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Not even the strongest are capable enough to manhandle the Void and The Creator / Cocoon of the Void in his Prime but the Arbiters went all out and giving them the best fight and there was a lot, even Sanata had to stun the Void's body with his abilities before it could summon its full potential. Aldiano had to spawn the magnetic forces while Victoria making constructive strikes with her sword against the beast, which Leon had to trap the beast.

In the Phantom Samsara, the Rakshas are trying their best and went all out to defeat the Void of the Eclipse--even if the beast making their strength almost wasted. Sanju frowned, clenching his fists--that eyeball is very cunning and powerful, it's going to be tougher. The moment when they attempted to fight off the two entities, they ended up injured from head to toes. Sanju's gaze darkened with wrathful and growling tone that looks inhumane, his pupils sharpened like an avian itself. His fingers and nails pierced through the grounds where he was, until he pulled out the rod from him and made him winced by his aggressive mode. All of the Rakshas have activated their Exalted forms, to match the level with them so they will settle their scores. But, they ended up being taken down by them.

Sanata was shocked a little, still facing the Void as he realized the great amount of immense power that made them immobilized. He recalled how terrifying the Void was--it was like 'facing with the end of the world' kind of phrase. To be honest, Sanju expected that kind of void in real life that some sci-fi movies predicted. The only way is using the Astra-Brahmastra--a powerful divine weapon that contains a pure soul and powerful holy magic, along with divinely flame magic once used in the battlefield... but how did they going to use it? Sanju tried to activate the gear, but he failed because his energy cannot match the core--because he had to use all force that he had to activate the Core, that he must make it into reality... because the key has been planted for the sake of their world.

Fortunately, Sanju found out the key where it was--but he must wait.

They were attempting to stun the Void, only to be backfired that it know their tricks--and got themselves crushed into the ground. "Oh fuck… that hurts…" Sanju coughed up blood while trying to regain his consciousness, panting heavily when he attempted to stand but failed when he fell because one of the tendrils slain him. Raiden's head was bleeding from the impact by the wall across them, he was in disbelief that the Void know their weakness and able to take them down. Kanae wasn't able to stop the two, she ended up laying injured on the ground while trying to get up onto the ground. "Ouch… my leg…" she hissed, seeing her leg has a scratch wound on it skin, before she saw Izana crushed into the ground as well.

All of them are unable to stop the two of them, the Void was strong enough that can nearly kill them. Althair coughed when he popped out from underneath the debris, with Karuna came out from the other side that they're injured. "Alright everyone, be real with me… is this the worst part… or what?"

Senja asked while laying on the ground, he just got hit by the tendrils of the Void and he tried to sat up but failed. "Tsk… frankly at this point, I wish we could bring back Maha by opening the gate of the samsara," Radithya said while propping himself up with his elbows, his eyes are tired but also exhausted by the lack of stamina. "I can't believe I'm saying this but… I would gladly take on Maha's burden. Forget the burden, even our family is fucked," he turned to Radithya before he covered his eyes with his right arm, frustrated that they're not going to die here as long the Void is still sealed away. "Actually, I'd rather get beaten up by Vipralopa-class Phantom Beast instead..."

Akito spoke when he tried to sat up from the wall, coughing while he fixed his glasses that hasn't crack. "I'd rather get kicked in the ass… thousand more times, rather than hearing that again... that seems... logical now," Raiden answered while Haruse attempted to sat up across him, before suddenly falling again while Ryoma spat the stone from his mouth. "Death to the divine!" he grumbled when he heard that, making him slamming his fist to the ground.

"I'd even take my future self, he's just an evil version myself."

Althair said when he folded his arms on the debris, sighing when Karuna said the same thing. "Same, I'd rather take on my future self in that case… perhaps Orther in his spectral form," he said, while Rayhanda huffed. "I'd rather be immortal so I can suffer for ten thousand years in samsara!" Rayhanda said, glaring angrily at the Void. Sanju paused, before he let out a humorless chuckle that surprised him. "And, I guess it would be much better to be a human this way--I'd rather die if that happens."

That alone made him growled, rubbing his back. "Just like what Sanju's father said, I would be glad to fight my father again, in spectral being-with Oswald combined, just what you said," Raiden said as he clicked his tongue, thinking that'll be a good idea. "I'll settle some scores with Vritra again, I'm not changing my mind… unless if he's here," Kanae sighed with a frown while Karina coughed a little, while she's laying her head on the debris with Kinana who was laying on her stomach when Haruse grunted. "I hate this shit, honestly..."

The elders of Elder Council suddenly came after they were defeated from the Void, taking this opportunity to make them 'better' for themselves. "They're not here to save us?" Raiden asked, before Karina rolled her eyes. "Nope, why would they help us?" she asked, Radithya watched his parents who tried to defeat the Void--he didn't really care about them; they just treated him as nothing but investment for their own sake, because they care about his power--not Radithya himself.

