So this is the end, huh? I can't believe this series' actually lasted for a year and a half… it's amazing. When I started this series, I was just a novice writer, with an idea to continue the ski trip episode. In fact, this series never should have existed. I intended If Only You Knew to be a one-shot, and nothing more. But, I continued anyway, and it's all led to this. Now, 12 stories later, this series has become my greatest work. I'm sad to see it go. Now that I sit here and think about it, my writing never would have gotten better if I wasn't determined to please the fans of this series… Well, with only one chapter left, I just want to thank you all for reading this far. Now, without further ado, Part I of the grand finale of my greatest work: End Game.

III – IV Final Fanfare
Part I: End Game

Yin/Jake punched Yang rapidly, showing no mercy whatsoever. "It didn't have to end like this!" Yin yelled, pulling several uppercuts on Yang's skeletal body.

"You don't know that… maybe it was fate! Maybe there's some plan to this chaos! Maybe, no matter which path I took, it would lead me to this… the darkness… the destruction of your feeble world… and all feeble worlds, for that matter. This moment is happening in several forms in many other dimensions… the trillions upon trillions of dimensions all experience this moment sooner or later…"

"Yang, no, Kibou, it didn't have to come to this. It didn't have to end this way. We never had to stand here and fight each other to the death."

"Kibou… that name… it's been so long since anyone's called me that… I thank you brother, I will try and remember your kindness... when you're burning in the underworld!"

"Kibou, this is all your fault… you let your greed get in the way. You knew what would happen. But you were jealous. You couldn't stand that you weren't the best, could you?" Yin hit Kibou's stomach with a knee strike and slammed him to the wall.

"I have no excuse, Hikaru, I did know the consequences. But it's too late now."

"Is that why you're doing this? You think it's too late for forgiveness? We're only human! We all make mistakes! Your biggest mistake is that you did not trust the ones who care about you. I would have forgiven you. Mother would have forgiven you. If you had given everyone a chance and did your time, they would have forgiven you. The world isn't heartless. But at this point, I think you are."

"I'm sorry, Hikaru. I was so lost in the darkness. I forgot everything. But everything I've done… its irreversible."

"No it isn't. We can save this world! We can stop your army; we can vanquish The Darkness, forever! We can do it… together. As brothers, as heroes."

"Hikaru…" Kibou began. "Thank you, for your kindness, and hope. I will never forget it. I can promise that. But I can't go. The Darkness is coming back… most likely to claim my body as his own. If you want to end him, you'll have to go now. I'll stay in the underworld… if he claims my body, at least then he'll be trapped where he belongs." Kibou seemed to smile, and he morphed into his real form, his human form. He looked exactly like Jake; just his hair was slightly darker.

"Kibou," Hikaru said, placing his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Remember this. Your will is stronger then anything The Darkness can do. Fight him."

"I will. Now go. Go fight my army… destroy what I've created… if my hunch is correct, The Darkness should be there commanding them. He wants to be rid of those dragons, and any Council members there." Hikaru nodded and warped to the front lines of the massive Yin Army.

"Yin!" Rose yelled.

"Its Hikaru."

"Hikaru… where were you?"

"The underworld. I had to settle some things with my brother, Kibou. But I… I mean, we, are back."

"We?"

"Jake's still a part of me, right?" Rose nodded. "What happened?" Hikaru asked.

"Some weird guy appeared soon after you left. He's commanding Yang's army."

"The Darkness… Its time I told you something. Yang wasn't behind any of this. He was just another pawn. A distraction. That man, he corrupted my brother until he destroyed The Darkness. Or so we thought. Kibou is back to his old self now, but The Darkness must be stopped. His true name is Melchior Sutah, and he must be stopped at all costs."

"Understood!" Rose said. She ran toward the back of the army to alert Hannah and the others.

"Melchior!" Hikaru called. The man known as The Darkness floated toward Hikaru, smirking.

"Hikaru! Its been a long time." Melchior's face was a skull, with the same features as Yang's, but had long, white straw like hair on the back of the skull and a large beard and eyebrows. He was in a black cloak with no hood, and held a large staff with a black gem up top. "Its been a long time. How're my pawns?" Melchior laughed.

"You used magic and dragons to your advantage. You commanded Behemoth and turned the world against us. You brought Yang and Chaos into existence, you were the reason why we created the underworld… and to think, you were the original leader of the Council. What I disgrace." Melchior chuckled.

"How like you, Hikaru. Heh, heh, heh, heh…"

"Its over."

"For once you say something that's true!" A black aura surrounded Melchior and angry spirits began surrounding him. He absorbed them and the demon army behind him and began to change. "Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Can you feel the power?"

"No…! Armegeddon…! I sealed those powers…"

"And like Yang's seal, it faded with time. Just as you are about to!"

To be continued…