Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

26. C226: Verdict of the Strongest Power!

Chapter 226: The Grueling Showdown Over the true Personification of a Warrior! Battle to surpass the Limits for the Verdict of the Strongest Power!

As Ezan, Cloud, and the others prepared to give it their all to emerge as the winners of the Battle-World round to save all they held dear, some of the ones they held dear were still realizing just what they were doing.

After Master Myers finished his call with King Atem, he was about to talk to stop a quarrel between Beerus, his brother Champa, and Belmond from morphing to verbally explosive to physically explosive when his fellow Enji Master Eraqus walked up to tell him he had more friend that had issues to be addressed.

The leader of the Enji Knights turned around to see that the two were none other than Ansem and Tifa. Cloud's wife had her kid Tiffany in her arms and the sight of the girl's laugh caused the bearded man to smile." Ansem, Tifa, I must admit I'm surprised to see you here."

The man who originally founded the idea for the Zeon Federation chuckled as he crossed his arms behind his back." Is it really that surprising Grand Master? I have stock in Spirius myself, hence why I was more than a little upset hearing Bisley, Harrison Wells, and others are suddenly dead. I don't blame the Enji, things seem to be developing at a rather brisk pace. But that's why I decided to head over to see for myself what caused Ezan, Cloud and all the others to mobilize so rapidly."

Myers saw Ansem glance above at Star-Dream in the distance, and the giant portal still being guarded by the Royal Knights and other Angels and Enji before he sighed." I do apologize if you felt out of the loop Ansem, it was nothing personal, but you must trust us in that there is no time to waste."

Tifa saw her child look curiously at the portal before she looked firmly at the warrior of light." Fair enough but since we are here how about filling us in? Cloud told me it was big, but I want to know just how big this really is. Sounds like him, Ben, and the others found something in that whole eh? Is, he really as powerful as Ben said?"

"What we seen so far, is that this Beyonder is powerful enough to recreate people perfectly. Bisley, Haltmann, and others like Spirius employees Luger, Harrison Wells, and Julius all had the same memories as their true selves, with the acceptation that they were completely bound to obey the Beyonder's will.

We have proof that there was some sort of attack or invasion planned, and I suppose the others are finding out right now the extent theses plans are in his dimension. Regretfully, that's all the information we have at the moment.

I'd say the fact that nothing has happened so far is good news, but frankly from what Ben and Lacus said this "Incursion" ritual happened all but instantly, hence why we are on edge. Don't relax even if you see them return, we have to make sure those that return are not replica agents of the Beyonder."

Tiffany looked at the giant portal in the sky before the young child looked excited." That's where Daddy went? That looks fun Mommy can we play there?"

Tifa winced before she took a deep breath and smiled." Sorry sweaty, daddy's checking to see if the place is safe yet along with Ezan, Aunt Aeris, Ben and all the others. We will do something fun soon though, I promise."

Just as her child looked like she was about to pout a snide laugh cuts them off." Damn, woman really have gotten foolish in this age! If you cared about your child at all girl, you really foolish enough to bring her to ground zero?"

Tifa glared at the source of the voice, which happened to be Beerus. Cloud's wife quickly eyed the God of Destruction, along with Whis at his side before she smirked." I don't know what customs you have on your world buddy, but I'm just practical. If the threat is as big as I've been told there is no were safe in the universe, I might as well be as close to my husband as I can while still keeping my child safe."

Beerus saw the defiant look in Tifa's eye and just snickered." I'll forgive the outburst once woman since your oblivious to the facts, but from here on out watch your tone. I'm not your buddy, you're in the face of the God's of Destruction!"

Tifa eyed the cat deity carefully before she sighed." Oh right, the old school hot shot celestial one that Ben and Lacus fought before this mess started eh? If you're so great why are you not with the rest?"

"Watch it woman, I'm so great that me and my comrades are on standby as the absolute last defense of all living things! So, watch that tone unless you want a personal demonstration of my might, and my fury!"

"Really, you're that insecure that you have to threaten a mother to feel tough?"

Beerus had his eyes twitch, but before he could shout Whis cleared his throat, causing the God of Destruction to freeze. The blue skinned angel politely pointed to the child before Beerus eyed Tifa, Ansem, and Myers carefully before he chuckled."You got spunk woman. Not bad, you remind me of Bulma. Heh…rather not repeat that mistake so I'll forgive the arrogance for now.

I assure you though, when you want a powerful force protecting you there is nothing and no one's good side you want to be on more than a God of Destruction."

Tiffney saw Beerus looking proud before she raised an eyebrow." Mommy, destruction's something really bad, right? You said daddy, the savior, and all the other Enji made all the bad guys go away when they beat that nasty Zannacross guy so why is this bad kitty still here?"

Beerus had his right eye twitch again, but before he could respond another male voice cut in with a shrewd," You're too young to understand child but Destruction is not always evil. Sometimes, the bad things are needed for the sake of rebirth, for progress."

Beerus glanced behind him and just sighed as he saw who cut in."Oh, done with your acts already, Belmond?"

As everyone saw the other clown like God of Destruction casually walk up with his attendant Marcarita, Tiffney saw Belmond grin at her before she cried."Mommy you said this was a safe place! You did not say we were going to the circus with all those scary clowns like at the Gold Saucer!"

As Tifa saw her child whimper she sighed and patted her daughter on the head." This is not the circus Tiffany chill out. This Elympios is the capital of the entire world of Rieze Maxia, I'm sure there are plenty of various entertainers around. Clam down, remember what mommy and daddy said about being respectful for people that look different?"

"But he looks like that scary Kefka clown you told me about!"

"Not all clowns are alike and Kefka had more makeup, don't be racist Tiffney!"

Belmond just laughed out loud before he slapped his right side." Oh, you're talking about Kefka Palazzo eh? That man was a rather ideal entity of destruction all right. Oh, he was scum alright but as a being who's the authority on destruction I can't deny he was a master of his craft.

Heh, for a human at least. Was far less of a bore then those others like Exdeath and Zemus. But your mistaken child, I'm no clown. Believe it or not I'm one of the oldest beings in the universe, and all clowns, jesters and the like were based off me!"

Ansem saw Tifa get wary again before he eyed the clownish being carefully."So, you truly are a God of Destruction, one of the highest ranked Celestia ones? Your aware of Kefka, and the affairs in this mortal realm?"

"But of course." Belmond answered shrewdly." Not all of us God's of Destruction spend most of our time sleeping and eating like Beerus here." The clownish deity threw out as he jabbed Beerus. While the feline like being glared at his counterpart Belmond laughed and swerved around dramatically."

You're a sharp girl for your age. Its true most people these days would see us God's of Destruction as evil, but when we got the job it was just that, a job. Most people don't call garbage men evil right? That's all we were, garbage men that took out the trash, on a cosmic scale so that existence was not plagued with the unworthy. However, over time God realized that eradicating entire planets and everyone in it might have tipped the levels of cosmic despair in an unnatural level.

But because of God's grace, we who were just doing what we were created to were shown mercy and allowed to find another purpose to our existence."

Tifa eyed Belmond carefully and saw he did not seem to be lying before she smirked." Cosmos does seem to be down with giving second chances for anyone that's willing to take it. Well, I admit I don't know what it's like to be god."

Belmond smirked as he swerved around to look at the portal leading to the Beyonder's realm." Heh…that's right…Cosmos. Glad you're not arrogant enough to think you know how god acts girl. I seen so many people, so many life forms, so many civilizations think they were the embodiment of god, and the joke was on them when reality hit them in the face.

Well, I was the most through of the God's of Destruction if I do say so myself, I gave my quadrant more than a few chances at redemption, but they only passed my test more than half of the times. Ah well, I did not agree with Cosmos on everything, but I guess her wisdom is worth something.

I thought this whole chosen thing was a big joke but somehow this Ben Auro really did defeat Chaos Zannacross Necron. And that's why I want to see if this big idea he, Cosmos and the others have will amount to a big joke. Guess we will see soon enough if they can if everything suddenly goes boom eh? Eh, no need for frowns. Today also is the 876,910,715th day I've been God of Destruction, so here's a magic trick girl! Kids still like bunny's these days, right?"

Belmond suddenly threw a card out of his sleeve and snapped his fingers before the card suddenly transformed to a car sized fluffy bunny that populated worlds like planet Roak, Expel, Faykreed and others. Tiffney squealed as the bunny hopped around before she tugged her mom's arm." It's so fluffy! Can I ride it mommy?"

Tifa saw the bunny looked friendly and sighed."Sure, just be careful dear."

As Tifa saw her child get a ride on the bunny and sighed." Not a Chocobo or a Moogle but it will do."

Belmond saw more kids looking excited before he extended his hands," No matter what the era, human kids love bunny's. Free bunny rides for all!"

Beerus saw Belmond cause more giant bunnies pop up before he rolled his eyes." Ugh…show off. Whatever, last thing I need is annoying kids crying while I'm having my desert. Long as it keeps the masses from freaking out so that those who are fighting can focus on getting the job done I guess. That reminds me, that cake better be ready by now!"

As Beerus stormed off back to his table Ansem thought about what Beerus said and sighed." I know Ezan was more than happy to at last have a true chance to test out his current strength, but as his father I can't help but worry.

True, he seemed to have more than rebound from the surgery to remove the sabotaged genes Kaiba programmed into him. But, even with that new Rinnegan his current limits are not understood.

With the stakes of the mission as high as they are even a minuscule flaw could prove fatal. Though, I suppose with what's at stake no matter what my son would prefer to fight."

Myers put his hand on Ansem's shoulder before smirking." I know what it's like to worry about a son's state of being my friend. I can't say you have nothing to fear, but between Aeris, Ben, Lacus and all the others he won't have to go through this massive ordeal alone."

"There is enough to worry about already Ansem." Tifa through out with a wink." Aeris runs a tight leash on Ezan these days. Not enough that it's too tight, but tight enough to reign him in if he gets all warrior obsessed or something."

"True enough Tifa. Well, I suppose nothing really matters if everything gets destroyed. But before this whole sudden doomsday I was worried about my son's future. He's been doing well in this time of peace, but I worry one day his patience will break. I admit, it's because I been this way before with Madara Uchiha.

True, I was not nearly as close to Madara as I am to Ezan, but I'd be lying if I have not seen things like this before. We hope for the best, but sometimes people get tired of repressing their instincts."

Myers thought about things for a moment, before he looked at the rest of the Enji in the area. "I know all about that Ansem, and I can say without a doubt that at the moment, there are other Enji I'm worried about far more than Ezan.

Fighting may be his nature, but I've seen he's determined to move forward, to not be defined by his genes or anything else but his own desires. I know he, and other warriors won't easily be able to find their place in a world without fighting. But, we will create that future. I'll…make sure I see progress before I pass on to the next rel, ugh!"

Ansem and Tifa saw the leader of the Enji cough before Ansem grimaced." Don't fret to much about it or you won't be able to live long enough to make it old friend. Is there, anything else you want to tell me about?"

Myers saw Tifa looking concerned and just cleared his throat." Not at the moment, not when there are more pressing issues to deal with. I must admit all this tension is making me a tad thirsty. Care to discuss the details over a meal?"

Ansem and Tifa gave eager nods, and as the Enji Master lead them to a table they did not notice Belmond was watching them. But as they passed the clown like God of Destruction was casually shuffling cards before he snickered." Seems like a strong enough father bond. Heh…remember when we God's of Destruction were the favored new children, the next firmaments, and the Beyonder was the disgraced offspring that had gone mad?

The universe, along with the very rules of space and time were very different back then. Heh...it was before their was a heaven and hell...before their was such, everyone had such strict judgments at the moment of their death. But cut out all the cosmic mumbo jumbo, and the one thing that still remains the same is family disputes. Heh…we were the favored new children, and now we are the shunned one, all because Cosmos keeps wanting ones that will live up to her ideal child. And according to her she's at last found the ones that will give her what she wants. That's right, theses Enji Knights really think they are going to reform life itself this time eh?

Tsc…when I had that batty Bhunivelze reset time in my quadrant to give the humans under the Fal'Cie chance after change to evolve, most of them still only deserved destruction. But, Cosmos and her current inner circle seem to have a good feeling about their grand plan.

The thing about plans are though, no matter how good a hand you try and have, theirs still always a chance you will end up with a joker in your deck to mess things up. Now then, any updates from the Grand Priest Marcarita?"

His angel overseer saw Belmond was casually shuffling a deck of cards, all that were jokers, before she glanced at her staff before smiling." Lord Rassilon's last update was to let the chosen one and his allies handle it. If, things escalate, time locking the region may be required to advert a worst-case situation. But, we will see, it all depends on if Ben Auro can once more live up to his role. Though, even while he defeated Zannacross this time it's different, this time destiny is not set in stone."

"So, it seems." Belmond retorted casually." The battle between Cosmos's pet champion, and the first offspring she and Zannacross ever had, it's going to be one for the ages all right. That Beyonder was stubborn all right, threw a mean sucker punch. Still, as I was telling that girl, evolution is not evil, it's a fact of life.

People can argue over what is good, and what is evil, but in the end only the winners are "just". Evolution will always win, even if it means reshuffling the deck, to eradicating the very concept of good and evil, of light and darkness to put out a new" cosmic hand".

These Enji Knights seem to be as dead set about Justice as the Pride Troopers and all the others. But even when your dead set on true justice as Jiren, even the strongest will can't force an illusion to become real for long. Well, I'll leave it to what old Iger Rassilon, the Master of Masters decides to do. Then will see what's all a joke soon enough, right Marcarita?"

The blue haired woman with pigtails saw the man she existed to attend to keep reshuffling the cards in his hands, and winked before the clownish man glanced at his fellow God of Destruction Quitela.

