Link Fangirl01: Chap27: Well I spent a long time imagining Yugo's Ballin' entrance. And Achron is the only bad guy that I've genuinely tried to make hate-able, ever, so I'm glad to see I accomplished that.

Chap28: Yeah this chapter got super morbid super fast. I didn't really intend to do that, it just sorta happened. I was trying to make Kain darker as a character because he's kind of an "I don't care I'm just doing my job" kind of character, but with a hint of Aetherian pride. At the same time I was trying to imagine what it would be like to have little to no memories or experiences and not really understand emotions, yet be trapped in a teenage body with full teenage functionality. You experience love and it's amazing and beautiful and you wonder how you lived without it, then this guy comes along and rips the source of that love right out of your life like he was squashing a bug. You'd be pretty pissed too, and desperate to get it back.

(side note: Now both of the Elitropes are hatless, poor Eva's probably gonna have to make new one's again.)

Author's Note: I know I haven't really answered the last few reviews on this story so I'm sorry about that, I had a lot going on the last few weeks. I tried to answer everyone in the review section so if you didn't find an answer to a question in one of the last two chapters than look there please.

Chapter 29: Darkness made real

The three opponents stared at each other, tensing their bodies and readying to fight, Yugo's eyes wandered briefly to the battle happening in the south, it seemed Lucian had finished up there, everyone was safe, momentarily. But this opponent would make all the others look like a collective minor annoyance, he could feel it, he could feel the power seeping off this guy as it rushed past him and moved through his being like a dark ghost, he felt it in his bones and his soul.

Adamai seemed to feeling the same thing, this guy was dangerous, much more dangerous than the others, there was a hidden hatred and malice beneath that calm exterior, and angry jealous tyrant waiting to be unleashed. If he had anything to say about it, it never would be.

Yugo motioned to adamai to take to the air and the dragon complied, he summoned a portal on the ground below him making his other appear just beneath adamai as he was flung out of it his feet connecting with adamai's as the dragon launched him towards Achron like a rocket. Yugo summoned his portals again, this time moving through several at once as he built up speed, more and more until he was ready to hit his foe. As he popped out of the last portal a sonic boom resounded across the landscape with a shockwave to match as his fist connected.

Achron sttod coldly and silently his hand raised and grasping the eliatrope's hand in his own. "Is that the best you can do?" Achron asked calmly Yugo's face changed from one of determination to one of fear as Achron's right had swung from his side and connected with the boy's head sending him flying backwards into a forest of trees and stone ripping ans scratching at his clothes and his skin. Adamai caught him before he slammed too hard into the flat stone face at the end of his arc.

"You have to be more careful Yugo" his dragon brother said "He's not like the other we fought, he's their alpha, their god."

"I know," Yugo replied rubbing his shoulder "I'm sorry, I'll have to try something else."

Aside from returning to a normal stance Achron hadn't moved at all, he remained a silent pillar unbreakable and immovable.

"Well, I never thought I'd need this so soon." Yugo said almost defeated "But I have no choice."

The young eliatrope pulled off his hat and allowed his cranial wings to show, their power lifted him slightly off of the ground allowing him to levitate to a position closer to his enemy. Aside from arching an eyebrow however Achron made no move. Yugo put his arms out like a cross and sunnoned a portal over each hand bringing them together he overlapped them and a beam of white hot energy emerged sailing towards Achron. The aetherian simply put up his hand and it seemed to swallow the power up as though his body starved for more.

"Enough!" said Adamai angrily as he drew in his breath and blasted out a hurricane of fire upon their enemy, rather than consume the dark aetherian however it twisted, and set fire to the ground around them as a shield of wind became visible around Achron's form.

"Are you done?" the dark aetherian asked, when Yugo and Adamai made no move to answer he continued "I thought so, now it's my turn."

Anchron's eyes bulged wide and pure bloodlust poured forth from his being, Yugo and Adamai found themselves unable to move as passed through them preying on their every fear. Their minds ran wild as they imagined the terrifying death's they would endure at the hands of the man before them. A man who hadn't even moved yet, and found their powerful attacks little more that gnats to be swatted aside and crushed under his fingertips. And then Achron moved.

