Tales of the Cosmic Wars Vol 2: A Star's Twilight

by Darth Necron

The second volume of the tale of Ben Auro as he joins with hero's like Mario, Sonic, Link, Samus Aran, Megaman X, Master Chief, Cloud and more to defeat the many groups of evil that threaten the cosmos. The more Ben fights, the more he faces the horrors of war, from the likes of Bowser, Ganondorf, Sephiroth, Sigma, Xemnas and more, to the darkness within. Character guide added!

55. C 110: Picking a Bone with a Demon lord!

Chapter 114: Pathos of the Nisus of Evil! To pick A Bone with a Demon Lord!

Last time in Tales of the cosmic Wars, let's just say scores were being settled. While it was not what he planned to do when he woke up that day, Ben found himself in a rematch with his cousin and former mentor Max, and it was a battle he knew he had to win! Even if Max may have nearly lost is rationality thanks to all the war trauma he suffered, he still was a master fighter, and even while Ben has gotten much stronger since he and Max last fought, and after he trained with Master Myers in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Max is still a master fighter, and with his deadly ace attacks he more than presses Ben against the ropes! Even when Ben used Kaio Ken, Max seemed to be able to keep one step ahead! This long dual worn both of the warriors in both body and mind, but Ben showed Max he was no longer someone who could not keep up with him, and would not be someone chasing his shadow any more but surpass it! Ben proved his point when he revealed that one of the things he learned while training in a compressed year was Max's own ultimate attack, the Sekiha Tenkyoken! This made Max even more furious, but after a while he seemed to at last calm down, and enjoy the master level fight they were engaging in, and embraced it, before he launched a furious attack with everything he had!

Ben countered with unleashing he had, and Ben once and for all proved he was now stronger then Max, when he combined his Shinryukenha with the Sekiha Tenkoken to fire a devastating combo blast, that once and for all defeated Max!

Shocked that he really had at last defeated Max, and that he did not kill him with that attack Max showed Ben he respected how strong he had become, and urged him to go help his friends. And, that was a good idea, because they were in a very bad situation! Cloud and the others were doing ok, they ran in to Master Chief, Sergeant Johnson and a squad of Spartan Commandos who landed to assist the Enji. When they at last entered the Control Tower of Halo they ran in to 343 Guilty Spark. At first everyone thought the small droid was harmless, till they told him they were there to shut Halo down and he went berserk! However, to bad for him he was not nearly as powerful as he thought he was, and after Doug saved Johnson from repeating the fate the version of him suffered in Halo three, the monitor of Halo 04 was quickly shut up permently However, while squad 7 was closing in on Xiza, their fellow Enji along with the Maverick Hunters had all ready confronted him, and were way over their heads!

Xiza at last showed his true power, and he horrified everyone when he reveled he nearly had as high a power level as Kira! And with his powers including being able to use all of the bones in his body to any sharp and deadly way he desires, he was causing massive damage to Leon X and the others! Just as he was ready to finish them off Cloud and the others arrived, and Xiza was all too willing to kill them all as well! Now that Max and Ben have settled their issues, only Xiza is left to dealt with, hopefully.

Can are hero's stop Xiza and prevent Halo from firing before it's too late? It's time for the final clash over and on Halo to begin, so let us enter the next phase of this deadly decisive battle! Ready, go!

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" As we begin today's chapter are first matter of the day is going back to the fleet battle raging on over Halo.

The conclusion of the showdown between the cousins created some powerful ripples that was felt by everyone who could sense magical energy in the area, and Kira was one of them! At the moment he was busy blocking a slash from the 00 Rasier Gundam as he out maneuvered the blasts coming for him from the Nu Gundam's fin funnels. However, when he saw the massive flash of light that was the result of Ben's final energy blast, and it causes him to pause his assault! He then at once senses that Max's energy dropping and as he blasts beneath the opposing Gundam's and pauses as he mutters a baffled," What is this, how can this be? Ben, really defeated Max? Max, must really have lost his touch, if he lost to that pathetic weakling. Still, in the end it matters not.

For Ben to surpass Max only means that one misguided clown has a sharper edge then the other, and this victory is fruitless since I am about to see to it that all of them are wiped out for good! It's too late for anything they can do to matter. Halo will fire, and my aims will nearly be complete. But, I should go there, just in case another unexpected outburst happens.

I will not allow anything to stop the demise of the Lylat Kingdom, time to leave the cleanup of the Lylat Fleet to Ribbons and Margulis. Oh?"

He is about to thrust in the direction of Halo, when all of a sudden he fires a barrage of energy blasts stop him! He then to his annoyance the Nu Gundam thrust in front of his path as Amuro says," Don't think you can just run away from what you started just because you lost interest Kira!"

He then fires of a barrage of blasts from his Hyper Bazooka, but this just annoys Kira as he fires all of his mobile suit's weapons to blast through the attack as he says,"You should be grateful that I have more important things to do then kill you traitors Amuro. I have my priories, and right now if you're smart you may live, for a few more seconds if you don't push your luck!"

He then is alerted by his sensors and turns to see the Arios Gundam fire a barrage of blasts with his submachine gun as its pilot Allelujah says,"Man, your offer sounds so tempting! Man, your ticking me of thinking you can just dismiss us like this! "

Kira outmaneuvers the blasts as he closes in on his foe before slashing at him with such speed that he lops of the Arios Gundam 's leg as he says,"

Your all elite pilots to be sure, after all you once served me. However, my skills have evolved beyond those of man! Your defiance will be your fatal error! Huh, what? "

He is shocked to see just as he is about to slash in to the Lylat pilot's cockpit, when he is shocked to see his beam saber blasted out of his hand, and the Cherudim Gundam and its Sniper Rifle is the culprit! Lockon then aims again as he says," Your skills may have gotten past any one pilot, but even you can't handle all of us at once!"

Kira at once has his Dragoon Funnels swarm at the one who bunged his charge as he says,"I'll show you who is being arrogant! None of your efforts have any meaning, soon you and everything that you stand for will be blown away! Huh, no!"

He is shocked to see his funnels be blasted by a massive barrage of energy blasts that came from the heavily armed Seravee Gundam! Its plot Tieria aims its cannons at Kira as he says,"It's not over till the battle has ended. As long as we stand we will still fight to complete the mission!"

