Tales of the Cosmic Wars

Chapter 83: The Embodiment of Carnage's Descent!

Last time, in Tales of the cosmic wars, Ben and Hiryuumon landed on the unfriendly planet of Mitchtam, in order to both locate the last crystal shard for the Star Sword and also find the two traitors that Kira also says has come down to the world themselves! Ben at once bursts to his destination destroying any monster or confused native that stood in his way! Ben at last saw the shrine in is sights, but one more obstacle stood before him!

At first it was just a voice in the darkness, but soon that voice manifested into one of the most dreaded villains of all, the specter of Darth Vader!

Whether or not it was an illusion of the former Jedi Knight, or his spirit revived was unknown, but whatever it was, it was real enough to be a threat for Ben! Ben was able to hold his own against the dark lord, and even catch him off guard long enough to land a blow powerful enough to shatter Vader's mask! However, this disturbed Ben most of all when he saw his own twisted face on his foe's body, as he claimed to be Ben's own true dark nature!

Ben refused to accept this and blasted the phantom away, just as Wyrmmon arrived.

While getting more stressed by the moment, Ben and his Digimon partner then moved into the temple. As they moved deeper into the place, Ben saw that this shrine was much different than the others, it was much more wrapped in darkness.

And the crueler obstacles it lay before Ben, the more disturbed he became, but he pressed on to the end. However, when Ben reached the crystal room at last, he saw not Gilgamesh waiting for him, but the two Enji traitors. And Ben was shaken to his already cracked core when his eyes showed that they were Doug and James, and both of them were willing to kill Ben to advance their own plans! Ben was clearly not happy to fight what he thought were two of his closest friends.

However, when his life was threatened, Ben refused to let anyone kill him. He unleashed his Bankai powers and totally wiped them out in a mighty blast of rage! This was the last straw to Ben, and it nearly put him into an emotional breakdown!

However, only Kira 's voice ordering him through his Codac transmitter got his fractured mind back on track to remember his fate. And, without even wondering why the crystal before him was so different and tried to fuse with it, only to have a reaction he was not expecting as he, Hiryuumon, and the whole area were covered in a massive light!

This is not even the most shocking event though. Because around the same time, back at Hallowed Bastion, Cloud had just returned, and saw the supposedly now deceased Doug and James acting totally normal and wondering what Ben is up to! If Ben's pals were never the traitors and were back at the base the whole time, then just what or who did Ben kill?

And how involved is Kira, whose actions are proving to be more brutal and questionable by the minute as he kills Dist for leaking the replica army to Jade and the Enji! All that is known is that a mysterious dark force has been unleashed back on Vjun, with our hero nowhere in sight! There are a lot of questions to be answered, and it's time to seek those answers, so let's get started!

Our newest chapter begins back at Hallowed Bastion, and we are back with Cloud, Doug, James, and co getting informed by Aeris and Moz what has been going on. Aeris has just finished describing both the events at the Enji council meeting about Kira and the depths of his ideas and what happened between Ben, Lacus, and Brad.

After hearing how Brad proved himself to be even more of a jerk than everyone already thought he was, Doug gets mad and takes out his anger by kicking the nearby service droid far enough to score a touchdown from one side of a stadium to the other!He then furiously says, "Damn that Brad! He just is begging to get his face caved in!

Where is he? I think I should give him a piece of my mind!"

James just sighs and reacts with a stoic,"Don't bother. Whenever the Masters and Captain Sabin are giving him a hard time for his less than satisfying performance, he always bails out to the under-sector, with all the other punks like him."

Cloud just sighs and says,"As much as Brad may be unruly, we can't just kick him out for not having good manners or being aggressive. Unless he directly betrays us, it's better that we keep a loose cannon like him under our direct watch, or he could take out his rage in even worse ways. Still, I can't say I am not fed up with him myself. And pushing Ben into a even darker mood, when he has already been having a rough time."

Moz looks sad and reacts with a dismayed,"I can't bare to see Miss Lacus do whatever that Brad jerk tells her to do, Kupo. She must have realized by now that being with Brad can't possibly end well."

Aeris looks at a flower garden she is growing on the garden to the left and she weighs in,"I can't say I see much good in Brad's heart myself. However, I think Lacus and Brad have a deeper understanding than any of us can realize. Still, I feel bad for Ben. He has had such a harsh time lately."

Doug then shrugs before he reacts with, "Where is our buddy, anyway? It seems like he could use a major dose of cheering up!"

Moz then looks at the sky and says,"Too late, Kupo. Right after Ben thrashed a bunch of droids to cool himself down, Kira appeared before him and whisked him and Hiryuumon off, because he said he located something for Ben's Star Sword! Kira sure likes to move at a fast place."

James looks uneasy as he says," Kira, he may be the Commandant of the Titan's special forces, the son of Grand Master Myers, and a powerful warrior who has won countless battles, but he has been really acting sure of himself lately. And with this about the Salvation Army really being a grand army of replicas that Kira secretly created without telling us, sometimes I wonder if he thinks of himself as the ruler of the cosmos or something."

Cloud looks down and reacts with a doubtful,"The Salvation soldiers have been helpful lately, but I was always curious how Kira found so many elite solders so quickly. Can't say I like the answer I got."

Vincent then adds a weary," Kira's actions have become more and more harsh, and his attitude on how to bring order to the cosmos with less than peaceful intentions is not very assuring. It seems Myers might have to confront his son once and for all, and that could complicate things on all fronts. Just one of them being that Ben and Ezan are still under his command, who knows what Kira will make them do under his orders, if he feels threatened."

James then sighs and says,"Alas, it seems Ben has been a magnet for trouble, ever since he got the Star Sword. Well, I guess it's the destiny he always wanted, but I think he has just lately gotten the gravity of the burden that is on his shoulders."

Doug then laughs and reacts with a amused, "Oh, Ben has been a magnet for problems since we even joined the Enji, haha."

Moz looks confused and says, "Huh? But I thought you first met Ben when you all joined the Enji order?"

Doug looks embarrassed and says,"Ah, well that's what we thought, at first. But when we looked back and were talking about the olden days a few months back, we both remembered that we were at the same summer camp once! Haha, I remember it was a martial arts camp. Ben was not exactly the top of our class. At first it seemed he only was in it because Max put in a good word for him.

However, even if he messed up at first, he got pretty good. Even almost beat me near the end of camp! Ah, but the best part was how we worked together in a team match, and Ben totally owned this one punk who was like Brad, even though everyone thought Ben had no shot.

Heh, Ben definitely has the knack to hit back twice as hard when he seems like he is down for the count!"

Moz then says, "That's our Ben, Kupo! He always hated when people looked down at him and made sure he would not give up until he forced that person to change that person's look at him."

James then chuckles and says,"That sounds about right; he was like that even before we got here."

Doug looks confused and responds with a baffled, "Hey, hold the phone. I thought you did not met him until here?" James looks embarrassed and says,"

Well, it seems like we met once before, Doug. However, I had trouble remembering it since it was both a while ago and it was only briefly. When we were both 12, I recall that one day I was attending a special magic lesson from a wizard from a distant galaxy at the grand Neo Arcadia museum .