The dark aetherian was suddenly before the eliatrope boy, he held up his finger and a dark orb formed at it's tip, he placed it upon Yugo's chest and pushed it into him, unlike a normal attack this one seemed to merge with his soul and taint him in darkeness, causing no harm to his body. Yugo fell to his knees grabbing his head and fighting hard to maintain control of himself, to cas out the darkness that now dwelt within.

Seeing this horrifying sight woke Adamai up, he moved away and summoned his stasis blade to his arm "What have you done to him?" he yelled angrily.

"I have made his soul one with my own," Achron said "your greatest champion will become your destruction, this is my favorite way of conquring the worlds." Achron laughed a deep and evil laugh.

Tendrils of black energy began to appear on Yugo's skin as he battled desperately against the darkness Adamai refused to simply watch in horror, maybe if he found some way to defeat this enemy before the spell he had weaved finished it's terrible work it would be reversed. The young dragon spread his wings and soared at the aetherian, twisting at the last possible second to swing around him and stab his blade into Achron's back. The blade sank in, but the aetherian seemed none the worse for wear. He reached back and grabbed adamai's small form holding in front of him at eye level.

"You annoy me," he said and cast the dragon aside like rodent to die.

Seraphin's eyes opened, he saw blue skies, that was good, at least Acrhon hadn't gotten around to destroying this place yet. But why was he even alive? Achron had been pretty set on killing him, and he had been pretty sure that this had been the end. Had he become unconscious?

Sound bled into his now open ears as he heard the sound of Achron's voice spitting some spiteful words, he heard the sound of someone grunting and yelling, as though they were fighting against something. His eyes snapped all the way open and he sat up, grunting in pain as he forced his body to obey his commands. The sight that greeted him appalled him. Achron threw Adamai away like a ragdoll while Yugo was crouched on the ground gripping his head and screaming in effort and pain. Dark purple veins throbbed in his neck and reached up his face as he fought the darkness within.

Seraphin had seen this before, it was a horrifying ability that seemingly only Acrhon had, he could saturate a person's soul with darkness and turn them against their former friends and even family. By the time the person woked from the living nightmare, if they woke from it at all, they found all they had ever loved destroyed and desecrated by their own two hands. It disgusted the aetherian more than anything else Achron did and caused anger and rage to well up in his chest. He was not going to let this child become another pawn in the conqueror's twisted game.

Gathering all the strength he could muster he pooled his power at the tips of his fingers condensing it and holding it. Gathering more, a little more. Achron approached the dragon now prepareing his killing blow. He needed more, just a little more, if he could call just a small amount of his power back he could… There!

"Preateus…" Achron's form whirled immediately his eyes wide with shock and fury as he saw the golden light stretch towards him "… Lumari!" like a bolt of lighting the energy left his fingers and soared through the air at light speed colliding with Achron's body and ripping through it, burning and searing his flesh as it went. Electrifying what it could not touch and truing the man's torso into a human barbeque.

Achron dropped to his knees panting, his body smoking, and took deep ragged breaths. Already his skin was flaking and being replaced with new pieces, it would take a few minutes, precious time that they needed, but he was not going to die or stop from that alone.

"Yugo." Seraphin said as he crawled closer to the boy, "Yugo!"

The eliatrope's head turned and his eyes saw the aetherian, his pain was too great for him to speak but his eyes begged the golden knight to help him.

"I'm sorry Yugo," Seraphin said "But that was the last of my strength. You have to fight this on your own, I know you can. Think of Alibert and Chibi, Think of you dragon brother. You can't become what Acrhon wants, You'll destroy everything you love, you have to prove that your light is greater than his darkness."

Achron was beginning to stand, though his body was still regenerating tissue, Adamai took the opportunity and thrust his blade into an already rent hole in Achron's belly and pulled up ripping through his back. The dark aetherian howled in pain and at swung around slamming his arm into the dragon and sending him into a flat stone face nearby.

"This will not do," The Great Dragon said "I must aid him."

Rip moved threateningly "No one is fighting Achron," he said in a very serious tone "All you will do is die."

"I never said I would be fighting," The Great Dragon said "But Adamai does not have the power to hold him off on his own. He needs my power. To give him this power however, I need to get closer."

Rip thought this thought it over for a moment, it wasn't unheard of for certain individuals to be able to share their power with others. "All right, Under my watch." He said finally.