He gritted his teeth, before closing his eyes shut. "Father..." Sanju called his father, making Radithya turned to look at his son. "How do you feel...? My grandparents... they disown us because of what we did. We did nothing wrong, I guess we're just not working for our own sake—but for others, so much for accepting us. Do you think they're worth it because of what we've done to earn their acceptances?"

"I don't care… I've already... told you before, Sanjaya. I'm never forgiving my parents for what they've done. This is not our chance to redeem ourselves, that kind of thinking has long gone from the people we once known. When your ancestors stepped through that door, there's no turning back--they had what we call obligations and responsibility to live up for what we have come to be. I understand that our bloodline is blessed with unusual abilities, unlike those who born in ordinary blood," Radithya reminded his child, Sanju pondered, before he closed his eyes shut and he has accepted his words that he should have known this day will come. "That's the curse that we had to bear, but fate has never given us a chance to escape, I'm just making sure we do whatever we can, the purpose of using our power is."

Radithya sighed heavily, glancing down at the field below them with his parents just having an argument that has something to do with this curse. "But, I have come to terms with it--but they just refuse to accept the reason, why?" he muttered, watching his friends watched the elders still struggling to stop the Void. "Not everyone can accept everything, even we are," Sanju bit his lips, holding his head up to see his sister Kinana sitting up carefully before he helped her posture. "Also, where did this Astra-Brahmastra came from?" Sanju asked, watching the weapon on his hand still shining brightly. "If it's not Sanata, who would it be?"

Althair asked, blinking when he still laying on the ground before Sanju responded. "Something tells me… this spear is a weapon from ancient times," Senja spoke as he sat on the edge of the debris that he was standing on, his gaze on them when they noticed the weapon that appeared on Sanju's hand. "Only the descendants of Sanata Adinata who can wield a powerful Astra-Brahmastra, right?" Rayhanda questioned the large claymore Sanju holding on his hand--which his friends were in curiosity. "Sanata didn't tell us about it..." Radithya grumbled, annoyed that he has no idea about it. "Hold on, let me use my telepathy..." he added.

Sanata landed on the roof of the terrace while they were in the middle of fighting against the Future Void outside the Phantom Samsara, while the Nirvana Organization officers and the higher-ups are here too. He sensed that one of his descendants tried to talk to him telepathically, so he sighed softly. "Who's speaking now?" he asked, while Victoria didn't stop hitting the Void that it's slow at first, his expression turn emotionless when he listened to what Radithya said about the weapon. "What's the matter? Oh... sorry about that, I got carried away with the battle. Well then, both of you better listen up."

Sanju and Radithya listens to what Sanata stated, it takes a moment of silence while he was speaking with him, but Sanju never expected to discover such a thing that he didn't know before. His father's eyes grew wide after he had finished his explanation, almost made his hands shook from the shock he has on his mind. "Our body will get sore after this battle... hopefully it's temporary," he muttered with the firm gaze, which Kinana pouted a little. "Yours are only because you tried to handle that giant sized weapon," she hissed, Sanju chuckled a little because his sister got hit with sharp metal--and her wound is badly injured but there was no more blood. "Does that include Kinana? She's my adopted little sister," Sanju added.

Sanata blinked, he have seen Kinana before--he shrugged. "Well then, let's continue this..." he landed on the ground, ducking down when the tendrils swung to his face. "They're all doing well. Let's also help our successors," Victoria said with a soft chuckle, making Sanata narrowed his eyes when he looked at her. "Victoria, I don't have time for games. The Rakshas are putting up a good fight against the Eye of the Eclipse... perhaps it's not a surprise that they finally surpassing our power in a blink of an eye!" he warned, Leon sighed as he landed beside Aldiano. "Be nice to women next time..."

Sanju watched the fight between the elders and the Void while he tried to sat up but ended up stumbled back, they're technically still human beings with the power of Asura's Core--which means they have limits and weaknesses in terms of stamina wise. "Oh crap... our strength hasn't returned yet..." Raiden hissed, sitting up on the debris as he hasn't regained his ability yet. He clenched his fist on his side, forcing himself to gain some energy back. "As long we can't control our Exalted Form, our health might drop anytime," Kanae huffed.

"You know what, let's just watch them, do you think they can handle those two?" Karuna suggested, making Haruse scoffed with a tired grin. "Bet," he taunted them, being sarcastic like usual. "Haruse, this is no time for bet."

Althair grumbled while he was kicking the debris from across him, moving all of the remains from him. "If they lose, maybe we can do something with these elders who are trying to get rid of the Void-" he paused when one of the elders falling on the ground, surprising them that they were defeated. They could see corrosive effects on their faces, including limbs and body parts that starts to corrupt them. "What did I tell you? Entering the Deep End is a death wish..." Karuna said, he watched the elders are finally defeated by the Void--despite how difficult it is.

Those elders are done for, most of their bodies started to dissolve into the non-existence due to their immense power of evil was destroyed by their current selves--the problem was that the corruption cannot be removed, not even killing the creator can restore their beauty and vitality that they had before. Sanju gritted his teeth, unable to see their former beauty in front of his eyes anymore. However, there's the remaining Elders who are still holding on while fighting the Void.

