The anomaly in the Kamen Rider Universe

Aaron would wake up in his bed in a cold sweat...he would instinctively hold his chest, he could still feel some phantom pain in that area. His golden eyes were now a deep shade of red, he was gasping for air, he hated this.

His hand could be seen shaking a bit, he should have expected an illusionist to pull such a trick, their whole stick was messing with people... the reason why their name was Illusionist, to begin with. He walked toward his bathroom where he poured some cold water on his head. His gaze landed on himself in the reflection....he could see his dark red eyes staring back at him.

This time however it was different, he didnt feel like Yami was in control, this was just him. It seems like the traumatic experience he felt allowed him to access some of Yami's power without actually being possessed.

With his red eyes, he looked at himself and there he saw it. He could see the way that those being had twisted his essence in a way that could forever cripple him.

In cultivation terms they had utterly destroyed his meridian and his core, if he ever had any power to begin with then he would never be able to use it.

As he looked at the mirror what seemed to be an evil version of him appeared by his side.

"Look like someone got a shock" Yami's demonic voice was heard saying.

"Don't mention it" Aaron replied coldly, his voice seeming devoid of any emotion."Why though, why do they have to be happy, last time I checked you have been sacrificing your happiness for others ever since you were little....and we all saw where that got you" Yami added, the last part however touched a nerve in Aaron as memory of that day floaded in his mind again.

"I got to give it to you, you still somehow managed to stay innocent up until the girl you protected with your life turned her on...remind me again, how did it feel having that knife filled with poison stabbed in your chest"Aaron's teeth were seen gritting themself as he look at the mirror, he was trying to calm himself down.

"Remind me again, but didnt that Nady girl just dump you for the guy she told you not to worry about.....you know the girl that you legit fought a goddam army for around like 4 days with no rest...the girl whose kingdom you saved after nearly dying around 20 times and fighting off an enemy force who outnumbered hers by like 10 time over, the people of her planet sure were grateful for your help, so grateful they called you a wonderful name...what was that name again...oh yeah...monster."

"SHUT UP" Aaron growled, he was already unstable as it was, now was not the time for this.

"Have you not learned yet, they will never be grateful for the help, once you finish helping them, they won't even bat an eye in your direction, they will all think of you as nothing more than a bea..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, Aaron cut him off, his voice was loud and his killing intent was clear.

"I SAID SHUT UP"The whole base seemed to shake, it might have been an illusion but everyone on the planet felt as if something was off.

For around 5 seconds afterward, anyone within a 200-foot radius of the ship will be unable to breathe due to the sheer amount of blood loss in the air.

Aaron's eyes seemed to be a bloodshot red in the mirror he was looking at had long cracked, Yami in the meantime had a shit-eating grin on his face.

He then took in a deep breath, he did not feel like doing this anymore.

Sometimes he wonders to himself what did he do to deserve any of this.

He was not a bad person, he was just an innocent child, and his only crime was being born.

His mother should have swallowed him when she had the chance.

Why did he have to be the one to win the race?

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Aaron forced on a smile before against his better instinct putting back on the mask.

However he could not do it, no matter how much he tried, the mask just looked so fake.

Even he could tell the mask wouldn't be able to fool anyone much less the iguarashi family.

Gritting his teeth a bit, he just wanted to destroy everything.

His memory went back to when he had his first outrage.

The countless bodies beneath him were drenched in blood.

The feeling he felt when he had taken a life.

It felt so nice....so liberating.

He had liked it....enjoyed it even.

Something about taking someone else life fueled him at some point.

However now he felt nothing, the killing had lost its thrill after having killed like 1000 people, and there was no joy in it at all.

He found no purpose in life even existing to begin with.

If it was up to him, life wouldn't even have existed to begin with.

He hated how life seem to treat him like its personal punching bag...the fuck did he do.

His eyes were still bloodshot red, and he growled like a mad animal, he truly was losing his goddam mind.

If he was born any other race other than human then maybe he could have found someone to love.....

However because human were the scum of scum, not many races wanted to taint their bloodlines with human genes.

Not that he mind, the human race had become the embodiment of sin, playing with life and trying to play god.

Miyuki people for example were a bunch of ice giants, however just because some human wanted to fuck that for some reason, some selective breeding later and they had a human form.

He couldn't even fault him for hating him to his very core.

Was it too much to ask to be loved?

He knew he had his sister and she would love him unconditionally, however, this was not the kind of love he craved.

He may sound selfish but he craved more, he craved way more than he had.

Was he being selfish for asking for more?

Was this the reason why he was being punished, because he was asking for more?

What was his luck with women...the women he actually liked didnt like him back or already had someone in their life.

And the only one woman he didnt like was the one that loved him.

His mind had sunken so deep within despair that he even began to ponder on the opportunity of giving Naomi a chance.

After all, it wasn't like he had any better options.

Miyuki hated his guts and would rather commit senpuku than be with him.

Mitsume is still in love with her husband who at this point might as well have become fossil fuel.

Of the countless people he saved, none of them fell for it.

He knew that saving someone doesn't mean they have to fall in love with him, free will, and all that stuff.

But anything would have been better than being called a monster.

And Sakura.....well she hated him for toying with the life of her family.

Abigail was...well a celestial...and last time he checked in all of their history not once had a love story between one and a human happened, matter of fact love between celestial was also quite rare.

Plus he was sure she only saw him as her little marshmallow and there was no way that could change.

'am I that bad of an option....is my appeal really that bad?' He thought to himself as he looked at his hand.

He shook his head a bit.

'calm down Aaron, you still have a mission to accomplish.....staying in despair won't change your fate'

After saying those words, he walked out of the bathroom with a grim look on his face.

He took in a deep breath.