Hi, me again. yeah, I planned on waiting for a while longer before starting a new story, but that didn't work out. But anyway, this is the sequel to How it Began. speaking of it, I again want to thank all of you for reading it, there are, as I am typing this, 421 Views and 156 Visitors, to it. Dang guys, that is way more than I ever thought it would get. But enough about that, This is a new story, and I hope you like it, so, here is chapter 1: Enter the Void.

The monkeys all looked to the door with hopeful eyes as it opened. Their faces lit up as they saw that Chiro had in fact returned, holding a dented and rusted can in his right hand. "Chiro!" they shouted together, and rushed towards the returning boy, Antauri floated at eye level as the others latched onto him, his face set in its usual stoic expression, but Chiro could tell that the black monkey was blaming himself for something. "Chiro, I am sorry, I should have explained to you in greater detail-" he began quietly.

The boy cut him off, "Its neither of our faults Antauri, we both could have handled it better, but let's put it behind us." Antauri smiled warmly, and nodded his agreement.

"So Chiro, does this mean that you're gonna be our leader?" Otto piped up, Nova looked ready to hit him, obviously worried about putting too much pressure on Chiro to make the decision. But the boy shook his head at her, smiling, he looked at the entire group.

"It does. I will be your leader, if you'll have me." Warm smiles greeted his declaration, and the Hyperforce greeted their new leader and family member with cheers of joy.

They moved from the main room to the kitchen to celebrate, The brightly colored monkeys assuring Chiro that they did indeed want him as a leader and excitedly telling him about the future adventures and good times that they would doubtlessly have. Antauri smiled down at the group lovingly, but said nothing, content to merely observe the others as Chiro was caught up in the excitement as they planned their celebratory dinner in light of the day's events.

Once the meal was over, everyone lingered around the table, continuing the conversation that had kept their attention for most of the meal (a debate about the ugliest monster they had ever faced). Nova and Otto spiritedly defending moth-tor while Gibson and SPRX tried to convince them that Squid-zilla was truly the holder of the title. Antauri and Chiro stood as impartial parties, though Chiro more because he was too engrossed in the battle stories to really care about which side won.

It was during a lull in the conversation that Antauri spoke. "You should get to be Chiro, we all should, there is a full day ahead of us,"

Chiro tilted his head in confusion, "What're we doing tomorrow?" he asked.

"We're starting training," Nova butted in as she passed them on her way to the door. Antauri nodded in agreement and they all headed out of the room, having already put away their dishes.

"Oh, right, I knew that," Chiro said sheepishly, following the monkeys to bed.