My Little Sinner

I have lived my life as best I could, not knowing its purpose. Yet, I continued forward and paved myself a path to follow.  I knew so little in the beginning and acted upon the only emotions I had, and thus I became a monster.  But as I was slain, I was reborn and given a new life, a life as a human.  I learned the significant of life and with that, I evolved from the beast I once was into the man I am today.  I have swam the oceans of space, seen the distant planets and stars, and visited many foreign worlds.  And in my travels, I have met so many unique souls; entities I could call acquaintances, entities I could call companions, entities I could call friends, and entities I could call family.  These special individuals taught me love and the meaning of life, and that it is what we choose for ourselves.  Whatever our goals, passions, and values may be.  If it wasn’t for Aurelia, Rainbow Dash, Zin, Harold, Armony, Karen, Captain Sarah Finn, Prince Nova Callahan, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, my two military squads, and even Reiku, I would have never learned those lessons.  And though I have experienced terrible times, the events that transpired afterwards always tended to be better.  Hopefully Zin can bind the peace between Reiku and I, so that this euphoric time may continue.  I just wish that those I had lost could have lived to see this day.

After Dash and I returned to Equestria the following day, the two of us immediately left for the Wonderbolts performance.  The group’s show led all the way into the night, where the Wonderbolts finished with a spectacular firework explosion by having their captain, Spitfire, collide her flaming contrail with the storm contrails of two of her subordinates.  Rainbow’s eyes were glued to the performance as she stared, mesmerized at the Wonderbolts.  I could see the joy and excitement filling Dash’s gaze as she continue to watch the stunt; it made me so jovial just to see my girlfriend this happy.  And things continued to get better after the Wonderbolts aerial display.

When Rainbow and I made our way back home, the two of us decided to race each other.  But after a certain point of flying around, we both got lost in the exciting adrenaline and forgot that we were actually racing.  Once that happened, Dash and I simply had our own aerial performance until we drew ourselves to the point of exhaustion of trying to one-up each other.  But because we finished our stunts didn’t mean we stopped having fun and flying around.  I decided to take my cyan love to a view of which she has never seen.  Sure as a pegasus, Rainbow can see the vast lands of Equestria with a bird’s eye view, but I know for a fact that she hasn’t seen the world from the origins of space.  I materialized a barrier around the mare for both insulation and a source of oxygen for when the two of us were out of the confines of the planet.  And when we were in the darkness of the outer heavens, Rainbow was at a loss for words as she gazed upon the colorful marble of this solar system.  Instead, my sweet little love ensconced herself in the vicinity of my chest and left arm; causing us to snuggle until we eventually heard the call of sleep through our yawns and headed back home.

And now, here I am today; walking around the town square of Ponyville.  Clasped in my right hand is a single copper coin.  All this time I’ve spent with Rainbow Dash, I still haven’t proposed to her yet.  I want to be able to continue to bring her joy and make her happy; not as her boyfriend, but as her husband.  And I want to show her that I am ready to take our relationship to the next level and be able to call her my wife.  I know that we’ve already exchanged each other’s love as a couple, but with this act, I can officially prove to anyone that the two of us have given each other our hearts.  So with the flip of this bit, I shall drop all of today’s chores and proceed with this currency’s answer.  Heads, I ask Fluttershy how to preen wings and perform the act on Rainbow.  Tails, I get on one knee.

I flicked the coin into the air and patiently watched it flip through the air as time slowed down with every second I gazed at the object.  I quickly readied my arm, and with a quick swing, I snatched the bit and slapped it down on top of my other hand.  I took in a deep breath as I felt the metallic object push down on my skin.  And now the reveal.

The clear ring of a bell echoed across all of Ponyville, while the tremendous force of spiritual energy waved over the location.  As I turned to the source, my eyes were greeted with the sight of the light from a mile wide azure sphere.  Raining down to the street that I stood on were vastly smaller orbs of the same hue.  And emerging from these flaming balls were human figures summoning their scythes.  One of the members directed his weapon at me, while his fellow companions took their stances.

“This ends once and for all Inrei!”  He declared.

If the Dragon Army is here, than it means one thing…Zin was unable to form peace between Reiku and I.  If only it didn’t have to resort to this…..I’m sorry my brother, but the war continues…

“Everypony get inside your homes NOW!”  I called forth Apocalypto and conjured up a protective force field around the buildings of Ponyville.