The two nodded, and glanced back at the portal between dimensions to await an answer. As the various citizens of the universe did their best to await an outcome to Battle-World, at the moment their best defenders were giving it their all to made sure it ended in a favorable outcome.

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To do that, Ezan was unleashing everything he had to weather Madara Uchina's rage. Thankfully despite all of the powers the elder Uchiha had gained from his transformation, he was more irritated by the second that for how long he planned out his ascension, the younger warrior's Divine Joutei power seemed more than enough to handle it.

The one who now saw himself as the successor to the Sage of the Six Paths saw that his treasured Sword of Nunoboko had hardly made Ezan move an inch. Seeing the armored Enji glance at him coldly just caused Madara to have his right eye twitch. He grasped his free hand before the two up most Truth-Seeker Orbs vibrated with energy, and quickly transformed into massive black drills that burst forward to bore into Ezan.

But while Madara hoped to slice through his opponent with his guard down, he got further intimated to see Ezan casually grab the massive ebony drills with enough power to stop them in place. As the Enji glared at Madara his aura of light and darkness exploded."You put too much stock in your own legend Madara. But after all the trouble you caused, I won't hesitate to force you to see your time has come!"

"Your wrong, my legend is just getting started Ezan Zeon!"

Madara saw his sword start to crack before he quickly flew backwards and unleashed a burst of purple lighting. To his cringe the lighting just crackled around Ezan before discharging like Ben's rival was a lightning rod. Madara saw the warrior of light point his blade at him before he grit his teeth." I am the messiah; a mere deluded fool won't be allowed to make a mockery of me! Perfect Susanoo!"

Ezan saw his enemy once more burst above him. But as Madara again became covered with a giant massive blue giant Ezan saw the Wall Knights try and tackle Madara only for him to roundhouse kick them back and sighed." If you have failed to realize I'm done humoring you Madara, your about to have a painful awakening to the truth. Judgment…Strike!"

A massive amount of both light and dark energy surged around the Nu-Epyon. But as Madara saw Ansem's son heading for him the murderous look in his eyes sharpened." Your mistaken…I'm through being nice boy! Limbo: Border Jail!"

Madara prepared to smash Ezan with the massive sword of blue energy his energy construct. Ezan prepared to parry the blow, till he suddenly sensed something. At the last moment Ezan spun around in midair to unleash a whirlwind slash, and to Madara's shock he collide with something. Seeing Ezan look unfazed caused him to cringe." Impossible, he intercepted my Limbo shadow? Impossible, the blow is impossible to detect, it strikes from another dimension!"

Madara looked even more shocked as Ezan had lighting crackle around him, causing a black doppelganger of Madara to appear, around his blade." One of the benefits of traveling to many worlds is to being exposed to many different things. I admit I was off guard at first, but after a while my Rinnegan noticed odd new particles in the area, and all I had to do was focus on the frequency to lock down the source."

"What, you figured out the nature of the Limbo Jutsu that quickly? No…even I had to take longer to figure it out!"

"Then you're not as elite a genius as you assumed Madara."

"You smug little, guh!"

Madara suddenly coughed up blood, and realized he was wounded in the same place where his Limbo Shadow was. Seeing Madara 's wound caused Ezan to smirk." Tsc…what you really did not test theses Limbo Shadows enough to realize their wounds become yours? As powerful a spell as it is, it was foolish to think it was void of cost. And the cost won't be enough for you to emerge the victor, not this time."

"Damn you." Madara snarled out as he willed his wound to heal. I have surpassed the power of the Sage of the Six Paths…I have reached the realm of gods!"

"And yet that's still not enough for you to grasp victory against me! Again, Judgment Slash!"

With a burst of speed Ezan was above Madara, and had enough energy form around his sword that in seconds it was bigger than the Perfect Susanoo 's blade. The older Uchiha cried out angerly as he tried to parry, only to find Ezan shatter his blade. Madara swerved himself to not get hit with the blade itself, but the force was powerful enough to smash the pale man through one of the still standing skyscrapers in Insomnia in a second.

Before the building could even finish collapsing Ezan had his power explode as he aimed it where he hit his opponent." Frankly, I've fought so many self-absorbed dolt's like you that regardless if you're a Uchiha, I'm bored fighting you. I have a mission to complete and comrades to help so this is the end Madara Uchiha! Twilight Omega Flare!"

The man clad in spirit armor had one orb of light and one of darkness appear before he combined them. The result was a massive energy wave of both light and darkness that collided directly where Madara landed.

An explosion that shook the entire planet broke out, and while Ezan saw most of the city get blown away he winced."That Kakashi did not seem to be in the blast radius. I'll apologize to Noctis but…even if he was not just an emulation, victory is more vital than his ruined city. Now that this is settled, time to silence that clown Terumi once and for, oh? Ugh…I would complain about his stubbornness but I suppose we do share some of the same traits."

The super elite warrior braced himself as the dust settled, and through the flames he saw layers of black spheres, that while cracked were still standing. In the middle of this massive crater the spheres slowly reformed in to one Truth-Seeker Orb after another, revealing the still standing Madara.

The battle loving man had had each of his orbs form a wall of energy to try and block the attack, but all of his power only managed to divert the blast, causing his right side to be caught. Ezan saw Madara stagger to his feet, with his right arm completely vaporized.

The man coughed up blood, but even as the right side of his face was horribly burned Madara just glared at Ezan, and started laughing wildly." That's some power, Ezan Zeon! You almost killed me, almost! This is quite the rush, I'll admit I have never felt such an intense battle!

But that will make my victory all the more sweater when I kill you! And I will kill you boy, because it's impossible for me to lose to you! Yes…after all I've went through, all I sacrificed to reach this pinnacle of strength, I won't allow it all to be mocked by a pathetic pawn!"

Ezan saw Madara was grasping his burnt chest with his arm as the rest of his body was slowly regenerating before his aura surged again." That's the thing about being in a position of weakness, unless your opponent is merciful you don't have the luxury of deciding how things go. And I'm not feeling merciful at all. If you're truly a warrior at least show some grace in defeat.

You may have devoted everything in your life to power Madara, but it was a twisted obsession, and a blind one since you focused on the wrong things. You used everyone and everything around you merely as fuel in a desperate attempt to make you transcend all others. But only in the end, will you realize it was in vain, and that despite your resistance, your time has passed."

Madara saw Ezan form energy around his blade before he became enraged. As he grasped his hand tight enough to have blood pour out he seethed out a livid," Your wrong boy, my time will never pass, because my legacy is undying! Don't you realize who you are looking down on? I am Madara Uchiha, the god damn strongest warrior there is, ever! My dream will never die! I refuse, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT!"

Madara gave a wild yell and Ezan was prepared to finish his opponent off when he noticed that the long-haired man's long hair was starting to blow widely, before it seemed to shift color. Suddenly the aura around Madara exploded with enough force to blow away all the buildings around him. The ground begun to shake as Madara's aura grew larger and larger, till suddenly sparks of lighting crackled around that aura.

Ezan felt a chill down his spine as Madara's eyes glowed red, before the same half-infinity symbol that appeared on all the Divergent Catalysts, all that were chosen to be Dimensional Nihilo Generals appear on his head, before suddenly his hair turned golden.

As Ezan felt a massive surge of energy blast out of Madara, with enough pressure to force him back the Enji Knight muttered," The hell is this? Do the ones chosen by the Beyonder just get more power at will? Wait, his hair, almost looks like Auro's did after his ultimate transformation! What farce is this?"

Kakashi had managed to hang on in the still fortified Citadel, and as he saw Madara's new hair color, and the even more massive amount of power surging around him before he cringed." What the hell is going on now? Is this also part of the Six Sage power?"

Kakashi had retrieved the still wounded Obito, and upon seeing how the man he was posing as now looked he cringed." No…Terumi…injected those cells after all. Damn it all."

"Cells…what are you talking about?" Kakashi retorted. Before his former teammate could answer another surge of power nearly blew them off his feet. Madara's surge in power finished stabilizing, and his wounds finished healing before he looked at his more, muscular arm before he laughed madly." Yes…it worked! So, this is, the power of a Super Saiyan? Not bad, I figured that Terumi was just spinning lies, but it seems he is truthful about wanting to see the ultimate power realized. I suppose that makes him smarter than I thought."

"Super Saiyan?" Ezan blurted out." That's, impossible! As strong as the Uchiha were, they had no link at all to the Saiyan race! The only other way that could make sense is if, huh? No, damn it all!"

Ezan felt dread as he looked closely at Madara's now exposed chest, and saw that a pale replica of a stern angry man's face was grafted into the man's left pectoral region. The face was blank, but its eyes were green, like those under the Super Saiyan transformation.

Madara saw Ezan look at his chest face, before he glanced at his newly transformed hair, which looked like how the warrior Goku looked as a Super Saiyan three and grinned wickedly." It would seem that my comrades were busy while I was indisposed.

Terumi told me he and the Black Swan Nine grafted this into me from a warrior prince they subdued at the onset of this Battle-World. Thus, they were able to inject " S-Cells" into me. It would seem that they are microscopic cells found in the members of this Saiyan race.

The amount of S-Cells depends on the spirit of the Saiyan in question: the more gentle the spirit, the greater the amount of S-Cells; alternatively, when a Saiyan increases their battle power, it can also increase the amount of S-Cells in their body.

S-Cells are essential to becoming the ultimate form of the species, a Super Saiyan, and when a Saiyan has gained enough they can transform by feeling intense levels of anger or sadness or alternatively, by focusing their power into a "tingling" sensation in their upper-back.

I was highly skeptical, but it seemed that it was all true, as the intense rage at being denied my rightful place awakened the transferred power within my body to allow me to awaken to my true form, my perfect form! Do you now see who the legend is boy? I am the alpha and omega, I am, oh?"

Madara saw that all of the Wall Knights, that were hacking away at segments of the Divine Tree before, had surrounded him. Seeing the massive knights prepare to swing their weapons at him just made him sneer." Pathetic tools, there is no place for weaklings on my stage! Be gone!"

The Truth-Seeker orbs still circling around him suddenly morphed into bladed wings, before in the blink of an eye Ezan saw his opponent was above him. As the Enji got into a fighting stance the Knights turned around, and fell to pieces a moment later from all the slices Madara inflicted in less than a second.

Ben's rival could not help but feel a little tense at his opponent's new burst of speed. Madara just grasped his fist with amusement as he grasped his head band, and swiftly ripped it off as a third eye, a red Rinne Sharingan hybrid eye opened up.

As Madara saw Ezan look at his new eye he casually crossed his arms." Glad to see the power lives up to the legend.

Yes…through a god's eyes, you all look like nothing but a bunch of tiny, brittle creatures. Now then Ezan, shawl we commence with seeing which legend is truly supreme?"

Before Ezan could even try and respond Madara moved with a burst of speed with his reformed blade. Ezan just managed to parry the strike, but he realized to late that Madara had one of his Truth-Seeker orbs transform into a spiked spear that burst into Ezan's shoulder with enough force to pierce the sprit armor.

Upon hearing his opponent grunt in pain, Madara laughed madly before having his other orbs transform into fists, and he barraged Ezan so quickly the Enji did not have time to react. More than a little delighted at reversing the situation, as Madara saw more and more blood fly out he howled out a vicious," Now…writhe…keep dancing for me!"

Madara smashed Ezan through a few buildings, and when he tried to unleash a critical blow the Enji used his Rinnegan to switch places with a piece of rubble. It took less than a second for Madara to react, but that was all the time it took for Ezan to dash back a bit before he powered up as much as he could." I had enough of your howling…this time I'll make sure every cell of you is burned away! Twilight Omega Flare!"

Madara saw Ezan once more unleash his most powerful energy blast and just grasped both of his hands tightly." This time my cells are yearning to lash back! I can feel a proper response from my" borrowed" cells. Despair as you know your place at last! Gamma Burst…Flash!"

Madara had his power explode as he suddenly unleashed two dark blue energy beams from his hands. The beams quickly mixed together, and became powerful enough to match the Twilight Omega Flare.

Ezan saw his energy beam slowly get pushed back before he glared at the one who unleashed it." Damn it, it's no bluff, one way or another by some freak mutation Madara really is a Super Saiyan now to boot. Based on the feel of his power and from what I studied, he looks like he's at the "third level" Super Saiyan, though it could just be his hair. Damn it, I knew Ben was not lying about how powerful the enemies would be, but this fight started from underwhelming to the toughest fight I had since Dahak.

But unlike with that demon lord, blowing myself up hardly seems like a productive option. For one thing, Aeris would kill me if I did that again. No…borrowed powers or not, he's far from the god he thinks he is and I know I defeated tougher enemies then him. Heh…with his golden hair and numerous floating weapons he's almost like Auro is now.

That means, this is the ultimate test for my plan to have defeated him to work, and with no reservation to hold back! Yes, on top of everything else, that's all the reason I can't lose here! For all the powers he gained he can't have had much time to master them completely. However small a crack in his power there may now be, theses eyes will find it!"

Ezan saw Madara's attack was pushing his attack nearly into his face before he dug in and looked at Madara with a deadly serious look." No matter how many more times you transform Madara Uchiha, you will not stop me from completing the mission! For the sake of everything that's on the line, I will not lose to you, I won't let someone like you destroy the world we are trying to make! Kamui!"

Ezan diverted his power to try and cause a portion of his enemy's energy blast to get absorbed into another reality. As the three-eyed man saw his blast try and go off course he snickered." Nice try, but like Obito, your little tricks can't stop me!"

Madara flexed his aura to try and shatter the Kamui, but the back lash caused both energy beams to become unstable. The result was a implosion, that's shock-wave to knock both men into the air.

