Just to be on the safe side, if you don't want to get spoiled, then don't read it!
This pretty much Spoils Hajimari's final boss!

But if you don't mind getting spoiled, then go on and Enjoy!


Looking back through his Life just as Rean made his way back to the Data-Room. Rean wondered how it all went from Politics to a curse. How his life went from normal to by far, something no one could have guessed even in their Dreams.

He first began as an Amnesiac, having no idea of who he was and if even was an Erebonnian to begin with. Living a Nobles Life throughout the rest of his life.

It then went from that to being a Thors Student. He still remembers the joy he had felt when he had been accepted in the Academy, swiftly followed by his confusion at a red Uniform when he heard that the Uniform was supposed to be white for Nobles. But that confusion quickly faded away once he was there in person, meeting his best friends and how they bonded over the Years, with all the in-between and how chaotic it was.

He and his friends were involved in so many situations...Celdic, Bareahard, Heimdallr, Legram, Garellia Fortress, Roer. Becoming Valimars awakener, Crow's betrayal and Death 2 months later and the entire Civil War...and the reveal that his Biological Father was the Chancellor Giliath Osborne.

So much happened then, and everything that happened afterward, from him becoming Erebonnias Hero, the Ashen Chevalier to annexing Crossbell and North Ambria a Year later...made him gain both fame and infamy that he had never wanted...

Afterward, he became a teacher, had students and it was going well! But of course...what was originally thought to be a matter of politics during New Class VII's field studies became so much more. So much worse...

A curse was found, the truth was revealed bare to them all and the victor was supposed to be within their reach.

Until Ishmelga did one last thing that doomed him for eternity. Rean had absorbed the Ebon Knight due to him being the victor... but with the Ebon Knight came the curse, which left just one opening for Ishmelga to take over and possess him. Something none of them had even thought about or even possible.

But Rean had one idea last idea, he had the curse now, and out of desperation came what he had at the time thought would work. He could finish it all if he just...brought it all to an end. And so, with the unexpected coming of Crow with Millium, Rean blew himself, taking the curse -and subsequently Crow and Millium- with him. Ending it once and for all.

At least that was supposed to happen, only for this torture to begin for him. The Endless Rivalry... The only good thing that came out of it was that Ishmelga was stuck with him there, forever...in an endless cycle.

The Rest was a blur...for years, maybe decades or even centuries, they fought. One never leaving the other a single chance to take advantage. Every single shred of opportunity was blocked by Rean, and likewise, so did Ishmelga.

They were so focused, so into it not leaving each other a victory... that they began to forget. The longer they fought and the more they forgot. And in the end, only a remnant of themselves was left in Rean's Body.

Only what they wanted, what they held the dearest and never forgot during this endless rivalry would stay behind. In this Amnesic boy who was neither Rean nor Ishmelga.

The Kind boy who wanted to help and protect people, do good. He was being selfless and yet selfish to some other perspective.

The being who wanted to become a god, destroy and despair as to achieve his goal. It was only selfish, yet inadvertently did some selfless action indirectly due to his actions.

Somehow, those were some of the only things that were left in this Remnant. What was once him, all gone...somewhere in the depths of his mind as to cope with what a human should not be going through.

Ishmelga's goal of becoming a God, a Great-One and Rean's wish of protecting and supporting others.

It all mixed together...it all twisted into something else...something not thought possible at the time and yet...

The Good and Evil merged into a never-ending twist of Grey. Always changing to a lighter or darker side. Never-ending...

And this new entity, simply called Ishmelga-Rean by many, went and did their wish.

Become a Great-One and protect.

Now that Ishmelga wasn't in control anymore and that Ishmelga-Rean, this...person which was a mix of both himself and Ishmelga...he shuddered at what could have happened...

Rean knew just how twisted his wish of protecting the others had gotten. He had been conscious and yet...asleep. It was weird to explain but that was probably the best explanation he could think of in the heat of the moment.

But due to this very situation he was in, he had found a way to help himself, the one that had found a way to live through this without going through the Infinite Rivalry.

A part of him hated how this Rean was able to get away from this suffering, but at this point, he wasn't sure what was him, Rean, or him, Ishmelga.

But now that he was able to hold control over his body. Not free from Ishmelga sadly but at least he accepted defeat... But really, as good as having control over his own body was, Rean ultimately knew he wouldn't be living much longer. Not with the Elysium system and subsequently the tower he was in, set to self destruct.

Once Elysium was gone, destroyed...he would die. As simple as that. And yet, he didn't fear death. No. He welcomed it.

He would finally, finally see his loved ones...his classmates and friends. He didn't know their fates and for all he knew, maybe it hadn't been decades, Years but merely months he was in this Rivalry. But that wasn't a problem for him...

And yet, he soon realized one problem, shared by Ishmelga, and while he accepted his loss. It didn't mean he wouldn't make Rean suffer even for a slight bit longer.

Rufus Albarea was still in here! And Ishmelga had dragged Rean away far enough to the point he needed to run back to the room where they had battled.

This was why, current thought focused on the present, he was standing right in front of Rufus's Team, a wolf, Jusis and Lloyd.

He didn't need to worry anymore. They were there and would get Rufus out. His worries eased with them just standing there and knowing they would get out. His body began to glow and become transparent. Just like any of the Immortals he met.

As Rean extended his hand to Lloyd for a fist bump, all Rean could think about was how Ishmelga had remained silent ever since he had shared that last memory of his...

And when Lloyd fist-bumped back, his attention drifted to somewhere else for a second, reminiscing of all the happy times he went through with his Friends.

And so, Rean closed his eyes and smiled at them one last time...

And finally...finally...

He was free.


Honestly, I was hit by inspiration and wanted to write something like this. Considering the Translation aren't even out yet, I'm fairly certain this won't be canon-compliant by the time it is officially translated. But man, do I feel bad for Normal Ending Rean...

This little one-shot began because I wondered what NE Rean was thinking before his Death. And this came to be. My Headcanon and how I thought Ishmelga-Rean's mentality worked.