14th time I've tried, for a dream...about you...

Dawn was fast approaching, but a heavy rain had begun...with rain drops as salty as the tears of a heart-brokened one. The angels continued their wait, un-affected by the heavy rain. It was though the rain was there to signify the coming bloodshed, as the final battles...were just around the corner.

A young teenage heretic seem to have found his way to somewhere very familiar to him, even if he doesn't remember. Slowly, he began to awoken from the sound of the falling rain. As his eyes opened and slowly adjusted his vision, he realize that he was in a room he didn't remember going to. He looked around and found a middle-aged woman sleeping on a table besides him. Feeling extremely puzzled, he got up and went up to the lady to get a closer look. The lady for some reason reminded him of the grave-stone he saw back in the cemetery... but as usual he couldn't remember why...

As he took one last look at the lady, he spotted her holding on to some kind of video tape in one of her hands. It was black in colour like most, but there was something special about it that caught Krion's eye. The video was entitled, "Message to Krion." by Rena. Immediately, there was a familiar ache in his heart. Knowing that this video must have something to do with his memories, he took the tape from her hands and looked around for a video player...but there was none in this room. Logicaly any video player would have been in the living room, and true enough there it was...dusty and old, luckily...still working.

When the video started playing, music filled the background like a music video...the first scene showed of him playing the guitar, and later following up on stage with a band.

Even if heaven was to fall,
I won't let go.
Not like this.

Never again do I want to be alone.
Trap in my sorrow.
A reason why...I'll clinge on...till my last breath.

Oh how I wish, I could cry tonight.
Till a point where there will never be,
anymore tears.
And that I'm, reminded...
I'll never be alone.
As long as I'm with you.

The second showed a beautful scene of a sunset along the sea side, Krion saw himself siting on a bench there. However, he wasn't alone...a beautiful young lady was there beside him...her head resting on his shoulder...as the two enjoyed this moment they had alone. Unknowing that someone else was there to shoot this video of them.

"Hien! What do ya think you're doing!" a female's voice screamed in the background.

"Shhh. Keep it down. I'm just recording their special moment..." another voice replied

"Hah...I think you're just doing that to piss Krion off."

"It's what brothers do...besides, who knows? Maybe someday this video shot might be useful."

Many other different scences continued on till finally, there was one which had Rena doing an actual conversation to the camera. It was in the very same living room he was now in, not only that...he was sleeping on the same sofa as well.

Rena took a sit beside him and whispered to his ear,

"I know your sleeping...and you proably can't hear me, but I guess this is the only time when I actually dare to tell you this..."

With a kiss on to his lips she finally said the two words, "Love you."

As the two words were said, it was like as if a giant fog had just been lifted from Krion's mind. His eyes though dry from crying yesterday, started to become wet again. Memories flooded back in the split second...and soon, everything was back.

"They're...they're all coming back to me...Rena...Hien...Father."

In a matter of moments, sensing that something wasn't right. Krion stood up and walked right out the door. On to the streets of the pouring rain. "I know your there...no point hiding anymore." he said as he drew his twin swords.

Then tilting his body towards the sky, as if trying to inject out something...he shouted, "So...show yourself!" Soon enough, something spirit like appeared from his body...forming into the angel which had sealed his memories for him.

"Why do you reject? Did you not want to forget?"

"I admit. I did. But not anymore. In a way, I should thank you. You've showed me so many things...it's quite a pity really, your intentions were to get me to forget about this war...so that your kind could finish the judgement easier..." Krion replied sadly before stabbing the angel behind him.

"If only that wasn't true...perhaps i would've spared you."

Stunned and shocked, the angel pulled out the sword and took a few steps back. His plan was perfect...and even if Krion had regain his memories, there was no reason how he would have known his plan.

"But...but how? How did you knew?"

Upon hearing his question, Krion got annoyed and whispered to himself before finally replying to the angel.

"Great...now everyone's doing it..."

"Shouldn't it be obvious? By sealing my mind with yours...isn't it at least understandable that some of your thoughts would have been heard by me?"

And with that, Krion fired a glowing bullet that broke through the god's protection and ended the angel's questions. A smile then appeared on Krion's face as he stared up into the undying rain, knowing that she had onced love him was good enough...a good enough reason to fight for her. It was a moment of peace in his heart, and a realization of a profound strength. Unfortunately, his moment didn't last long as he heard a familiar voice shouting to him.

"Hah...now what do we have here? Where have you been these few days?"

Immediately reconizing the voice, Krion replied back without looking at his curious brother. "Away, I've been away. But now I'm back...and it feels great."

Seeing his once sad brother now finally at peace, he too found himself feeling happy for him...but it didn't last as he remembered why it was so important to find him. Quickly, he started to explain the situation to his brother, "It's good that your feeling great, but you do realize that there's still one more thing we have to do. And aparently our father's friend has kidnapped Reina to increase our urge to go to that lousy floating castle."

"You let her get kidnapped?" Krion asked annoyingly, as with the two's combination...they should have been just about invincible...

As Hien saw the curious and yet annoyance in his eyes he let out a giggle before replying, "Well...it's more like she wanted to go with him..."

"Haha...you got ditched huh? Anyway, there's somewhere I need to go first...a promise must be fuilled."

****

An hour past, Jen and his commrades were all just about to take off from the hanger when he heard someone shouting to him. "Hey Jen!" Turning back, he saw a familiar grin on Krion's face...it looked exactly like the one before they parted two years ago. "Catch." Krion suggested as he fired a bullet him. Caught by suprise, but as focus as he always was...he bend back just as he tried to catch the bullet.

Lucky enough, he had caught it, but it tore away some of the skin on his palm. Not only that, the bullet had almost hit his face if not for the fact that he had bent back a bit. "What are you? Crazy! You might have killed me with that!" Jen shouted out angrily at the foolishness of his friend. "It was a promise wasn't it?" Krion asked, feeling relieve that his old friend had actually caught it. "Yes...a foolish one to add!"

"Then again...you didn't think I would have let you die now? Did you?" Krion comforted as he fired a bullet at himself. However the bullet was stopped by an invinsible force surging around the heretic. In shock and amazement...Jen asked in a horrified manner, "What...what are you?"

"I am who I am. Neither human, nor god...not even a demon. I am...Krion- Lockheart, a heretic, a Godslayer."~