☀️ Morning – World Line ??? (Believed Stable)
The birds chirped.The vending machine beeped.Kentarō laughed as Sarah struggled to pull her juice out of the slot like always.
It was too perfect.
After everything they'd survived—crystals, collapsing timelines, memory loss, Chronos—they were finally living a peaceful life. The others had returned too:
Reika, now grounded and painting again.
Daichi, returned from the loop, slowly rebuilding himself.
Even Mira, who chose to leave Chronos and attend university under a new identity.
A timeline where no one was forgotten.
Until he showed up.
🚶 Midday – The Transfer Student
A quiet knock at the classroom door.
In walked a tall boy. Pale skin. Cold eyes.
He didn't say much.Didn't smile.He wore a black watch that ticked forward, unlike everyone else's normal timepieces.
Name: Aoi Kisaragi.Transferred from "Sector 0."
Sarah froze.
Her juice bottle dropped.Kentarō grabbed her hand—he felt her pulse spike.
"You know him?" he whispered.
She didn't respond.
But she remembered.
🎯 Night – The First Attack
Kentarō walked Sarah home. The skies were unnaturally quiet.
A chill ran through the air as they passed under a streetlamp.
Suddenly—Flash.
Sarah shoved Kentarō aside. A blade sliced through the air.
Aoi.No words. No hesitation.
Just precision.
His watch beeped once."Target confirmed: Sarah Anchor Alpha."
⚔️ The Battle Begins
Sarah summoned a shield of broken time—her instinct, from forgotten worlds.
Kentarō tried to intercept, but Aoi's blade deflected his movement. He was fast—inhumanly precise.
"You don't belong here," Aoi said flatly."Chronos never authorized this anchor to persist."
Sarah's eyes lit up in fury. "Chronos is gone."
"False. Time never ends. I am its reset."
The sky above glitched—like a broken film strip.
💔 Kentarō's Realization
Kentarō saw it now—Aoi wasn't just an assassin.
He was a temporal fail-safe. Activated only when an anchor refused to fade.
"If you're from Chronos," Kentarō shouted, "why now? This timeline's stable!"
Aoi's blade stopped an inch from Sarah's throat.
"Because love destabilized everything."
He struck again.
🔥 The Turnaround – Sarah Awakens
Sarah channeled a memory burst—every version of herself that ever lived, screamed, and died came flooding back.
"You don't get to erase me again."
Her energy burned blue and gold—the color of converged timelines.
With a fierce pulse, she broke Aoi's watch in one hit.
He stumbled.
Blood dripped from his mouth.
But he smiled.
🧊 Aoi's Final Words
"Another one will come."
"Chronos didn't die. It simply fragmented. Each piece… is hunting."
He looked at Kentarō.
"You'll lose her. Not because we kill her—But because she'll disappear to save you."
Then he collapsed.
And time… resumed.
🌌 Ending Scene – The Rooftop
Later that night, Sarah sat alone, watching the stars.Kentarō joined her, his hand in hers.
"You okay?"
Sarah nodded slowly. "I'm scared."
"Of what?"
She looked at him. Tearful. Honest.
"That I'll vanish again…And this time, no one will remember I existed."
Kentarō didn't speak.
He pulled out the glowing crystal she left behind in the last timeline.
"Even if you do…I'll write you back into the world."