Chapter 61: Ky vs. Nex
In a grassy plain with lots of trees and flowers all over the grass Fulgur and Oswald are walking through the grassy trail but as they keep moving Fulgur looks at something from afar and Oswald turns to Fulgur to see what's wrong and then Oswald looks at what Fulgur is looking at and it's a bright light sphere.
"What's with the bright sphere?" Oswald asked.
"I'll bet something is up. C'mon!" Fulgur said as he goes for the bright light sphere.
"But what if it's something that dangerous?" Oswald asked.
"We won't find out if we don't see what it is. Let's go!" Fulgur said as he goes through the grassy trail and Oswald follows him.
"You don't think it's Zervik's trick, do you?" Oswald asked.
"I hope not. The sick monster is not around here so I'll bet it's something else." Fulgur said and the to continue their way through the grassy trail to follow the bright light sphere.
Meanwhile in a flower field with a small water stream and a giant tree in the middle of the field Ky, Elena, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, and Murray are all lying on the grassy ground and on the flowers and later on a butterfly flies around the flower field and then it lands on Ky's face and Ky slowly opens his eyes and then begins to rises up as the butterfly flies away and as Ky gets up he looks around the flower field and then he sees his friends.
"Wonder where we are..." Ky said as he ponders to himself. "We stopped Zervik from trying to take all worlds, we defeated Kaos and stopped him from trying to destroy everything. And then...Sophia and Pax...they all risked their lives to help..." Ky said to himself. "Then the Dark Gem was draining Pax's life and I had no choice but to end him along with Kaos and the Dark Gem, but now..." Ky stops talking. "I guess that explosion sent us here, but where's Griff? And what world is this?" Ky asked but then he goes over to his friends. "Guys, you okay? Get up." Ky said trying to wake his friends and Elena starts to regain consciousness.
"Ky? That was some explosion. Where are we now?" Elena asked.
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Ky answered and everyone else start to get up.
"We're...alive?" Kiyo asked.
"Yeah. If we weren't, then we wouldn't be here." Ky said.
"Where is 'here'?" Max asked.
"I'm trying to think of that." Ky said.
"When did we get here?" T.J. asked.
"Last time I remember was seeing that explosion after Ky had to help Pax destroy both the Dark Gem and Kaos." Tails said.
"And then we were caught in that explosion." Sly said.
"After that, I guess it was it." Zatch said.
"Wait a sec. I thought Griff was with us." Murray said.
"He was, but now he's not here with us for some reason and I dunno why and now we're somewhere we have no idea where we are." Ky said. "Tails, Bentley, can you two try to find out where we are?" Ky asked.
"Let's see..." Tails said as he takes out his techno map but it's destroyed. "Oh, no. My techno map is destroyed. It probably happened during the explosion." Tails said.
"Mine's damaged too. Sorry, Ky." Bentley said.
"Oh, well. Let's go find out where we are and see if we can find Griff too." Ky said and everyone nods.
The group start exploring the flower field to find out where they are and while exploring they arrive at another field with more flowers and it's more larger and they continue to explore to see what place they're at right now and later on the group come across a bridge and then they cross the bridge to continue on through the flower field until later on the group arrive at what looks like a glade and they explore it and so far they still have no idea where they are but they continue through the glade and later on they arrive at what looks like the woods and keep going through but as the group keep moving through the woods the group look around and so far find nothing but then Ky finds something in front of them and it's a figure with black hair and wearing black clothing.
"Huh...? Who is that? Is that...?" Ky asked to himself.
"Ky, are you okay?" Elena asked and Ky turns to her and the others and then turns back to the front but finds no one.
"I'm fine, but...I thought I saw someone." Ky said.
"Who?" Murray asked.
"I dunno. It looked like...Nex." Ky said.
"Nex is here? Where?" Max asked.
"I thought I saw him." Ky said.
"Well, if he's here, then we can find him and ask him what this world is." Blaze said.
"Okay. I guess we can do that." Ky said.
The group keep moving through the woods until they leave the woods and arrive at what looks like a plain area with a grassy trail and so the group go through the plain while following the grassy trail and later on they stop at a river ahead but they jump over the river to get across and reach the other side and keep going through the plain but as they continue on through the plain Ky places his arm in front of the others to make them stop.
"What is it?" Shadow asked.
"I feel like something's coming right at us..." Ky said and just then he looks up and sees what looks like a ringblade coming right at them. "MOVE!" Ky shouted and the group dodge the ringblade before it hits them and it hits the ground but it flies back.
"That was close." Kiyo said.