I believe it was a special lesson to learn the magic spell and everyone that came had tickets. I remember Ben because he and Max were right behind me in line. Seems Max got him in because he wanted Ben to see what a powerful magic spell looked like. The magician taught the spell to everyone in our row.

Max seemed to master it on his first try. I fell under "the third time is a charm" section.

And Ben, he kind of had it blow up on his face. However, before the session ended, Ben surprised me when he managed to perform it. It was not perfect, but it was enough to make the magician laugh. Like Doug said, Ben may be a slow learner, but he is quite tenacious, and can be quite ingenious in making up his own variation. He just might be able to pull of his dream after all."

Cloud then looks at some random newcomers to the Enji Knights run by in a hurry to their new lesson and says, "I'll admit, when you guys first came here, I thought squad 7 would be having different squad mates within a month. However, this is one of those times that I am happily proven wrong.

You all showed you had what it takes and then some. Ben, what Max taught him made him a decent warrior. And he took my and the others' training to heart and became even stronger from both that and the challenges he endured. After all, he rose up from a novice who's only combat experience was through virtual reality, to someone who could even match Zack and me in skill.

And he has proven his worth as the one truly chosen by the celestial ones by being the main cause of Xehamaru's downfall."

Tifa then winks at Cloud and says,"Hey now, don't forget we all had a part too. It's because of you teaching Ben well and looking out for him that he was able to make it this far."

Aeris then smiles and says,"Yes, because of Ben's dreams and his determination to fulfill them, he has changed many things for the better. Hehe, after all, it's because of him, you, and everyone else that I was given a second chance to live, Cloud. However, I have been seeing how the recent events have affected Ben.

And I am beginning to wonder if Ben's dreams are out of fear or sadness. What I mean is that I saw how much both being betrayed by Larxene and Max hurt him, and I think that just maybe one of his reasons for trying so hard was to step out of Max's shadow and get people to notice him. After trying so hard and fighting so long, only to be rejected by those that he admired the most, he must have been devastated .

That is why I think it is cruel for Kira to be so harsh on Ben, even if he says it's to make him stronger."

Cloud looks down and says,"I have to agree. Kira does not seem to understand that Ben is not like him and that while Kira might be able to not flinch no matter what pain he is inflicted with, Ben is not the same. It's not right for Kira to expect all people to be like him."

Doug then looks confident before he responds with a bold, "Hey, but I doubt Ben will let Kira continue to push him around. Come on, let's see if he got back from his mission."

James looks uneasy before he reacts with,"That all sounds well and good, but where would we find out? Remember, Kira does not like sharing much. Unless, hey wait. Is that Ezan?"

Everyone then sees the silver haired Enji stepping out of the nearby elevator and Doug then narrows his eyes and barks out a sarky,"Hey, Kaiba! What are you doing here? I thought your days are spent doing Kira's new missions?"

Ezan just abruptly stops and turns to Doug and the others and says, "While your statement is out of line, Doug Fitter, Commandant Kira is still my superior and the one currently giving me missions. However, he left and told me to remain here while he attends to some manners for a bit."

Cloud then walks forward before he says, "Did he tell you where he was going? Or for that matter, if Ben was with him?"

Ezan just expressionlessly responds with a casual, "The matters of Ben Auro do not concern me. All I was informed was that Kira was looking into matters on the world of Vjun." Tifa paused before she raised a eyebrow." Vjun...hey...isn't that the hazardous planet overblown with darkness? Right, the one that had the secret sanctuary of that old galactic empire's secondary commander-in-chief, Darth Vader? Why would Kira go there?"

Ezan then closes his eyes before he responds with, "Whatever it may be, it must be for Ben's training."

Doug then gets annoyed and sharply snaps back with, "Hey, stop acting like this is just a trivial thing! Don't you care at all if Ben is being dealt something he might not be able to handle? You're saying that you don't care if he snaps under the pressure?"

Ezan just looks annoyed at seeing Doug get in his face before he responds with a frosty, "Tsk, of course I don't want Ben to die, we still have to have our deciding match for who is truly the supreme warrior."

James just sighs and says, "You're hopeless. But I doubt you're making up stuff. I guess only Kira knows were he is, and he is not in the mood for telling."

Cloud then says,"This might be more difficult than it should be, alright, let's, huh? Oh no!"

Cloud's speech is stopped when he and everyone hears the alarm go off! He then hears the voice of Grand Master Myers say,"Attention all available Enji Knights! A dangerous situation has occurred, report to the command center at once!"

Without even saying anything, they all hurry to the nearest elevator and enter it. Soon enough they are in the large meeting place with the Grand Master in the center with the giant hologram viewing globe above him. As he sees a majority of the Enji enter, he says,"Greetings everyone, we seem to be in the midst of a dark new crises. The reason is that one of our long ranger satellites detected a disturbance, and it's a big one.

If the readings are correct, then a power level has just made its presence known, by wiping out the planet where it appeared! What is most disturbing was that there were no signs of Zeon, Dark Enji, or Zannacross warships in the region of space. This large dark magical source just popped out on its own and wiped out the world of Vjun."

Cloud is alarmed and says, "Vjun? But that was the world that Kira sent Ben to!"

Myers is alarmed and says,"He was? I had no knowledge of this! Kira did not even tell me he was going there!"

Moz then flies up and says,"It's true, grand master! I was there when Kira told Ben he had found the last crystal shard for the Star sword and wanted Ben to leave at once! Also he said something about needing to hurry before two Enji traitors got there, kupo."

Myers then looks alarmed before he says, "What? There is no possibility the last Crystal shard would be on a world so infused with the darkness. And what is this about traitors?"

Ezan looks annoyed and says, "Yes, the Commandant did not tell me of any suspected traitors lately, and I see little reason why he would only disclose such sensitive information with Ben."

Myers then looks even more tense before he responds with a weary, "In any case, we don't know what the situation is just yet. However, Kira has much to answer for and I would very like to, what? Incoming transmission from, Kira? Display it at once!"

Cid Highwind nods and presses a button before the image of Kira appears! Before he can even begin speaking, Cloud runs up and says, "Kira! What happened to Ben? What did you make him do, and why did the planet he was on just blow up!?"

Kira looks as emotionless as ever and casually says, "Ah, so you are all gathered. Hello once more, Grand Master, and my fellow Enji. I apologize for leaving in a hurry, but an urgent matter came up and now I see you all noticed that matter yourself.

Ben and I did go to follow the lead on the last fragment of the Star sword and two traitors. However, it seems both leads were unfounded. The only thing that Ben seemed to have found was something so powerful that the planet blew up soon after. I would like to get the situation from Ben, but it seems that the planet's explosion might be interfering with communications."

Myers then looks mortified before he reacts with, "Kira, you mean Ben is dead?"

Kira quickly retorts with, "No, his tracking signal has not gone offline. However, I can not pinpoint his exact location. His power level seems to not be within my ship's scanners."

Doug is quickly losing his patience , "What do you mean? You know Ben's not dead and yet you don't know where he is? How hard can it be when the planet is blown up?"

Kira then says,"There was odd magical activity before and after the initial explosion. In any case, I am now following the trail of odd energy. Ezan, remain stationed here till I return. That is all, so until then, Kira Myers, out."

His image fades and Myers says,"Kira wait! Sigh, I was not finished yet."

