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Sanju was dressed in a velvet-colored medieval robe with a hood over his face, retaining his short scruffy messy black hair with long bangs over his dark brown eyes and cheeks--even his light fair complexion with tan shades. He and his team were camouflaging as one of the people in the sinful city of Lakeshore, because Sanju supervise the script and shocked upon learning about this island who treated supernaturals terribly--even the people treated animals badly even the poor and mocking the Creator. He was walking while covering his entire appearance, his stoic and deadpan gaze staring at the skies he could see--his thoughts wandering elsewhere, knowing he needed to stay anonymous before destroying this entire island from top to bottom.
His eyes widened under his long bangs when he saw the kids and teenagers playing a soccer, but the head was... a goat's head with a blood color. He knew it; were sacrifices. He narrowed his eyes, hiding behind the wall and peeking his eyes to see the goats being chased down by bullies. Angered by how these children was being bullied by these spoiled brats, he had to hold himself back to gather 'evidences' and ordered some of his friends to gather them before completing the 'ultimate punishment'. Raiden was sitting on the edge of the temple's stairway in his hooded form, covering his short messy purplish-black hair with long bangs over his magenta-red eyes and fair complexion. He shivered to see the slaves being treated like dirt by those fucking officials while they enjoy the show, the food--even watching the 'war' shows to each other while judging and snickering at the loser. "These people... they could die," he muttered under his breath.
Akito grimaced in his hooded form, his hazel-brown eyes under his bangs of his short golden blonde messy hair narrowed by the sight of the soldiers mistreating the elders while the townspeople watched and cheered them on, not caring if these elders beg them to stop. "It seems like these people never learnt from their actions, nor respect even for life itself," he spoke, his right palm was clutching onto his katana under his cloak, trying to resist the urge of killing them (perhaps at the punishment part).
Kanae's face darkened as well with her sleep-derived gaze turning into a small glare, brushing her long bangs of her long light brown hair with vermillion streaks over her violet-blue eyes as she has porcelain complexion like Akito in her cloaked and hooded form. "Poor thing... had it been justice, then he'll die so that 'he can bring the justice for those who suffer in this war,'" she said as she began to clench her fists. She noticed Kinana was sneaking behind her as the latter nodded to indicate that she had successfully gathered the 'proof', before she fixed her silver-colored hair with neon green-yellow ribbon tied her hair into half-ponytail, her bangs almost covering her green-yellow mixed eyes and fair complexion. "There's more, Karina and Senja told us to come over there."
Karina was holding back from beating up the kids' asses, her long black hair with the two red streaks with one on both sides of her head, some parts of her hair pulled back by black ribbon behind her ears-her messy bangs framing her forehead below her brown eyes and fell to her cheeks as she has light tan complexion (while still in cloaked form). And lastly, Senja kept his appearance as a tall and handsome young fellow has an alabaster complexion, a 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 (in his cloaked form).
"Let's report this to Sanjaya, he will be shocked when he hears that," he said, all of the nodded before heading towards the top of the hill where Sanju was waiting for their updates. There, the son of the 'World Government' leader stood before the lake--silently observing the waters calmly flows. It is what Sanju looking at, he couldn't believe this asshole is the one who controls the people that went into this island and not caring about what's going to happen if something unexpected happens here in Lakeshore, the supposed paradise but is also the living hell; the World Government has their dark influence in this world too, yet the corrupted assholes didn't give a shit.
Sanju folded his arms, looking forward. "So, the result?" he asked his friends who appeared behind him with the files and the evidence of the islanders' lifestyles towards the World Government and its authority, their leader was shocked when he received it before he read through all of them. "What's the next script?" Akito asked, adjusting his sunglasses under his hood of his cloak as Sanju watched the vision in his eyes for a moment--there's no point in saving them; the animals, slaves and elders wishing for peaceful death and huge punishment for these people in this island; they wanted to be free from their shackles of torture.
Sanju opened his eyes, unfolding his arms. "Punishment, noon."
That noon, Sanju gave a task of who is in charge of executing the judgement to his teammates, from erupting the volcano, creating a craters of earthquake into mega-thrust, moving the wind direction while sending over the volcanic ashes into the finishing part. Raiden was in charge of thunders to create the eruption, Akito is in charge of the volcanic ashes, Kanae was tasked to create an earthquake, Kinana will be part of controlling the wind direction, Karina focused on swarming the cold lava and Senja is in charge of building destruction--lastly Sanju is in charge of flames all over the island with a special touch; through 'natural causes'.
