Well my other chapter fanfictions are becoming disasterous to the point where I'm literally trying to grope for a good ending like finding a needle in a haystack, so I'm just going to start out fresh.

Wind howled in the vast darkness, a silent shriek penetrating the still night and disturbing the naked branches of withered trees that decorated the barren forest.

A red silhouette blurred as it moved along with it's owner. The sound of dirt rattled as the shadowy being walked across the barren earth, but that was the only noise he made as he came closer and closer to his destination.

Red hues flicked sharply as he suddenly halted, arriving at a patch of scarred and blackened earth, and rasped out a name.

"Void."

The sight of the ebony earth stirring was barely visible in the dim moonlight, but the immoral presence that lingered there made one thing certain. Void, the indefinite being of nothingness, was here.

"Ah, Ibuki Kouji." A voice hissed, a voice that sounded like nails scratching a chalkboard. "You came back."

Ibuki's eyes narrowed into slits. "You know why, don't you?"

"Yes..." Void sighed. "You have failed to bring out the Messiah and end life on Cray."

The red slit on the figure closed. "You're not angry, my lord. Why is that?"

A dark chuckle slashed his ears. "I couldn't be angry. I have failed to end Cray so many times, and I couldn't expect a mere human to carry out the destruction of a powerful dimension. Besides..."

A gust of wind blew omniously.

"You are still loyal to me."

Ibuki's lips curled into a barely visible smile. "Of course, my lord. Do you doubt my loyalty?"

"No..." The nothingness hissed, but now seemed exasperated. "But there is another reason why you have stayed... Another reason why you are still so malicious. So what is that reason, Ibuki Kouji?"

"I would never be forgiven even if I returned pure, my lord." The grey haired man answered. "That is the reality of this damned world."

Void cackled. "You would help me destroy the very earth you stand on?"

"Of course."

The wind shrieked again as crumbling pieces of earth skipped across the ground, making a certain type of tension as Void hissed, "But no... I cannot achieve that yet. I have to regain my power... I have to be patient..."

Void had used energy to create Link Joker, the deletors, and of course, wasted that power as the saviors of Earth had shattered its creations. Just the thought of it made Void seethe, the black earth it inhabited crumbling to dust as it fumed. Ibuki monitored this cautiously.

"So until then, what will you do?"

The dust curled into smoke as a gust picked it up. "Aichi Sendou and Kai Toshiki... For some reason, they have always been able to stop each other when they believe in each other. That feeling is so passionate, it could practically be called love."

Ibuki raised an eyebrow. "Then how will you stop them, my lord?"

"For now, I must use what little power I have left to somehow seperate them. I cannot afford to use any power only to have it go to waste and wipe me out forever. When I have become powerful enough, from there I can wipe out life without anyone blocking my way."

The wind subsided, pieces of grit halting in their steps. "Yes... I must seperate them. I must make their paths parallel, so they can never cross again." Despite the wind stopping, the black earth lashed excitedly.

Ibuki cleared his throat. "If it helps in any way, my lord, Kai Toshiki is already far away from Aichi Sendou. He is in Europe, and it seems that it will be a while before they meet again."

The nothingness hissed with delight. "Then my work is almost finished. All I need to do now is keep them apart while I awaken."

Ibuki nodded, and the blackened earth began to disperse. The gray haired man took this as a signal to depart, and began to head back to the barren path he had taken, but not before hearing Void murmur.

"Yes..." it hissed. "Everything is going as planned."