"You tried to stop me..."
Kaijunoo laughed.
"...Baka."
My body took a step forward.
I couldn't let him kill them.
Not Yamato.
Not Creature.
Not Ash.
Then...
I slapped myself across the face.
SMACK!
"What?"
Kaijunoo sounded confused.
I slapped myself again.
Even harder.
SMACK!
"That's impossible!"
A smile appeared on my face.
"Bro..."
"It's my body."
Kaijunoo growled.
He drove my fist straight into my own chin.
The impact made my vision blur.
But I didn't stop.
I punched myself.
Again.
And again.
Every hit made Kaijunoo weaker.
"You idiot!" he roared.
"You'll kill yourself!"
"Maybe."
I smiled.
"But I'll never let you control me again."
With everything I had left...
I struck my own left cheek.
A deep cut tore across my face.
Blood ran down my jaw.
Kaijunoo screamed.
The voice became fainter.
Then...
Silence.
He had fainted.
For real.
I let out a tired laugh.
"...Wow."
"I didn't expect that to work."
Just before his presence disappeared completely, I heard one final whisper.
"Remember..."
"The people you think love you..."
"...aren't always the people who truly do."
"You'll be left..."
"...all alone."
The voice vanished.
I touched the cut on my cheek.
It would probably stay there forever.
A reminder of the battle I had fought against the monster inside me.
I looked at Yamato.
Creature.
Ash.
All unconscious.
Then I smiled to myself.
"If they don't love me..."
"That's their choice."
"If they ignore me..."
"I'll keep moving forward."
"Voh unki galti hai ki unke paas mujhe apnane ki aukaat nahi hai."
(That's their mistake. They don't have what it takes to accept me.)
I turned toward my friends.
"Now..."
"Let's get you all home."