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In Luxor Temple...

Sanju observed the large crystallized lotus from the area, he spotted a large crowd that surrounded the temple. Akito, Yukito, Kanae, Senja, Karina, Kinana and Raiden were standing with him. Everyone observed what happened when they walked into the crowd, watching the archaeologists examine the Core as one archaeologist arrived. Kirana was accompanying her father in the temple, after Althair told them to make sure the Nirvana Organization didn't interrupt them.

"Crap, I wanna buy some souvenirs so bad.”

Akito grumbled angrily, Yukito rolled his eyes before he sighed. "Stop being so greedy," he admonished his younger twin, knowing him love to collect some souvenirs (especially the one with Egyptian cat god known as Bastet, he love cats for centuries). He watched an Egyptian Mau cat passing by and meowed, he kneel down and pat the cat while keeping his his act like a foreigner in the group of tourist who were traveling. The cat was approaching him and let Akito petting it, making Raiden snicker and about to pull up some pranks under his sleeve (literal) when Senja held his arm and keep him in check.

"Does anyone bring a cat food? I forgot to bring one at the mansion," he asked them, Kinana nodded before reaching her bag and took the bag from her sling bag. "Uh, I found the cat food!"

She excitedly stood in front of Akito, making him smiling nervously to the fifteen years old girl (he can't curse nor flip someone off in front of kids). After all, he received a nice care package from Kinana full of snacks and cat food she kept for herself. There were the canned sardines, beef luncheon meat, cans of cat's food and the snacks included her favorite food for she was keeping them inside her magical backpack. She was being resourceful by keeping some essential stuff inside her backpack.

Meanwhile...

Renata chuckled when she looks at the lotus from afar, she landed smoothly at the temple floor. Then, she saw Salihin standing there with a smile and eyes closed. Like usual, he always composed as if nothing happened in his surroundings. "Salihin, you're being absent again," she teased the closed-eyed psychic, approaching him with her folded arms and mysterious smile. It made him chuckled, before he looked back at her with a smile and eyes closed.

"You still not convinced that I am trying to go along with you so you could make friends?"

His voice was sounded calm, before he turned around and looks up to the large crystal lotus in the distance. 'The others are inside the Luxor Temple now,' Salihin informed his superior Althair telepathically, before glancing to his left. Renata heard his response as she nodded, she often teased him when he was absent because he need to monitor the future on how will the events go--but it seems that most of the events are calm when it comes to them.

'Yes, everyone are already making their way to the Luxor Temple. It seems that your intuition is correct.'

It seems Althair's prediction hit him like a truck, as both of them continued to discuss the matters about the future events and how they should move without them getting caught. Salihin take out his film script and pen, writing the prediction from Althair with only eyes closed (it's unknown why his eyes always closed but they always describe it as mystery). He wrote the words in a somewhat vague and cryptic manner before nodding to his superior.

'That would do. I'm hoping for the best future then, do inform Kinana's true past while saving them. Also, I sensed a strange presence inside the temple.'

'Then we're moving now. We'll try to protect the bearer and make sure that Kinana could save the others.'

As Renata replied, they proceed to enter the temple while ensuring they'll not attract some attention with Salihin in behind her. "I wonder what are you writing, Sali?" she always addressed Salihin with a nickname like 'Sali' playfully, he decided not to be bothered with her and concentrate about the tasks at hand. As a novelist who is writing script that needs to be decipher, Salihin isn't willing to be interrupted and stop what he's writing--but it annoyed her due to his blank faced yet, stoic personality. "It's confidential, dear Renata. Even with your power, I'll make sure that this book here isn't harmed," Salihin replied without looking at her, and Renata grinned a little--like a mischievous as she is, she won't give up and keep teasing him.

Sanju was eyeing the archaeologists, seeing those three workers have finished checking the lotus crystal from the area, he spotted the one who leads the rest with a woman and a young man whose skin as dark as night with dark brown eyes, curly light brown hair and tanned complexion. He looks like he was on the early twenties, but he's making sure he didn't suspect their actions yet.

Sanju was eyeing the archaeologists, seeing those three workers have finished checking the lotus crystal from the area, he spotted the one who leads the rest with a woman and a young man whose skin as dark as night with dark brown eyes, curly light brown hair and tanned complexion. He looks like he was on the early twenties, but he's making sure he didn't suspect their actions yet. Akito smiled when he stroked that cat that it accepted his gesture of affection, making Yukito reminded him. "Your three cats at home might greet you with 'welcome home cheater' like that or something," he joked and snickered, while Senja can imagine the angry expression on those three cats.