With that he fires his GN Bazooka and his two beam cannons at the Strike Freedom. And while Kira is able to get out of the way, he finds that the Arios Gundam is ready and has its revenge by firing its GN beam rifle and missiles at it, at the same time that the Cherudim Gundam fires another shot! Even Kira cannot dodge this all at once, and the beam rifle blasts a chuck of the Titan Mobile suit's right wing and shoulder! This greatly annoys Kira to say the least, and as he see Amuro have more of the Fin Funnels surround and bombard him he says,"

That should not have happened, how could I not foresee that?"

Amuro quickly responds with a wry," Maybe it's because you're not as much of a "New type" of human as you think you are eh Kira?"

Before Kira can even respond his sensors alert to a presence closing in on him fast, and turns to see the 00 Rasier Gundam blazing red, and in its Trans-Am state!

Kira then blurts out a sharp," No, I nearly forgot about the new Trans-Am function! Damn you, the likes of you are not going to stand in my way!"

He then blasts at his target with his Rail cannons and hip beam rifles, but in the Trans-Am state the 00 Rasier Gundam is fast enough even for Kira to have trouble hitting him, and the shots he does land are defected by the Lylat Pilot's GN Sword as he says," We will keep getting in your way, "Judicar" till we are able to completely neutralize you as a threat!"

With that he bursts right in front of the Strike Freedom and delivers a horizontal slash, that damages the Strike Freedom greatly! Kira thrusts back, but his suit's torso and shoulder cannon's are damaged and he is now very angry as he says,"Enough! I won't allow this disgraceful act to continue. Play time is over!"

Amuro then charges at him with the Nu Gundam as he says," Maybe you have been so busy trying to master the powers of light, darkness and everything else that your neglected piloting skills are starting to suffer Kira!"

Setsuna then has his Gundam get ready to charge again as he says,"You have lost sight of what it is to be human, and that is why you will fail! We have all sworn to be become Gundam 's to bring peace, but while we are professional soldiers, we did not lose are hearts. "

He then prepares to inflict a finishing move in the same fashion that the Impulse Gundam defeated, and should have killed the original Freedom Gundam in Seed Destiny! However, Kira is clearly furious now and his magical energy boils as he says," You arrogant fools think you can understand the path to the true ultimate power? I'll show you all, what true power is!"

With this his eyes glow, and he at last reminds everyone he is far more powerful than his Gundam as he creates a shock wave of power that blasts the other Gundam's back! He then says,"Up in till now I have tried to be fair to you traitors. However, I will no longer tolerate your arrogance! You forget that all the power you have is your mobile suits, while this is merely holding back my true power!

I am Darth Judicar, one who will guide the cosmos away from the filth that corrupts it and in to its true destiny! You did well to damage my Gundam so much, I admit I was distracted, but now I will divert my full attention to killing you! Allow me to show you an expansion to the Strike Freedom.

Launch the Meteor Savior support armor! "

With this everyone sees a beam shoot down, before in front of Kira is something that resembles the Meteor Mobile support armor the Seed Kira used. However it's twice the size, and pitch black and red in color!

Kira then flies in to it, and to everyone's shock it transforms, till it seems to form a new set of armor over the Strike Freedom! Everyone sees that when it finishes transforming they see a mobile suit the size of the Destroy Gundam's and the others, only it has giant cannons on its shoulders and demonic wing like things on its back! Kira then laughs as he regally declares,"Now, in this new Eternal Sovereign Gundam I shawl obliterate you fools, before I set foot to what I originally set out to do!"

With this Kira wastes no time showing off the power of his transformed Gundam as its shoulder cannons fire blasts the power of the Wing Zero's Twin Buster Cannons at them! Amuro and the others are just able to get out of the way, as the blast goes on to head in to a Lylat ship, pierce through its shields like nothing and destroy it in one blast!

Amuro sees this and says,"No! he blew up the Medical Frigate! Damn it, we just built the new one to! Kira, don't think just by having some more fire power at your command you can win! No matter how powerful you really are, we will overcome everything you can throw at us! We will not lose today because we cannot afford to! We cannot afford to let your twisted evil dreams come true, and for the sake of justice and peace you will lose Kira!"

Kira laughs as he responds with a cold,"Your heroic talks of justice nauseate me Amuro. Your passion to see peace just is more fuel to the fire that is the never ending cycle of despair! No matter how passionate all of your resolves are, it will never lead to a true change. Only through a revolutionary process can a true paradise be reached! Bah, but I waste my breath trying to persuade a hopeless cause to stubborn simple minded coward's. The only thing left is for all the elements of this rotting universe to be deleted!"

He sees the good guy's all surround him in defiance and Setsuna says,"People like you only who only see darkness everywhere are to quick to condemn humanity! I won't let your extreme view be the final verdict for humanity!"

As the 00 Raiser Gundam charges at the Eternal Sovereign Gundam as his comrades fire on the massive mobile suit Kira sighs and says," You deny my harsh truth precisely because it's the truth. None of you can change your fate, it would be easier for you all if you would just expect it, but alas I know this is the only option!"

With this he has his two mechanical wings form a red energy barrier that defects all of the various attacks being thrown his way! He then has from his Gundam 'arms come out, MA-X200 beam sword's in the style of Barkara from Mortal Kombat! He then goes to slash his foe's in half as he looks over at Halo and says," Bah, theses fools are being rather stubborn but they cannot out run destiny forever! Xiza, you better be able to handle the situation till I can get around and land. Tsc, his true power should be enough to instantly neutralize any threat the Enji and the others present.

Even Ben Auro's power is nowhere near his, and at least with him defeating Max himself that prevents a team up from arising. Even Xiza might not be able to handle their combined fury. Ben, Max, types like you seem to always be able to draw out power form hidden potential that pops out of nowhere. But, I will not let that happen this time. This time your dreams and defiance end here and now, once and for all! "

With this Kira goes to fires a barrage of attacks at the Gundam's opposing him in order to try and get to fight who he really wants! Meanwhile, as the Lylat pilots struggle not to be casualties of the Eternal Sovereign Gundam, we now turn back to the most pressing battle of the day, the battle in the Halo control room!

