Ripple Effect, Part One

(Two weeks later)

"So that's how it is huh?"

Narumi nodded.

Akasan rested his head on his hand. "Yam and Klein… were defeated."

Akasan and Narumi were talking in his bedroom. Narumi was sitting in a chair while Akasan sat on the bed.

Narumi buried her head in her hands. "I just don't know what to do… everyone's afraid that a war might start again."

Akasan frowned. "That can't happen… we just achieved peace."

"I know… everything's going to waste. Especially because of King Judah."

Akasan looked up. "Judah? What did he do?"

"He told us not too long after the war… that if he saw that the world's peace fell out of order again, that he'd personally rule the world himself."

Akasan was surprised. "Judah… said that?" He then thought to himself. "Actually, I can't blame him after what Nyx did… in fact it's probably the best thing to do from his perspective." He stood up, fists clenched at his side.

Narumi looked up at him. "What…?"