I charged the stampeding mass of warriors.  The peace that normally surrounded the town was no more.  The might of our blades clashed at full force, thus unleashing the roar of hell and signaling the beginning of the battle.

I forced my zweihander downwards in the raging group and forced open a gap big enough for me to slide into the crowd of soldiers.  Once I made my way in, I started slashing my way through, striking those who weren’t prepared as I became a tunneling object in this fleshy wall.  The deeper I proceeded, the more violent things got.

Battler after battler rushed towards my position from every angle, leaving only the clanging of our metal echoing through the air.  One tried lunging at me only to be repelled back as I swiped him with the back of my sword; he was lucky that his companions were quick enough to pull him out of my follow up attack.  A woman tried crashing down on me from above, only for me to grab her mid-strike and slam her in the ground and embed my blade through her abdomen.  From there, I spun myself up and used the momentum to kick those closest to me, and then used the continuing movement to grab my sword and fling the lifeless body away as I landed.  After that point, I had planned to thrust after the warriors that were distracted by the corpse, but my chance to do so was cut off when I was met with five scythes being swung in my direction; leaving me on the defensive for a while.

I broke myself from this cycle by quickly bringing Apocalypto above and rapidly twirled it in the air; manifesting a cyclone that violently sucked in all the air and began pulling in the army.  They reacted by creating an immovable post by ramming the staffs of their weapons into the ground.  Upon witnessing this act, I immediately channeled my energy at the focal point of the gale force winds and formed a two foot, lavender sphere that I soon slammed into the ground.  The eruption of my attack covered a radius of thirty meters and swallowed those unfortunate enough to escape its chaos.

Moments after, ten foes appeared to absorb some of the residue energy and used their newly contained spiritual force to counter.  These warriors’ attack was an orange plasmatic substance, almost lava like, which scorched anything it touched even though I still held up a protective barrier around Ponyville.  I responded to this the only way I could, and that was to take control of this concentrated energy and redirect the flow back at the ones who conjured it.  The second I telekinetically snared my grip on the substance, the situation became a tug-o-war scenario between me and that faction of soldiers, while I was also left blocking and dodging oncoming strikes from the remaining battlers.  I eventually gave up on controlling the lava and changed my tactic by charging up my powers then unleashing it in an explosion based on my spot.  The technique worked by forcing everyone back; giving me time to convert the plasma back into its original form and launch the energy back as a series of beams in the directions of any opposing source.

Following the light show, I tightly gripped my sword and charged the mass of soldiers until the earth began to shake.  Spider web cracks crawled along the ground around where I stood until stone columns rose up.  I managed to avoid three, but the fourth one surprised me because that one shot out beneath my feet and rocketed me into the air.  From there I was met with members of the Dragon Army readying themselves for an onslaught of attacks.

My reaction was faster for I propelled myself forward into the mass.  My first strike was a horizontal slash against a woman’s stomach, and using the swinging motion, I brought myself back to her front, forced my free hand in the cut and yanked out whatever organs I grabbed in a stream of pink and red.  With the momentum of my hand, I used my limb to reach behind me and snagged the guy in my six o’clock position and pulled him into my blade, where I twisted my weapon and split him in two.  Following that, I deflected three women’s attacks and responded by a diagonal slash on one woman and left her looking like a gapping tin can, bashing the hilt of Apocalypto through the eye socket of the second woman and pulled out some gray matter, and finished off the third girl by repelling her attack with such force, that my strength spun her around as I plunged my fist through her spin.  While my arm was still in the dying body, I twirled around to face two men and focused my spiritual energy into my hand, until I fired off six blasts at them and created a firework explosion of the woman’s entrails.

Five men and four women flew to me, where I deflected any of their blasts and defended against their physical strikes.  After their attempt, I pulled one guy my way and had him take the blow that was meant for me; leaving him with a vertical gash across his body.  Then I quickly reached out and managed to steal a scythe from one of the women and used it to turn one of her battle sisters into a Y shape corpse.  Next, I increased my grip strength on the stolen weapon to the point that I broke the blade off the staff handle, and used that poll to spear one of the other warriors in his neck.  As his body fell, another soldier charged at me, only to be greeted by hand grabbing the back of his head after I evaded his attack and exhaling a hellish flame upon the rest of his mass.  The next person I caught off guard with my speed and slammed the edge end of my zweihander into his side, brought it out, and forced my blade even deeper the second time.