As Madara stabilized and saw Ezan glaring at him he chuckled."Your world is just a dream Ezan! But if you want it to become true so badly then just stop defying your superior, and let me make everyone's dreams come true!

What's wrong, afraid of death? If you had enough energy for that stunt, you were hardly giving it your all eh? Still testing my strength in the hopes of finding a weak spot? Or are you deluding yourself into thinking your allies can somehow make the difference? You tired of my" ranting" but I tire of your insolence, of all of you fools insolence! Resist me all you want, but no matter how hard you lash out your dream is nothing more than a delusion.

I may not have been to all the worlds in the universe, but just hearing from "tourists" was enough for me to know without a doubt that despite the differences in the surface, they are all the same. Yes, they are all self-absorbed beings that refuse to understand anyone that's not part of their tribe.

Even if God's wish is total harmony, it's a futile dream because god's plan has failed. I saw the secret sacred note that the Sage of the Six Paths wrote on the Uchiha shrine. He gave Charka to my ancestors as a means to link hearts.

Something that could connect the mental energies between people…so all could understand each other's hearts without words, and lead to peace and stability. He taught this as his grand ideal of Ninshu.

And yet time after time, people used Chakra not to…connect with others, but to only to link the mental and physical energies within themselves…as a way to amplify and greatly increase the volume of one's chakra…and convert it into ninjutsu that could be used as weapons in battle. In other words, only to reinforce their own desires. The Sage was as pure as they come, but his actions ended up merely furthering the human paradox.

Even if human hearts can be connected, in the end all that understanding revealed was that true understanding wasn't possible. The gifts he gave humanity ended up being used the same way they take all the noble gifts given from the heaven, like all blessings it was turned to a curse for their own greed! The fact that the great sage's own sons, my ancestor, Indra, and his brother Asura Ōtsutsuki, dismissed their father's will and fought over who was the true successor proved how futile it was.

Yes, no matter what it was intended to be, Chakra only gave rise to conflict and false hope. The reality is that to chase after peace means to seek war at the same time, and this reality compels infinite suffering. Power leads to a desire for conflict…yet the lack of power leads to losing it all.

This is the endless paradox that has not been solved since the dawn of time, because humans refuse to see outside their little" bubbles". But if that is how it is, then humanities ultimate desire might as well get their true wish granted!"

"Damn it, as weak as people's hearts can be at times your insane idea is not the answer! It's just giving up. As always the dark path is easier but it's not impossible for the truth path to dawn to be reached with effort!"

"I had enough ranting from yet another fool who's still too young to understand reality! The peace you speak of, the world you dream of, is nothing but a transient one! True peace only exists in dreams! Dreaming is the only way humans will reach utopia, so I as the Messiah will grant them the nirvana they so desperately desire!"

"If you really want to go inside your dream world then I'll send you their permanently! No matter how grand an idea it may sound to you, it's merely the idea your trying to force onto everyone!"

"Hahaha…you dare call me insane when you utter such rubbish? No one will ever agree, that's why the path forward will like always be decided by the strongest will! It's because of this chaotic mass of will that this world is hell, and that's why I made sure I became strongest, to make sure I was the one that would have his dream come true! And, I will see it through, right now!"

Madara suddenly burst up higher into the air, so that he was as high up to the moon as he could get while still seeing Ezan. The three-eyed man saw the moon look red before he looked driven." According to the stone monument of Indra, my ancestor, when the one with the true Rinnegan nears the moon…an eye will open up on the moon, to unleash the infinite dream! It matters not which moon it is, may the light shine all over this world! May all become one, under my Infinite Tsukuyomi!"

Madara's aura exploded even further, and Ezan braced himself for an attack, till suddenly he noticed the moon above him suddenly have the image of the Rinnegan be imprinted on the moon, before the entire sky shined with red light.

The armored Enji quickly realized the light was shining down on the entire planet as he looked back where Aeris and the others were fighting." What is this? If he has Saiyan cells in him now, is he using that move they used to use the moon and transformed into a giant ape to get even more powerful? No wait…I don't see Blutz Waves shining down. Wait, if he said Tsukuyomi, then he really did just cast the spell on everyone on the planet? No, I have to kill him before it's too late!"

Madara saw Ezan was still glaring at him and raised an eyebrow at him before he snickered." Ah…I suppose it's natural that those with the Rinnegan would be immune since the spell was meant to target the enemies of the Uchiha. No matter, you just have to end this the hard way, seeing all of your precious teammates be converted! You gave me a worthy fight Ezan, but this battle is over!

As the messiah I have severed the connection between cause and effect in this world with my own hands, and all the people within it have been free from the futility of pain and anguish. Right now, your friends are enjoying the happiness of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, as they drown in sweat infinite dreams."

Ezan had his anger consume him as the entire city trembled from his aura." You vastly underestimated my comrades Madara. Aeris, Squall, Cloud, even the likes of Zidane won't fall to a petty mass sleep spell!"

"You still doubt my power? No matter how strong they are, unless I chose them not be affected they will be bound to my will! This planet is under my control, and soon all the other planets will as well. And from there the very universes will be remade to how it should be! The dream has come true at last, I have turned hell into heaven!"

"Your dream is not won yet Madara, despite what you think Aeris does not submit to easily to scum like you! And if it's something caused by the Rinnegan then I can reverse it! And I will, right after I terminate you!"

"You have such faith in this woman boy? How sad…a warrior's blade is dulled when its corroded by such acidic, devious substance. You were too weak to commit to what it takes to reach ultimate power, and now your delusions will shatter one by one till your life does the same."

"I once thought how you did Madara, till others forced me to open my eyes. I hated them at first but I'm glad they did, so I could not end up as pathetic as you!"

Ezan suddenly flash stepped behind Madara to try and attack him from behind, only for another Limbo Shadow to intercept him. As Madara swerved around he yet again flashed a grin of raw contempt." This woman really must have brainwashed you well for it to have blinded you so utterly even in the face of absolute truth! Very well, dance to the last clinging to that delusion, as all lies burn away! Yes…I don't need this planet anymore, let all that's worthless to the Messiah be ripped asunder! Supreme Planetary Devastation!"

Madara gave a vicious battle cry as his aura surged out once more, and black orbs shout out to cover the planet. Ezan saw entire chunks of the planet be ripped into the sky before twisters formed around him." Damn it…his energy will rip apart the planet soon. This madness must be brought to a swift conclusion or…"

Madara cut him off with a laugh as the storm intensified." Its already too late! If you still don't get that you lose maybe I'll have to stab your lover through the heart for you to get the, GUH!"

In a flash Ezan let his anger consume him before he burst forward fast enough to smash Madara in the face. As his opponent stabilized himself in midair Ben's rival had energy form in his hands." You will not touch her Madara! She won't go through that again, I swear it!"

Madara saw Ezan attack with such speed that he was having trouble blocking in time, and as a cut formed across his face he grinned."Oh…getting desperate, are we? That's a fine rage, so let us set the last dance before the stage is ripped asunder! I see the Limbo Shadow is not much for you Ezan, so let's increase the tension!"

Ezan tried to block slice Madara through the neck, only for a Limbo Shadow doppelganger to catch his blade. The Enji tried to upper cut the Shadow away only to notice another one coming for him. The warrior of light cursed as he dashed backwards.

But before he could counter attack the Limbo Shadows suddenly had variations of Perfect Susanoo burst out and smash Ezan with their fist of energy before he had time to react. As Ezan was knocked around like a pinball Madara looked viciously at the younger Uchiha." Yes, that's it, let reality get pummeled into you boy as you learn your final lesson!"

"No…it's not over yet, the others are not as weak as you think Madara." Ben's rival retorted as he struggled to break out of the bombardment he was being inflected with. As Ezan felt more and more pressure from his battle crazed enemy, Aeris and the rest of his allies were facing just as relentless a force bearing down on them.

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Right before Madara transformed to the Path of the Six Stages state Aeris was still weathering Nine's magical storm. Even between her and Lighting's full power, the black swan's fury was not allowing them one moment to be careless.

After where we last left off in their fight Aeris unleashed a barrage of Photon Feather's to hope at least one of the holy projectiles got through. At the sight of this Nine sneered and chanted," Nephrite of Nullification" before with the flick of a wrist a cyclone flew up around her to redirect the attacks and send them in Lighting's direction.

Aeris saw her comrade slash apart the projectiles and prepared to help her, when she saw a glimmer of light, and looked down to see a magical pentagram shining below her. Four flames burst out around her before a massive pillar of pink fire erupted right underneath her.

Nine snickered as she saw the Cetra try and block the fire with her shield before a magical circle formed around her." Your light can shine as bright as you want girl, it's still too soft to penetrate my magic! Time for you to wilt!"

The Black Swan prepared to blast Aeris with an energy blast to the back, but Lighting dove at her with her blade. With the new power given to her by the Agito Chrysalia transformation she was fast enough to force Nine to dash away. Lighting saw the agitated look the other pink haired woman was giving her and just intensified her glare." She's not as soft as you think, but I'm not soft at all punk. I'm already sick of your poor attitude."

"Oh…tough girl, are we?" Nine cooed out." You play a good act girl, but you can't fool me! You're not nearly as cold as you pretend to be, but if you want to make your heart that cold I can grant that wish. Lapis Lazuli of Lamentation!"

Nine's cape suddenly flickered before her body became transparent. Suddenly ice shot out where Lighting struck. As the Enji became frozen solid Nine appeared above her and smirked. The Black Swan formed a red and black energy sphere in her hand, but before she could throw it lighting crackled around the block of ice, before a Ruinaga spell burst out of the ice to hit the sphere.

As Nine cursed, her target burst out of the ice to once more try and slash at her. Lighting saw Nine parry her sword with the sphere and pressed down harder." I know who I am, I don't need a psychopath like you giving me advice! Was being a crummy self-help therapist your first job? Or are you just so stuck up you think you can blast everyone into what you want? I don't know how it was in the past, but that ends here!"

"Tsc…like hell I'm one of those self-absorbed shrinks. I've just seen enough to know what's legit, and what's a scam. And you two ladies are such big scams that it makes me want to hurl! I've seen enough lies infect everything, it's time to blow it all away!"

The orb in the wild woman's hand suddenly exploded in a cross like shape, unleashing energy blasts in both armored woman's direction. Aeris kept the red energy at bay as she saw the madness in Nine's eyes." I don't know what made you hate the world so much, but we can't afford to lose to that hate!"

Lighting had her aura surge before she slashed the energy in her way to pieces with the gun-blade attached her shield before charging at Nine with her longer blade." Hate the world all you want, we won't let someone so self-absorbed have their way! Eradia Valesti!"

Nine saw Lighting unleash her magenta energy blast before she had her eye twitch with madness as she slammed her foot down, and had a foot of energy come down from the sky to intercept it. As she saw Lighting's attack resist her spell she looked unhinged." Heh, you know we have more in common than I did with my real sister! Too bad, because you're seriously pissing me off! Don't feel so smug just because you wrestled some power away from Bhunivelze! Neither your power, nor your hate can compare to mine! I know how worthless your cause is, because I was like you once! I sacrificed my very life to save the world, on behalf of my sister! I was betrayed, and killed by Terumi!"

The revelation caused both Enji woman to gasp before Lighting eyed the Black Swan carefully." This some sort of joke? Why the hell are you working for the one who killed you!"

"Heh…because while it was a painful as hell way to do it, he opened my eyes to the truth! He may have killed me, but those bastards my sister gave up her life for betrayed her, they made her sacrificed amount to nothing because they threw everything away for their own greed! I saw, trapped between the boundary between dimensions as the humans only threw token thanks to feel better about themselves, and then squandered it all! Humans are not worth dying for, they are worthless petty failures! And the worthless reality they populated must be destroyed! I'll destroy anyone that tries to defend those bastards! Catastrophe Burying Prison of the Burning Azurite -Azurite Inferno!"

Nine's aura exploded before she snapped her fingers and purple energy blasts suddenly appeared from all sides to blast both of the woman in her sight. As they were blasted to the ground Nine snapped her other hand before black energy swords rained down to pin both woman to the ground.

As they slammed into the ground Nine had a wild look in her eye as she quickly formed a black sphere in her hands." Rabum Alal 's new world, any world without damn humans would be an improvement! You're going to upkeep the order in this "world"? Haha! What point is there protecting this illusion!? It's just a joke, that's better to just burn away! Ending Annihilation of the Savage Miraculous Flame -Flame Banisher!"

The Black Swan had here sphere grown four times the size in an instant before she flung it at the two women. Aeris saw the hate in Nine's eyes before she unleashed all the holy power she could muster." I'm sorry you were betrayed Nine, I truly am. But just because you were let down it does not make you the final authority on human nature! I have seen humans at their worst, and at their best, and I have enough faith to believe in them, and to fight for a better future no matter how many cynical people try and snuff that future out! Judgment Arrow!"

Aeris swiftly unleashed her holy projectile, and as it collided with Nine's spell the spell caster just sneered." Give it up, your magic can't break through mine!"

"Maybe, but it can break through you!" Lighting cried out as she powered up." Divine Hakai Halation!"

The former I'Cie once more unleashed her Magenta spear of energy, and thanks to its unique properties the spell weakened Nine's spell, allowing the Judgment Arrow to break through. Nine only had time to swore as she realized what's happened before the arrow hit her, and unleashed an explosion of holy light.

The swords binding the two armored women to the ground faded shortly after, and as Lighting got back up she groaned out," Think that got this swan to take a hint or is she going to drag this out?"

"Sigh…sadly when they are that unhinged few just give up willingly." Aeris answered somberly as she got back up." But we just got to keep the pressure up either way because the others still, huh? Uh no!"

