Part of the Kotamayu series.

The moons crashing together was a catastrophe. Everywhere on the planets surface, people were screaming and crying, running helplessly for their lives. Chunks of Luos and Matrimos were caught in the planets pull, and spun downward like flaming spearheads onto the world below. The sky was orange with the falling moonrock, and chunks hurtled in every direction; hitting buildings, forests and the aliens who owned them.

At the same time, memories played.
The days when Laef had destroyed whole worlds like this with his sword.
The day Laef met Mias, on that foul city world.
The days when he broke away from the group to explore the Armada homeworld, getting closer their secrets as well as The Mirrors.
The day Laef watched Gemrit and Classius die, while Mias died alone in a crater.
And the day Laef destroyed Kotamayu as the LaefBeast, tearing the Gods body apart with his own hands.

"Do you think he'll be back?" Laef asked, sitting quietly as the destruction rained all around him. His glowing green eyes watched the sky, but Laef's human eye was fixated on his hand.
"Huh? Of course he will." Krayden answered, snapping out of deep thought. "He's a snake. He'll be back."
"I betrayed him."
A rock whizzed past the two, hitting the ground nearby.
"Hey... Of course you did." Krayden answered, eyebrows raised. "So did I. So did Kait. We don't care. You shouldn't either."

The planet, Hualdios, shook as a giant piece of planetoid smacked into its side. An ocean of sound and fire swept out in all directions; while Laef and Krayden watched from the safety of a mountain on the horizon. The two had come specifically to watch the planet die, although neither had really suggested it.

"Krayden." Laef started.
"No, kid. What Kotamayu did to us was wrong. It's no 'gift' being able to sit here and watch millions of people die, okay? The real gift is being back home on Earth, where we'da lived and died with our happiness. "
Laef sighed thoughtfully. "Its not too late."
"T'what?" Krayden smirked grimfully. "Go home?"

"Its FAR too late to go home."
For the first time in 200 years, Kraydens mind wasn't on his wife when he said that.