Cloud then grasps his fist before he says, "Grand Master, what are we going to do?"

Myers then says, "I suppose it would be meaningless to send even more forces when Kira has his own Titans looking into it. However, I do believe that the plant Taris is nearby that world."

And at the moment Enji Captains Kota, Captain Eugene Gallardo, Captain Beatrix, and Captain Basch Fon Ronsenburg are all rallying Lylat troops and the Neo Repliforce to try and liberate that world from both the Zeon army and the space pirates tight grip on the world.

The planet has been where those in the Shi'ar Empire supporting to Zeon have been holding up as the forces loyal to current leader Majestrix Lilandra Neramani, and the former leader still loyal to Zeon, D'ken.

I will notify them to be on guard for any abnormal activities.

Everyone, I know a lot of you are close with Ben Auro and are worried about him.

However, we must all be strong and believe in his ability to survive till this has passed. I will now go to notify King Atem about the recent events. I'll keep you all up to date on what happens.

Till then, may the light be with us all."

Myers then heads for the north exit and after a few moments, Moz then gulps before emitting, "Oh, Ben, Hiryuumon, please be okay, Kupo."

Aeris then pats the moogle softly on the head before she kindly says, "Don't worry, Moz, I am sure we would have felt a large shock wave of magic energy being thrown out of balance, if Ben was to die. He is still out there, somewhere."

Cloud then says,"I just hope Kira is looking for him seriously and is not just taking his time. Ben has to be reminded that there are people that care for him or, oh?"

Cloud and co then sees another elevator open up, and out from it steps Terra, along with Yuna, Collette, and Lacus! Terra 's friend Celes sees that she and her team have just entered and says, "Oh there you are, Terra, a little late though. The Grand Master has already left! It's not like you to be late, is something wrong?"

The annoyed Captain looks at Lacus and says, "I am deeply sorry, I ran into a delay. It took longer than it should have to get Lacus to report in. What is the situation?"

Tifa then nervously flicks her hair back before responding with" Well, to put it bluntly, the planet Kira sent Ben to just blew up and now no one knows where he is."

This shocks the four women, and Lacus most of all! Lacus tries to hide how worried she is and she tensely says,"Oh no, is, is he dead?"

James looks at her with a suppressed look of anger and says,"No, we can't confirm if he is dead or not. However, why would that concern you, Lacus? I heard that as of late you care little how Ben feels."

Lacus looks shocked at how sharp James is and hesitates before she says, "No, that's not it at all."

Terra then looks at Lacus and says,"Lacus, is something the matter? You have been acting withdrawn lately."

Collette then looks mad and says,"That must be because these days Lacus won't talk to anyone unless Brad allows it."

Lacus then gets upset and responds with a defensive" That's not it at all! You're twisting things out of proportion!"

Terra then sighs and says, "Settle down girls, we have a pressing matter to attend to."

Cloud then says, "Terra, I was thinking of going over the area around Vjun using the satellites to search for any odd magic energy. I was wondering if we could use your powerful magic to help Aeris and my search."

Terra instantly responds with, "That sounds like an excellent idea and I will be happy to help find Ben."

Cloud emits a small grin in responds before he cooly says, "Alright guys, let's get to work."

Doug then pumps his fist in the air and ands a gun ho,"Oh yeah! Hang on buddy, we will get you out of whatever jam Kira has gotten you into!"

Cloud and Terra's groups both leave the room. But as Lacus sees everyone leave, she then looks to the viewing globe and sees the remains of the former planet of Vjun.

She then happens to glance over a mirror in the room by chance, and sees the necklace Ben gave her a long time ago. She holds it and looks ashamed before she mutters, "Oh Ben, I am sorry that you have to keep suffering. You always try to reach so far, and you never give up.

However, despite the fact that you always tried to act brave, you always had a hidden fearful side. That side, that lonely kid who just wanted to get people to notice him. You were always trying to be somebody because you were afraid you would never be anyone but, I noticed you. And, I already liked who you were.

No matter what, you were always kind to me, even when the others were jealous of my family's position. And you always stuck by me no matter what happened. Even if you had your quirks, I knew you were a true friend. That is way, I was sad when my family had to move away from Transford.

My mother blamed it all on your father, but I knew it was the fault of those insane Mad Gear terrorist leaded by that demented Albedo.

Still, father insisted it would be best to move to a secure location. However, I think the only one more sad then me was him. I still remember, that promise we made right before the day we moved."

Lacus then sinks into her memories and we dive into a flashback in the process!

We then move back into the past to outside Shire woods where Ben and Lacus made their own place to have fun. It's noon time and Ben is with Lacus. Lacus then says, "So Ben, what is it that's so important that you nearly ran into one of the moving droids?"

Ben then says, "I wanted to get you something, Lacus. Since nothing can stop your parents from moving away, I wanted to at least try and stop you one more time."

Lacus looks at Ben and says,"What are you talking about, huh?"

Lacus then sees Ben take out a box he had in his pocket and takes out a golden chained necklace with a shiny blue gem in the middle!

Lacus then looks amazed before she says," Where did you get that Ben? Is it your mother's?"

Ben then gets nervous before he reacts with," No, this is, for you."

Lacus is shocked and looks at Ben in awe before"For me? How could you ever buy something like that?"

Ben then says, "I did not steal it or anything. I just spent the money I have been saving up for 6 years on it. And I had some luck getting a discount in the amount of Gill it cost, since I helped the store owner with his mutated rat problems. I was saving it to by my own robot. But, robots won't be leaving anytime soon and you are leaving in less than a day! I, I had to give you something that would be cool enough that you would be able to remember me."

He then puts it on Lacus and she is speechless for a few seconds before saying, "Oh Ben, it's wonderful! Thank you so much. I love it! However, you did not have to give me this."

Ben looks down and Lacus sees he is struggling not to show her how upset he is as he says,"Of course I do, Lacus, you're my best friend. And, because of how cheap my dad , and how stubborn he is about looking like he knows what he is talking about, was you got hurt and now you're moving away. Because my family does not have much money to travel, I might never see you again. And, I wanted you to have something to remember me by, even if you make a lot cooler friends where you move to."

Lacus smiles and then responds with a cheerful,"Oh Ben, no matter what happens, I would never forget you. Why would I forget someone who has stood by me, no matter what? Let's make a promise, that no matter what happens, and how much time passes, we will always be friends."

She then puts out her hand and Ben smiles before making a pact and then says,"It's a deal! Not only that, but I will add in a bonus! I promise that when you next see me, I'll have become the coolest and greatest Enji Knight in the whole universe! I have already stepped up my training with Max, and with that, my dreams of becoming the greatest hero of all are closer to a reality!

Just you wait Lacus, I'll make you proud to have known me! Huh?"

Ben is then amazed to see Lacus giggle and hug Ben briefly before saying,"Oh, Ben, I am already happy to have known you. You don't have to change, you're already one of my closest friends the way you are. Try not to grow up too fast, okay? Huh? The bells, it's time for us to go. I am sorry Ben, but I have to."

She then gets up and begins to walk back to her house, but turns around and winks at Ben, before saying,"However, it would not hurt if you were just a little more confident in yourself. Hehe, don't worry, next time we will have to compare who grew up the most! Take care Ben! "

She then tries to hide her own sadness as she hears Ben wave and say," See you later, Lacus!"