"Who threw that?" T.J. asked.
" That would be me." A voice said and the group look and see someone confronting them and it's Poena. "At least now I finally get my revenge." Poena said.
"What're you doing here, Poena?" Ky asked.
"It's obvious. I want to kill you for defeating my master." Poena said
"You're really that upset because we took care of him?" Sly asked.
"Not just kill you, I'll also kill Kaos for killing him." Poena said.
"Tough luck, Poena. Kaos is gone already. And you can't defeat us." Ky said.
"Shut up! At least I'm saved the trouble of getting rid of the traitor, Kaos. Now I'll get my pleasure of killing you!" Poena said.
"What pleasure? The pleasure we'll have is taking care of you next if you don't get out of our way." Elena said.
"Oh, I'm not moving. I'm looking forward to destroying you." Poena said.
"Okay. You asked for it." Ky said taking out Dawn of Hope while the others get ready to fight.
"Oh, I have. Get ready to be destroyed!" Poena said as she attacks the group with her ringblade but Ky counters with Dawn of Hope and then uses Strike Raid to strike at Poena. "You little brat!" Poena yelled.
"Haven't you realized this? No matter how often we do this, the results will remain the same. Just get outta our way and we won't have to defeat you." Ky said.
"How dare you say something like that! I'll kill you all!" Poena yelled as she charges at the group and tries to strike with her ringblade.
Before Poena could attack something stabs Poena's back and it's what looks like a shadow blade on her back.
"You'll do no such thing. I think it's time to join your master in hell." A voice said and Nex appears behind Poena.
"You...! How could you...do this...?! Did you not get what you wanted?" Poena asked.
"I'm close to finding my father, but Ky's persistence continues to interest me as it's irritating. If anyone's facing him, it's ME." Nex said as he summons his Keyblade and then stabs Poena again. "Goodbye, freak." Nex said as he ignites his Keyblade with dark fire and then burns Poena. "Now for the finishing blow for good measure. DARK EXPLOSION!" Nex shouted and then casts a dark spell and causes Poena to explode into darkness and her ringblade drops on the ground.
"Wow! You saw, right?" Zatch said.
"This guy's a psycho!" Max said.
"Nex. What're you..." Ky was cut off by Nex.
"My father is somewhere in this world. This must be the place that the tyrant, Fortitudo banished him. I feel like I'm getting close. I will not stop until he is found here." Nex said.
"Okay. Let's see if we can find him together. You're still my friend and..." Ky was cut off by Nex again.
"Don't call me your friend, Ky! I was NEVER your friend! I don't want your help, let alone need it!" Nex said.
"But..." Ky was cut off again.
"Stay out of my way. I will find my father here and we will leave this world and go into the Realm of Darkness where we actually belong." Nex said as he disappears.
"Wait!" Ky said but Nex is gone. "I'm going after him." Ky said.
"Well then, let's go." Elena said.
The group start to move but just then the ground starts to shake and then a dark barrier starts to rise under Ky who dodge rolls out of the way but as he moves the dark barrier appears and it separates him from his friends.
"No! Guys!" Ky said as he goes to the dark barrier but then it pushes Ky back.
"Forget about us, Ky. Go after Nex. We'll wait for you." Elena said.
"No! I hate leaving you guys behind!" Ky said.
"Look, we'll be fine. Just go after Nex. We all know how much you wanted to see him during your journey." Tails said.
"Well, okay. I hate this, but as soon as I find Nex, I'll back for you guys. That's a promise." Ky said.
"Thanks. Now get going and hurry." Sly said and Ky nods as he leaves.
Meanwhile Fulgur and Oswald arrive at the flower field.
"This must be where the light sphere took place." Fulgur said.
"But now it's gone and there's nothing but flowers." Oswald said.
"I have a feeling there is something or someone and they left. Let's keep going and find out what's going on." Fulgur said and Oswald nods and the two move.
Meanwhile Ky makes his way through the remainder of the plains to go after Nex and later on Ky arrives at a valley ravine and goes through a trail leading him through the ravine trail and as he keeps going through the valley ravine and later on arrives at what looks like a terrain area and starts moving through it in order to find Nex and during his trek through the terrain Ky arrives at another part of the terrain and crosses a rocky trail but while still going through Ky stumbles upon a slope leading downward but he manages to go down and keeps going through the terrain and later on Ky arrives at what looks like an abandoned village and so Ky decides to look around the deserted village while trying to find Nex but so far he finds noting but then Ky finds himself at another part of the abandoned village and keeps exploring until he finds someone from afar and thinks it's Nex.
