A New Beginning

"I can't believe you, I trusted you, I loved you... all for you to go behind my back and cheat on me." A woman said hatefully while looking at a young man who was on the going, slowly bleeding out. tears were in her eyes, tears which she couldn't hold back

"I never cheated..." the young man said weakly, he was a dark skin man, over 6 feet, and he was quite handsome. the girl on the other hand was white with long blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes. a mixed couple.

"Don't lie to me, I saw you with that woman... I woman who gave me hell throughout high school." She exploded in rage remembering who he cheated on her with, unable to control her rage, she jumped on him, pulled out the knife in his stomach, and began stabbing him over and over.

after who knows how many times, she stabbed him one last time, before stopping to catch her breath, only for her to burst out crying. out of everyone he could have cheated on her with, it was her high school bully. that girl made her life a living hell, made her wake up crying every day at the thought of going back to that school.

"She was going to help in our marriage... she was going to do it for free as an apology for how she treated you." He said weakly, his eyes losing its light. But the woman hearing this only grew enraged, they were not even enraged

but upon looking at his suit, she saw the outline of a box, with shaking hand, she removed the suit and looked at the pocket, and took out a box which held a ring within.

"I was going to ask you to marry me..." He said softly, before his eyes lost all light, leaving her frozen on the spot, unable to move or think for some time, all her mind was forced on the box, which within had a picture of her and him, smiling while at the beach

"..." The next moment, a scream of horror filled the house, she looked at the blood which was everywhere, covering her whole body, making her screams sound even louder...

"... where am I?" the young man found himself standing in a strange place, pure white fog covering the ground, there was no path behind him and only a path in front of him. so he walked forward while looking around in confusion.

His mind was calm and his head was clear, he quickly understood that he was most likely died, and this was the road towards the afterlife. so he walked and soon saw people along the path, and many began appearing behind him.

they all had the same pure white clothing, and although many had confused looks at first, they were quickly returned with relaxed looks as they walked on the path. but soon, they came across a huge crowd, easily millions. it was a sea of people who stood there, trying to look up heads to see what was happening.

"what's happening?" an old woman asked a young man who was standing there, the young man turned around and with a gentle smile explained loud enough for everyone to hear

"the path to the afterlife is being destroyed. so there is no place for us to go, and soon we might begin to reappear back in the world we came from," he explained, stunning everyone, who had stunned and worried looks.

but among them, the dark skin young man suddenly noticed something, a man in golden armor, holding a broken spear and shield. his armor also covered his cracks, his helmet was destroyed, along with the right side of his face. his shoulder was missing, along with his left leg, and his right leg was not in good condition, only the bones of it remained. many holes filled his chest, yet even with all of these injuries, no blood was dripping.

He looked around and saw no one else seemed to see this person, and upon looking at that person once more, he was standing before him, looking him straight in the eyes with that one eye that seemed to see all things. his none existing heart began racing, as he stepped backward, but with that one step, he found that he was no longer on that path, he was within what seemed to be a battlefield.

The man in armor went on to sit on a bolder, seemly to rest. he placed his weapons to his side, before slowly removing his helmet, revealing a handsome young man with looks that were out of this world, although handsome, it was not a cute type of handsome, a manly type.

He had a thick blood-red beard that seemed to have absorbed the blood of his enemies, his eye was a sharp red as well, but his hair although red showed a hint of white.

"I'm war, I'm not Aries, Odin, or the horsemen... I'm the very embodiment of war, all the others were simply drawing power from me." He said calmly as a campfire appeared out of nowhere, and he signaled him to take a seat opposite him. unable to ignore his order, he went to sit down and listened, uneasy about everything which was going on.

"A war took place not too long ago, leading to the death of many beings like myself. we lost the battle and with our downfall, the universe shall start falling apart, the afterlife is just one of the things, and soon the world as you know it shall completely disappear." He said calmly, stunning the young man

"... why are you telling me?" He asked in slight confusion, to which War looked him deeply in the eyes, before speaking.