Raiden summoned his female dragon companion; Kurikara as he petted the winged red-black scaled dragon, before her head rose as the large dragon roared and casted a red thunder over the Mount Rivershore--encircling around like a thunder ring. He rose his katana upwards, before summoning the red thunders into the mountain's inner core as the volcano burst with his dragon companion flying around. Kanae spun her glaive before she slammed the large blade's tip into the ground, the craters formed around the entire island and started to rumble by her will, after Akito unleashes the volcanic ashes at the top while Senja swung his sword to enable the buildings destruction and finally, Kinana moved the wind direction towards the volcano along with the ashes; causing more damage of these people. Karina slammed her glaive into the ground, as the swarming cold lava burst from the ground--spread throughout the lava as the civilians shriek in fear.
Lastly, Sanju stood there as he rose his katana-like weapon forward--before he created a red meteorite-like blasts from the mountain as his weapon glows in its dark crimson. His dark brown eyes looked forward with his usual emotionless gaze with the fierce and fierce bravery that sets his eyes without leaving anyone in this damn forsaken island survive, these people don't deserve justice or mercy from him. He slammed the tip to the ground, before shooting a heavy blast of blaze at the island as the rest formed tornado-like flamed spheres around him and destroying this entire island as the residents wailed for help.
"My wealth! My riches!"
"Please stop this madness!"
"NO, PLEASE IT IS NOT MY FAULT!"
Those ignorant souls could never understand the value of life and how dangerous they could get. Sanju smirked when he saw the mountain had turned into a large magma-covered mountain, burning all of the cities to the point it burned his people as well. "You finally awake from this hell, only to learn that your freedom and everything will be ended--destroyed right in front of your eyes," he spoke as he knew that those people will meet their 'horrible' death by the volcano he controls. "Seal the tunnel with the hot and freezing lava, no need for them to ever escape this place ever."
He sensed that some of the people trying to flee by using their ships, before he telepathically informed Karina to create a tsunami in the sea. 'Yes.'
The people gathered at the beach in fear and panic as Karina used her glaive to hit the surface of the ocean waters to created tsunami from her will that flooded them in one touch as the ship cannot last the waves, causing them to sink. The ADVENT members watched from the distance, until the island turning into a deserted island full of lava and frost. It was sunny morning when they revisited the island that was now only has 'statues' of their former corrupt leaders or the former population that was killed. "All left is history, Sanjaya... let it rot in hell--where no one will tell the 'real truth' of this war," Akito said as he put his hand onto his katana, reminiscing.
"Yeah... at least we set the animals free from their pain."
Sanju spoke with calm and contented voice, before he saw a German Shepherd puppy suddenly popped out of nowhere which is quite strange (but they already sensed that the animal is not a ghost). The puppy had unique personality for not judging anyone, regardless who are they and even for no discrimination in this island. He noticed that Senja actually gave the protection barriers for the animals around here and he grabbed the little pup, before scratching his ears. "You know, I always wanted to have a pet dog," Kinana said with a smile, which it returned his smile and giving Sanju some happy bark that brings joy to them--not gonna lie; the dog brighten up his attitude. "What are you gonna name?"
The German Shepherd looked at him, yapped in excitement. He doesn't need to live with this chaos, so Sanju gave the animal a better life for the good. "Seven?" Raiden suggested, since the puppy seems like to carry the number seven symbol. "Then, it's all up to this little fella. But, Seven sounds pretty alright," Akito said with a shrug, since it was a great name for a cute companion and perhaps a gift for Kirana. Kanae cradled the puppy as Karina petted it, before Senja narrowed his eyes. "Let's go to another part of the island, we got a lot of work to do with the script," he said. Sanju nodded in agreement, gesturing his thumb up before thumbs down as his signature act. "Let's go."
Althair was wearing his usual outfit, watching through his mind's eyes where the ADVENT's member's next destination.
