IcEKoLd: yes, i made her personality more human, to show the real... uh... difference between them.

G-Anakin13: thanks!

godofwar17: hmm, that's a good idea, but it's kinda late in the story now for a new character. i'm kinda using an idea similar to that in another story i'm writing, but it sounds interesting. you should try and make your own ficcy! with that idea, i'm sure it'd turn out well.

A/N: ok, so i lied. one last chaos pov for you all. i felt sorry for him... shion was getting all the action... lol.

Disclaimer: i don't own Xenosaga!

Chapter Ten:

Kos-Mos' New Ability

((chaos))

Though we were all fatigued from our battle, we prepared to take on Albedo and Serenity. Momo and Jr. got into E.S. Zebulun and would wait for us to get rid of Albedo before they came out. Everyone else headed out into space.

For once, Albedo wasn't laughing. "So, looks like not only your army failed, but your little robot failed too! Guess it's my time to have fun now!" he pointed at Kos-Mos.

"No!" I could hear Shion cry out. Nothing happened, however.

"What? What is this? Why can't I control her!" Albedo looked infuriated.

Serenity scoffed. "She's absorbed T-Elos. I've tweaked T-Elos so that she can only be controlled by one outer source, a special chip."

"Oh, and where is this chip, pray tell?"

"Right here." Serenity pointed at her head. "But since T-Elos is now a part of a whole, I can't do anything. Looks like my tweaking's stopping you from controlling her too."

"Fine!" he yelled out, obviously angered by how complicated things have gotten. "I'll just do this the old fashioned way!" he shot an energy beam at Kos-Mos, which hit her and sent her flying back.

The rest of us charged. Ziggy managed to cut off Albedo's arm with his blade, but it was just regenerated. Albedo then grabbed Ziggy and threw him into Shion. I grabbed Jin and did the same, tossing him at Albedo, but he just dodged the attack. He flew over to Kos-Mos and shot another one of his energy beams, but Kos-Mos managed to evade it.

"Gaignun." she said into her communicator. "Please close the U.M.N. column leading to the Federation in 20 seconds.

"What? Why?" he asked, sounding confused.

"Just do it!" Shion begged. "She has a plan, I know it!"

"Ok." he said, not bothering to argue. "The U.M.N. column will close in 20 seconds."

Kos-Mos flew up to Albedo, who was shooting beams nonstop now. She was able to elegantly dodge each attack, and punch Albedo, sending him flying back, almost into the column. In a last ditch effort to save himself, Albedo put both his hands together and shot out a gigantic energy beam. Kos-Mos moved at the last second, grabbing his leg, and throwing him into the column. Seconds later, it closed.

"Albedo no longer poses a threat." she reported in her monotone.

"He might not, but I still do!" Serenity laughed, launching an aura attack at Kos-Mos. It exploded, sending her flying back, but she recovered quite quickly... and nano machines began falling off her armor.

"Kos-Mos! Can it be...?" Shion asked.

"Do not worry. I am currently modifying my armor to resist her attacks."

"You can adapt too!"

"Don't think that'll help you at all!" Serenity said, sounding angry at the fact that Shion was happy. "Remember, I created T-Elos! I know her weakness'! This new armor won't help you at all!"

"But she's not the only one you're fighting!" I cried out, shooting an aura of my own at her. She dodged my attack, her black wings helping her to move around in space. "Why are you doing this Sister? Why are you attacking us... attacking me?"

"Because!" she sent another aura at me. "I hate you!"

I canceled out her attack with an aura of my own, and flew at her. "Why? We're kin! Why would you hate me?"

She flew up to meet me, and we brought our hands to meet each other. Locked in a power struggle, I could see tears flowing down her cheeks. "You left me Brother! I can't even call you kin! You left me to be raised by the Gnosis... and though I eventually learned to control the Gnosis, you don't know how often I hoped I could've lived a normal life. I life with my family... but it turns out my family abandoned me years ago!"

Her grip weakened, as she broke down in tears. "I didn't abandon you... I fought to save you..."

She looked up at me, and for a moment, I could see peace in her face. She truly seemed like my little sister, one who had just come home, after scraping a knee or something of the sort. But that peace only lasted for a moment. Anger returned in her expression. "Then why didn't you come for me? Do you know how long I waited? I lived in fear every day, thinking the Gnosis would eat me. What hope was there? None!" she flung an aura at me, which exploded on contact.

"But... I looked for you." my blood floated in space, mingling with her tears. Memories of my searches came flooding back to me. "For years, all I did was search for you..."

