The Final War, Light Vs Dark

Ananta stood, still shivering from the darkness, and listened to Enox. She took note of Caleb with his blades out. As Enox spoke, she began to shiver even more. Walking in a circle, she tried to circulate some kind of heat as coldness began to take over her. Looking at Enox, she fell to her knees and gasped, seemingly out of air. The crystal around her neck was teeming with darkness as she fell to her side. Staring at her crystal, she saw how dark it had became. Her mind began to fog over and memories had begun to fade. "En...ox..." she muttered. E...o..n... she thought. One... she finished. Her hand reached towards Enox in a last attempt at doing something, however it was far too late for that. Her hair had already began to darken. Her crystal teemed with darkness.

Coughing and wiping the sand off her face, she rose from the ground. Untying her long hair, she let it flow down. It touched the dirt slightly, only when she knelt, but rose above it as she stood. The dark crystal that once hung around her neck had disappeared. Stepping towards Enox, she looked at him. Up and down, she looked hard at him. "She greatly exaggerated." she finally spoke, sounding quite different from Ananta. "No matter, walking through the corridor was a horrid mistake on her part. For that, I thank you for tempting her so. Oh, but where are my manners? I am sure you have many questions as to why I look like this. Both of you must be quite confused. Let me say one thing. She did not get rid of me. And thus, you may begin asking. If you do not, I will answer the questions you thought you would say before you think them or say them!" she spoke with glee. "Ah, but first, I must rid myself of this gaudy outfit and change into something a bit more becoming of a woman such as I" she said with a flick of her wrist. Her clothes disintegrated to reveal a drastically different outfit underneath. "Ah, much better. Now, you were saying...?"

Anta screeched his keyglider to a halt. One had fallen into the ground and emerged a dark being larger than the tallest building back on his world. The keyglider disappeared as he stood there. His keyblade was gripped in his hand as he watched the darkness fall and pool at the monsters feet. The gaping hole in its chest gave way to the certain fact this monster was a heartless. "It's pretty big..." he said. Moving in front of Dawn and Dusk, he stood with his keyblade ready in his left hand. "You guys are apparently the target of this guy. We can't let you get hurt or die in any way." he snarled, looking at the creature. "But how should we go about this..." he thought, apprehensively.

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"Like any other heartless, you simply smack him in the face or hands and they die." Dusk said calmly, unphased by the pure evil emitting from One's new body. "I'm not afraid of fighting him." He began to charge at One, not thinking clearly in anyway.

Dawn on the other hand was a bit more level headed in a way. Her fear made her unable to move, having visions of the past. Visions from an unknown woman she hadn't met at all, yet one she felt close to. A similar event occurred and all she could do is stand and stare.


Enox was walking away from this "new" form of hers, not caring in the slightest. "Welcome aboard." He waved back, heading towards the exit of the arena. "Hades is the one I search for... the Underworld shouldn't be to far from here." He whispered.

 

Gexln parried the attacks that Xero used against him, though they were much faster and more difficult than he had expected. He could see the tears in her eyes; it was a sight he did not like. "How could I do this? You don't even understand what it is i'm doing. Xindai is a dick, but he can help me become more powerful. I'm not strong enough to protect you or anyone else yet, I can't kill everything that comes at you. Xindai can help me change that, but he can't do it dead, so stop trying to kill him and just let me do things my way!" Gexln yelled back. He stopped being on the defensive and take up a more offensive stance. He thought about summoning a second keyblade, the one that he had inherited from a friend many years back, but decided against it. Too much reliance on the light could be bad for someone with darkness pumping through their veins. Instead, he dashed forwards and simply lunged forward with a kick as he swung Midnight's Venture vertically downwards.


If Caleb was surprised by the new form, which he was, he did not show it. Years of honing his skill and mental state had allowed him not to show surprise against his enemies. He wasn't amazingly good with it, but when he was in a calm enough mind he could do it with ease. "Hades? Underworld? Why do you seek an audience with the lord of the dead?" Caleb asked, genuinely curious as he followed slowly behind Enox.​

 

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What Gexln said only made Xero even more upset, "It doesn't matter 'what' it is you're doing!" It was Xero's turn to play on the defensive side and dodged the kick Gexln threw at her. She then blocked his blade with one of her scythes and quickly used the other to lock it into place and she jerked Gexln close enough to where there was only a few inches away from them. Xero looked at Gexln dead in the eye, "You were strong to me... But now you're just weak for relying on someone else to just give you power..." Xero then created a round barrier around her that damaged anything that came in contact with it, and she held Gexln in place as she did.