"AH HELL NO--he's so naive to cheat those cats with other cat," Raiden chuckled, he grinned a little too while one archaeologist tapped his shoulder. "You got a good taste to like the Egyptian cats, sir," he said and then decided to observe the structure of the ancient temple.

"You do know that my cats don't talk right?"

Akito hissed at Yukito for saying stupid stuff, all of the others in Silver Slumbering Dragon cannot deny the fact that Yukito not only respectful to women--he can be sarcastic, yet cunning and can think of a way to get out of trouble--combined by Akito who was nothing but a womanizer. Yukito snorted at his response, already got used to his brother's irksome side and had to deal with his shit.

"If only you are willing to stay on a one cat," Sanju teased with a smirk, he just told Akito which can make him annoyed by that while he looks back at them with dumbfounded expression and frowned with annoyance. He remembered that Akito has three cats that he brings everywhere he goes, the reason is that his room was decorated by his beloved cats which his room was just a cat paradise.

Akito yelped, pointing out the obvious. "Sanju, he's a cutie! Come on, all cats are adorable and I know not all of them are as kind as you think."

"What are the names of your three cats?" Kinana asked, looking around the view of Luxor Temple at nighttime with Senja and Kanae was standing beside Karina as they talked. "The first cat is female calico Persian--name's Dango, the second cat is a white and gray male Scottish Straight--his name is Gray, and the last cat is a male Ragdoll and the name's Mocha. They're like three years old now, believe me, those three are the only ones I have," the Insect Raksha responded nonchalantly, looking back at the Egyptian Mau cat.

Sanju observed the large lotus crystal beneath the ground, before he pulled a communication device with a red gem on them. "Althair, its huge as you thought it would be," he reported and stared at it.

'It has pure Phantom Energy reaction, so be wary. Once the Phantom Beasts know this core is here, it's your priority to seal it and protect them.'

Radithya stood beside Althair and Haruse, he couldn't believe he had to act like he was a director who did this project. Haruse smiled mischievously, looking back at his comrade who seems excited for the upcoming mission that will taken by the members, sometimes he did the operation.

"Radithya, keep up your act and be professional."

He knows very well on what he wanted to say, but does this organization need to do like this? Just like his son Sanju, Radithya is not a person who is capable of doing such lies and faked, and always want to keep the truth whenever he wanted to convince others to become the best version of himself.

When he lied, he ended up getting anxious and sweating a little (a running gag shows that his emotions weren't shown but he IS nervous), until he admitted what he was meaning to say and it was hard for him to lie smoothly. "Do you think it's forbidden to revive the one who died from long time ago?"

Haruse asked for their opinion about that, since they were at the modern time-the scientific discoveries became great enough that can make a difference. "After seeing the advancements of science can create great technologies… I think it's possible," Althair responded before Radithya spoke. "It's very forbidden, you don't revive the one who's already dead. Death has no forgiveness."

Althair laughed dryly at his statement while Haruse sweats nervously when he glanced at them. 'No wonder his son is kind but assertive, he got the honesty from him,' Haruse thought. Althair observed him, he smacked on Radithya's arm with a grin before he retorted.

"Hey, next time you need to learn how to lie so they won't found out. Also, don't act as the nervous wreck or they'll think you're hiding something! No wonder Renata had warned you about that," he called out and admonished him for his attempt. "I can't, okay? I'm not a pathological liar like you and Renata do!" he declared.

From the distance...

Sanju, Raiden, Kanae, Yukito, Akito, Kinana, Karina and Senja waited until the national director of Nirvana Organization's Egyptian Branch returned to deliver the instructions, even Sanju watched the scene in awe. To think that they are even a part of this mission, it would be the first time for Sanju to fight in front of them.

Sanju entered the zone of large lotus crystal where the incident happened, keeping his footsteps away from the glass. He paused with an ominous presence, giving a cold sweat. 'Is it…' he could sense something from the core, it emanate a dark energy that was similar with the aura of Phantom Beasts. In the area touched by the supernatural energy, the nearby area has been purified by his power as a Garuda Raksha--tickling the Yin and Yang Garuda with his fingertips.

'The power, it has been there…' the two Garuda Raksha's manifestations hovered and watching him protectively.

"Holy crap, just in this early phase?"

