BLADE OF CHRONOS SO1 EO4 – The Future That Shouldn’t Exist
<p>The sky was wrong.</p><p></p><p>Not dark.</p><p>Not bright.</p><p></p><p>It looked… broken.</p><p></p><p>Kairo stood in the middle of a cracked battlefield. The ground beneath him was dry, split, and filled with glowing red fractures like wounds in the earth. Burned trees stood frozen mid-fall, and the sky above was torn open by massive, slow–moving gears floating through time.</p><p></p><p>This wasn’t his world.</p><p></p><p>This was a future.</p><p></p><p>Aira’s voice echoed behind him.</p><p></p><p>“This is what happens… if you lose.”</p><p></p><p>Kairo turned to her.</p><p>“You showed me this on purpose?”</p><p></p><p>Aira’s eyes shimmered with quiet fear.</p><p>“You needed to see it before you become it.”</p><p></p><p>Something shifted in the air.</p><p></p><p>A heavy presence.</p><p></p><p>A slow clap.</p><p></p><p>Kairo turned forward — and felt his chest tighten.</p><p></p><p>Someone was standing there.</p><p></p><p>White hair.</p><p>Same face.</p><p>Same height.</p><p></p><p>But colder eyes.</p><p></p><p>Dark cracks of red energy ran along his arms like scars made of time itself. His katana hovered beside him without being touched, floating, humming with unstable power.</p><p></p><p>It was him.</p><p></p><p>Or rather…</p><p></p><p>What he could become.</p><p></p><p>“So…” the future Kairo said, his voice low and hollow.</p><p>“They finally let you see me.”</p><p></p><p>Kairo’s hand tightened around his sword.</p><p>“You’re not me.”</p><p></p><p>The future version smiled.</p><p></p><p>“I am what you become when you stop trying.”</p><p></p><p>The ground shook.</p><p></p><p>The sky shifted.</p><p></p><p>Time fragments rose into the air like broken glass.</p><p></p><p>Future Kairo stepped closer.</p><p></p><p>“You can’t save everyone,” he said.</p><p>“You can’t fix everything. And when you fail… you fall apart.”</p><p></p><p>Kairo felt his breathing get heavier.</p><p></p><p>“What happened?” he asked.</p><p></p><p>Future Kairo looked away for the first time.</p><p></p><p>“I lost Shin.”</p><p>“I couldn’t protect Master Ryuga.”</p><p>“And Aira…”</p><p></p><p>He paused.</p><p></p><p>“I watched her fade out of existence.”</p><p></p><p>The words hit harder than any blade.</p><p></p><p>Kairo’s mind filled with flashes — Shin smiling, Ryuga’s calm voice, Aira’s quiet guidance.</p><p></p><p>“You think I wanted to end like this?” the future version whispered.</p><p>“I just stopped caring.”</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, the air shifted again.</p><p></p><p>A distortion.</p><p></p><p>The sky cracked open.</p><p></p><p>A deep, warped laughter echoed through the broken clouds.</p><p></p><p>Seraphis.</p><p></p><p>His presence distorted the air without him even appearing.</p><p></p><p>“You see now…” his voice echoed from everywhere.</p><p>“This future isn’t a warning. It’s a promise.”</p><p></p><p>The world began collapsing.</p><p></p><p>The ground started folding in on itself.</p><p></p><p>Aira grabbed Kairo’s arm.</p><p></p><p>“You have to leave — now!”</p><p></p><p>Future Kairo walked toward him one last time.</p><p></p><p>“If you ever stop fighting… you’ll become me.”</p><p></p><p>A bright blue light exploded from Kairo’s blade.</p><p></p><p>The world shattered like glass.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Kairo woke up.</p><p></p><p>He was back in the present.</p><p></p><p>Cold sweat covered his face.</p><p></p><p>His heart was racing.</p><p></p><p>He looked at his hands.</p><p></p><p>They were shaking.</p><p></p><p>Aira knelt beside him.</p><p></p><p>“That future isn’t fixed,” she whispered.</p><p>“It only happens if you give up.”</p><p></p><p>Kairo slowly clenched his fist.</p><p></p><p>“I won’t.”</p><p></p><p>Outside, the sky was calm.</p><p></p><p>But far away, beyond time itself…</p><p></p><p>Seraphis was watching.</p><p></p><p>And smiling.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>End Of Episode 4</p><p><br/></p><p>SO1 EO5 – THE CLOCK THAT REFUSES TO BREAK is coming soon....</p><p>ANTICIPATE 💪🏾</p>
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