Lacus snaps out of her flashback and then gets teary eyed before she struggles to keep her composer up as she says ,"Oh Ben, I never forgot that promise. But, you could never understand how much things have changed since then.

The situation between when I was twelve and now, is far different. However, I never meant for you to be hurt so badly. Please, please don't die. If you died like this I would never be able to, huh? What is going on?"

All of a sudden Lacus hears another alarm and Cloud's friend Cid presses a few buttons before saying,"Holy blazing Chocobos, the sensors are going nuts!"

The Cid from Cecil's world runs over and says, "What is it, Cid? What the? How did such a power level appear out of nowhere?"

Cid Highwind then checks the reading again and says," I am not sure, but I do know that it's huge, in fact, its power is nearly higher than Myers' is! And the most confounding thing about this is that it's not even on a spaceship, whatever it is, it's blazing through Hyper space on its own.

From what we are aware of not even the Zannacross Empire with all their dark magic shenanigans can let them just hop through space so quickly! Whatever we are dealing with, it's something huge, and it looks like this mysterious thing wants to introduce itself to the folks on Taris!

Oh man, I know the Grand Master is going to be ticked off, but he would want to know about this."

Lacus sees everyone run around and she says, "Is this another minion of the god of darkness? They keep getting stronger and more vicious. However, we can't afford to let them win. Whoever is heading there will find themselves having to deal with four Enji Captains, and that is not something to take lightly."

Speaking of the world of Taris, we will now shift focus to that very world.

The world of Taris is like the capital planet of Corneria, in that it's mostly made up of planet wide metropolises. However, while Neo Arcadia, Transford and the other cities are also spaced out by lakes, mountains, and other areas of nature left intact, the world of Taris has had its growth gone uncontrolled, and it is entirely one sprawling city that covers the entirety of the planet surface with only a few large planes and long strips that used to be an ocean, not filled with buildings and roads. However, despite how unattractive the planet is, it's still a major productive world for the Lylat Kingdom.

And that was why in the early stages of the Lylat Kingdom, Weil ordered the Zeon army to take control of the world.

At first the Lylat forces did not have enough presence there, and within a few mouths Weil had enough droids and his own men to claim the planet annexed into the Zeon Federation. However, as of late, the Enji Knights have been leading the Lylat forces to try and retake the world, especially the Enji Captain Rahm Kota, who calls this world his home.

And since the Zannacross Empire has not taken an interest in destroying this world just yet, it has been a stalemate between the Enji and the entrenched Zeon forces, which the Space Pirates Samus loves to blast, also trying to cause havoc and claim the world's resources for their own use.

On the Enji's side were the Starjammer, pirates that were more sympathetic to the values of the Lylat Kingdom.

Today it seems by chance that the four Enji Captains and Starjammer's leader Corsair have organized their forces to try and make this the day to try and defeat the Zeon forces for good.

At the moment Captain Kota is going over final preparations for the battle with the troops, and he then says, "Alright, we will position the Gundams in the northwest, and then ambush them when they bring out their heavy machinery. Alright, position the shields and go over it one last time for defects."

The soldier nods and Kota then sees his fellow Enji step on the platform.

To the west comes the powerful female warrior from Zidane's world, the kingdom of Alexandria Beatrix.

From the east comes the Enji hailing from the world of Ivalice and the country of Dalmasca, Captain Basch.

To the north enters the humanoid panther like Gajuma whose origins are the spear wielding Captain from the Karegia Kingdom, Eugene.

To the south came Corsair and his fellow Starjammer's the grey humanoid cat Hepzibah, and the hulking green reptilian like humanoid Ch'od.

Kota then sees them all and looks brave and characteristically declares, "So everyone, are we ready to achieve victory today?"

Eugene just reacts with a solemn,"The Zeon forces are solidifying their positions in the city. However, we know all their positions. We detected some large energy signals."

Kota laughs and responds with a sly, "Ah, that must be that idiot, the so called baron of Taris, Deathbird , sister of Lilandra and brother of the former leader D'Ken, who's leading the faction of the Shi'ar Empire that made a alliance with Zeon.

Bah, she is both from the Zeon army and a traitor, so bringing her to justice will be of extreme significance."

Beatrix looks annoyed and emits a disgusted," That Deathbird. Such a vile wench that has used others to give more power and wealth to herself for far too long. She won't get away with her acts any longer, no matter what she hides behind."

Basch then looked at the screen and takes out his sword before saying,"Well, it seems now that we took down Eric the Red the vile woman is showing her face at last. The forces are beginning to move!"

Everyone then sees the massive amount of troops this Deathbird has gathered under her command. They all see various Zeon drones, from the standard Zaku battle droid, to the new powerful multi directional super class droid the Qubeley.

Also, there are the members from the Covenant that have not defected to the Zannacross Empire yet, as there are various Grunts, Elites, and Hunters among the ground forces. In addition, many of their Wraith tanks are among the forces.

To round it off, some of the Space Pirates are helping Deathbird, to give more room for their own plans and some pirate commandos and massive elite pirates have rounded off the forces and to top it off some random Skedar, Krogan and Skrull commandos are within the Zeon ranks.

Kota sees this and says,"So, he is as ready to settle the fate of this planet today, as we are. Good, then we can end this game of destruction. Alright, it's time. Everyone, get into position! Huh, what the?"

Kota then looks up in shock and the others are confused, until Beatrix says,"What is it, Kota?"

The Enji pauses before reacting with a baffled," Oh, it's nothing, for a second I could feel this tremendous rage, but then it vanished as soon as it appeared.

Bah, it is most likely an illusion meant to get us off focus. Alright, let's show them they can't deter us! Everyone move out!"

The Enji then send off the signal and the rest of their forces move out. They then move to the plan that stands before the major city of Taris to greet Deathbird and his force's troops. Kota takes the lead with the other Enji as they see the enemies get ready to attack.

While the Enji wonder why the forces have not begun to attack, they get their answer when they see the front line make way for someone and then a large machine makes its appearance.

It's a massive building sized mobile armor called the Zeong! And in it is none other than Deathbird herself!

She looks down at the Enji in his massive machine and from his loud speaker he boasts out a brash,"Well, well! If it's not General Kota and the rest of you annoying Enji being nice and lining up to die!" Kota then says, "Deathbird, you finally got some guts and decided to show your face after sending so many of your soldiers to die for you!"

The woman Shi'ar laughed before she leaned forward. "Hahaha, don't flatter yourself Enji dog! I was just getting tired of all this guerrilla warfare nonsense and decided it's time to once and for all hammer the message to your idiot of a leader, King Atem, that this world belongs to the Zeon Federation and my brother D'ken!"

Basch then powers up his magic energy and says," Your deluded dreams have fanned the flames of despair on this world for far too long! It's time we settle this!"

They see the Zeong begin to have its chest glow, before Deathbird responds with a aggressive,"Yes, let us end your foolish rebellion against my grand rule! You can't hope to defeat me! This mobile armor is more powerful than all four of your magic energies combined! Now it's time I turn you into nothing more than flesh needing to be scraped off my feet! Enough, all forces attack!"

