Chapter 37: Sorry
The monster called Kou orders one of his Golem to take me to the tank. I'm sitting next to lifeless Chitose, still staring blank at her. The Golem reaches my hand and I immediately glare at it. I can't think straight now. My emotion takes control over me. I absorb its ether and its core break into pieces.
Kou orders more Golems to attack me, but I dodge them quickly. I don't know where the power comes from, but I feel a great power comes from my body. I absorb their ether one by one. I don't know how many Golems that I already absorbed. Kou's face shows fear in me. I attempt to grab another Golem, when suddenly everything goes white.
"Atsuma…" that voice… it's that annoying voice. All of time, why now?
I'm in one strange place. Everything is white and glowing, like the chamber shown in Seiji's video.
"Atsuma, I can contact you again now, for you have already collect lots of ether from those Golem." Says the voice.
"What? I'm busy now. I don't have time for you to show me a past. Can you return me to my place now?" I say it impatiently.
"You are in your place now, it's just your consciousness that presents here." He talks the thing that I can't understand. "I know you are in troubles. I'll lend you my power. We cannot be awakened yet, we still need to wake all three Devil Golems. I need you to do that. I was the one who guided you from Sage's Tower to here, I know that woman can help you. But now she's gone, I'll help you to avenge her."
"Wait! You just said that you're the one who guided me from Sage's Tower to here? So why I don't have any memory of her?" I ask.
"The time will come for you to wake them up, until then I must seal your memory, so you won't have to come back to her place. Your reason to be here is to reseal me and free this world." He explains.
"I don't understand! Free the world? Are you crazy?" I shout.
"Until then, I'll watch you from distance." His voice starts fading. "The world's peace is in your hands."
The voice completely vanishes. As I regain my consciousness, all I can see are death robots and a bleeding man. He presses his left eye and looks at me like some kind of monster. I'm absolutely don't have any idea what have I done.
"M-monster! You monster! It must be because of Infinity's power! I'll catch you one day! You won't go far from my sight! I'll and I must catch you!" He yells like crazy.
"Ah…" I just want to say something, but the man screams and runs fearfully.
What happened to him? And what's this mess all about? I look around, nothing remains. I see a woman lying in the floor. I approach her. I call her several times, but no answer. Suddenly, I hear a voice calling for someone.
"Atsuma! I come back to take you two." A boy with black hair runs toward me.
"Atsuma? Is that this woman's name?" I ask.
"What?" He looks through my shoulder. He looks at the woman and he screams Chitose several times. Chitose… how familiar that is.
He cries and screams with all his might. I sit next to him and put my hand on his shoulder. He hugs me, but he still cries.
"Atsuma! Atsuma! Chitose's dead!" He hugs me tightly.
"Atsuma… is that my name?" I ask.
He releases me and looks me with shock. "Do-don't joke! It's not funny!" he yells at me. But I stare him blankly.
From our behind there are two other people coming. "Master Atsuma?" asks the girl with pink hair. I just stare at them, I don't know who they are, but I keep silence. The boy grabs my arms and shakes my body.
"H-hey! Come on, Atsuma. You wouldn't forget about me, your friend, right?" he shakes even harder.
I don't know what to say, so I remain silence. "It can't be! It can't be this way!" he screams while he cries.
The tall man next to the pink hair woman calls him Master Toya, and try to calm him. After several minutes, he calms down. He faces the dead body and put her head in his arm. I can see clearly the woman's face. She's beautiful, kinda remind me of someone so dear to myself.
He hugs her and cries again. I feel something wet on my cheeks, I touch it and it's my own tears. Why I'm so sad? I don't know these guys. Furthermore, I don't know myself either. What I'm crying about?
"I'm sorry… I failed…" I say that without thinking.
"What?" he turns his face to me, but I end up staring him blankly again.
He hugs me again. "It's Ok. I'll help you regain your memory." He smiles. All of the sudden, the woman's smiling face cross in my mind. I feel a great pain in my heart. I don't want to cry, but my tears won't stop.
I failed… I failed to memorize my promise to someone. I failed to keep the promise. I failed to protect someone. I failed and I'm sorry…