"Nex? Tell me you're here." Ky said as he runs to the person from afar.
"You know, Ky, you really are annoying me. Guess that's your standard trait." The person said and it happens to be Nex turning to Ky who is shocked at seeing something on Nex's face which happen to be dark blue marks on the left side of his face and his left eye is glowing dark blue.
"That eye..." Ky said as he remembers Nex's left eye turning dark blue before as Requiem City was meeting its end. "Tell me, what are you?" Ky asked.
"You wouldn't understand one thing about me. Just leave me alone and go home. Oh, wait. You can't. It's gone." Nex said.
"Why should I leave you? After everything we've been through together, why? I don't understand. What happened to make you like this? Why are you doing this?" Ky asked.
"My business. Not yours. You should not care about what I do. I have my own path to follow and you can't keep me from it. I'll tell you this: My 'friendship' with you, Griff, and Pax are over." Nex said and that shook Ky to the core.
"But...I've been risking my life through different worlds to find you." Ky said.
"How nice for you." Nex replied sarcastically as he turns away. "I don't give a damn what happens to you. You can go get yourself killed many times, but that won't change a single thing. Now get lost. My father shouldn't be this far." Nex said as he walks away.
Ky clenches his fists and tears start to flow from his face and they touch the ground and then Ky charges at Nex.
"I'm NOT going anywhere until you're coming with me!" Ky yelled as he tackles Nex to the ground.
"You think you can have what you want, huh? Well, here's the sad news, you can't ALWAYS have your way." Nex said.
"What happened to you?!" Ky demanded.
"I thought it's obvious. I was sick of living in that cesspool of a city with every single parasitic excuses for humanity always treating me like I'm some damn monster. I wanted it all to go away." Nex said.
"But Pax, Griff, and I never treated you like that. You were our friend! You were like a brother to me! Have you forgotten that you defended me when I was bullied?!" Ky asked.
"I did that because I felt sorry for you. Nothing more. You thought me being around you the whole time with those two idiots was a sign of friendship? That was never the case. Like I said, I just felt sorry for you. Now that sorry and pity has just faded away since it was finally time to destroy the whole city." Nex said as he grabs Ky's shirt. "I never gave two craps about you or that piece of trash Griff. Hell, I never even cared about Pax!" Nex said.
"So you don't even care about Pax being gone or that Griff is who-knows-where and won't be found?! Is that what you're saying?" Ky asked.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." Nex said as he delivers a powerful kick at Ky's stomach to knock him off Nex and Ky is sent flying to a ruined building. "You can't make me come with you and play hero. Get lost and get outta my sight." Nex said.
Ky emerges out of the building and confronts Nex.
"This is crazy, Nex! Please wake up and come back!" Ky said as he runs to Nex who delivers another powerful kick and sends Ky back into the building.
"Don't you see yet? I have woken up. You Keybearers believe you can fight for peace, harmony, and friendship. Those who believe in that crap are blind. I fight for my own ambitions, just like how Zervik did." Nex said as he unleashes his Keyblade.
"So he has a Keyblade too..." Ky said as he takes out Dawn of Hope and rushes toward Nex.
"Show me what you can do, kid." Nex said.
Nex casts his own Dark Firaga at Ky who deflects them and then casts Blizzaga but Nex creates a shadow barrier around to defend himself from Ky's magic attack and then unleashes shadow slash streaks at Ky who dodges them and then dashes at Nex and starts slashing at him with Dawn of Hope followed by using Somersault Slash but no matter how many slashes Ky delivers Nex is still standing but Ky delivers horizontal slashes and then diagonal spin slashes but Nex blocks the slashes with his Keyblade.
"That's the best you can do? C'mon, Ky. Thought you were stronger than that." Nex said as delivers a punch at Ky's chest and then delivers an extreme roundhouse kick and sends Ky back to the ground.
"I'm not weak, ya know! I'll show you my strength." Ky said.
"What's that? Your 'heart'? Your 'friends'? Don't make me laugh." Nex said.
"Don't mock my way!" Ky yelled.
