Aaron's POV

-----night time-----

     "They're here! Be ready guys!" I yell to the others and they nod, getting ready to fight the enemy. I feel a gentle hand on my arm and I turn around and find myself facing Alister who is smiling at me sadly.

     "Good luck and I have a small gift for you as your birthday present." I stare questioningly at Alister. He grins and I just drop the subject.

     "Stay alive, Alister. Don't you dare die on me." He laughs and says the same to me. We both hug and meet up the rest of the army and Alister tells the troops to go into their formation while I nod at my friends and we line up in the front line together with Alister and the rest of the members in the Protector's meeting. I look to the left and notice someone is missing. 

     "Wait, where is Luthia?" I see everyone panic until I feel something cold at the back of my head and hear her words in my ear.

     "Hello, Aaron." I feel a shiver crawls down my back as she says those words. I try to think of another response but I stare at the others in shock.

     "Luthia is the betrayer." The others all stared at me in shock as Luthia grin.

     "That's right. Too bad that you have to die, Aaron." She cocks her gun at me again and I could feel tense up.

     "WAIT!! Let me die instead." I stare at the person who says that in shock, actually couldn't believe that I got the enemy's plan all wrong.

     "No, Alister! Don't!" But it is too late. I see Luthia shoots Alister in the head and later shoots herself in the heart. I see Luthia's body falls gracefully onto the floor as I rush to both her and Alister.

     "I-I'm.....sorry....." I start to cry but Luthia places a bloody hand on my cheek.

     "D-Don't.....cry..... I-It.....is.....my.....fault....." I shake my head but she just smiles softly and uses her hand to wipe the tears that are leaking down my face.

     "A-A-Aaron.....please......take......care....."Luthia gives me something and closes my fingers around it before she dies with a smile on her face. I turn to my left and see Alister already dead. I take a look at the object which is a letter in my hand and I sob because I know who write this letter. I stare at both bodies and let out an upsetting cry because if I had figured out the enemy's plan earlier, I would have been able to prevent this from happening. I take a shaking breath and take out my sword. I nod at my friends and they smile encouragingly at me, letting me have the courage to lead the army to war.

     "Everyone, fight this battle as your life needs it because it does! The enemy does not know your limits, YOU do!!! Let the enemy taste what revenge tastes like! It's time we fight FOR OUR FALLEN COMRADES AND OUR FALLEN LEADERS!!! LET'S HONOR THEM AS HEROES!!!!" All around me there are battle cries as I look at my friends and they grin proudly, nodding at me as they grin.

     "CHARGE!!!" Both armies clash and the battle starts.

-----at the battlefield-----

     I slice the head of some of the enemy as I run past the soldiers of my side, trying to find the leader with my friends beside me. 

     "Where are you?!" I yell at no one in particular.

     "Here~" I slice in the direction of the voice but missed.

     "Oops. You missed~ You seem so frustrated. Let me ease your frustration~" I hear a sound on my right and I turn around to find that Hikaru is not beside me.

     "Hikaru!!" I yell in panic as the enemy chuckle again.

     "Let go of him you BASTARD!!" The enemy chuckles again.

     "Oh dear me. Let's play cat and mouse shall we~" I feel a sickening feeling in my stomach as I hear another sound coming from my left and when I turn my head to the left, I realize that Yako is missing.

     "Yako! Damn you sick bastard! Face me like a MAN!!" The enemy chuckle as I feel that same feeling again.

     "Do you think you can face me, the symbol of Fear, Aaron?~ I know what your fear is and it is making me stronger~" I murmur a curse as I try to figure out where the man is but it is getting too hard and I am feeling frustrated. I feel someone softly place his hand on my shoulder and I turn around to see Aragorn looking at me in worry.

     "Let's try to pinpoint his position." I shake my head as I could not figure out the enemy's position and he frown. 

     "Come on, Aaron. Just admit it. You are afraid of me, afraid of anyone who will find out the truth about you, and afraid that YOU will be alone! ADMIT IT!!!" I feel tears brimming in my eyes as I shake my head, trying to convince myself that it is not true, that what the enemy says is not true but the sickening feeling in my stomach tells me otherwise.

     "Tell me why you want to do this?! Why do you want to kill me?" I close my eyes while asking the enemy that. I feel soft fingers dancing on my cheek before being on my chin to push my chin up. I open my eyes to see a man with green eyes peering down at me and I try to pull myself off him but something in his gaze attracts me to him.

     "You're scared of me, are you? You are scared of the truth, aren't you? You're scared that you're alone in this world after your family that you trust dies." He creeps close to me until our nose touches.

     "You admit it now, don't you?" I stare at the ground as the fire in me starting to burn brighter. He is right. I am scared about myself, about this world, whether people will accept me and my family, yeah the family that I love..... Alister and Luthia, die all because of me. I feel the light in me getting brighter as I gasp and try not to groan out loud because I feel pain all over my body and I feel my head is going to crack by the sheer force of the power. I look up to see the man look shocked as he glances at me in horror, freaked out about the power that I have right now. I stand up straight in pain as I look at him with a dark smirk.

     "Let's see how much pain and light  you can take, Samael, Son of Lucifer." I strike him with bright streaks of light as he dodges, trying to prevent the light to strike him but I am faster. I teleport right in front of him and stab him in the heart with my light. He crumbles to the ground but before he hit the ground, I whisper a few words to him.

     "Your fear is energizing, Samael." His eyes widen in shock but before he could process the words I say, his eyes glossed over and he dies on the ground. Aragorn rushes to me seeing that I am trying to stand and help me to be on my feet. As I walk a few steps, I fall and Aragorn catches me before I fall face-first to the ground. Aragorn carries me bridal style as I snuggle up in his arms, trying not to sleep but failing as I feel my energy slowly fading away. The last thing I see is Aragorn's worried face before I pass out.