"There is a way to avoid this world destruction, and that is by beings like myself having others absorb us. By doing so, in a way we shall live on since you shall be reborn as the new war." He said calmly, stunning the young man once more, why him?

"I chose you because we connect. me and you, you can best chancel my power, and even managed to learn to control yourself. you were a kid getting into fights at every turn growing up, and now you are a man who knows when to fight and when to speak. just because I'm the embodiment of war doesn't mean I seek chaos, maybe when I was younger I did, but as one grows, they change." He said softly, making the young man node in slight understanding

"but beyond that, you are a perfect fit for my powers. So... what do you say, do you want to become the new War?" He asked softly, making the young man hesitated for a moment before asking a questions

"what would I have to do?" He asked to which War sighed softly before speaking

"Firstly, you would need to grow strong. you would be reincarnated, and from there you would have to pick new lifeforms to become gods of war. Like it or not, so long as the embodiment of war exists, they would be war. of course, rejecting me would erase all forms of conflicts, but doing so would take away the power of those who are weak to resist the strong." He said calmly,

"those who sit on the top look down upon others, over the many years I lived, I saw many standing up to fight against those cruel leaders, I saw many who fought for justice and so on, they can do that because it exists. conflict can be used to bring forth peace and evil, it would be your task to manage such things. Is the jump too much for you to handle?" He asked softly, to which the young man shook his head slightly

"You would meet many others like me, the embodiment of fire, wind, emotions, sight, and so on. all things which make up the universe. many would show their powers in different ways, systems, or unique abilities. don't kill them, even if they are dicks. in a way, you would hold the greatest responsibility." he said softly, to which the young man nodded slightly in understanding

"go ahead, pick up my spear and shield, and stab me. after which, you shall be reborn." He said softly, making the young man unease,

"It's alright, I was going die anyways... but this way I will not truly die, I don't know how my power would take shape within you. but due to the many abilities I have, I'm guessing you would have a system." He said softly, to which the young man took a deep breath slightly before he took the spear and shield,

this would be his first time killing someone who he held no hatred towards, but he still took the shield and spear. they felt heavy, super heavy for him to carry, but he helped him lift the weapons and helped place the spear before his chest.

"Thanks," He said softly before he drove the spear into his chest while at the same time, he stepped forward, leading the young man to stumble forward. placing his forehead against the young man's head, he looked at him.

"Being a god of war is hard work, there are many things that make up war. It's usually I who keep the peace amongst those embodiments, but it's also I who they call seeking to be on their side. I'm like the oldest brother at times." He said with a shake of his head before he disappeared into the young man's body, the world around the young man began to also be absorbed into the young man, followed by the young man transforming into a ray of light which went on to be reborn.

many other rays of light shot out, and slowly, the cycle of reincarnations stopped but crumbled away, allowing these lights to be reborn. standing at the cycle of reincarnations, an old woman watched these lights disappearing, unlike the others, she looked at the young woman next to her, a black-haired woman who gave all her powers.

"Sadly, I had to use up most of my powers to keep the cycle of reincarnations running long enough for them to be reborn. you need not be worried about falling behind, you shall regain everything over time although you would have a slower start than the others. plus, you would have special treatments, unlike the others, I have two concepts making me. life and death," she said with a smile, to which the black-haired woman nodded slightly, not blaming her in the least.

"Good luck, remember, as the embodiment of reincarnations, you should stay away from those other conflicts. You, Death, and Life, you should keep to yourselves. the embodiment of war normally keeps others from bothering you, so if you find him or her, stay by his side. he would have the most troublesome trask out of everyone," She said with a slight laugh before she disappeared, with the cycle of reincarnations fusing with this woman, but it reappeared, although extremely small, its injuries had disappeared. it shall grow alongside this new embodiment of reincarnations, who disappeared, entering the cycle of reincarnations as well