Chapter 33: Raziel of the Cosmos
Perhaps, it's fate that chose to end this never ending thing, or perhaps, the universe had seen enough and wish for the two to end this 'cycle' for once and for all. One thing's for sure though; in this universe, only one of them will survive because…
Two suns cannot exist under the same sky.
What is this "never ending cycle" in the first place?
Why is it even happening?
Why, of all of the possible people out there, it's these two that had fallen into this fate?
Questions remained unanswered as Orion slowly fell unconscious. Staggering pain struck his chest when Gerald took a chance to attack, causing him to cough out a rather huge amount of blood. Aside from that, he's already bathing in blood thanks to the hole that his brother bore through his left shoulder.
It's safe to say that he might actually die from blood loss at this point.
He can't even control his body anymore…
He doesn't even know what's happening.
Orion can't deny the fact that, when he's on the verge of death from losing so much blood, he felt… peace. It's an unexplainable feeling that kept washing over him. He just felt light, as if the wind could carry him elsewhere—that's the best way possible to explain it, he supposed… because… he can't really put it into an exact sentence.
He blinked and, all of a sudden, he's in a familiar white space. Still feeling a bit dazed, he looked around, noticing his… other self, standing with his head hung low. It seems that his other self hasn't noticed him yet.
"Hey…" Orion's voice is quite soft, as if he knew that one loud thing could shatter the whole world.
"…" His other self finally noticed him, but he didn't say a word.
Orion approached for he had seen distraught over his other self's face. He felt his heart sink upon seeing his face. He didn't realise he could look this pitiful, as if he had lost his whole world in a blink of an eye.
"I…" Orion perked up when his other self finally let out some words, "… I never… I never imagined things would go down this way…" He sighed. "Well… it's… inevitable but… I didn't realise it would happen so soon." He clicked his tongue, "So soon that… this might actually be the end…"
He sounded so broken.
"What's… happening, even? Why is it happening?" Orion asked in the calmest way possible.
His other self looked at him, his golden eyes glinting and reflecting his brown ones. "Come to think of it…" He paused, biting his bottom lip too hard that it started to bleed, "… I can't believe I looked over the god damn signs… I'm so stupid."
"Hey… me, I don't understand a thing about what you're saying." Orion's brow furrowed, eyes seeking for answers. "You must know about something, right? I mean… you… you know that I've existed prior to this life, right? You… you must've always kept watch, right?" He couldn't help but to raise his voice a little, "Why is Gerald killing me? Isn't he satisfied by my death last fucking time?"
His other self simply sighed walking over to him before cupping his cheeks, "You… a fragment of myself who had made this life as your own…" He sounded rather defeated, "… do you really want to know… all of the pain I have… caused…?"
"I-I…—" Orion didn't get a chance to even answer as his other self touched his forehead with his own, summoning up a bright light that enveloped over the already bright world.
Orion felt as though he's getting sucked into somewhere, and he couldn't move out of it. The next thing he knew, he's standing over a grassy field with his bare feet.
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I opened my eyes, greeted by the refreshing breeze and sweet scent coming from the grassy land. I was confused, to say the least because, holy shit I became tall. I tried moving my body, but… somehow, I can't. It's as if I'm only watching everything through a certain perspective—and, mind you, no one is going to get used to this.
"Elder brother!" Someone's voice reached my ears, making my body move on its own.
Wait, is this even my body?
My thought ended when my gaze landed on… a familiar face? It's… my brother… but with a… soft and rather pure look—without spelling murder in his eyes. Is that even Gerald? He looks too… innocent and… carefree—not the one I know of, at least. He's also wearing clothes that are foreign looking and… it's as if his clothes are shining.
"Father has been looking for you…" He panted, wiping a bead of sweat that rolled down from his forehead, "You can't just run away from things…!" He scolded… 'me'.
"Did I?" 'I' spoke.
Woah… so it is like I'm watching a scene… from one's perspective. If I put two and two together, I'd say that this is what my other self wants me to see…
… but why am I afraid of knowing what's to come?
