his face. She now remembered who this boy is. She saw this boy jump towards a portal. It begun sealing, but Cassandra ran to the closing portal, she jumped while her other self told the boy:

"I love you, too!"

Cassandra fell into darkness once again. She fell down, but had stopped falling once again.

"I remember everything now. I remember who he is... Leonsritt... Leo!"

She woke up. She rubbed her eyes, and looked around. The room she was in was entirely different. She examined everything around her. A box with a piece of glass on it. A string attached to some sort of device. What caught her attention was the weapon the boy used. She got up the bed she woke up on and walked to the weapon. The steel paddle was there. She looked at it and looked around the room. There were books unknown to her, miniature statues, and many more things unknown to her.

"Wow... Leo's room is full of many things!"

There was one thing that caught her attention. There was a miniature statue of her. She looked at it. She kneeled over to examine it.

Angelo walked out of the bathroom. He looked at his room door as he rubbed a dry towel on his hair. He reached the doorknob and opened the door. He looked at what was in his room. He found someone bent over looking at his most prized possessions: a PVC statue of Cassandra. He looked at the person and the person looked at him. She got up and looked at Angelo. Angelo looked at the person.

"Cassandra?"

She smiled at Angelo.

"Leo!"

She jumped and hugged him. Angelo hugged her tightly. Both people we're happy that they saw each other once again.

"But, how? I thought that you lost the memories once I went through the portal."

"The letter you gave me made me remember who you are."

Angelo looked at her with a smile. Cassandra placed herself on his chest.

"Leo..."

"Um, Cassandra. My name's Angelo."

She looked at him. She smiled and chuckled a bit.

"But you are Leo to me..."

Angelo laughed a bit.

"Well, if you say so."

They both looked at each other. They kissed each other with the same burning passion they hold for each other. Cassandra was smiling at Angelo. He thought of something.

"Hmm... you don't know anything about my world don't you?"

"No, not really..."

"Well, come with me!"

Angelo grabbed Cassandra by her hand and took her downstairs to his living room. Cassandra looked around the house. Angelo gave her an explanation of what does what in his house. The final thing they did was sit in front of the TV.

"Well, this is a TV."

"TV?"

"Yeah, it's a short way of saying 'television'."

"What does it do?"

"Well, you watch it. With it you see moving images..."

Angelo turned the TV on. It showed a commercial, and Cassandra quickly moved away from it. She got near Angelo.

"What's it doing?"

"It's showing a commercial. I'll explain later but now for a more interesting thing."

Angelo turned it off and led Cassandra to the bathroom.

"What is this?"

"This is a bathroom. In here, you take a bath or do your business..."

Angelo pointed at the toilet.

"Um, okay?"

Cassandra was a little weirded out with the toilet. Angelo took off his shirt and looked at Cassandra. He walked to her and began to undo her hair bow. She looked at Angelo.

"What are you gonna do?"

Angelo walked to the bathtub's faucet and water ran. He took Cassandra to the bathtub and made her place her hand on the running water. She felt the lukewarm water flow on her hand.

"This is a bathtub."

"Yeah, that's right."

Angelo stood up and began to slowly undress Cassandra. She let Angelo undress her as she felt his hands run down her body. He began to remove the boots she was wearing. Cassandra was completely naked and Angelo looked at her luscious body. He undressed himself and walked into the bathtub. He stretched his hand to Cassandra. She held his hand and walked into the bathtub. Angelo turned the water flow to the shower head. Cassandra felt water running down her back and Angelo embraced her. She felt really comfortable as the water ran down on her body and felt Angelo's warm embrace. Angelo looked at Cassandra. He placed his hand on the side of her face. She smiled and Angelo leaned over to her and kissed her. She let her tongue play with his. Both lovers had spent a long time in the shower. These two were now together, with their destinies intertwined. From complete strangers to eternal lovers, these two have found a love in each other ...

A mysterious cavern in the middle of nowhere, a young archaeologist entered to investigate the cave where a mysterious being resided. He explored the dark cavern, fearless of the dangers that lurked in there. His lantern's fire grew weaker as he went deeper. The young man walked into a part of the cave that seemed as though there was a shrine. He looked at the pedestal and noticed a blood-red sword resting there. A crystal shell was covering the blade but the handle was exposed. He walked towards it. He felt a presence in there, yet no one but him was there. His hand stretched to the handle. He was tempted to grab the blade. He backed away.

"Release me..."

He heard someone tell him this. He looked at the sword once again...

"Release me..."

He backed away from the sword even more...

"Release me... and my power... shall be yours..."

Hearing these words, the young archaeologist walked slowly to the crystal-covered blade. He slowly stretched his hand towards the handle. He grabbed the blade and the crystal that covered the blade broke. An eye opened on the blade and looked at the young man. He felt a surge of energy flow through his body. A menacing laugh was heard, and the young archaeologist was forcing his hand to let go of the blade, but his body refused to. The aura had soon started spreading through his body. The young man let out a scream of agony, which had then turned into a cynical laughter...

THE END...

Author's Note: Well, there you have it. The end to this story. In my opinion, I could do better but hell, why not finish it like this? Gotta have a cliffhanger no? And on that note, I do not own anything related with SOULCALIBUR or BANDAI NAMCO. I will start on another fanfiction. I guess this has grown as a hobby now :D. Until then folks, see ya!