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Epilogue

Room 555,

The room was completely dark; it had no windows, and the light didn't turn on. The only occupant was the dark figure sitting on the bed.

Holding himself tightly, Hikaru was shaking with fear.

Fear of himself

What had he done?

After they had escaped from the dark orb created by the Sleepless pair, they fought. The battle lasted no more than five minutes.

But, during those five minutes, something unbelievable had happened.

During those five minutes, all he had been thinking of was how to eliminate the opposite team and seize victory.

"Burn them down,"

"Capture the Sacrifice with an ice,"

"Finish them off,"

These were what he had told Soubi.

No, these were his orders to Soubi.

He had commanded Soubi to hurt people.

And Soubi had complied.

He hadn't even thought that there was a possibility that Ginka and Kinka might get injured from his attack. All he had wanted was to crush them down like he often did to his opponent on a Go Board.

Yeah, he had thought of them as Go stones.

During those five minutes, he hadn't considered them as human being with flesh and blood like himself.

What had he done?

"What's happening to me?" he had asked himself over and over again.

He had won the battle yet he had lost a precious thing to him.

For a short moment, he had lost his humanity; something deep inside him had woken-something dangerously dark.

No, that was not right. That thing woke up while ago, it has been awoken since…

The door opened, then the light was turned on.

"What're you doing? Why didn't you turn on the light?" Soubi asked him with a smile.

Hikaru looked up. Then a realization hit him…hard.

The darkness that he buried in the deepest corner of the heart had been revived since the day he met this man, the very same man who claimed himself to be his faithful servant.

It was too late now.

The monster within him wouldn't let him get rid of it that easily.

Let's hope that I won't become like Aoyagi Seimei one day.

God, please help me.

Sai, please help me.

AN: HA! It finally ends for real! Telling you the truth, when I first came up with this fic, I knew exactly how the story would go. Somehow, along the way, I got a bit confused - -" So, this is it, the result of my confused mind - -"

This fic is actually the prologue of the fic I wanted to write. So, yes, there will be a sequel. However, it won't come out anytime soon since I have to finish my Yongha fic first. Please be patient.

Special Thank: Sany and Noemie for their hard working.