Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Burning Down The House

Koyori pov: The Mystical Forest... you'd think that I wouldn't want to be here and that it would transmit bad memories into me, but that isn't entirely the truth. I love and cherish this place, everything except this house.

Koyori, you know you didn't have to come with us," Iroha sympathetically said.

I looked at her with a smile on my face. "Don't take pity on me; I'm ready," I told her.

"Are you sure you really want to destroy this place? I mean, even if it was hell to you as a child, you must have cherished this place somewhat," Laplus said.

"I remember now... this was never a real home; this isn't where all my real memories lie; at a certain point, all my memories were fabricated in this place," I said.

"Koyori!!!" The voice of my father boomed and was absorbed into our ears.

Hello, Mom, and you," I said with a wave.

"You destroyed so much..." My mom cried out. I couldn't tell if they were tears of joy or sadness.

"You made me like this... well, my father did anyway, so please don't give me a sob story of how you don't want me to continue down this path," I said to her.

My mama wiped her tears away and smiled at me. No, please continue," she said to me, much to everyone's shock.

"You—You want our daughter to be a world-destroying loser!" My father yelled

"Well, yeah, you complain no matter what she does. Why the hell is it so hard to love her?" My mama asked

"Because she's my daughter!" My father screamed

"So this is your father..." Chlo-tan said in disbelief:

"Hahahahaha!" I laughed hysterically.

"What is so funny?" He asked

"I can never be perfect because I'm not your son. I had a feeling you were like that," I said.

"That isn't what I was saying, but you are worthless nonetheless!" He yelled

"How can someone hate their daughter this much?" Lui-nee asked

"Who wouldn't hate her?" My father yelled

All of a sudden, blood flew into the air. Iroha glared at him with pure hatred in her eyes. What she did was so quick, no one realized she lopped off his arm.

"Wha—aaaaaaaaaaaah!" He screamed in anger and agony.

"I love Koyori," She said in a deep monotone voice.

"You're insane..." My father said in utter terror

Iroha smirked at him and began to walk towards him without saying a word. He tried to run past her for some odd reason, prompting her to slash my father. He fell to the ground.

"Mom, leave and go home," I told her.

She nodded and ran away from this institution or prison, which is fine. My father got up and tried to limp away but was held in place by Chloe.

"What are you going to do?" He asked us

I smiled at him and told Chlo-tan to tie him up to the pillar inside the place. She did so, and I paced back and forth.

"You know, I don't think you are worth a simple death, so I am going to grant you something more fitting, and everything you've ever worked on will go up in flames," I said.

"Wait... you're going to burn me alive!" He yelled

Correct," I said.

"What did I do to deserve this?" He yelled

"Oh, let me list this off. You abused me physically and verbally; you never fed me; you never granted me many friends; you never—" He screamed in order to make me stop talking.

Look, Koyori, I've always lo—lo—loved you," he wretched.

"You can't even say that without puking," I stated.

Lui-nee walked up to me and tapped me on the shoulder. "I have a gas canister," She said, handing it to me.

I walked over to him and threw the entire thing at him.

"Pfft.. wait, I'll do anything, just please don't do this!" He yelled

Alright, if you can tell me my favorite condiment, I'll spare you," I said.

"Uhhh...ketchup?" He said

I laughed Wrong, it's mayonnaise!" I yelled, grabbed a bottle of it, and slammed it across his face.

"Chlo-tan, Laplus, douse everything in gasoline!" I yelled

They began the process, and my father began to beg me again, telling me he only abused me so his research would get perfect results, but when I asked to see said results, he wouldn't budge, and the answer was no.

"All done!" Laplus said

Koyori, you can't do this; we are family!" My father yelled

"No, My mom is my mom, and Holox and I are my siblings; I never had a father," I said.

Yes, you do; I'm alive!" He screamed

"Nothing you have said is actually true, though," I said to him.

Iroha walked over and stabbed him with her sword one last time. "You aren't needed." She told him

"You—You must be Koyori's girlfriend, right? Talk some sense into my daughter, please. I don't want all my work to burn!" He yelled

"I'm sorry... but you hurt her way too much. I don't know everything you have done, but it was enough for her to suffer. She gets nightmares and even zones out with visions, breaking into tears after," Iroha-chan said.

Lui-nee handed me a match, so I smiled at my father while lighting it.

"All you had to do was say you were proud of me," I said.

His face went pale as he realized how easy he could have gotten out of this, and as he opened his mouth to say those words, I threw the lit match into the gasoline.

Flames instantly erupted, and the five of us walked out of the building, watching it burn to the ground. I reached down, grabbing Iroha-chan's hand tightly.

"Are you happy?" She asked me

I nodded to her. "A weight came off my chest," I told her.

Soon the world will kneel to Holox, and now I have no reason to hold back after all, now that my brain can fully function.