Ky vertical slashes at Nex with Dawn of Hope followed by Spin Slash but Nex counters and delivers four horizontal slashes with his Keyblade known as Death's Embrace and then unleashes shadow blades and strike at Ky who dodges and then delivers a 360 slash with Dawn of Hope and then delivers an upper slash and unleashes a horizontal slash and delivers a flip slash but Nex retaliates with his own sashes with Death's Embrace and then casts Dark Firaga but Ky casts Firaga to counter the dark fire spell and uses Sonic Blade but Nex grabs Ky's wrist just before Ky could touch Nex and then Nex throws Ky to the ground and then tries to deliver a stomp on Ky's head but Ky quickly rolls out of the way before Nex's foot could touch the ground and Ky gets up and triple slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by using Blizzard Edge but Nex counters with Death's Embrace and then vertical slashes with his Keyblade and then delivers a slam slash but Ky blocks with his Keyblade and tries to deliver a slide kick and lower horizontal slashes with Dawn of Hope but Nex delivers a slide punch and then delivers an uppercut and sends Ky into the air and then Nex jumps after Ky and starts aerial horizontal slashing with Death's Embrace and then delivers a down slash and sends Ky to the ground but Ky recovers and casts Thundaga to strike at Nex who dodges the lightning bolt spell and then creates shadow knives on his fingers and then throws them at Ky who deflects them and then unleashes Light Blades at Nex who dodges them all and delivers another slide punch and then delivers brutal punches and kicks and then delivers a strong swing with Death's Embrace and then slams his Keyblade to the ground while getting Ky.
Ky recovers and diagonal slashes with Dawn of Hope and then vertical slashes with his Keyblade and then uses Fire Somersault but Nex strikes back and then dash slashes with Death's Embrace and then delivers another uppercut sending Ky into the air again and then down punches at Ky and sends him back to the ground but Ky upper slashes and then casts Earth but Nex sinks into shadows and slithers behind Ky and as Nex rises up he delivers a strong kick at Ky and sends him flying and then Nex casts Dark Firaga but Ky quickly recovers and deflects the dark fireballs and then lands on a rooftop of a building and unleashes Light Waves at Nex who dodges the Light Waves and then jumps to a different rooftop of another building and Ky and Nex stare at each other and Ky uses Strike Raid to get Nex who dodges the throwing Keyblade but Dawn of Hope comes flying back and it gets Nex while returning to Ky but Nex recovers and is on the same roof as Ky and then Nex unleashes a shadow hand to grab Ky who dodges the shadow hand and then delivers a down slash to get Nex who blocks with Death's Embrace and then jumps over Ky and delivers a flip slash while going over him but Ky dodge rolls and casts Firaga but Nex casts his own Dark Blizzaga and some of the dark ice shards get Ky but he casts Cure and then uses Thunder Raid to strike at Nex who unleashes a shadow tentacle and it lashes at Ky who dodges the lash but another shadow tentacle is summoned and it grabs Ky and it throws him off the roof of the building and is sent to the ground again and before Ky could get back up he sees Nex jumping off the roof and then attempts to land on Ky while having Death's Embrace in front to try and stab Ky but Ky rolls out of the way before Nex could touch the ground.
"You're really are ticking me off, Ky." Nex said.
"Stop this! There's no need for this." Ky said.
"Quit acting like a pacifist and show me what a Keyblade warrior you really are." Nex said.
Nex unleashes a stream of shadows to get Ky who moves away from the stream of shadows and Ky tries to slash at Nex with Dawn of Hope but Nex counters with his Keyblade and horizontal slashes with Death's Embrace and then slams it to the ground to get Ky who moves behind Nex and tries to deliver a diagonal slash but Nex turns around and back blocks with Death's Embrace and then delivers another punch at Ky's face this time and sends him far to the ground but Ky recovers himself and uses Light Shots to strike at Nex who deflects them and unleashes shadow blades from the ground to get Ky who jumps over them and aerial slashes with Dawn of Hope but Nex blocks again and then tries to strike back at Ky but Ky counters and attacks back with his Keyblade and then uses Ars Arcanum but Nex blocks every single Keyblade strike and then delivers brutal kicks and then strikes at Ky's face with the hilt of his Keyblade knocking Ky back but Ky skids back and then uses Strike Raid to get Nex but after his final Keyblade throw Nex sinks into the shadows again and then comes for Ky who tries to avoid the shadow but Nex rises up and upper slashes at Ky and then aerial slashes with Death's Embrace and slam slashes but Ky retaliates by unleashing light chains from the ground to get Nex who destroys the light chains and then delivers a down drill slash at Ky who quickly moves out of the way before Nex could get close and Ky slide kicks at Nex and lower horizontal slashes with Dawn of Hope but Nex slide punches and then delivers a brutish diagonal slash and then brutally horizontal slashes but Ky counters with his own horizontal slash with Dawn of Hope and then delivers another 360 slash but Nex blocks and then strikes back with five vertical slashes with Death's Embrace and then fires a shadow shot but Ky deflects it and then uses Sonic Blade and this time gives a successful dash attack and gets Nex but then Nex grabs Ky's hood and throws him into another building but Ky emerges from it.