 

"Aw, you could at least tickled my fancied and did what I asked!" she pouted, scratching her neck. She followed Enox and sighed a bit before talking more. "I hope you know that Hades does not take kindly to unwelcomed guests. He has been known to deal with them in special ways. Be it persuading them to give up their soul or feeding him to his dog. Then again, I have only heard such things from the mouth of others, so perhaps none of it is true! But I digress. My name is Natana and I do so hope you allow me to follow you around." she said, skipping beside Enox and Caleb happily, not a care in the world. "Now that I have answered your burning questions, please ask me a question! I am dying to answer you!" she spoke with glee. That hopping and skipping became annoying for the fact her armor clinked with every hop.

Anta saw Dusk run off towards the giant heartless. He felt his heart skip a beat. Running towards the boy, he cast a shield wall in front of Dusk. He hoped to maybe stop the boy from actually getting to the giant monster. Even so, he would eventually grab the boy and run back to Dawn. Doing so, if he did at least, he would put both hands on Dusk's shoulders and look at him with genuine concern in his eyes. "Dusk, don't rush in needlessly. I promised my parents you wouldn't die at all. And if you died you'd be giving this creature exactly what he wants! Now, you don't know your mom but I sorta remember her a bit. There's only one thing I remember her saying that I know you should hear. She told me that when I grow up, I gotta protect you guys. My parents claim they never heard her say that, but I know she said it to me. Even if she didn't, she would have wanted it. So, please, don't rush in like that, okay?" he said, looking sad in the face.

Turning to Dawn, he pulled her towards him and patted her head. "You, you need to be strong Dawn. You really do! A lot of times you are strong. I know, you injured me way earlier in this fight. But you see, you were a little taken over at the time so you weren't yourself. I'm glad you're back to you, but I just want you to be really, really strong, okay? Remember the stories my mom would tell us about your mom when you and Dusk came to visit? She said your mom was super strong and could defeat any obstacle! Can't let her down, can you?" he smiled. With all the pep talks and speeches, one would wonder why the monster hadn't attempted to attack them yet.

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Caleb was getting somewhat annoyed by Natana. In a sense she was a new person; one look at her could tell you that. She may have looked somewhat similar to Ananta, but the consistent talking was not only annoying but probably something that the old Ananta hadn't seemed to do. He casually looked over his shoulder at Natana. He had been put in a semi-foul mood from the actions of Ananta, and quite simply he wanted an answer from Enox and then just to go back to the lights. "Here's a question for you. Can you please shut up for more than five seconds?" Caleb mumbled under his breath as he walked.


Gexln frowned at Xero's mention of being given power. "You think being given power makes you weak? He isn't just giving me power, i'm going to earn the power. I may have been strong to you, Xero, but if that little light wielder could cause me so much trouble, could kill Kaxar right before me, what's to stop him from coming back and killing you too? This is the only way you'll stay safe, especially when you go and pick fights with just about everyone you meet!" Gexln retorted as he attempted to push back away from Xero.​

 

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Xero let go of Gexln as he pushed back. She then jumped up and took flight a few feet into the air. The damaging barrier was now gone and she threw her scythes in front of her and formed an 'X' as they floated in front of her, "You're one to talk! You're the one who went on a murdering rampage in that village of yours!" As she shouted at Gexln, a black ball of energy began to grow in front of her scythes, "If you're trying to protect me, then why are you fighting me?!" Once she finished her sentence, the black ball expanded and then quickly shrunk down and shot a lazor like beam of energy at Gexln. It kept going for a few miles and made wherever it hit explode in the line it traveled. Xero didn't even use full power when she charged the energy ball, for she wanted to avoid killing Gexln herself. She was purposly holding back her new found power.

