A suffocating silence engulfed the battlefield.
Not the kind born from peace—but the kind that creeps in before war. Heavy. Sharp. Unforgiving.
The Dimensional Dream trembled under the pressure of two clashing souls. Minds locked. Wills burning. Shadows of despair looming over fractured ground.
Asahi's body convulsed violently.
His limbs twitched in irregular spasms, his breathing became ragged, shallow, broken. Each inhale clawed its way through him like shattered glass.
His lips parted, trembling.
And then—a voice.
Strange. Slow. Distant. As if traveling through a broken radio signal, broadcast from the depths of another world.
"…F…A…"
Future Asahi's heart skipped.
His breath hitched, caught somewhere between disbelief and terror.
"Asahi…?" FA called, his voice a whisper.
No response.
Only a shallow, fading breath.
And then—
A sudden whisper—fractured and low.
"Just beat the hell out of him."
The words hit FA like a shockwave.
His thoughts froze.
His eyes widened in disbelief. "Huh…?"
Then—the shift.
A low chuckle echoed through the void. It started like a whisper, but it grew. Louder. Wilder.
The air around Asahi bent, twisted.
A smirk curled at the edge of his lips.
But those weren't his eyes.
There was no trace of innocence. No glimpse of pain or sorrow.
Only madness.
"Ahhh, this idiot…" Asahi—or something wearing his face—said with casual amusement, cracking his neck like a boxer about to begin a round. "He's a pain in the ass, you know?"
FA clenched his fists.
He had no time to process.
No time to react.
No answers. Just confusion.
"Damn it… that idiot…" FA muttered through grit teeth. "He didn't tell me anything useful!"
But then—something clicked.
His eyes widened.
"What if… that was the point?"
It hit him.
Like a puzzle piece forced into place with bloody knuckles.
FA's body moved on instinct. His feet twisted, body coiled like a spring—
Just as Asahi (MA) lunged.
A blur of motion.
A fist flying straight for his skull.
But mid-swing—it lagged.
Slowed.
As if someone tugged on invisible strings, pulling the monster back.
"…What…?" FA muttered.
He saw it.
This was his chance.
Without hesitation, FA countered with a spinning roundhouse kick—
CRACK!
The impact echoed across the battlefield. Asahi (MA)'s head jerked sideways, spit flying from his mouth, eyes flaring wide—
And then he crumpled.
THUD.
He hit the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.
FA's chest heaved. His arms trembled.
He exhaled—then let a crooked grin form across his lips.
"You told me to beat the hell out of him, right?" FA muttered, rolling his shoulders.
"I'll gladly do it."
But his thoughts stayed sharp.
(What the hell is Asahi thinking?)
His eyes narrowed.
Then he noticed it.
Every step MA took was slower.
Every attack delayed.
"…He's resisting," FA realized. "Asahi's… fighting him from inside!"
The battlefield shifted.
The monster's grin faltered.
"Tch… this idiot won't let me fight like this… AHHH—!"
A scream. Not of rage. But of war.
Inside the Mind—The Real Battle
A black void.
Endless. Starless. Loveless.
Asahi stood there, fists clenched. Shaking. Breathing hard.
Pain coiled through his ribs like serpents.
He moved—threw a punch.
BAM!
Blocked.
MA stood tall—unshaken. His smirk mocking. His eyes like knives.
Asahi twisted in midair, letting loose a flying kick.
MA caught it effortlessly.
THUD.
The ground was invisible—but it hurt when Asahi slammed into it.
Pain bloomed.
He groaned. Blood dripped from his mouth.
But he stood again.
"…Yeah… yeah…" he muttered, smirking through the blood.
Then—
A voice.
Soft. Distant.
But unmistakable.
It echoed through the void like a ripple across time.
"Asahi."
Asahi's breath caught in his throat.
"…FA…?"
The voice grew louder.
"Asahi—!"
Like a lifeline.
FA stood across from him, eyes unwavering. Voice unshaken.
"NOW TRY TO COME OUTSIDE!"
The words slammed into Asahi like thunder.
He blinked.
Staggered.
"…What…?"
"TRY TO TAKE OVER THE BODY!" FA shouted again.
Something deep within Asahi stirred.
A spark.
A flicker of rebellion.
A surge of soul.
His heart pounded.
His fists clenched.
"…Right," he whispered.
He moved.
And the Dimensional Dream answered.
The ground shook.
The air thickened.
Reality bent around him as Asahi (MA) let out a distorted, blood-curdling laugh—
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The laugh was no longer human.
FA stood his ground. Breathing hard. Bleeding. But unyielding.
And inside the void—
Asahi surged forward.
MA screamed, voice splitting, cracking, consumed by fury.
Inside MA's mind—
He grabbed Asahi by the collar, snarling.
But Asahi—eyes full of fire—struck him.
SMASH!
MA staggered.
Pain bloomed across his jaw.
He gritted his teeth.
"Hah… Asahi…" MA hissed. "Do you really think killing me will give you peace?"
Asahi's breath hitched.
"…Huh?"
"Even if I die… NOTHING CHANGES!" MA roared.
Silence.
Then—
"…FA told me to try," Asahi whispered.
MA's eyes twitched.
"…What?"
Asahi's grin widened. Something darker seeped into his gaze.