"So what?! Was our friendship a lie?! Did that mean all the things we did together at Requiem City meant nothing to you?" Ky asked.
"You're finally catching on NOW? I was never your friend. I told you already: I just felt sorry for you. That didn't mean I had to like you or Griff or not even Pax." Nex said.
"Well, that's your opinion!" Ky replied.
"Oh? Then what did you view me as? Your friend?" Nex asked.
"Yes! You were my best friend! You can say that I'm not your friend all you want, but you are and always will be my best friend!" Ky said.
"Delusional brat. Time I end that nonsense in that head of yours." Nex said as dashes at Ky again.
Meanwhile Elena, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, Sly, Bentley, and Murray are still behind the dark barrier blocking their way and they are waiting for Ky.
"You think Ky found Nex by now?" Murray asked.
"Probably, but Nex is trying to avoid Ky. It's hard to believe that those two are friends." Elena said.
"Don't worry. I'm sure Ky'll be fine. He's been able to handle himself." Tails said.
"Pika!" Storm said in agreement.
Just then Fulgur and Oswald arrive and they find the group.
"You guys. What are you doing here?" Fulgur asked.
"Fulgur. We ended up here after that light explosion occurred after we defeated Kaos, but Pax had to end himself for it to happen." Elena explained.
"So that's where that light sphere came from..." Oswald said.
"Wait. Pax is gone?!" Fulgur asked shocked.
"Yes. Pax was about to take the Dark Gem far from Kaos' reach, but Kaos had him pinned and had the Dark Gem almost draining Pax's life." Tails explained.
"Pax then asked Ky to destroy Kaos, the Dark Gem, and Pax in order for it to be over." Kiyo explained.
"Ky didn't want to do it at first, but then realized he no choice but to do the deed." Max explained.
"After Ky helped Pax destroy Kaos, the Dark Gem, and himself, the light explosion occurred and sent us here." Bentley explained.
"Is Ky gone too?" Fulgur asked.
"No. He went on ahead after this dark barrier separated us and him." Elena answered.
"I see. Where did he go?" Oswald asked.
"He went after Nex." T.J. answered.
"Let's go find him." Fulgur said.
"But wait. Ky didn't kill Pax on purpose. He had no choice and Pax asked him to end him." Sly said.
"I know. I'm not finding him for that. I need to see if he's okay. I still have a promise I made to Master Fortitudo and Lady Amora and I still had that deal with Sophia." Fulgur said as he uses Sky's Volt to get rid of the dark barrier.
"I just hope Ky is okay..." Elena said.
"Let's go find out." Fulgur said and they go off through the plain to find Ky.
Meanwhile back at the abandoned village Ky and Nex rush at each other and they clash their Keyblades and neither of them are giving each other an inch and they both lock their Keyblades together.
"I'm settling this once and for all. I'll make sure I'll be the end of you!" Nex said as he kicks Ky back and then coats Death's Embrace with dark aura.
Ky recovers himself and then faces Nex.
"If that's what you want, then fine. I'll beat you into oblivion if that's gonna make you come into your senses." Ky said as he coats Dawn of Hope with light aura.
Ky and Nex charge at each other with their opposite element coated Keyblades and they clash at each other causing an explosion on the entire village destroying it and the explosion sends the two flying into a different building and they crash onto the building floor and Ky hits the building's wall while Nex hits the opposite side of the building's wall.
"Damn that little pest...! He managed to counter my darkness with his light at full power." Nex said to himself as he gets up.
"I see. He's so serious about this..." Ky said to himself as he gets up.
"Guess I'll have to use fast attacks to throw him off guard and then that'll be my chance to strike and finish this brat off." Nex said in his mind.
"Nex. C'mon. Let's just go back. Please come back to the light side." Ky said.
"Heh. You just keep going on thinking we're friends, Ky. It's really old and I can't stand just hearing it." Nex said. "Why would two Keybearers like you and I should be considered friends? We're both on the opposite sides of the path. I belong in darkness and you fight for the light. Do you know what happens when one from darkness meets with the other from light?" Nex asked as he unleashes needles at Ky.
Ky dodges the shadow needles but Nex uses his speed to meet him and then slashes with Death's Embrace and then delivers a roundhouse kick to send Ky out of the building and back on the ground of the abandoned village and Nex follows him and confronts Ky who gets up.
