2. Happenings.

ARC 1: A NEW BEGINNING...

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Darkness.

Black.

Nothing.

Abyss.

Void.

These are a few words I could use to describe my current situation. I was there. Inside this empty nothingness.

I could feel myself exist. But that was all. I couldn't even tell if I was alive. Well. I did die but that's beside the point.

It's been like this for a while now.

After I lost consciousness, back in the spade kingdom, there was only this void waiting for me. The bigger question though, is how exactly I remember, well, just about...everything?

I might have an answer to that. The answer is, 'I don't know', and so I won't bother thinking about it.

Another question is, whether I'm alive or not. Like I said I don't know. The fact that I remember my existence should mean I'm alive, but...this... Am I in the afterlife? I never really believed in that nonsense but it might just be the case.

So will I stay in this place forever? Sounds like a pain in the ass. I need a cigarette.

It's pissing me off now. I'VE BEEN STUCK IN THIS STUPID PLACE FOR WHO-KNOWS-HOW-LONG AND THERE'S NO END TO IT!!!

Oh well. I'll just go along with whatever's going on. Let's leave these problems for the future Yami to deal with. Yep. That seems like the optimal choice.

The place and situation in itself is weird enough, but whats weirder is the fact that I feel completely numb. I tried to move around or do anything but nope. I can't feel myself breathe or anything, which makes me lean towards the idea that this is afterlife. What's next? Hell?

If I'm going somewhere it'll definitely be hell. Who knows how many times I've told people to take Mr.Destiny and beat the crap outta him. Now it's come back to bite me in the ass.

Maybe I should apologize. Nah. I'll leave that to Angel Yami. Oh well I doubt he'd accept an apology anyway. I'll just go back to floating around.

I wonder what Asta's doing. What're the captains doing? Maybe they're having a funeral for me. Bangs is probably making weird designs on my grave. Sleepyhead is probably asleep. The paint brat is definitely crying. Wonder what Charlotte is thinking.

I never gave her an answer. Well she never really confessed but I'm glad I pretended not to pick up on her feelings. I knew I'd die eventually. If I gave her an answer it'd be harder to accept the loss of me. I hope she finds another man.

One who won't die.

I have no regrets. I think I'm stuck somewhere between life and death right now, and I really don't have any regrets. I got all I could have asked for. I died...so that my comrades could see another sunrise. My sacrifice saved my squad. And many others on that battlefield. Maybe even the world.

And I got the best possible death I could have asked for. I managed to get a smoke in- I mean- I saw those idiots smiling. It was...a good feeling...being sent off with smiles...

Enough on that. There was one thing that puzzled me though. Even though I was in this nothingness, there would occasionally be sounds. Vague sounds of people talking and stuff like that. Are those my memories replaying in my mind?

Just what are these strange 'Happenings'?

An indefinite amount of time later, I got some sort of...answer? There was a rushed movement in the void. As if something had exploded. I was immediately on alert, trying to think of what would happen.

And then I did it...I left it to Future Yami.

Not the best move but definitely the only one I'll take. I deserve a break from thinking, after all my monologue in the void.

The void started shaking and I heard those vague sounds again. Only this time it sounded like muffled screaming. Just what was going on.

I was just beginning to wonder if I would finally get to see some action, and my wish was granted.

Next was absolute chaos.

I could feel the void getting brighter.

Then, came pain.

Pain.

Intense pain.

Almost as if someone was crushing me starting with my head. Is this what idiots felt when I grabbed their heads?! Seriously?? I'm never doing that to anyone again...nah I'll do it if someone bugs me.

Either way. The pain wasn't receding any. So this is what happens when you say shit against Mr.Destiny??! Damn. First I stay in this void for God knows how long and now I'm having my body crushed. You got me good destiny but it's not gonna go in your favour.

I thought this and started enduring the pain like my life depended on it. Well maybe it did depend on it, but! That's beside the point. I'm not letting destiny get one over me.

The pain in my head went away for a second. TAKE THAT DESTINY! But now there was suffocation. Followed by my body getting crushed. AS IF I'LL GIVE IN TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!

Right then and there, I started to surpass my limits! No pain was too great. And then it happened.

My entire world lit up. I was kinda awestruck but I didn't get to enjoy the moment.

'TOO BRIGHT!', I thought.

The pain was gone but shit! There's way too much light. Am I in heaven?? Did I beat Destiny?? What the hell is even going on anymore!?!

Moments later, I felt a sharp pain in my back. I went ahead and tried to surpass my limits, but then I started...crying... What?

This isn't supposed to happen. Something's wrong, I can feel it. I mean...I'm Yami. CAPTAIN YAMI of the black bulls, I've never cried in my life!

And yet I knew very well whose mouth that annoying *WAAAAHHHH* was coming from. That's right - or wrong - mine.

I wanted the sudden humiliation to stop, but it didn't. It continued. I was crying. I was crying from the fact that I could cry again. The fact that I could feel again. The fact that I had won against destiny. The fact...that I was free from the darkness.

I...cried.

End of chapter.

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