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We now turn to where we left off last chapter, with Cloud Shinryudramon and the others now seeing what there badly wounded alleys have been dealing with, the true horrifying face of Xiza! With Xiza floating above every one and his massive dark energy nearly causing enough pressure on are hero's to crush them Doug grits his teeth and says," Damn it, how could this guy be one of the most evil dudes of all time and he was acting right underneath are noses?"

James just makes sure his fingers are ready to cast or fire some energy arrows at any moment as he says,"It is quite a stretch of the imagination to think that all of this time even a being with as much money power and influence as Xiza was not only able to be the true kingpin of the Space Pirates and the Twilight Mafia's Godfather, and sell weapon's and other materials to the Zeon Federation, but along with it being one of the seven dreaded demon lords of legend. The seven most powerful beings of the dark side besides Chaos Zannacross Necron himself!

Not to mention his supposedly most loyal henchmen and the ones who caused the most devastation in the name of his empire in the ancient war! To think one man, or more like one demon could hide so many secrets for so many years is quite a hard thing to swallow. "

Seargent Johnson just aims his gun and says," All I know is this guy is really starting to tick me off, and he laughed his last laugh."

Cloud turns to him Master Chief and the others and reacts with a firm," Sorry Jonson, but I think you should leave this to us. His power is great enough that he can blast you to dust with a glance, you would just be slathered."

Chief looks at Xiza and says," Hate to admit it, but he is right. Come on, lets see if we can find a way to stop Halo from firing from the inside."

He motions the other Spartan commandos to follow him, and Jonson sighs and says," Damn it, your right. Just don't screw up, and try not to get killed. "

They all leave the chamber, Xiza chuckles as he says," There is no point in running, soon all humans every were will die. Heh, and I assure you gentlemen, it is very possible for me to have all of those roles gentlemen. Let us just say I have had an extremely long time to master how to sway and influence the emotions of mortals! And, with the magical power to warp far distances, it was not hard to schedule several appointments on different planets in one day. And, if anyone ever got close to even a semblance of my true nature, well, they just have to be dealt with in the appropriate matter. Hahaha, to tell you the truth my dear Samus,

I do believe that's the true reason your beloved K-2l space colony had to be eradicated by Ridley and the others. But, don't blame me, blame your own nosey parents, who just would not stay out of matters that did not concern them! Really now, you think that people would be wiser then thinking they could get away with trying to expand a role larger then what they were meant to be! Sigh, even after a million years, the one thing that remains are that humans are so pathetic!"

This of course gets a very angry reaction from Samus, and she aims her arm cannon at him and charges it as she says," Damn you Xiza, damn you to hell! Everyone, everything, in the end it's all because of you! Mom, Dad, even Adam and nearly the entire Chozo race! They were all killed because of you and the Zannacross Empire's insanely evil and selfish behavior! I won't forgive you, Ill finally avenge everyone here!"

Samus then fires a Super Missile right at Xiza, but the demon lord sighs as he just back hands it in to a wall! As it explodes in to the wall behind him he looks at the Chozo Hunter as he says,"Oh don't feel special my dear. If I had to count all of the people who would likely have a vendetta at me through my will either directly or indirectly, then it would be in the millions, perhaps the billions! Ha, but the desires of bugs are but nothing to me! Hahaha, I have spent countless years slowly building my influence, while mostly staying in the shadows, all so that I could build to this one moment of supreme brilliance! Yes, I knew it would be for the best, even if it pushed my patience to its limits.

Damonus, and the others could only think of winning by out powering and destroying every planet in the path of the Zannacross Empire in order to harvest enough energy to break the seal on are master. However, I knew that even while the power of us demon lords and are followers are enough to make worlds fold, it would take more than simple brute force to once and for all smash the force of light for good. Hehe, deception is a most effective way of getting your enemies to destroy each other! Hahaah, and it worked spindly. Thanks to Kira and Xehamaru seeing what the true nature of the cosmos is, it hastened up my operations a great deal! Hahaha!"

Cloud narrows his eyes before throwing out a harsh,"So, you were the one who turned Kira and Xehamaru to the dark side. Truly you are a demon whose very existence spreads evil throughout the cosmos, you won't be forgiven, you're going down now!"

Xiza wags his finger in a mocking gesture as he responds with a dismissive,"Oh please Cloud, you cannot put all the blame on me. Xehamaru was aware of my true identity only after he took over Sithantos from Havoc Drashid and assumed his role for a time. You can take my word, his lonely ambitious heart was all ready firmly rooted in the dark side. And as for Kira, I did not brain wash him or anything, he choose to change his loyalty to the Zannacross Empire through his own decisions.

Although, I will admit when he became to become a frequent employer of mine, I did share with him a few philosophies of mine that might have helped make him decide. Really now, it's your own weak nature that you should blame the most. Because you could not properly evolve Master Zannacross decided to intervene on this dimension in the first place!

And, because mortals can never evolve past your selfish greedy and pity desires its why your doom has long been predestined. Hehe, in fact, would you like to know how I was able to find this Halo and what the Flood monsters you have surely ran in to on this ring are? You see, in the Great War between the celestial ones and the Zannacross Empire many Halo's like this where built in the late stages of the war as a last resort against our forces.

When the war ended most of the most powerful society's of the time agreed to the advice of the celestial ones, and sent the Halo's in to stars and Black holes so they would not be tempted to abuse the massive destructive power they hold. However, one group, or more like one greedy deulded ruler, did not want to throw away his path to possible power, and pretended to dispose Halo number four, this Halo, and planned to use it to make him the supreme ruler.

However, his own treachery seeped in to those around him, and his son soon killed him to become the leader of the Forerunners. And five years later the son stumbled around the sins of his father and uncovered Halo. And after only seven years after narrowing surviving extinction mortals were once more at war with each other for the same petty reasons, or at least almost.

The Forerunners paid the ultimate price for their arrogance. Since many of the people who knew how to use Halo properly were killed by him out of fear of being usurped from his power, he was mostly going on the data he had.

And it seemed his data was off, because when he tried to fire the ring, it backfired so to speak. The energy caused the leader of the Forerunners and his grand army to mutate, in to the parasite flood monsters that you see here! And in there madness they caused Halo to once more hide in subspace, where it would became a legend, with only the data I found as its blood legacy!"