Sanju glanced at his own Brahmastra known as Exalted Yudhistira and the Astra-Brahmastra on his other hand, after he gathered the strength to stand and manage to get a grip together. "Hmm…" he thought for a moment, before he combined his own gear with the divine key for experiment. His friends watched the transformation for a moment, before it transformed into a weapon that becoming prototype with the three set weapons of his. Ignoring the screaming elders from the distance, he hummed when he saw the elements of flames and firewood swirling together.

Radithya combined his Brahmastra; Eight Judgements of Salvation and Astra-Brahmastra altogether, watching the transformation of the combined Brahmastras before he continue to wield it with his hand. Like the others, he was equally injured after the Void crushing all of them with its tendrils. His eyes widened at two main elements that combined together--magma and flames, after the group lending him the strength with their respective elements; this is what he didn't expect to see.

"Everyone... fuse yourselves to this weapon."

Sanju stated, making them surprised before he added. "I know it sounds crazy, but hey... our spirit energy have intertwined each other earlier when we fused together through our Brahmastra. With the power of samsara, we might be able to change the course of this world and save our very existence—or send us to another, different timeline. But, that's not important... because our purpose is to save the world--even though our journey still has it on our own."

Sanju added, making them slightly paused when they heard him. Their eyes were on the majestic weapon that has been created by Sanju's and Radithya's effort of combining their Brahmastras together. "You too, father..." he said, making Radithya rolled his eyes. "Seriously? You're really full of surprises..." Radithya muttered, making Sanju stare at him before he huffed. "I dare you," he stated with challenging tone, making Radithya snorted before he joined him with his weapon that formed on his hand while his friends did the same thing with their Brahmastras--so does their Exalted Raksha forms.

Sanju's eyes closed when he felt all of his friends were infusing their physical and spiritual forms into him and his weapon, his scarlet-colored eyes opened and shimmered in red flames as he can feel their powers combining in each core on his body, and then emitted bright purple fire around the area, alerting everyone on the field below them.

His skin started to be lit up in blinding light and it takes his form before he regained his position as he lifted himself up, leaping into the air and dashing towards them. The elders didn't seems to care when they're seemingly dead on the grounds, observing them for a moment when the chieftain scolded them. "Hurry up and take them down, we don't have much time left--" he suddenly got blasted by red thunderous blast, causing the enforcers shocked by the strike.

Sanju was the one who made a red thunderous strike, with the spirit of Raiden beside him--before he formed a cyclone from his Astra-Brahmastra that was from Ryoma's Cyclone Raksha power. He sends the whirlwind attack that almost taking down half of the Phantom Monsters and the Void before its impact hitting against the ground. Once the barrier shattered by the powerful force wave he made, he formed an electrifying strike on his hand and transformed the weapon to Exalted Yudhistira katana-like gear on his right arm. Akito's spirit formed on Sanju's side as he assisted him injecting the elders' limbs, creating a poison throughout their bodies.

His spirit swapped into Yukito's spirit, making Sanju creating a constructive attacks through perennial flowers and fruit blossoms and replicates them like endless copies. Kinana's soul summoned the neon green and gold shining blade that entangling the elders before it ended with the whole place destroyed, he controlled the earth particles so they're combined with large celestial moon from Rayhanda--both Radithya and Sanju were doing this.

"Sanjaya, let me assist you," Kirana's spirit spoke behind him, making him nodded as he used the power of Sound Raksha--commanding the sound and disorientating loudness to make a mess of the place, which lead to giving him enough time to launch on the ground and running towards the eye-monster.

He made a dash, striking away the last Elder Enforcer with his own Brahmastra to wipe away the enemies. When he watched the tendrils began to charge against him, he took a deep breath before Kanae's spirit assisted him in Crane Raksha's ability of making offensive and eight constructive physical strikes against his enemy. As he severed all of the tendrils, he slides his feet through the long tendrils as he felt Karina's spirit beside him and making another huge fatal strikes of her Heron Raksha ability--severing their tendrils. "Sanjaya, don't you dare die or we won't forgive you."

Sanju heard Senja's spirit as he narrowed his eyes at him, making an ability of Binding Raksha's Anti-Phantom Field in order to make a void around himself. He watched the Elders in horror that their precious life force is being taken away by him, before they all shrieked to death when they faded into ashes. "Sorry... gramps..." he muttered, feeling Haruse's spirit as he felt the blue flames around him and blasting both of them--before it swapped into Althair's spirit for red flames in ambush on all sides around him. Lastly, Karuna's spirit also assisted in with Mahesvara Raksha's ability--the space-like destruction and supernovas which is too dangerous for Sanju due to how immense it is.

He sensed another tendrils as he still sliding towards the fleeing Void into the red and black space-like area, which Izana's spirit appears as he spun his Astra-Brahmastra into creating a giant water vortex against the Void, pinning it. With this, he can reach his target quickly but before he could push himself up, the Phantom Beasts screeched are echoing on the area—every single one of them charged against Sanju to keep him away from the Void, this makes him narrowed his eyes as he used his father's ability which is Aruna Raksha as Radithya appeared in his spirit form--making a black-red chains formed and restraining the beasts and slaying them instantly.

