The end was close and I pray to Kaisen that this time it will an end worth reminiscing for the rest of our lives.

After hearing Coco-ssu's tale I realized that not all Gods aim for creation. Each God was born differently and designed in a specific way to balance the universe. Though some may dream of creating life much like Coco-ssu, they were born in such a way that opposed what their hearts' were reaching for.

From the very start, he already opposed the direction of the river's current and dodged the claws of the predators that persistently tried to sway him off from his will. He left fragments of his heart on his trail and bled profusely from the tearing reality. He steeled himself in the midst of distrust and betrayal and now faced his past that finally came back to supply him unending guilt from the results of his actions.

He was a God and He was a God that instead of embracing the purpose of His birth and the abilities that made Him perfect, He chose to be flawed and embrace His imperfections because His heart saw various forms of beauty under a cracked roof.

I rose from the floor and saluted to Coco-ssu by hitting my chest with my fist. I cannot bear to see him sink in the same hole of shame that caused him to be thrown away from the Land of Eli. Though it may seem to be insensitive of him to move on after all those deaths, impaling himself in the sands of remorse and preventing himself from progressing wouldn't do anyone good. He must make up for his crimes and show that there was still compassion even in death.

"Please Coco-ssu, fight with us!" I asked of him.  "I understand how it feels to fear your own power and the fear to hurt those that we love however; doing nothing is just the same as committing crimes that shed blood."

Thomas-ssu chuckled and Coco-ssu's shoulders jolted from surprise.  I felt Joe tug my pants and he slowly hid himself behind me.

"I'm still scared of him Aecha!" he whispered at me with grimace on his face. "Let's be extra extra careful!"

"I'm bringing a machinegun with me just in case," Ki grumbled.

"As long as he doesn't stab me while I'm sleeping..." Won yawned before immediately falling limp against Hoets' side.

Imsothy raised his hand for his turn and blurted out a random statement. "Want to buy some bombs?"

"You don't despise me? You're not even afraid?" Coco-ssu asked and was completely bewildered from our support.

I just hope that our support won't upset him like what happened the last time he discovered the Gods of Eli accepted him.

Samael-ssu stood up and dusted his pants before answering. "What you did in the past was really bat shit cray cray but you know? There are many criminals out there who can do pretty much the same and they aren't controlled by inner Gods."

The others nodded their heads in agreement and Thomas-ssu was in full support of his other half by staying by his side every second and cradling him in his arms.

"For the first time in my entire life I agree with Samael," Raphael-ssu acknowledged. "I don't like agreeing with that filthy scum but I can't have you turn your back on us now. I'm not particularly fond of your killing spree tendencies however, we need you and I would trust you over any angel I know," he assured and gave Coco-ssu a stern smile of approval.

" The chicken approves!" Caleb-ssu cheered and presented a thumbs up at him.

Lucian-ssu turned his head to the side as if he heard something behind him and then shot his focus at Coco-ssu.

"Corlos, a voice in my head wants to talk to you," Lucian-ssu announced painting confusion on everyone's faces.

I really worry for his mental health.

Caleb-ssu quickly grabbed a pad of paper and a pen from his pocket and scribbled down something before peeling a piece from the rest of the pad. "Can someone buy Lucian these pills please?"

Samael-ssu yanked the paper off from his hand and then proceeded to tearing it apart. "What are you saying you smelly mutt? My bae ain't crazy!" he spat at him before giving his loving attention to the King of Eli.

"Don't worry bae the voices in my head say you're hot."

Luscev-ssu lowly growled and interrupted them. "Morons, the voices in my ayah's head are the deceased ancients!" he snapped before focusing on his ayah. "Which one is it ayah?" Lusceviel-ssu asked.

Lucian stared blankly from afar and then slowly stood. "He's not an ancient..." he replied blankly with his eyes completely zoned out from concentration.

Silence washed over us all as we waited with anticipation however; it wouldn't hurt to buy the medications from Caleb-ssu's prescription.

Perhaps he can prescribe some medication for Lusceviel-ssu as well?

"Where can I purchase these pills?" I asked. "And can you kindly include some tranquilizers? I am buying for a friend."

A gust of wind flew past us shaking the wind chimes from their places and metallic clings of agitation resonated around us.

"Lucian?" Sevor-ssu called out. "Who's talking to you?" he asked and placed his hands on his back in attempt to catch his attention. Lucian-ssu's eyes closed and his body completely relaxed with his head wobbling up and down.

