Mystic Ruins - Workshop - Time: 5:24 AM

"Xiran..." Ken said in shock while preparing himself.

"So... You are the son of Hamon. You look very much like him." Xiran said as he looked at Stone. "You have decided to stay and assist the rebel army? How unfortunate of you to sink this low."

"...As if you didn't do the same." Stone said coldly while Comet tried to walk toward them, but Xiran aimed his hand at them.

"Do not interfere Echidna. This is between I and the hedgehog." He said while Ken looked at Comet and shook his head.

"Comet. Leave this to me." Ken said as Comet just stood there, with him looked at Xiran. "Why are you doing this Xiran? This world has done nothing to you... Or anybody. Why do you destroy? Why do you want to watch this world burn? Nobody did anything to you."

"Why I create the chaos in this world? To my very own empire?" Xiran asked while he kept both Gemstone and Yune near him, scaring them. "Ever since my creation. Chaos was my one and true motive, and I wanted to see it all created by myself, and to watch the entire world become ruins by my own hands. I do it because I have all right to do so, and it's all for my amusement. You see..." Xiran stared at Ken deep in the eyes. "...Peace is just boring, and only boring. Where is any of the enjoyment of homes being destroyed, people... suffering, and the warfare created by myself? Where is any of that?"

"So that it isn't it?" Ken asked, in which he became angry. "You only want to destroy the world... Just because you're bored? Just because... YOU'RE BORED?! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"You won't be around to witness the chaos soon to be created, son of Hamon." Xiran said as he formed energy in both of his hands, scaring the girls. "I want to at least make you suffer the pain of loss before your life draws to a close... Four Chaos Emeralds is more than enough to defeat your Emeralds of three." He began to let the energy grow more, angering Ken more.

"Don't you DARE hurt them." He said with his anger growing more, having the Chaos Emeralds glowing his backpack along with the ones with Xiran, to which he didn't notice.

"Do you not wish for me to kill them?" Xiran asked while Black electricity began to cover Ken.

"Don't HURT THEM..." He said while his anger began to overfill him, making a Black aura swirl around him slowly while Xiran made his energy closer to them. "I SAID... DON'T HURT THEM!"He suddenly bursted in dark energy, making him scream loudly in pain while the ground cracked under him, shocking them.

"K-Ken?" Gemstone asked while Ken's Dark Brown fur slowly turned Black, his sports tape becoming dirty along with his clothing, and his Dark Blue pupils disappearing, making him turn into something completely different.

"Well... This is an interesting turn of events..." Xiran said while the new being, Dark Ken looked at him.

"You've really gone and DONE IT Xiran! I'll KILL you for doing this!" Dark Ken said in hatred as he suddenly warped in a Black flash, appeared behind Xiran, and tried to punch him, but let go of the girls and caught it, with him throwing the punches harshly and dark waves of energy coming out of each punch. Xiran kept catching the punches until Dark Ken suddenly kicked him in the face, not stunning him until he put more energy into his leg, sending him through the workshop and destroying a part of it, to which Xiran blasted through the debris and stared at the new form.

"This is interesting. So this is the power of your rage. It's power... It's nowhere near my level." Xiran said until he walked toward Dark Ken. "But the abilities you gained from this transformation interests me." Xiran then picked up one of the Emeralds, making it glow along with the others with him. "Come. I'll show you the power I possess."

"Bring it you chaos loving monster!"Dark Ken yelled in anger as he quickly dashed to him, with his Black aura flowing out of control, punched Xiran in the face, and kept punching and kicked him as harshly and darkly as possible while they all stared at him.

"Has he always been like this?" Stone asked with Comet shaking his head.

"No... I've never seen him like this. This is the first time I've seen him become this before." He said while Edge stared in fear.

"Ken is really scary now! Why?" He asked as gripped onto Yune's leg, with her looking.

"I... Don't know..." She said while Gemstone just stared at the fight, with Dark Ken still punching Xiran in the face and his power becoming bigger and stronger than before, until he finished the fury of punches by covering his fist with pure dark energy and punched him directly in the jaw, causing an explosion of his Black aura to swing and whirl around the area, knocking down some parts of the site, anything electrical exploding, and making the ground crack more and more until it started to fall apart.

