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A Future's Past; Some things are best left unsaid...
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Kazunari Dec 25 2011, 06:22 PM Post #1
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It’s been a long time since I wrote in here it seems. A long… long time. I stopped counting a while back – when you become a Kaiju time is no longer this valuable commodity. It’s a near worthless resource.
Humans horde time. They are loathe to share it with anyone, even those they love. It is the most valuable thing they own.
As a Kaiju though, time is something that never comes into consideration. Where humans wish for more time, to be able to do things as fast as possible I have found myself taking more and more time with things. The slower I can do something the better. I see the world rush past me and I can do nothing but stand by and watch – I have no incentive to step in and change things…

How life has changed. Amazing how much things can change in just a few centuries. Before…. In a time I can barely remember I was a force that could change the path of history with a single swing of my blade. And it was something I did for money.
The Battle against the Eleven Tailed Fox.
The birth of Bright Dusk.
The War of the North.
And, of course… The War that Shattered the World.

I can’t even remember what I used to look like before The War. Everything changed then. Everything.
I came face to face with the greatest warriors. I witnessed horrors beyond horrors. I saw the very world come apart at the seams.
I saw my friends die – True Death, never to return – I faced down the first Avatar of Chaos. I stood against the unrelenting tide.

… I watched the man who meant the most to me fall from grace.
Watched people I had grown so close too torn from me.
And my life was Shattered. Everyone who once knew me would never recognize me. And this is the way it should stay. It’s best they never know what… what they had to sacrifice to save the world.

But, I digress. I’m not writing about the Last Great War today, but the beginning of hope as I look out over… well, I suppose I better explain things first.


The Ninja World erupted into war after an act of unimaginable hate and terror. A bomb so powerful it tore through the Fields and let loose beings beyond comprehension even for an Avatar of Order. Even for me, and my body has been twisted by dark powers. I have touched the Goddess Herself and I still survive yet these beings were alien even to me.
I tapped into powers just as twisted as the beings we had unleashed upon ourselves – drew upon the power of the youkai and fought back the tide. I stood side by side with the greatest people I have ever had the honour of knowing and one by one I watched them fall.
The Flash blamed us. We, of Order. We blamed the ones of Chaos. And while we fought for our world, we fought against Chaos.
I… I was there. For the Fall. The Fall of Empyrean.
It was gradual. But then, with every Celestial Realm, they must end. Everything has a time when it comes to an end. The final moments were just so abrupt. One second it’s there, the other it’s… not. I can see the islands in the distance… what remains of them. And the Spire. That wonderful, impossible structure.

And then, of course, came the Sacrifice. Thousands of souls fed to the hungry spirits to sate their bloodlust so we could have our petty little war. I don’t even know who won. I don’t think anyone did.
Eventually, I was the last Avatar. Astaroth was gone…. Hoshi was gone… Ayumu… my daughter. She died in my arms. And then it was my turn. I died a Final Death, or so I thought. But something pulled me back. Something… Wrong. Or maybe right.

I came back.
I refused to accept the Truth that was handed to me.
I said “Fuck Reality”. And I changed everything.
Every.
Fucking.
Thing.

I stared into the Abyss of the End. And I spat at it. I refused to bow. I refused to die. I REFUSED TO SACRIFCE. For one final time the world quaked before me. I Shattered everything. Everyone. I set the world on fire, and let it all Begin again.
I Changed the Truth. I steered the world away from destruction. But it had a cost. Everything has a cost. To hide the Truth, I… I had to make myself reviled. I sacrificed everything to save the world. And the world had to sacrifice so much as well. Some things couldn’t change. Empyrean had to fall. The War had to happen. But the outcome was changed.

I won’t say to what, but we’re still here. That much is true. But here I sit at the edge of the world, cut off from everyone and everything. I cut my ties to the world to save it – and in doing so made myself a paradise.

Now, I sit upon my throne and watch the world pass me by. An Immortal Kaiju, leading a Timeless Realm. From here we watch the world and guide it on the right path. I didn’t create this on my own. Even though I had to walk away from the world, a few souls joined me… two in particular. Two the world wouldn’t recognize either. The last two of my blood.
This Realm is not mine… it belongs to her. I simply lead it until she comes to understand that. I channel the power, but she is what shapes it. I am it’s Guardian. She is it’s Leader. It is our home.

Arisa… Ayumu… we built this together, and I shall stand guard forever over our creation. A home for every outcast. Everyone who is different. Or alone. Perhaps one day they will rejoin the world.
And perhaps, one day, I can rejoin it as well.


… Astaroth. I know, somehow, you’ll find this. No matter where it goes you’ll find it. If you’re still alive.
Forgive me for everything I’ve done? Please. I… you don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t done what I did. Believe me when I say it was the lesser of two evils. Not that it feels like that to you I would assume.
Is Hoshi still with you? Goddess, I miss her… The tears when I… I must have broke her heart. I still see her eyes, and the look of broken trust. I hope… she can forgive me as well. I hope you all can, all of you who are left.
And Bluemage. Did you survive? I hope so. I’d be disappointed if what happened was enough to kill you. Sorry about the hat though – for the record, I like the colour of your eyes. Never expected that.

I’m going off on a tangent again. But when you can hear a thousand souls talking in your head it gets… confusing. I can See so much. Hear so much.
I’m going to send this out, and hope one of the Empyrean survivors find this. Perhaps you can find Astaroth for me. I won’t tell you where my Realm is. You should be able to find it.
A Black Dawn is obvious enough. Just look towards the end of the world.
And… I suppose that’s it. Maybe someone will find my full journal. If you do, find Astaroth. Or Hoshiko. Or Bluemage. Let the see the Truth. Let them understand I did what was needed. Not what was easy.

Regardless of what you all think of me… I still think of you all as friends. No, more than friends. I hope you’re all safe. And if not… then I hope death is kind. I know that nothing awaits after this life – only the End.

I just hope my story has another Beginning
Edited by Kazunari, Dec 25 2011, 07:12 PM.
 
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