14Chapter 1: Kill the Azure Knight
"Have a taste...of my darkness!" a dark demonic voice said, "More...My thirst...It continues!" after it was done slaughtering innocents, only one survived; A guard from the Empire, who was sent to protect a noble child; she picking out her next toy. "Where is this so called Empire?"
"T-the Empire is p-past th-this for-fo-forest." The poor guard was scared out of his mind; this demonic knight that could easily be called a danger beast slaughtered his charge. He wanted to run and tell the citizens, but the eyes—those dark eyes that shone through this thing's helmet—wanted more than darkness, chaos and despair.
"Good..." The knight—Nightmare—said as he thrusted his enormous sword with an eye in it—Soul Edge—into the guard's abdomen, "You shall become my nourishment!" After that, his eyes closed slowly, becoming dark and dull. The life of the guards voice had become devoid. "*dark chuckle* Devastation...for the weak! I shall show them...the greatest nightmare! I hope you've prepared 'Empire', because you shall receive...the punishment...of darkness!" Nightmare's chuckle became full blown laughter of insanity, wanting nothing but death and destruction. However, the laughter suddenly stopped, and Nightmare dropped his sword and began to hold his head, screaming in pain, "AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" the human host's soul—My Soul—broke free from the control of Soul Edge's own, Inferno; The event of which caused Soul Edge to break up into many pieces, and scattered throughout the land, further setting back the demon's plans—one of said pieces held the power to end him; a piece called Soul Calibur.
That was 10 years ago.
What altered the timeline was my forced union with the evil sword, Soul Edge. I approached it with a sword given to me by a knight named Siegfried; the spirit sword, Soul Calibur. He was like many others I met in the first timeline; he saw my potential, and therefore decided I would be the perfect heir to Soul Calibur. I aimed to live up to his expectations; I was going to destroy Soul Edge. However, the evil sword's own soul—the demon, Inferno—also saw my potential, and seized control of me, forcing me to touch the sword, creating Nightmare. After peering into my memories, the knight used Soul Edge to cut a portal through time, back to the revolution, and planned on merging with Soul Calibur once there.
That was 500 years in the future of the first timeline.
Imperial Year 1024; Five Miles Away from the Capital:
"*Sigh* I hate sleeping outside." I groaned, as I wrapped myself in my winter coat. I had been traveling for days to reach the nation's capital. I left my home village in the countryside, with two of my friends, so that we could join the military together and send money back to our home village. But along the way, bandits had separated the three of us, just like the first timeline. I was all alone, and I had no idea where my friends were or if they were safe. "If I'm lucky I'll reach the capital tomorrow afternoon. Maybe then I'll finally be able to sleep in a real bed, instead of leaning against a tree." I shifted around so that I could get comfortable against the hard ground. Once I found a suitable position, my eyelids began to droop as sleep overtook me. "Sayo, Ieyasu; I hope you're both alright."
Dream:
I didn't know where I was. All that surrounded me was an endless sea of darkness. Picking a random direction, I began to walk through the never-ending blackness.
"Where the hell am I?" I mumbled to myself, peering into the darkness surrounding me. "This place is really starting to creep me out..." However I stopped when I saw a small beam of light in front of me. Racing towards the beacon of light, I was surprised to find a shimmering cloud of what appeared to be mist. "What is this stuff?" Reaching out, I touched the mistlike substance. I immidiately recoiled my hand when the mist began to glow brightly. I stood stunned, as the mist began to replay images from my life. "Woah, this is really trippy. I wonder if it can show me memories of Sayo and Ieyasu?" Almost instantly the mist began to show past memories of me, Sayo, and Ieyasu training for our journey to the capital. I smiled, as I relived the precious moments with my friends. As I watched the memories roll by, an idea popped into my head, "I wonder..." I reached out and touched the mist again. "...Can you show me what lies in my future?"
The mist began to glow a deep shade of blood red, and a low grumbling sound echoed throughout the empty void. Suddenly a new series of images began to appear - memories from the first timeline; my memories -. What first appeared nearly made me vomit. To my utter, horror and disgust the first images were of a busty, purple-haired woman being bitten in half by a hideous beast, and then a red-haired girl's decapitated head impaled on a large pole—A small crowd of people had gathered around the pole to gawk at the grisly display. "OH GOD! Please show me something else! Change it now!" I yelled, as I tried to avert my eyes. However, something was drawing me to look at the grotesque images; I couldn't seem to tear my eyes away. I let out a sigh of relief when the mist began to shimmer, as it prepared to show another set of pictures. However what the mistlike substance showed next was no less gruesome. The next set images were of a busty blonde-haired woman who was lying in a pool of her own blood. I nearly gagged when I saw that the woman's stomach was littered with over a dozen bullet holes. "W-What the hell is t-this? Why a-are you showing m-me this?"
"You wished to see your future boy, and that's what I'm showing you." A demonic voice echoed from within the mist. "You will watch what your future entails."
"N-No! Stop this!" I shouted, as I tried to close my eyes. But an unseen force was keeping my gaze locked onto the mist. "P-Please let me go!"
"You must witness these events child. Learn from them, and you may just be able to change your dark future for the better." an angelic voice said this time, as another series of images appeared in the mist. This time the images showed a green-haired boy being cut in half down the middle by an unseen assailant's sword.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, feeling bile rise in my throat. Forcing down my vomit, I prepared for the next barrage of pictures. However what appeared next was very different from what had previously been shown. The mist now showed me holding onto a petite pink-haired girl. The pink-haired girl appeared to be talking to me, as I held her hand, "I'm glad I fell in love with you."
"Mine...Don't die! Don't you dare die!" I said in a pained voice, as the pink-haired girl cupped my cheek, "You're gonna stand on the winning side, aren't you?!"
"What are you saying? I'm already on the winning side." The pink-haired girl said, before she leaned forward and kissed me gently on the lips. "I love you." Moments later the girl's eyes closed, and she went comatose in my arm. The images quickly began to fade, as I let out a pained scream; tears pouring from my eyes.
"Oh God..." I breathed out, feeling a few tears escape my own eyes as well.
"This is the last memory that we're going to show you boy." The demonic voice said, as the mist began to morph and change once again. "You best watch closely and learn from this." Once the mist had finished changing it began to broadcast the last set images. My eyes widened when I saw myself dressed in elaborate dragon-like armor—my face wasn't human though. My entire body was covered in blood, and it looked like I could barely stand. Next the mist showed a dark-haired girl with red eyes approaching.
"I'm sorry." I said to the girl, forcing a pained smile onto my face. "Looks like I couldn't keep my promise..." The girl rushed forward, and she caught me in her arms before I fell over. She embraced me tightly, as I seemingly died in her arms.
"You promised me! You said you'd survive!" The red-eyed girl screamed, her voice laden with sadness and grief. Tears began to pour from her eyes, and she began to shake slightly as she held me close.
With that the last images faded away, leaving me visibly shaken. I didn't know what to make of what I saw; I merely stood still in complete shock. There was no way those images could have actually been from my future, right? Surely I was just exhausted, and was just having strange dreams and hallucinations. Yeah that had to be it. "Well you've seen some of what your future holds." The demonic voice said, as the mist began to fade away, "Do what you please with this information. For your sake, I hope you can learn from this and change your cursed future." With a blinding flash of light, I felt myself forced out of my dreams.
Pairings are Tatsumi x Mine, Wave x Kurome, Run x Cosmina, and a hint of Tatsumi x Viola(Viola doesn't say anything because she knows of Tatsumi x Mine).
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