Kota then powers up his own magic energy, and as he is surrounded by a green aura and his sword turns the same color, he looks resolute ," Your kind will never understand Deathbird. Those that use power to only gain for themselves will fail in the end. The darkness will never be able to win and it's time I show you why! Begin attack plan alpha!

Huh, what the? That power again? No, it's getting stronger, like it's right nearby!"

Deathbird then sees Kota freeze and laughs before saying,"What is it, Enji? Are you frozen with fright and seeing your death before you? Huh, what is it? Don't bother me with minor details when I am about to crush the Enji!" In her cockpit, the hologram image of her subordinate, Erik the Red, appears."I apologize, but this is something that you should be aware of! A massive power level is entering the planet's atmosphere."

Deathbird looks annoyed and says, "Another Enji? Bah, I don't care who enters, I'll smash the Grand Master himself!"

Her subordinate then gulps before emitting a anxious, "But the power level was so high we could not even get a reading before our sensors overloaded!"

"You weak minded fool! Those Enji are using their magic tricks to fool you! It's nothing more than a, what the?"

Deathbird then sees what everyone is getting worked up about, a massive red sphere of raw magic energy raging down to the planet the size of a warship, and its heading to crash right into the Zeong!"

"What is this? you think you can intimidate the great Empress of the Shi'ar? I'll show you!"

She then fires a massive energy blast from his chest. However, the massive energy beam just bounces off the blast! Deathbird then gets nervous and fires more blasts, but to no avail! Her eye twitched at this result."What the, what is this? This can't be! NO, AHH!"

Everyone is shocked as the energy meteor lands down right on her's mobile armor and instantly shatters the machine and Deathbird in an instant! Right before it impacts the ground, Eugene says,"Brace yourselves!"

He and everyone then block as the object crashes right into the ground and unleashes a massive shock-wave that blows both armies back, and even the Enji fall to their knees!

As the smoke blows their way, Basch says," What kind of madness is this? I feel a magic energy of pure rage and hatred pulsating from this being, and its more intense than anyone I have ever fought!"

Everyone then sees some one rise from the crater it made and are amazed that it's a person! This being is covered entirely in black and red armor, with dark spiky shoulder pads. The Enji then see many dark red crystals protruding out of his armor all over, and they are all curse seal of Necrocalcous crystals! Glowing chains are wrapped around the man's armor and the beings head is also covered by a black and white skull mask and helmet with the symbol of the Zannacross Empire on his forehead!

But what horrifies the forces of the Lylat kingdom most of all is that that enormous amount of magic energy is clearly this being's magic aura! The man is hunched over and is slowly walking out of the creator as it turns its head around.

Beatrix, still in a fighting stance walks forward and says,"Who are you? And more importantly, are you friend or foe?"

She gets a answer when the ground begins to shake and both armies begin to move back! Everyone then hears a loud insane laugh break out of the being, before a male voice says,"Are you strong, Enji Knights?"

Kota reacts by cocking a eyebrow before he responds with a guarded," What do you mean?" Guh!

Everyone then feels a massive outburst of energy emerge from the man and its pressure is so great the Enji can barely move, and the lesser Zeon droids explode! The man then stands straight up, and the four warriors of light can see its eyes exposed, and see inhuman demonic red eyes glaring at them! The man then yells out a harsh,"Did I shudder?! I said, are you strong!?"

Eugene then snarls out a dire, "Why do you care? Are you yet another minion of the Zannacross Empire? What do you want?"

The mysterious man just powers up his aura and responds with a insane,"What do I want? What I want is to see if you can make me feel alive! Show me Enji; show me how much you can amuse me!"

An instant later he then warps above the four with energy channeling around his fist! The warriors of light use the flash step skill to avoid the strike, just as the figure punches the ground with such force that it causes an explosion! The four then land and see the mad warrior's power before Basch says,"His power is even vaster than I fear. There is no telling what damage he can do to this world if this continues!"

The man then laughs and rasps out a deranged,"Hahaha! Oh, come on, that is a pitiful first move! If you're just going to bore me, then I'll kill you all, right now! Huh, did something just sting?"

He then realizes that the Starjammers are blasting him with their energy cannons, only for it to have no effect!

More Lylat soldiers opened fire behind him, only for the masked man then turns around and says, "I have no patience for bug bites, die!"

He then channels his energy and thrusts his middle and ring finger at the soldiers, only for a massive explosion to erupt and kill them and many others! Seeing the man kill Lylat soldiers, the Zeon forces cheer, only for the man to turn in their direction and say,"Wow, you idiots thought that was something? Then let me give you guys a real show!"

The previous excitement of the Zeon members turns to dread when the masked man laughs once more, and causes his magic energy to go berserk and has a barrage of large red energy blasts burst into the air before it becomes a rainstorm of death that blows the forces apart!

The man then gets even more crazed as he sees the rest of them begin to run away as he says,"You dare run away from me? I'll show you once you start playing with me, you're not allowed to leave until the very end!"

He then flash steps to the back of the line and the various aliens and walks slowly up to them. One of the Elite Pirates tries to punch the man, but he takes the blow without flinching and with his other hand he karate chops him with such force that the pirate shatters! Everyone else opens fire, but the masked man laughs and says,

"Your worthless weapons can't save you from me! Nothing will save you, from my judgment! Now, time to clean house!"

He then goes on the attack and manages to rip apart all of the ones blasting him in mere seconds!

He continues to mercilessly destroy everything in his sight, no matter whose side they are on! As the Enji see the masked fighters blow apart an entire group of Gundams with their fists, while laughing the whole time, Beatrix says,"What is that man after? He seems to be attacking everyone in his sight, and his only goal appears to be to kill! Insanity and power are a dangerous combination."

Kota responds with a dire, "We may not understand his motives, but whoever he is, I will not allow him to turn this world to his own playground of death. Huh, oh no!"

They all see the masked one charge through a Zeon warship and slash it in half just with his fist, before stopping in midair and staring at the nearest city! He then has his aura flare again as he says,"Aw, look at all the nice buildings lined up in a row. Let's see how well they can act like dominoes!"

He then channels energy into his hand and fires a blast that increases massively each second! Luckily for all the innocent bystanders, Kota, Basch, and Beatrix all flash step in front of the red energy ball and then strike it with their swords together! It takes nearly all the power the trio have, but they are able to hit the ball back into the air, where it gives off a massive explosion!

The masked one sees this and glares at the Enji before saying,"You three are no fun! I'll teach you to try and stand in my way!"

The panther like Enji lands before his comrades and points his spear at the man before saying," Anyone that takes pleasure in killing countless lives must be taken down. What makes you think your opinion is superior to others'?"

The man laughs yet again and says with malice,"Oh, I'm never going down to the likes of you. And it's not just my opinion, because my partner in crime agreed with me that this planet was filled with nothing but disgusting worthless scum!

Oh, that's right; he has not gotten up yet. Don't miss the show, awaken and introduce yourself. That's an order, Helldramon!"

Everyone then hears a large rumbling, before they hear a hideous monstrous roar! They then see the rubble where the masked man landed begin to shake, before the rocks are blown away!

Everyone sees their problems have just gotten a lot worse, as a massive red and black dragon takes flight! His entire body is covered in black flames and three pairs of wings are on its back. Its eyes are glowing as red as the masked man, and the Digimon is clearly Helldramon!