Ignoring their death, he took a deep breath and called the Astra-Brahmastra; transforming once again that ended up having two separate swords that made of flames of different colors, slowly a burning aura seeped into his surroundings as he landed on the abode--looking up at the Void of the Eclipse who was shaken by the Senapati Raksha's immense and strong power. "What the hell is wrong with these guys?!" the Void snapped, glaring at the younger male who held his sword firmly while the red-gold aura radiates from his body. "They didn't listen, instead they disobeyed me!"

Sanju listens as he didn't know why, but he felt tears streaming down his eyes--is this the end of everything? Is this the fate that he wanted to experience? As the world starts to shaken itself, his father spoke to him. "Sanjaya... you know that... you need to take some sacrifices in every aspect. You can't stop your journey, because it might be over now... you're going to be free. Please, you're more than this world... you are still a young and innocent boy, even though you're strong... and I'm sure you can grow stronger... than you will be, what you will ever be in the future. Please live for us, okay?"

His scarlet eyes shimmered when he noticed, but there was a smile as Radithya appeared beside him and his friends in their spirit forms behind him, standing behind him in supporting his son to fight for one last time. "Sanjaya... don't hesitate. Go on."

"Sanju, don't give up!"

"Don't let the spirit energy and soul leave you as you are given another chance."

"Come on, you can do better than dying in this place. You really want me to stab you through your heart?"

"You'll miss us? We'll be there in your family tree."

Sanju wouldn't die of course, even if the fate is cruel--he will definitely went all out just to protect the world without dying. "I have something to say here..." he said, gritting his teeth when the void about to take a shot again. "I'm not dying alone here, nor all of you die without me... unless the whole dimension collapse that is. Void, this is the fate that you foresee, but you had chosen to destroy me and my friends' destiny."

The Senapati Garuda Raksha has awakened, his wounds has healed and the others have recovered through their cured strength in their spirit forms within him. "What is this? This can't be happening… this isn't what I'm expecting…" the Void stated in disgust, trying to eliminate him with various attacks. The Void tried to attack Sanju by his destructive ability to take his life; only the Void's tendrils crushed and decimated by the force he never expects. He looked at his master behind, watching him as he struggled to stand from the severe wound he inflicted on him.

This is the end of everything, I will end you, Sanjaya Adinatha.

Sanju smirked when he heard that, he look up which his regenerative ability recovered his wounds as the Void attempted to launch the shockwave around him while he stood firm in front of him, making Sanju can fight even a lot stronger this time and he won't feel even tired anymore. "Haruna... I know you still hated me because I was trying to protect you..." he said, referring to Haruna himself--regardless if he's here or not. "Remember that... even though we never talked nor met... I didn't hate you, as class monitor... so... I hope we could see each other..." Sanju spoke, after he severed the other tendrils that blocked him. "However, this is the last time that... we'll be interacting with each other… through our bonds and faith of this world."

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Although Haruna didn't know, he can tell that Sanju said something... but where?

"These torches… no! Why should I be defeated by these pests?!" the entity yelled, cursing them for have showing their dominance over the Void.

Sanju made an upward cut-like slash onto the Void's main entity with a loud X-slash beaming noises, earning a collateral damage and emitting a radiance rivaling that of a supernova and destruction. The grounds beneath them has crumbled and they jumped with the restrained elders, due to the state of the Deep End will be crushed by the almighty weapon he carried. Fated to burn all of the stars, the weapon brings nothing but mass destruction. As its flames engulf the heavens and the void, every soul is claimed once it was prepared to be purged; the zeroth power.

"This is where everything you settled ends…"

Sanju said, before he aimed his weapon. "If you say that this is the power of friendship, you're wrong... we didn't create such frivolous weapons to seal our history and path. We have been through another cycle once you return to the light again, the time has come," Sanju activated his abilities which all of them--Kinana, Radithya, his friends and his team were preparing a final barrage. He unleashed all of his powers as he controlled the two sacred weapons of Brahmastra that contained by his hands, making the red and purple flames surrounded the Void.

Sanju roared altogether with them, launching the power strike from the two weapons. All of the souls from the elders and the enforcers are the ones to be purged, even if they are unwilling to--they have no choice because they're going to defeat it. "Why you brats… You can never stop me!" the tendrils are about to launch at them again, but now restrained by the binding chains that Senja did towards the entity. "Do it now!"

'There's no turning back… this is your chance…' he sprinted against the Void with ease, evading every attacks to join the final shot. 'I will put on the resolve… through my will… I won't give up!' he thought. He swiftly jumps and slides with his feet towards the tendril in ease, before he jumps and focused on the three of them when he heard a voice and that is one last time he'll see them.

Sanjaya, thank you for setting us free from this samsara…

The light has shine through the darkness… now I realized what does it means, we'll be together… right, Shukra?