This gets a shock from everyone and Kyle says,"What? You're telling me those monsters, even the small ones, where once human?"

Xiza laughs again as he says," Forerunners were not quite humans but they were close enough. I think it's fitting; it is the true ugly side of the heart of man! Humans are nothing more than worthless creatures. I will take the purest pleasure in watching Emperor Zannacross unleash final judgment on you all, or what is left of you once Halo fires! Oh the irony is delicious! The very weapon that was created to oppose use will be are key to victory, and all because of the weakness of you humans! Hahahah!"

Everyone has had enough of this and Cloud says," You can say whatever you like Xiza, but your words are not going to stop us, and neither will all the tricks and magic you have! It's true that people often let their emotions cause them to do selfish, or even horrific things, it's not fair to assume the worse for everyone! People, can rise above their faults, we can still build a society to be proud of! "

Xiza looks bored and says," Oh please, don't bother trying to act like you humans are worthy of salvation. Even your light of hope, the supposedly " chosen one" Ben Auro showed how weak he was, when he broke down from his pain and sorrow and let his other personality Darth Idious take control and nearly wipe out the very things he was supposed to hold dear! Talk about a sorry excuse for a hero!"

Shinryudramon then gets angry and points his sword at the villain as he says,"Just because the boss made a mistake, it does not mean he is a failure! Sure, we messed up and let are anger control us, but it did not help that Kira was manipulating us! Both Ben and me vowed never to make that mistake again! And we will start on that by stopping this big super weapon from going off, and then take you down for good!"

This causes Xiza to have his eyes glow, and his energy surge as he hisses out a venomous,"I doubt that very much you foolish Digimon, I will not be defeated by mortals, not ones as pitiful as you all! Still, I hope mister Auro does show up soon. It will be all the more amusing to see his reaction when he sees he arrives just in time to the sight of his pathetic friends dying before his eyes!"

Doug then has his own magical energy surge as he yells out a brazen," Don't pat yourself on the back just yet buster! We are not exactly cannon folder you know, keep acting like that and you're going to wind up dead!"

Xiza responds with a playful," Oh my, I am so scared, that I am trembling in fear! Ha, really now, all of your petty powers combined won't be able to scratch me."

James then says," We may not be the chosen one like Ben, but it will be fatal to underestimate the power we wield! Time we show you Ben and Max are not the only ones you have to take seriously! Ginrei Kojkyaku !"

James inserts a small crystal in to his spirit bow and it shines with light! Moments later its shape has changed, now it looks like a glowing bow with a hexagon shape and two glowing strands on the ends. ! Doug see's this and grins,"Good idea James, now is not the time to hold back, it's now or never, Fury Aura!

Doug then unleashes all of his power and his aura triples in size before blue energy covers his gauntlets and grieves! Doug then gets in to a fighting stance and says," Still feel so confident you can get rid of us so easy Xiza?"

Xiza just gestures Doug with his hand to egg him on as he says,"Not only am I unimpressed with your so called powered ups Mister Fitter, I don't think I will even need to use my hands to kill vermin like you! "

Doug then gets mad before yelling out," That's it; I am so smashing his face in right now! Guys, cover me!"

James nods and aims his transformed Quincy bow as he says," On it, Licht Reign!"

With this James fires a massive barrage of energy bows at Xiza like a storm of light! However Xiza just sees this and grins as he says,"

It matters not how many attacks you try to hit me with; none of them will be able to harm me!"

With this he waves his hand, and all of James's attacks are redirected in to the air! However Doug was using all of that to distract Xiza, so that he won't see him dashing right for him! As Doug's energy channels in to his fist he says,"Its time you're socked off that high podium you think you deserve to stand on! Sanjuu no Kiwami ! Huh, AH!"

He was just about to land one of his most powerful attacks on Xiza, when Doug is shocked to find as soon as his palm is near Xiza, the foe uses his powers once more, to have bones burst out of his chest, and dive in to Doug's right arm and leg like spikes!

This at once gets Doug to grunt in pain as Xiza says,"Really now, I see you were not aware of my power to reconfigure the bones in my body to any way I see fit, but I think you now get the point now!"

Doug just sees the multiple puncture wounds on his arm and leg and says,"Damn it, he was ready for me!"

Xiza chuckles once more, before his tail coils up, and smashes Doug in the head, hurling him in to the wall! Before Doug even hits the ground Xiza has warped to right where he was and smashes his foot on to where Doug's bloody injuries are! He then has the bones in his chest expand as he says," I told you, I don't even need to lift a finger when my tail is quite capable of either crushing your neck or impaling your frail soft brain! Ah, so many nice ways to kill, decisions? "

All of a sudden James flash steps to the side of Xiza and is having his energy spike as he aims right at the bad guy and says," If you can't make up your mind I'll be all to happy to make your mind up for you! Steele Schider !"

With this James fires his most powerful type of energy arrow to get Xiza off his teammate and friend. However as Xiza sees the sword like arrow heading his way and glares at James as he hisses out," You think ill dare let you think you can impose on my will Enji? Forget it!"

With this he fires powerful dual red energy blasts from his eyes, that to James's horror not only blasts through his best attack with ease, but heads right for him! James at once jumps in to the air to avoid it, but the force of the blast is enough to push him back, and Xiza is all too happy to take advantage of that, and have a spear like bone burst out of his back, to impale James in the leg! He then laughs as he smashes James to the ground," Oh my, did you fools really think you could appose me? I'll show you just how wrong you are, by starting your experience in hell early!"

His tail then has its tip extend, and his eyes glow again as he says,"Now, time to clean out the trash!"

With this he fires a second round of eye blasts at James while at the same time having his tail get ready to run through the off guard Doug's chest! However Xiza is displeased to see that both of his killer attacks fail to go through, as at the same time Cloud appears in front of Doug to block the stabbing motion with his large sword, as at the same time Shinryudramon appears in front of James to block the blast with his shield! As Xiza looks right in to the spiky haired Enji Captain's Mako enhanced blue eyes he says,"I supposed its true what they say, those that stick by each other, die together! "

Cloud just has his sword separate in to two blades as he still blocks the initial attack and snaps back with a resolute,"Mock the value of friendship all you want Xiza! But no matter how badly you think those bounds are, the bounds we have with those we cherish, with each other, will give us the power to overcome all scum like you, Genesis, Sephiroth and the others! "

Xiza just retorts with a condescending," It does not matter how many ants try to stand against their fate, in the end they will all be crushed!"

