(A/N: I've been gone for awhile. i will never drop this book but i needed some time/had some writers block for this chapter. Thanks for reading still <3)
(A/N 2: 3200 words, my longest chapter.)
/Eden POV/
As Omni entered into my consciousness again, she instructed me on what to do as to allow her better chances of recovering my memories.
I noticed time stood still, i figured Omni did it because this'll take some time.
I just sat quietly and waited.
~
Fucking hell i'm bored.
I've been sitting dead still in this one place for who knows how long—oh wait, i do! I counted every damned second i've spent here.
2,207,520,150,069.
Or, better yet—70,000 years.
Something like that. I stopped counting after 69,420. I laughed about it as it was the only thing to keep me occupied.
The silence after that joke still haunts me…
As for why not do anything else with any of my powers? I couldn't. In order to aid Omni in my memory restoration, i had to devote everything to that, or else i'd mess around and lose all of my memories.
I should protect those better.
Anyway, it's been 70,000 years because i've lived 1,379 lives, it roughly accounts for every year of every life, with some of those lives being lived as members of different races, some with a lifespan of hundreds or thousands of years.
Or maybe i simply died early.
Some memories have cleared up though, so it hasn't been a complete waste of time.
Maybe i should-
*Thump Thump* *Thump Thump* *Thump Thump*
"Huh?"
*Thump Thump* *Thump Thump* *Thump Thump*
*heavy breathing*
"W-what's happening? My hearts beating out of control and i- i can't control my breathing."
{"Aya, Run!"}
*Thump Thump*
{"No! You have to come with me! I won't leave you, not again!"}
*Thump Thump*
{"Please, Aya. I will find you, i promise."}
*Thump Thump*
*Heavy breathing*
"Aya!"
Huh?
Those were memories? they feel so vivid, the emotions i felt…the fear i felt.
Not fear for my own life, but the fear that i might not be able to protect hers…
That, was the first time i ever felt that emotion, the first time i met her…
I need to focus, where did it all start?
~
/General POV\
-Planet Sylvaya-
In a bright field, encompassed by beautiful multicolored trees, sat a young man with snow white hair and blood red eyes.
The young man sat quietly, staring off into space.
"5…4…3…"
Suddenly the young man started counting down, a smile growing on his face as he got closer and closer to 0.
"2…"
*thud* *thud* *thud* *thud*
Hurried footsteps started getting louder and louder, there were multiple people approaching the young mans locations quickly.
"1…Right on time, my dear friends."
The arriving men stopped at the clear taunt of the young man with white hair.
"Shut your damn mouth, boy! You killed my son! I'll have your head!"
The young man responded to the shouts with a simple smile, slowly standing up while dusting himself off.
"I truly do apologize…but your sons life is—sorry, was, worth a lot of money."
The group of men seemed visibly upset by this taunt, grabbing their weapons and shouting curses.
*woosh*
Immediately, the leader of the group dashed towards the young man, fully brandishing his sword.
No more words were exchanged, it wasn't necessary, only the sounds of screams and pleads for mercy sounding out.
Minutes later, the young man left the forest, blood covering the weapon he held, but none on him.
The young man kept the same smile on his face. Looking at him, one would never know he had just killed a dozen people, or that he's killed plenty more.
Nobody knew his name, he didn't even know his name.
Alone since birth, the young man had to fend for himself ever since.
Now he wanders from place to place, making lots of money from the murders he commits, but lots of enemies too.
"I wonder what new names the mass has created for me now…"
The young man walked into a nearby bar, sitting at a table and listening to the conversations around him.
He liked to do this occasionally, seeing what nightmarish story the locals have come up with about him.
He's had plenty of nicknames over the years, though he hasn't found any he likes just yet.
It was pretty arrogant of him to assume he'd be the talk of the town anywhere he went, but with the amount of killings he's done—some even in broad daylight surrounded by witnesses—and he's still roaming free? This is the stuff of legends.
So, he quietly stayed seated and just listened, it didn't take long to finally hear something.
"Tch, this asshole in the news…does he think he's some kind of justice warrior? He killed our one good supply guy…if i see that bastard i'll kill him myself."
The young man raised an eyebrow at this, he loved a challenge.
"Relax, don't let this distract you from what's important. Our supplier is dead, so what? There'll be more. Now, i implore you to speak in a lower tone while you discuss our businesses or i'll be forced to deem you, 'unneeded'…"
The young man focused in on the conversation even more, this was interesting to him.
He used the reflection of his glass to see the men who were talking, they seemed like a typical thug, but one of the men was wearing a suit.
'Haha, a suit indoors looks ridiculous.' The young man thought to himself.
"You're right, boss. It's just that Entity gets me upset…"
The man in the suit raised his eyebrow.
"Entity? Where'd you hear such a ridiculous name."
"It's the newest name everyone calls him, and the most popular. Nobody knows his real name, though people have seen him before. No one could find anything on his identity."
After the two men talked some more they got up and left.
"Entity, huh? It's a weird name but i'll use it for now."
Entity got up, the people around him gasping as they previously didn't notice his presence.