"You did." Gerald sighed, placing a hand on his waist, "Let's go back to the stage, please? Father's going to scold me later if I don't get you back sooner."
"I'll abide, then." 'I' chuckled, walking towards him before pausing, "But, you know, dear brother," 'I' smiled solemnly at him, "we won't have a chance to go in this secret place as we wish…"
Gerald blinked.
"I just hope that… things won't change after… this." 'I' then walked passed him, bearing sorrow in my heart.
Is it weird that I'm feeling the emotions of my other self's body?
"Come on, brother!" Gerald caught up, smile as wide as possible, "Cheer up! Things won't be the same as before, but I guarantee you that we'll still be able to go here."
I'm not going to get used to that smile… but I do wish to see it on my brother…
"I'm… sure." 'I' smiled back at him as I closed my eyes.
The scene shifted quickly when I opened my eyes, catching me off guard. I'm pretty sure I was at a grassy land but, all of a sudden, I'm in front of a large audience, seemingly standing on top of a stage with all of their eyes glued onto me. It's pressuring, to say the least.
Well, this body isn't feeling any kind of nervousness at all. This body is… kind of just standing proudly, and, instead of feeling nervous, it felt… sadness?
Why would it feel sadness when…?
"I, King Aeron Cosmos, is bestowing the gift of "Void" and "Light" to my dearest sons, Uriel Cosmos and Raziel Cosmos, respectively." A man shrouded mostly in mystery for me gathered everyone's attention to him as he spoke of his words.
The crowd cheered upon hearing the sentence.
Okay, weird. Who are the two other Cosmos's? I get that the man in front of this body who just let go of those words is Aeron, whose, now that I look at him, stature is almost that of a leader—a king, so to speak. Well, he is one, duh… but he doesn't suppose that those are actually this body's and its brother's name, does he?
Given by the fact the 'I'm' standing in front of the crowd alongside my 'brother'… I think… I was spot on in guessing that.
The… king, Aeron, then turned around to our way with two boxes at each hand. He first handed one wooden box to… 'my brother' before giving me the other one. He gestured for us to open it and, without hesitation, 'my brother' opened his after bowing down to him.
Black mass started to pour out of the box before gathering into a sphere, hovering over 'my brother's' face. It's safe to assume that that black mass is what the king had called the Void, so the Gerald I know is actually the Uriel Cosmos here and… this body's, I mean, my other self's name is actually… Raziel Cosmos.
The Void then started to hover towards Ge—I mean, Uriel, before fusing into his chest, releasing a black aura that could make anyone fall onto their knees… but damn this body is sturdy. It only felt like a breeze for Raziel, but for the weak among the crowds, they're down on their knees.
Raziel then looked down at his own wooden box, staring at his own reflection through the glossy surface, making me notice his light blue eyes. He looked rather hesitant, unsure if he should really receive this gift of… Light, treating it like some sort of variant of Pandora's Box. He looked over at his brother, before closing his eyes and sighing as he opened the box.
The body felt rather overwhelmed when a bright light condensed and hovered in front of it. I suppose Raziel doesn't want whatever this gift of Light is because… I can feel it through his body—he doesn't want any part of it, as if he knew something bad is going to happen once the Light binds onto him.
He simply closed his eyes, accepting the Light as it coursed through his body. I, too, felt it—its radiating cold touch covering my other self's body then… it's suddenly gone.
When Raziel opened his eyes again for me to see, the scenery had changed as well—now, it seems like he's in a large room, sitting on a chair that faced towards a long, white table. People seemed to have sat on the number of chairs, too, with Aeron sitting on the main one whilst Raziel is across Uriel.
Things seems to be quite serious in this grand-looking meeting room.
"Brother, is it true?" One sweet voice called out the owner of this body, making Raziel turn to his right, "Elder Brother…!"
