"I wish modern SNK could make something that isn't a fighter for modern consoles. Sure their fighting games are nice. But is that really all they can do nowadays? Their 90s counterpart had more variety in terms of games and genres. Then again, this is the same company that went bankrupt twice(Guess Kagura isn't the only one cursed here), so maybe something that isn't a fighting game is almost like a big risk for them at this point."


Chapter 6 - The Void

Shadowcrest - Earth-777

"Members of the Yata clan from different earths and realities. Let the first meeting of the Council of the Yata start!" - Says Earth-99 Chizuru.

"I'm sure everyone of you knows why you have been brought here, right?" - Says Earth-50's Chizuru

"As I suppose, all of us we are aware of the creature know as Vermilion, what does he wants? We don't know but one thing is sure, he won't stop until having killed each one of us." - Says Earth-99's Chizuru

"As it seens everyone of us isn't strange to Vermilion, we had decided to request your help to put an end to this creature." - Says the earth-70 Chizuru

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go and kill him!" - Says Chizu pulling out a Katana

"Not so fast, Vermilion is a creature that can't be killed through normal methods. The only way for us to defeat him would be to seal him in a place where he could never escape." - Earth-99's Chizuru

"But that's more easy to say than do, as some of you who have had the unfortunate luck of meet with the creature. You know that Vermilon has the abilty of suck the chi out of anything he touches." - Earth-50's Chizuru

"With that in mind, we have thought about a plan to stop him, but that's the reason why we needed to call you all from the different dimensional corners." - Earth-99's Chizuru

"So what's the plan you three have in mind and why do you need our help?" - Asks Makirita Bugler

"We plan to seal Vermilion in a container. But one of us isn't enough to seal him, wich is why we need each of us to reinforce this seal so he can't break free." - Says Earth-99's Chizuru showing a hologram of the plan

"Regarding the places where we could seal Vermilion, there's certainly a good number of alternatives. But I have brought this container, a old relic from my clan." - Says Earth-70's Chizuru showing a strange golden box

"Hmph! That box looks familiar." - Says Earth-25's Chizuru

"My ancestors used to say this box was once closed, a strange being gave it to them for the mission of bringing it to a certain part on the outskirts of Osaka. After fullfilling this mission and leave the box there, the box appeared empty on their garden some days later. My ancestors decided to keep it as a relic from that tale and the only prove of the existence of this being." - Says Earth-70's Chizuru

"So, how we are going to attract him? He could be anywhere? And for what we know there could be multiple Vermilions out there." - Says Ms. Puzzle having some doubts

"Is curious that you said that. We used to think we were fighting against a group of Vermilions from different universes, but the reality is that... There is only one Vermilion." - Says Earth-50's Chizuru

"What?! There's only one?" - Chizuru is surprised, Ms. Puzzle opens her eyes widely surprised too

"Yes, the Vermilion that some of you have encounter, isn't other than the same one." - Says Earth-70's Kagura

"So regarding the plan, how are we going to attract Vermilion to this trap?" - Ms. Puzzle

"We will pick a team of three of us who will be in charge of bring Vermilion to our trap." Earth-99's Kagura

"The Chizurus of Earth-68, Earth-25 and Earth-1 step up! You three have been picked." - Says the older Chizuru of earth-70

"Ha, I knew I would be picked! Better luck for the next time, girls." - Says Chizu

"Yeah, who would have guessed you would be a good bait, freak!" - Says The Succubus Queen to Chizu

"Freak? Have you seen yourself in a mirror, sister? The biggest freak here is you!" - Chizu

"Me? Dear, I'm perfection incarnate. You're a loser with a bit of power, that's all!" - Succubus Queen

"Ah, so I'm a loser eh, partner? You think you're so tough, gal? Wanna put that to the test? I could shut that noisy mouth of yours in 1500 ways. You sick abomination!" - Chizu

"Sick abomination? You're asking for it, bitch!" - The Succubus Queen and Chizu stare at each other with angered looks. The rest of the Kaguras can only see what is a fight about to start between the two as both women approach towards each other

"You know, I never liked you ever since I laid my eyes on you, you sick, twisted, disgusting demon!" - Chizu

