"There all gone...Everyone... I'm...so sorry"
Kuro laid on the ground in a pool of darkness, curled into a ball, his face overshadowed by the darkness that consumed his heart.
Memories of his companions and their adventures crossed his mind, their words echoing in his head like a broken record player on repeat.
"C'mon now K, this isn't you."
An all to familiar voice proclaimed in the vast darkness, a subtle light in the ever consuming darkness.
Kuro eyes finally opened.
There he saw someone he never would've thought was still lingering, Kuriko.
"I said get up man! What the hell are you doing? I didn't give you my power so that asshole could have it!"
Kuriko once calm voice was filled with anger, forcing Kuro to sit up and stare at the white haired man in disbelief.
SMACK
Kuro felt a stinging sensation across his cheek, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion, his head turned to the side in stunned silence.
"Wake up K and finish what the fuck we've started. Or are you going to let my death be for nothing?"
Those words awakened something in Kuro and like a man who realized a new purpose in a withered life, Kuro stood up with his head held high.
"You're right. What the hell am I doing."
Kuro uttered to himself in a whisper, his golden eyes relit with an unyielding flame, a new found purpose.
"I know I'm right. Now get your ass out there and handle it"
Kuriko exclaimed with a wide grin, which was matched by Kuro.
A New Celestial Knight Was Born
The darkness shattered and light filled the void of his mindscape.
On the outside, Kuro began clutching his head in pain, his teeth clinched in agony and his body rolling around uncontrollably.
The Split
Now Kuro was once again staring at himself, though his counterpart seemed to be shaking in uncontrollable rage.
"I was wrong Kuro. I'm not you and you are not me. I am myself, I am Kuron."
Those words settled deep within the original Kuro, though he decided to ignore those words and sneer at his counterpart that dared give himself a new identity.
"Fine then 'Kuron', show me what's so different about you"
Kuro stated in an icy cold tone, sliding into a stance Kuron was familiar with.
"With Pleasure"
Kuron spat out with venom, taking a new stance which seemed unfamiliar to Kuro, earning a scoff from the original counterpart.
Unbeknownst to Kuro, his counterpart now known as Kuron had figured out that the original still retained both magical and intellectual prowess.
Though this did not deter Kuron, who developed a new type of magic that would be Kuro's downfall.
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Kuron and Kuro were locked in an intense battle across the new planet, their speed alone reverting anything they ran passed to dust.
Kuron delivered a swift jab which was countered by Kuro's forearm, who delivered a hook with the same hand he blocked with.
With a tilt of Kuron head, the strike was narrowly avoided on purpose, leaving Kuro exposed for a fraction of a second.
Kuron struck with front snapping kick to the chest, forcing Kuro to stagger back a bit though Kuron did not let up.
A back fist delivered by Kuron that was narrowly avoided, then a following light jab that was blocked, followed with a low sweeping kick which caught Kuro by surprise, forcing him off balance.
Kuron then kept up the pressure, rolling behind Kuro and delivering a back kick, forcing Kuro to stagger forward.
Unfortunately, Kuro caught his equilibrium and turned to meet Kuron's jab with his own, generating a shockeave that tore the ground apart.
'Shit. He's becoming unpredictable..'
Kuro stated in his mind as he narrowly avoided a spinning top kick, clasping onto Kuron's leg and tossing him away following up with two condensed blast of soul energy.
Slightly caught by surprise, Kuron managed to catch his footing and land with a skid, his own soul energy bursting forth.
Soul Art #1: Mirror of Reflection
Kuron slid forward and used his left hand to smash into the first condensed ball of soul energy, guiding it into the air while spinning and using his right hand to guide the last condensed ball of soul energy to the right side, into the far distance.
"H-how?!"
Kuro stammered out in shock yet Kuron remained impassive, deciding keep the knowledge of his newfound conceptual magic a secret for now.
Noticing that Kuron wasn't going to answer, Kuro decided he would force an answer while piecing clues together.
Quanti-Soul Art #1: Quantum Collision
Down to the very realm of quantum, uncertainty began to manifest into reality, or otherwise known as the classical scale.
The border between the small and the large has blurred, space & dimension became obsolete and reality itself began to slowly reach a point of uncertainty.
Distortions began to expand across areas at 'random', forcing Kuron to try and predict the path and evade. This caused the uncertainty to become more uncertain, slowly reaching closer and closer to erasing Kuron and trapping him a realm of quantum uncertainty.
Change Magic: Forced Certainty
In the blink of an eye, reality stabilized and the distortions were gone. Space became whole and dimension became conceptually certain again.
"T-this can't be..."
Kuro stammered out in shock once again, his mind racing a million miles per minutes, attempting to figure out how Kuron power changed.
Then it clicked.
"You must've had this power all along. A dual soul class. "
Kuro stated with a sharp glare and a nod of confirmation from Kuron.
"Yeah, this is my first time using it. So let's take this from the top"
Kuron proclaimed with a grin of pure mischievous intent.
Change Magic: Reality Alteration
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Kuron eyes fluttered open and he found himself staring at asphalt, and heard the muttering a few people who were seemingly walking away.
Upon standing up and dusting himself off, he realized that he stood in the same spot where he found his soul core.
The difference was that, he did not trip over the book and it was actually nowhere to be found, yet Kuron realized it worked as memories of a distant past began to flood his mind.
This made him clutch his head in pain, falling to the ground and yelling in agony. Years of information flooded through, forcing him to seemingly relive those moments until now.
Then darkness consumed his vision.
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"Tch. Stupid Brat"