I, on the other hand, is completely at lost. No wonder the voice is familiar… it's the same as my sister's—in my last life, anyways. Also, the person who called Raziel 'brother' just now is… the definitely the spitting image of Vinna.
"Mallory." Aeron's voice silenced the poor girl, who is, apparently, Mallory, who pouted back.
"It's… okay, Father." Raziel sighed before reaching his hand out to, who I suppose is his sister, before ruffling her black hair.
I'm pretty sure I just skipped through a long-ass meeting… so this must be an important part?
"Elder brother and Uriel are going to the frontlines…" Raziel's soft voice made the little girl tilt her head, "… pray for us, okay?" He simply smiled.
Aiya… I can feel whatever Raziel is feeling and… it's unpleasant. It feels like there's a heavy burden resting on his shoulders, like, he's carrying the whole world's problems. Damn, Raziel is one hell of a depressed boy… I wonder what's up…
Well, I guess he said that I'm his fragment, or whatever that is, so… I picked my depression off of him?
Also, in addition to this heavy feeling that he had shared to me, there's this nagging feeling that something is going to happen when Raziel said something about the frontlines.
There's a war or something? Is that's why everyone's serious?
"But isn't it dangerous?" Mallory asked, her light blue eyes welling up in tears.
"It is," Raziel nodded, before looking over to Uriel, "but we must secure the heavenly powers… they cannot fall into the hands of the wrong people…"
"A calamity will occur if those powers end up on the wrong side, Mallory." Uriel told her, "You must understand."
"I…" The girl sighed in defeat, "I understand…" She then stood up from her seat knocking back her chair before hopping up onto the table and pointing at the brothers.
"Ah—princess! A lady shouldn't—" Someone from the back couldn't finish their words as the child beat her to it.
"Promise me one thing, Gemini! Both of you must come back to play with me or… or else!" Raziel's heart sunk upon hearing their sister's words.
"We, will, we will," Uriel chuckled, hopping up on the table and swooping up the child off of it before seating her back to her seat, "no one can beat the Gemini, Mallory, right, Elder Brother?"
"… right." Raziel nodded hesitantly.
Why is he so… hesitant? Am I missing something here? Everything doesn't make sense to me… not yet, at least. If only I could know about what's going on inside his mind, things would be easier.
"Actually, you can. I'm right here." If I could jump, I already did. My other self literally came out of nowhere and—wait, I thought I was in his perspective? How the fuck did I suddenly end up in a… movie theatre?
"DON'T… do that, geez…!" I held onto my chest, "You're literally going to give me a heart attack."
"Ah, my bad." He simply said in his monotone voice.
I sighed, "So, Raziel, is it?"
"Mhm." He hummed, eyes looking at the giant screen that appeared out of nowhere with him. "You were… pretty immersed in my… perspective. I guess, it's yours too, but you simply don't remember… or you don't have this memory of mine…"
"…" I blinked at him, "… pardon?" I'll just pretend I didn't hear him… his words are pretty ominous.
"It's… nothing of your concern…" He shook his head before… making his eyes glow in a blinding manner, literally pushing me back into the movie screen and into the 'person' I was before he decided to jump scare the hell out of me.
It literally felt like I got knocked into a barren hole in the most horrifying manner, and I hate it—I really do.
It's awful.
Now, it seems like I'm already back in Raziel's perspective in a… room or something. It actually feels like an office, to be honest and… look at that, Raziel's reading some files with random outlandish scribbles.
I decided to just look around the room since I can't read that shit—hell nah…
… until I took a double take on the shitty scribbles.
How the fuck…?
Well, this will certainly help me figure out what the hell is happening.
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Mistemus Y'all I've changed the cover... I think...
What do y'all think?
Here's the link for the whole image without the edit and title^^ pretty gory stuff... probably...
https://www.deviantart.com/emzyss/art/Puppet-of-the-Moon-797214517
Also... these "memories" will probably last for a couple of chapters, at least so... bear with me. These "memories" are going to serve a pretty important part in this story so-
Thank you for reading~
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