Raiden asked, watching the golden-colored shining orb was trapped inside the large lotus-shaped crystal, swirling with intense energy surrounding it. He never knew it was strong since his boss said so, how it can trap the whole energy of the Moon Asura? If the energy was still left--even the whole continent will be in danger.

"I want to break the crystal, but it might risk the whole place and possibly half the continent," Sanju commented before all of them looked surprised, not expecting him to say that out loud.

"So, let's do it together."

Suddenly, the crystal cracked open and it began to attack them, Sanju quickly deflected using his wings in protecting Kinana while the others evaded until they reached the area outside the temple.

"WATCH OUT!"

Akito screamed when he evaded the attack, he summoned his katana and slash down the crystal appendages that broke in half. Kanae defended using her glaive and quickly shielded Raiden, her arm went numb by the impact of the large appendage but soon regenerates. "Anyone want to be in charge of crushing these appendages? I'll give you some for free," Yukito offered them a suggestion, swinging his katana after crushing and slashing the appendages.

Kinana avoided one of the attacks with Sanju in defense when she opened her eyes and her energy began to circle around her surroundings.

Everything around Kinana has been slowed as she walked, all of them stopped to be left behind by the time while Kinana walked into the core's barrier and her hand reach out to touch the white orb as the white lotus started blooming, making Kinana stunned and eyes were all white from what she saw.

The memory that filled with people on the peaceful land had been projected as if it were a hologram, until she witnessed a large battle between Althair against the enemy in the past--she don't know who the female enemy is but... it looks vague as the final lines struck through his chest, Althair staggered from the injury he had from before.

He was so exhausted from using his full powers to destroy the land, leaving him close to his limit. Until, he unleashed his true power--the 'exalted' form of Flame Raksha that has infernal flames; not the ordinary flame which has turned Althair into his powerful form in the silhouette and burned everything around him into dust. Before the silhouette faded away, the orbs were shattered into particles and the energy of Phantom began to reformed.

It was his past as a Flame Raksha before he eventually evolved into an Exalted Flame Raksha, however the latter still remains unknown why in such transformation that can wipe everything into darkness.

And Kinana saw it from the first and last time, snapping her out from her trance-like state.

"Kinana, watch out!"

Sanju yelled, rushing in her and holding the crystallized shrapnel away from striking her. Raiden, Senja and Karina assisted him, while both Yukito and Akito slashed the large wave of Phantom Crystal Energy. "Sanju, do you have order?" he asked him, the one who always take the lead was him. Sanju close his eyes, before he open them and commanded. "Kanae, Senja, Karina."

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The three who were called turned to see him, realizing that he has a strategy in order to destroy the core safely. "What is your command, captain?" Kanae asked, she bowed along with Senja and Karina followed. They were all standing in that position, until he looked back at them with determined eyes. "Bend the crystal appendages with your power, and then Senja will seal them for us," Sanju ordered, before he added.

"Last but not least; destroy this crystallized area until there's nothing left, as for the Core of the Samsara... leave it to me."

The three of them nodded, and they prepared for their respective positions.

Kanae has transformed into none other than Crane Raksha, her presence and appearance as a Raksha remained the same--nothing has changed.

Karina transformed into a Heron Raksha; one who commands the herons and mirages that can create a layers of illusion, standing beside Senja and Kanae-once they transformed into their respective Raksha forms. Her long black hair with the two red and black streaks with uneven bangs almost covering her crimson-orange eyes under her black Raksha's mask, still retaining her porcelain complexion. She has a pair of black-red horns horns pointed upwards from her forehead over her bangs and retained a black Raksha mask, her hair styled into loose ponytail with a golden and red hairpin with white-black-red moon orchid flowers and golden beads and bangs fell over her cheeks-her hand holding a Brahmastra; Wings of Acintya which is a glaive with a black, gold and silver designs of white and red flowers on her hand.

Wearing an elegant sleeveless qipao-like dress with batik patterns that colored in black and white with a black sleeveless bodysuit underneath and a black choker body harness, along an embroided dark gold orchid flowers on the prints of her dress with black and a white-black long sleeves that has reminiscence of heron's wings, black sash around her waist with a red threads around her neck and her waist with a white cape fell on her back to her ankles with heron theme and reminiscene. She wears a black thigh-high boots with high heels and gold patterns, a pair of black fingerless gloves with dark gold claw-like attachments and red threads on her wrists.

