"...’Whoever suffers (injury) and forgives the person responsible, God will raise his status to a higher degree and remove one of his sins’. If we can sincerely forgive those who anger us, inwardly and outwardly, then that cleanses our souls from the shaytan (satan) and his negative energy.

It is important to disregard vain criticisms and this is the first step toward being tolerant." - The Prophet Muhammad

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With only a few yards between her and the "target", Shelly watches as the after image of the unstable Yin Vessel, covered in his black flame like SoulSeiõrShield, disappears in a sheet of rain.

"On the opening kick off", her Valkyrie sense is already caught off guard by the trick play.

A down flying black flame covered fist hits her square on the cheek and knocks the rider off of her sentient sword.

Unlike the first time when she was able to negate most of Berserk Saku’s contact with a back lunge, Shelly takes the full power of the hit and her eyes go all white.

Her SoulSeiõrShield flickers on and off.

But as if "learning from her past mistakes and losses", her right fist is still tight around her katana’s rubber grip.

Knocked out, ragdolling through the sky, Shelly goes flying over the red lake but a flash of lightning quickly makes her recover consciousness and her Mach 2 SoulSeiõrShield’s complete steady coating returns.

Looking towards her feet, the thunder wave from the bolt that woke her is on it’s way.

Spinning upside down, she manages to slice the damaging sound wave, then uses her core to flip herself in a way that Madame Fryer can easily "catch" her.

Just before her momentum dunks her into the shallow lake below, her sneakers land on the saving and flaming blade.

Immediately, in the distance, the Valkyrie descendant notices the bloody water around the stadium moving unnaturally and rising as a wall of red liquid gets higher than the stadium roof she had left Katsu on.

Shelly: "Katsu!"

She looks down and commands her flight captain with serious urgency.

Shelly: "Madame Fryer, quick!

We have to get back to Katsu on the top of the stadium!"

...

...

..

Katsu: "..As long as he doesn’t use Ch-*

He is immediately cut off by the sounds of rushing water, as if a "whirlpool" were near by.

Katsu begins shaking in fear...

Katsu(thinking): *Wait...sh-she hasn’t started her comeback yet.

This-

This isn’t...

The right...

Sequence...*

Tears form in his both of eyes as a gigantic wave of the surrounding blood lake is just about to swallow the entire True Bloom Arena and the heartbroken Yang Vessel but just before he disappears underneath the controlled liquid.

Katsu(whispers): "Saku...I fucking hate you...so... much."

The engulfing wave crashes down on him.

...

...

...

In an infinite void of all white surrounding him, Katsu’s eyes are closed like he is asleep.

Katsu’s Voice: "I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him..."

While still unconscious, he starts grimacing in anger from the echoes of Shelly’s frantic and panicked voice.

Shelly’s Voice: "Katsu!

Let go of me!

Get off-!

No, Katsu!"

Katsu’s Voice: "I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him..."

Shelly’s Voice: "Stop! Please don’t hurt him you bastards!

He’s not evil!

Don’t touch me ther-mmm.

Mmm-mmmmmm!!!!"

Katsu’s Voice: "I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him..."

The sounds of Shelly’s distress has Katsu shaking while he is knocked out.

He starts hyperventilating too.

Suddenly, a completely pitch black silhouette, stands over him, and the same deep, slithery voice that was taunting him while he was walking through Roronora City, talks to him once again.

Slithery Voice: *giggle*

"Foolish boy.

You believe, just because you have the communicated knowledge of ’past histories’, means you can strategize to try and avoid the same results?

Oh, no no no...

You know all too well, little sheep.

In the end, to be declared the ’winner’, you must first make the appropriate sacrifices within your conscious existence."

Katsu mumbles while still out of it, but responding to the voice for the nihilistic opinion.

Katsu: "Not...Not Shelly.

Everyone.

I’ll sacrifice everything and everyone but her."

Slithery Voice: *giggle* "’Before’, when you’ve constantly won it was because you, at one point lose her and find the strength, but you also have repeatedly lost while trying to keep the both of you alive.

All for a ’happily ever after’."

Katsu(mumbling): "She... deserves it..."

Slithery Voice: *giggle*

"You humans really don’t care how many times you fail.

To die in vain all for believing in what?

Believing that ’failure and adversity are the canvas to the art of success’?