The remaining enemies that were surrounding me at the time quickly retreated back as four shadow tendrils joined together above my being and rained thousands of darkness needles.  I reacted by using multiple angled swings to redirect every shot at someone else; groans and screams of agony overpowered the metal chinging of my sword.  One of the women that avoided the barrage of needles countered by unleashing whirlwind sickles at me, but I was quick to dodge.  I ended up landing back on the ground, to where I soon found myself bathed in the light of numerous energy blasts of various sizes and colors.  I immediately defended myself against their mortars, but in the mesh of the explosions, I could also hear the sounds of wood and stone cracking.  The long and constant series of blasts is beginning to put stress on the barrier and damage the structures it is protecting.  I have to stop this!

Suddenly another explosion rang out, but this one’s sounded unnatural compared to the rest.  Following that, I was no longer drowned in the destructive light for the foes aim was redirected towards the sky.  Whatever they thought was me left a rainbow ring and contrail in the air.  Instantly realizing who that was, I immediately charged into the group of soldiers at blinding speeds and flailed wildly at the distracted warriors, and painted behind me a trail of dismembered appendages and blotches of red.  After zigzagging through the crowd and catching their attention, I delivered a telekinetic slam against those I didn’t slash and hurried over to the cyan pegasus.

Before I could say anything to her, I snatched her out of the air and tucked her into my chest to protect her from an incoming beam and took the hit against my back.  I held Rainbow close as again I met with the ground and absorbed blow after blow.  I wasn’t able to counter yet until after three foes unleashed intense fire breathes upon me.  I responded by viciously swinging my blade and released a sword wave of overwhelming magnitude that engulfed whoever was unlucky enough to meet with my attack.

With the given moment, I began with Dash.  “I appreciate that assist, but it’s too dangerous to be out right now!”

“I had to do something.  I wasn’t about to let you be pinned down out there!”  Rainbow stated back.

“You know I can take care of myself in this kind of situation!  The moment I clear a path, you make a break for safety!”

“No!  I’m going to help to the best that I can!”  She objected.

“This isn’t a situation you can help with!”

“I’m not about to about to abandon you to the enemy!”

“I don’t have time for this Rainbow!”  Why does she have to be stubborn right now?  I know she’s the Element of Loyalty and loves me, but Rainbow needs to realize that this still isn’t a situation she can go up against.  I snatched up Dash and prepared myself for the oncoming mass of soldiers.  “Once the path is open, you go!  No arguing about it!”

With the approaching scythes, I moved Rainbow further behind me as I swung in every possible location in front of us; defending against blow after blow.  Some foes would try and flank me, but their efforts proved to be null for I reacted in time to repel every attempted slash.  The unorganized, yet rhythmatic clangs of mine and the enemies’ weapons continued roar through the chaos as the pegasus and I were soon drowned in the sea of attackers.  Each violent metallic echo triggered my cyan love to push herself closer and closer into my chest.

She’s a brave girl, but it took this much to action to finally make her realize that she’ll never succeed against these opponents.  I have to get her out her now, but these bastards aren’t really giving me a chance.

The second I saw an opening, I took it.  I thrust Apocalypto into the tiny, unoccupied gap between soldiers and spirit weapons.  From there, I spun myself for a minute and could the pressure of my blade dragging across flesh and metal; creating a circular ring of sparks and crimson spray.  Next I embedded my zweihander into the ground, where I used the continuing momentum from spin to throw Rainbow and I into the air, only for me to land directly on the hilt of my sword and push it further down, disrupting the natural pattern of the earth and erecting a ragged stone wall around the two of us and forcing the others back.  After some of the opposing warriors recovered from the minor eruption, they lunged at my position only for me to counter by round house kicking the blades of their scythes into the ground and using the continuous movement to snag Apocalypto in my twirl.  With one more rotation and unleashed a massive sword wave that blanketed the surrounding area.  I finally finished by slashing a grass green, vertical line of energy behind Dash and I; those unfortunate to meet with it, either had limbs severed or separated into two burnt halves.

This was the chance I was hoping for.

I set Rainbow down then ordered her to follow the path that was set.  After a ten second head start and releasing a barrage of energy blasts at anything that didn’t look equine, I joined my girlfriend to give her cover.  Shortly after reaching Dash, I was immediately forced into a support role as I fired shot after shot at anyone that dared near themselves.

