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The man was interrupted by a small bell going off. Someone had just triggered their pendant, and was most likely waiting for him.

DS, on the other hand, was in a dark void of a world, finding himself unable to call forth his powers. He found he could open a door out of the world to leave, bringing him back to town, when he was stopped by a loud voice. Or was it a voice? It seemed to be in his head......

Who are you?

I am known as DS, as you already know.

Why are you in this world?

To recover my shards. Two others have taken them from me, and scattered them here to keep them from me. They wish to use them to destroy your world.

Is that so. And why are you here talking to me?

To insist that you give me my shard. I know you have it, and I want it back this instant.

It was then that DS realized he had made a mistake. He was powerless to do anything but leave, and he currently didn't seem to be able to do that.

A figure appeared in the black mist that apparently filled the void he was in. The figure was glowing red, suddenly putting out energy nearly equal to his own. DS hadn't been expecting this, and was slightly worried.

Suddenly a REAL voice boomed, with enough anger in it to chill DS to the bone. It wouldn't have scared him nearly as much if he hadn't been stripped of his powers in this place.

"You dare to order me around, after lieing to me nonetheless? You are tresspassing in MY world. Only three outer-worlders have EVER been invited into my world, two passed away long ago and the third sought to damage my world, and was therefore cast into the emptiness between worlds. The hole that was ripped in my world's protective barrier by YOUR ENTRY has allowed DOZENS of outer-worlders and excessively dangerous mystical items to enter my world, and you have the audacity to order me to help you? LEAVE ME AT ONCE!"

Everything around DS turned red with that last statement, the ground, the mist, everything glowing an eerie glow. The figure in front of him waved a hand, a blast of energy stronger then DS had expected blew open a door to town, and before DS knew what was happening a force like a black hole had sucked him through the door and dumped him in a fountain. The world he had just come from returned to its normal, non-energized state as the man returned to his workshop. In anger he slammed his fist down on the workbench, breaking one of the items he was using in his curse.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Rose were paying attention to Ryoga. They had felt a burst of energy from the Moon, and had decided to investigate it after dealing with the shard.

The man, on the other hand, was now more pissed off then before. His anger unlocked a door deep down inside him, causing a memory that had been locked away long ago to resurface.

< millenia before >

Two beings, one wearing white and one wearing black, battle it out in an empty void. They have been fighting for ages, and have both learned a lot about themselves and their opponent. Their fighting is almost legendary, neither ever getting an advantage over the other, a perfect example of good and evil balancing each other out. Suddenly, for the first time, the two beings both collide, land a solid blow to one another, and almost knock each other out.

The two beings, having been dazed by the collision, begin their final attack. The Black robed figure knocks the White robed figure back with a sneak attack. The White robed figure flys back, the Black robed figure goes to counter attack, and both go to energy form to hopefully get an advantage. Their diminished strength from the collision causes them to try and take from the other being's energy to replenish their own, and instead of attacking one another they combine, forming one being. The being was wearing a black robe, but was a perfect blending of good and evil. He knew what power he held, and what effect that power could have on all the life that had been created over the ages if it were let loose on everything at once. He created a new, hidden set of worlds for himself, starting from scratch, creating both good and evil, helping and harming. He never killed, and eventually found that curses could be both good and evil at the same time. They became his weapon of choice, allowing him to fullfill both his desire to be good and his desire to be evil.

The joining of Good and Evil had not gone well elsewhere, the favorite passtime of many beings, especially betting ones, had been lost in the merger. No bets had been won that day, as noone had anticipated the combination of the two foes. A LOT of people were pissed, but some realized the immense power the combined being must have. It had created several worlds with minimal effort, somehow, something that had not been done in a long time. The worlds had, however, just as quickly vanished.

< back in the present time >

The man knew at that point that the shards would, to restore balance, have to be put back in the hands of the dragons that had created the original crystal. He knew that he would therefore have to help Sonic/Rose in the end, giving the last shard to them. That didn't mean, however, that he couldn't still have fun. He would have to change his curse now, having destroyed part of his original one in his rage, but he had remembered a lot he had long forgotten. He figured that his next curse for Sonic and Rose to deal with would be like a training excercise, one that would give them a run for their power.

Most likely literally.

However, before he did that he decided to prepare a gift for them, something that would show his overall good intentions. He had just the thing in mind too. Maybe after their ordeal they would get the gift, maybe before. But they would get it, and wonder how he had made it, for only the white fighter of millenia past knew anything about the powers needed to do what was about to be done.