We'll be together, Kalpa… just like what we promised…

Everything went into light, shattering the samsara for them and everyone until the mirage of the Deep End crushed into billion pieces. The Eclipse Gate was destroyed at the same time the Void of the Eclipse has demolished, returning the period and time to the New World while the future will be on their hands--thus ending the Eclipse World at the moment the chaos has meet its demise. Future Void was shocked, before he was met with Sanata who aimed his ice-like blade that making a loud X-slash, making the creation also started to disappear as he couldn't believe this.

"Insolent fools, how dare you defeat the creator?" Future Void snaps when it was in disbelief, before Sanata narrowed his eyes with a smirk. "It doesn't matter, the world we know might be the real one. That's because, your meddling here made me realized that I have chosen my answer... because it will stop your madness from spreading," Sanata spoke as he leaned down, making the Void snapped again.

"DON'T YOU DARE--"

Future Void's eye went wide when Sanata disappeared from its view, only the supernova that created by Leon exploded within the entity which blinds all of the surroundings--before a huge burning circle that glows brightly. The rest of Nirvana Organization members were wide-eyed by the result, seeing the 'actual' Phantom Samsara for the first time. Jaemin ordered the men to make a documentation, seeing that they have made it.

Meanwhile, Sanju was panting as he watched everything in peace--the real Phantom Samsara with the Tree of Universe before his eyes. He was hyperventilating with dizziness and exhaustion as he sat down on the large debris, still holding his Astra-Brahmastra that remained intact without any cracks. "You have made it, Sanjaya Adinata."

Yura stated with his usual cold and calculating tone, the Water Asura was satisfied by the result on how Sanju made it with his allies. Miho was amazed as well, the Flame Asura indeed admired how he used all of his strength to stop the Void. "Sanata did made it, since he's an Arbiter though..." she said, making Yura rolled his eyes. "I'll visit him outside the realm, you talk to this kid," he said, the Flame Asura scowled when she watched him left--she hates him so much. "Alright... do you need a rest?" she asked.

Sanju nodded, holding his chest while trying to catch his breath. This is an exhausting battle, and he swore his heart and body have calmed from his adrenaline rush earlier. He turned his head away, watching their spirits still within him and it seems like they were drained as well like him. Oh god, he hates his hyperventilation for fucks' sake. If Damian and the others are going to freak out, he'll tell them why did it happen later. Right now, he just had to take a break due to his decreasing stamina. "I would've died without them... the Void is very strong that--"

"I know, I know... the task to defeat the Void is us Asuras due to our immortality, but... Varuna said something about giving all of you a test, so he wanted to see how far can all of you go."

Miho explained, her face was hard as a rock as Sanju pouted a little. Of course, Yura would do such a thing even it wasn't important--he didn't like meddle with human affairs anyway. "You've been given a strong power, you're quite strong to defeat any Rakshas of you and your team's level--even the Phantom Beasts... except the Void, The Omnipotent One, and Devas are no match for you yet. Now? You made it, after you figure out with the help of your forefather... if he wasn't there--what would you do?"

Sanju paused, before he chuckled and leaned backwards against his arms while staring at the red sky. "Of course, die because that stupid Void is unbeatable... all of us will obviously die immediately by that thing..." he said. Jihan, or known as Mahesvara was floating beside Miho as she huffed with her arms folded. "You still have a long way to go, mortal. Let's hope you're not doing anything reckless and idiotic actions, because not only you'll die... it will drag us to the abyss of non-existence," she said, handing the Core of the Samsara to him.

On the other side, Future Raiden's lifeless body suddenly shining with golden lights. His calm and peaceful sleeping face remained there, with his injuries healing from the blessings of lights. Future Karuna could see his own body was shining in bright golden lights, he look back at dying Future Althair beside him. "I'm sorry, Althair…" he closed his eyes at the moment he was looking at him, before he sensed a blissful sensation-he thought he'll be condemned to hell-he's not. "I guess I should be returning to my own time…" Future Althair smiled a little, keeping his eyes closed by the peaceful vibe in this place when he listens to what Future Karuna said to him.

"After what the Eclipse have done to my daughter, I was consumed by the curse… I hope my past self protect Vanya… at all costs."

Sanju watched Future Raiden's spirit appeared with the rest of the future counterparts from the Eclipse, who became a peaceful spirit after the demise of the Void. There was a moment of silence for a while, those future counterparts will be guiding the others to change the real course of history that lies ahead of the New World. "Thank you, Sanju..." Future Raiden said with a smile, Sanju nodded a little while he said a relief, after knowing he and the future counterparts have set the course--not the end, rather the beginning. "Rest now, until your soul is ready to meet... everyone from your world," he said.

Sanju could feel Raiden within him trying so hard not to cry, his future self is somehow happy that he managed to destroy the Eclipse... and hope for the best of their lives. "Raiden, I can hear you crying," Sanju said tiredly, he senses that he might as well get scolded for acting sensitive. "Shuddup... and thank you... if it's not you and the others... someone else could've saved the world, including... Haruna."