Voices belonging to that of Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity, called out to the two of us and signaled for Rainbow to enter the haven of the library.  I opened the barrier around the structure’s door and Dash rushed towards the entrance of the building, but was cut off when a guy landed in front of her.  I don’t know if this man plans to use Rainbow against me or is simply trying to flank me.  Either way, I won’t let him near her.

I quickly readied myself and chucked my sword at the guy, pinning him above the doorway.  If it was Fluttershy or Rarity, they might have been slightly hesitant to get someone else’s blood on them; luckily that was the least of my mare’s worries.

I was pulled back momentarily, for a woman tried restraining me.  With the instant use of my might, I threw to the ground in front of me and immediately stomped on her chest.  While my foot held my victim down, I nabbed up her weapon and positioned the bottom of the staff end above her head, but I wasn’t able to proceed for her fellow companions reached us in time to interrupt my attempt.  Before long afterwards, I forced them away and was fast enough to grab the incoming kick from the very same woman I held down.  With her in my grasp, I twirled around and used the flailing body as a club against her friends, and then forced her back into the ground where I popsicled her with her very own weapon.

After the battler’s pained shriek, I found myself being weighted down as more warriors dogpiled me.  Once I became the center, my body and flesh shifted as I concentrated and unleashed my Ultimate.  The shear shock from my power was enough to force everyone off as the intensity of my burning aura singed anything and everything it came in contact with.  My right arm rose and my fingers unlatched as I called Apocalypto back.

I directed the tip at the army and charged forward, shish kabobbing those in my path and watching their eyes turn lifeless in my peripheral.  Following that, I lashed my blade horizontally and slashed a lightning wave while also freeing my zweihander from the corpses.  After some of my opponents jolted and convulsed from my attack, I lunged at each and every one of those victims at such speeds, it seemed like I phased through them.  Wounds opened up and their inner liquid squinted out of them.

Others joined in the fray, and after a few short clacks of our weapons, I forced their scythes out of their grip and gave them one powerful slash that was met with an immediate moist thud.  Shortly after, I was again bathed in the light of my opponents’ energy blasts and beams, but this time I stood my ground and took the full blunt of their attacks unscathed.  After a brief moment of shock hit them, the army tried for a second round, but this time I focused a sphere in between my horns and countered force with force.  With my immense power, I annihilated their strikes and dragged a navy blue beam against the battlers.

A group of them joined me on the ground again and prepared their slashes.  I batted five swings away with my wings, pushed way three with my tail, and grabbed two with my free hand.  From there, I wrapped my tail around one man’s leg and bashed him into multiple things as I continued to move, cleaved through the defenses of four soldiers with overwhelming strikes of my zweihander, bashed down one woman with my left wing and crush her throat with an immediate stomp, forced another guy to spin and face the opposite direction as I forced the spike on my left wrist into the back of his head, and finished by grabbing the hostage’s head that I held with my tail and pulled in quick succession, ripping the appendage off from the rest of the body.

Two charged me with their blades in mid swing.  I quickly wrapped my tail around the hilt of Apocalypto and grasped the two scythe heads.  I then pulled back and yanked the weapons out of the women’s hands and instantly forced the staff ends through their bodies and as deep as I could push them into the ground and pin the two.  After the women, four of their battle brothers lunged at me, only for me to slash two with my sword and grab the other two by the necks and slamming them down on the previous women’s scythes; the blades easily sliced through their spines and partially out their front.

As more sped at me, I conjured up shadow tendrils and stone spikes at the feet of my enemies.  Those who managed to avoid being penetrated were greeted with wing bashes, my zweihander dismembering their limbs, energy orbs and beams, or a furious fire breath.  The number of the enemy’s casualties continued to increase, first by ten, then twenty, and then so on.

I am sparing no mercy to my foes.  If they really wish to resume their inept attempt against my life, then I shall show them the true extent of my power.

Suddenly, the entire Dragon Army retreated back to a single point and began channeling their emotions and power into the spheres that formed in the confines of their hands.  I soon mimicked them.

If they truly believe their Kazejin can slay me, then let them try.

With all of the anger I’ve experience, with all of the sorrow I’ve shed, and with all of the love I’ve felt!  This ends now!