--After the mission--
In the snowy Nemoral forested area of Europe, the ADVENT members were tasked to find the Final Raksha or Raksha of Finality that was hidden somewhere in Europe. "It's so fucking cold in here..." Senja cursed, looking around the forest in the morning in their non-Raksha outfit. Aside for their black suit for missions, it looks pretty weird for an ordinary person that would not consider something different yet. "Why don't we have our own heat source that could keep us warm during the mission, goddamn it..." Karina muttered, before Sanju stopped on his track and sighed--before he casted a firewood flames that he make into a torch for their surroundings to be able to warm up. "There, the requested heat sources, feel better now?" the leader asked to them with a deadpanned response, despite his serious look and bored-like tone of voice--Karina couldn't help but be stunned.
They already used to Sanju's usual attitude (aside from his kind and caring approach), but this was an overkill for them--Karina felt shocked that he cared for all of their wellbeing, even a single movement and gesture is important, combined with his analytical mind while avoiding the dangers that he knew--when he was smart enough to calculate things. "Thank you man, we might freeze to death without you!" Raiden said with a grin, even though they're Rakshas--their Cores actually can warm them up but this ability can't protect them from extreme cold weather, which is another weakness on their part. The leader can see a large tree as it has huge branches that cover the snowy ground, there he saw the fallen red ancient books written with a mysterious language. "The fuck... some kind of weird pages and the ancient pages written in old languages?" Sanju observed, going forward to the book.
Kinana scanned the books using her green-colored glowing scouter before putting it inside her pouch, explaining the information that they needed to know about what are this is: "It seems to be an ancient spell's manual for Arc Pillar, but we shouldn't read this since those are forbidden spells--and even though they're forbidden spell, you might get transported or imprisoned in an abyss dimension."
That sounds concerning, what makes them terrifying as they're powerful magic is that the chants or inscription's effect comes not by visual representation, but something else... that can change the very terrain or realm's structure. Even so, it sounds quite odd that every scriptures are an old text in each page along with a runes and words that was the description of the arc pillar in four sides. "Ah, I see now..." Kanae spoke with a yawn, her sleep-derived gaze noticed something resonating from the distance--towards a river where a small portion of grass remained. She approached there, peeking through the shrubs and leaves that were swaying with the passing snowy wind--as she caught sight of a girl with long white and purple hair tied in an ornate ponytail with her bangs over her eyes and cheeks with purple-black and blue magnolia flowers all over her ponytail headdress, with a metallic black-silver headdress adorned with a segmented tassel. Her eyes are bluish purple, with bright pink glowing irises. She wears white and dark purple dress-like clothes reaching behind her feet, adorned with black and purple magnolia flowers--there's also a shimmering large gem on the back of her waist dress and separate sleeves on her arms to her hands.
There were white and gold feathers around it, making Kanae turn around and gestured at her friends to be alerted as their respective weapons were ready to pounce. However, as soon as they're near to her--a large barrier occurred, causing them to be shocked but somewhat curious on the look of the atmosphere's pressure surrounding them. "Stand down," Sanju ordered them, not wanting to scare this mysterious young girl and his team backed off. "Come forth."
He beckoned her to come, making the snowstorm dissipated into peaceful flutter of the petals--followed by the appearance of cherry blossoms spread towards the pale dark gray snow sky, letting the sun enlightened the dark snow-covered sky and the warm winds filled their surroundings. The girl's calm composure remains, while standing on top of the stone platform, letting the river goes through as she turned her side on her seat towards Sanju and bowed in respect towards her with his friends. "My name is Sanjaya Adinata, these people behind me are my friends," he introduced himself, letting them introduced themselves as well. "Akito Kujou," Akito introduced himself to the mysterious girl, so does Raiden and the others. "Raiden Amagiri..." Raiden trailed off, not wanting to scare her. Kanae nodded, before she started. "Kanae Ayatsuji," she spoke, before Kinana got her turn before Karina and Senja. "Kinana Adinata."
Karina hummed quietly, before she folded her arms. "Karina Wangsadinata," she answered, before the last being Senja himself. "Senjaya Haryadi."
The girl was surprised that they all were from one-family-like nature, but she kept her composure when she smiled as she was bowing in respect to them. "Celina," she introduced herself, it made Sanju suspected that she's the Raksha of Finality they have been finding after thousands of years in search and finally finding the answers. "Is she the Final Raksha?" Karina whispered, before Kinana looked at her scanner in confusion but she knew she was the Final Raksha due to Celina's aura and overwhelming power.
