Dragon Ball LoF

Yuki

*cuts back to Kobura and Tori, as the cherry blossom petals begin to trickle into the water every once and awhile* *dragon ball super zamasu theme*

Kobura: *looking at his distorted reflection, still with an angered grimace* I never thought I'd have to recollect my memories like this. It's the last thing I expected I had to do.
Tori: What else were you expecting, young Kobura? *sips tea*
Kobura: …Punching something. Maybe really hard too.
Tori: And you wonder why others fear your nature… *sighs* Such matters are not so easily resolved.
Kobura: … *still staring at his reflection*
Tori: What did you learn from that experience? Your Shoki was strongly withheld from your soul.
Kobura: *closes his eyes, letting out a low exhale* At that moment… when Azura and I had locked eyes… It didn't feel like I saved her. It…
Tori: It felt as though she saved you, yes? *smiles*
Kobura: *tears up a bit, curling his hands into fists on his lap* Y-yeah… She had been the first one to accept me, despite how I acted.
Tori: She felt the same way, I can assure you. Alone in that cage, it was not one saving the other, or vice versa… It was a mutual escape. *sips tea* However, this was not your first instance of trying to save others. I can tell.
Kobura: *begins to shake, the water raising a bit around him* G-gh…
Tori: Mm… *lowers the cup, staring right into Kobura's eyes* Who else did you stand up for?
Kobura: *looking into the reflection closely, before suddenly once more, everything goes black…*
*memories engulfed his mind, as if like a hall of mirrors he was walking through aimlessly, looking through them all*
Kobura: *glides his hand along the glass, showing the memories of Freezer telling him about Luigi, the words "Here I thought I couldn't trust him… I respect him a lot more…" echo around him* Tch… What a fucking joke, right? Time and time again when I trust anyone, it all comes crashing right back down on my head. *another mirror shows when Luigi revealed himself as Xentra, with Kobura watching the fight while explaining Kronus' plan to train Freezer, the words "Unlike me, I don't care…" and "I will do what I need to do." echo around him as well* I tried to explain it to her while sounding like I knew what I was saying. For the most part? It ended up right. I know Kronus blames himself. It's easy to say you don't care. It's easy to say you'll do what it takes when the time comes. *pans down to show Kobura's hand, it's clenched into a fist and shaking with fury* …But at that moment, all I felt was… useless. Despite not even knowing that bastard like my brother and Blue did, I felt like he had betrayed me too at that moment. My respect. My trust… It infuriated me. *he makes it to the largest mirror at the end of the dark void, showing his fight against Xentra while he was in Ririsu* It felt good to beat that monster to the ground. Watching the way his body broke against my strikes… It was intoxicating. I wanted to finish him, leave him for dead along with his lies… but… b-but… *shows Xentra powering up into the building they crashed into, making the civilians scream around them as everything began to collapse*
Tori (Voice): What happened, Kobura? Why did you hesitate with your fury?
Kobura: …Those earthlings. *the speech he said in his mind in that moment echoes around him, "These people… We invaded their planet to live a peaceful life, yet here we are putting them in danger while they are just trying to live their lives.", the screams of the earthlings echo in his mind louder and louder as his speech continued, "Even though their life means nothing to me… I feel like I need to save them for no reason.", Kobura begins to shake, reciting the speech as it's heard from the mirror* Never in my life would I have ever thought I'd have feelings for those things… Yet here I am trying to be a hero, like that idiot…! And even then… even then…!! *the mirror then shows Azrael*
Azrael (Memory): …But he believes that if he has to save him again, he isn't worthy to fight anymore… Don't disappoint him again.
Kobura: *let's out a visceral growl into a scream, punching the mirror hard enough for it to crack* *dragon ball super final flash/Saiyan pride theme plays*