And lastly, Senja transformed into a Binding Raksha; one who commands bindings, manipulate and weaken any kind of energy by his chains. His long bluish-black hair with red streaks turning white while retaining the red streaks, his bangs remained covering his crimson-red eyes and cheeks as he still has alabaster complexion and black Raksha's mask. He wears a traditional blue and gold hairpin with black, gold and red fan ornament tied parts of his hair behind his ears pulling them back uptight-with the several golden dangles hanging on it. Along a pair of four-petaled blue flower headdress hanging on each sides of his hairpin behind his head with the golden dangles, he has a black and red horn over his white bangs.

His attire consists of black sleeveless bodysuit with the black choker body harness underneath his sleeveless black dress-like attire with two separate sleeves that has golden embroidery, platinum sash around his waist with the white and red bird-wings cape that draped over his shoulders-keeping the upper arm parts exposed. Wearing a black pair of fingerless gloves, sporting a thigh-high heeled black boots with silver and golden tips on them, he was holding his Brahmastra; Muruga's Blade of Destruction--a black and red sword filled with destructive powers that can bind one's energy and crush everything using his opponent's own power.

The engraved name; Nanggala... Muruga's Blade.

One by one-they took the crystal appendages by brute force, Senja was more on the shield breaking side before he begins to bind the entire structure down with ease. "Let's kick the hornet's nest..." Senja declared--a feral smirk appeared on his lips in his bloodlust for battle, as all of them can begin destroying it completely, that way the core won't have a chance to interfere in their destruction session. He has abilities that would inflict damage by his sword and binding the crystal under his command--draining its Phantom energy which radiates Anti-Phantom field (which is why many Rakshas must avoid his field in the battle). Kanae slain down everything as she spun and kicks her Brahmastra that inflicts severe damages on the appendages, while Karina focused on dismembering it.

The three of them found the source of the large lotus crystal's sentience, that alone is the 'ovary', 'stigma' and 'ovule' centered in the middle of the large crystal of the area-they arrived at the area while faced with the sentient petals and appendages that blocked their path. "I'll handle the center part, how about you guys?" Kanae asked both of them, Karina spun her glaive before catching it.

"I'll take the 'stigma' while Senja can take the 'ovule' one."

Senja narrowed his eyes, before he smirked as he enjoyed fighting and killing even binding his enemies into nothing but dusts--that's the only thing he ever wanted. He swung his blade of his sword, before he snapped with a growl. "I'm not going to stop until it's done, I need to satisfy my thirst for destroying things--so don't try to hold back this time," he stated, before he leaps and sprinting forward, binding everything throughout the field before he slashes the appendages into pieces.

Karina let out a maniacal grin while she jumps over him, using her speed and leaps into jump and clashing her glaive with other crystal filaments that tried to attack her which she made way for Kanae. "Want more? Here you go," she whispered, before she widened her eyes and creating zig-zag movement that made thousand cuts amongst their enemies--while she was dismembering the crystal appendages before regenerating from the cuts.

Kanae jumps up high as she close her eyes, then she open them and performed her circular and crossing attack with her glaive. Using her strength to cut down the shield parts of the petals, she ignored the cuts on her skin--so she can land her feet on the middle region of the lotus crystal. "Ah... I'm so sleepy," she spoke softly, before she sighed as she spun her glaive. "But, this is just the very first step--how pathetic..." she muttered, narrowing her eyes with satisfaction upon the destruction she had caused with Karina and Senja.

"As long as all of us are working together, that's something not to be underestimated..."

The Crane Raksha slammed her blade by the tip, thrusting it deep and soon it hit the heart of the lotus crystal which trying to attack her. Kanae has the greatest offensive and constructive attacks in terms of damaging structures and enemy's body system, even Raiden avoided her when they were together training. But, Senja was almost better than her on combat but lacks on her control on her psychic and combative sides. Karina has the most brutal combat and also her power as a Heron Raksha can create layers of illusions, until it is gone when she wanted to deactivate the illusions.

Kanae slams down her glaive on the stigma and the crystals attacked her flew into the air, resulting a shrieking noise due to the damage--destroying the large lotus crystal and the spikes around them--revealing the Core of the Samsara that still active.

Sanju obtained the large golden orb similar to the size of a basketball, holding it on his palm that floats in the air and he turn to Althair who nodded--thanking him and his friends to save the temple from the large lotus crystal. The Core of Chandra restored as well and handed to Radithya, allowing him to guard the Core.

"Very well, great job all of you. Now let's get back before something happen here."

