love conquers hate

[prismaticbleed]

original stream of consciousness.
very rough, as it was taken from badly recorded dialogue.


<J> Sonic, just-- please. Give me one chance to do this, okay?
<Sonic> All right, whatever you say.
<Shadow> But if you screw up, don't go blaming us..
<J> I won't screw up, Shadow. Cross my heart. There's no way I'm going to screw up.
<Shadow> Heh. Don't get cocky.
<J> ...All right, here goes.
Chaos? Chaos, I know you can hear me! I don't know if you're listening, but... I
know you recognize my voice. Listen, I don't know how this happened; I don't know how
Perfect... took over again, but... I can't let him do this to you. I can't let you suffer like this,
and I refuse to let anyone else trap you in a state like you were trapped in before. And I know
you know what I mean... 1998 will never happen again.
Just... Chaos, listen to me! Please... I know I'm probably not the most convincing speaker,
but I... just... look at me! All right? Look at me! I'm standing right here in front of you! The
rest of the world has abandoned you! Just look around! Where is everybody? Hiding! Running!
They want nothing to do with you! To you... I don't know if they mean anything to you, but
you mean nothing to them. I'll tell you that much right now.
But I'm still here. I'll always be here. I promised you seven years ago that I would always be here,
and here I am. I'm standing right here because I trust you, and I believe in you. I'm not afraid
of you. Despite everything that's happened in the past, and even right now... I'm so sorry I
couldn't stop this. I don't know what I can do, but... I'm doing what I can. I'm standing right
here. I'm speaking to you, honestly, sincerely... Chaos, look at me!! Look at me, please.
I love you. I love you with my entire heart... and I can't let you do this, no matter what I have
to do. Love is love... and only love can conquer hate. I love you. Please, if nothing else,
just believe that. Because I know that you know in your heart that that's true.
How do they put it... 'open your heart, it's gonna be all right.' And it sounds
so... nonchalant, you know? Like 'everything's going to be worth it.' I don't want perfection.
I don't want perfection. I don't want... I want you. Just you. Nothing else, nothing more. 'I
want a lot of what you've got, and I want nothing that you're not,' right?
I don't know what else I have to say, Chaos, but... it's you and me against the world. You and
me against everything. If you won't listen to me, no one else is going to step forward to save you,
to reach out... and to take you in, unconditionally. Even right now! Right now, as you're
looking at me... broken, hurting... trapped in perfection, so to speak. Even right now, with
everything that you've done, I forgive you. I will always forgive you for everything because I know
that it's not your fault. I know that if you had the choice, you would not be doing this right now,
so please, just listen to me... and choose to stop this.
If you have to choose between two things-- just two things, Chaos! Listen to me. I want you to
choose between this... and me. You can choose this pain, and this anger, and this regret... or
you can leave that behind, and you could be with somebody that loves you no matter what. The
only person who ever has, isn't that what you told me? Seven years ago, you looked at me, and
you told me that no one else... that no one else had ever done this for you. And has anyone else
done that for you in the meantime? Seven years, and I'm still the only one... and you're still my
only one. I won't forget you. I won't abandon you, I won't turn around, I will not leave you
behind! If I have to stand here all week, I will do it. Maybe... maybe I have to, I don't know.
Cross my heart, I won't give up on you... so don't give up on me, all right?
<crowd> That thing.. it stopped.
<J> Chaos, don't listen. Please. This is us, not them. It's only ever been about... about this.
About what we have. Listen to me, please. You've stopped, yeah, and you're listening to me...
I can feel that, I can see that. I know you. I know you better than anyone who has ever lived...
and I'm the only one that has ever dared to love you. But I don't know what you're doing right
now. If you... please, just... does it hurt that much? Are you in that much pain?
I hate to see you suffer like this, Chaos. I can't... I can't just... leave you like this. Even if you
do technically... pose a threat like this, as those newcasters and the like would say-- they
don't know. They don't know. This hurts you so much. Please... just turn back.
Or do I have to give you an ultimatum? I'm sorry, but... but I've been there. I've been there so
many times, and I know it hurts. I know it's hard. But this isn't some passing thought. This isn't
some illusion. This isn't a dream. This is real! I'm standing right here, and you're right there, and
there is nothing seperating us but Perfection. And it's for that reason that I say this to you right
now, Chaos... I refuse to see you suffer any longer. I can't... I can't deal with this.
You're breaking my heart, but... I need you to overcome whatever you're feeling-- any anger,
sorrow, guilt-- I need you to focus on one thing, Chaos. Right now, please. I'll say it once more.
Chaos Zero, I love you with all my heart. And if you love me... you need to stop this perfection.

I want to say how it may turn out
Canonically, I mean.
But the truth stands in the face of all opposition
And the truth will be what shines between you and me
It's been seven years, there's no seven secrets
We've seen a thousand days and prayed that they would keep us
Because you and I are something far too beautiful
For anyone to comprehend outside of love
For ours is a love that none of them dared to dream of
Laughing at the glorious catastrophe of us.
I am no shimmering ideal, and you are no blood-spattered ataxia.
We'll never live it down.
But I forgive you, always, because that's what love is.

We are something so beautiful that reality could not possible contain us.
Reaching out and blessing us with outstretched hands...
We could never survive here.

But as long as they expect your heart to conform to stereotypical disorder,
We can be as illogical as we want.