Everyone in the room grew concern from Lucian-ssu's sudden change of behavior especially his lovers and son and I disregarded the possibility that this was related to Lucian-ssu's mental condition.

Slade-ssu grabbed hold of Lucian-ssu's arm when his feet crossed forward and nearly tripped him down. "Baka, if this is one of your stupid pranks I'm gonna—"

"Break the chimes..." Lucian-ssu commanded. His voice was airy in tone that made it light and gentle as the winds. "Break the chimes Corlos and come home..."

Coco-ssu jolted from his place and cautiously walked over to Lucian-ssu. "Exthys?"

The ends of Lucian-ssu's lips curled and his hand reached out for him. "We have waited for you."

The God of Destruction slipped his hand to cup his cheek. "But I destroyed Eli, I don't deserve a place here," he murmured sadly.

Exthys softly chukled and swayed his head. "That's where you are wrong...Phaenar knew you lied about your true identity and so while you stayed with us, we purposely gave out hints of our weaknesses when in truth, the weaknesses that you used against us were our strengths."

Coco-ssu's hand fell to his side and his knees gave out. The revelation made me clap my hands in astonishment.

"I didn't destroy Eli?"

"Fire is fertilizer when it comes to Uther's plants. Smoke is a catalyst for my powerful storms. Water is like wood for Isher's flame. Darkness makes Phaenar's light even more powerful."

Obvious weakness such as those would trick anyone. Their uniqueness outsmarted him.

"I didn't destroy Eli..." Coco-ssu murmured in disbelief before standing on one leg at a time to let that sink in. "Fucking shit I didn't destroy Eli!" he suddenly screamed in joy, jumping up and down further frightening an already terrified Joe. Exthys-ssu, using Lucian-ssu's hands, settled Coco-ssu down.

"All of you must hurry now. The God of Earth is planning to destroy His planet and all dimensions existing within it. Once this dimension of Eli rises, it will be harder for everyone here to come to the real planet of Eli."

"What's up with our God and his constant need to massacre all of His creations anyway?" Samael-ssu drawled. I was about to ask the same question but he beat me to it.

"So He does this a lot?" Ki asked in disbelief. "Remind me to never complain again about anything related to Planet Aecha."

"Sadly, I do not have an ounce of idea about it except that He likes to move from one planet to another. Perhaps He's planning on moving to Mars after judgment day."

Samael-ssu scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah right, hey maybe Mars has a better job offer for him. Earth probably has too much shit that it didn't fit with His job description anymore."

"Exthys, we need to prevent Him from destroying Earth. Many lives are at stake and the only way to do that is to take away two main components of his plan," Coco-ssu explained.

Exthys stayed silent for a couple of seconds to think while rubbing his chin before responding. "If the God of Earth invested great power in their being then we cannot take them to Eli. It is illegal for us to shelter them in our planet because that would be considered stealing."

Slade-ssu snorted and smacked Samael-ssu's back. "Ha! Bye Arschloch!"

The demon's face was in a scowl of annoyance and frustration and that small shed of hope was overshadowed in an instant by this grave news.

"So we're stuck here? I can't come with Lucian? I can't be with him anymore?" he questioned and a tone of heartbreak overruled his voice.

"Is there any other way?" Lusceviel asked and then gazed at Samael-ssu with narrowed eyes. "He's still my dad and I don't think my ayah will come if he discovers that someone will be left behind."

Ah he finally showed care for them! We were finally improving.

"My papa suggested that we commence a rebirth for everyone just to make sure that not a single one of us can be controlled by the God of Earth," Thomas-ssu brought out.

"Everyone will be reborn as new beings once they get taken to Eli as long as they get withdrawn in this dimension. For the two components, they'll have to be returned into the feeblest state of life and be planted inside the person who is blessed by the powers of the four Gods of Eli," Exthys further explained.

This was getting stranger and stranger by the minute.

"I don't like where this is going..." Hyuk Min laughed sheepishly.

"Good God..." Caleb-ssu sighed exasperatedly and smacked his face in realization of where this was going.

Samael-ssu waved his hands in a crisscross manner of the idea. "Hold your unicorns and cut the dairy, you mean Lucifer and I will need to stay in someone's womb and get reborn in a literal sense?"