The masked villain then jumps on the dragon's head and says,"Helldramon, it's time I make it quite clear to these weaklings what I think of those that annoy me. Give them a proper introduction!"

The massive dragon's mouth then begins to glow before Kota has his muscles tense up and he barks out a on edge,"Get ready!"

Helldramon then speaks for the first time and roars out a vicious echoing,"Apocalyptic Flare!"

Everyone then sees a massive stream of deadly energy blast out of him; however to everyone's horror the dragon aims past the Enji, and decimates the city in an atomic explosion!

The masked one laughs again and cruelly says,"Nice one! Now we are having a real party! HAAHAH!"

Beatrix responds with a disgusted, "You fiend! Do you have no honor at all? Only the worst kind of scum takes pleasure in killing innocent lives!"

All of a sudden, the man stops laughing and gets angry before saying,"Oh please, no one is truly innocent! People that preach about how great they are make me sick. They are nothing but filthy liars, and I will verify my existence by erasing all of those liars from this dimension!"

Kota then grasps his sword tightly before he lashes back with, "Is that the best excuse you can offer? You're nothing but a very insane individual!"

The masked one glances at the Enji and sarcastically retorts with, "Correction, I am the only sane man in a broken cosmos. Oh, I do have another hobby, and that is enjoying crushing powerful opponents. However, you're all nothing more than unworthy posers! Eat them if you like, Helldramon, the sight of them angers me."

The Digimon bares its large fangs and dives to the four warriors of light before its claws glow and it says,"Hell's Edge!"

He then unleashes a massive swipe that nearly cleaves all four of the Enji in half! The blow goes on to slash one of the few standing buildings in half and as it falls Basch says," This madness must end now, I will not let this scum get away with his demented games any longer! Huh, oh no!"

To his shock, the masked one has warped in front of the four and chuckles before saying,"You want to die now? Fine, you're all clearly wasting my time anyway! He then instantly kicks Eugene in the face hard enough to blast him to the ground and a second later punches both Kota and Beatrix hard, before ending his combo by grabbing Basch's legs and throwing him hard into the rubble! He sees them all get up and says,"Not done yet? Maybe you can give me a better time than I thought!"

All four of them have their weapons glow with their magic energy and Kota says,"We will not be done until we defeat you, slave to the darkness! The Enji Knights will not let such a vile individual as you allowed to harm anyone else!"

The four then get on all sides of the masked mad man and he looks at each of them before saying,"Bah, you Enji are clearly more foolish than I thought, if you really think that fighting four against one will make a difference against me! Tsc, let me show you just how screwed you idiots are!"

His power then explodes again, but if being pressed back from his power was not enough he then strikes the ground with his fist, causing a massive blade larger than the ones Cloud uses covered with even more cursed seal crystals around it to appear!

As he grabs his sword, he sees the Enji all motionless and in their fighting stance and he rasps out a wry,"What is it now, worms? You said you were going to take me down, but you're all just a bunch of lame stiffs!"

He then amazes everyone with his skill by whirling around the massive sword he is holding using the chain attached to it so fast it's like a massive fan of death! He then throws the sword like a projectile right at Eugene, and while he dodges he is sliced across his side! Kota sees this and says,

"Eugene! Damn this guy, his fighting style is so crazed. He fights like a berserker, with more than enough power to back it up. However, you should know that Enji Knights are not called defenders of the peace for nothing!"

The masked man then laughs once more and says,"That's amusing, I thought you just were the first band of clowns to copyright such a title!"

Beatrix then charges at him with her Save the queen sword and says,"I'll teach you some manners, you demented psycho!"

She and the others all then attack at once. However, even though they all attack at a level of speed that is not normally possible for humans, the few remaining alive soldiers see that the masked man is even faster and moves like a blur as he dodges every strike with ease! After doing this for a minute, he laughs once more and says,

"If we were playing tag, you peons would not stand a chance. But, then again, if this is all you've got, then no matter what game we play, you are all destined to be killed by my hands, Enji!"

Eugene growls and says, "I'll show you all how much we really have! Cyclone Gale!"

Beatrix then has her sword glow while saying," Be cleansed by the light, Shock!"

Basch then charges up his energy before readying himself to unleash his powerful level two Quickening attack and saying,"Ruin Impediment !"

He then charges to unleash a magic infused punch to finish the combo. However, as the warrior of the dark side sees the triple attack coming, he just blocks them all at once with his sword! He then sneers out a dismissive,"You call those parlor tricks attacks? Let me show you what a real killer move is! Now, Shin, huh?"

All of a sudden, the masked one is shocked to see Kota flying above him, as he is surrounding himself with power and saying,"Don't underestimate the power of those that wish to protect this cosmos! Light Grenade!"

His foe is shocked to see the Enji fire such a powerful holy magic blast at such speed and it hits him dead on! The other three warriors are able to jump back just as the blast gives off an explosion so great, the entire area is consumed with light! As Kota lands, Basch gets to his side and says, "Nice work, Kota. Even if that blast did not slay him, now he knows he can not disrespect our valor. What the, no this can not be?"

Basch and the other three are horrified to see the smoke be blown away and the masked fighter floating in the air looking as crazed as ever! He laughs once more and says,

"That tickled! Nice try, but it's clear now you are all pathetic excuses for warriors! Bah, this is beginning to feel boring. I think it's time to wrap this up and kill you all! " He then jumps into the air and prepares to bring his sword down on the Enji! However, they all power up and Basch says,"We will not let you win! Flame Purge!"

As he fires off his level three Quickening attack, Eugene then aids his allies and attacks as well while saying, "Thunder Gale!"

Beatrix then fires her attack while saying,"Climhazzard!"

Kota at the same time fires off another Light Grenade attack and the four combine into a multi colored blast that collides right at the charging mad swordsmen! The Enji are horrified as his aura grows even larger and he madly says,"Fools! No matter what you throw at me, I can not be defeated! Have a taste of what absolute power is, Genocide Tempest!"

His sword then explodes with dark red energy and he easily slashes the combo energy attack and shatters it!

Before the Enji can react, he then warps in front of them and unleashes a whirlwind attack of lightning fast sword strikes that majorly damages the four! He ends the combo by firing a blast from the tip of his sword that causes yet another explosion that shakes the planet!

He then lands on the ground, and when the smoke clears, he sees that all the Enji are still alive, barely. All four of them are critically injured and the masked one laughs before saying,"Well, even if you can't fight to save your life, at the very least, you can take a beating. Oh well, it will only take another blast to end this and I can play all day! Ehahaha!"

The man continues to laugh psychotically, as the Enji struggle to not give into their pain and Beatrix says,"What kind of monster are you? Just what do you plan to achieve through all of this?"

The man stops laughing and points his sword at the Enji while saying,"Nothing complicated, I simply want to share. However, it's not a new toy, it's something much deeper! I want to share with this cosmos eternal pain!

I want to give to every single life form my pain, my anguish, my suffering! Yes, it's pay back time and I brought a list and am making sure to check not twice, but thrice! HAHAHA!"

Kota then sees this and says,"You truly are an insane fool!"