 

Kross stabbed his Odin keyblade into the spin of the monster and pulled it back, making the monster thrash in mid air and give in to his steering. He steered it left and right before pulling down, making him go high into the air and do a backflip before slamming it head first into the ground. He pulled his keyblade out and swung it, the single action cleaving the head of the giant heartless dragon from its shoulders. He breathed a sigh of relief but when it started to disappear in darkness, the tendrils started going up his legs. Try as he might to get them off, it consumed him.


Was this the end? He opened his eyes, seeing that he was against...something. He looked around, he was back into the Keyblade Graveyard, was this where the darkness wanted him to go? He looked about, dark clouds were in the distance, a clear sign of battle. He grunted as he stood up, unsure of whether to join or to watch, or to just not get involved at all.

 

Gexln couldn't help but stop the moment Xero mentioned him killing the village he had once known as a second home. He stood there for a second, speechless and not sure what to say, before words finally found their way out of his mouth. "If you'd listened closely to what I told you, you'd know they deserved it. All of them. None of them deserved to survive, none of them had any right to live" he said defensively. Gexln immediately had to focus right after he finished speaking, for he noticed Xero charging up some sort of attack. He didn't like the looks of that, not one bit. Knowing Xero probably wouldn't try to kill him outright, he had no doubt in his mind that if he were at full strength he could take the hit. But right there was the problem; he wasn't anywhere near full fighting ability at that moment.

The Nobody's mind raced as he weighed up his options. He could open another corridor, but he was heavily reliant on them and Xero would expect that. He had to do something different, something she would never see coming. The idea of harming her still didn't seem any better in his mind, but at this rate it was becoming harder and harder to avoid. As the ball of energy began charging at him, Gexln still hadn't thought of a way. Instinctively, he gritted his teeth together and changed his footwork to brace himself better. As the ball approached, Gexln closed his eyes and held out the keyblade in front of him as he pushed against it with all his might. The impact was dreadfully painful, slamming into him like a bull at a gate. Gexln was exceptionally determined though, and he refused to let up.

Even the greatest of warriors cannot overcome sheer fatigue, however, and Gexln was no exception. After only a few seconds of resisting the attack, the ball of energy overcame the Nobody and he was knocked backwards and onto the ground as the ball flew over him. Silently and unmoving, the Nobody lay there for a few moments, seemingly unconscious. After a short time his hands pushed against the ground he lay on, willing himself to get up. He got up, bloody and bruised all over, but not yet beaten. In his mind, he reached out, willing the darkness flowing through his own blade to return to him, and as he did the blade came skyrocketing across the ground towards Gexln, who simply caught the blade. He now held two weapons. In his right hand, the keyblade, and in his left he held Darkness' Sorrow.

Panting now, the dark warrior looked up at Xero slowly. "You want to know why i'm fighting you, Xero? You probably think it's because I'm an a******, or because I'm just always looking for something to fight. You're wrong. I'm fighting not for myself, but to become stronger so that nobody will surpass me, and so that I'll never lose anybody again, so you'd better get out of my way before you go down too!" he shouted out of desperation. Things weren't looking good. He had been through over three fights in the span of a few hours, and he was running on fumes at this point. He only had enough energy of his own left in him for the next minute at the rate he was going through it, before that too was spent and he would surely be overcome.​

 

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As her attack successfully hit after Gexln tried blocking it, Xero couldn't help but worry. When she saw Gexln lying on the ground for a moment she feared the worst, "G-Gexln...?" She then finally saw him move and let out a sigh of great relief. However when she looked at him more closely, he was bruised and bloody. Xero felt horrible, she didn't like fighting Gexln like this. But if it ment for him not to walk with Xindai, then she would do her best to stop him. She wouldn't kill him, just try to make him too tired and weak to do much else.

Xero saw Gexln equip himself with his Keyblade and Darkness' Sorrow. She sighed afterwards knowing that he wouldn't stop the fight easily. She was about to float down to Gexln but stopped when he began to speak, "You want to know why i'm fighting you, Xero? You probably think it's because I'm an a******, or because I'm just always looking for something to fight. You're wrong. Xero raised an eye brow in confusement, suddenly interested into what Gexln had to say, "I'm fighting not for myself, but to become stronger so that nobody will surpass me, and so that I'll never lose anybody again, so you'd better get out of my way before you go down too!"

