Prologue Finale 5.3

Tatsuya Kundou POV.

"Huff huff huff..." My breathing was erratic as I trudged through the dirt, clenching my non-

responsive left arm with my right. Looking at my state of clothing, lack thereof, all I had left were my pants.

Every other piece of clothing was burnt. Walking through the aftermath of my kamikaze, I see the land absolutely decimated. While I have personal restrictions I would like to adhere to, now was not the time.

"Ah... It's honestly scary, that everything is coming to pass..." A monotone monologue broke me out of my musing.

"!" My head snapped straight to where the voice came from. Looking back I see the unnamed aberration standing in the middle of the blast radius as if he just cone from a shower.

His clothes, in mint condition. His overall physical appearance showed no signs of fatigue at all.

"Hahaha..." I just let out a defeated laugh, he wasn't going out at all, was he?

"All restrictions removed... Grant me Heaven's feel." He muttered something to himself before his body glowed in a divine light. Squinting my eyes, I see no change of appearance.

However, what I feel is another matter. If before, his magicule amount was comparable to an ocean, now it is a bottomless pit.

'What is this? Is heaven's feel a skill? Or maybe it's like a shackle? And he was finally able to get rid of them?' My mind, amplified by thought acceleration, could not find any logical answer.

"!" Looking at the aberration, I sense a disgusting amount of magicules leaking from him. He took a step forward, and the ground quivered under his very presence. And then, he opened his mouth, an ancient chant that represented the imaginary boundaries in his reality.

"I am he who has claimed the pinnacle of primate."

"Foreign to man, alien failure."

"I am the bane of sympathy and the antithesis to empathy."

"The ideation of perfection."

"I am it, that has af irmed the mantle of the masterpiece."

"I am he who derided my crown"

He stopped his chant and looked at me. "!" I froze under his divine gaze, because, for the first time since the battle started... That empty gaze that held his eyes was no longer present. Right now, an unknown emotion held his eyes but if I were to try to classify it... It would be something akin to gaiety.

"Tatsuya," I just looked at him as he spoke, "You said that you would only serve me after death, right?" A sense of dread took me as I realized what he was insinuating.

He struck his spear into the ground blade first. He then grabbed the hilt and twisted it. The very space between us distorted, "My answer to you," I just smiled in resignation, knowing what he wants to say, "Is. That is a formality that can easily be arranged."

The sky screeched as if its true king had finally descended. The very nature itself was exalting a greater being. He looked me in my eyes and then spoke.

"So as I proclaim, now and forevermore

[ ] masterpice~"

At that moment, reality itself bowed to his decree. His chant itself had dominated the world on a whim. The chant had been done, and everything went to black. My perception of reality was drowned in darkness. I looked around, but all I saw was nothingness, staring right at me.

"!" My very soul begged me to retreat even if that was not an option. Looking up, my breath hitched.

I saw it, a rift in everything yet embracing nothing. It was everywhere but was never anywhere. This was... Primordial nothingness, the genesis that birthed the beginning. It was [ ].

"Mystifying, isn't it?" I swirled my head trying to find it to no avail. He seemed to be in a different space.

"This, is the perfect place, to start over... A blank slate." My consciousness pulled after that.

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In that very moment, through the use of the phenomenon known as -Reality Marble- in which one manifests their inner illusion into the world and manifests it as another's reality, and further reinforced through the utilization of the lost magic -Heavens Feel- The individual Tatsuya Kundou ceased to exist.

To be more precise, he was fragmented. Destroyed on the conceptual level and then reborn as "Tatsuya Kundou". To most, that would have been the desired result, but the daemon was notvdecreed as the ideation of perfection for nothing. He proceeded to shatter the base that is Tatsuya Kundou. This in turn broke "Tatsuya Kundou".

Now was the point for which he was waiting. Using the fragments, soul shards of the former Saint, he brought to existence -Tatsuya Kundou-. If Tatsuya Kundou represents yin, then "Tatsuya Kundou" represents yang. The daemon had erased both yin and was rid of yang, all to create -Tatsuya Kundou- the representation of yin and yang. Built upon the 2, but independent from the 2. -Tatsuya Kundou- is their own individual, separate from the other 2. Yin and yang, while similar to both yin and yang, are decisively different from yin and the other, yang.

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When I came to, I was still in void my mind shattered and beyond crumbled I had died so many times...

What's... What's the point of all of this?

"Broken is your soul like, just like fragmented glass," a monotonous voice cut through nothingness, a shape forming in its wake.