A demonic roar diverted the two-woman's attention to the right, where they cringed at the sight of Terumi, or Safer Susanoo as he was now calling himself wound Fang, Cloud, Noel, and more of the Enji at once with a vicious sword combo before Aeris winced." That Terumi…I thought he was just trying to be scary, but he really does seem to have Sephiroth 's power now!"

"Then let's cut that snake's tong out once and for all to end this eh?" Lighting firmly proposed. The two women nodded, but before they could fly out muscular demonic hands burst right out of the ground to grasp their legs. As they were violently slammed into the ground a voice they were hoping to not hear from yelled out," When the hell did I say you could leave?"

Nine emerged from the flames, bloody and with her attire now torn but still looking as vindictive as ever. The pink haired woman casually threw off her damaged dress before she grasped her hand tightly." You idiots don't get it, this battle has already been decided! Terumi and that Madara Uchiha are both annoying assholes, but their so stubborn that they warp everything around them through sheer will. Hence, Rabum Alal thought they were strong enough to be Divergent Catalysts, to be his Dimensional Generals."

Lighting struggled to break out of the demonic arm's grip before spitting out," That a fancy term for being his favorite pet girl? I'll admit your boss is doing quite a lot just to hand out prizes."

"Heh…well it's not like they don't have to prove their worth first. Heh, each Divergent Catalyst is an anchor that will grasp this realm to Cosmos's universe, and twist them together to cause the Incursion ritual. As long as the champion of each world can pull his or her weight, it will allow the boss man to make his entrance, and destroy everything that Cosmos created in the process."

Aeris saw the madness in Nine's eyes before she remembered what Ben said and felt a chill go down her spine." I knew Ben and Lacus would not lie about it but, its worst then I imagined. Even Zannacross wanted to remake existence, even if it was to be a hellish one. How can the Beyonder hate everything and everyone so much?"

"Because they are all frauds!" Nine spat out as her eye twitched." As far apart as I am from the big guy, he and I have one thing in common. And that its we know the entire universe is a fraud, a mistake, a failure! And rather than keep up a sham, it's better to burn it all down and start over, even if it means all of existence! So, if you're going to be stupid dolts till your last breath just die already!"

A fiery cage quickly blazed out around the two women before the Black Swan flew high into the air and formed a massive magical pentagram. As it grew larger and larger Nine laughed madly." If one attack is not too much for you girls, then since it's the end of the world anyway let's go all out! Let all the naïve dreams be burned away, Endless Sky of the Colorless Descent -Colorless Void!"

The Black Swan thrust her hands out before dozens of flaming meteors descended from her magical glyph. Aeris winced at the sight before she took a deep breath." Well, guess guys are not the only ones that compensate with giant meteors. Still, no matter how deep your hate goes Nine, my love for my friends, and the world they live in is deeper, it has to be! This may not be my world, but however different it is I know it's still full of people that want to live! Right now, I need their strength! Holy Infinitum!"

A surge of light blasted out of the woman's body, before it quickly formed a massive energy sphere of light. The Holy Infinium spell collided into the first batch of meteors, and while it was able to push back the first wave, the holy sphere got pushed backwards as more and more meteors got pushed into it.

The sight caused Nine to look even more manic." No matter how big you make your spell its useless, useless! For pissing me off this much I'm going to make you watch as everything you know comes to the end so you realize just how useless it all was!"

Lighting saw how strained Aeris looked before she grasped her blade tightly." Would you shut up already? I admit sometimes the preachy ones like Aeris, Vanille, and the others can grind my gears with how flowery they make things sound. But still, while I admit I'm a tough sell on a lot of things, even if it's a long shot I have faith in what they believe in! No matter how unlikely it may be, I won't forsake what my sister Serah had faith in, I'll keep fighting no matter what! We will decide are own fates, and if your trying to get in the way of that you're going down! Cleansing...Thunderclap!"

The pink haired Enji unleashed all the power she had to burst out of the Nine's cage of fire like a living pink lightning bolt. Nine saw her target was suddenly above her, before she flung another meteor in Lighting's direction, only to see the enhanced energy slash dive down and right through the meteor. Nine tried to keep Lighting back with all her power as she hissed out," Damn you! Why…why do idiots like you keep refusing to see the truth? My sister had that faith to, and she lost everything for a lie! That's why, I, Ugh!"

Nine's fury consumed her so much that she lost focus, allowing Lighting to cut through her body. Aeris sensed her opponent's strength waver before she gathered all the energy she could muster." We just have faith that things can change Nine, so let me show you just how strong that faith is!"

With a final push the Holy Infinium spell grew even larger, and with Nine's focus broken the sphere broke through her magical pentagram. Lighting quickly flash stepped out of the way just as the sphere hit the Black Swan. Nine tried to push the sphere of holy light away, only to see her hands burning upon impact, a sight that caused her to giggle darkly." I don't trust the possibility" …of anyone but myself. But if you girls really part of the" chosen" crew then…I'm willing to bet on possibility…just a little. Still…if you insist on being like this then I'll be watching your fate and laughing from oblivion, I look forward to it! Hahaha…HAHAHA!"

Nine proved her insanity buy laughing as she was disintegrated. As the holy light faded Lighting landed on the ground and watched for any sigh of her enemy before she sighed." Ugh…when they are that crazy they are a pain to put down for the count. With how this place is, not even sure if her rage was real or she was just brainwashed that way."

"If any part of her life was real, so was her hate sadly." Aeris answered somberly as she landed alongside the other transformed woman." I admit, as much as I try and keep a positive outlook on things, there were times that I lost faith in humanity. I had one or two dreams of being some dark sorceries of wrathful judgment, but they did not last long."

"Wait I thought you were dead right after you realized your true power and did not come back till the Enji fought for you?"

"Haha…yah, I still had dreams when I was in the Life-Stream though, that might have been why I was so bitter. I mean, I was angry that people like Hojo and the rest of the higher ups in Shinra were allowed to get away with so much. Still, whenever it got me down about how many people like them were in the universe I remembered the miracles of how Cloud, Ezan, and others were able to turn around and I keep the faith. I want to help them as much as I can, and right now that means blasting all the bad guys that are in the way of that away."

"Heh…sounds good enough. I've…mostly been focusing on helping Hope and the rest set up a new world for all the refugees from Grand Pulse to think of much else. Bah…I had so much of the last few years devoid of social time that some think I'm dating Fang. Ugh, just don't have time to focus on that stuff."

"Aw…I can help find a date if you want Claire. If I can match up Yuffie I know for sure I can pull it off with you no sweat!"

"Er…thanks but I'm not really, huh?"

She was cut off as a green energy sword wave nearly carved into her before the two saw it came from an ever-raging Safer Susanoo. Lighting saw Machina, Ignis, and others get blasted into the sky from the man infused with Sephiroth's power and personality before Lighting grimaced." Honestly, the only date I have in mind right now is punching that laughing freak's teeth out!"

"Haha…I can agree to that. Time to end the nightmare!"

Terumi's final form saw the two female Enji flying for him and casually backhanded Yang through a pillar before he bared his teeth." So, Nine could not hold it together eh? Too bad, she would have killed you quickly enough but you're going to suffer till I'm done with you! Think you can get out of it? Like hell, get over here!"

The green armored demon extended his hand and had a snake like spear burst out for Lighting's head. The armored woman quickly tried to slash at it, but the spear suddenly wrapped around her blade before in an instant he hurled her to him.

Cloud, Noctis and a few others tried to stop him only for the villain to slam the ground to have a pillar of green fire erupt around him. Laughing at the sounds of pain that he heard, Susanoo laughed even more as he swiftly smashed his elbow into Lighting's throat and backhanded her into the floor.

As she coughed up blood from the blow her enemy merely roared widely." You got some real spunk girl if you were able to wrestle away Bhunivelze's power! That's good, the more spunk you have the more I get to pound out of you! Now, carve into those eyes… the power of a true god of destruction!"

Susanoo smashed his foot down hard enough to crack Lighting's armor. As the ground shook and Lighting coughed up blood her attacker laughed again, before he pointed his sword at her. Before he could strike with it Gaius, Beatrix, Auron, and others charged at the taunting fiend. Kagura had energy surge around his massive sword before he glared at his enemy." Treating a lady like that is low even for a piece of trash like you! Now you've made me angry. This is the flight…of the Black Dragon! Bahamut Gale!"

The resistance leader thrusted his massive blade sword into the air to form an even larger blade of raw black energy. As it came down on Susanoo, Gaius jumped up from the other side." A miserable creature like you, will never be allowed to have the right to shape my people, and everyone else's future! Absolute Domination!"

At the same time Squall, after being healed by his comrades from his earlier wound, just gave a battle cry as he unleashed his Blasting Zone Limit Break to have yet another massive energy blade of light.

The three attacks came at the armored green demon from both sides, but to the hero's dismay Safer Susanoo casually caught Squall's blade with one hand while blocking the Bahamut Gale energy slash with his Masamune replica, and the third attack with his long serpent like tong. The armored man grinned with his wide teeth at the shock of so many faces in front of him before he casually jumped up and spun around as rapidly as Sonic the Hedgehog as he evaded the desperate attacks of Beatrix, Auron, Weiss and others and slashed through them one by win in a rapid whirlwind assault.

As Susanoo landed back on the ground he took delight at hearing all the yells. As he saw blood fly out everywhere he pointed his blade at his opponent's around him that were looking tenser and tenser by the moment." Now, in the end do you realize how wrong you were about so many things humans? It's far too late for you to realize your place. Darkness…shall not forgive you!"

Prompto saw his enemies snake like tong again before he steeled himself to repress his fear." Screw you man! However messed up you get your still not the judge on what humans should be!"

"Is that so boy? You got it wrong, we demons are the final judges of humanity! And in my eyes no matter how far you risen, you're still nothing but swine to me. If you think I'm kidding, then I'll have you oink right now! Pale Horse!"

The magical symbol on his face glowed before he shot a green fire ball at the warriors from Insomnia. Noctis quickly warped out of its path, and as he reappeared on one of the pillars he cringed as he saw his three friends were hit by the attack, and turned into pigs from the spell. As Ignis, Prompto, and Gladiolus all suddenly oinked in confusion the Lucian King glared at his enemy." You scum, I'll make you pay for that no matter how strong you get!"

Noctis was about to cast a spell when suddenly a snake of energy burst out of the ground. The prince had his crystalline weapons form around him to defend himself before his attacker sneered." Don't dare think you're on my level punk! True king or not, your just another grimy human. Unlike Ardyn, your nothing but another eyesore to me! You humans think your evolved and all that junk but your nothing but the same idiots you always been! I been watching you humans from Hell for millennia, and no matter how much better you think you are from those that came before you take it from someone who's been around, you're really not!

Heh, the height of human arrogance was when two hot shot human scientists, Relius Clover and Shūichirō Ayatsuki worked on an experiment to open the boundaries between dimensions.

By chance they opened a portal to the outer layer of hell, and I lured their sap of an assistant, Kazuma Kval, before possessing his body to wreak havoc in the mortal realm! Relius was cool about it but that Shuichiro had to be all holy and pretentious about it, and so to pay him back I decide I'd torment his kids to make him know his place!

You know how good I am with laying the terror smackdown? Nine started out hating me, but I broke her so badly she hated everything else even more because she came to see it was their fault I was able to have my way with her! And its right from a certain point of view, you humans are so terrified of death and failure that you do things so wicked demons take notes on it, all in the name of justice and all that crap!

Moan all you want, struggle till you break, but this is what you deserve! So scream, scream as you realize your judgment! Even if your resisting my power I'll get you to confess your worst terror, so I can make the nightmare come true! Is it seeing your loved ones die before your eyes? Is it being eaten by giant spiders? Is it having to give a speech in front of everyone naked? No matter what it is, I'll make it come true, after I tenderize you all first!"

In a flash Susanoo burst at Steiner to hit the armored knight in the chest before slamming him into Ruby and others behind him. Garnet had finished healing Squall's wound at this point, and upon seeing how effortlessly her enemy was beating her friends she winced." Damn it…is this monster really invincible now?"

Rem cringed as she saw Machina go flying past her." Are we, trapped in an illusion of his?"

"No." Aeris uttered as she used her magic to turn Noctis's friends back into humans." Its not a mirage, this guys just gotten crazy strong. Still, no matter how crazy strong the bad guy gets there is always a way! That's why for the."

Susanoo cut off the Cetra's speech with a snarl."I had it with all you morons friendship speeches girl! Time to sap the sappiness right out of you! This seems about right, Sin Heartless Angel!"

The armored fiend's wing extended before his energy exploded and he struck the ground. Aeris had just finished turning the three King's guard members back to humans when she saw a magical symbol appeared below her feet. Remembering the symbol from before caused her to cringe." Not this curse again! I was supposed to be done with this, AHH!"

The woman in synch with the Life-Stream tried to charge her defenses as fast as she could, but the curse Sephiroth was famous, or more like infamous for took off before she could prepare herself properly, thus, a cold venomous current surged through her body as she felt her energy being drained.

The Sin Heartless Angel spell broke Aeris out of her transformation, and she had to use all of her energy to remain conscious. Susanoo laughed cruelly at seeing Aeris breathing hard." That's a far better position for you girl! No matter how far you run or what you try to do, you can't outrun terror! But for thinking you can, you're going to be a messy example to your pals to break them for good!"

Susanoo jumped above to prepare to bring his sword through the former flower girl, only for Zidane to quickly jump in his direction."Like hell you are freak! The only one's on the menu for dying are monsters like you! Grand Lethal!"