Silver Slumbering Dragon--or specifically known as Samsara Core Hunters Organization, an underground organization that said to work against the United Nations and Nirvana Organization because of their resistance against international law when it comes to exterminating Phantom Beasts. They're a group of underground wanted criminals from the outside and the majority of the local population, because their activities are forbidden and feared--they recruited their members to become slaves for destiny--most of the recruits are Rakshas and the members were tasked in protecting them from the government who hunted them. Their headquarters located on the outskirts of Indonesia, somewhere hidden in the underground of Yogyakarta--or not.

This organization also very shady, due to their purpose and it is pretty dark as expected, they were responsible on traversing to many dark areas of their nation and they weren't afraid to destroy or wreck anything that stand against them. Althair is considered a lunatic because of his believe in destiny, due to his ability to foresee the future that he's good at predicting the events and keeping their identities from being known. While the government or the law regarded Silver Slumbering Dragon as terrorist, for defying the very order from the upper world--not even Singgahsana Organization can stop them.

The members also a bunch of lunatics when it comes to their ideals, even most of the Rakshas tend to kill for the greater good. Some of the Raksha will end up getting killed after witnessing the very action performed by the madman himself--beating someone who is stronger to death without thinking any possible consequences after the battle.

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"Great, now we have to wait for our coats and capes first..."

After their mission, they also received their stigmatas behind their respective coats and capes, symbolizing their elements of their Raksha forms. This is the first time they received one because not everyone can fulfill the requirement. Sanju and his team only wear their inner attributes inside of their respective outer attributes, they have to wait for Renata to finish them. However, this is their first time to see Senja and Karina in their modified Raksha attributes.

Karina's modified non-Raksha attributes consists of a black sleeveless turtleneck underneath her traditional Javanese black beskap (waistcoat) with high-collars, gold buttons and gold brooch with a two small hoop chains on the left that covered her white formal shirt. She wears an Indonesian jarik skirt that reached almost to her calves and has a slit on the left, she also wears a black shorts underneath and a pair of black thigh-high boots with heels--along her pair of black fingerless gloves and golden bracelet on her right wrist. Her hairstyle remained the same from her long black hair with long bangs tied in low half-ponytail and red streaks, along her brown eyes and light tan complexion.

Senja wears a black sleeveless turtleneck bodysuit underneath his red changshan-like attributes with golden borders and batik patterns of a dragon, black belt with golden circular buckles. He has bandaged wrists reaching into his fingers and red armguards, black pants tucked into his knee-length yellow boots with back heels. His jet-black messy long hair similar to overgrown wavy mullet to his neckline, with slightly overgrown messy bangs parted in the middle--almost covering his red eyes and has pale complexion.

"So, what's the purpose of having those stigmata on our coats?" Akito asked, he knew his older twin Yukito already got one because he's the early member to get this. Their Mirage Spectacles are also different, although it was purposed to create a mirage for ordinary humans. "These stigmata represents our powers, as long as we hold our items then our elements won't falter or corrupted even when our mental and emotions weakening," Senja explained calmly, wiping off the blood from his cheek after his latest missions.

Yukito returned while carrying their coats, narrowing his eyes as he cleared his throat--wearing his spectacles like usual. He wears his modified Raksha attributes consists of black sleeveless turtleneck bodysuit underneath his white kimono-like tunic with long sleeves, black sash around his waist that holds his katana on his left hip--along his dark blue and white knee-length boots and black tights. There was a dark Prussian blue haori worn on him with metallic plates on his shoulders, behind his haori is a symbol of pink-colored padma stigmata in the circle with a cut-like symbol that shows his title as a Flower Raksha.

"Alright, your coats and capes are done. It took us weeks to receive this," he said, walking towards the members to give them each. Each of them wears the respective element based on their type, the shape is also depended on the power. Sanju's coat is mostly black with high collars, along the batik patterns underneath and the symbol on the back is a gold-colored garuda stigmata in the circle with a cut-like symbol. The cut symbol shows the rebellion against the government and they rebel against them.

Raiden's black haori with red inner robes has a red thunder stigmata in the circle with a cut, making him interested to see how smooth it was screen printed. Akito draped his blue overcoat with black accents and ivory lining as a cape and a gold stole fastened with a gold platinum stole pin, his stigmata is a purple-colored hornet with a cut across it on the back of his overcoat. Kanae also wear her red-white overcoat with feather patterns on its lower half and sleeves of her cape similar to crane's wings, which has a black and red accents and theme similar to a crane--the stigmata is a beige-colored crane in the circle with a cut.