"The feeling is mutual, stupid child in the body of a adult!" - Succubus Queen

*Swoosh* - But before Chizu and the Succubus Queen could attack each other, a ball of purple fire falls in the middle of them, making both women back off

"Enough!" - Says the Chizuru of earth-50 turning off her purple flames

"What?!" - Exclaims Chizuru surprised as she turns around seeing who had throw that fireblast, she is astonished to learn it was her Earth-50 counterpart

"Stop this pathetic argument between you two." - Said the futuristic looking Kagura from earth-99

"Wait a moment! Those purple flames! How did you have the purple flames from the Yasakani?" - Chizuru ask the question most of the Kaguras were asking themselves seeing this

"In my world, the Kusanagi and the Yasakani don't exists anymore." - Says the Chizuru of earth-50

"They died? The hakkesshu killed them?" - Chizuru was confused

"No Chizuru... I did it!" - Says the Chizuru of earth-50 in serious tone showing not only having the Yasakani No Magatama but also the Kusanagi Sword

"You killed them?" - Chizuru

"It wasn't a easy decision. But we did it to protect our worlds." - Says Earth-99's Chizuru showing also having both the Magatama and the Sword

"..." - Chizuru opens wide her eyes not believing what she is hearing

"It was a sacrifice done for the best." - Says the older Kagura of Earth-70 also showing the two objects to the rest of the Kaguras

"You can't be serious... You three killed Kyo and Iori?" - Chizuru

"You really think their relatives would give up their sacred treasures so easily?" - Says earth-50 Chizuru

"We had to kill Kyo's family and Iori's sister. For years we have regret it, but it was for the better, look at us, Chizuru. Our earths prospered! The hakkesshu and Orochi can never be a threat for our worlds anymore." - Says Earth-99's Chizuru showing a hologram of the futuristic dystopia that was her earth to Chizuru

"But-but that's genocide!" - Chizuru

"Tell me, do you even enjoy teaming up with them? We saw the truth, the perfect balance wasn't between the three clans. It was us!" - Earth-99's Chizuru

"..." - Chizuru looks down, something of what the futuristic looking Kagura had said was kinda truth. Her last team up with the heirs of the clan Yagami and Kusanagi had been a mess, with none of them being willing to listen to Kagura, ignoring her and doing things their way almost as if she was a zero at their side

"Yagami and Kusanagi were too stubborn to listen to us. They always ignored their responsabilities as part of the three clans. We knew their rivalry would only end with one of the two dying and breaking the balance. So we decided to keep the balance flowing by ourselves." - Earth-50 Kagura

"I-I understand..." - Chizuru

"(In moments like this, I wish I was back on home. Those women are supposed to be me, but I would never see myself doing what they did. Criminals, murderers, psychopaths, demons... Is this really other paths where I could had end in?)" - Chizuru

"So, in your worlds. My dear puddin Yagami is dead? That doesn't sound like a dream world... More like a nightmare!" - Says Chizu with a disgusted face

"Enough! We will have time to learn more about ourselves once this is over. It has been decided what we will do to stop Vermilion once and for all. The perfect place where we could attack him would be mount norikura on this earth." - Says Earth-99 Kagura

As the conversation of the Yata Trinity with the rest of the Chizurus continue, Ms. Puzzle and Earth-25 Chizuru approach Kagura

"I feel you, I was also disappointed to learn that..." - Confesses the white streak on hair Kagura from earth-25

"Look, Chizuru. I understand how this must had shock you. And while I could never see myself killing one of my partners. Look at their worlds. They look prosperous, peaceful and dreamy. We really can't argue with them on that." - Ms. Puzzle

"You're telling me that in order to live in a world where Orochi can never be a threat, I must kill them? What kind of sick joke is that?" - Chizuru

"Is hard, I know. But you don't have to follow their example, they don't sound happy with what they did. But their world is sure how I wish mine looked." - Ms. Puzzle confessed

"*Sigh* You know, you sound like a villain." - Says Chizuru

"Well, I guess deep down I'm a villain. I mean, a succubus? The evil ruler of a city in a post-apocalyptic world? I didn't imagined my counterparts would be so... Disgusting!" - Ms. Puzzle