"Besides…"
His voice dropped.
Colder. Sharper.
"Killing you will give me new power… and a new will."
MA's fury exploded.
"YOU BASTARD—!"
The battlefield bent under the pressure of their final clash.
FA, still watching from the outside, wiped blood from his mouth and whispered—
"…You're almost there, Asahi…"
The abyss trembled.
And the dream turned red.
He stood there—FA—Breathing heavily, his chest rising and falling with desperate panic. His eyes burned with disbelief.
"Tch… damn it," he hissed under his breath.
And across from him—Asahi (MA).Smirking. Cruel. Mocking.
"You thought you could kill me that easily…?"
Then—PAIN.
A scream never had the time to leave his lips.A white-hot, searing agony exploded inside his chest.
His laughter died.Snapped in half like dry bone.His body jerked violently.
"W-What…?"Asahi (MA)'s voice broke as his eyes bulged.His ribs caved in under a crushing pressure.
And then—A hand.
A pale, bloodstained hand erupted from his own chest—From the inside.
FA's breath hitched.He froze. Completely.
"H-Huh…?"
The hand twitched. Fingers curling with eerie grace, gripping flesh with purpose.And then—
A voice.
Dead. Cold. Final.
"REPEL."
The battlefield detonated.
A shockwave of raw power exploded outward—Lightless. Boundless. Ruthless.
FA was thrown back.He shielded his face, his feet dragging across broken dreamscape.
Asahi (MA) screamed.
"ARARARARARARARA!"
His limbs twisted, spasmed.His body convulsed—And then—THUD.
He dropped.Collapsed.Lifeless.
His breathing—ceased.His eyes—rolled white.His mind—gone.
The hand that destroyed him quietly slipped back inside his broken body—Gone, as if it had never existed.
FA staggered forward, each step brittle with caution.His hands trembled like leaves in a storm.His throat dry.His soul—rattled.
"That… that hand…""Was that really… you, Asahi?"
There was no reply.But there didn't need to be.
Because deep within that battered shell—Asahi had just done the impossible.
He didn't just survive.He didn't just take back his body.
He crushed the monster from the inside out.
FA clenched his fists.
"My plan was to use Repel too, but…" "He was… way too brutal."
A silence swept the battlefield.
A silence born from absolute shift.
Asahi was back.
But this time—He wasn't here to win.
He was here to erase.
Inside the Void – MA's Mind
No sky. No ground. No edges.Just an infinite, suffocating black.
MA stood still—Breathing shallow.Fingers twitching.
(What… what did he just do?)
His mind scrambled for logic.His domain—shook.
(My hands… are shaking.)
He looked up.
And there—Standing tall, absolute—
Asahi.
Alive. Dominant. Cold.
(Why… why am I afraid?)
This was his world.His creation.His throne.
And yet—he couldn't move.He couldn't breathe.
"That was your own body…"
He whispered, horror etched in every breath.
Asahi?He didn't speak.
He just smiled.
The battlefield trembled beneath the weight of that grin.
FA's eyes locked onto Asahi's chest—A gaping hole.Where a heart should've been.
And yet—He was standing.
"Asahi… just damaged his own body…"
"But… he's not dead?"
Realization smashed into FA like lightning.
"Wait—did he realize…?"
Inside MA's Mind – The Collapse
The void distorted. Cracked.
MA screamed—
"RARARARRA!!!"
His own thoughts collapsed under panic.His body? Paralyzed.His strength? Gone.
Across from him—Asahi laughed.A low, unhinged, liberated sound.
MA trembled.
"You're insane! You would have died!"
And then—A chuckle.
Asahi tilted his head.
"I know."
A whisper.A promise.
"I KNEW IT!"
The world shook.
MA's eyes widened.
"H-Huh…?"
"I CAN'T DIE IN THIS DIMENSION."
Dimensional Dream – FA's Revelation
FA gasped.
(He figured it out…)
He clenched his fists.
"Because—"
Back in the Void – The Final Truth
Asahi—Laughing.
Uncontrollable. Wild. Godlike.
"IT'S JUST A DREAM!"
MA crumbled.
"D-Dream…?"
His mind snapped.The illusion of control disintegrated.
FA's voice rang through the silence like divine judgment.
"Have you ever died in a dream?"
Pause.Beat.
"Never."
Inside MA's Mind – Fear Incarnate
Silence.
Then—
Laughter.Thunderous.Unrelenting.Free.
Asahi's power rolled across the void like a flood.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Then, he looked down.
"AFTER ALL…"
Pulse.Surge.
"THIS DIMENSION WAS MADE FOR ME!"
MA fell to his knees.His soul—crushed.
Asahi's eyes glowed.
And then—
"I AM IMMORTAL."
MA collapsed.
"No… no… no…"
He crawled. Desperate.
"Don't kill me… please…"
But there was no escape.
Footsteps.Slow.Rhythmic.Judgmental.
Asahi's shadow loomed over him.
"You needed my body, right?"
MA shook violently.
"NO… NO… PLEASE!"
Another step.
"COME ON!"
MA screamed.
"NOOOOOOO!"
But there was no mercy.
Because in this dream—Asahi had become more than real.
He was the chaos.
He was the balance breaker.
He was the final boss of his own nightmare.
And now—
MA would learn what it meant… to truly fear.