The man's eyes glow and he says,"That's good, show me your hatred! I'll take it all, and throw it back twice as deadly!"

Kota then says," You should know that no matter how twisted your views are, darkness will never prevail."

The man begins to walk forward and snarls out a dark, "Au contraire, pawn of light! Even the brightest largest stars burn out in time. And in the end, the only thing that will remain is darkness! You see, I am a practical man and I act on a rational plan. If darkness is the truth, then there is no point wasting time on such lies!"

Kota stands his ground before he says," No matter what reasons you give, we will not let you pass!"

The man's aura flares up again and he says, "Then you will die for your stubbornness. I would say it has been fun, but to be honest, none of you have sustained my thirst. No worries, I can bet after the fireworks I plan, the big leagues will come and then I'll have a good time. So, time for the finality of your worthless, oh? You think you're dealing with an amateur!?"

The masked one said this because he heard a ship closing up behind him and turned around to see the ship fire its main cannons! However, such a level of an attack is nothing for this warrior, as he just defects the blast to the side!

The Enji then see the ship that tried to be their would be rescuer, and Basch is shocked when he recognized it! He then says," The Strahl? That fool!"

The Enji then see a man with short brown hair and a sort of fancy outfit. A gun in his hand, he is an ally of Vaan and Basch by the name of Balthier! Ever since the wars of Ivalice ended, when the world made contact with the Lylat Kingdom the sky pirate gladly took the opportunities made available to him to upgrade his status to an intergalactic treasure hunter!

And it seems he just happen to be looking for new treasures on the world of Taris when all this broke out! Never one to miss being dramatic, Balthier waves at Basch and says,"Ahoy there, Basch! I see you are in quite a show! However you were cruel not to add the leading man to your show!"

Eugene looks at Basch and says, "Is this that man who you talked about for so long? He is even more reckless than I imaged he would be, but I'll give him credit for having good timing."

The masked man is not amused with Balthier's antics and floats to meet the new arrival's level and says,"Bah, whoever you are, you are clearly begging to die! You really think a worthless speck of dust like you can have any chance of comparing to me?"

Balthier slicks his hair back and says,"Not in raw strength perhaps, but in looks you have already lost."

The masked one chuckles and says,"And they call me crazy, let me give you a makeover, pretty boy! Huh? Wait, what is that sound?"

Balthier then says,"I don't like the angle of your makeover. However I do have something for you, a not so little gift!

Will you, Fran?" It seems Balthier is about to be sliced to bits, but before the masked one can reach him, all of a sudden he hears a large sound, and looks up to see a giant Zeon warship fall right on him!

As it crashes right on him, it's followed by a fallen Lylat cruiser and the four Enji see that their attacker has just been crushed by the weight of two warships!

As the dust settles, Balthier lands his airship right behind the warriors of light and jumps off to greet his comrade before saying,"Well, that was quite the nasty fellow.

I saw he was more deadly than any Esper I've seen, so it's a good thing I had Fran set up a camouflage barrier around those damaged ships so he could be taken care of rather quickly. Sorry if I robbed you Enji of your fun."

Kota sees the two ships and says,"There is nothing to apologize for; you saved this world with your fast reflexes."

Basch then chuckles and says,"Just because you had not been in the spotlight for some time you just had to be dramatic, but I thank you my friend. Now, maybe we can round up the rest of the Zeon soldiers and, what? That power, no, Impossible!"

Everyone then hears and feels a large rumbling and turns around to see the two warships crack and shudder before they slowly are being lifted up in the air! Everyone then sees the masked man at the bottom of the Zeon warship lifting up both objects with one hand, even though the combined weight amounts to an untold number of tons!

As the man floats up to nearly a hundred feet above ground, he continues to lift up the ships with ease and laughs again before saying,"

Pretty crafty! That was interesting however, throwing a warship or two on me is cheating! You can have them back if you like!"

He then motions his hand and the war ships begin to head for the group! Beatrix then looks aghast before she says,"This is insane! No time, everyone stay close! Now, warp!"

The female Enji quickly casts a teleport spell and warps the group just before they are smashed! They land a few miles away, and see in the distance the ships slamming into the ground before blowing up! Balthier sees his ship was warped too and says,"Whew, thank you for adding my ship to your spell's range, my dear. I'll have to find a way to repay you after I survive this ordeal."

Back where the masked man is he senses where the Enji 's power levels shifted and laughs madly, before saying,"HAHAAH! Now do you get the message, Enji? You can crush me, slash at me, blast me, and try whatever else you can! However, you will never destroy me, because I will never die! "

The man then has his magic aura flare up as he begins to head for the group's location. Basch then says,"He is closing in! At are present state, it will take a miracle to defeat him."

Kota sees the trail of fire that the masked man is leaving in his tracks and looks at the others before fiercely saying,"Everyone, take this ship and leave. Someone must warn the masters about the Zannacross Empire's new demon. I will stop him."

Beatrix then looks at him and reacts with a uneasy, "But Kota, what are you planning? You're no match for him alone, if we leave you, he would easily, unless. No!"

Eugene then growls and says, "Don't be a fool, Kota! The Enji Knights don't leave one of their own to die!"

Kota smiles and says, "True as that may be, it is better for one to die than for countless others. This is my home world, and I will defend it to the end. Please, this is the only choice we have!"

All of a sudden, Balither looks at the masked man getting near them and says, "Hate to butt in, but I think Kota is right. I hate to do anything pointless."

The partner of Balither, the humanoid bunny like female Vera called Fran, comes out of the ship and says,"If you value your friends honor, you should all do what is right and get on."

Basch looks at Kota and says,"Kota, I am sorry, you will not be forgotten."

They all hurry on to the ship just as the masked man lands before them! He sees the doors to the Strhal close and its engines activate before he chuckles darkly and rasps out erratic,"What is this? You think you're allowed to leave? Forget it!"

He then opens his hand and prepares to fire a red energy blast, but all of a sudden, Kota flash steps in front of him and punches him in the face as he says, "You shall not pass!"

The foe does not even flinch and he quips back with a sarcastic,"Very noble, but foolish. What, you think you stand a chance in hell fighting me one on one?"

Kota's magic aura powers up and he takes a deep breath before his answer is a resolute ,"You clearly don't understand what is important . Maybe I can't defeat you, but even if that is the case, at least I can stop you from causing any more harm to my friends!"

The demonic knight laughs and says, "Friends? You plan to die for your friends?Anyone foolish enough to sacrifice themselves for others is officially a moron. Why die when you will not see them again?"

Kota then does a hand sigh and looks deadly serious before he responds with," You clearly understand nothing, monster. Sometimes it's worth dying for something if it means those important to you can survive."

The masked one laughs and his eyes widen and glem with malice before he viciously snaps back with," You can stop with your idiocy you twit, it's getting on my nerves. Friendship, what a joke. Friends, kindness, peace and all that fluff are just an illusion, the only thing, the only thing that you can truly count on in this cosmos is power ! I have no such weak illusions chaining me down, and that is why I will never be defeated!"

Kota then has his magic aura grow even larger as he says, "Who do you think you are, to think your wrapped logic is the truth?"

The masked man then begins to charge at Kota while saying,"Is that your death bed request? So be it, you want to know my name, Enji? I am the embodiment of power and destruction! I am the essence of carnage. Enji!