"So what happened to you? Did you sold your soul to a demon? Falled into a chemical container while being chased by the police? Or let me guess, you're the evil ruler of some future dystopia?" - Asks Chizuru to Earth-25's Chizuru

"Look. I'm know you must be pretty shocked, but I'm not like them. I know this may sound hard to believe, but this streak on my hair was a gift from Orochi." - Says Earth-25 Kagura

"Orochi?" - Chizuru is confused

"..." - Ms. Puzzle looks at the ground, she is suprised to see a strange red fog slowly covering the ground

"Huh?" - Ms. Puzzle

"You said Orochi?" - Chizuru

"Let me explain it. Is not what you think..." - Earth-25's Chizuru

"Girls, get behind me! Now!" - Screams Ms. Puzzle covering herself and the other two Chizuru's with a shield covering their auras

"That fog?! What is that fog?" - Chizuru and Earth-25 Chizuru see how the fog was now covering the room.

*Cough cough* - The Chizurus that breath the fog start coughing with them feeling dizzy soon after

For the surprise of the other Chizurus after coughing for a few minutes, the pupils on the rest of the Chizurus become red.

"What is going on?" - Asks Earth-25 Chizuru

"I don't know." - Ms. Puzzle

"Ah... You!" - Makirita Bugler looks at Chizuru Heidern with an angered face.

"What are you looking at?" - Chizuru Heidern

"You think yourself much, huh? With your pretencious attitude and looks. I hate looking at you!" - Makirita pulls out two daggers

"Oh, please. Your two rusty knifes are incapable of cutting anything. I could cut you in half with my own hands!" - Chizuru Heidern

Both Chizurus start attacking each other.

"I don't know what is happening? But I like this! Fight! Fight! Fight!" - Exclaims Chizu

"What is going on? Why are they fighting?" - Chizuru is confused as just like Chizuru Heidern and Makirita Bugler. The rest of the Kaguras in the room start fighting between each other

"ARGH!" - For the surprise of the three Kaguras, Makirita is killed by Chizuru Heidern doing her technique Moon Slasher

"What are you supposed to be even, that strange parasite you have isn't match for my ninjutsu!" - Says a version of Chizuru dressed as a kunoichi, this was the Chizuru of Earth-24

"Hahahaha! Your cute ninja tricks are amusing for us! But you're hardly a challenge! We will enjoy eating your brain!" - Says the strange Chizuru whose body was covered in a strange goo sustance capable of spawning tentacles to fight with, this was Earth-26's Chizuru

"Stop fighting between yourselves, you fools! The fog is what causing this!" - Screams Ms. Puzzle but her comment is ignored as the rest of the Kaguras continue attacking each other

*Gasp* - Chizuru is shocked as she sees the kitten of black and white fur strangling the Teacher Kagura with her tail

After killing her, she goes to try to attack Shisui but Shisui tosses a chair to the cat, sending her flying across the room

The violence between the Kaguras continue, Chizuru sees the Chizuru of the chainsaw hand having a duel with Chizuru Heidern.

"ARGH!" - Earth-21's Kagura is cut in half by Chizuru Heidern

"Hmph! Groovy!" - Says Chizuru Heidern stealing the boomstick from the corpse of earth-21's Kagura

*Bang* - Chizuru Heidern is shot by the Sheriff Kagura

"Sorry, girl. But the only law here is me!" - Says Sheriff Chizuru blowing off the smoke from her guns

"Arhg!" - Shisui Kagura is impaled by Earth-50's Chizuru.

"Ha!" - Earth-50's Chizuru turns around dodging the corpse of Kunoichi Kagura being tossed at her. She is surprised as the strange Kagura of the alien parasite lands in front of her looking at her with a sinister look

"So you like to kill other people's boyfriends, eh?" - Says the strange Chizuru whose body was covered in a strange dark goo

"Hmph! There was no future for me and Yagami, putting his soul to rest was the best thing I did for him!" - Says Earth-50 Kagura

"I'll tear you apart!" - The strange Chizuru jumps only to be burned by the purple flames of the Yasakani coming from the hands of Earth-50 Kagura

"ARGH! I'm burning!" - The strange Kagura dies as the a small piece of her symbiotic parasite tries to escape only to be burned by earth-50 Kagura