"Oh crap! Let's get out of here!" Comet yelled as Stone grabbed Yune and Gemstone's hand while Comet grabbed Edge and jumped off, landing on the ground safely while the platform they were on fell apart, leaving Xiran falling down and Dark Ken hovering in the sky. "Sheesh... He's really different. Like he's a WHOLE new person."

"Your power is impressive... If you only used the full capabilities of the Chaos energy and your anger, then maybe you could stand a chance." Xiran said while he looked at Dark Ken's eyes, seeing no pupils still. "Maybe hurting those women Gemstone and your sister will help unlock your pull power." Hearing those very words made Dark Ken angrier.

"Keep them... OUT OF THIS!"He said in rage, making his aura whirl faster, stronger, and larger than before. "I'll kill you before you do something like that Xiran!"He quickly dashed toward Xiran again and began to punch toward him, but he only caught the fists at a fast pace until he blasted into his chest, sending Dark Ken back and destroying the rocky wall along with all that was inside and created dust. Once the dust faded, Dark Ken began to form Dark Purple energy in his hands and shot multiple waves of dark energy toward Xiran, to which he countered with his own energy, making small explosions of energy while Gemstone still watched.

"K-Ken..." She said quietly in worry while Dark Ken kept throwing the energy until he used Chaos Control to flash in front of Xiran, grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, and began to punch him in rage while blood began to get onto his gloves. "Please stop..." Dark Ken kept punching him in the face until he formed more dark energy in his hand and fired it into Xiran with all of his power until his hand was grabbed, revealing Xiran with his clothing a bit ripped.

"Your power is starting to disappoint me. If this is your full capabilities, then you are still no match for me." Xiran said as he grabbed Dark Ken's hand, began to slam him into the ground, threw him through the brick supports for the train, teleported behind him and kicked him though the Mystic Ruins train station, destroying it and now became literal ruins. Xiran stared at them more until Dark Ken blasted a hole through it and hit him, but didn't harm him by any means. "You have not met my expectations son of Hamon, and this must be the limit of your power."

"I'll go through these limits just so I can DESTROY YOU! I don't care how long this takes!"Dark Ken yelled as he dashed toward him with the aura still lashing around, with Xiran teleporting away and Dark Ken chasing him until his rage grew, making him faster until he finally punched him in the stomach, sending him through the ground and creating a crater while he walked over until he grabbed him by the neck. "I'm going to hurt you so badly..."

"Ken please stop!" Gemstone yelled in fear, with Xiran seeing and teleported behind her, along with grabbing her in a hold.

"GEMSTONE!"Dark Ken yelled until he screamed in anger and dashed toward Xiran. "XIRAN! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"I would listen to the girl." Xiran said while forming energy near her head, scaring her and stopping Dark Ken. "No matter how much you deny it, my power easily overcomes yours, even in that form. Fighting me still is futile. You know this son of Hamon." Dark Ken stared at him in rage until he slowly looked at everybody, completely scared except for Stone, looked at Edge since his eyes were filled with fear, to Yune with her eyes wide in shock, then at Gemstone while her eyes were streaming with tears. Seeing them then made Dark Ken slowly hover down to the ground, with his Black fur returning back to Dark Brown and his articles becoming clean along with the blood. "Stand down." Ken looked down and got onto his knees.

"Ken..." Gemstone said sadly while he put down the last three Chaos Emeralds, shocking them.

"Just... Take them. I'm no match for you anyway... I can't beat even with all seven of them in my power..." Ken said as Xiran threw Gemstone away, and gathered the rest.

"Ken... You can't be serious." Comet said as Xiran grabbed the last one, in which made the other emeralds float around him.

"At long last... I now have all seven Chaos Emeralds... With this power... I shall have my empire expand, and make the world on this planet... Finally mine." Xiran said as he walked away, leaving them all in horror that Ken just gave up, until he suddenly shot a ball of energy toward Yune, to which Comet saw.

"YUNE!" Comet yelled as he pushed her aside, taking the hit instead and killing him right there.

"Comet!" Stone yelled as he ran up to him along with everybody else. "H-He's not breathing... He's... gone..."

"N-no..." Ken said as he held Comet's body and began to cry, now officially losing hope in himself.