The tailed Enji unleashed his energy barrage to attempt and brake away his sadistic enemies charge. Susanoo easily batted away the projectiles, but it stalled him long enough for Cloud to charge at him."Fear may not be something we can make go away, but we don't let it steer our lives either! Omnislash Version 5!"

Cloud prepared to unleash his Limit Break attack only for his target to snarl with hate." You can't fool me, without fear to define you humans, your life is meaningless! You praise hope all you want but it's time to submit to your true master! Roar of the Mad King: The Serpent Annihilation!"

A pillar of dark fire blasted out of the demon's body to knock Cloud back before he could complete his combo. In a flash, Susanoo thrusted his long blade in the air and had it become consumed with demonic green fire. From their he unleashed a lighting fast barrage of sword strikes that resembled Sephiroth 's Octoslash combo. However, the fear loving villain relentlessly dashed around the area slashing everyone in his sight, knocking everyone to the ground and wounding them all in the process.

Some were more injured then others, and those who had all their limbs intact from the demonic blitz saw Safer Susanoo float above them, pointing his sword at Cloud, who was using all of his will to stand even as he was using his sword for support.

Susanoo saw the former squad captain of Squad 7 glare defiantly at him even as he coughed up blood before he snickered." Still you writhe in front of your superior? Squirm unsightly, die unsightly. You still are foolish enough to not submit? Then…I shawl bestow you…despair. Maybe when those you love are nothing but chunks in my teeth will you realize that, oh?" Before he could go on he paused as he noticed the moon was glowing red. As the image of the Rinnegan appeared in it he suddenly laughed widely." Oh this is wickedly perfect timing! Seems like the real Madara knows how to get the job done! Now it's time to really despair maggots, this is the end!"

Aeris winced as she looked in the distance and saw the massive surge of energy before she turned pale."No, Ezan lost? No, despite this massive power I'm feeling, he's still there, it's still not over!"

"Tsc…even if your boyfriend's as stubborn as you girl, it will be over for him and everyone else real soon! Much as I would love to drag this out, got a deadline to finish to seal the deal and make sure the other worlds get consumed to!"

Suddenly a green barrier formed around the embodiment of terror before he raised his free hand in the air and formed a green energy sphere." Since that Tobi seemed to be having the same end game I'll assume his plan was the same for now. We already tested being immune to being sucked in when we tested that" Limited Tsukuyomi" on that sucker of a Warrior Prince. Long as I have the barrier be on the same wavelength I'll be fine.

And as I do, I'll give the Infinite Tsukuyomi a nice boost to not only reach everyone else on Battle-World, but morph it from pleasant dreams to endless nightmares! Time for the ultimate horror show to begin! The Day of Reckoning is complete. It will soon be upon us… disappear with this obsolete existence as I drag everyone kicking and screaming to my promised land!"

Aeris saw the Tatarforas Vollständig surge with energy, and as that energy went to the energy sphere before she grew tense." Guys…if that spell goes through one way or another it's over!"

Lighting staggered back on her feet before she wiped out the blood on her cheek and spat out a determined," Then it's not going through, no matter what!"

Susanoo fired off his energy sphere in the direction of the moon, only for Lighting to dash in front of the projectile and try and smash it back. Susanoo growled with fury as his aura increased." Dragging this out to the end? You all reached your limit, this is the limit of the human race! Die. die… Die! DIE, WON'T YOU!"

Susanoo unleashed enough power to blow Lighting away, but the blast still went off course, and before it could go back on course Noel, Noctis, and Machina all charged at the beam together to try and smash it back with their combined strength.

As the master of the beam prepared to blow them away Cloud charged at Susanoo with all the power he had left." Terumi, Susanoo, whatever your name is freak, you're not deciding our fates! Even if human nature is defined by fear, it's also are nature to surpass our limits! That's why, we will keep going, and not let anyone stop us!"

"Humans say a lot of things spikey, but they break one way or another! Embrace your true nature, and despair as you die a failure!"

The light around the demon shined brighter, and with Aeris too weak to repel the spell the effect of "The Fear" took effect again, causing Cloud to suddenly see himself back in his hometown burning.

As Cloud saw his mother, Tifa, and daughter all staked in the air he winced before he forced himself to keep going." No matter how bad the fear is, I won't let it consume me! For the sake of Zach and everyone else, I'll honor their sacrifices and go on with pride, to the end!"

As Cloud kept focusing on the source of the demonic energy Sephiroth suddenly appeared, holding Aeris's head in his free hand. As Cloud looked shocked his former mentor sprouted a sadistic grin." You never learn Cloud, and that's why you will suffer till your miserable existence is cut down. Its time you embrace your destiny!"

"No…its time you embrace your destiny as a faded memory Sephiroth! I'll surpass your legacy, and all of your kind! Transcended Divider Slash!"

Feeling Aeris and his other comrades around him, Cloud blocked out the illusion he was feeling and unleashed his true ultimate limit break as all of the swords in the First Sword popped out and surround Sephiroth. All of the swords proceeded to explode with light before the Enji 's clones all grasped the blades.

Sephiroth prepared to slash back before Cloud and his clones all sliced his target five times at once. The image of Sephiroth flickered, before the illusion shattered and it turned back to Safer Susanoo.

The armored demon howled with rage, but even as it tried to bash Cloud away with its tail the Enji Captain did not break his stride and jumped right up to gather all the power he had into his blade. As he came down his target intercepted the strike with his own sword. "You are the very incarnation of mankind's unsightliness. That is the very reason you're going to die, after I rip you apart! Your revolution is nothing more than a little game to distract you from your failures. Humans don't change the world… God does. That's why, oh?"

He felt crystalline weapons ram into his back, and while they did little more than bounce off his body he glanced around and saw it came from Noctis. The man known as the "True King" did not flinch as he uttered." Your wrong, its Kings, or whoever leads the people that shape the world demon! You're your place, and leave where you're not welcomed!"

"The puppet gets balls right at the end? Too little, too late! Useless trash, I'll teach you to talk back to your superior!"

Even while holding Cloud back Susanoo unleashed an energy beam from his mouth. As he did he saw a crystalline dagger fly past his chest, before Noctis used his Armiger power to warp right in front of his attacker. Since Noel and Machina were grasping him they warped with him, and Susanoo cringed as he realized his spear shaped energy blast that was intended for the moon was now pointing at him.

The demon swore at this realization, and it broke his focus long enough for Cloud to slice through his blade, and slash him across the chest. As soon as the new wound opened up Noctis looked determined." I may be missing a lot of things but since you never shut up about fear and terror and all that I think it's time you have a taste of your own medicine!"

Susanoo saw Noel try and thrust the energy spear with his spear as Noctis formed his own crystalline spear to do the same as Machine also smashed his drill swords at the spear. As his own attack got smacked into the wound he just got caused Susanoo to snarl with rage." You dare think you can make me, the master of terror be terrorized? That will be your last mistake you damn humans!"

Even while just receiving the pain of Cloud's ultimate attack, the vicious enemy still had enough strength to push the trio back. But as Aeris saw he was pushing hard she took a deep breath to gather all the magic she could muster." Even being the master of something does not make you immune to it. If you think you are beyond fear, then I'll be happy to give you a reality check! Guys, help me override his spell!"

Aeris fired off a holy magic spell right at the sphere, and Rem, Garnet and all the other magic users fired holy beams as well to override the sphere's control. Their target resisted, but Lighting dove at the sphere while yelling out,"Open wide freak, let's see how much you like it when you're the one getting the show!"

Lighting struck the sphere to help the others knock it into the demon's wound. She also cast a holy spell and slammed it into her target's body. This caused the spell intended to make all the people captured by the Infinite Tsukuyomi get consumed by fear to backfire.

The barrier Susanoo cast to make himself become immune from the Infinite Tsukuyomi shattered before he roared in pain. As he looked in the moon the demon grasped his head in pain." Damn you maggots, I'll put you through hell for mocking me! Me, the master of fear, being afraid? Like hell, nightmares are my morning, huh?"

The demon winced before he saw a holy light in the sky, till he saw angels descend. White fire erupted all around him the angel in front of him, Gabriel declared,"Your time has come demon for the rapture, your time of judgment is at hand!"

"Damn angels, you pawns of the light won't give me your goody good judgment, I won't allow it!"

Yelling in fury the demon prepared to charge at the angel, till suddenly he found he was bound, and glanced that a woman with red and blue armor, Diana Prince the Wonder Woman had him grasped with a golden rope. As he snarled with rage Thor flew above as his hammer crackled with lighting." Accept your being slayed demon, have at thee!"

"Damn you holy pricks, you think you're the natural winners? I won't accept it, I'll kill you all! GET LOST ALREADY!"

Cloud landed alongside Aeris, and as he and the others saw Susanoo yelling out in fury before he took a wary sigh." Looks like the gamble paid off Aeris, and he has a taste of his own medicine."

The ground begun to shake as Squall finished recovering and saw the aura around the man who nearly killed him get more and more unstable." True as that may be, does not seem like he's taking it well. So let's end this before he does something drastic!"

Few had any reason to disagree as Susanoo slashed around randomly before the demonic fire consumed him, and started to form a sphere. You think you can get away with pissing me off this much? I'll teach you to try and mock Yūki Terumi! The price is Decay! Extinct! Perish! Disappear! DIE! Apocalyptic…NOVA!"

The green fire consumed Susanoo in a pillar, before it condensed to become a sphere. As the sphere started to become more and more like a super nova before Zidane winced." Ugh…just like Kuja, your more than happy to dish it out but go nuts when you have to eat what your selling! Too bad freak, the only one going down is you!"

Cloud gathered all the power before he pointed his blade at the raging nova." Not laughing now eh? Its time you have your own fill of despair!"

The man who thought for a while he was a member of SOLDIER cast Ultima, as Vincent, Aeris, Barret, Squall, Ruby, Alvin, Rem, Lighting, and everyone else in the area that had any energy left fired at the Apocalyptic Nova attack before it could erupt.

As tired as they all were, Safer Susanoo was so erratic with his delusions that the barrage of attacks pushed the explosion of energy back. As the nova got pushed back into him Susanoo kept having his vision flicker between the angels, and Cloud, Lighting, Aeris and the others before he snarled out," No….I am fear damn it, you maggots won't break me! I am, I am everything!

I am terror incarnate, your little tricks won't work hear me! This feeling, it won't break me of all people damn it! I'm the one who does the breaking! Because if I fail that, then I'll…no…that's to lame a joke to even take seriously! I'm…the one that…RAHH!"

To his horror, his opponent's combined attacks pushed his variation of Sephiroth's super nova spell back into his wound, causing the nova to go unstable. A light burst out that blinded everyone as they heard the man known as Hazama Honoka, Kazuma Kval , Yūki Terumi, Takehaya Susanoo, and more screamed out in terror.

When the light faded Cloud saw nothing but an imprint of the demonic enemy in the ground, and as he looked around to make sure nothing was coming he chuckled." Well, never say never with these things but for now it seems like he could not take the heat."

Lighting chuckled as she cracked her neck." Scum like him deserve feeling what his victims feel, glad we were able to make sure he did not get the last laugh."

Prompto looked around anxiously before he cleared his throat." Clearly you guys are more experienced with taking down super crazy demons then me but just to make sure, it's done right?"

"Seems like it." Aeris responded with a wink." He was so revved up looks like he blew himself up, I don't feel his soul at all around here."

"Whew." Prompto uttered wearily." Glad to hear it, was way too much of a close call for me! Man, it's been a long day, good thing it turned out alright, honestly feel like I can collapse any second."

Gladiolus winced before he yawned loudly." Damn…for once I feel as worn out as you Prompto, hell really must have frozen over for that to have happened."

Noctis winced as he grasped his head." Hold it together guys, it's not over yet. Damn it, still got to, finish things. But, can hardly keep my head up."

Aeris realized everyone from Cloud to Lighting to Gaius looked on the verge of collapse before she realized she was feeling sleepy as well, and gasped as she looked in the moon. As the moon got even more red she tensed up."No…we were careless! We shut up this jerk but Madara's still the one casting the spell! Got to, block it out before, no!"

Aeris saw Rem, Prompto, and more around her suddenly have Rinnegan eyes as they became still, and became consumed by the power of the Infinite Tsukuyomi before she felt a chill go down her spine. Cloud grasped his head as everyone felt a massive tremor, and looked back at where Ezan and Madara were fighting.

Feeling how powerful Madara now was caused the Enji to wince." Damn it…Madara was a pain before, but now his power levels insane! Hate to say it, but Ezan might not be able to match him on his own."

"We have to help him!" Squall added tensely." Together we can make the difference, we have to!"

Zidane chuckled as he swerved around and staggered to his knees." Not going to let Ezan hog the spotlight again! But damn it, can't get myself to, ugh."

Aeris saw nearly everyone had become hypnotized as she grasped her head." Ezan…I'll fight this spell with all I got, but I feel so tired right now. You…have to win. No matter what…you better prove to that creep who the number one warrior is."

The woman who came back from death was struggling with all her will power not to be hypnotized, and at the moment her boyfriend was using all of his power to try and break the hypnosis by breaking the hypnotizer.

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However, to his dismay, at the moment his opponent's confidence felt justified for Madara's current power seemed to have no weak spots.

Ezan was just barley keeping himself from being overwhelmed by the Limbo Shadows, and used his Rinnegan warp move to switch places with one of the shadows to have them stab each other. The super elite Enji swiftly unleashed another Twilight Omega Flare to blast through another Limbo Shadow, but as the dust settled the real Madara burst through the smoke to punch Ezan in the face with one of his Truth-Seeker orbs transformed into a Mace.