*Chomp* - Chizuru, Ms. Puzzle and Earth-25 Chizuru see the humanoid tigress Kagura eating Mouse Chizuru in one bite. She then is attacked by Vampire Chizuru

"They are killing each other! We have to do something!" - Chizuru

"Trust me, I wish we could do something! But is too late! Just look at how many of our counterparts we have loss already." - Ms. Puzzle dodges the bullets shoot by Sheriff Kagura

"But in the current situation, I say the best we can do is get out of here!" - Ms. Puzzle and the other two Chizurus advance throught the room filled with corpses of the other Chizurus as the fight continues

"Look is the box!" - Chizuru sees the box where The Yata Trinity planned to seal Vermilion close the corpse of the old Chizuru

"I'll get to it so we can leave, you two cover me!" - Says Earth-25 Chizuru running dodging the projectiles, objects and attacks throwed by the enraged Chizurus killing each other

"Ah!" - Matriarch, The young Chizuru dressed as a schoolgirl and the woman who looks like Francoise Yip try to attack Earth-25's Chizuru, but they are holded back by Chizuru and Ms. Puzzle

"I got it! Now we can get out of here!" - Exclaims Earth-25 Chizuru as the fight continues between the Kaguras killing each other

Ms. Puzzle looks at the closest exit of the room.

"Get behind me! Defend our sides!" - Ms. Puzzle

"Call me the Succubus Slayer!" - Exclaims Chizu trying to kill the Succubus Queen with a katana

"Ha, you're slow. Didn't told you? I'm perfection incarnated!" - Exclaims the Succubus Queen dodging easily the attacks from Chizu

"Lets see if you can dodge this, you perverted monster!" - Exclaims Chizu pulling a chainsaw and dodging one of the attacks from the Succubus Queen, she manages to impale her with the chainsaw

"ARGH!..." - The Succubus Queen looks defeated

"Gotcha! Not so full of yourself now, isn't it?!" - Chizu

"Heheheheheheh! You really think you had killed me? You clearly don't know nothing about my kind!" - The Succubus Queen gets up, she removes the chainsaw from her stomach taking Chizu by her neck

"ARGH!" - Chizu

"What the hell?! What do you eat to have the skin so hard!" - Asks Chizu trying to cut The Succubus Queen's neck with a big knife

"Don't you know, darling? Only a Succubus can kill another Succubus!" - Succubus Queen

"And unlike you, my powers don't come out from a object... Give me that mask! A foolish girl like you doesn't deserve the artifact created by the norse god Loki!" - Says the Succubus Queen grabing Chizu's face

"AH. Hahahaahha! What are you doing? It tickles! Stop it!" - Chizu screams as The Succubus Queen grabs her face with enough strength

"Face it! You're pathetic.. All this power and you can't even be able to bring your dear sister back! What would Maki said if she could see you right now!" - Exclaims the Succubus Queen

"Maki..." - Chizu feels sad wondering what would her sister say about her if she could see her now

"Face it, Chizu. On our own ways. We are both monsters! The only difference is that I have the guts to admit it. What would dad and mom say if they could see their little princess now. Oh wait their little princess was Maki, isn't it? Did they raise a troublesome girl like you?" - The Succubus Queen

"Ah, shut up! Don't dare to mention mom and dad!" - Screams Chizu starting to not feel so confident

"Girl, who better to know you than yourself! Daddy didn't loved us as much as Maki, he was ashamed of me! Now tell me, was he ashamed of you? I bet never asking him this is a recurrent question!" - Succubus Queen

"No, daddy... He would be proud." - Chizu

"Of what, of all the crimes you probably pulled using this? You said it yourself, you had enough troubles with the law already, right?" - The Succubus Queen smiles as she sees Chizu's face losing her confident smile

"*Sob* I'm a failure! *Cries* I'm sorry Maki! Forgive me, sister! I wasn't talking serious when I wished you were dead! I didn't mean it." - Chizu starts crying. She remembers everything she has done

"(That's it! She is losing her confidence... At the end of the day she is a human with emotions and guilt. I can feel the object coming out, her mind is giving up! My plan worked!)" - Thinks the Succubus Queen taking advantage of that moment of weakness from Chizu