The two approached the battle field, he hadn't noticed Serphin get back up before, it seemed the eliatrope kid was fighting Achron's Dark betrayal technique. That was sad, it looked as though he would have to crush another hero beneath his hammer for the good of the world he used to protect once again.

"Is this close enough?" Rip said as they made it past the halfway point, fortunately Achron was busy with the Dragon child and wasn;t paying attention to them, or they would likely be dead already.

"Yes this will do." The Great Dragon replied he sat down and put his hands together as though praying and began to chant, his body glowing a bright periwinkle as he did so.

Again and again he was slammed into hard surfaces, if it wasn't a rock it was a tree, or the dark aetherian's own body, it seemed the torturous beating would never stop. Achron's eyes were bloodshot, he wasn't thinking anymore he had simply become an engine of pure destruction, and at the moment that engine was trained on him with laser like focus.

"Adamai" A voice called inside his head. A familiar voice, though he had only heard it once or twice before.

"Father?" he asked as Achron's elbow struck his chest and crushed him to the ground.

"I am sending you my power child," The voice continued "Keep Achron busy, You're brother is in terrible pain, you have to keep him off Yugo until he can get ahold of himself."

"Sure," Adamai said spitefully "I'll fit that in right after the next spinal tap." He was actually wishing he hadn't trained so hard before, trained to be able to beat Yugo n a fight, if he hadn't maybe he'd be dead already and there would be no more pain.

"My power will heal you, and make you stronger than you have ever been."

As the words left his mind he felt something tug at him, then it was as if his body opened up to drink a river of stasis. His eyes glowed purple and body changed, his arms became more muscular and his wings tripled in size purple energy surrounded him and flowed out of him. Achron didn't seem to notice as another bone shattering punch was swung at the dragon. This time however things went differently. He caught the dark aetherin's fist in his hand.

"Is that the best you can do?" Adamai said with a smirk he blasted purple energy from his other had and forced Achron back into a stone, a pity the Aetherina was strong enough that he only tapped the thing, it would've made him feel better to slam the jerk into a rock a few times.

Adamai flexed his muscles and tested his new powers, he had never felt so alive or powerful before, it was always Yugo that managed to harness some power from krozmos to overcome any situation he was thrown into. The young dragon smiled, this would be fun, it was finally his turn to shine.

His smile faded however when he looked over at Yugo to show off, his brother was screaming as he gripped his head in pain, dark veins showing on his neck and face as Achron's dark power slowly took his body from him. Adamai took a worried step towards him.

"Leave him!" The Great Dragon's voice returned with strictness "That is his battle to fight, he must fight it alone, you must keep Achron too occupied to concentrate on that battle."

Adamai understood, Achron's attention was split, a part of him was inside Yugo trying to destroy him from the inside out, while the rest of him fought Adamai outside. If he could force the aetherian to focus enough of his thoughts on his battle with adamai he wouldn't be able to fight Yugo effectively.

He turned to see Acrhon's form fully healed he was shaking the red from his eyes as he stared angrily at the dragon. "I guess you'll be a little harder to take down than I thought." He said

Damn, The fight with Seraphin had drained him more than he cared to admit, perhaps it wasn't all that smart to use the Dark Treachery technique on the little blonde boy after all. And the bastard was still alive, and he was able pool that much power? this wasn't helping, Kain and Mortis had already failed, his ships were bgining to retreat, if he didn't make this happen now he would suffer the first defeat he had ever had since waking from his stasis at the hands of Seraphin ad some filthy mortals.

The dragon rushed at him, he was fast, but not fast enough, he dodged and slammed his elbow into the Dragon's back. The dragon slammed into the ground, but rolled and got up again, this time twirling and kicking him in his chest. That kick was more than kick however, it was far stronger than it should be, and energy was sent into his body, tearing at his muscles internally, what was this? Pressure pint techniques? He wasn't falling for this.

Yugo was surrounded by blue and purple lights. This place seemed so surreal. A mirrored floor and a large dome, outside of which was what seemed to be a night sky full of stars. He walked around for few moments exploring, there didn't seem to be all that much here. Mirrors of some sort appeared and disappeared playing back moments from his life, moments seen through his own eyes. Where was he?

