Kiara laid down in the grass, blankly staring at the sky. Was Akari really a bad guy..? She had to find out.
"Akari. Return."
She called her summon back from battle, returning Akari to her belt and leaving the Goddess of Power to attack mere air.
(That accounts for Zoro.)
"Akari.. Talk to me. Did you really massacre those people..?" She didn't get an answer at first. But soon..
"Yes."
She couldn't accept this.. "WHY!? Why would you do something so heinous!? Why didn't you tell me anything..?!" Again, she didn't get an answer at first.
But soon the summon responded. "Kiara. Calm down. I can explain... everything." She hadn't heard Akari talk much, so it was surprising that he sounded so.. relaxed.
"Those xenos were a native tribe of the dimensional gap. You couldn't speak the language so.. I opted to work alone. I traveled with them. Learned of their culture, their cuisine, their customs."
Kiara tilted her head. "Was that why you didn't say anything..?" He responded, "Yes. Kiara, that tribe was dying. An incurable plague hit them, and it'd been going on for millions of years, willpower kept them going."
Slowly, Kiara was calming down. "We held a ceremony. It was meant as tribute to the God they prayed to. I killed them all.. painlessly. It would have been like being enveloped by a warm blanket for them." Kiara's eyes widened.
"S-so... It was to spare them the pain..?" Akari nodded, although she couldn't see his physical form due to him being in the belt.
"I recorded their history and literature, and they were quite advanced. Kiara, I am not a senseless killer. They wanted to let it end, and I saved all of their culture myself." Kiara began to sniffle.
"Why didn't you tell me? I could have made a case for you! We could have worked things out together!" Akari shook his head. "Kiara, you know the muscle man wouldn't have accepted that, even if I did." Kiara looked down.
"Yeah... What a piece of work." She said, causing both her and Akari chuckle. "Well, can I ask a question then? Why are you so obsessed with heroism outside of my belt.. But so calm inside of it?"
Akari responded, "Because outside the belt I don't have you. Outside the belt, I'm just what you dreamt of. A hero. But together.. We are something more." Kiara tilted her head.
"We are one and the same, Kiara. That pair of women are similar, but not like us. When we're together, we are complete. I am... different, you could say." Kiara talked.
"We complete each other?" Akari responded, "I guess we do. Heroism can come in many ways, Kiara. Together, we both realize that."
Kiara smiled, "Yeah... I guess so." She stood up. "Seriously though, **** that muscle guy, am I right? Akari chuckled, "Yeah, totally."
Rory sat on her bed, thinking. King Tiger was right. Why didn't she care? Why didn't she care about something so... evil.
"Weird. I am happy for David, though. Don't think I'm being invited to the Bachelorette party." She chuckled.
But this was serious.. "This is.." Did she even feel happy for him? Did she even care? She thought she did, but on the inside, she couldn't care less.
"Guess I'll sleep it off." She fell flat on her bed, falling asleep instantly and like a log.
Gabriel stood over her... "This is it." She thought. This was her purpose. Kill the Apoptosis. Kill the threat...
"Can't do it, can you?" Belial said, "You love her just as much as I do, and you know it." Gabriel blushed, "I do not..!"
"I am simply... Conflicted." Belial sighed, "While your conflicted, mind helping me set up fireworks? Their custom made for the wedding. Going off right when they kiss! It's perfect timing, right?" Gabriel turned to her brother.
"Sure."
(There. Happy now?)
