Your Lie In April: Across The Multiverse

YLIA x Multiverse Episode 6: The Hardest Thing To Say

Episode 6: The Hardest Thing To Say

The Watcher smiled as he witnessed the events of each universe from which he had picked his esteemed Guardians.

He saw he had not been wrong in his choices. From Omni Man continuing to help Earth find allies against Viltrum to Avatar Korra rebelling against her Red Lotus mentors, the selected Guardians were doing even better in their respective timelines than before. 

As for Kousei...

"So, how is our musical friend doing in his new universe?" Strange Supreme asked as he walked up behind the Watcher.

The Watcher chuckled. "Well, let's just say it may take him a while to get used to."

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Kousei Arima fidgeted nervously in his chair. He'd never expected to be sitting in the Sanctum Sanctorum of New York, let alone for there to be other universes beyond his own. But he indeed could not deny the new reality he had been put into, and did his best to calmly answer the questions of this universe's Doctor Strange.

"So," the Doctor Strange of Arima's new timeline recounted. "Upon completion of your mission, my other self plus the Watcher sent you here because your old universe was devoid of all life anyways?"

"That...would be a correct assertion, sir," Kousei replied. "I believe the woman—what was her name—yes, Black Widow was put elsewhere as well. She and I were both taken from that timeline for the mission."

"I see," Doctor Strange said. "Well, the version of myself that sent you here has millennia more experience than I, so I won't question his judgment let alone the Watcher's. He and I have had some...disagreements, to say the least. But you clearly are not some new supervillain who got past him, so I think we'll be fine."

"Oh for Heaven's sake, Stephen," Wong interjected. "He's a fourteen-year-old boy with a passion for piano playing! What's he gonna do, play the world into oblivion by performing Lacrimossa the wrong way?"

"Well, if what my other self told me is any indication, you do indeed have a special power to your playing," Doctor Strange smiled. "Specifically, a power that brought peace to a world wrought with generation-deep prejudice. And, apparently, won the heart of your current girlfriend when she was only five."

Kousei grinned sheepishly. "Oh, it's nothing really. My mom and her friend just taught me really well, that's all." Doctor Strange smiled warmly. He wasn't all business and rules after all. On the contrary, he was relieved to finally have a guest that was just a simple everyday citizen as opposed to someone like Loki.

"So...how many frantic news outlets will I have to put up with over the next few days?" Kousei asked nervously, unsure if he wanted to hear the answer. 

"As of now, most of the world's digital eyes are on Peter Parker, whose nemesis Mysterio revealed him to be Spider-Man with his dying breath," Doctor Strange informed the pianist. "You may have to deal with a few local newspapers and TV stations, but nothing major unless of course, someone from Tokyo comes knocking at your door."

Kousei breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good. I'm more worried about what Kaori would do to them if anything. She can be quite, well...tempestuous at times." Doctor Strange laughed, fondly recalling his time together with Christine. Granted, it had only been for a while before they'd mutually ended things. Still, Stephen couldn't help but feel glad when he saw others being blessed with the gift of a loving relationship.