I am the venom of the light, Darth Idious!"

Kota then sternly says,"Well Darth Idious, it's time I, Captain Rahm Kota show you what strength comes from the desire to protect others! TRI-BEAM!'

The masked man's eyes go wild as he prepare to behead Kota, however, right before he can, Kota unleashes all the magic energy he has into a massive triangular blast! Darth Idious is consumed by the blast as it envelopes him, and causes an explosion that rocks the planet!

Thanks to Kota buying the others time, Balither was able to get the ship out of there and he is just getting his ship out of the atmosphere as everyone sees a giant light!

The three Enji see the massive explosion and Basch says,"No one, not even Xehamaru, could survive that. Kota, you used your forbidden attack, you saved us with your resolve."

Beatrix then says, "Once the dust settles we should return to find his body, then we can. Huh? This power? No, that monster is still alive?"

Balither sees his power scanners going haywire and says,"Seems so, madam. Sorry, but I hate to see him again, so this is our exit! Feel free to return when you have someone with enough power to take that chap down! If you would be so kind as to activate the hyper drive, Fran?"

The ship leaves the planet of Taris .

Meanwhile, as the dust settles back where Kota fired his Tri Beam, he is now drained. The reason he did not do that move before was because using it not only uses all his magic energy, but his life energy. As he is now surrounded by a crater that stretches for miles, Kota coughs violently as he weakly says,"Now, now, I hope you see what happens when you mock the resolve of one determined to protect others? Huh? Damn, I should have used the move at the start, I wasted too much power!"

He then sees an explosion burst out of the ground, and Idious floating out of the dust! His arm is bleeding and he seems hurt and he lands on the ground before looking at Kota and saying,"Well, not bad Enji, that hurt. Too bad that's all you have!"

Kota then coughs up more blood and falls down before he says,"You are truly a twisted figure, full of rage and hatefulness, Darth Idious. I can't even image what you hate so much to give you such rage. But you will pay for your sins. I may have failed, but others will avenge me. You will never win."

He then laughs once more before his eyes close and then he dies.

Idious just walks right in front of him and takes the sword of the dead Enji and says,"Tsc, of course you can't image what I hate, Enji, because I hate myself. Fool, throwing his life away. Just more proof that you Enji are unworthy of your claims of being the strongest warriors of light that defend the cosmos. Ah, you finally got bored, I see, Helldramon."

The large mega level digimon has at last returned to his partner and roars as he lands before saying,"No, I just ran out of things to play with. Either I killed every one around or they became afraid and fled. The other three Enji got away."

Idious puts his massive sword on the chains on his back armor as well as Kota's and jumps on the dragon before saying,"This fool thought he could save the others by using up every last ounce of power he had. What he failed to see is that all he is doing is prolonging the game. Well, Helldramon, it seems there is no longer anything of value for me on this world. And since this Kota threw everything he had at me, let me repay him and this world in kind!"

Helldramon then nods and flies higher into the air. So high that they are nearly out of the planet's atmosphere! It seems neither being is worried about oxygen, as Idious has no trouble surrounding himself with power! Idious looks at the world with disgust as he sneers and says," Look at all theses fools, dancing idly with there faces smashed so deep in the ground that they can't even see what's real and what's a lie. All of these disgusting liars, they think they can lie about just how worthwhile there life's really are do the? Well Helldramon I think its time they have a VERY sudden awakening to just how meaningless the lives of such worthless losers are! Should be, a real blast, right?"

With that Idious has his eye twitch and he grasps his head and hunches over. However suddenly all the curse seal crystals crackles with dark energy and Idious gives another deranged chuckle that gets madder and louder each second before he glares at the world below him and says," "This world of Taris is nothing but a dust hold of disgusting, unworthy creatures. Bah, fade to nothingness, your weakness disgusts me! FINAL, FLASH!"

Idious unleashes all his power into his palms before he puts his hands together to fire a massive crimson energy beam that heads right into the planet! The citizens of Taris see the blast rip right through a building before carving deep into the planet.

And moments later it's the last thing everyone on the world sees, as a massive blast engulfs everyone in the entire world!

Idious then sees his blast totally vaporize the planet and laughs madly, while saying,"Hahahah! That is true power! I think they got the message!"

Helldramon just extends his wings as he responds with a gruff,"How can they get the message, when you just killed everyone?"

Idious stops laughing and just cracks his knuckles while coyly saying,"Helldramon, my partner in crime, you're missing the big picture. I am sure the Lylat Kingdom's citizens have just seen my calling card on those lovely hologram news channels. And now the entire cosmos has been introduced to the greatest terror!"

Helldramon then says, "In any case, the master will be pleased that we have more energy for him."

Idious just looks annoyed and says,"Bah, I don't care about that. All that matters is that now everyone has bore witness to the fury of the most powerful warrior of all , Darth Idious! Yes, I won't let anyone escape, I'll make the entire cosmos scream in terror from my wrath! And now, it's time to show those weak Enji cowards there is no escaping my judgment. Helldramon, you can smell ion trials, can you not?"

Helldramon begins to be surrounded in magic energy as he says,"Yes, so what?"

Idious laughs and responds with a crazed,"Then follow the trail that annoying man made so we can greet them! Yes, those Enji are my prey and they won't escape me! "

Helldramon roars loudly as Idious is covered with a sort of outer scale of the dragon to seal him on his back. The Digimon then uses his power to enter hyper space by himself in pursuit of the Strahil !

And as he does he fails to realize that someone is watching him.

However, it is not from normal means, but magic for the person watching him is none other than Darth Damonis himself !

Through a magic portal he sees Idious madly blast off to chase the Enji, and he gives off an evil chuckle, as he transfers the souls Idious killed to Neo Pandemondiom, to futher weaken the seal of his master.

He then says,"Yes, YES! This is proving to be more productive than even the master and I thought it would. It seems through his true awakening, the key to the downfall of the Enji has at last been found. And all because of that man.

Heh, after all those years of waiting it seems the downfall of the light will begin in the most ironic of fashions!

And what a fitting event to mark the celebration of the return of this realm's one true master, my master Chaos Zannacross Necron! Muhaahahah!"

Well, it seems that the problems for the Enji Knights have just gotten even worse! While Kota may have sacrificed himself to let his friends escape, it seems that it did little to slow down the warpath the new servant of darkness is on!

Who is this mad raging demon Darth Idious, and how is this related to Ben's disappearance?

There are many possible answers to these questions, but only one of them is true. And the only way to find that out is for you to not dare and miss the next chapter of Tales of the Cosmic Wars!

In our next chapter, the three surviving Enji return to Hallowed Bastion with a first hand tale of the horrifying power of their new adversary. However, soon the rest of them get a first hand taste. Then they find that Darth Idious has followed them back to finish the job, and kill the rest of the Enji with it!

This murderous man unleashes a legion of Necroclacous to aid him and with them and his Mega Digimon Helldramon, it seems he might have the fire power to get the job done! Cloud, Ezan, and the others all fight Idious, but this masked warrior's power seems to have no limits! However, what hits the Enji down to the core is when they find out the secret about their new opponent! Sorry, but that secret is for next time in Chapter 84: Rage Awakend! The Madness of Idious! Till next time!