"But you stopped before you found me. You thought I was dead. Well, for leaving me dead, I'm going to kill you!"

I couldn't react. She attacked me again, and I didn't even move a muscle. The others rushed to my aid, as I floated there, dumbfounded by what I had heard. One by one, they came to stop her, and one by one, they were defeated. Ziggy, Jin, Shion, it seemed as if no one could stop her. Even Momo, in her E.S., was eventually stopped.

Serenity turned to face me, when Kos-Mos stepped in between us. "I believe I have witnessed enough of her attacks to prove useful." she said.

"Hmph. No matter how much you adapt, you can't defeat me! Adaptation can't beat the original!" she shot an aura at Kos-Mos, but amazingly enough, she wasn't damaged. "It's almost impressive..." Serenity muttered. "Almost."

She shot another blast at Kos-Mos, this time, a more explosive one. Just as my aura did to T-Elos earlier, bunches of nano machines began falling from Kos-Mos armor. In retaliation, Kos-Mos held out her arm. A small tube came forth from her palm, and she created... an aura. It was exactly identical to mine, and that threw her off a bit. She was hit by Kos-Mos' aura, but nothing happened.

"Ha! You'll need a lot more power than that to defeat me!" At that, Kos-Mos flew off. "Retreating? How pitiful. I'll destroy you later..." Serenity then turned to face me.

"Now... brother..." she raised both her hands, creating a gigantic aura. "Let us-"

"Perhaps this is enough power for you." Kos-Mos called out, from atop the Zohar. She appeared to be siphoning the energy from the infinite energy source, as gold energy was flowing from the Zohar to her.

Serenity didn't look the least bit worried. "As powerful as that is... I'll still stop you!" she shot the aura she had been saving for me, at Kos-Mos, who was forced to jump off the Zohar. The giant aura hit the Zohar. It's gold glow enlarged greatly... before it exploded into millions of tiny pieces.

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Meanwhile... at the Federation...

((Albedo))

That Kos-Mos... though she took away my fun... I'd have to thank her for what she did.

"Let's see you get out of this!" I could hear the General laugh from his ship. Federation ships surrounded me at all sides. It could be very possible that every single Federation ship was out here, facing me. "All ships, target that man!"

I smiled to myself, as I pointed my arms at the closest groups of ships. "Bring it on..." I muttered.

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((Shion Uzuki))

With the Zohar's destruction, the space time anomaly that Albedo created began expanding in size immensely.

"Everyone!" I could hear Gaignun over the communicator. "Be careful! That anomaly... though it's increasing in size, our scanners show that it's collapsing upon itself! Try not to get sucked in... though... I think it's too late for that..."

I looked at Serenity, who was closest to the anomaly. She was desperately flapping her wings, in an attempt to get away. She didn't look the least bit worried though. "Who cares if I get sucked in... you'll all soon follow! I'll kill you when you get here! Even if I don't, I still have more Gnosis waiting in here for you... there's no escaping death!" laughing, she was taken in by the anomaly.

I looked around. Everyone seemed to be getting sucked in by the anomaly. The Kukai Foundation was getting closer too... and if I wasn't mistaken, even 2nd Miltia looked like it was coming closer.

"Shion!" I heard chaos call out.

Kos-Mos held onto me as I grabbed chaos' hand. "chaos! Don't let go!" Even as I said that, I could feel our grip loosening. "Don't leave me chaos..." tears were forming in my eyes.

"Shion... I'll be here for you... no matter what!" he lost his grip, and let go of my hand.

Kos-Mos suddenly created a barrier, keeping us from being sucked in. "Kos-Mos! What are you doing!" I watched as the others were sucked into the anomaly. "We have to help the others!"

"Negative. Dropping this barrier in an attempt to save the others would result in a 99.724834 chance of you dying."

"I don't care! We have to help the others! We have to help chaos!" I shook Kos-Mos, who had closed her eyes.

"No." she said, opening her eyes. They were... bright blue.

"What... happened to your eyes...?" the anomaly suddenly doubled in size, and a bright light engulfed everything.

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A/N: when it comes to me writing about chaos and his mortal enemy, it seems that there's a lot of drama. oh well, lol. hmm... i hope this chappy didn't go too fast. i thought it would be too short if i just had this chapter about Albedo, and i wasn't feeling too creative, so they're both gone now. the end is near! omg! lol, seriously. epilogue is next! any more ideas for a sequal are appreciated, i'll give you my exact ideas on what it'll be about in the epilogue's A/N, ok? so review plz!