"No! My face! Don't do that! Don't dare you, you miserable monster! I don't want to be the boring woman I was!" - Screams Chizu as the Succubus Queen starts removing her green face from her face, letting the human face of Chizu to slowly appear

"Are you sure about that? Because I think your mind thinks otherwise. Feeling guilty?" - The Succubus Queen surprises Chizu by saying this with her ripping out her green face out of her body

"NO!" - Chizu screams as The Succubus Queen takes away her green face using all of her superhuman strenght, revealing the appearence of a normal looking Chizuru in a kimono

"So, that's your real face... You look just exactly like me when I used to be human. What's wrong? You don't have any snarky comments anymore?" - The Succubus Queen looks at the scared Chizu baffled, unable to say anything now having loss her source of power

"Go to hell! You trick me!" - Says the confused scared Chizu trying to attack The Succubus Queen only for this one to impale her

"ARHG!" - Chizu's corpse is tossed away

"Imagine how powerful I could be with this little baby!" - The Succubus Queen looks at the strange mask of wood that she had rip out of Chizu's face

"Not so fast!" - When The Succubus Queen was about to use the mask on herself, the object is snapped from her hands by the Phantom Rider Chizuru, using her whip

"You stupid fool! Give me that back!" - Screams the Succubus Queen launching to attack The Phantom Rider

"ARGH!" - The Succubus Queen is trapped by the whip of the Phantom Rider

"You're too dangerous to be left alive!" - Phantom Rider

"I've been told!" - The Succubus Queen and the Phantom Rider fight for the strange wooden object. The phantom Rider tosses the mask away as she continues fighting with The Succubus Queen

"What's that strange wooden mask?" - Chizuru looks at the strange mask landing close to where they were.

"(Chizuruuuuu. Chizuuuuuruuuu!)" - Chizuru hears a strange voice coming from somewhere as she sees a strange green glow coming from the mask

Chizuru approaches the object, Ms. Puzzle and Earth-25 Chizuru turn around as Chizuru acting as if she was hypnotized grabs the object. She stares firmly at the mask

"Are you calling me?" - Chizuru grabs the mask seeing its interior, she smiles feeling a strange inner calm

"Yes, yes! I'll use you! I want to be free from this nightmare!" - Exclaims Chizuru as a big smile draws on her face about to put on the mask when suddenly

"ARGH!" - The Phantom Rider clashes with Chizuru. Chizuru drops the mask from her hands falling to the ground spinning ending under a table

"Huh? What happened?" - Asks Chizuru to Ms. Puzzle as if the last seconds after she grabed the mask hadn't happened in her mind

"Let's get out of here before those two kill us!" - Says Ms. Puzzle seeing how The Phantom Rider and the Succubus Queen were the last Chizurus standing up

Ms. Puzzle, Earth-25 Chizuru and Chizuru leave the big room now turned into a mess as the many corpses of the other Chizurus are seen lying on the place, covered by the strange fog

"Ah! Ah!" - Both the phantom Rider and The Succubus Queen pant as the Phantom Rider struggles grabing the Succubus Queen

"Feeling like you're about to faint? It seens you tried your best technique to try to burn my soul but it didn't worked. My soul is beyond anything human now! Unlike our friend Chizu, I have no regrets for anything I have done." - Succubus Queen

"Hmph! You really think that was my last card, ARHG! No, I still have one last trick!" - For a brief second The Phantom Rider turns into her human self again, she quickly turns back into her phantom rider form grabing The Succubus Queen by her shoulders

"WHAT?" - The Succubus Queen is surprised as she sees a strange circle drawing on the feet on both her and the Phantom Rider

"If I have to die, I'll drag you to hell with me, Succubus!" - Says the Phantom Rider as a pillar of crimson flames covers both women

"ARGH!" - Both scream as The Phantom Rider slowly returns to her human form being burned alongside the Succubus Queen

As the pillar disappears, only the headband of the Succubus Queen and the skull of the Phantom Rider fall to the ground. The silence reigns in the room now turned into the aftermath of a furious battle where the winner was nobody

Meanwhile

"Damn it! Weeks of preparation and all the time convincing them to come went to the trash..." - Ms. Puzzle facepalms as she and the other two Chizurus take a breath in the corridors of the Shadowcrest away from the strange fog