She was not only the Raksha they were looking for, but an immortal being of a Raksha capable to bend time and manipulate reality as one of the powerful magic is within their Cores; no wonder why the others are too wary towards the power of Final Raksha due to its history which is too dangerous. Her eyes wandered over to the distance, a small look of saddened and disappointed on her expression before she look up the sky, watching the sun has shown his warm light from faraway into the cold. "I... don't want to go back to the moon, it's lonely," Celina responded, before Kinana looked at the scan of the girl's data. The scan results came up from her little scanner, making her bewildered but curious--Celina's Core is so mysterious that even if she manages to infiltrate the Core, it requires a rare component that can boost the scanner's scanner capabilities--that she knows what's the reason is. "Woah, this is new. Her Core is new, but it's modified by something greater and mysterious. To think she's this 'Finality', an evolution," Kinana stated.
For the Rakshas, the Rakshas Core should've been just that and there's no changes nor modifications made to their Cores, but somehow this 'Finality'--or 'evolution' on the other term, changed it all of the other process that the core of Rakshas does. Celina sighed in defeat, before something piqued her interest while looking down before taking Sanju's hand--leaving his other friends confused while Sanju look at her calmly, observing what she was doing. 'What is she doing?' he thought, he was taller than her so it was awkward while watching her slowly lifted Sanju's right hand (since he was right-handed and Celina's a left-handed person) slowly and placed her slender fingers on his hand.
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"You... have a dark past, right?"
Crap, the last thing he needed is someone prying through his darkened memories and his past trauma, was it even worth it? A lot. While it's all good to be loyal with his teammates and save them, he doesn't even want their thoughts towards him that he's such a horrible person by hiding from the truth--the thing is, the truth hurts. But the most things are hidden in darkness until the light illuminates every place to find it, its location must be away from its reach. Sanju remove his hand away from her politely, looking the other way from her.
"Yes," his simple response was enough, but this answer was only the beginning of their journey to find the truth, no longer relying on their emotions to fuel them and let them move--it was by instinct and their wits that make them to succeed every single day in their harsh life, right?. He felt the warmth caressed him from the coldness, before he turned to see that Celina look like a child: happy, optimistic and innocent and that he felt the urge to help her find the truth she's seeking. "We're here to get you from those Phantom Beasts," Akito informed, while not telling the true intention of their mission. The Phantom Beasts took her down because of her benevolence to protect the world from Chaos's own antics and she used her own magic to purify it--before they use their 'precious' soul crystal in order to sacrifice her for the God that would never be awakened again; she doesn't understand.
Celina blinked in curiosity, before she nodded. Sanju nodded at them to get her up from there, before Kanae and Raiden helped her up from there, making the snowstorm disappear. "Are you guys... a Raksha like me?" she asked, but it was a confidential information so they don't need to respond like the usual normal person. If any person discovered that those are the Rakshas, they could be killed from head to toe without reason and also slaying that person will not necessary to return those people from that era. "Can't say we are, kid. Since everything is so... complicated than ever."
Meanwhile, from the distance as the wind blowed passed their hair and winter cloaks, they can sense Celina's immense power that Senja had to use his Binding Raksha power to sustain her stability and strength. While they were on the same room with a fireplace in, since it could warmed them up to spend the cold, restless night. Sanju can't stop thinking about her expression on her face when he noticed her glance before he realized that she doesn't want to be a God of Rakshas, let alone the one that made the entire universe, existence and history of their entire worlds. To hell with that, he thought but he saw Celina made a universe on her hands, showing a simple infinity of her stars with the clouds covering the skies that were created by her magic. "This is... beautiful," Raiden said, having the love to astrology and celestial bodies--it shows as he traced the stars, moving slightly away as he watch the colorful moon orbiting around the Earth-like planet, also adorned with flowers resembling the Aurora Borealis with small red and purple colors.
To hell with that, he thought but he saw Celine made a universe on her hands, showing a simple infinity of her stars with the clouds covering the skies that were created by her magic. "This is... beautiful," Raiden said, having the love to astrology and celestial bodies--it shows as he traced the stars, moving slightly away as he watch the colorful moon orbiting around the Earth-like planet, also adorned with flowers resembling the Aurora Borealis with small red and purple colors.