The sound of footsteps came to his ears and he turned, behind him was another boy, this boy looked just like him, a perfect copy, though the boy had white skin, black hair and glowing red eyes.

"Who are you?" he asked "And where is this."

The new arrival smiled, a dark twisted smile "We are in your mind stupid," he said "And I'm you, well, You're me rather, at least that's how it will be a few minutes."

Yugo didn't understand how could he be over there if he was right here? They were in his mind? Is that why his memories played so openly on the mirrored squares around him?

"I get it," Yugo said "You're actually…"

"Your dark side," The boy said still smiling that twisted smile " Every dark desire you've ever had, from hitting your adorable little brother to ta all those crazy things you want to try with the Sadida girl."

Yugo's face blushed red "What would you know about that?" he said defensivly

"Aw, I hurt your feelings," The boy said in mock concern "Good! About damn time someone did you milk sucking baby!"

"I don't understand," Yugo said "What's happening?"

"What's happening?" the boy made a mean mock imitation of Yugo's voice "What's happening is that I got my hands on some outside help, and now, I'm going to be taking over here starting today little welp, there's gonna be some major changes around here."

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Yugo yelled entering a fighting stance.

Th dark Yugo laughed, a genuinely entertained laugh "Oh my god you're adorable!" he said "It's a good thing you don't" he finished with a much darker tone raising his hand and blasting a blue energy beam out of nowhere. How did he do that? He didn't cross portals or anything! The beam slammed into Yugo and threw him backwards, he slid on the mirrored surface beneath their feat.

Ow, that had hurt, That was more power than he had ever wielded before, except maybe when he had used The Eliatrope Dofus. He got up and summoned two portals on either side of dark Yugo, but Dark Yugo just jumped and landed in front of him Punching him hard in the gut.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk" Dark Yugo uttered "You should know better than that." He said "After all, I am you remember?"

Yugo looked up to see a dark form behind Dark Yugo, floating there, following his dark half's every move, supplying him with dark energy to use against his lighter self.

"You think he'll just let you have what you want?" Yugo said "He'll just destroy you and take over as soon as you're done with me."

"You're pitiful." Dark Yugo said as he kicked Yugo and forced him to the ground "You're gonna try and convince me that I should let you hang around? You're not going to succeed dumbass." He said "Although you are right about one thing, I can't actually kill you, y'know since we're one being and all, but I sure as hell can torture you to the brink of death, and that sounds like fun."

"Please," Yugo said pitifully

"Please!" Dark Yugo repeated in a condescending tone "Pathetic, You're supposed to be the big hero that saves the day and makes everything right, You can't even control yourself, look."

Another Mirrored square appeared and on it he could see himself, as though through another's eyes moving about grabbing his head desperately trying to stay put as his body moved against his own commands. The mirrored square vanished

"See, I win, you lose." Dark Yugo said "And it's about time I got to do some winning."

Yugo's eyes hardened "You haven't won yet."

"Ooh, scary eyes," Dark Yugo taunted "I better watch out, you might cuddle me to death."

Yugo's mind was swimming, not just the trying to take control, but he had to find a way to beat him, to beat his dark self, he had to get up, he had to fight, he had to make sure that he would never hurt anyone.

Dark Yugo's Shoe collided with his head as he stood forcing him back to the floor "Stay down dork!" he said angrily Dark Yugo began to stomp on Yugo's head keeping him pinned down and unable to take control of himself, he couldn't do anything he couldn't fight. He was weak, he was failure, he was no hero, he had failed to save the world from Achron and now he was failing to save it from himself.

"Yugo!" a voice reached them

"No!" Dark Yugo said angrily "You shut up you meddling golden prick"

"Yugo, you have to beat this." Sephin's voice reached him "You're brother's out here fighting Achron all on his own, he can't beat someone that strong, he needs your help, please, you have to beat this and help him, my strength is gone, I can do nothing more for him."

"Shut up!" Dark Yugo yelled "Don't go giving him Ideas!"

His foot came down hard again, but this time Yugo didn't let it hit him. He caught the foot in his hand Shoved upward with all the strength he could muster. Dark Yugo lost his balance shooting his arms out to try and regain it before completely falling backwards onto his rear. It would have been quite comical if the situation wasn't so dire.

