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BOOM!

*whoosh*BOOM!

The once beautiful meadows were now charred, trampled on, littered with the bodies of fallen warriors and evil demons. It was now full of the demons, their hellish machines, and their daunting howls and cries of laughter and joy. The sight of the fortress being caught in flames, half-destroyed from attack after never-ending attack, and the helpless cries of the warriors in it brought them immeasurable joy. But the warriors fought back. They had to, if humanity was to survive. The fortress was the symbol of hope; the last refuge of every thing good in the world. But with the way the battle was going, it seemed like not even the great Buddha could have saved them from this everlasting battle. And all the while, the demons below would sing their daunting battle cry: "Kakarashi is burning! Burn it to the ground!"

I-is this... a dream?

The boy was sitting down, covered in blood. He realized that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't move. A sharp pain rose from his guts... he was stabbed through.

I--I'm... dying...

His vision became blurred. He looked around and saw the face of his sister. He saw she was lying on the ground with empty eyes... almost as if she was...

No... it can't be...

He began to panic. In his panicking, he saw the face of another girl...

S-Shinobu? What did I do...

He looked up and saw what he thought was unthinkable.

There was a hooded figure with a tendril sticking out from its sleeve. At the end of it was his master, his mentor... his father.

NOOOOOO! THIS MUST BE A DREAM!

"You've failed, Raiden. It's over," said the hooded figure. "You, your son, Kakarashi, everything."

"No," Raiden said, panting between every word. "It... isn't over... not yet... at least..."

"Fool. Kakarashi has fallen. Do you not see that?"

"You... may not... see it... but... you've just... brought about... your doom..."

"Oh? And how do you figure that?"

"The prophecy."

The hooded figure chuckled. "The prophecy? The boy is dead. The prophecy is null. Face it, you've lost."

"I guess... you'll just... find out... on your... own..."

"Hmph, the poison from my tendrils must have made you delusional. I'll end your misery now."

"No... I'll do it myself... along with you... and everyone else... die."

Raiden raised his hand with the last of his energy and shouted: "LIGHTLESS BLACK!"

With that, an energy like a black hole emerged from his hand and began to suck everything in. The hooded figure began to panic.

"You decide to spring this on me!? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"

"Humanity will survive," Raiden retaliated. "You won't live to end that. And you will understand the the meaning of the prophecy soon!" With that, Raiden was sucked into the hole, which was now spreading bigger and getting stronger.

Prophecy? Raiko thought. He felt his life fading away, as he, his sister and Shinobu were sucked into the massing black hole. And not just Raiko, but the entire region of Kakarashi. All of the demons were sucked in; all of the refugees were sucked in; everyone. Soon, Kakarashi became a region barren of any life, as the black hole suddenly disappeared.

His story might have ended here, but it was about to begin again... seven centuries from now...