Ezan was smashed into the ground his opponent chuckled before energy crackled around his fist." I have given you more than enough time, but it's clear you're merely stalling the inevitable. Ah well, all battles, however great must end. So now Ezan Zeon, it's time for you, this planet, and everything else that is unneeded to the messiah to perish!"

Madara dived up to the barrier around the planet in less than a second, before he had all of his Truth-Seeker Orbs merge into a massive fist taller than the buildings in Insomnia that was descending like a meteor for one target, Ezan.

Ben's rival only had time to use all of his energy to brace himself, as the impact hit him, and left such a strong impact that a quarter of the planet was destroyed by the sheer force of the Super Saiyan enhanced blow. Thanks to the phasing power of the Sharingan, Kakashi and Obito were able to be transparent as all around them got ripped apart in a titanic shockwave.

As Kakashi saw the world crumble around him he grasped his fist bitterly."Damn it, it was bad enough when Naruto went on a rampage, but I feel less than a bug in a fight like this, I never felt this powerless."

Obito chuckled bitterly as he finished having the rods in his back be phased out of his body." Even a bug can kill a titan if it bites the right spot. Kakashi, I have a plan but I'll admit the chances it will work are slim, and the chances we can survive the process are even slimmer. Still…better then dying like bugs, right? Get ready."

Kakashi saw his former teammate looked serious and heard Madara laugh madly before he nodded. The two ninja saw that Madara punched Ezan hard enough that he was knocked all the way to the now exposed core of the planet. Using all of his power Ezan was able to survive, but his sprit armor was shattered in the process.

Madara saw Ezan cough up blood before the older man snickered." You're a credit to the Uchiha clan boy, and that's why it's such a shame you're so misguided. Still, your one blow away from oblivion, my eyes can see your finished. So, despite your foolishness, I'll allow you to concede like a warrior, to have a warrior's death."

Ezan eyed Madara carefully before he chuckled bitterly and struggled to get on his feet." I don't need your charity, Madara Uchiha. Your stronger than I ever figured, but you're going to lose all the same. It's only a matter of time. I should…"

In a flash Madara grasped Ezan by the neck as he had a wild look in all three of his eyes." Believing in alternate facts is only amusing for so long boy. I can see your body being depleted of energy, and by now all your comrades are bound to the Infinite Tsukuyomi so they can't help you now either! I have won!"

"You might be on the verge of losing the battle, but your still on the verge of losing the war."

This caused his enemy to have his eye twitch before his aura exploded." I'm far above what someone like you can never be Ezan Zeon! I transcended the power any mortal can have, let me grind that power into you so you submit to that absolute fact!"

The Truth-Seeker orbs all became muscular arms that barraged Ezan with hammering blows that left a shock-wave with each punch. As Madara's rampage caused the entire planet to crack the golden-haired man ended his combo by punching Ezan out of the planet sized hole that was just made.

As Ezan landed with a thud Madara was above him in an instant, with his blade at his neck."I know all about pride, but you have to be arrogant enough to not even be looking at reality to still think you can beat me!"

"Tsc…I might not be able to beat you at the moment Madara. But…you're still going to lose. You see, I have a comrade taking part in this contest on one of the other worlds. He…happens to be the most powerful warrior in the universe. I'm more than a little certain he won't be fond of what you did to his comrades. "

"This is your final move Ezan? A pitiful childish bluff?"

"It's no lie, Madara. He can be naïve at times, and I'm a faster learner. However, his resolve is true, and even if you have transcended the power of mortals, his power has defeated the embodiment of all evil. He would crush you without question."

"You must really want to die painfully to insult me with such shallow lies at the moment of death!"

Madara pointed his sword at Ezan's neck, but even as he had blood come out his eyes did not waver." I'm no liar Madara. But if you refuse to heed my warning, kill me and see just how foolish a choice it is as your overpowered and given the fate you deserve. After all, despite your gains, though it pains me to admit it his full power is so much higher than mine that without a doubt the difference between you and him is far wider than the one you have between me, for the moment."

Ezan did not flinch, and as Madara eyed his body keenly, and saw no sighs of giving away a deception he cracked his neck." Well, if your lying your good at hiding it. It matters little really, I knew I'd would have to fight others to win this contest.

If you thought that you could scare me to avoid your fate your gamble was a failure. However, to make sure you despair I'll show you that I'm not at my limit yet, even if this stronger "hero" of yours is waiting to avenge his comrades I'll admass so much power that he will be as powerless as you!

Yes…since everyone on the world that is void of Sharingan or Rinnegan eyes are now hypnotized by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, that means I can force their energy to go to me! Submit to total despair boy!"

Madara's aura exploded as he made a hand gesture, and in a few moments streams of energy were coming out of the sky in Madara's direction. Aeris was one of the few still conscious when suddenly the ground around her and the others got ripped up to form a sphere of earth. Too weak to resist at the moment, she saw the streams of energy heading for Madara before she closed her eyes."Ezan…I'm trusting you to finish this. I know you can beat him!"

Her and the rest of her teammates were enclosed in the sphere as it floated above to where Madara was. Other rocky spheres, containing all the people still alive on the planet floated above Madara, before streams of green energy poured out of them, and into Madara.

The battle obsessed villain laughed as the energy poured into him, causing his aura to grow. As his muscles did the same a wild look formed in his eyes."Yes…I'm giving you maggots an endless paradise, giving me all you have to offer is more than a fair trade! Yes, all of the power is mine, no one can surpass me!"

Ezan staggered to his feet as he saw his opponent's muscles twitch before he spat out blood." Looks like your amassing more power than your body can handle. Really want to blow yourself up for mere overkill?"

Madara grasped his fist tightly to stop the twitching before he narrowed his eyes." Your last hope was that I would admass too much power and blow up my own body boy? Foolish, Madara Uchiha has no limit! Still, there are ways to command power properly, thus."

Madara suddenly summoned his Perfect Susanoo, and moments later the energy went into the construct. The giant knight like figure glowed with power, before its helmet opened and it became a vessel of raw energy.

Energy formed around the wings before Madara released enough power to pin Ezan to the ground from the pressure."See now Ezan? I am power incarnate, and your precious comrades will help give me the energy to kill you, no matter what say they have in the manner! Now, let me blow away the old world, so that all can praise me as the messiah! Die you, oh?"

Madara was about to begin his attack when he felt an itch, and glanced behind him to realize Kakashi was behind him, standing on one of the miniature planetoids and launched another Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang projectile at him. However, Madara had become so powerful that the attack did not even make him flinch.

Even so seeing the Hidden Leaf Ninja glare at him resulted in a snicker." Oh, that's right, even as an impure foreigner your immune to the Infinite Tsukuyomi. So, your trying to get my attention to get salvation yes? After all, with how weak that attack was surely you did not think your ambush could really kill me yes?"

Kakashi stood his ground as he got back on a fighting stance on one of the rocky spheres." No matter how wide the gap between us is, I'll fight to the last breath! You're the reason Rin died, I'll do all I can to avenge her! Besides, men have slayed giants in the past."

"Tsc…I'm not a goliath clown, I'm a god!"

Madara waved his hand fast enough to unleash a shockwave to try and shatter the masked man. While Kakashi vanished, Madara saw his Susanoo armor distorted and sneered." Thought you could trick me with a clone? No matter how you come at me, nothing you can do can hurt me so just disa, GUH!"

Madara suddenly felt a whole in his heart, and realized a limb was in his chest. He glanced around to see Obito had used the distraction to fly over and phase right into his former master's heart. As Madara glared at him the man posing as him grinned." He can't hurt you, but I can!"

"Still standing after all the times I impaled you with rods Obito? Did you really think you could stop me?"

"Heh…I was able to slowly phase them off my body one by one. And I can stop you Madara. I learned all the Jutsu you were to use, so I know how to meddle in them!"

Madara widened his eyes as Obito extracted the Sage of the Six Path's power from Madara's body. Seeing his aura go into the man he groomed caused Madara to grind his teeth." You damn ingrate! You dare defy everything you built out of petty spite?"

"Damn you Madara, Rin was nothing to you but she was everything to me! More than that, I'm not content like you to revel in illusions, I want real change! I did not want to change the world for myself but for her! And I won't let you ruin that dream!"

"Bah…you're too weak to realize that dream Obito! Despite your delusions even if we know the same Jutsu, I'm far stronger then trash like you! Ungrateful trash, you were nothing without me, and you were to petty to embrace your salvation because you had stupid ideas. You could have had everything, but now you will die like the worthless loser you are!"

Madara tried to slash at Obito, only for his attack to phase through him. Seeing his former master snarl caused Obito to grin." Even if I'm just trash, I still can do something! All your strength is useless if it can't hit me!"

Madara had his eye twitch before he extended his free hand, and had a bony spike protrude out of it."So, we are playing this game again Obito? This will be the last time we play it, I know your abilities inside and out! I enhanced your body to much, but this Jutsu will completely erase you at the molecular level no matter how good a healing factor you have! All-Killing Ash Bone!"

Obito phased through to the other side of Madara's body before he chuckled." Even if your attack can cause the bone and everything else to deteriorate at a molecular level, if it can't hit me its worthless!"

Madara saw more of his aura get syphered into Obito before he looked around, spotted Kakashi and grinned evilly." Maybe, but can you say the same about your former comrade?"

Madara laughed and saw where Kakashi was before he fired the bone spike like a projectile at him. Obito winced and used Kamui to warp the projectile away. He was successful, but the moment he did Madara had another spike protrude out of his hand, before he stabbed Obito right in the heart.

As his former apprentice cried out in pain Madara's grin only widened." Even after all this you still left yourself open to save someone who was your enemy not too long ago? You truly are a loser, Obito Uchiha! Your transparent power fades when you use another Jutsu, and that was your last mistake! What did you think you could accomplish, aside from the order you were going to die in? I don't really care, just die your last moments as a failure!"

Obito saw red cracks quickly spread out all over the wound before he chuckled bitterly. He then looked at Ezan below before grinning." You don't get it Madara, I knew I could not defeat you, but at least I would die with something I had not felt for a very long time, pride! I'd rather die helping take you down, then craw around and survive as a bug."

As the cracks formed and Madara raised an eyebrow Obito winced in pain as he looked at Kakashi and saw his former friend look shocked." Don't act surprised, I can't let you die first, it would ruin my time with Rin. Seriously though, you better not join me for a while, survive till the…very end.

C'mon…don't give me that face. Don't make it…for trash like me. You don't need to feel sorry, and feel merciful for someone as guilty as me. I just wanted, someone I knew to see me when I died, to remember my last moments."

"Damn worm, losers like you don't have the luxury to choose your last moments!" Madara roared out." The strong decide the weak's fate, that will be the last thing you learn Obito!"

Madara punched Obito through the chest, and while it went straight through Madara was shocked to see Obito grin. Using all the strength he had left the man who use to wear a mask made a hand gesture before his body glowed."I can't stop you Madara, but at the very least, I can give someone that can stop you a shot at taking you down in my place!"

More of Obito's body flaked away, and as his right arm turned to ash he glanced at Ezan, and smiled." Ezan…Zeon. I don't know if you, Kakashi and the others can ever make your dreams come true but, I'll enjoy seeing it play out. Heh, to think at the very end I would smile. Guess, this is what it means to have pride. Kid, you're only going to have one shot at this, don't blow it!"

Obito's entire body then turned to ash, and as it did the aura around where his body was, including all the energy he extracted from Madara, which including the energy he took from Aeris and all the others shot right for Ezan. As the sliver haired warrior felt the energy surge into him he just nodded."Acknowledge."

Kakashi saw his former friend die before he closed his eyes." Obito, I can't forgive what you did to those I cared about. But, while I can't forget the past and suddenly say you're the coolest guy or something, at the very least I'll give you that you died like a true Hidden Leaf ninja."

Madara saw all that remained of Obito evaporate before he swept the ash off his hands." Bah…your last gesture is to give that boy a sliver of my power? I see his chakra in him now, did he make a last-ditch sacrifice Jutsu to transfer his energy along with the energy he gathered into you? Utterly pathetic, it changed nothing!"

"Your wrong…Madara Uchiha." Ezan threw out coldly as he got back on his feet, his injuries being healed by the energy he had received." His last act was not in vain, it was the start of your termination! Now, I'll gladly show you who the trash really is! You may very well be as stubborn and as ruthless as they come Madara Uchiha, but it will be my pleasure to show you what true ultimate power is, once and for all! Once more, Shin-Divine Joutei!"

The energy that Obito sent Ezan's way, including his own soul, circled around Ezan before becoming a blue and green orb of energy. The orb merged with Ezan 's own aura, before said aura expanded and turned a light purple color. Madara noticed Ezan have his armor of light and darkness cover him before that purple aura became more solid, and having particles that looked like the flow of the life stream on Cloud and Aeris's world flow around his aura.

Despite those changes, Madara did not feel any increase in power, causing him to snicker." This is your last stand? Pathetic, you don't feel stronger at all. Tsc…I can't even feel your energy anymore, what a pathetic blu…huh?"

Madara stopped himself as Ezan looked up, and the Uchiha realized his opponent's eyes had changed. Ben's rival's Rinnegan eyes had transformed, now they were red sclerae and irides, with a ripple pattern spreading over the eyeball and nine tomoe. Madara saw those eyes bore into him before he winced." What…his eyes transformed into the Rinne Sharingan? Impossible…it must be a trick, those eyes were only born by the Sage of the Six Paths!"

"I suppose it's time for a new legend then Madara. For your information, the reason you can't sense my energy is because its evolved. The theory worked, by merging with enough energy my aura's now evolved into Godly ki. Its thanks to Aeris, even while unconscious she diverted the energy into me. I won't make that effort be for nothing."

"Godly Ki, something you think is superior to Six Paths Chakra? Utter nonsense."