Karina wears her white high-collared cape that has reminiscent of a heron wings, along a red threads around the cape--a black-colored heron stigmata in the circle printed with the cut on it. Senja put on his black coat with red threads and golden reminiscent of beads on it, along a light gray stigmata of two chains crisscrossed in the circle with a cut on them.

Kinana observed her black blazer with gold accents that has imprinted green-colored firefly-like mecha stigmata in the circle along a cut, before she put them on. She was excited to be part of Sanju's team, she wants to travel around the world since she heard her father's stories about their trip of their adventures. "Nice, our team is awesome. Should we take a break for a bit and celebrate, right?" Yukito asked his younger brother who was wearing his gold stole fastened with a black platinum stole pin, showing it to him. "Hey, get a cool fashion like me next time," Akito teased with a smirk, making Yukito smiled while holding back his fist from hitting him.

Raiden felt honored for being in the rebellion team, his father did informed him that he was never been accepted at first. However, thanks to Sanju's presence that leading the party alongside with Althair who saved his father's life and made his friend went berserk from before. Kirana remembered that mission after remembering about the mission regarding the Core back then, she observed them with her father Rayhanda--until their eyes widened to see Yukito brought the spare coat and cape for them. "For the Honorary members only, it appears like Althair has given both of you the Honorary members."

"I guess I must take this, after all. Mister Althair said he recruited us for an alliance," Rayhanda shrugged in reply, before he looked back at his daughter Kirana who was taking a moment to think it over. Then, she smiled at him. "Thank you, did you get the right stigmatas for us?" she asked. The Flower Raksha nodded, before he handed them the attributes. "Yes, Sound Raksha and Lunar Raksha."

Kirana received a black cape with violet-blue inner robe and golden-colored opera mask stigmata in the circle with a cut-like symbol, before she began to wear them and it was comfortable to wear. Rayhanda was observing the coat on his hands, a dark blue coat with light blue borders and a symbol of light blue-colored time stigmata in the circle and a cut on the symbol. "Your superior's friend has a crazy sense of humor, but for some reasons I can't deny it after what you had experienced," he mocked her jokingly, but she giggled when they chuckled.

"I hope we can forgive and forget everything from the past."

Kirana said with a smile, clasping her hands before she saw Sanju started giving them a lecture. "Focus, the new team members."

Rayhanda rolled his eyes, but he managed to enjoy being an honorary member on Althair's team. Afterward, their team was ready. 'From now on, let's protect this world from danger together.'

Kinana was listening with his friends in his team, before she saw Kirana was patting her father's shoulder. Rayhanda scowled him when he looked back at his childhood rival Radithya, until Kinana grinned cheerfully with her smile made them felt something was very pure at heart and the team ended up looking at her. It wasn't magic, but the power of smile is rather strange. Both Rayhanda and Radithya gazed upon her, wondering what did Althair meant for choosing this particular girl.

Few hours later...

"Sanjaya, can I ask you something?"

Sanju blinked when Kinana asked his name, stopping reading his novel--it was the continuation of the novel he reads back then. He glanced at her, but his response was just silence. "Okay, what is it?" he replied when he closed the book, before Kinana asked innocently. "When I grow up, I want to become a Phantom Raider someday--that's my dream... but, it ends when the Phantom Eruption took my parents away and left me orphaned... so, is it possible to achieve the goal that was once meant for me when I was young?"

He's frozen again, before his mind flashed a memory.

The discovery of himself being experimented by Maha, watching the clones of himself, Phantom Eruption tragedy, his mentor's death and some of his friends from the Garuda University, and recalling what his grandparents did and betraying him and his father. It made him grimaced while clenching his fists, before his mind slowly restored while Kinana stared at him.

"Not all dreams can come true, Kinana. Sometimes, we have to give up things that will hold us back or slow down... because reality will always hurts us. Understand?" he asked her, and that left Kinana stunned--feeling deeply afraid of what he meant. "But, that doesn't mean you can give up so easily. You still have a long way to go and you must keep looking forward for the new start, you can make a new goal to make up the failures and stand up from your darkest times. Not everything is perfect, so does our lives."

Kinana was surprised, her hopes when up when he added--telling her not to give up and keep moving forward. She felt his hand patting her head, making her smile as Sanju formed a gentle smile. "Well, keep getting along with your new friends here. Maybe you can spend your time with them," he told her, making the little girl nodded before she hugged his arm with his cheeks bright crimson--before he let her do so.

"Let's defeat Maha together."

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