11:36 AM, On The Coast, Ōta Ward, Neo-Tokyo, Japan.
Shiro stood there, breathing heavily. He dropped his swords and his cloak vanished. Mateo grinned, seeing this.
"Good... He's lost all of his hope... Now I'll just let him lower his realm and die..." Mateo said. Shiro then thought of Asuka and his son and his eyes widened.
"No… I need to let them live in a safe world!" Shiro internalized. Shiro then vanished. Mateo's eye's widened slightly. Suddenly, the chain detached from his dagger. Mateo looked back in shock, dropping one of his dagger's and picking up the chain. His skin then changed into the texture and toughness of Klerostathuim. He then grabbed Shiro by his neck, throwing him toward the ground of his Shiki realm. Shiro's dagger's faded as he stood up. Shiro looked over at Mateo.
"So… Absorbing the Klerostathium was never the goal…?" Shiro asked. Mateo shook his head,
"It was… But not until this point…" Mateo said.
"For what purpose…?" Shiro asked. Mateo sighed,
"So I can go rip that brat apart after this…" Mateo said. Shiro nodded,
"So you think you'll actually kill him…?" Shiro asked. Mateo nodded,
"Yes. I do." Mateo said. Shiro closed his eyes, smiling. Mateo raised a brow,
"Why so smiley…" Mateo asked. Shiro shrugged,
"Dunno… Being on the verge of death feels weird…" Shiro said. Mateo smirked,
"Tell Touma I say hello once you get there…" Mateo said. Shiro chuckled,
"I don't think I'll be headed to the same place as him once I'm gone… We were too different and I did horrible things…" Shiro said. Mateo nodded,
"Makes since… This life doesn't treat us fairly anyways… But… I wanted to say one thing before you left…" Mateo said. Shiro raised a brow,
"… You fought good… I had fun…" Mateo said. Shiro's eyes widened as his realm fell. He looked back, seeing Yuki. Shiro's eyes's returned to normal.
"Sorry, Yuki… But please… Take care of them for me…" Shiro said, breathing his final breath. Shiro fell backwards but his corpse left a final smile and his eyes closed, meaning he was at peace.
Shiro opened his eye's sitting in a Shimura international classroom. He looked to be 17-Years-Old again.
"Yo, Shiro… Long time no see…" A familiar voice said. Shiro's eyes widened in shock, looking to his left and seeing a 17-Year-Old Haruto.
"There's no way…" Shiro said. Haruto chuckled,
"Why'd you take so long man… Had me waiting here for years…" Haruto said. Shiro raised a brow,
"You waited for me…?" Shiro asked. Haruto nodded,
"Yea, you're my best friend… Of course I'm waiting for you…" Haruto said. Shiro sighed,
"Since when were you the sentimental type…?" Shiro asked. Haruto raised a brow,
"Huh!? What's that supposed to mean?" Haruto asked,
"Nothin, just always thought of you as the babbling brawny person." Shiro said,
"I get thats how I was in highschool but man, we all grew up…" Haruto said, scratching the side of his head.
"Speaking of Highschool, why does the Afterlife look like Shimura international…?" Shiro asked. Haruto shook his head,
"This isn't the after life, it's just a plane in between heaven and hell…" Haruto said. Shiro chuckled,
"Those actually exist, I thought those were nonsense words created by crazy cults…" Shiro said. Haruto chuckled,
"Used to think the same thing…" Haruto said.
"Wait… So you wait for me her, for three years??" Shiro asked. Haruto shook his head,
"Four, it's not hard since you don't have to do any normal human stuff like eating or sleeping…" Haruto said,
"You're just kinda eternally bored until you choose to go or whatever…" Haruto said. Shiro nodded,
"Sorry for the long wait…" Shiro said,
"You should be, it felt like forever…" Haruto said. Shiro chuckled,
"Let's go, the dude at the gate is waiting for us…" Haruto said. Shiro sighed,
"Us? I'm not going to heaven…" Shiro said. Haruto raised a brow,
"Why not…?" Haruto asked,
"You see all the shit I did…?" Shiro asked,
"I saw you redeem yourself down there, it was enough to probably let the big man let you in…" Haruto said. Shiro sighed, standing up and walking over to Haruto.
"Fine… Lets go…" Shiro said. Haruto grinned,
"That's the spirit, tell me about everything on the way…" Haruto said. Shiro sighed,
"Fine…" Shiro said. Haruto laughed,
"Atta-boy!" Haruto said. Shiro chuckled,
"You know that one girl we thought died during our last mission in Highschool together…" Shiro asked. Haruto nodded,
"Yeah, turns out she was alive and one of the 8-World-Saints." Shiro said.
"What?! No way!?" Haruto said in shock. Shiro nodded,
"The one killed by Kosuke right?" Haruto asked.
"Mhm…" Shiro said. Haruto put his arm over Shiro's shoulders as they turned the corner.
"That's wild…" Haruto said.
11:40 AM, On The Coast, Ōta Ward, Neo-Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki stood there in shock. Mateo chuckled, looking at Yuki's eyes. clenched his fists,
"What the hell did you do…" Yuki asked. Yuki slowly walked toward Mateo with his eyes shadowed over by his bangs.
"Nothing really… I just let him die-" Suddenly, Yuki appeared behind Mateo. One of Mateo's finger's then fell off, shattering on the ground. Mateo's eyes widened,
"How the hell!-" Mateo said. Mateo turned seeing Yuki holding an ear made out of what looked like Klerostathium.
"Where'd you get that…?" Mateo asked. Mateo's eyes widened, touching the left side of his head without an ear.
"From you…" Yuki said, angrily.