The army and I threw our hands forward and with the unrelenting roar exploding out, the intensity of our Kazejins was unleashed upon each other.  However, the two never made contact.  A third force intervened in the nick of time to appear where the two beams would have clashed.  Whatever this new force was, it was able to withstand the overpowering strength of our Kazejins and actually absorbing the energy in a blinding flash.  Once the light faded and the rest of the energy was absorbed, the third entity was revealed to be all five of the Dragos Elementos.  Bith, Dahlia, Ramis, and Kronis were the ones that actually absorbed the overwhelming force, but the four of them transferred the energy into Lith where he redirected and fired off the combined Kazejins into the voids of space.  After that, Lith immediately turned to the Dragon Army.

“Who ordered is assault!?”  Lith demanded.

A single soldier stepped forward, “Sir we-“

The sound of a bell reverberated through the land as a tremendous and terrifying amount of spiritual energy flooded the area.  All eyes turned to a single spot in the sky and we all witnessed an azure orb materialize through the smoke.  Silence filled the air as everyone watched, mesmerized with terror by this burning sphere as it slowly descends to us.  It zigzagged through the open space as if it were a simple yet ominous will-o-wisp observing us as well.

My fingernails bore deep into the palms of my hands as I screamed out his name in anger.  “REIKU!”

The azure ball jolted up momentarily, and then shot down to the earth; creating a towering inferno wall of the same hue upon impact.  Shortly after a humanoid figure swung both of his arms and dispelled the flames.  Every single member of the Dragon Army and the Dragos Elementos went down on one knee and bowed to their lord.  There is no doubt about it, this is Reiku!

After approaching me half way, Reiku stopped.  His right arm was the first to raise, then his left, both in a very fluid motion.  A golden aura manifested around both of his appendages and was soon directed at me.

I quickly gripped Apocalypto again and readied myself for whatever Reiku will throw at me.

Reiku then fired the energy at me, but instead of the light hitting me, the aura shot past me and at the town where I heard numerous glass shattering sounds.

No!  Ponyville!

I turned and to my sights, I was amazed at what I was witnessing.  The golden energy was misting all around the entire town and removing the barrier, but at the same time it was extinguishing the all the flames, restoring all the damages the force field couldn’t protect, and healing and reviving all the casualties.  After seeing all of that, my attention was turned to the crackling of flames, for Reiku had encased the Dragon Army in multiple azure fire balls and transported his warriors back to the world from once they came.  Reiku then turned to me.

“Inrei, if you truly wish to confront me one last time, then find me in the realm where it all began.”  His voice held much authority and sounded nearly exactly like mine.

An azure flame soon engulfed his entire being until the fire converted itself into a blue sphere that unleashed a quick burst as it disappeared.  Left in the place of Reiku was the triangular mark of God, glowing in its fiery orange hue.

I could hear the clopping of hooves slowly approach me from behind.  It was Rainbow

“Inrei…”  She muttered.

With aggression, I sheathed my sword back into my soul as I thought about what just happened….calling me out for one final battle…Fine Reiku! This ends once and for all!

I left to prepare myself for my last fight with Reiku.

The beginning of the twilight sky for dusk has begun shedding itself over Equestria.  In my final preparations, I have brought myself to First Impact.  In my left hand is the De’la Windbloom Guardian’s Mask; with my thumb, I pressed on a holographically projected button.  Just one last task now.

….I hope Rainbow doesn’t have to see that message.

I took in a deep breath and could feel my hands shake.  Is it because I’m scared, or nervous?  I have confidence in my abilities, but I have a feeling I may not return.  This is going be my final battle with Reiku, so the victor will determine the outcome for our futures.  But now that I further think about it, part of me doesn’t want to fight Reiku; it’s the part of me that remembers the good times I had with Reiku and how he saw me as a son.

I just want to stay here in Ponyville with my family, living off the rest of our days happy.  But from what Reiku said, that won’t be possible.  If only there was some other way….

Come on Inrei, you just got to calm down.  I know what will relax me.

I reached deep into my pocket and pulled out that worn down carton.  I then took that last cigarette and placed it in my lips as I lit it up.  As the embers matched the sky, as the taste and smell of clove hit my senses, the memories of my past flowed through me.  Those happy days, the souls I’ve met, those peaceful moments, and my reasons all refreshed themselves through the smoke and the dying glow of my cigarette.

