Foresight God-Fight

Diary Reflects

Shizuo's P.O.V.

It was a long day, everyone was an asshole. I got worked up too much... Tsk. Picking up my box of cigarettes I realized that I'm completely out. Damn it! I check the time, still irritated from the whole day even after I burned through all of my cigs, it's near midnight, 11:52pm. Shit, I need to sleep for tomorrow. Getting up I start pacing around the apartment. Should I go to a gas station now?

Suddenly I start feeling drowsy, but I'm still mad somehow. My body feels really heavy. Fine, I'll go to sleep. I drag myself to bed. As I lay my head down, I glance at my alarm clock that is to my side... it's 4:37am. What the hell?! How the hell did all those hours... pass... by? I blink one last time before blacking out...

Or so I thought?

I blink once again and get up. All I see are gray columns in a circle. I'm on some sort of platform. The place is empty, there's some huge shell thing floating above at the center like a chandelier, but there's no ceiling. I start walking around, my head is spinning. It really hurts. There are some black rings on the ground with a light center. Are they lights? They must be off. Nothing seems to be happening. No one is around, I look for a way out and step into yet another one of the circle light bulb things. Everything lights up, making me shut my eyes.

"I see you found your spot," Kasuka? I open my eyes quickly and turn to look at him. He's standing on top of the shell thing from before. I stare dumbly, trying to make sense of anything. I hear some beaming like noises all around and from the corner of my eyes see a few other lights as all the spots get filled. The floor that was below the shell and in front of me is gone now. I want to say something, do something, but I can't no matter how hard I command my body to move.

There's a little clock below the shell, 4:50am but the milliseconds don't tic. Is time frozen? Kasuka speaks again as he looks off to my left. "Ah, my apologies, I can't find a clear image of what sets your mind at ease. I'll try this one, it seems to be a common theme." Who is he talking to? I don't see anyone, and I can't move my gaze away or myself at all for that matter. Oddly, I'm calm, my headache is gone.

I want to speak but my voice is gone, Kasuka, what's going on? He turned to look at me. As if he heard my thoughts and gave a small nod. "Now that we are all calm, let me explain the situation." The hold that was on me seems to be lifted. Even though I can speak I'm gonna listen. "The image you are each seeing of me is different. Some see a loved one, some see whatever makes them the most calm."

I want to be angry, how dare he use Kasuka's identity?! ... But I'm not. He looks around at everyone. "I have called you all forth here for one reason. You are all participants of my game. Whoever wins shall inherit the mantel of space and time, be reborn as a god, while having total control of the universe. In other words... you will inherit me." I hear an all too familiar laughter to my left, it's very very distant. I must be imagining it. I ignore it for now and keep looking at whoever this fucker is.

"Right, right, you're going to tell me that you are the supposed god everyone refers to and is so blindly dependent on." That voice... it's a little clear now... I began to reluctantly take my eyes away from this guy when some chains shot out of the ground and very lightly wrapped around me. What the hell?! I look down as the conversation continues, "I regret to inform you that isn't the case. As you already experienced, no one can get a clear image of me for it is beyond human comprehension."

Who the hell is he talking to?! This is pissing me off! I'm finally able to move and look to my side. Izaya... I feel my blood boil and I attempt to make a jump over to his platform without making myself known. The chains hold me tight in place, making me growl loudly. Something turns me to look forward and keeps me set like that. I stubbornly turn my head back to where I last saw Izaya. He's gone... how did he disappear in a few seconds? Without an option, I turn back to the figure. He keeps talking, but now I'm more worried about other things and only slightly get to hear what he's saying before I blackout again.