"Nex, I'm sorry everyone in Requiem City treats you like a monster and hates and scorns you. I didn't realize you had a father. You never told us you had a family. You were just living on your own. I mean, Pax doesn't have a family, but Fulgur is his master and acts like a father to him. Griff doesn't even have a family or never knew about it. I only lived with someone who acted like a mother, but she has been taking care of me. We may not know of what our families or our pasts were, but as long as we were friends, that didn't matter to us." Ky said.
"Save your pathetic touchy feelings of friendship! You can keep that in the afterlife!" Nex said.
"Okay then. Let's settle this." Ky said.
Nex slide punches at Ky and then delivers four horizontal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by casting Dark Firaga but Ky dodges the dark fireballs and then slashes at Nex with Dawn of Hope followed by Edge Slash and then casts Earthaga but Nex brutally slashes with Death's Embrace and then unleashes shadow blades to get Ky who dodges and then vertical slashes with Dawn of Hope and then uses Fire Spin but Nex blocks with his Keyblade and then strikes with Death's Embrace and then delivers fast punches but Ky dodges the punches and tries to deliver a diagonal slash but Nex counters and then delivers his own diagonal slash at Ky and uppercuts and sends Ky into the air and Nex follows and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace but Ky recovers and retaliate slashes with Dawn of Hope and then slam slashes at Nex but Nex recovers and lashes with a shadow tentacle but Ky slashes at the shadow tentacle and unleashes Light Spheres at Nex who dodges the Light Spheres and then dash slashes at Ky and delivers slash barrages with Death's Embrace and then throws the Keyblade at Ky who dodges but Nex throws shadow knives at Ky deflects them and uses Sonic Blade getting Nex who delivers another uppercut and then delivers a straight punch at Ky's stomach and sends him back but Ky skids back and uses Strike Raid to strike at Nex but after his final Keyblade strike Nex shadow slides to Ky who tries to avoid but Nex upper slashes at Ky who recovers and aerial slashes at Nex who aerial slashes back and they clash in the air until they go back to the ground but Nex punches and then double kicks and then slams slashes with Death's Embrace but Ky blocks with his Keyblade and triple slashes with Dawn of Hope and then uses Somersault Slash knocking Nex back but Nex aerial diagonal double kicks and then somersault kicks at Ky.
Ky recovers from Nex's attack and slashes with Dawn of Hope and then delivers an aerial spin slash but Nex retaliates with triple horizontal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a roundhouse kick and then delivers four vertical slashes and then delivers a Keyblade stand kick at Ky's chest and knocks him back but Ky strikes back with an upper slash and then delivers an aerial horizontal slash and casts Blizzaga but Nex recovers and unleashes a stream of shadows to strike at Ky who dodges the stream of shadows and delivers five horizontal slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a diagonal slash and then gets behind and slashes at Nex's back sending Nex to the ground but Nex casts Dark Bilzzaga at Ky who blocks the dark ice shards and then uses Light Blades to strike at Nex but Nex dodges them and then slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a straight kick and then jumps over Ky and casts Dark Firaga at Ky's back but Ky recovers and tries to use Ars Arcanum but Nex blocks every Keyblade strike again and then unleashes a shadow hand and it throws Ky and sends him into a building and Ky crashes into a wall and slides to the ground but Ky gets back but Nex enters the building and throws shadow discs at the ceiling causing debris to fall on Ky to trap him and then Nex walks over to Ky and tries to deliver a slash but Ky blocks the slash and casts Aero to blow Nex out of the building and Ky manages to free himself from the debris trapping him and Ky comes out of the building to find Nex but he's nowhere to be found and just then shadow shurikens are flying behind Ky but Ky turns back to see and quickly jumps over them and then Ky looks up to see Nex on another building and then Nex casts his own Dark Thundaga at Ky who dodges and tries to make his way up to the roof of the building but Nex jumps down and then delivers an aerial spin kick at Ky and knocks him down but Ky recovers and throws Dawn of Hope at Nex getting him.
"You little bastard..." Nex said and Ky tackles him into a different building and Ky pins Nex against a wall while holding him by his throat.
"You think the darkness is under your control?! You realize what will happen. The darkness will get out of control and will instead control you until your heart gets devoured. It's still not too late to turn back." Ky said.
"Turn back?! I'm close to finding my father! You can't turn me from it!" Nex said.
"We can find him together. Just please stop this." Ky said.
"Shut up! No one can stop me now! I WILL be with my father and I'll KILL anyone who gets in my! You're NO exception!" Nex said as he delivers a swipe at Ky's head and knocks Ky to the ground. "I think it'll be fun destroying you." Nex said as he tries to down slash at Ky's body.
