Losing Hope

On a nice day, Kai walked into his classroom the same as any other day but all his classmates looked at him, Kai was confused until he heard his classmate whisper.

"Oh my days he's got a black eye."

He then heard another voice but this one was familiar and loud.

"LEAVE ME ALONE I PROMISE IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE OW!" Haydon exclaimed.

"You idiot, how dare you!" Ava smacked Haydon while he cowered in the corner.

A voice of concern then drew his attention.

"Are you okay?" Willow asked Kai.

"Oh, it's fine me and Haydon were just sparring and he got me good," Kai said then a voice in his mind followed up.

"Yanno you sound like a pussy now g, you really gonna let everyone think he slapped you up huh?" Alexander voiced his thoughts.

'But he did beat me up,' Kai truthfully said.

"True that my guy, respect on you for accepting the truth though." Alexander complimented Kai.

A few hours later.

Kai and Haydon are doing laps, they are jogging at the same speed to talk.

"Kai, I feel sorry that I beat you up so hard so I'll give one tip," Haydon said kindly.

"Your ability what does it do?" Haydon asked Kai.

"It can extract souls," Kai responded.

"And?" Haydon said, waiting.

Kai felt puzzled by Haydon.

"When you extract souls your power increases meaning your strength and magical power get stronger, so don't go for the high-level mission where you get your ass handed to you and go for the low grades and build your strength," Haydon told Kai.

Kai was filled with inspiration from Haydon's teachings and thought.

'That's so simple, how did I not think of that.'

 "I can see that you overthink about everything so next time just take a step back and look at where you are and where you want to be, look for the steps between the two," Haydon said filled with pride at the fact he is so inspirational.

Suddenly they hear someone fall over behind them they stop and turn to see Ethan face-planted he gets up with tears in his eyes and says.

"That was so inspirational," Ethan said teary-eyed.

...

A man with purple hair and purple eyes clad in black armour covered in a black and purple cloak walked down an alley when he reached the end there was a gate he thought something once he reached the gate.

'Hope, but never expect, look forward but never wait. It took me a while to remember that, but I finally understood it. I hope the person after me will understand it sooner.'

He heard footsteps behind him.

"This is it Carter." A tall man with black hair with a bit of red in it and red eyes said.

Besides the man with red eyes was a man with long grey hair and eyes that seemed to reflect the purple-haired man to himself. 

The man with purple hair named Carter walked towards the red-eyed man and said. "That's where you're wrong Stefan," Carter spoke with a half-suppressed smirk.

Carter's face then sank into sadness but a spark of joy and fulfilment was still visible on his face, he lifted his arm from his side, raised them into the air and shouted.

"I'VE LOST ALL HOPE!"

A gold aura started to peel itself off of Carter growing bigger and bigger. A mirror seemed to materialise behind the man with grey long hair and he fell backward into it disappearing.

The gold aura grew and grew until it was as big as a house that it collapsed in on itself exploding everything around it except the manor next with strange markings.

Just then in the agency Tatsuo who was watching the news saw a golden explosion on the TV and his office shook. As a result Tatsuo switched the TV off and raised his hands to his face. He sat there like that for a few moments.