The sky returned to its original blue color, and the destroyed Eclipse Gate is slowly getting repaired by the time that the future counterparts completed their mission. Sanju saw Sanata and his three Arbiter allies behind him, seeing him staring down at him before he lend him a hand. "Get up, Sanjaya Adinata, Radithya Adinata. Bring your friends, the gate have returned to its normal function."

Sanata told them, making him nodded before Sanju hissed when he tried to move by himself before he look at the weapon he carried, wondering for a moment while he watched everyone gathered around into the Phantom Samsara. "They'll be with me, am I going to wear this weapon?" Sanju asked, before his father asked for the weapon within him. "Well, perhaps for secret under your sleeve."

Sanju was itching to move, because he can feel the 'weight' within his body spiritually that made him uncomfortable. "CAN ALL OF YOU LEAVE MY BODY FIRST?! I HAVE TO BREATHE!"

Oh right, they're still within him and they have to go back to their human forms--so does vice versa to Sanju himself. Once their physical forms are separated from the body itself--all of them has finally able to move freely while Sanju also regained his stamina back, their injuries still take a while to regenerate so they have to wait for a cooldown. "Finally, the Core of the Samsara is here..." Althair spoke, holding the floating orb within the pyramid's crystal jewel form. All of them stared at the glowing star within it, with a slight awe inside them. "So... beautiful," Karuna commented, before he cradled his twelve-years old daughter Vanya who was hugging her father happily--not bothered by the wounds all over him that were healing.

Raiden noticed that Sanju was standing in front of him, before he hold his right wrist that made him shrieked. "WOAH! You scared me man!" he said with a laugh, until his best friend stated firmly. "Raiden, don't ever die on me."

A sweatdrop was seen on Raiden's face, knowing how serious his best friend about his condition and what he was on about. However, what made him surprised that instead Sanju smiling--he was tearful, and it became more noticeable when a flash of light has caught his eyes. "I'm sorry... I don't want any deaths... as much as I don't hate any person's death... the last thing I want in this world is the deaths of the ones I loved."

It's understandable that he would react like this, considering his late mother's passing... and his best friend's life were in dangerous state... for him. Raiden and Sanju then glanced away from one another with a sad glance, before Sanju heard all of his friends are coming to hug him that made him cringed--shit, his chest are hurting but he kind of feeling glad that they're all together to help him despite the condition of this place is shitty. They're alive after all, they survived the whole ordeal without him losing his friends at all.

All of them have fallen from the pits of Phantom Samsara, soon what beneath them is the sky and the view of the land of the seas which is in Indonesia. Raiden noticed the other group was on the other side of them, his father summoned his dragon pet Nagamitsu and he summoned his dragon companion as well. "Kurikara!" Raiden commanded, seeing the dragon appeared--and saved everyone from falling. "DON'T DROP US LIKE THAT!" Althair yelled at the Asuras, while Kirana yelled as she was held by her father Rayhanda while they were diving into the skies of the human world.

Sanju's braid went loose from his usual hairstyle, leaving his hair down that everyone had their hairs went down too. Until he summoned his prototype claymore that also acts as a riding board before he was gliding with them, holding the ornament for his hair that he always wear. Althair was gliding with his Phoenix wings, shimmered with crimson-orange flames that his hair is kept loose. Karuna's hair also went loose, gliding by his black and purple dragon-like wings from his cape.

'I wonder… if my future self reuniting with them…' Raiden thought, looking at the sky for a while when he think about his future self. Until he closed his eyes with a smile while the others reuniting with them by coming with Nagamitsu, thinking that he deserved to be reunited with them after all. 'I suppose he have… let my future have some happiness too…'

Radithya was holding onto Sanju while Kinana was holding onto him as well, after they reverted back into their human forms. Akito shrieked when Raiden screamed after finding out that they're falling, making him yelled when he got hugged by him. "WHAT THE FUCK!? LOOK! LOOK DOWN THERE!"

"THAT IS NOT HELPING! AT LEAST I WON'T FALL! WORRY ABOUT THAT RIDICULOUS FACE OF YOURS!"

"AS IF I CARE!"

Althair chuckled, while Karuna laughed and looked away as he went down while avoiding the falling debris from the sky; unaware that the future counterparts are closing their eyes as they felt the light that embraced all of them. "Vanya, are you scared of heights?" he asked, Vanya shake her head while still held onto him. "No! The light feels nice to me..." she said. Senja sighed when he was chilling in falling into the skies, while Karina also relaxing as well--not caring about Akito and Raiden arguing while Yukito tried to split the fuck out of them. Kanae was dozing in the air as Sanju watched with Kinana and his father, he facepalmed as Ryoma snapped. "HEY! ARE WE REALLY GOING TO DIVE OR WHAT?"

"I AM NOT DYING LIKE THIS!"

