Vision... Or Memories?

Covering my right eye slightly using my hands, I weakly raised my head up to look at the mirror to see what was happening to me... Oh, boy. Guess I'll have to prepare myself because I know that I won't be sleeping tonight.

'What the fuck is that!?'

Looking at the mirror, I couldn't help but feel scared from what I'm seeing. At the reflection, there was a dark smoky creature attached behind my back, piercing onto my neck using it's nails. Though, I didn't felt anything when the sharp nails of it pierced me. The creature didn't have a feet and seems to be floating. It's body was made from a dark smoke and doesn't have a head but, it had glowing white eyes and huge grin that bared it's long sharp teeth that was utterly similar to sharks.

"What--"

Before I could continue my sentence, the dark creature leaned it's body closer to my ear, and began muttering words I couldn't understand.

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After the creature finished speaking, a vision...or memories suddenly imprinted my thoughts, as my sight began getting dark, as if I was about to pass out.

"Ugh..."

***

Somewhere at the [XXX], there were two child from the transmission tower watching the constellation above the night sky.

"Let's go now, ⬛"

The boy with a ashy brown haired child said, as he began climbing down the ladder.

"You go on ahead. I'll just continue studying the patterns of the stars... Also, tell professor ⬛ that after I finished here, I'm gonna borrow his teleportation device so I can go back to my home... You know why? If I continue using my parent's spaceship, I'll be grounded for a month."

The other boy spoke. His hair was blonde and his eyes shone a golden hue while watching the night sky.

"Haizz... Nobody asked, ⬛... *Sigh*, no matter. I'll just go on ahead."

...

"Stop with the flashy design, old man. You're only giving me more problems, dammit."

The boy facepalmed himself after seeing the tool he gave yesterday, covered with some childish design.

"Ho, ho, ho... What's up with you today? You seemed a bit hot blooded... Is it perhaps because of your friends...or maybe, girlfriend?" The old man smirked, "You know, when I was at your age, I have already made three beautiful girlfriends that was called 'the three beauty's of the academy'. Haha--oww!"

Frowning, the boy kicked the old professor's butt, and crossed his arms to his chest.

"I'm not here to break your record, you old geezer. I'm just here for my device."

"Geezer? I'd rather be called sly fox than that, hmph."

The old professor pouted his lips.

"Stop acting cute, you dying old pervert... Also, what would you rather choose, be called a pervert or a geezer?"

Clicking his tongue, the old man took out a key card from his pockets and handed it down to the boy.

"You know. You better cherish that so-called family and friendship of yours before it's too late, ⬛. I already lost the most important person from the past, and I regretted everything thanks to that."

The boy rolled his eyes, and deliberately ignored his comment.

"I don't need any piece of advice... Their not my friends anyway."

The old professor stared at the boy for a couple of seconds before gesturing his hands to dismiss his thoughts.

"Well, that's your choice to make, not mine. Anyways, I'd just hope that you don't end up like me after the war."

"Yeah, yeah. Sure."

Just like that, the boy left the professor alone at the research facility.

After the boy left the room, the professor took out a photo from his pockets before mumbling.

"You better not die child. You and your friends are the only hope for the future... I wish that you realize this early, but, since it is still not time, you better get stronger for yours and your friends sake."

Picking up the coffee beside him from the table, the old professor took a sip, slumped his head on the chair, and tapped his fingers on the armrest, before slowly closing his eyes.

"... I've really gotten old am I?"

Finally, after a long time, the old professor's wish is now being fulfilled... A long deep rest, that would end up sleeping for eternity.

...

-Five years later.

Slash!

-Clank!

Using only his one hand, the ashy haired youth blocked the continues attack of the enemy in front of him.

After clashing a few more times, his enemy-blonde youth, with glowing golden eyes began panting heavily, struggling himself to take a long breather.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to destroy everything that you have created? Tell me... Tell me, ⬛!"

The blonde youth roared, as he once again continued attacking from every direction.

Rumble-! Rumble-!

The area around them started to distort, and everytime their swords clashed onto each other, the ground shook fiercely.

As they were both clashing their swords, the ashy brown haired youth opened his mouth slightly to speak.

"Why you ask...? It's because the world itself was not in it's right direction where it is needed to be saved..."

Greeting his teeth tightly, the blonde youth's crest began glowing brightly, as the air surrounding him distorted more uncontrollably.

"What's the point of saving the world that you destroyed in the first place? What's left will only be wasteland!"

"Saving, huh? When did I say that I'll be saving the world? Besides, isn't recreating the world you've long protected seems... fun?"

The boy smiled.

"⬛, I know what it feels like to lose everyone you've loved and protected for a long time, but. That doesn't mean that destroying everything is the answer."

After the blonde youth said that, the other youth's body began glitching out of reality, as if the world--universe itself was trying to remove it's former master from it's existence.

"Kufufufu... It's seems like you don't understand why I'm doing this... Not that it matters to you in the first place, hahaha..."

Crack!

Suddenly, a huge crack appeared from the sky. Looking closely, it looks like the balance of reality itself was on the verge of destruction.

"Guess that this is my cue... I'll be going now. We shall meet again in the future, ⬛... So, for now, this is goodbye."

Then, the ashy brown youth flew up inside the crack.

[⬜, Stop him!!]

One of the gods spoke.

[I can't, his mere strength is overwhelming mine... If I continued interfering, this world might get erased.]

Listening to their conversation, the blonde youth clicked his tongue, as he began rushing forward to jump inside the huge crack in the sky.

'Why did this have to happen in the first place?' Is what the blonde youth thought when he hopped in the crack.

Thus, he then decided...

'I'll definitely save you, ⬛... even if it meant killing you by my own hands.'

***

After a couple of minutes, I could finally move my body again. Though, this wasn't enough to remove my whole away from those vision I saw a couple of minutes ago.

And...

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Slowly, the muffled words of the creature behind my back began turning into a system-like words, that appeared in a blue screen in front of me.

[Synchronizing memory '0.0000001'... Complete]

'synchronizing...memory?' I inwardly thought, as I placed my hands to my chin to help me think more carefully.

"Why do--"

-Ring!

Before I could even finish my sentence, a child seemed to be at the same age of mine, entered the store.

He was also the boy I saw earlier when I was about to enter the shop.

"Hmm?"

Raising his brow, the boy took a quick side glance at me, before turning his head to the counter.

"Boss, I'm here for my order!"

At the same time, an old man got out from the door. In his hand, there was a mask, almost similar design to the mask I had on my hands.

"Here..."

After the old man gave him the mask, the boy immediately left the shop. Not long after, the old man focused his attention back to me.

"I see that you're already done choosing between the mask that I gave you... Is it the red one? Or perhaps, the white one?"

The old man looked at me with a tint of interest in his eyes. Eventually, I raised the mask I chose, and took out a small pouch.

"How much is this mask?"

"That'll be one silver coin."

I immediately handed him the money then left the shop. As I was about to leave, I noticed the boy earlier disappeared without a trace.

After I got out from the shop, I began stretching both my arms up. Slightly turning my head to look around, I suddenly saw the man I saw from earlier before I entered the shop, covered in light swords in his body.

Clearly, anyone who look at him will immediately turn their heads to look away from the dead body of the man.

'I think I've somehow escaped more problems, but raised more questions inside my mind... Sigh...'