Exthys nodded. "Yes, we'll need to strip you off of your power as well and flood you with our own power to completely cleanse you from your earthling connections."

Samael-ssu rubbed the tip of his toe on the ground in a circular motion and faked a shy expression on his face. "And I suppose that this blessed person will be—"

"Hell to the fucking no," Luscev-ssu deadpanned. "Hell NO, I already have him as a brother!" Lusceviel-ssu snarled and pointed at Thomas-ssu who was then waving back at him in a friendly and oblivious manner.

"Greetings brother! What a fine day to celebrate a fine bonding relationship. Perhaps a set of dildos will cheer you up?"

A slow and wicked laugh erupted from Samael-ssu's mouth. "More sins for me, I'm in!"

"Oh my Lord..."Raphael-ssu groaned and pulled his hair in agony.

"I think I'm gonna be sick..." Slade-ssu wheezed.

"We must start the rebirth now and then Corlos must come with us to help us pull this dimension back to Planet Eli."

"What about that kid and my uncle?" Luscev-ssu asked.

"You mean Luka's child and Lucius?" Caleb questioned. "Lucius is a problem indeed but do Luka and Ark even want to leave Earth?"

"Once we remove Lucifer and Samael Elim does not pose any threat anymore," Raphael-ssu explained. "But that doesn't mean that God will just give up. He has to end the world in another way and Luka has to decide whether to stay and hope for another miracle or come with us and live under a possibility of a better ruling."

My excitement almost made me forget about their other friends. If they set foot out of Eli and expose themselves back into Earth, there will be a chance that an unexpected circumstance will prevent them from going back to this dimension.

"Um please, I would recommend that all of you remain here. If you have any more errands outside of Eli, Team Ske will accomplish it with your guidance," I told them.

"That's pretty thoughtful of you pink panther but then now that I think about it, how can we solve the problem related to Lucius if the King of Ancients is in Lucian?" Samael-ssu pointed out.

"I will inform the other Gods of the situation here. Please be prepared for the rebirth and for the withdrawal of this dimension from Earth," Exthys-ssu advised before releasing Lucian-ssu from his possession. The King of Eli fell unconscious in Samael-ssu's arms and I began to think.

I can't have Lucian-ssu surface on Earth. Since he was going to be the bearer of Samael-ssu and Lucifer-ssu, he must remain here in Eli. The problem was: Asahi-ssu was residing inside of him.

Lucian-ssu's face twitched in discomfort and he abruptly snapped from his unsconsciousness with a yelp. A crimson gaseous form poured out of him and solidified into Asahi-ssu who was then holding an unclasped end of a chain that connected to him.

"Who the  heck are you and what have you done with my Lucian?!" Caleb-ssu cried out.

Asahi-ssu's piercing gaze shot at me and he tossed the end of the unclasped chain towards me which then automatically wrapped around my ankle.

I felt like I was suddenly trapped in a bind.

"Wh-what?!" I gasped.

"Problem solved," Asahi-ssu declared and a wicked grin spread across his lips. "Please take care of me. I expect nothing but absolute victory."

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"No, absolutely not. Fuck no. Go fuck yourself Lucifer," Luka strongly resisted.

"There is no other choice Luka! We need to exorcist Elim to free him from the angel that God sent to spy on us," I continued to pursuay in the cleanest way that I can manage.

No blood Lucifer no blood. You promise Keetan that you will abstain yourself from violence and brutality.

"And I say no. Do you want me to sing a parody of No by Meghan Trainor? I have diapers to change, dinner to be cooked and assignments to be accomplished so cut the alien bullshit because THEY DON'T EXIST!" he snarled at me before cussing out loud because he cut his thumb with the knife he was using to chop the onions.

All of Luka's children except for Elim went with Ark to the mall to purchase toys. Elim wanted to stay behind and just draw so it was only the three of us here in their apartment.

I felt another presence enter the kitchen and found Elim standing by the entrance and holding a paper.

I released a sigh and decided to let Luka cool off for a moment before I boil the water again. We just don't have much time and Luka was completely being insensitive about the severity of the issue here.

I gave Elim a smile and knelt before him. The child looked at me innocently and then flashed what was written on the paper he was holding.

"YOU SHALL NEVER LEAVE."

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A/N: the last chapter is closer than I thought...I think? The next chapter will be Lucifer or Luka? It depends. Maybe I should go 3rd person now? Suggest me some of your ideas twinks.