Ky quickly moves out of the way and then gets up.
"I'll make you see that we are friends...even if it means breaking every single bone in that body of yours!" Ky said.
"Then what're you waiting for?! Come and get me, brat!" Nex said.
Ky uses Sonic Blade to strike at Nex who dodges and delivers a brutal kick but Ky back flips to dodge the kick and then delivers a swing with Dawn of Hope but Nex blocks with Death's Embrace and then unleashes a shadow drill from the ground to get Ky who dodges the shadow drill and unleashes Light Waves at Nex who dash punches at Ky and then aerial double kicks and slam slashes with Death's Embrace but Ky counters with Dawn of Hope and then triple slashes with the Keyblade followed by Thunder Spin but Nex counters and double slashes with Death's Embrace followed by an upper slash and then delivers a down kick but Ky recovers and uses Ragnarok at Nex and manages to get him and then knock Nex out of the building with the energy shots but Nex fires shadow bombs at the building to destroy it but Ky quickly gets out and dash slashes with Dawn of Hope and aerial diagonal slashes but Nex dodges each slash and then grabs Ky's shirt and then delivers a headbutt at Ky's head stunning him and then Nex delivers an upper kick and sends Ky into the air and Nex aerial slashes with Death's Embrace and then casts Dark Firaga but Ky recovers as he lands on the ground and casts Graviga to bring Nex down but Nex down slashes at Ky who dodges and vertical slashes with Dawn of Hope and then roundhouse kicks and then flip slashes but Nex counters and unleashes shadow spikes from the ground but Ky lands on a point of one of the shadow spikes and unleashes Light Sphere getting Nex who recovers and unleashes a stream of shadows at Ky who dodges the shadow stream and aerial flip slashes with Dawn of Hope and then upper slashes and delivers an aerial vertical slash at Nex who blocks the slash and then delivers an upper somersault slash to get Ky who recovers and tries to slash with Dawn of Hope but Nex unleashes a shadow hand to grab Ky.
"Ugh...!" Ky said as he's being crushed by the shadow hand.
"Too bad, kid. You should know already how weak you really are." Nex said as he throws Ky against a nearby rock and Ky hits his head against it and Ky falls to the ground unconscious. "Now, now. Don't die on me yet." Nex said as he unleashes shadow tentacles to grab Ky's body. "I'm not done playing with your death yet. Let me finish it first and then you'll die." Nex said.
Meanwhile Fulgur, Oswald, Elena, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, and Murray hurry their way through the valley ravine area to find Ky.
"We saw Ky go through this way after we left. I'm sure he was through here." Elena said.
"Don't worry. He will be found. I hope it's not too late." Fulgur said as they keep going.
Meanwhile Ky is still unconscious and is still trapped in Nex's shadow tentacles and Nex continue to make Ky suffer.
"I can't lose like this. Nex is seriously trying to kill me. And he's...happy about it. What can I do?" Ky asked in his mind and just then the same bright light is shining within his chest and the same light aura is covering his body while the same white markings appear on his arms, legs, and face and his eyes glow pure white again and also a pure white angel wing starts to appear on the right side of his back.
"What the hell?" Nex asked as he sees the light aura appearing over Ky's body and later on Ky unleashes a light blade it slashes at all of the shadow tentacles and Ky is now freed and confronts Nex again and then he delivers a powerful slashes with Dawn of Hope sending Nex flying. "AH!" Nex screamed in pain and lands on the ground.
Ky charges at Nex and delivers more slashes with Dawn of Hope and unleashes Light Blades and Light Waves at Nex who tries to dodge but they get Nex and he is sent flying again but Nex recovers but Ky uses his new angel to fly toward Nex and multi slashes with Dawn of Hope and then unleashes light chains to strike at Nex who tries to dodge but every single light chain strikes at Nex and knocks him down.
"Dammit! What is he?! How'd he get that power?!" Nex asked and casts Dark Firaga at Ky who creates a light shield around him and destroys the dark fireballs. "Dammit! What the hell's going on?!" Nex asked and Ky uses his angel wing to unleash a powerful gust of wind at Nex who tries to stay where he's at but the wind is so strong that it blows him back and he hits his back against a rock and Nex screams in immense pain and falls to the ground. "Such power... I guess I have no option. I'll have to take off the gloves. It'll cost me, but I don't care. As long as I get rid of that brat." Nex said.
Nex's left eye starts to glow dark blue again and the shadows begin to cover his body and then is transformed into the same black imp creature with dark blue marks and after the transformation Ky confronts him.