"What just happened? Everything was calm until they breathen the fog." - Chizuru

"Well at least we still have the box and the plan to seal Vermilion is intact. We managed to survive.. Now we are the only ones that can stop him." - Ms. Puzzle

"Are we really the only ones left to fight with him?" - Chizuru

"Unless you know a good way to bring the dead back? Yes, we are the only ones left to fight with him." - Ms. Puzzle

"Damn it! And to think everything happened so sudden." - Earth-25 Chizuru

"Hahahahahhahha! You really thought bringing your counterparts against me was enough?" - Says a chilling voice heared in all the castle. It doesn't take much for the three Chizurus to recognize who this voice belongs to

"You did well by contacting all the other ones here. It just made things easier for me!"

"Vermilion! You damn coward! Show yourself now! Attack us if you can without using your cheap tricks!" - Exclaims an enraged Ms. Puzzle

"AS YOU WISH!" - Suddenly the three Chizurus feel a earthquake, for the surprise, the roof of Ms. Puzzle's shadowcrest is torn apart with a giant Vermilion appearing surprising the three Kaguras

"..." - The three Chizurus are surprised being face to face with Vermilion

"Now all that remains is kill you three and then I'll be free!" - Exclaims Vermilion as suddenly more sounds are heared from the inside of the castle

"What?" - Chizuru sees the door some meters close to them being broken. From that door several copies of Vermilion enter

"You're trapped! Don't even try to fight! Fate is something you can't run from, Kagura!" - The giant Vermilion rises up his hand preparing to attack them

"That's what you think!" - Ms. Puzzle creates a puddle in the ground with her wand. She pushes the other two Chizurus with her falling inside too

"..." - Vermilion looks as his small replicas decide to move and search for the three

Meanwhile

"AH!" - Chizuru, Earth-25's Chizuru and Ms. Puzzle fall from the puddle to another room in the castle

"What is this place?" - Chizuru

"The Underground Basement! We came here for this!" - Ms. Puzzle points at a strange object covered with a sheet

"This is our ticked to get out of here, we need to rethink our strategy!" - Ms. Puzzle removes the sheet showing a empty mirror frame

"But is useless. He can follow us to any place where we go!" - Earth-25's Chizuru

"I know! Let me think. There must be somewhere were he can't find us... Let met prepare the spell, cover me!" - Ms. Puzzle points her wand at the mirror frame, she moves her left hand in circles doing strange motions as a small yellow circle starts appearing

"GROAR!" - The replicas of Vermilion start attacking the door of the underground basement.

"Damn it! He found us!" - Chizuru and Earth-25's Chizuru hold the door in place, trying to avoid the replicas of Vermilion from entering

"There's too many!" - Exclaims Chizuru as both Chizurus push with all their forces holding the door

One of the Vermilions breaks the door, trying to kill one of the Chizurus but both dodge the arm from Vermilion

"Are you done yet, Ms. Puzzle?!" - Chizuru

"Almost done!" - Ms. Puzzle

"(Think! Think! A place where he cant find us? A place where he wouldn't dare to put a foot in?)" - Ms. Puzzle struggles thinking

"I got it!" - Suddenly a idea comes to Ms. Puzzle

"Emag eht morf su esare!" - Screams Ms. Puzzle as a grey circle appears.

"Now, come with me!" - Ms. Puzzle whistles to Chizuru and Earth-25's Chizuru. Both Kaguras quickly jump down the stairs leaving the door to be destroyed.

"Jump with me!" - Ms. Puzzle jumps inside the grey circle, both Chizurus jump after her

"Groar!" - Vermilion and his replicas enter, they approach the grey circle when suddenly

*Plussh* - The circle closes itself before Vermilion could enter leaving the empty mirror frame there unusable

"GRROOAAAAR!" - Screams Vermilion filled with rage seeing that the last surviving Chizurus had escaped

In another place

"AH!" - The Kaguras land on what looks like a cemetery, but strangely enough this cemetery and the land nearby is grey. A desolated feeling reigns making the three Chizurus look at their surroundings surprised