"Is that…? When did he get here?! Quick, take a picture!"
Of course, with his notoriety, Entity could never just walk into somewhere without being noticed. He's not a master of disguise for no reason.
As for why choose now to reveal hisself? Why not? He's already completed his goal of coming here.
He simply threw down some money for his drink and left the building.
/Entity POV\
*Sigh* 'I might as well prepare…i have another job to complete later.'
~
After a few hours i made it back to the place i temporarily called a home.
I walked in and saw a girl sitting down on the couch, quietly.
She had white hair and red eyes, similar to mine.
That's part of the reason i saved her, i never met anyone who had the same style as me.
Not even my 'family' members did before i killed them.
Long story, but they left me to die first.
"Sitting in the dark is a bit creepy, but i see you're finally awake."
I sat in front of her and stared into her eyes.
She seemed a little shocked, seeing someone she doesn't know just walk in, especially someone who has the same hair and eye color as she does.
"No offense, but you smell like blood. I don't mind the smell, but you're on my new couch. You should go shower."
She didn't respond, just smelled herself and her hair before getting up to go shower.
I don't have any extra clothes for her, guess she'll just wear something i have.
I threw some of my clothes next to the bathroom so she'll see them when she leaves.
As for me, i'm going to go look into my next job.
…
an hour and a half later i heard the bathroom door open, and out came the girl, now wearing my clothes which were pretty baggy.
She had the hood of my cloak up with some of her hair coming out the front down the side of her neck.
She walked over to where i was sitting and sat next to me, looking at what i was doing.
"thank you…"
She spoke weakly, i smiled and nodded in response and kept looking over my plans.
I was excited, this place has hundreds of guards, this'll be very fun!
"what are you doing…?"
"Hmm? Oh, going to go kill some people soon, so i gotta plan."
She didn't seem to have any reaction to that, she passed the first test.
"…why'd you tell me that so honestly?"
A test, it's hard to believe i stumbled upon the one person who looks similar to me, i'm not some mindless sap to think of something dumb like fate.
"I trust you. Why don't you reciprocate that trust and tell me your name."
She didn't respond, but she looked as if she was thinking hard about what her name was.
"I don't remember…can you give me one?"
Huh? I didn't even have a name until a few hours ago…
"I don't know…let's see…Girly? No that's lame. Red? Eh… Ava? Nice and close but doesn't fit her exactly….Aya! that's right, your name will be Aya!"
Took some trial and error, but i found one.
She didn't seem to mind it, rather seems she likes it.
"how about you? what's your name?…"
"I still didn't really have a name, i was just rolling with Entity for now."
She just shook her head at the name before responding.
"…entity isn't a real name…i'll just call you eden…"
I don't know what mental gymnastics she's performed to get there, but whatever.
"Anyway, what are your plans? When i found you, you were covered in blood and there were several dead bodies around you. Mind explaining that?"
…
For the next few minutes Aya explained her story, she was abandoned by her family like me, but she was unlucky enough to be found by the wrong people.
They took her in and treated her as some animal because of her hair and eye color.
She escaped that house and ended up in a group home for troubled children, where she was further ostracized for her differences.
Constantly bullied and beaten, she never had a moment of peace for the next 10 years she spent there.
One day when she turned 18, she was approached by one of the leaders of the group home, he was some rich scumbag who used the place as somewhere to groom children into working for him, the boys would do dirty work like selling drugs or murder for hire, while the girls did what any lustful old man would make them do.
So, he finally approached Aya, the only reason he hasn't before is because he was too busy with his other 'factories'.
The first time he saw her he was fascinated, though he thought she was strange with her hair and eyes, maybe she'd fetch a high price when he sold her.
That's what he thought.
He tried to make his move on her but she resisted, that's when he tried to force himself on her.
She was pretty strong and fast, she's been practicing over the years to prevent the other younger boys from bothering her.
She kicked the man in his crotch and broke his arm before she ran away.
The man sent his guards after her, she ran until she hit a dead end.
They fought and she managed to kill most of them before passing out, i arrived and killed the last few before she could be brought back.
After that she woke up here and was surprised to be welcomed by someone and not shunned away, even more i have the same hair and eye color as her.
"You know…the name of that guy sounds familiar, he should be related to the target i'm about to hit today. You up for some revenge? You can kill him and all the other people that made your life hell."
She smiled and nodded yes, and that marked our first encounter.
We didn't stop there, she joined me on many missions, always being there for me.
Years passed, she became more open and confident in speaking, she was the only person in the world i could actually be normal with.
She made me happy, which is an emotion i've never felt before.
She made my heart feel weird, we both seemed to feel that way about each other, we were both confused as we never felt these emotions before.
She was the only one to grow up in any semblance of a family, so she knew about some emotions.
She said this might be love, which makes me laugh a bit.
To the public i am known as Entity, to Aya i am known as Eden.
Entity Eden. I should take over this world and become its king.
I can be Entity King Eden.
Hahaha, a joke.
What a dumb title, i don't need anyones validation…but hers.