Haruse facepalmed, taking some deep breaths with an amused grin plastered on his face. His crystal blue orbs noticed something dark moving on the bottom of the depth, staring down there while letting himself fallen. "Oh right, where are the others?" he asked, Althair shrugged with folding his arms. "Our team? The crew of Silver Slumbering Dragon was preparing for our ride soon, because we're falling you know..." he explained, Karuna nodded. "I have to go back to Nirvana Organization, I told Jaemin to prepare a ship for us because our job with Phantom Beasts are not done yet."

Wait, what? Althair glared at him, he yelled out loud. "WHAT?! That's it, we're rivals again from now on!"

After landing on the sea, all of them were sighing in relief after Nagamitsu and Kurikara managed to pull out the strings attached to everyone with relief. Izana reunited with her other group, seeing Juha, Damian, Masaki, Marthen and Nadine are here--except Haruna who seems to be going off somewhere. "Kirana, are you okay?" Sanju asked, seeing her sitting on the bench. "I'm fine, thank you for the concern," Kirana replied, blinking a little when Sanju sat beside her. The Arbiter Alliance told him the arrangement, telling the others that will take everyone to the organization immediately. "I heard what happened to you and Haruna, he never contacted me when I tried to reach him out..." she said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

Sanju frowned, getting used to know what she meant before he offered a handkerchief to her. This is much different, but he knew it wasn't. As she wipe the tears with his handkerchief, he let Rayhanda sit next to his daughter to keep her away from any danger--or trauma that she would be forced to experience when she witnessed everything and him. She might look strong on the outside, but she was scared like a normal girl that has power for all of her life--even as a Sound Raksha and her father is a Lunar Raksha. "I'm sorry to hear that, he never contacted me either--but that's because I made a decision to never let him mess with my team."

Her white braids flipped when she took a deep breath and folded her arms, she seemed mad--he doesn't know why. "It makes sense, I knew he disliked you so much and I couldn't believe he has the audacity to put you through such humiliation."

"Hm?"

"Oh, I saw everything and heard everything. He insulted you, right? He broke your trust three times... he even broke my trust by tricking me into believing that he'll be with us..." Kirana stated, watching their friends were resting and dealing with the whole mess first. "Damian told me that he knew about Haruna's true colors, he felt hurt too... but he had to stay by his side to keep his sanity."

It's understandable that he wanted Haruna to be with him, to follow him... but because of his betrayal and stubborn personality... it's hard to even fix their friendships with someone like him, just like Haruna is... Sanju must be lying if he tried to say he was his enemy, all this time? Maybe it's possible... but he have to be polite or whatever, perhaps he knew his enemy enough to realize that his family is not the only one who wanted him to stop his crazy antics, nor wanted him to end his own life. "Shouldn't we let Haruna live his life at ease? It's sad that he wanted us to go, the boy seems troubled by something..."

"Just let him be, it would be the best not to bother him. It's easier to say so, but that's it..." he suggested, before he shrieked when Kirana's father hold her shoulder. "Listen to the boy, don't be stubborn. If you went along his lines... I'm going to ground you."

He can see Kirana's veins popping in annoyance comically, as if she was mocked by someone's parental protection towards her. "Oh come on, father! We're not a thing, I swear!"

Sanju covered his mouth when Kirana's father threw a glare that says 'Are you really trying to flirt with my little daughter?!' with a visible ticked mark on his head, making him intimidated even more. "Don't let me hear more shit about this," he demanded, before he goes to talk with Althair regarding the mission--turns out they were not done... yet. "I'm sorry about my father, he's very caring, strict and overprotective... after my mother died, he rarely let me out of his sight."

Kirana apologized with a smile, her eyes widened to see Sanju comically shuddering in fear as he gulped. "I mean... he was my father's rival, so I cannot do anything about it..." Sanju said, before he froze to see Rayhanda was throwing a death scowl in front of him. "Look at those stars, beautiful right?" she asked him, covering her cheeks with a hidden blush when she stared at the blue-purplish stars in the skies, with a moon hanging above and the beauty of the seas before her sight. "So breathtaking," he looked up, watching the stars--it brought an urge to find the answer to the mysteries within.

Sanju was watching the sky with her, before he smiled a little bit. "You know... we've been close friends from high school until now, somehow... I think you're giving me some warmth.." she spoke, she heard nothing in return--no arguments or something similar that can be considered for another response. In fact, he always calm and silent compared to her energetic personality. She looked away, lowering her gaze while her eyebrows furrowing and she clenched her fists. "I knew... what you've done, but I respected you as... the one you'll stand by and protect everything you love no matter what--" she cut off when she said that, making her shrieked that made Sanju stare at her--he was both puzzled and confused by her response. "As a close friend, I swear!"

Even though Sanju was unable to love someone due to his PTSD of what happened in the past, but the fact that she's with him made him feel a little calmed with assurance... because it shows that she will do what her father asked for her. Although it doesn't matter for him right now, not when all of this insanity must be settled down. "Kirana, thank you."

"Huh?" she blinked, he seems... happy? He never showed this kind of expression so often, that can somehow make his scars disappear for a little while. "Thank you, if it's not you... I might've never survive without your healing."