She smiled at the sentiment, before she look at Sanju, giving the warmest expression before a flower grew, forming in front of him as he hold the flower. "White camellia," he said, it somehow made him feel relieved and felt better before he smiled warmly at her, understanding her ideals and wants--she wanted the world to be freed and she doesn't want them to suffer from it, because that's the truth she's desperately holding from herself. "I want to be in earth with them, experiencing what the world offers in its grand beauty."
She wants to experience what the mortal beings are experiencing--excluding the wars, tragedies, corruption and the sacrifices they are currently doing. Even though she already felt it, Karina felt like she shouldn't see those kind of things that was why she look at Celina sadly, before patting her head softly. "Sometimes, it has to be. Our destiny is pre-written and those are the results for the path that we'll choose in the end," Kanae said, giving the mysterious book of the forbidden spell book to Celina--before she read it, Celina's hands was surrounded by bluish-pink light before she continued reading the book in its traditional old text scripture.
Their actual mission is to get the Final Raksha back to the Tower of Universe, thus they have to kidnap her from her place--it has to be done. Celina noticed Kinana's scanner looking at her--the blue-colored scanner light scanned her data before she finished her scan, looking at the data before Kinana was shock on what her data holds. It's... incredible! Kinana thought, before Sanju suddenly turned on his guard as he heard some commotions that is nearby the forest area they were in, it was the worshippers of the Phantom Beasts that come to search for the Final Raksha and her presence that radiated nearby the forest where a few minutes ago, the Final Raksha sensed them coming.
"Team, we got a job to do," Sanju said seriously, with a slight frown. "Don't let Celina find out about our true purpose."
It was... necessary for the safety of this entire universe. This is the worst scenario, but her teammates are prepared to fight their enemies--but this time, they're in grave danger because the people won't accept what was going to happen. Celina was preoccupied with her constellations, not listening to their conversation with Akito and Raiden who were nearby her with protective stance and the doors were locked. The guards were able to get through but the pair was already ready before Kinana knocked them out, their objective was to escape as their secret--as an organization is known to all of the world.
Senja unleashed his sword as his bloodlust for battle increases (once Sanju allowed him to kill them), he grinned as he pointed his sword at them with a smug expression on his face. "You know..." he started, giving them no time to regroup. "It is nice to be in this way. All to be free."
They don't mind killing the wrong ones since their opponents might do evil deeds, which was beyond justice and was the reasons on how SSD was made to overthrow those corrupts and they have chosen their own future towards their individual goals. Plus, ADVENT is formed out of faith and unbreakable will against the incoming war, the one that required tremendous power to handle. So the organization members of Silver Slumbering Dragon were formed to understand what was truly the fate. Sanju watched Senja brutally murder his victims while slicing them across, draining the entire life-force of his enemies which consumes his powers to defeat his adversaries.
Like the others said, Senja enjoys the battle and he's a ruthless, bloodthirsty genius. Despite being a war criminal like the rest of ADVENT, Sanju gave him a chance to try him for an ability to control his own emotions and Senja is able to do just that--combined with an analytical thinking, tactical planning, a former nobleman that he was trained, Senja is quite a talented Raksha he never knew. His friends never doubted him, he will make sure that he will never betray them and he will also do anything to uphold their desire for this free world to survive, no matter how much strength they are given, they are given enough to take it further with their skills and their Cores.
Once the massacre is over, Celina opened her eyes as she woke up before she heard some familiar voices, along Kinana who was explaining what's happening... the things that a normal person wouldn't expect to hear. But, her curiosity got the best of her--she stumbled into them when Sanju just... finished speaking with them. Akito let Celina run to him, his brows raised up while Kinana looked a bit nervous and that caught Sanju's attention. "So, the Rakshas are made into these people who were given a chance to live with the Core... which is me to protect the world?" Celina stated the fact, not to mention she didn't tell her that they are the organizations who were making a plan to make the best possible plan to create peace for the universe, regardless what it means. Her long-dreaded idea of saving the world has no end, she just doesn't want the world to lose everything important in it--everything significant, worth protecting and enduring it together.
"All according to the script."