"I won't bother to explain into you when you won't live long to take it in. But, this is a power someone like you who closed your heart to everything, but your own ambition can never reach!"

"Enough, I don't need your weakness infecting me. This has gone on long enough, be gone!"

Madara burst downward and swung the Perfect Susanoo sword down to try and shatter the Enji once and for all. But as he saw the blade connect, he saw it go right through Ezan's body. The three-eyed villain quickly looked around in confusion from the outcome."Damn it, all this set up and it was a mere illusion or clone? I'll rip this planet apart till I drag yo, GUH!"

In a flash Ezan showed his enemy had come to the wrong conclusion as the super elite warrior dashed right through the blade, and slashed Madara. The warrior of light's instincts where sharp enough to avoid being stabbed in the head.

But as he got hit in the shoulder he glared at Ezan, gave a cry of rage and tried smashing his target's head off with the Truth-Seeker Orbs, only once more for his blows to just go through the other side of the target.

As Ezan hit him again and he went flying after stabling himself Madara snarled out." What is this? You have Obito's Space-Time Jutsu out of nowhere? Damn you!"

Madara flew back up and unleashed a barrage of energy sword waves from the blade of the Perfect Susanoo. But as they phased through him Ezan flew up slowly through one projectile after another before his fist crackled with purple energy." It would seem Obito gave up his life to merge part of his energy, no, his very soul into the aura, and gave me insight into his abilities. Are you really that surprised? After all, those with the Sharingan are fast learners. Guess it was faster than you expected. All the more reason for you to see who the true elite is! Kamui Tachyon Shuriken!"

Ezan opened his palm and fired a purple energy sphere shaped like a Shuriken. Madara tried to bat them away, only for it to split into four smaller projectiles. One head right for the man with long golden hair, and as he tried to bat it away, the moment it made contact with him the split off Kamui Tachyon Shuriken instantly warping his arm into the Kamui dimension on contact.

Madara realized how easily he was damaged and cried without rage, his energy burst out enough to cause the entire planet to shake as he saw Ezan giving him a cold look." This is a farce, a pathetic attempt to delay the inevitable! Theses tricks could not save Obito, and even if you're a little stronger they won't save you! After all, no amount of tricks will be enough to save you from the judgment of Madara Uchiha, the Messiah, the strongest warrior there is! Bah…I can play cat and mouse with you all day but I'm sick of your arrogance. I know how to force your hand. Even if your now intangible most of the time, your precious allies are not!"

Ezan saw his opponent regenerate his arm and quickly burst up above the spheres holding everyone bound in the Infinite Tsukuyomi before he had the Perfect Susanoo form a bow of raw energy, and charge up a massive arrow. Madara pointed the gigantic arrow of energy at his opponent as he had a deranged look in his eyes." This is the price of being shackled by your weakness Ezan Zeon! There is no were to run if I destroy everything! Fade away with the rest of the old world, Indra's Arrow!"

Ben's rival saw his opponent's most powerful energy blast yet be unleashed, and just raised the Nu-Epyon." Would have preferred to have tested out this power up more but this is the hand I was dealt with. So be it, you want this to end now, then let this be checkmate!"

The armored man charged right for the Indra's Arrow projectile, and got in front of his allies to block the attack with his Katana.

Colliding with the Indra's Arrow knocked Ezan all the way through the planet. Madara saw his arrow crash right into the planet's core and gave a triumphant grin." At last, the victor has been decided! May all truths be ripped away as the true ultimate power is, huh? No, impossible!"

As the Arrow hit the planet's core it suddenly stopped, and started to rise a little. Ezan was knocked back a bit by the power of his enemies attack, but in his current state he was powerful enough to not be phased by the heat of the planet's core, and at last managed to push the blast back. Ezan looked up before declaring a resolute," Is this really all the energy you put into your final attack? Tsc…either way this was your last move!"

The Rinne Sharingan eyes glowed as a sphere of light form around him, and the Indra's Arrow. Madara watched in horror as his ultimate energy blast was absorbed into this sphere of light, and the armor on Ezan's body glowed golden before his eye twitched." Damn you, this has to be some petty genjutsu meant to trick me. IT HAS TO BE!"

Ezan saw Madara's energy get even more unstable as all of the energy was condensed into the Nu-Epyon." He's taking reality even poorer then I figured. Only have one shot, can't let him slip away with some last ditch move like Izanagi or something. Very well, I'll just have to pin him down first. Madara…I'm not a coward like you, I won't discard what's important to me to take a short cut to power. As a true elite, unlike you I won't discard anything that's of value to me! You said that power is will personified earlier yes? This is my will personified!"

Madara just burst at Ezan and formed various attacks at once. However, Ezan had lighting crackle around him, before dashing, and phasing, right through Madara, with a speed that created a shock-wave with enough pressure to paralyze him.

Ezan left lighting discharge into Madara as he went through him, paralyzing him even further. To distracted to think enough to use a skill, Madara could only swerve his head around to see Ezan above him with a damming look.

As a dark colored magical glyph shaped like Ezan 's own Rinne Sharingan formed around his blade Ezan pointed his sword right at Madara." Look closely at reality Madara Uchiha! Look well at the truth, that you're the weaker of the two, that you're the defeated! Susanoo Reflection Slash!"

Ezan unleashed all the energy he had absorbed, before he swung his sword and unleashed his delayed counter attack, unleashing a massive white, black, and purple energy sword wave.

To paralyzed to cast a Jutsu, Madara could only see the attack coming for him before screaming out,"I…I'm, the new sage of the Six Paths…how…how could a naïve maggot do this to me? No…this is a trick! I'm Madara Uchiha, god damn Madara Uchiha! No one can surpass me! It's impossible, my dream, the dream of the messiah will never, EVER, D,GRUH!"

Madara gave one last cry of outrage, before Ezan's trump card cleaved through the Perfect Susanoo and last-ditch barrier made by the Truth-Seeker orbs to consume him, and despite his rage, he saw his hands vaporize before every last cell of the Uchia that was part Super Sayain, part Sage of the Six Paths and more was destroyed.

Ezan saw Madara's face as he died, and after a few seconds of looking around to make sure not a trace of his opponent was lingering somewhere the sliver haired warrior casually put his blade back in his sheath." You lived up to your reputation Madara, but too bad for you I lived up to mine better. Well…I got a firsthand impression of the fate of a "Pure" warrior. I think I'll pass on going down that path. Your dream is dead Madara, now time to wake everyone else up from it. "

Ezan took a deep breath before he glanced at the moon and used the power of his Rinne Sharingan to undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi. As the light faded Ezan next undid the miniature planetoids. As they landed on the ground and unfolded Ben's rival was relieved to see Aeris, Cloud, and the entire group was all right.

The Neo-Highwind, with its shields still up, flew out one of the others, and another one had Cor, Noctis's Cid and the rest of his allies while the last sphere had the rest of the locals on the planet along with Machina and Rem's surviving allies from the remains of the Dominion of Rubrum. Ezan saw Aeris was unconscious and quickly descended to the ground. He saw his girlfriend stir and composed himself." Aeris…are you all right?"

To his relief the former flower girl yawned before she opened her eyes and smiled." Well I feel like I got thrown around like a Moogle doll, but I feel fine. Heh…am I still dreaming because I seem to have a knight in shining armor in front of me. Your looking even more shinny at full power than normal dear."

Ezan glanced at his recent power up and shrugged." So it seems. I broken through my limit, thanks to the sacrifice Obito made. I felt your energy as part of the collection, it helped me surpass Madara and defeat him. Thanks for that."

"Oh you know…I been so good at steering life energy I can do it in my sleep." Aeris retorted ruefully." After all, I did it when I was dead right? I, knew you needed my help so, I did what I could to help Ezan. Heh…and now your aura feels like the Life Stream to so I'm glad I could add a personal touch. Hey now…it's the man that's supposed to accessorize the girl Ezan."

"Sorry to hurt your pride, I'll make up for it when the mission is completed." Ezan retorted. Seeing her boyfriend respond bluntly caused her to giggle." Deal."

As Ezan helped her up Squall looked at all of his former teammate's new changes before he chuckled." I never doubted you Ezan, but you managed to surpass your limits yet again."

Zidane chuckled as he walked around his friend." Always got to make us look bad eh dude? Well, least you did not transform as much as I thought and grew into a angel or something. I'll let making me look bad slide this time buddy, but I swear I'll get you back next, whoa!"

The tailed Enji tried to pat Ezan on the back only for him to fall right through him. As everyone looked on in shock the Enji shrugged." Sorry…still getting use to this new power. I assure you, this time I'm not a ghost."

Kakashi caught up at this time, and at seeing the Enji's new state up close he sighed." I see you mastered Obito's unique Jutsu swiftly, you really are impressive kid."

Zidane just sighed as he got back up." Great, now your all ghost like to top everything else off? Seriously man your already broken, good thing Ben's immortal, he's the only one that can stop you if you ever went nuts. And now I think he would need his full power for that!"

"I don't know." Ezan replied ruefully." I may have not have reached Ben's full power, but with my unique powers, I know I can beat him with the right conditions. Heh…don't fret…I'll entertain that possibility only after this mission is over since we have more, pressing issues to address."

Cloud saw his fellow Enji's swagger and smirked back." Don't worry Ezan, we know you know your rivalry takes a backseat to the mission by now. You've come a long way from the."

Before he could go on everyone felt a tremor as another section of the planet collapsed as a result from the fighting, causing Ezan to shrug." I was not lying when I last said me and Auro need a planet to ourselves to have a proper rematch, anything else would tie our hands."

Prompto shrugged as he quickly took a picture." Dude I may not know you as long as the others, but you saved the day and was so badass you ended this crazy war at last! Far as I know, for seeing us get out of this contest alive you're my new best friend!"

Ezan sighed, but before he could respond Noctis cleared his throat." It's not over just yet Prompto. One last thing has to be done before this can truly end. I have to complete, my destiny."

Prompto cringed as he looked at a wary Ignis and Gladiolus behind him." Seriously dude? After all that's happened you still have to go through with this? Its over Noct, Ardyn may not be completely dead but he can't stop us now! You don't have to give up your life now!"

"It will never be over till he's gone Prompto! Killing myself is the only way to stop him!"

Before his friends could argue Stella staggered over to throw in a weary." He is right. Ardyn is still alive in his pocket dimension, and so this round is not truly over just yet."

Noctis looked more somber before Ezan just sighed." So, this match is not over till this Ardyn is vanquished, correct? And so, this reality is linked to the aura I felt before from him?"

The Black Swan raised an eyebrow before she nodded. Ezan cracked his neck in respond and looked at a clearing." All right, then I'll end this quickly. Noctis, get ready to fulfill your duty. If you're lucky, the price will be less then you expected."

The son of Ansem Zeon had his Rinne Sharingan glow before a purple beam shot out of the eye to form a swirling black portal. From the other side of the portal was a vast blue space, that had only one thing in it, Ardyn. The red-haired man looked paler then before, and as he saw everyone looking at him he looked shocked for a moment, before giving a mocking bow. Ignis blinked to make sure this was not an illusion before he rubbed his glasses." He, really just did that?"

"We can get the details later Ignis." Gladiolus yelled out." Just end it now while we have the chance Noctis, once and for all!"

The heir to the throne of Lucius nodded before he pointed his ring at the man who took so much from him, and unleashed a barrage of crystalline blades from his ring. As the weapons went through the portal they each took the shape of a previous king of Lucius, before Ardyn was stabbed by every last one of them.

Noctis saw his ancestor give him a look of raw hate as he tried to dash out of the gateway between dimensions, before the knight that had the soul of King Regis stabbed him through the throat. Ardyn screamed before his soul cracked, and at last shattered into fragments. Noctis saw the soul of his father turn around and nod before the portal closed.

Noctis fell to his knees as he realized he at last completed his destiny before he looked up." At last…it's over."

Rem and Machina held hands before the last male survivor of Class Zero uttered,"At last the era of being pawns is over, a new dawn has turned."

Rem looked sorrowful before she nodded."Even if history forgets you guys, we will never forget what you went through."

Gladiolus patted Noctis on the shoulder as he smirked." You pulled it off your highness. Being sucked into this Battle-World may have seemed like things were going to hell. But despite how insane it got looks like it ended up better for us in the end. After all, we got out of this alive right?"

Lighting cleared her throat as she crossed her arms." Keep acting like that and you're going to see yourself fall off your body idiot. Trust me, the moment you think it's over, the moment you let your guard down, is when you lose everything. We have no idea how much this Beyonder cares about the rules of his game but, huh?"

The pink haired woman was cut off as the night sky suddenly became day in an instant. The sun suddenly flared up before the same booming voice that Ben, James and Doug heard boomed out," THE NEXT PHASE OF BATTLE WORLD HAS BEEN DECIDED! THOSE WHO REMAIN HAVE ENTERTAINED ME WELL! NOW PREPARE FOR THE FINAL PHASE! PREPARE TO PROVE WHO IS THE MOST WORTHY OF THEM ALL!"

Ezan and the others braced themselves as braced himself as a pathway of pure light seemed to descend from the sun itself, and land directly in front of them. Everyone gave each other anxious looks before Stella sighed." Do not fear, this is no deception. It would seem you have entertained Rabum Alal enough for him to want to see you all take part in the next round, in the final round."

Ben's rival grasped his sword tightly before he smirked." If your Master wants a up close demonstration of our power, I'll be all too happy to give him a up front demonstration. Well, unless anyone's missing something, what are we waited for?"

Noctis saw the other Enji nod before he glanced at Stella." L…Stella, what are you going to do now? Do we still have to settle things?"