"I'm glad that I could help..."

Sanju nodded, before Damian walked over them--their high school friend for a long time. "Damian, how was it?" he asked, seeing him sighed as he folded his arms. "Everything went fine, don't ask me about Haruna--he might come here just to avoid being close to a Raksha..." he mumbled, glancing away. Sanju sighed as well, feeling sad that his stubborn nemesis (was this accurate?) didn't even bother to give him an answer... or explain his intentions out.

All he want is a simple answer that he needed--instead it got worse.

Sanju decided check the ADVENT team he led--seeing that Raiden, Kanae, Karina, Akito, Senja and Kinana were waiting for him, so he stand up from the bench and glanced at the two. "I'm going to meet my team, so excuse me," he told them, they nodded before Sanju left--leaving Damian and Kirana here. "How long Haruna hasn't contacting everyone?" she asked, Damian checked his phone before he glanced at her. "It's been like more than a month, ever since that mission ended, you know... he acted weird," he replied, sitting next to her after Sanju had left to go with his team.

Kirana wondered why Haruna had to act so harsh towards Sanju--his own close friend when they were still in high school. "What's wrong with Haruna? Didn't he like Sanjaya to be the class monitor, even with the bullying from the students--he could've do something to--"

"Calm down, he never means to do it... it's because he think that Sanju is a traitor in person. He still didn't like the fact that Sanjaya was part of Silver Slumbering Dragon Organization, I know he has the right to speak about that--but sometimes... he had to shut the fuck up and mind his own business."

"Do you feel the same way?"

Damian stayed silent, before he take a deep breath and leaned his back against the bench. "I don't. I believe... Sanjaya has his own reason, I can't force him nor telling what to do--he's a grown ass man that has the right to be his own person. It's not that hard, you need to let others have their rights if they're free from whatever or whoever had been keeping them down for a long time."

He was right, everyone has their own sides to tell their opinions--and this is not an exception to speak about others, regardless if they hate them or like them, no one has the right to talk what happened to them. What to believe or whatever has been torturing their minds and soul. Kirana nods, agreeing with him as she look back at everyone in the beach resort where they are. "It's alright for people who want to get out from the comfort zone, as long as they need to know what's beyond their ideals... when they're searching for the answers."

As everyone is doing with their own responsibility or the arrangement, Raiden watched with his usual bored look with folding his arms while he had been getting a scolding from Akito with his loud screeching. "--hey, are you listening to me?!"

"You're loud as hell, no, I'm not fucking listening to you."

Raiden said with a cold sweat, knowing how fucked he is and how he just fucked it up... on how much he knew how much problem this will have. Akito doesn't gave a shit whether he has bad things to say or not, he was just not as hotheaded as he. "YOU'RE LOUD AS HELL HERE! You almost ruined my charm whenever I'm going out with girls and you open your unfiltered mouth to wreck my charm, DAMN IT!"

"Oh come on, I was trying to be nice to them... not my fault that you have the worst seduction technique I have ever seen. At least they're not as terrible as you."

"OH, SCREW YOU!"

Sanju watched the others arguing with one another as usual, somehow amused by the shit he and the rest have been through. Kanae was recording the two of them, followed by the snickers from Kinana who watched the camcorder she held as Karina facepalmed at them--Senja folded his arms as he was going to beat their asses just to shut the fuck up. Looks like none of this is going to stop, ever. Well, until Akito and Raiden received their punishment--by pinching their ears from Senja which were their tickling spots, making them struggled in pain as everyone laughed while Yukito joining the fun as well with the rest.

Renata chuckled at them as she stood next to Salihin, Haruse, Icha, Althair, Radithya, Ryoma and Rayhanda--watching them as Kirana joined the rest. "Look at them, they're having fun like kids nowadays," she said, Salihin nodded with a smile with his eyes closed--observing them. Icha was playing her game console like usual, before Haruse sighed. "It's ADVENT after all... we have a reason to choose Sanju as their leader, he has experience as a class monitor," he said.

Karuna watched with amusement as he snickered, together with his daughter Vanya. Jaemin rolled his eyes, he wanted to scold Akito again but he decided to let him be. Kasai and Kashiya laughed at them, Seong-hwa also laughed along Elden and everyone in Nirvana Organization. "Sheesh, they haven't changed huh?" Izana asked, joining Kirana who was chuckling lightly at them. "They're still our friends, you know," Juha said, shaking his head a little while Masaki was busy reading his book that has a 'final chapter' on it. Marthen adjusted his spectacles, not bothered by their moments as Nadine huffed. "That jerk Haruna... he better join us whether he likes it or not."

Althair was snapping a picture of them with a smirk, while Radithya watched his son Sanju was trying not to laugh at them and Ryoma snickered at his brat son Raiden for being loud. Rayhanda merely watching them, he couldn't help but enjoying the view before him. Inhaling a deep breath, he thought with a gentle smile on his lips.

'Kirana... wherever you are, I'm very glad that you are safe.'

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