Xero only looked at Gexln with sympathy. She could see how frustrated he was with everything, and the pain he was going though. She knew the same thing he was going through in a way. Feeling too weak to do anything. Xero finally looked Gexln in the eye with gentle eyes filled with sorrow, "I'm sorry, Gexln..." She said with a quiet and shaky voice, her eyes beginning to fill with tears once again, "I.. I can't let you..." Xero shut her eyes tightly as she gripped her scythe. She floated there for a moment trembling, and as she did she slowly began floating back down to the ground.

She then stood there trying to hold in the tears that kept falling from her eyes, "Xindai... will... only use you for his bidding... a-and... once he doesn't find you useful anymore... H-He'll..." Xero began quietly sobbing as she thought of the worst of what Xindai would do. She only found it harder and harder to say. Xero felt like she couldn't breathe, she felt afraid for him, "He'll kill you Gexln!" she finally shouted out what she couldn't bear to say. Xero then fell to her knees sobbing, "Please... Don't leave my side... Don't leave me alone..."

 

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Xindai dodged the blows with inhuman skill. While it was impossible to dodge all the attacks, he parried a great many of them down to small cuts. "For all your power, you're pitiful at using it. No earth splitting waves of light? No Avalon? Pathetic." The dark creator taunted. His persuasive words would seep into Louvels mind, perhaps ever cracking down on his resolve and making him doubt himself. As the thoughts of all the others came flooding into his mind, he could tell R was making his approach. It was finally nearing the time. All three of his greatest threats would be in one place. Then, they'd realize how little power meant when you hadn't the will to use it.

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The world's heartless strode calmly forward. Looking at Lysa's ring of gravity surrounding the fight, he didn't even need to think as to the solution. Going through that would be suicide. So he would walk in the footsteps of shadows. The pathways created for those who knew not the light. Without pausing whatsoever, a dark corridor appeared in front of him and his young companion and he walked through. Emerging beneath the battle between Louvel and Xindai, he glared upwards. "Dark creator...Too long in this world have you lived. You are no immortal. You must come to an end eventually." His scarf blew behind him in the wind as his hair barely covered one eye. His voice lowered into a more whispered tone. "For nothing...Is never ending."

 

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The sound of metal softly hitting the ground could be heard if one listened closely enough as both the keyblade and Darkness' Sorrow fell to the ground, dropped out of the hands of its wielder. Xero was right. The moment he outlived his use, Xindai would surely turn on him. What was even more important though, was that Xero had once again broken down sobbing, out of worry for him. The darkness inside of him had calmed, now having very little hold on him whatsoever. He knelt down next to Xero and did something even he was surprised at; he embraced Xero in a firm hug.

"Will you relax? I'm not going to die anytime soon. I'm not leaving you alone, i've got your back..remember?" he asked. The way that he spoke wasn't rash, or angry, or even slowing the slightest hint of cockiness; something that was exceptionally unusual for him. All that could be identified in the tone he spoke was concern and gentleness. "If you're that worried, I'll stop" he added. Glancing in the direction of Kaxar's body, another pang of sorrow rang through Gexln. Then, as if he wasn't being different enough, Gexln then said something he had thought he would never say. "There's been enough blood shed today" he whispered quietly.

After a few moments of just kneeling there, Gexln finally let go and stood up. He picked up his weapons once more, and turned to look at Xindai. While Xindai hadn't shown any signs of attacking him or Xero so far, surely he wouldn't be happy to the dark warrior switching sides once again. He took a few steps away from Xero and let himself slump to the ground. He was exhausted, aching everywhere, and for once genuinely over fighting, at least for that moment. "Yo, Xindai, looks like I won't be needing your help after all. If you want a slave to do all your dirty work, you're going to have to find someone else. And if you go messing around in my head again, you'll be missing yours, you got that?" Gexln threatened. He was sitting down, relaxing and recovering now as he watched carefully. He still had enough energy to confront Xindai should the need arise, but he wouldn't last long if he did, so he had to be cautious.