"Shallow is your body, a hollow mind is all thats left." The figure appeared humanoid the more time passed, "Abandoned is the greatest soldier by the tyrannical king." The figure looked more human, with a healthy complexion.

"Just like how I broke you, I will fix you." The figure's height became apparent, standing at 5'9/179cm.

"Just like how I trapped you, I could free you," he was of Japanese descent.

"If you were left to the dogs, I will exalt you to the gods." His features were consistent with brown hair and brown eyes tinted gold.

A hand stuck out to me, benevolence could be seen in its every movement. "Become my pawn, and you can be king. Become my servant and you will be a master. Tatsuya Kundou..." His words sounded so alluring like soothing honey for my ears, without my consent, my hand reached out.

"Become mine, and I'll always be yours." I took hold of his hand, and my soul felt at peace. I felt I had reached my truest self, just by accepting myself as his.

As if complying with the casters wishes the illusion crumbled away in beautiful stardust, coming to, I see the forest in which were fighting in. I looked at the hand that held mine, and he pulled me up.

"Now that you know what to do... I need to resolve my own issues." I just nodded at his words, prompting him to fade into the night.

"You really are..." My words were drowned by the sea of stars in the sky.

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"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka" POV.

Running as fast as I could, I maneuvered through the forest in hopes of finding Hana. That explosion was too large for her to come out unscathed, and I need to make sure she is safe.

"!" Looking at myself, I see that I'm becoming more transparent as if my existence is becoming invalidated.

'I need to find Hana, fast!' I sped up putting everything I have into it. Looking at the origin of the blast, I see piles of human flesh and organs thrown all over the place.

'It was most likely a suicide attack," I merely passed it, ignoring its existence to find Hana. If it is was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka of before, even he would have been disgusted by the sight but right now, I have more important priorities.

Turning to the waterfall, I see a trail of blood. 'This is the right way,' I followed it, arriving at the waterfall and my breath metaphorically hitched.

"Hana!" I screamed her name as I ran to her, worry gnawing at me. She was at the base of the waterfall, her left arm gone, and the majority of her body had serious burns, but most of all, she felt weak.

I got on one knee and brought her head up gently so she could see me. "Hana! What happened!?"

I screamed as I feared for the worst. "Kiyo...?" She opened her eyes to look at mine, tears welling up at the image of me.

"You're...okay..." She caressed my cheek as if to confirm sbe was not dreaming my existence.

"You're really... Okay..." Tears streamed down her face as relief filled her voice.

"But... You're...disappearing," she muttered to

herself. I grabbed her hand as a gesture of kindness and looked her in the eyes.

"Why are you worried about me! You're the one that's dying!?" She just let out a chuckle, before addressing me.

"Yes, I'm dying, that's why... I want to let you live... Because I am dying..." She sounded so happy at the thought of me being alive.

"I'm sorry for my selfishness..." She said in genuine reprieve.

Don't apologize.

"I'm sorry if I was annoying..."

Then stop saying sorry.

"I'm sorry... If I wasn't good enough a master for you..."

Please, just stop...

"But please, let me be selfish...Kiyo, please take my body... Let me die so you can leave..." She pleaded to me.

Please, you aren't being selfish so just stop... Because...

"... What a masterpiece..." Her hand dropped as her body became lifeless. At that moment, with those being her last words, Hana Takahashi had died.

[...] Chranere opted for silence.

Please don't apologize. I'm the one who's sorry, for always being snarky. For being a bad excuse for a friend...for being a bad person. You changed me for the better, so please don't ever say sorry... I don't deserve your apologies. In fact, I am the only one who should apologize.

"I am sorry, because..."

"You were destined to die on this day the moment you had summoned me."

"I'm so sorry, because I am truly twisted."

"I'm oh so sorry, because, despite your best efforts, I'm still a horrible human being."

"..."

"So, Hana Takahashi, rest assured, knowing that you were of use to me."

"And rest in peace... Knowing that you were my first friend."

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A single nudge, that is all it takes...

A single tip, that is all it takes to topple the dominos.

A single motion, that is all it takes for the beginning of one end.

Triviality, Annoyances, infinitesimal nuances. That slowly builds up to set unprecedented,

unpredictable, the unknown to take place.

That is all it takes, for fate to run its course.

And right now, fate has run its course.

The opening act has come to a close... The prologue is done.

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And cut~!

A lot of people might point out the massive inconsistencies qith our protagonists behavior. While i can explain it, my genuine advice to you is to read the light novel of Classroom of the elite. Kiyo's actions would make a but load more sense if you read the series.

Or... You know you cna watch the anime since season 2 has been confirmed.