"Nex! That form..." Ky said.
"yOu ReMeMbEr? FlAtTeRiNg." Imp Nex said.
"We'll see how flattering you'll be when I'm finished with you!" Ky said.
"WiTh ThIs FoRm, I'lL nEvEr LoSe!" Imp Nex said.
Ky charges at Nex and attempts to attack him and then smashes Nex against a boulder but then Nex unleashes what looks like one demonic wing on the left side of his back and blocks Ky's attack and then pushes Ky back and Ky is shocked to see that Nex has his own wing.
"Nex, has the darkness turned you into a monster?" Ky asked.
"iT sEeMs ThE lIgHt HaS mAdE yOu InTo ItS cHoSeN wArRiOr." Imp Nex said. "nO mAtTeR. tHiS fIgHt Is OvEr." Imp Nex coated Death's Embrace with dark aura again. "PrEpArE tO dIe!" Imp Nex said.
"You leave me no option." Ky said as he lights Dawn of Hope with light aura.
The two stare at each other and then they dash at each other again to clash their opposite element coated Keyblades again and as they clash they create a giant surge of energy filling the entire abandoned village and later on a giant explosion occurs and Ky and Nex are trapped in the explosion's orb with their Keyblades still clashed and the explosion gets the whole village.
Later on the explosion dissipates and the entire village buildings are destroyed and in ruins and Ky who is now back to his normal form is on the ground unconscious with Dawn of Hope on the ground beside him and the sky starts to get darker and starts to rain all over Ky's body.
Just then Fulgur, Oswald, Elena, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, and Murray arrive at the destroyed village and they look around to see where Ky is and later on as they keep exploring they see a body lying on the ground and so they run over to the body and as they get close they recognize the body and are all shocked.
"Ky!" Elena said shocked as she kneels down.
"What happened here?" T.J. asked.
"Judging from the injuries, I'm guessing Ky got into a fight." Blaze said.
"But with who?" Max asked.
"Probably Nex." Sly said.
"Maybe." Fulgur said as he picks up Ky's body and places him on Fulgur's back.
"Now what?" Oswald asked.
"Well, we should get Ky somewhere outta this village and out of the rain. This boy's gone through much and I can tell he fought bravely. I think we should take care of him until he wakes up." Fulgur said.
"But where can we go? For all we know, this could be the only village in this world and it's destroyed." Elena said.
"Don't worry. We'll figure it out. Right now, his safety and healing his wounds come first." Fulgur said as he leaves the village and the others follow him.
Meanwhile in the terrain Nex who is also back to his normal form and is severely injured from his fight with Ky is walking through.
"Well, well. Looks judging from your wounds, you must have had fun fighting Ky." A voice said and Nex looks up to see a girl.
"Shut up, Azula. I didn't ask you." Nex said turning away from Azula. "That brat put up more of a fight than I imagined. He's no longer the kid that got pushed around when I met him." Nex said as he keeps walking.
"So, are you certain your father is somewhere around here?" Azula asked.
"He has to be. I just know it." Nex said.
Just then a dark portal appears in front of them and emerging from the dark portal is the dark hooded figure that Ky encountered earlier.
"Who are you?" Nex asked.
"Nex...is that you, my son?" The black hooded figure asked.
"Son...? Wait. Does that mean you're...?" Nex stops talking.
"Yes." The black hooded figure said as he takes off his hood showing his face and it's a man with palm skin, longer black hair, crimson eyes, and black markings on his face. "It has been too long, my son. My, how you've grown." The man said.
"I can't believe it... It's you! After all these years, I've found you!" Nex said.
"I'm sorry for leaving you all on your own. I have been busy plotting and I did not want you involved yet." The man said.
"What plan?" Nex asked.
"...My vengeance." The man answered.
"Please, let me help you with that. I want to know more about you after all the years." Nex said.
"Of course. Please come with me, my son." The man said as he goes through the dark portal.
"Finally, I get to meet my father." Nex said as he follows into the dark portal.
"Perhaps I should join." Azula said as she follows into the dark portal before it disappears.
And that's it for this chapter! You have no idea how I've always wanted to write a Ky vs. Nex chapter! That chance finally happened! I'm so happy with what I did! I loved it so much! What'd you guys think of the battle between Ky and Nex? Let me know your thoughts and opinions. Well, looks like this is gonna be it soon. Next time, it's the epilogue of the story! Hope you're looking forward to that. There's not much to say. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll see you all in the next one. Take care, goodbye, and please REVIEW! Bye now!