The seven Rakshas becoming defensive even Senja and Akito's expression hardened, there she sensed a strong malicious presence surrounding her and her enemies' presence are showing itself--they're coming from the woods as their roars can be heard, letting her find out who is the assailant and with whom are the enemies. Sanju narrowed his eyes, his right eye glowed red that reveals his Raksha nature along his left eye under the fringes of his bangs. "The... the--" Celina stopped mid-sentence, the ominous feeling didn't go away yet. "Not all Rakshas are bad," Karina reassured her, while frowning at the new potential foes' appearance. Sanju was readying his stance, preparing for the battle. 'Should we show her what will happened next?' he thought, but then, Kanae halted her friend before she gestured at him to approach Celina.
He did as instructed.
Celina frowned, before she puffed her cheeks--somewhat revealing her true colors as being childish and understanding at the same time.
ADVENT was the resistance by Silver Slumbering Dragon made to defend from the Phantom Beasts' attack, they also have the true histories that was being used by a few monsters to scare the innocents--and the original Rakshas were the beings of stars formed by the world creator,. They are made to protect them, but they did not believe their own sacred missions to fulfill which causes the originals to be against the humans due to their ego, their greed and the lack of understanding on why Rakshas were born to begin with. While the Rakshas managed to control their emotions, the most people said that even the original Rakshas weren't the first people who used this Core which have different colors depending on their state of control, even the five natural elements: earth, fire, water, wind and void.
"Seriously, all of you can tell me without hesitation, you want me to join you?" Celina questioned, her long royal fingers were glowing with an aura of blue and white magic--which in a way, Sanju understands what she had to do: protect the world from getting consumed by chaos. "You are a child of the moon, yet you behave like a child. I never thought of seeing your actions on display before me."
He has this observant and detective-like nature, in a serious way, and that was all in his part. Despite this, Sanju's behavior also differs to how he took care of the children but still can't determine his feelings sometimes. Kinana was the person who can figure out what's wrong or right, she has been together with their group for a very long time--finally, when she put her hands on her waist with a smile. "Well then, it is also a pleasure."
Kanae, the only one capable of using physical energy and strength, was a person that can calm the storms and the knowledge she inherited from her late parents, she is the very few intellectual Rakshas and the most intelligent out of all the members of the original seven--even though she hide her true colors through her sleep-deprived presence. Akito may be playboy and flirtatious, but has a positive outlook on his future ahead and his beliefs are always to help and to serve others--being the optimist out of them all. Raiden seems to be an upbeat guy, even he's quite curious on their adventures and the history of the future events that will unfold. Karina's cold and taciturn nature often scares people but deep down she has a golden heart, and Senja indeed has a soft side once in a while--when he lets his inner self through his stoic mask from time to time.
"Actually, the Final Raksha holds a tremendous power, we might be lost if we are not careful--and every history held crucial information that won't lead to anything."
As Sanju and Celina faced each other, the ominous presences are stronger than ever. Sanju closed his eyes, before he had to be honest with her. "The reason why we came here is for you to learn the truth about yourself," he began, making her shocked in realization. Was she... found out? Celina's face is easy to read with her emotions since she's too open with her thoughts, making Sanju nodded. "You're coming with us to the tower," Sanju ordered. "The seven of us shall guide you through the darkness where we are from, but the Tower of Universe itself can make things possible in order to fulfill a meaning."
She stared at the ground, before Sanju can feel the sensation he wished he won't feel before. Until, they froze to see Celina being childish and energetic like a 5-year-old girl, making him sigh deeply before he have no choice but to deal with this later on. Celina's energy was a playful and youthful energy and in a little while, everyone in the group started to enjoy their company with this cute energy. "Meiji is waiting for me there! I was so happy that I can sense her energy is not far from here!" she said happily.
Meiji? Raiden thought, before Akito explained. "I believe she was talking about the Raksha of Origins, the First Raksha," the Kujou spoke, looking forward. "If that's the case, then let's go. Once we got here, it's not long until they found out."
As the Rakshas leave to evacuate, including Celina as the snowstorms disappeared and they have arrived at the cliff with the aurora shining above the skies, Celina showed her determination that she was hiding since her childhood and did not show before which she wants to continue to her adulthood. "I want... to be free."