This confrontation will be for everyone I care and love.

“Inrei!”  A familiar voice cried out.

I guess it’s time…

I turned to the worry expressions of Rainbow, Pinkie, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike.

I began.  “When I first arrived here, we were just simply strangers.  But that all changed when you became the one thing dear I held most, my family.  So for that, I wanted to thank you all.”

“Inrei please...maybe…maybe you don’t have to fight Reiku.  Maybe you can stay.”  I could hear the anxiety in Rainbow’s begging.

“…You know that’s not possible.”  My words silenced Dash as her eyes welled up.  It hurt me for seeing like Rainbow like this.  I wrapped my arms around her and embraced her as much as I could.  Once we pulled back, I gave her my fog hat gray mask.  “This mask has been with me since the beginning and means a lot to me.  And I want you to have it.”  I got up and proceeded to the others as Rainbow looked back and forth between the mask and I.

“I guess there’s no stopping you…Since that’s the case, all I can do is wish you luck Inrei.”  Rarity and I hugged.

“So this is it…We’ll be rootin’ for you pal.”  Applejack and I hugged.

Pinkies eyes watered up as her tears sprayed out like a sprinkler system.  “I’LL MISS YOU!”  Pinkie and I hugged.

“I know you can do it.”  Spike and I hugged.

“…Pl-please make it back safely.”  Fluttershy and I hugged.

“You’ll always be in our hearts.  Good luck Inrei.”  Twilight and I hugged.

I took a few steps away from the group to give myself clear space for when I teleport.

“Inrei please don’t go!”  Dash sniffed.

Turning back to her I saw the streams of tears flow down her flushed face.  I went back to her and knelt down.

“I wish I didn’t have to go, really I do.  I promise you I’ll return.”  I gently placed my hands on her cheeks and pressed my lips against hers for what may be our last kiss.  I didn’t want to pull away from this moment…But I had to.

I held back my tears for what I am about to say and I know I will hate myself for saying it.

“Goodbye Rainbow.”

The look on her face after hearing my words was even more painful to bear as her tears continued to roll down.

I conjured up the flames to transport me to where Reiku was while keeping my eyes on Rainbow.  Soon my vision was warped from the flames.

“You better come back!”  Dash cried.

I wanted to cry right there, but it was too late, my spell had finished and I had left Equestria.

How long has it been since I started my journey?  Weeks?  Months?  Years?  I don’t know, but I do know I should have bothered to count the passing time.  That way I would have known how long I truly got to spend with my friends and family.

Through my hardships I have learned many life lessons, some of which I would have never gained the knowledge of if I didn’t start this quest.  Through my loses, I was given the answers to questions that plagued me in my early life, and allowed me to continue forward like a moth to a distant moon.  These answers, these lessons, linger in my mind like an image from an old dream.  And now, who am I, to have been blessed and granted this knowledge?  I am not just a god or a dragon, I am simply a human.

Thank you for these lessons.  Thank you Aurelia.  Thank you Zin.  Thank you…Reiku.

Currently I am traversing the streets of a seemingly normal metropolis that is stuck in a world that is rapidly dwindling of life.  It doesn’t matter which way I look, left, right, forward, backwards, people are disappearing.  Members of the Dragon Army are teleporting in and out of Earth’s realm, while they transport every living creature off this planet and into the world of Sin Rati.

No having to worry about others getting hurt, no holding back, no limit to how far we escalate things.  This really is the end.

As the last teleport out of this universe finished, only one other soul remained with me.  I stopped in front of the skyscraper of where Reiku stood atop.  After a quick glance, he leapt off the building and joined me on the concrete streets.  Now that he was on ground level with me, I could see an almost forlorn look in his eyes.

After a deep exhale, he spoke in a somewhat somber tone.  “So you finally came.”

“This ends today.”  I stated

“I know it does, it was inevitable.  We are but two sides of the same coin.”  Reiku continued.

“Eventually one side would have had to land face up.”  I followed.

“After eons of strife…”

“…Our war will come to an end.”

Reiku and I walked past each other until we were thirty-five feet away from each other.  I had summoned Apocalypto and he had materialized Origin.  I was morphed into my Ultimate and Reiku morphed into his.  Aside from our different color scheme, the two of us were exact mirror opposites.

Reiku muttered something, but I was unable to comprehend it.

This ends here and now…Father…..