"What's wrong, Nero? Did I startle you?" On said as he dropped his mask and stomped on it, breaking it into pieces.
"Wh-why do you look like ?" I questioned. On shook his head in disappointnt.
"Co on, Nero, you should know who I am. I am you. Naoko Akujin. How could you not recognize who I am?" On said, extending his arms.
"No, you can't be . You must've morphed your body to look exactly like mine."
"My my, I must've been wrong when I said you beca smarter. You must've grown dumber instead." He said, approaching .
"You can't deny the truth. You know I am you and you cannot deny it."
"Don't move!" I yelled, firing Piercing Red at him but he dodged. Luckily, he did stop.
"Explain exactly who you are! I want every detail and you are not moving until you tell ."
On and I locked eyes. His eyes were also purple and blue, just like mine. The energy he gave off was also similar to mine. The only difference was that felt more intoxicating and evil.
"Very well. I will explain. You see, Nero, I am you, from an alternate tiline."
"Pff, you expect to believe such bullshit!?"
"I am not lying to you, Nero. What use is there to lie to my own counterpart?"
I shut my mouth as he continued to speak.
"You see, everything was going alright. Unlocked my Altima, gained Leviathan, etc. However, it all went downhill after the Frost Siege. You know what happened then."
"Risa died, is that right?"
On looked at with a blank expression before nodding.
"So is that the reason you ca to this tiline? To save her? If that's the case, you did a horrible job."
"Save her? No, that should've been your job but I knew you would've failed. My true goal was to actually recruit you, but I should've expected you to be stubborn."
He extended his hand and smiled, beckoning.
"Now then, I will ask you one more ti Nero. Will you join ? Or not? Together, we could save Risa from her death. You know she did not deserve to die like that. Her life had a aning, and it did not deserve to end in such a way."
"No." I declined though he said so very good points.
On's smile faded away and he glared at .
"Why not? I'm offering you the choice to help save Risa again. We can find a way to revive your Risa. Is that not what you want?"
"No, I don't need to revive her. Maybe you don't understand, do you?" I asked him and he started to grit his teeth.
"Her promise. We were to forget about her when she died and move on. That is the promise that she made to . She did that for you, didn't she?"
"Promise. What promise? I didn't even agree to such things. Why make a promise when you can't keep it?"
"No, YOU couldn't keep it. This is why you are doing this, right?"
"Yes, precisely."
"So then why can't you can just travel to another tiline to save her?"
"I did not obtain the ability to ti travel to other tilines to save her. I traveled to other tilines to find a spell to resurrect her!"
On vanished and appeared behind , grabbing by the neck.
"I tried to save her once, but whenever I did, ti would freeze eternally. Turns out, interfering with events that fate has prearranged causes that tiline to completely break. I couldn't do anything after that, so I traveled to a new tiline. As I continued to learn the laws of ti travel, I decided for an alternative route."
He turned towards him and glared into my eyes. A trail of silver light poured from his eyes.
"I needed the ability to resurrect soone fully. I wanted to bring Risa back to life as a human. Though I could've done it with necromancy, I didn't want to bring back an emotionless corpse. I wanted the real Risa back!"
"So why couldn't you have done that in your tiline!?"
"Because I killed everyone out of rage!!" He yelled, "And the key to resurrection lies in my body! In other words, you!"
He gripped onto my chest where my heart was located.
"I've killed countless versions of myself in order to obtain this ability and none of them has given that. I've pondered why but it turns out that only one out of every version of a certain individual has such an ability. I wondered maybe it's because I killed them too early before they had the chance to fight back. You wanna know why I killed them?"
He smirked, waiting for to ask why despite already knowing the answer.
"Heh."
Krrsh!
"Gah!"
I gasped as On plunged his hand into my chest, grabbing ahold onto my heart. I tried to fight back but he was too powerful. Even shifting into my Altima form couldn't get him to let go. I amassed mana into my fist and with all my power, I slamd my fist into his head.
Hitting him was like walking into a pole. He didn't even flinch but cackled as he ripped my heart out.
Letting go of , I was forced out of my Altima and fell towards the ground. anwhile, On was inspecting the heart he held in his hand.
"The ability should lie here once I kill you. That was only a tease. Before I kill you, I want to see what surprises you have to offer . After all, you are the first out of all the alternate versions of that I let live up to this mont."
On crushed my heart and poured the blood into his mouth before throwing it away.
"Now then, co at with full intent to kill." On said to .
I got up. I could feel the centipedes inside create a new heart inside by using themselves as the material. The hole in my chest eventually closed up.
I shifted back into my Altima form and charged forward. I struck him across the face with another full-power punch but he didn't even flinch.
I stepped back and perford Twisted Chaos Dance. On smirked as he started to perform strange movents, managing to evade my Twisted Chaos Dance.
I staggered in surprise. No one should be able to evade Twisted Chaos Dance, even !
"What's wrong?" On said, appearing in front of , "Is that all?"
I grit my teeth as I equipped Osiris. Accumulating every ounce of my power into my fist, I went for his face again.
"GRIM HYDRA FIST!!" I yelled as my fist got closer to his face. Then, right when I was about to hit him, I was sent flying back with my lower jaw and the right side of my chest disconnected from my body.
My mind tried to process what had just occurred as On stood there with my arm in his bloodied hand.
"Hmm, maybe I should've let you hit . I think I was bullying you way too much." He chuckled, tossing my arm away before approaching .
Centipedes started to erge from my body and regenerate my body. On stood and watched curiously.
"Now now, this is interesting. I've never seen regeneration like this before. Is this the immortality you earned from sacrificing Vozahlaas?"
I didn't answer him for two reasons. One, my mouth hadn't fully regenerated yet and two, even if I answered, he would have already known the answer.
"Maybe I should've accepted. Guess killing Yukie and Sephirot was a bad idea but at least I got the ability to ti travel as a result."
My eyes widened to those words. He what?
"Yeah. I killed Yukie and Sephirot," He said, pointing to his chest, "You never knew you could do that?"
"B-but why?" I asked as my jaw had regenerated.
"Oh, it seems when I had been consud by wrath, my body's limit exceed my own comprehension and my strength overflowed. You see, I beca nearly 5 tis stronger after that. Consuming Sephirot granted even more power and now, look at ."
On closed his eyes and took a deep breath, flaunting his power. His aura materialized and the grass surrounding us began to dry up.
"I am the personification of death itself. Ti bends to my will and there is absolutely no one that can stop . That includes the forr Enigma that once held second place in the hierarchy."
On cackled while I took in the words he said.
So he killed a forr Enigma that once held second place? This is not good. I am heavily underprepared for this. If only I can find a window to escape.
Once my body had fully healed, I stood up and quickly turned to flee. However, On didn't let and teleported in front of , slamming towards the ground.
"You're not going anywhere."
He stared at and smirked.
"Screw the Twilight Queen's words. I'll just kill you now. If you don't happen to have what I need, I can always just travel to another tiline. You should've just accepted my offer and you could've lived. I can't believe I would be disappointed in myself."
He faced his palm at and smirked as he circulated energy to the end of his palm. The air began to distort as he was about to deliver his blow.
Bling!
Suddenly, On was engulfed by a pillar of divine energy. Dark energy would then suddenly be mixed into the pillar.
Then a figure appeared in front of and snatched away, taking far away from the pillar which would increase in size, causing more destruction before lightning wrapped the pillar, creating a giant explosion.
"Are you alright, Nero?"
I looked up at the figure who saved and it turned out to be Ravyn.
"Ravyn?"
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