"What is this place?" - Chizuru

"Ms. Puzzle, where did you sended us to?" - Earth-25's Chizuru

"I don't know... I just wanted to be somewhere where he couldn't find us." - Ms. Puzzle is confused as she looks at the desertic looking lands

"Chizuru Kagura?" - A male voice calls Chizuru as the three Yata turn around

"Who are you?" - Says Chizuru staring at a man of blonde hair, grey jacket and yellow pants accompanied by a small girl who is dressed as a priest of the Yata clan similar to Chizuru

"Is me, Reiji Oogami! Remember? Don't you recognize me? What are you doing here again? Did our god Shin Natsu Kikaku got bored of you and sended you back here?" - Asks a confused Reiji

"Reiji? Sorry, I don't know anyone with that name?" - Chizuru is confused

"Reiji? What are you doing here?" - Asks Earth-25's Chizuru surprised.

"You recognized me?" - Reiji is surprised as the strange Chizuru of the white streak in her hair actually recognizes him unlike the Chizuru he remembered

"Of course I do! We talked the last week, remember? You brought your daughter, your wife and your sister Okuni to the mansion and we talked about what happened in Tokyo, remember?" - Earth-25 Chizuru

"But why do you look so strange? I have a sister called Okuni?" - Asks Reiji confused

"By the way, Reiji. Where are we?" - Asks Earth-25 Chizuru surprised

"Yes, you said something about a god called Shin Natsu Kikaku, isn't it?" - Says Chizuru as Reiji's daughter grabs her vest

"Aunt Chizu!" - Exclaims the girl dressed similar to Chizuru grabing her vest

"Hello?" - Says Chizuru with a confused smile

"You said something about me being here already, what is this place?" - Chizuru

"You really don't remember your stay here?" - Reiji

"This is the void that exists beyond realities! Where the lost souls end on." - Reiji

"Here is where people like me end up when we stop being useful for our god Shin Natsu Kikaku." - Reiji

"Why?" - Ms. Puzzle

"Our god is very mysterious, we just never question his decisions. If he doesn't have any use for us. He throws us here to spend the rest of our life... With the only hope that one day, someone can pull us out of here." - Reiji

"Come with me. I'll show you the place!" - The Chizurus follow Reiji and his daughter through the strange place

"There's alot of people in this place!" - Exclaims Chizuru surprised by the big number of people in this place as they walk deep inside the Void

"Hello, Reiji!" - Says a man in a business suit, a woman in a red leather biker outfit and a man with a white gi with a red headband

"Hello, Souji, Aoi and Syo!" - Says Reiji greeting the three strange people

"Hello, Chizuru! Nice to see you back here." - Says the three greeting Chizuru for her and the other two Chizurus' surprises

"..." - Kagura stays silent confused

"Are you sure you have never been here?" - Ms. Puzzle

"I could swear I have never been here! Who are they?" - Chizuru

"The man of the business suit and the girl are Souji and Aoi Kusanagi... The cousins of Kyo Kusanagi." - Reiji

"And the man of the red headband is Syo Kirishima. He is always complaining calling himself the "Original Kyo" But nobody listens to his ramblings." - Reiji

"Kyo's cousins? Never hear of them." - Chizuru is confused as she looks at the more stranger residents of the place

"Strange, what are they doing here." - Earth-25's Chizuru

"You know them?" - Ms. Puzzle

"Yes, actually." - Earth-25's Chizuru

"Hi, Chizuru! Hi Reiji!" - Says a two brown haired girls and one blonde girl

"Hello, Asuka, Maria and Moe!" - Reiji

"(Those two girls look very similar to Athena.)" - Thinks Chizuru looking at Maria and Asuka's faces

"..." - The three Chizurus stare confused as they move in the desolated earths plagued by more forgotten souls

"Reiji. Where are you going, and what are you doing alongside this three girls?" - Asks a woman of purple hair appearing alongside a teenage girl of dark hair and a girl of white hair in a green dress with long sleeves

"Jun, Miu and Xiao Lon! I was giving Chizuru and their friends a tour around the place." - Reiji

"So you three where tossed here by our god?" - Miu

"Something like that." - Ms. Puzzle

"We actually came from the other side." - Exclaims Earth-25's Chizuru

"..." - Hearing that, a big number of faces turn around looking at the three Chizurus