Cloud just counters with a fierce," I won't let you win Xiza, this ends here!"

With this he slashes his sword down on Xiza's tail, only for it to coil back. Cloud then unleashes a furious assault of lighting fast sword slashes, that Xiza dodges with ease! As he continues to make sport of Cloud's assault he looks smug as he says," Really now, is this the best you can managed Cloud Strife? Surely you can do better!"

Cloud gets annoyed before he back steps and his energy explodes and he says,"Oh don't worry, I am just getting started!"

With this Cloud fires two blue energy sword waves from his twin blades at the green skinned madman. However Xiza shocks Cloud as he takes the blow dead on, and does not seem to even be phased as he puts out a mocking,"You Enji truly are a band of fools. Did you really think such nonsense can harm me? Oh?"

He then feels a gust of wind blow by, and looks up to see Shinryudramon all ready above him with his sword glowing as he says,"Sure! All we have to do is keep whacking and slashing till we hit deep enough to hit home! And with that, Manga Scintillate Edge!"

With this the Mega level Digimon has his sword explode with energy as he tries to slice Xiza in half. And while Xiza is able to avoid the heroic Digimon 's intention, he is annoyed when he sees that the Royal Knight was able to burn a chunk of his purple and black robe in to ashes! Seeing this he glares at him and says,"Annoying single minded Digimon, ill teach you to tarnish my image. Do you really think a mere digital monster such as your self can do anything but destroy? Your value would rise sharply is you pledged your services to me."

This gets Shinryudramon angry and his own magic energy flares up as he says,"You can forget that! For one thing, I am not just another Digimon! I am the Digimon partner of the ultimate hero of the cosmos! No way I am ever going to turn on him for a green scaly face!"

Xiza just looks annoyed as he reacts with a blunt," Well then, in that case you just have to die!"

With this Xiza lashes out with his tail as boney blood red glowing spikes form out of it! Shinryudramon blocks with his shield, and dashes around to dodge the rapid assault. He tries to press the offensive but Xiza's attacks are too fast for him to get close. However Cloud sees this and charges at him as he says," Don't think after all the tricks and schemes you can expect to give you any fair play! Finishing Touch!"

With this Cloud takes a big leap and jumps high in to the air, before he prepares to unleash his powerful limit break attack at Xiza! Still focused attacking Shinryudramon, Xiza only notices Cloud's sudden attack when he is nearly on top of him and instantly blocks with his right hand! Cloud's attack is powerful enough to cause a shockwave, and as the loose chucks of metal in the ground and walls around them go flying in to the air Cloud sees Xiza's eye wince a little!

He then says," Well, looks like you either did not have time to ready your defenses. Still think you don't even need to raise your hands to take care of us? "

Xiza just glares at Cloud as he throws out a sharp," Are you proud of yourself? You managed to get on my nerve! And for that, now you shawl all die painfully!"

With this Xiza has bones break out all over his body, and he nearly impales Cloud! Cloud jumps back , only to see Xiza appear right in front of him, and punch Cloud with his sharp fist, and while Cloud blocks it, the force causes him to stagger, and Xiza then slices his tale through Cloud's foot, and in to his chest! As Cloud screams in pain Xiza laughs as he kicks Cloud down and pins him to the ground and says," You're truly a powerful warrior Cloud, but I am leagues above even Sephiroth! Hah, I have been around since Jenova was severing are cause in person!"

With this he has the claws in his hands extend as he points them at Cloud as he says,"I think since your Ben's mentor, I'll make sure to present to him your served head when he arrives! Oh, then again,, I could do even better!"

With that he turns around, and slams his tail through the ground, before it bursts up above the charging Shinryudramon, and wraps around his neck! The Digimon screams in pain as several boney spikes rack his body, but he holds his ground and keeps moving forward as he says," It does not how much more powerful you are compared to the other jerks spiky! We are still going to give you everything we have to stop you and this Halo from going off!"

Xiza just laughs madly, as his energy spikes, he says," You still don't get it do you? Let me show you a power, that no amount of fleas can hope to overcome! Rapturous Fissure!"

With this Xiza holds the index and ring fingers in his right hand together, before in an instant he unleashes a tremendously deadly energy wave, that blasts Shinryudramon hard and hurls him through a wall! As the blast goes on to leave Halo and explode in space Xiza turns back to Cloud and says," Resistance is pointless, you cannot change what you are vermin!"

Cloud uses all of his power to force Xiza off him as he gets back up and puts his energy in to his sword and says," It's like they said, when you fall just get back up again. Everyone would rather keep trying to fix their mistakes then just wipe the slate clean!"

He then charges at Xiza again as his sword blazes blue with energy and he attempts to thrust his sword through Xiza! However the demon lord just grins as he says," The decision is no longer yours to make! Humanity has passed the point of no return, its far to late for redemption this is the only path for your kind! "

With this Xiza snaps his fingers, and right as Cloud is about to reach Xiza all of a sudden a surge of energy snaps out of him, and encircles and traps Cloud in a dark sphere of energy!

Xiza laughs madly as he says," You humans are oh so simple, and all so easy to trick! I hope you enjoy this magic of mine, it is impossible to escape and painful all the way! "

He then pimp smacks Cloud in the chest, and with his hands razor sharp, it is triple the pain as Cloud is rocketed in to the ceiling, only for Xiza to warp above him and smack him hard in the back with his tail !He then says," Careful now Cloud; I would not want to touch anything if I were you! Did I forget to mention, as soon as you land, it will unleash a explosive with the power to wipe out a country? Now, that could obviously affect the systems on Halo, but lucky for me I can alter the range of the attack, so that only you all perish!"

Leon, X, Doug, Zero and the others all surround Xiza as Leon says,"You treat killing as a game, you really are pure evil!"

They all dash at Xiza, only for Xiza to say," You just noticed? I am SO hurt! Spiral Holocaust!"