Thus, her desire was strong enough to cast her power to have the most immense control over her surroundings--even without having the will to use it (which was dangerous, although she never could hurt innocent lives of her citizens if she wants). Now that Sanju can't understand her actions before until he look at Celina who nodded determinedly: she doesn't want to become a selfish, broken puppet by the Phantom Beasts or the Order. How Sanju knew that, his mind was completely opened by them to the point of creating the current time's history that was actually going to happen, to the past. "Wait, Althair didn't tell us about the Raksha of Origins, right?" Kinana whispered quietly, while Sanju narrowed his eyes. "Indeed, because again--all according to the script."
He answered her through a whisper, before he glanced back at Celina, before he watched the aurora surrounds her as she asked. "You won't forget about us, right? You promise me?" the leader had to keep his calm composure before his eyes closed, before his expression was determined before nodding. "Someday, when the war ends... but we won't forget about it," he responded, while she smiled before the barrier was coming down in a burst of sparkly lights which she got distracted but she has her own goals. "So, that's the Tower of Universe... it was in the moon," Senja muttered, looking above before a space portal appeared in front of them, leading to the moon.
Their goal was completed, at least.
As the Raksha of Finality has returned and only ADVENT and Silver Slumbering Dragon can 'gain access' to the Tower of Universe, Sanju watched the aurora shimmer above the sky like the beautiful starry skies. At that time, he went down his thoughts with the silence of the night, before Kinana arrived next to him. She gently nudged Sanju's arm softly, making him look over at her then asked. "What's wrong, Kinana?"
Kinana pointed at the night with the Milky Way galaxy, followed by the meteor showers above the skies. They were mesmerizing and majestic, it made Kinana's heart skip a beat when she managed to relax. She isn't often nervous around him, after all--right now, she wanted to make sure that their efforts have not been in vain, like the burning stars which is slowly dying in a cluster yet still glows. "It's... pretty," Kinana said with a beautiful smile on her face, it made Sanju smile back and agreed before he went silent, gazing the night sky and think of the reason why Celina didn't want to become the goddess that would save this world.
There were times he knew that Celina refused to use her Final power when she's free to control the situation, or when she's forced to wield that terrifying power of hers or either be sent to the moon to sleep. Then Sanju remembered the moments she was about to use her Final power, it was both selfless and selfish as they both said. She doesn't want to create the universe, yet she wanted to be in their worlds where they lived freely... until he realized something, the Origin Raksha and Final Raksha's existence... has something to do with Tree of Universe where all bubble worlds and their universes were born from, even Earth.
They're using what they have, in each other's strengths and weaknesses to fill what they don't have and to make them alive. Once Sanju thought of this, it was no longer the choice of Celina to wield her power or not to fight against the Phantom Beasts. Sanju smiled then, before telling to Kinana about their next course of action to proceed their mission. As the dark night covers the glittering stars shining across the entire cosmos, their vision was shown before him.
Sanju becoming defensive by the vision of the other celestial beings who was trying to kill him, until it ended by Celina's arrival by shielding Sanju from the powerful explosion. Celina's state was full of selflessness, it became Sanju's dream until it all shattered and awoken to the harsh reality of this world. "Everyone, be careful of those gods," he warned, Akito knew that he had this hunch as he spoke. "Yeah, those assholes... I knew there's more than just Final Raksha, it was... all about the entire world, right?"
Kanae had this sense of justice inside her heart, not wanting the world to end like this--while Raiden, knowing the fact that their beliefs are the only thing that sets their different core values, especially when you're having powers that you're given. It somehow gets Kinana's interest that makes her hum, she was a curious girl indeed. Karina punched her palm with her fist, while Senja was thrilled to challenge the gods and he grinned devilishly by how powerful they are.
Their cores began to glow.
This isn't going to end right now, isn't it?
They shall accept any challenges thrown on them, along the road of their lives and make the best out of this bad.
"Those bastards... underestimating the entire humans existence and the power of Rakshas," Akito frowned, walking with Sanju along the path before the leader's dark brown eyes shimmered in red like his friends' eyes with this eerie presence they radiated at a different level when the Phantom Beast's malicious energy from faraway were coming close.
As they walked out from the forest, the dead Phantom Beasts already had a corpse-filled piles around their body and the puddles of blood. "It was reckless," Karina muttered, before her black-as-night hair with red streaks twirled with the wind of the eerie forest as the cold aura of a forest filled with a heavy atmosphere.
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