 

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*loud internal squealing*

Xero suddenly heard metal hitting the ground and looked up with tears in her eyes to see Gexln kneel down in front of her. She flinched as he did, almost expecting him to harm her in a way. But to her great surprise, she felt his arms wrap around her in a hug. Xero sat there with wide, tears eyes in both the surprise of a hug and as she noticed the gentleness of his voice, "If you're that worried, I'll stop."

Xero's eyes began shedding more tears in relief and happiness. She tightly hugged him back as she cried into his shoulder for a bit. After a few moments, Xero calmed down and slowly let go of him. She wiped her eyes and then smiled at Gexln, "Thank you..." She quietly said with a raspy, shaky voice. She looked over at Xindai and then at the ground, "He'll probably come for you... But against both of us I don't think he'll last." She said with a hopeful smile. Xero then put a hand on Gexln's shoulder, "But you're too beat up to fight anymore, really.. You need to rest."

Xero thought for a moment and then suddenly remembered about Kaxar and her death. She sighed a bit, "I... I'm sorry about.. Kaxar." She said nervously, "I knew she was.. special to you." Xero then put her hands in her lap as she sort of began twittling her thumbs, "At least Juliet's safe."

 

Gexln's body stiffened up for a little bit at the mention of Kaxar. It was certainly something he hadn't been expecting. How was he to explain things to Xero? He sighed silently to himself. He nodded his head slowly, her passing still recent enough that it was still painful for him. It had only been a few hours, and now here he was talking about her once again, this day was not getting any better for him.

"Kaxar..she really was. Back when my somebody still wasn't used to the darkness, he got bullied quite a bit in the village he..that I slaughtered. Everyone there laughed at me, they always made fun of the fact I was so reliant on darkness" he started. Turning his head slightly to look at Xero now, he actually laughed for a brief second before continuing. "Funny thing about darkness; being pushed away for using the darkness only makes it worse. Anyway, Kaxar..or Kara, as she used to call herself, she was the only one that actually defended me, and was always there for me. In fact, she even made me this" Gexln said, now holding up the keyblade for Xero to see and gesturing towards the keychain.

"There was once a time I cared a lot about her. Still do, to an extent. When I saw her in Twilight Town not too long ago though, it was like all the old feelings of loneliness, and bitterness just dissappeared temporarily, like everything was a bit better. I just kinda missed that" Gexln said quietly. He now nodded his head in the direction of where Juliet could be seen, still utilising the dark corridors he had set up. "I never knew I had a child, you know. I can see it now though, the resemblance to Kara. The way her eyes refuse to see the worst in people before the good, the same eyes.." he said, voice trailing off as Juliet tripped over between the dark corridors and went sprawling into one. Most fathers would be worried, but Gexln just laughed. "Even the clumsiness" he said. He looked at Xero once more again. "She was special, but if there's one thing that Kara would want me to do, it would be to not allow myself to be sad all the time from her parting. After everything I did to her home, after the people I took from her...I at least owe her that much" Gexln stated, a hint of sadness in his voice.​

 

Enox turned his head slightly back to Caleb and Nananta. "He is the god of the dead. If his name is accurate, he can let me revive someone." He still chose to ignore the other girl. Really, he just planned as using her for a sacrifice if the need came up. He opened the large doors and began to walk towards the large mountain in the distance. It gave off the aura of death, the perfect place to begin the search.

Dusk glared back at Anta and then again at Eric. "This thing is not my father, only his shadow. I know that if you destroy the heartless and then the nobody... then..." He shrugged Anta off as he used High Jump to get passed the shield. His keyblade pointed toward the heartless. "Firaza!"

One being the large and bulky heartless he was had lost all consciousness and began to attack like the normal large over sized darksiders did. His hand reached for the ground opening a shadow rift allowing Giga-heartless to form ((you know, they look like the cute black things but are like 10x bigger for some reason)). The creatures would begin to swarm Anta, Dawn, Dusk, Eric, and anyone else within reach.

Dawn shook the fear off and summoned Oathkeeper. She was ready to take on the Heartless that came for her and Anta. "No more being scared. I need to fight!" She swung the keyblade doing massive damage to the large heartless, throwing in back. Thankfully for her, she inherited her mothers strength as well as her father's defense. Ther was no reasons to be scared.