With this Xiza's energy surges before he unleashes a massive cyclone of furious evil flames that bursts out of the ground and consumes then all! As they are all blasted back Xiza laughs and says,"Oh don't be so hasty, you will all die soon enough, ah, very soon!"

He turns to see the hologram of Halo and laughs as he says,"Yes, Halo is just about fully charged, and then you, and all of you trash shawl be wiped out for good! Look at it this way Enji, at least you don't have to see everyone you hold dear be wiped out!"

Cloud tires to slash through Xiza 's energy sphere to no avail and says,"You will never win Xiza. Even if you managed to kill us, others will rise to take are place to stop you!" Xiza looks amused and says,"

Really now, I hope by that you're not referring to your comrade Ben Auro do you? Don't insult me!"

He then lashes Cloud around so fast its like he is a human incased in a massive pinball! And after thrashing Cloud around he stops him in the upper center of the command center and appears above him as he says," You put too much stock in the success on that failure! Ben Auro will never be able to live up to his role. After all, he is bound by his frail weak heart, and the limits of humans are quite clear, as you are about to see Cloud Strife! Even if you don't work for me, consider this your absolute termination!"

With this his aura busts as he launches Cloud purely with his magical energy and blasts him outside of the chamber! James and the others are horrified to see Cloud zoom in to the distance, before they see a massive explosion moments later! Doug pounds the ground in frustration as he says,"Cloud no! Damn you Xiza, you're going to pay!"

Xiza just continues to hover above him as his energy surges and his bones seep back in to him as he says,"

That's right, continue to amuse me while you can gentlemen! I want this day of my ultimate victory to taste as sweet as possible! Hahahaha, if Cloud was the best you got you all might as well get on your knees and beg for forgiveness! So, anyone wants to go first? Or do I need a von, GUH! What, who dares do that? Huh, no way!"

As Xiza was about to figure out who to try and kill next, his attention is changed quite quickly when he feels a powerful energy blast hit him in the back! He then turns around, looks up, and is shocked to see that the one who fired the blast was none other than Ben, who has finally made it! And as relived as his friends are, they are even more relived to see in his free hand is Cloud! Ben just narrows his eyes at Xiza as he says,"I have a better idea Xiza, how about you be the one to beg for forgiveness, and maybe I'll finish you quickly and painlessly!"

Shinryudramon finally is able to recover enough from Xiza's blast at the sight of his partner and friend to get back on his feet and says,"Boss, you made it! What took yah?"

Ben grins at seeing Shinryudramon and the others still alive, if wounded and responds with a casual," Hey guys, sorry I was not here to start the kick off. Settling things with Max took longer than I thought, but ill be sure to make up for it."

Xiza just reacts with a analytical," So, you're really playing the hero role, even the dramatic last minute dynamic entire I see! Still, how did you get Cloud out of my magic? As soon as the sphere touched anything besides me, it should have exploded with such force that he would have been killed instantly! "

Ben sighs and says,"Well, it's a good thing that I was able to move fast enough to grab him out of that sphere before it could go off. I knew it was odd Cloud was moving so fast in the opposite direction."

Xiza is in a state of mild disbelief as he says," No, there is no way that a human could move at such speed!"

Ben just rolls his eyes and says,"Then how do you explain this genius? Illusion magic was never my strong suite so what you see is what you get! Whew, glad I did not arrive to late though. You ok Cloud Sensei?"

Cloud just sighs and responds with a candid," I felt better, but I also felt worse. Still, thanks Ben that was a close one. "

Ben then lands down on the ground and makes sure his teacher and current mentor is able to stand before he smiles and says,"Don't worry, now I was able to pay you back from all the times you bailed me out. I think we are almost even now."

Cloud grins and says," So, I guess since you're here that means you were able to finally defeat Max?"

Ben nods and responds with a weary," It was even more brutal then I expected it to be, but, I showed Max once and for all that I more then had what it took to fight on his level, and beyond! "

Cloud chuckles and says," I knew when I sensed one of the two massive powers fading I thought the one that was still stable felt like yours. Congrats Ben, I knew you had it in you."

Xiza raises his eyebrows as he says,So, you truly defeated your cousin have you Mister Auro? Well then, it seems Max has become so consumed with his hatred that he has become unstable."

Ben then says,"Not at all, even while stressed Max was on the top of his game, I just showed him who was more determined to win, and maybe all the extra training I have done lately helped a little to. "

Xiza just says," In the end it does not matter who was the victor of the battle between the cousins, for in the end you're all about to become permanent losers!"

Ben just looks at Xiza in the eye and says,"Don't think you can stamp me through the ground like your other enemies Xiza; I have a history of making those who underestimate me pay dearly."

Xiza just lands on the ground as he says,"That may be in the past, but this time your story ends here! Even if the likes of Xehamaru could not finish you, I won't make the same kind of errors. Besides, even if you really did have the power you're supposed to have, even thought I know you don't, you still can't win. Reason one, I won't waste time letting your anger grow for any potentially problematic outbursts. Second of all, your clearly used a great deal of your energy besting Max, which means you're not even at full power! Even if you restored some of your strength with healing items and magic you still are far from tip top shape. You made a poor executive choice rushing right from one fight to another my friend, because this will be your last one!"

Ben just takes a deep breath and says,"Even if that's true, I still have enough strength left to defeat you!"

Xiza looks agitated as his energy spikes, and he says,"You're annoying overblown misguided confidence no longer amuses me! "

All of a sudden Reala from across the room, who was just finished healing Kyle's wounds looks worried and says,"

Don't worry Ben, ill heal you so you can be back to full strength!" As she runs over Xiza looks over, and raises his finger as he says,"

Now then, I think you have had enough second chances, no more healing for you weaklings! "

With that in a flash he fires his death beam at her! However, in an instant Ben is in front of her, and smacks it to the side! Kyle 's eyes widen in shock as he says," Reala! Whoa, thanks Ben, that was to close!"

Ben just looks at Xiza and says,"I thought you were sophisticated Xiza, and here I see you trying to cruelly kill a lady!"

Xiza widens his eyes and says,"What, how were you fast enough to intercept my death beam? Your speed, is far exceeding your latent talents."