The blond-haired woman looked detached as she glanced back at her former fiancé." My role it to see the contestants prove themselves. We will see how long your luck lasts Noctis."

Zidane just sighed as he got healed up by Garnet." Well, crazy as things have been, guess it's just going to get even more crazy eh? Great, was not sure just what this Beyonder could do, but guess he really is as powerful as Zannacross. Not like we are at out limit already eh?"

"Don't lose your composure already Trible." Ezan retorted as he crossed his arms." He will fall like the others at our full strength."

Squall raised an eyebrow as he eyed the sliver haired man carefully." Oh…your hiding another transformation for the final round Ezan?"

"Not quite." The sliver haired man retorted dryly." But since we will be reunited with the others, we will be able to utilize our full power."

Aeris could not help but giggle as she grasped Ezan by the arm." Aw…I remember when you use to be so cynical. I knew I could win you over. And they doubted me. Lighting's next right hun?"

"Heh...one task at a time Aeris, no one can perform another revolution if everything is destroyed."

Aeris winked and kissed Ezan on the cheek. Cloud saw Cid get the Neo-Highwind back on the air before he steeled himself." Ezan's right, together we will get this done. Frankly, we have to. So, lets regroup with the others, see what they dealt with, and take it from there to get this train ride to its ultimate destination."

Ezan saw everyone slowly go up the stairs of light before he went up himself. After making sure no one was coming to attack he used his eyes enhanced vision to look up the stairs and look for auras. He instantly noticed Ben's and smirked." I knew Auro would not dare loose before the final round. This also means the Beyonder did nothing to stop him, so he does not see us as a threat. Hopefully, he is the one that's being arrogant. Well…even Elrond and his group managed to come out on top. Maybe this won't be so, huh?"

Ezan paused as he looked at where he sensed Doug's aura was, and nearly recoiled at how different it now looked." Lacus 's aura feels a little different but Fitter, I could have sworn it was a demon with how black it feels. Did, a demon take over his body? Is this what Ben was talking about? He was not absolutely certain it was him, but its looking more and more like his fears were justified. Fitter…I, Lacus, Ben and so many of the others had are dealings with the dark side, but as far as I can tell your just being petty, and want everything handed to you for nothing. If it was just your own life you were unraveling I would let you deal with the consequences of your own actions.

However, if you seek to drag everyone down with you, then I'll do what I must to make sure that does not happen. I was happy it did not come to it, but I was prepared to kill Lacus to ensure the safety of the universe. And Fitter…I won't hesitate to kill you if your weakness jeopardizes everything we worked for. You, the Beyonder, and anyone else, are just obstacles to be cut down if they stand in the way of the true revolution."

Ezan was so focused on looking at Doug's energy in the distance, he and everyone else did not notice a streak of green energy flash up the stairs.

As Ben's rival and his group walked up to join the others for the next phase of Battle-World, the one who put the chaotic cosmic tournament together watched them keenly.

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After the Beyonder last observed Doug he saw Ezan win his fight. The first son of Cosmos and Zannacross watched Ben's rival walk up the stairs before he saw the sliver haired man's new eyes and chuckled." So, this is the "resolve" of the rival of the chosen hero? I concede he has quite a lot of talents, for a mortal. But his eyes are not so godly that they compare to the true almighty being. Still…based on what this history has shown me he's displayed enough progress to "advance" to the finals. Then, we will see at last what the strongest power, the strongest will is."

Zamasu, Kirei ,and the body guards all nodded, but before they could say anything a wild laugh cut in." If you want to see who the best is, then you don't have to wait any longer dude!"

A splinted of green energy surged out of the entrance, before it shoot out and took the form of Terumi, back in his human form. The demon saw everyone look at him before he coughed up blood, and laughed madly." Hyahahahahahahahahaha! I did it, it worked! Spikey and his sappy pals were pulling a fast one on me, so I knew it would be better to focus on homing in on the source. When they thought they got me, I detached from the Susanoo armor and let it take hit, laid low long enough to play dead, and seeped in vie the path to the party here! It was a pain letting those twits think they made a fool out of me, but I'll make them wish they never even knew my face when I give them the ultimate horror show in the history of the universe!"

Zamasu sighed before the man with Goku's face extended his right hand and had a magenta blade of energy formed around it." Ugh…delusions are so unsightly. Ah well…Death is a blessing for foolish beings."

Before he could strike Beyonder suddenly clapped his hands and stood up." Yūki Terumi…you really are a clever demon. Out of everyone in Battle-World, you're the only one who thought to lock on the wave length of the stairs to make it to Wahrwelt, or at least one of the only ones to survive long enough to try it out. You been a source of, amusement throughout the game and so I wanted to thank you personally for it. After all, it seems, this consideration is what one gives to those that bring them enjoyment yes?"

Terumi gave a mocking bow as he had a hungry look in his eye."I aim to please. Course the show's not quite over yet if you desire an encore. Just give me a super charge and I can rip them apart one by one!"

The Beyonder paused before he tilted his head to the side." Oh you are funny. But you misunderstand me demon. Like I said there is no encore, I just felt like giving you my regards…mostly to practice for when I praise subjects in my new world."

Terumi had his eye twitch as he glanced around." This is…some joke right? I know you could easily give me the power to crush those saps in a second!"

"I could," The Beyonder flatly retorted as his three eyes all narrowed." But I don't for the same reason I don't erase them out of existence this moment with a thought. Because that would not be part of my game. You may have been tenacious enough to survive death but you still lost. That's why, they are the ones that will advance."

Terumi had his eyes twitch as his demonic aura seeped out." This a joke? I'm worthier then all those saps put together! They are all out heroic twits, Cosmos's little warriors of light! They are the enemy of all of the darkness!"

The Beyonder just laughed at this as he shrugged." I see, you still don't understand. I'm beyond the war of light and darkness, I don't care for either good or evil as they are both "things" Cosmos and Zannacross created after me. I purely desire the strongest possible champions, and while you're an amusing jester in the contest of the best of the best of my selection you're not worthy."

Terumi looked around and saw the others were deadly serious before he chuckled darkly." I see…I was just rolling with things and was not sure if you were working for Big Z or not but now your clearly some guy like the Anti-Monitor, Majin Buu, and all the other wild cards that by freak chance got more power then they deserved. That's fine…works for me. I don't know what you know but your mistaken about one thing man. Darkness is the true essence of existence, and those that deny the terror, are devoured by it!"

Snakes suddenly popped out of the ground beneath the Beyonder. While Terumi intended for the snakes to bind and absorb the Beyonder's energy he cringed as they frozen, and suddenly burst for him before he was bound by his own projectiles. The Beyonder laughed at Terumi's shock, and laughed even harder as he heard bones crack."You're an ambitious one Terumi, but someone once said something about choking on their ambitions. I was, unclear when I saw that moment in time but I understand the, as they say, context more now.

You're not that smart Terumi, darkness is not the most powerful thing, rage is. Hero's along with villains, those of the light, along with those of the darkness, all use their rage to destroy their enemies apart yes? Your thinking to small, but in the end your far more limited than I am. Your mistaken, fear drives lesser beings, but anger, fury is what drives the almighty. For the most powerful being of all, naturally has nothing to fear!

No...its fury at his servants failing him so utterly that causes him, that causes me to purge the unworthy in righteous rage! For that is true justice, the justice of god! Yes...You thought you were so much better then the humans and the angels, but despite your delusions, your not the ultimate life form, I am.

I'm not like you demons, I'm not bound by your limitations, or by any of the limitations from any of the creations Cosmos and Zannacross made before me! Good and evil, right and wrong, light and darkness, they are all just illusions, things created after these different dimensions were created, things that were created after me.

Winners and losers, those are the only real things there are. There is only winning, and the rage to grasp that victory to be the winner that defines the rules. I find such concepts, contrived. I'll erase all the outdated concepts when I remake existence to how it should be."

Terumi laughed in response, though the laugher had a ting of fear as he widened his eyes."Only someone who does not know the truth about how things work would be as cocky as that! You."

The Beyonder snapped his fingers before Terumi started to choke. The deity just chuckled as he leaned forward."I find your thinking, a load of, what was that again? Ah yes, baloney! And its time you shut up and reflect your baloney nature!"

With another snap of his fingers the Beyonder had a bolt of lightning strike Terumi, before he became miniaturized, looking like a toy doll. With another snap of his fingers a golden string descended to wrap around Terumi's neck and lift him into the air. The Beyonder laughed as the doll twitched as he slowly walked up." Kirei…what was the term used for that doll that had the candy in it again?"

"The most common term is a piñata master."The brown-haired man in priest attire calmly retorted."Its normally an item shaped like an animal that children would smack with a bat to retrieve the candy inside."

"Ah that's right." The Beyonder answered with amusement as he casually had a shinning golden bat form in his right arm." As the one above all, I find the concept of needing to power myself by the act of "eating" unbefitting to me. Still, I do concede the sensation of taste, and the act of devouring those inferior to you are enjoyable concepts worthy of passing into the new world. So, you see now Terumi, that your just as they say, far lower on the food chain then me? If not, then how about now?"

The Beyonder swung the bat casually, but swung so hard that Terumi shattered upon impact. Because of the Beyonder's will piles of baloney came out of his body, and as the Beyonder caught one he casually devoured a slice before he laughed again." See now? Your baloney because I said you were! Facts are made by the strongest, and once I firmly grasp concepts such as time and space, I will assert my will on all other things! Terumi, you thought you were above the rest, but while you thought Madara was beneath you for being a Chrono Phantasma, the reality was you, and everyone else were just that, my recreations!

Well, aside from the trespassers of course. But as annoying as it is for Cosmos to dare stop me, it's given me a chance to have more" fun." Yes…as good a killer as Terumi may be, he was a bit to one note to be my ideal tool. It's not as enjoyable when the victim knows what will hurt him, its far more enjoyable when something he trusts ends up betraying him, shattering his dream, and bringing about his end! That's why, my ideal champion is going to bring you true ultimate despair, Ben Auro!

Warriors like Ezan Zeon do result in a good show, but something else I noticed is that it's not always the strongest fighter who wins, but the one who has the strongest hunger, the strongest rage, who does not care about things like pride, love, or anything else but winning! After all, warriors for the most part fight in a term for mortals, but god fights on a level beyond any other! And soon…soon everyone else will see who the true supreme being is."

The Beyonder then glanced at the last planet in Battle-World, the" Gourmet World" where Lacus and her group landed before hate formed in his eyes."Yes…those who dare to think they can defy the "true "winner, who dare act like they are better than the " true" master of all, will suffer the ultimate rage. Oh yes…you will suffer for daring to deny me, Lacus Raystar!"

The Beyonder looked on with raw hate at the last section of Battle World, all too eager to see his way painfully manifest on those who infiltrated the planet to dare to stop his will.

Authors Notes: Well hope you guys were content with the conclusions. Firstly, I'm well aware Madara was never a Super Sayain, but, lets be honest with how broken he was in the final battle I figured he was in essence one anyway.( I don't care how good a ninja you were, no human can survive being smashed around by massive beasts and just loosing a freaking arm unless they are super human!)

I decided to have a little fun. If your confused about S-cells, I did not make them up, recently the author of Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama , did a interview where he revealed S-Cells were part of the reason Sayains turned Super, as a excuse for how Goten and Kid Trunks and others turned Super Sayain so easily.

Sure its a pain but figured might as well make the most of it lol. For Ezan, Kakashi had his" War god Kakashi" state for such a short time it felt like a waste so I gave that power to Ezan to, give him a edge lol.

I know its random for Ezan to be able to open portals to other realities with his Rinningan but eh, that's what Sasuke could do in Naruto so, if he could do it so could Ezan so figured it was a useful way to get a less depressing ending to FF 15 lol.

Lastly, the Grand Priest is mostly the one from Dragon Ball Super, but I gave him the name of the Time Lord Lord Rassilon from Doctor Who as well as the role from Master of Masters from Kingdom Hearts. I, have a few ideas for Belmond and the" Grand Priest"...mostly waiting to see how things pan out in a few things like DBZ Super...we will see lol.

Well, that should be all so hope everyone enjoyed Ezan's arc, time for the final character arc. Hope you liked this showdown enough to leave a review and see you next time when we see Lacus, her old teammates, her fellow Enji Knights like Milla Maxwell, Velvet Crowe, Hiryuumon, Trunks and the members of the Waverider trip Rip Hunter and Sarah Lance as they deal with the most bizarre out of all the Battle-World planets.

As the other planets have been involved in open warfare Lacus and the others see that in the chaotic Gourmet World populated by monsters powerful enough to face a challenge to a Super Sayian, their is only one city in the entire planet, and its being run by the unhinged Honnouji Academy with its brazen student council leader Satsuki Kiryuin, and her devious mother Ragyo, along with the massively powerful candidate for the Dimensional General, Midora and his Gourmet Corps and conducting a insane contest taken in the manner of a city wide school contest to decide the planet's champion.

Lacus and her allies must quickly decipher the insane nature of Honnouji Academy and its desire to use the Life-Fiber's, the Performa energy harvested from mysterious " Persona's" and its plan to unleash the" Full Course of God" to size victory over all other worlds, and reflect on her own desires and fears while finding who on this world can be her allies, like the head of the only rival school powerful enough to stand against Ragyo, Mitsuru Kirijo, head not just of the Kirijo Group but its group of demon hunters dubbed Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, or SEES, along with other groups like the Phantom Thieves, The Mirage Masters, the ace Gourment hunter Toriko, and a girl with a vendetta against Ragyo with a talking shirt and a scissors blade, Ryuko Matoi all to stop the ominous Gourmet Eclipse.

Tune in next time for Chapter 227: If Only I Had Thorns Like a Thistle...The Flavor of Passion!