 

Natana glared at Caleb for a moment before her hand took on a dark, clawlike shape. It reached for his neck and grasped it rather tightly. Her grip wasn't as tight as you'd expect, for she didn't want to kill the boy, but it was still tight in an attempt to make him respect her. "I do not care much for those who show no respect for such a powerful being as I." she spoke, a dark tone over her voice. "Perhaps next time, you will not act in such a manner. Too bad I cannot kill you here, I would not want your soul to suffer along with the wretch of this world." Smirking, she removed her hand from his neck and followed behind Enox. Shaking her hand, the darkness dissipated into the air.

"I have to tell you, a god of the dead can take life, but, he certainly cannot give it back. Warning you now, you may not want to try and mess with him. Last I heard, he had tricked some boy into entering some tournament and sicking his dog onto the poor lad. I wonder how he turned out?" she rambled. With each step, Natana could feel strength coming into her. However, a strange darkness had seeped into her and yet a light could be felt somewhere deep inside of her. Whatever the case, she couldn't just leave poor Enox alone. Who knew what Hades would do to him.

On the flipside, Anta had hopped back and took his shield down. Gathering energy at the tip of his keyblade, he let it burst forth as many beams of light shot towards each of the dark creatures that One had summoned. All the while, he had screamed "Ragnarok!" as the beams shot off. Not wanting to be left behind, he ran towards any other creatures and began to pelt them with his magic and keyblade. The boy was strong in both magic and strength, thanks to his parents, however his defense was stupidly weak. Luckily, he had Dawn when the going got tough.

Or at least, he'd like to think he did.

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R glared at Louvel as he slapped Xapphires. He knew what he was trying to do. He figured she was in some sort of trance and tried to wake her from it. "Xapphires. This man was your brother." He told her honestly. If she was to follow him, her loyalty would be earned, not won through deceit. He knew her memories were missing, so he would help her regain them. "Will you stand with me, even against your family?" He asked her. With the resolve she had now, he didn't doubt that her answer would be yes. However, there was no time to answer. He looked and saw Xindai utilizing the fullest extent of his powers. This would be a hard fought battle.


"Do i need to remind you the price of disloyalty?" Xindai said as he wedged Gexln's jaw between his foot and the ground. "You've just made yourself an enemy you won't live to regret having." Taking his foot off of the nobody's face, he raised him up with telekinetic power and flung him at Xero. "Whether you like it or not, you can't get out of our deal so easily. Because you took my offer, Xero will die. And i'm going to make you watch. You get all your power from the darkness and your keyblade, but you're just a faker. A pretender to know how to wield my creations. Allow me to show you the true power of a nobody."

The very space around him seemed to bend and contort. Like the waves of heat rolling off a burning fire. He radiated dark power. All the world threatening wielders of this power, Xehanort, Ansem, Maleficent, Dane, they were all but pretenders to a single throne. The darkness would only ever serve one master. He turned his back to all the others, and stood in the center of the canyon. He raise his left hand. In it appeared an orb as black as the night itself. This was the very core of all darkness. The original and most powerful darkness.
"Inwonahé: Cetatea de gândire!"
In one swift motion, he spun around and swiped it across the air. It expanded and engulfed the entire area in a black sphere. When their vision returned to them, they were in a completely different area. The keyblade graveyard was nowhere in sight. A massive black fortress stood center of this arena. A few there had seen it before. It was Inwonahé. No longer in ruins, restored to its full glory. Xindai stood atop the spire in its center, looking down on the others with a grin as though to say he had already won.
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Xero was about to say something but was cut off by Gexln getting pinned to the ground by Xindai, "Gexln!" Xero staggered upward to stand and grabbed her weapons. She took a step forward and flew toward Xindai but suddenly saw Gexln flying toward her and was knocked to the ground as she caught him. Xero looked at Gexln for a moment making sure he was alright abd helped him up then looked over at Xindai with a glare, "Whether you like it or not, you can't get out of our deal so easily. Because you took my offer, Xero will die. And I'm going to make you watch. You get all your power from the darkness and your keyblade, but you're just a faker. A pretender to know how to wield my creations. Allow me to show you the true power of a nobody."