Ben just takes out his Star Sword and says,"Maybe you have underestimated the potential of humans for the last time Xiza."

Xiza just points his finger at Ben and says," Bah, believe me Ben Auro; I am well aware of just what potential you humans have. And that is why, you will never be able to save anyone!"

With this Xiza fires a barrage of energy blasts from his finger, and it's like a storm of deadly energy blasts that can barely be seen! However, Ben shows his speed, and even as the blasts aim for everyone he is able to move fast enough to defect each and every blast with his sword and protect everyone!

When Xiza stops Ben, who is still in his Bankai state, has his golden aura surround him as he says,"Are you done? I am not going to let you kill anyone else Xiza! No amount of tricks you have will save you!"

Cloud Doug and James then run over as Doug says,"You can't let this guy of your sights for an instant buddy; he has some messed up power that lets him use his bone's as weapons! And let me tell you, they hurt!"

Ben rises a eyebrow and says," His bones? That's a new one. Thanks, now I'll make sure I don't be careless when I get close to him."

Xiza laughs again, and has his bones reemerge around his body like a demonic porcupine as he says," Oh, don't be shy now. Really, if you won't come to me, then I'll just come, to you!"

With that in a flash he bursts at Ben and it only takes an instant for him to be right above Ben and try to punch and puncture him at the same time! Ben is able to block with the Star Sword, and the force of his foe's attack nearly blows his allies of his feet!

Ben sees Xiza forming a sadistic grin as he says,"It's not too late you know Ben Auro, to save yourself. As Darth Idious you were truly a remarkable embodiment of chaos. If you would only embrace your true nature, embrace the darkness, I could still see a future of you being my chief enforcer in the new age. Think about it, you would have all the power you would want, you could have anything you would desire!"

Ben narrows his eyes, and has a golden energy sword form in his spare hand as he says,"You must be joking, because otherwise you would know I would never betray my friends for an oozing slim ball like you! Heh, and besides, I don't trust my job expectancy under your business plan! "

With that he thrusts his energy sword at Xiza, forcing him to back off. The villain then narrows his eyes, and says,"So be it, then there is only one path for you now, death!"

With that he lashes out with both of his fists and his tail, and Ben moves at full speed to match the attacks! Ben's friends see that Ben and Xiza are blurring around the area with such speed even they can barely keep track of it! X then reacts with a astonished,"Amazing, Ben really has improved a great deal, even since his fight against Kira. I can barely aim my buster where they are before they move some were else! He just might be the chosen hero after all. "

Zero then staggers over, still clutching his injury as he says," Maybe, but will it be enough?"

X just sees Ben dodge a few more lethal thrusts and answers with," I hope so, the future of the universe itself depends on the outcome. And right now Ben is are best shot. But, I don't want to just sit here, is the Sub Tank finished charging yet?"

As the Maverick Hunters attempt to self recover enough to jump back in to the fray so far the others see that Ben is miraculously holding his own!

Xiza attempts to change that, by after dodging a dual slash overhead slash from Ben flying above him, and uses his magic to rip parts of the ground and walls out, and hurl a storm of metal debris at Ben at once! However, Ben sees this and simply has his aura flare up to redirect them all at Xiza! The demon lord gives out a slight chuckle, before in an instant he attacks so fast that it appears he did not move at all, as all the hurled objected are sliced and diced in to countless fragments! Ben just remains on guard as he says,"I admit I am impressed a little Xiza, I figured at first you were another one of those big shots like Weil who likes to call the shots but has his lackeys do the work. At the most I thought you would get in to a robot or transform in to some giant thing or something like in the movies."

Xiza just looks smug as he says,"That shows just how little you really know about your situation Ben Auro. And as they say, lack of information can be quite deadly! I am leagues beyond that laughable fool Weil and the others, my ambitions are far more grandiose then his simple greed! Oh that's right, you were not there, but let me fill you in on something. My true identity, is one of the seven great demon lords of Emperor Chaos Zannacross Necron himself!

I have existed form the first age of existence to this era, thanks to my ambition allowing me to break free from my imprisonment before even Damonus! I have even killed angles, do you really hope to muster enough light to overpower me? "

Ben just raises a eyebrow before blurting out," Wait, on top of everything else now you're really some ancient demon lord to? That's like something out of a comic book. Er, then again it does sort of make sense. Only a demon could pull off hiding so many things, and they always say that the devil is the best at making crooked deals. "

Xiza responds with," My, your taking that revelation a lot more lighter than I thought you would, since it means your fate is sealed!"

Ben just looks confident and says,"

Indeed, and its sealed for me to win! Because now that I know your really one of Zannacross 's top servants, I know I must defeat you for the sake of fulfilling my destiny as a true hero, along with all the other reasons I all ready had to defeat you!"

Xiza just frowns as his aura lashes out and says,"Defeat me? Fool, you can't even touch me!"

Ben just says," In that case, I'll just have to create more openings, multi Shadow Clones!"

With this Ben gives of a flash of light, before moments later he has dozens of clones besides him! At once they all surround Xiza, and what appears to be the real Ben points his sword at Xiza and says," Ready?"

His clones nod and all say," Oh yah!"

With that they all charge at him, and Xiza shrugs as he says," Did you not hear me? It's useless! No matter how many of you come at me you will all fall!"

With that in a instant his spikes extend, before they puncture all of the clones! At once Xiza laughs madly as dark lighting crackles out of his bones, and shocks all of them! Shinryudramon sees this and says,"No boss! "

He is about to charge when Cloud puts his arm up and says,"Not just yet, Xiza will expect us to rush in. Wait till his guard is down. "

Shinryudramon then turns to Cloud and says," But, we can't let him get turned in to Swiss cheese!"

James then looks at all of the Ben's and reacts calmly with," Don't worry Shinryudramon, Ben by now seems to know not to just rush in and attack blindly. He has a plan, I hope. "

With this we turn back to Xiza still laughing madly as he hears all the Ben's scream in pain before he finally retracts his bone spikes and says," Is this the best that you had? As expected, but a letdown nether the less! Oh well, better a fast painless death anyway, eh Enji? Now to, what? "

Xiza was preparing to slice of the real Ben's head as soon as he found the real one. But as the clones all go up in a puff of smoke, Xiza is unsettled to see that all of the Ben's he hit where all clones, and the real one is not in sight! Quickly looking around he takes to the air again and says,"What the, when did he vanish? I should have been able to detect his movements. Blast it, think you can hide from me? Real heroic of you, show yourself so we can end this, I have a galaxy to destroy! Huh, what the?"