"The hell?" Dark Yugo exclaimed "You're not supposed to fight back. Hey! Ghost guy! Where's all that extra power you promised me huh?"

That didn't sound good, Yugo stood up and approached his fallen darker self as the ghost like entity murmured something to him and started pouring purple energy into his body. Dark Yugo gained purple symbols on his chest and arms and his eyes glowed an eerie dark purple.

"Oh yeah!" he said "This is what I'm talking about!" He stood up and rushed forward punching Yugo in the face and sending him reeling backwards, though he didn't lose his balance quite. He summoned his portals and over lapped them shooting a great beama at his darker self who mirrored his movement resulting in a beam battle between the two.

"I'm never gonna live under some innocent weakling like you again!" Dark Yugo said angrily as he pushed his power forward.

"I'm not weak." Yugo argued back "I have my friends and family, my ties and my bonds, and they make me strong!"

"What a load of cheesy crap!" Dark Yugo said as the two pushed at their beams trying with great difficulty to overcome the other. Another volley of dark energy entered Dark Yugo from the apparition behind him and the beam grew bigger and stronger forcing Yugo back, he wasn't going to be able to hold this much longer, he summoned another portal and tried to amplify the beam, but to no avail, he just didn't have the strength.

Dark Yugo's beam won out and Yugo was sent flying back, burning, into the side of the dome. So, that's what bag guys at the business end of his attack felt like. No wonder Adamai had been so pissed when he had accidentally struck him with it all those years ago.

Yugo looked on as Dark Yugo approached him, an Idea occurred to him, but he would only get one shot at it, if he failed he would lose, and his mind would fall to chaos. He had to try though, if he didn't he wasn't sure how much longer he would be able to hold on.

As Dark Yugo approached him he stood up and put up his fists, ready to fight. Dark Yugo laughed. And just as he got close enough Yugo lunged. Dark Yugo watched amused as Yugo sailed right over his head.

"What are you aiming for?" he said mockingly.

"This!" Yugo replied as he grabbed the aparition's neck, a rather solid neck for an apparition at that. The Wavy form slowly solidified into an all too familiar one. Achron was held there by his neck his black hair moving to a non existant breeze.

"Took you long enough." Achron said

"Get out of my mind!" Yugo said angrily "You are not welcome here!"

"What?" Dark Yugo exclaimed as all his extra power vanished and he was left standing there, weakened, he looked just like Yugo now, just a little darker in his complexion.

"Why can't you mortals just die?" Achron said "It would make my world so much easier to build."

"LEAVE!" Yugo yelled summoning his power and pouring it into Achron's mental body.

Yugo's hands left his head and he was no longer yelling in pain. Blue energy began to outline his form as a black orb was pulled from his chest. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" He yelled in anger A wave of blue energy blasted out from him like a shockwave hitting everything around him and pushing both Adamai and Acron off balance.

Within his mind he reached his hand out to Dark Yugo. The other boy slapped it away.

"I don't want your pity." He said spitefully.

"It's not pity," Yugo said "He was going to kill us both, now if we want to beat him we'll have to fight together."

Dark Yugo hated to admit it when his other half was right, but he had no choice this time, he probably would have died, Achron seemed to have little interest in him and abandoned him when things got a little rough.

Whatever, he said standing up.

"Would you like to do the honors?" Yugo said to his darker companion

"You sure you're okay with that milk drinker?" Dark Yugo said.

"Well, You do have a bit of flair," Yugo said "Might actually work to our advantage this time."

Blue power radiated around the boy's body like fire licking at the air around it and burning anything that was unlucky enough to get too close. He raised his head and stared down the battlefield at his enemy a dark look in his eye.

"You," He said darkly "I'm going to kill you!"

Author's note: So this is the first half of the final battle, one more chapter then an Epilogue. It's been pretty fun so far. But I'm not done yet, I have a sequel in the works, Not sure what I'll call it yet, but It will surround the Yugolites that worship our favorite little king and Yugo's struggle in basically becoming a god (though he really doesn't want to). He brought them into this world and now he'll have to take responsibility for what he has done. At the same time he'll be working at trying to get the real Eliatropes back into the world of twelve. Let's see how that works out for him.