*giggle*

Learning, developing, crafting, favoring, and finally sharing different capabilities that improves an individual’s overall ’quality of life’.

The adaptation to the ever changing and unforgiving environment surrounding them.

*giggle*

Their original curiosity to search for undiscovered regions, and riches so their name can ’ride the waves’ of passed down history forever.

Hehehehe.

’Forever’.

*giggle*

Humanity will never accept the truth that failure, death, and extinction are all universal law for anything that ’exists’.

*giggle*

Trying to force ink onto a page for the next generational Chapter, not remembering the undeniable fact, that ’book of information’ will ultimately disappear or be useless.

*giggle*

Just like the countless number of species that have fallen victim, humanity’s extinction will also be caused by themselves.

From their destructive actions to the environment around them, and towards each other.

*giggle*

Colonizing other planets?

*giggle*

Humans can’t even get along or compromise within a single country, nevermind be trusted to keep civility long enough to accomplish such pipe dreams.

Once the inevitable discord, faction splitting, and personal interests get involved, the same colony shuttle that abandoned Earth, will eventually crash land somewhere and be full of food, water, and skeletons next to weapons.

*giggle*

This science experiment of a species has quite the audacity attempting to defy the laws of Seiõr."

Katsu(mumbling): "I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him..."

Slithery Voice: *giggle* "Yea. Yea. Yea.

I’ve heard you say that literally an infinite amount of times now, but...

*giggle*

... because I love watching your reaction to your failures, the deeper you get in your little ’story’ of a life, I’ll help you fight my sister’s vessel to get through this pickle you’ve gotten yourself in, for now.

*giggle*

After what you promised her, you better hope that cute little ’purpose’ of yours, you continuously suffer for, doesn’t get back to the fight and sees what I’ve done to you until I’m done..."

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12 Minutes Earlier

{Current Day 10:25PM}

[Roronora Lake]

Tears form in his both of his eyes as a gigantic wave of the surrounding blood lake is just about to swallow the entire True Bloom Arena and the heartbroken Yang Vessel but just before he disappears underneath the controlled liquid.

Katsu(whispers): "Saku...I fucking hate you...so... much."

The engulfing wave crashes down on him and with the downpouring rain naturally rinsing off the red stained stadium, the Yang Vessel is gone from the rooftop...

Shelly: "You okay, Katsu?!"

Katsu opens his eyes and once again he is dangling underneath Madame Fryer, his right wrist clutched by the left grip of his trusted Ace while flying back to Berserk Saku standing on the stadium rooftop.

They both have their respective SoulSeiõrShields active while also drenched from the unrelenting rain.

Katsu: "Sh-Shelly?

You-...

Saved me?"

There is a clear fist mark on Shelly’s cheek, but like a champ, her eyes are still locked in.

Shelly: "I thought we agreed to stay alert, Katsu!

Get your damn head in the game!"

Katsu’s expression is of pure astonishment from Shelly’s ability to recover from a perfectly connecting sucker punch from Berserk Saku, but he chuckles.

Katsu: "Hehe.

Sorry, Shell."

Suddenly, both Katsu’s 2nd Stage Anjell Eye and Shelly’s Valkyrie sense detect a threat.

Katsu: "Shelly, drop me!"

Shelly: "Wha-"

But before she can question the call Katsu wiggles his wrist free and falls.

Shelly: "Katsu!"

While gliding on Madame Fryer, she nose dives and the decision makes a swinging kick from Berserk Saku whiff.

Shelly jumps off Madame Fryer and with her +1,000mph speed, she tackles Katsu out of the air.

They both land back on top of the scattered puddle True Bloom Arena, and stop after a roll.

Shelly: "Katsu, what are you-?!"

The Yang Vessel wraps his arms around Shelly, making her blush but he quickly twists them out of the way from Berserk Saku’s incoming free fall punch.

While the Yin Vessel is still grinding his teeth, depressingly sobbing, his attack misses but the incredible power from Berserk Saku’s fist and landing knee makes a dent into the hurricane proof structure.

As Katsu and Shelly quickly get to there feet in a battle ready position, Berserk Saku stands up without looking at them, staring at the steel dome.

From behind Katsu, Shelly’s after image disappears and the vessel under control by the rouge Anjell Eye blocks her incoming blade with the back of his metallic hand, accompanied by the sound of metal scrapping metal.