AN: Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I'm extremely late! Oh my gosh! Forgive me! I've been really busy and a little depressed lately. That's over for now and I'm back with another chapter. Hopefully I'll be able 2 get the next out sooner. I'm not sure how much longer I'll make this though. 2 soon 2 tell for sure. Hmmm....Evility! That and the fact that I'm sitting in the dark and ugly bugs are flying in my screen. Grrr... GET AWAY FROM MY KEYPAD DUMB BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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~How is this possible? You couldn't possibly have the strength to do this!~

~No, we don't have strength alone. We are together and the love we have for each other is stronger than that of your hate!~ Van declared as he looked upon the thing in which he had dubbed a monster. Had it not been for the two most precious people in his heart standing beside him, he knew he would have been caught a victim to the rage that threatened to erupt in his very soul. Somehow, they were all connected to each other. He could feel Hitomi's calm spirit and Faith's innocence radiate threw him.

~It's because we share a common bond. It is our belief and love for each other that bond use together always. I am the comfort to Van's raging soul and he is the fire that gives me strength. Faith is our innocence. Made from the love we shared together and the innocence we lost. New hope.~

Hitomi smiled as she gave her explanation to the question at hand. It was true to her. She could feel Van's enraged soul calling out to her. While she calmed him, he gave her strength to move on.

~I cannot let you win! I will not let you live!~

~You're stubborn. I wish to forgive you for your wrongs as I have forgiven my parents for theirs. Why must you continue to hate and corrupt yourself more? What is the point in it?~

~The point? The point is for them to feel what I have felt! The pain of loss!~

~They have already discovered loss.~

~Not as I have. You may forgive child but, I will never forgive!~

~Such a pity.~

Again the battle raged on. Van and Hitomi placing themselves in front of Faith so that she would be kept safe from harm. Their new born hope beginning to give them the strength they needed to end whatever show the sorcerer had for them.

No guilt from past wrongs would interrupt their new mission. Peace for innocence. The innocence of their daughter and their very future to come. Everything counted in this final showdown.

~Nothing will stop me! Nothing!~

Black hate against one giant, fiery white hope soared through the air at top speed. Neither knew the outcome but, whatever happened would end it all.

Faith stood behind her parents watching as the beams came crashing together. She knew something was missing in their efforts. Something that she needed to contribute in order for them to leave this mess and forget what she had learned and seen. They needed innocence. Their innocence was the very thing they lacked. It had been bestowed upon her when they had tried to mend their wrongs.

Closing her eyes, Faith thought of the things close to her heart. Her family and friends that were waiting for them to return. Her parents that cared for her so deeply that they were willing to give up their very existence just for her. Finally her mind settled on the troubled spirit that was in front of her.

The man that threatened her very being. Her heart broke in two for him for he had never experienced the love that she had. He would never allow that love enter and there was no cure for someone who had given their very being away like he had.

In his mind there was no more hope or belief. He had turned away from all the things that brought him peace. His soul thrived only for the pain and hatred that he had corrupted it to be. There was hope for him to become happy. Only the hate that shone darker then any evil that could threaten them. He was worse than evil itself.

~Forgive me.~

As Faith uttered her plea for forgiveness, a bright pink beam shot from her hands and aimed for the ball that was her parents. Without this addition their mission was futile. The black beam was already beginning to take over and Jarik's twisted laughter echoed through the vast darkness that his beam created.

~W-what is that?!?~

Jarik now stood completely dumbfounded as his dark energy began to be driven back.

~How is this possible after all they lack? Ah! Stupid child! I can't believe you had it in you!~

Both Hitomi and Van turned to stare at their daughter in disbelief. There she stood, tears in her eyes, looking back at them. Hitomi was the first to even attempt to say anything of the situation.

~Oh Faith, why?~

~I'm sorry mother. It was the only way for you to defeat him. The only way for peace to be brought to you. Forgive me.~

~We will always forgive you Faith.~

~Thank you for your words of comfort father. I will always cherish them.~

At their commitment to each other, their beam of energy grew larger and brighter. Jarik's beam was no match for theirs and it was pushed back toward the sorcerer at lightening speed.

~No! I can't let it end this way! You can't do this! Not again!~

~Join your father in his eternal cage. Be with him where you can do no more harm to us! I'm sorry for your loss and for the soul in which you lost so long ago.~

As Faith utter her last words to him, Jarik was blasted with his dark beam and with their light beam. A disturbance had been created amongst the battle and a strange warp had been created.

~No! No! Let me go! You can't take me now! I won't let you take me! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!~

Jarik's high pitched scream echoed through the void as giant dark vines pulled him into the warp and closed up around him.

Van and Hitomi had long since turned from the majestic beings that they had once again had the privilege of becoming. They turned to look at Faith again just in time to see her crumpled to the ground, an unmoving heap that shone in the darkness.

~Faith!~

Both ran to their daughter's aide when they discovered that she wasn't moving. The empty ground below them began to rumble uncontrollably and they were thrown to their knees by it's intensity.

The warp had opened again and it was growing immensely in size. Hitomi looked at Van with fear evident in her green eyes. One hand reached for his, the other for her now dormant daughter.

~Whatever's in there isn't finished with it's task Van.~

~Whatever it is, we face it together. I'm not giving up without a fight Hitomi. Not when it involves my family.~

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TBC.



AN: Well, that's it for now! Haha! When will I ever learn? Probably never but, I hope this was good for you. Evil guy has been banished! Yes! What's coming now? Hmmm....What will I do now? Well, tell me what you think. I'm anxious to know how bad I screwed this up or extended your curiosity. Whatever the case may be. ^__^