Is this abandonment issues from being discarded at birth? or am i just mentally unstable?
Well, either way, we both are mentally unstable.
We were living life, Aya ended up pregnant finally, until it all came crashing down.
The king sent thousands of guards at us in hopes of killing us.
We survived, but the baby didn't.
We saw red, we wanted revenge on that piece of shit.
We were so close to getting it too, but…
But why…why did it have to end here?
Did i get too greedy? I wanted to rule this world to secure a better life for her, but all i did was drag her down to hell with me.
We're at the back gates of the Kings Castle.
We attempted revenge, but i got complacent.
Maybe this is fate? I used to make fun of it, but now look at me.
Covered in blood while i shield Aya, whose also covered in blood.
I'm scared…Not scared to die, of course. But scared to lose her…
"Aya…please…you need to run."
I begged her to run, to leave this behind, to leave me.
Why was she being so stubborn?
"No! You have to come with me! I won't leave you, not again! I refuse to live without you!"
Silly girl…
"Please, just run. I'll find you, i promise-"
She kissed me before i could finish my sentence.
"Don't lie to me. You'll do something stupid like sacrificing yourself for me…remember what we promised when we first got together? We fight together, we live together, we die together."
She clutched the necklace i brought her to her chest, reminiscing.
"They're getting closer, if we're going to die, we should do it on our terms."
We looked at each other and smiled, putting our weapons down and pulling something out of our pockets.
It was two more necklaces.
We got them for our daughters if we ever had any in the future. I made them myself. 3 pairs, one for Aya, and two for our future daughters.
We each carried one, they held a large amount of power as they were made from some of the strongest gems in this world.
Once they connect, they'll create a link that would allow me and Aya to instantly appear at our daughters aid. It also functioned as a protective shield.
But, if they were wielded by me and Aya, their functions change drastically.
The explosion we could unleash can destroy the continent we live on, but we don't want to do that.
We'll wipe this shitty kings castle off the map, save this continent from him.
It'll be the one act of good i've done for these people, maybe they'll be grateful, maybe they won't. I don't really care.
"Thank you for being there for me, Aya."
"Thank you for being there for me, Eden."
"I love you, Aya."
"I will always love you, darling."
*Click*
*BOOOOOM*
…
/General POV\
"Woah! Did you see that shit?!"
There were many pedestrians staring at the castle that was just blown to pieces.
"How could i miss it? Why do you always ask dumb questions…"
…
Many days later, the royal government arrived to inspect the aftermath, hoping to find the culprit.
"Sir, i am sorry for your loss."
Everyone inside bowed as a man walked into the room, he was the last living royal, Prince Zee.
Prince Zee was the 5th prince, he was away on business for his family, hoping to rise in the ranks and hopefully inherit the throne.
Prince Zee was in a horrible mood, he lost his entire family and even his fiancé in the explosion.
"Who did this! I want names, family, closes relatives, anything!"
Everyone scrambled, they couldn't find anything, until some lackeys came in carrying two weapons.
Anyone with a brain would recognize these two iconic blades.
"Entity and his self proclaimed 'Entity's Queen'? Haha. I never knew that bastard would end up dying like this. He's lucky he's dead or id drag him here and beat him to death myself."
Prince Zee grabbed the weapons and walked away, that was the beginning of the tale of the Mad King.
The king who lost it all, he hung up the two weapons in a museum with the titles of "Enemy of Humanity."
The Mad King devoted himself to dark magic and trying to revive his family and his fiancé.
~
/Eden POV\
-Present day-
*heavy breathing, gasping for air*
"Aya!"
Time was back normal, i unlocked the remainder of my memories and saw Aya jump in fright at my sudden yell.
I ran to her and hugged her, it's been years since i actually saw her, but the memories felt too real.
"I remember now, i remember everything."
She cried while hugging me, though i could tell she didn't remember everything so i transferred my memories and helped unlock hers.
After she saw she started crying even harder.
Omni put up a sound barrier to keep from waking Ava and Yvir.
After we separated a bit, i pulled out the three necklaces.
"I guess me finding these wasn't so random after all…"
«Hmph! And you called me dumb in your first life!»
'Uhh..you know i was just joking, come on Fate…'
…
Every time i shifted through my memories, i looked at the first time we met.
I'd get a weird feeling that made me know, i had to be with her.
I remember our second life, we had a conversation about it.
-Flashback-
"Darling, doing research on it, it may mean we're soulmates! I mean, we both got the same feeling of intense longing, i also felt immense sadness, maybe we went through something tragic in a previous life."
"Maybe…now the most tragic thing we have to deal with is our project due in 3 hours…"
"You haven't finished yours yet?! Ugh, darling! For how smart you are you sure are very lazy."
"Sorry, sorry. i'll finish it soon….Hey, completely off topic, but do you ever feel like you're constantly being watched?"
Aya got scared and moved closer to me.
"Don't joke like that, darling! Are you trying to say there's ghosts here?!"
"Hahaha! No, but i just feel like someone or something is always watching me, i'm probably just paranoid."
-Flashback end-
And to think i was right all along, Omni the pervert.