[Deathscyther]

Originally Posted by Solace

Professor Gido's theory during the Eve flashback arc seems more relevant now.

I agree. I've always thought that theory was foreshadowing something. If I apply his theory here, it makes up for an interesting story.

Spoiler for What might have happened:

At one time there was a disaster on the home planet of the 'Angels' that made it unlikely their kind would be able to live on. Suddenly a wormhole opened before two of these creatures and they jumped through the gate, hoping to find something beyond the gate that would make them able to survive.

One of the 'Angels' was weakened so much that she began hibernating deep underground. In order to survive, the other 'Angel' decided to merge with a human, which created the Second Christ. This way it evolved into a stronger life force. The Second Christ had a stronger body (by combining the human body and the 'Angel' body, two souls, but it resulted in only one heart. Their soul more or less fused into one, but at times one of the two manages to become more dominant than the other. At certain moments they return to being two, which caused inner conflict.

The human side of the soul wanted to help other people with his powers, while the 'Angel' side was searching for the stigmata. During this time he used his powers to help people, while at the same time he searched for the stigmata (maybe gathering all stigmata would make the 'Angels' able to save their kind or something) and became stronger by learning powers of the Needless he came across. He managed to find a few of the stigmata during this time.

At some point, the human part of the soul disagreed with the intentions of the 'Angel' part and tried to get control of the soul. This resulted in the body of the Second Christ backfiring. During this time 666 managed to kill the weakened Second Christ and took the parts of his body that had Stigmata marks on him (The Fifth Wave?)

What they don't know is that the 'Angel' part of the body and/or soul managed to get away when the Second Christ was killed. This 'Angel' part found its way to Cruz at some point and decided to merge/hibernate within the boy until he regained enough of his powers. This resulted in Cruz getting a stronger body (able to survive Kandata String, etc).

When Cruz was killed by Aruka and ressurected by Eve, the 'Angel' woke up and the powers of Cruz and the 'Angel' started to merge. Cruz was still the dominant part of the soul at this point. Cruz's needless powers started to awaken at this time.

Later, when Aruka was killed by Arclight in front of Cruz's eyes, the boy lost control over himself. The 'Angel' took this chance to get control of the body for a little bit. During this time Cruz's power increases greatly and the colour of his eyes change, which manage to shock Arclight. After Cruz manages to gain control of his emotions again, he manages to get back into control of the soul/body. From this moment on, Cruz's Needless powers start developping at a quicker pace.

Originally Posted by Xiammes

Just a thought

Spoiler for 107:

What if Cruz's power is based off the Second Angel? No one said both Angels had to have the same powerset and would explain why Blade wasn't able to learn it even with a Byakugo.

Originally Posted by Kurohane

Spoiler for 107:

Like one had what we know is all of Second Christ's abilities, and the other had the ability to negate those abilities. That's certainly a thought.

Spoiler for Response:

Well, Arclight and Blade are clones of the Second Christ, which is the result of one of the 'Angels' merging with a human. In this chapter Arclight absorbs/merges with the other 'Angel'. So Arclight has the power of both 'Angels' now. If your theory is correct and Shield of Aegis is an ability of one of the 'Angels', this would mean that Arclight would have to know Shield of Aegis now as well.

No, I think Shield of Aegis is the power of Cruz himself, not the result of the powers of one of the Angels.