"Enough!! I'll f*cking beat you to the ground!!" Xero then flew toward Xindai with her scythes ready to attack full on, but then stopped as everything suddenly began to change. Everything suddenly became a different place... No, a different world! She looked around and suddenly saw hundreds of worriers around the area. When she turned to look back at Xindai, he was gone and suddenly saw him on top of a spire on the castle. Xero glared at him with gritted teeth and then looked back to Gexln. She knew that he wasn't going to like what she was about to say, but she said it anyway, "I have to fight him..." She looked at him with determination and gripped her scythes tighter, "You have to fight too but... You're weak right now, and you won't take the darkness I offer you.."

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As Inwonahe was projected within the entire Keyblade Graveyard, something else was projected behind the Darks' Leader, R. It was almost as if data was glitching in and out as she manifested. Sabell was reborn from Xindai's memories at the peak of perfect health along with the world Xindai once lived in. With a sinister smile and a quiet chuckle, she unshethed her katanas and began to charge herself up with dark power. Once she did her swords began to radiate with darkness and she ran toward R with great speed, both katanas ready to attack and slashed at him from behind. If he either dodged or was hit, Sabell flash stepped in front of him and attacked again, darkness coming off her swords with each attack.

 

Gexln said nothing as Xindai approached, and as he felt his face being pushed into the ground, he could make no audible noise, only a slight muffled one, but there was no doubt Gexln was attempting to swear at Xindai with every fibre of his body. When Xindai finally got off of him, Gexln pushed himself up and slowly got to his feet. He didn't recognise any of the area around him. Everything was different, as though they had all been teleported away to a distant land. After a few moments of wondering where exactly they were, Gexln finally pieced it together. It was the place he had first truly encountered the dark creator, but it was different. No longer were there ruins, no longer was there destruction apparent everywhere; Inwonohae had seemingly been fixed.

Still trying to figure out what had happened, how they had got there, he heard now the voice of Xero. He turned to her, and after listening to what she said, he couldn't help but nod his head slightly in agreement. "If I take your darkness, I might get stronger, but you sure as hell won't. Keep it, I've got enough energy to bring him do-" he began to say, but stopped as his eyes laid on something, or rather..someone. It was him, as he had appeared only moments earlier with Xindai's strength. But how? He was standing right next to Xero, not up there. "Xero, be careful..I don't like this. Xindai's playing some kind of trick" he warned. He then turned to look at the girl he cared for. "You want me to show I can do this without your darkness? Give me a few minutes to kick the ass of that fake up there and i'd be more than happy to prove it" he said, half joking but in an incredibly serious tone.


Juliet finally got her footing right on the ground, right as it vanished beneath her and was replaced with different land. This was not the keyblade graveyard she was in anymore, but something altogether different. A world she hadn't seen before, and one that she was not likely to forget either. Glancing around quickly, her eyes came to rest on her father, beaten and bloody, standing there next to Xero. So both of them had survived, that was good. Juliet's eyes then followed the gaze of her father, who was staring at..her father? What was going on? Juliet certainly didn't like it, whatever it was. The girl summoned her keyblade, Twisted Star, and began sprinting in the direction of Gexln. If there was one thing she knew about her father, it was that he had a nasty habit of getting into fights, and she had no doubt in her mind that he would want to fight the other version of him, whether or not he stood a chance.


Caleb stopped speaking the moment he felt Natana's grip around his neck. Despite her appearance, she seemed fairly strong. However, if her plan was to intimidate him it failed miserably. Caleb had been kicked around through many dark corridors, slammed into the ground repeatedly, attacked by Ananta, and had nearly died falling off a cliff; at this point he felt like if death were to come from him there was no chance he would be taken. After squirming around for a little, Natana seemed to let him go.

"When a powerful being comes along I'll be sure to respect them. Power doesn't come from brute strength, it comes from a person's desire to protect that which they hold dear. Those are words I've always lived by, and I believe them wholeheartedly, so if you plan to try to kill me, it will be you who joins Hades, not me" he retaliated. He continued walking nearby Enox, yet still keeping an eye on Natana; it seemed she was every bit as eager to cause him harm as Ananta herself had been.​