"You came from the other side?" - Nagase

"Please, can you take us back with you?" - Chae Lim

"No take us better! We deserve to get out! We will pay you three!" - Says the detective brothers Neo and Geo pulling out a couple of dollars

"What is going on?" - Ms. Puzzle is confused as more forgotten souls cover their path wanting to be taken out of here by the three Kaguras

"No takes us back instead! We deserve a second chance!" - Exclaims Alba and Soiree Meira

"No take me instead! I would be a big hit with the modern fans!" - Exclaims Lien Neville

"Shut up, talking tits! If someone deserves to return is me!" - Exclaims Aoi Kusanagi pulling a big amount of dollars from her cleavage

"Wait wait!" - Ms. Puzzle and the rest walk back

"This is why I hate coming down here, is so depressing!" - Reiji

"No, take me instead!" - Makoto Mizoguchi

"Please, take me with your group! I have lots of money! I would do anything to get out of here!" - Shizuku Misawa

"We want to get out of here, please!" - Exclaimed Love Heart and Mui Mui

"Take me!" - Rosa

"No me!" - Sho Hayate

"Help us! We don't want to be here anymore!" - Ai and Yuki

"I deserve a second chance!" - Gai Tendo

"I'm willing to pay a big number of bucks for a second chance! I never showed what I was capable of doing!" - Gustav Munchausen

"Gustav?" - Earth-25's Chizuru actually recognizes this man

"I would be a hit with the fans if they redesign me!" - Luise Meyrink

"The newer games could use a gun character! Take me, please!" - Cathy

"Ignore them! Lets move out!" - Reiji and the rest move out as they ignore the pleads and begs from the rest of the people that live in the void

"What happened?" - Chizuru

"They are just desperated, despite the peaceful look of this place, the reminder that we aren't useful to our god drives us insane deep down. It doesn't pass a day without any of us wishing we were rescued by Shin Natsu Kikaku!" - Reiji

"Ever since we learned that one of us, some blue haired guy who I don't remember his name escaped from here. We have been praying that our chance comes soon enough and we can escape out of here." - Reiji

"People say that he was picked by our god to have a second chance or that he cheated and manage to escape from here somehow!" - Reiji

"Reiji. Where are you going?!" - Says a man of brown and white hair sitting close to a river, the man sports some kind of strange combat armor

"(Kyo?)" - Chizuru sees some resemblace to Kyo in this man

"Hello there, we haven't been introduced. They call me Nameless." - Nameless gets up greeting the Chizurus

"Ah, hi!" - Chizuru

"Nameless! Are you not freaking out too?" - Reiji

"Give me a break! Why should I? I have told you already many times that I don't desire to be brought back." - Nameless

"The rest still hold hope that one day they will have their big comeback. Me? I really don't care." - Nameless looks at the endless pale horizon of the void

"Well I think I saw enough. Ms. Puzzle, can you get us out of here now?" - Chizuru

"Lets see!" - Ms. Puzzle points her wand, she tries to create a portal on the reflection on the river to get them out of there

"..." - Chizuru and Earth-25's Chizuru are surprised as nothing appears

"Nothing!" - Exclaims Ms. Puzzle frustated

"My powers don't work on this place?" - Ms. Puzzle

"I should probably had tell you that, there's no way to get out of there using our chi. Is just useless." - Reiji

"You know if there's another way to get out of here? One that can be done without using our chis?" - Chizuru

"Well, there's a rumor that crossing the endless desert is the only way to get out, some people say that's how that man of blue hair with some abilities similar to Nameless managed to escape that way. I couldn't really tell you the veracity of this." - Reiji

"We have never attempt to go that way, people have tried to escape walking through there. But they return soon after disappointed unable to arrive to the end of it. There's a reason is called the "endless desert" you know." - Jun Kagami

"The endless desert, huh?" - Ms. Puzzle

"You know, I'm tired of this! If this endless desert is the only way out, I'm willing to cross it! My sister Maki, she must be very worried about me now." - Exclaimed Earth-25's Chizuru looking at the river

"Wait what?!" - Both Chizuru and Ms. Puzzle exclaim surprised after hearing that name

Will the Yata Trinity be able to escape from the Void?

To Be Continued...