He is shocked when all of a sudden he senses a surge in power, and looks directly to the left of him just in time to see the wall there burst apart, and the real Ben rocket out right for him with his sword glowing as he says," It's not hiding, it's a set up, something I thought you would be use to by now Xiza! Take this, Divine Flare Edge!"

With this the Star Sword has holy energy surge around it, and Ben is coming right for his foe's head! Xiza dodges at full speed, but he is not able to get away unscathed, Ben manages to slices his blade across Xiza! This causes the demon lord to yell out in shock and blasts back, before he glares at Ben and says," That, stung. You sniveling vermin, so you can only fight like a worm and crawl out of your hole to strike? Well, your little pod shots are useless, all they can achieve is to anger me further! Huh, what is this?"

He is shocked to see blood on his hand, and realizes Ben's attack slashed across both his left hand and his face before he says,"Impossible, I am, bleeding? "

Ben grins as he quips out,"My Xiza, it seems you have not had to fight for so long you're a little out of practice. Your arrogance will be your downfall, next time I'll make sure to land a fatal blow!"

With this Xiza gets furious as his energy causes the area to shake and nearly blow Ben back before he says," Enough! You just keep digging your own grave, because your dreams of getting out of this alive are nothing but a dream! Unlike humans, a demon's body, especially a demon of my caliber, never has its performance deteriorate, even after a million years! My power is vastly superior to yours, and you will be forced to see that soon enough!"

Ben just looks serious as he says," I don't care how much stronger you are. For the sake of my friends, and for everyone who the Enji Knights have sworn to protect, I am going to defeat you Xiza!"

Xiza regains his composer long enough to wipe the blood off his face, before he gives a snide chuckle and says,"Friends this, friends that, you really are a broken record Ben Auro! Its painfully pathetic to see you still believe so strongly in illusionary bounds. Tsc, friendship, such a amusing word.

Can one truly trust anyone? You know all too well, just how fickle the bounds of friends are. Your own best friend Ricky Okeaf, Larxene, Kira, and even your beloved mentor Max! All of the people that you held dear one by one showed there true side, and betrayed you!

You still think there is a real thing such as a true friend! You never know, when your most trusted person in the world, becomes your worse enemy! Bah, the only thing that is for certain, is the strength of your own ambition! Wasting time on things that will only slow you down, is just weakling your own position. And that is why as long as you waste your time with such foolishness, you will never be able to stop me! Because you were chained to such emotions, you even broke down and formed another personality, Darth Idious, just to deal with the pain! But I promise you, the only thing that is promised for you now is even more pain!"

Ben just sees his friends run up to back him up and Cloud says,"Your wrong Xiza, a heartless monster like you could never understand. To worry about others, to hesitate about those you care about is not a mistake. Even if one hesitates, it's still possible to hold on to a dream. And since we all share are dreams and hopes, we are all united, and that is what I would call a friend."

Doug nods and says," What he said! You're not going to turn us against each other Xiza, buds stick with each other to the end!"

Kyle nods and adds a plucky," That's right, a hero stands by his comrades to the end, and together we are going to run you through Xiza!"

Ben grins and says," So Xiza, still think the power of friendship is so weak?"

Xiza rolls his eyes and says,"Please, I don't care how deluded the lot of you are, Ill tear apart your friendship along with your lives!"

He then looks at Axl, and grins as he says,"You think your values are absolute? Hahaha, HAHAAHA! I'll show you just how easy it is for friends to become allies!"

With this he takes something out of his robe, and then takes out a golden ring, formed like a skull, and a red jewel with a W imprinted in it before he puts it on his right middle finger and says,"Axl, remember what I said before? Now it's time I show you I was telling the truth! No more games, awaken, and fulfill your true destiny!

Code Command executive W, active Omega Program!"

With this the ring glows, and a purple aura comes out and merges with his own, before it lashes out at Axl before anyone can react! Ben sees this and says,"

What the? Now what is he up to?"

He sees soon enough, that Xiza was not bluffing about Axl, because moments later, the next generation prototype reploid is clutching his head in pain, and screaming loudly! He nearly looks mad as he says," No, stop it! NO!"

X and Zero run over to him and X says," What is it Axl? Wait a second, no, this can't be! Whoa!"

Both of them are blown back as Axl snarls, before his body's colors once more turn blue and white, and to his friends horror he has entered his berserk state once more! Ben then says," Oh come on, now out of all times? "

Zero then blinks for a bit before unleashing a outraged," Are you kidding me? Are you telling me Xiza has control over the berserk program Axl has been breaking out in to?"

X then turns to Xiza and says,"But, the Vector company did not build Axl, as far as we could tell."

Xiza laughs and says,"Oh I did not build him, but I know who did! Ah, you have only yourself to blame Zero. If you would just have expected your true role after the Eurasia incident, then he would have never been created in the first place! Ah, but just like Ben Auro you refuse to expect your true nature, which is why I'll take great pleasure in seeing you all be slathered by your own former comrade. Rip them to shreds and blast them to bits Axl!"

Axl howls in mad fury, and eyes Ben before saying,"Destroy, DESTROY!"

He then has energy burst out of his hand, before in his left hand materializes a giant energy Gatling gun, and a beam cannon in his right hand! Ben then sighs and says," Oh great, this is just what we don't need!"

X then says," Axl, can you hear us? Don't listen, don't let whatever is going on inside you change who you are!"

Axl just turns to X, and opens fire! As his comrade proceeds to nearly blast X apart the blue bomber's descendent uses his Ultimate Armor's thrusters to get out of the way, and as he avoids the barrage of attacks Bacchus scans of Axl and says,"

It's no use mister X, his processing systems do not appear to be functioning. I do detect that his own conscious, has been overwritten with another program, something that was installed in to him from his "Black box". The only way I can propose to ceases mister Axl's assault without his termination is to find a way to cease the system causing to enter this berserk state. However, I regret I have yet to formulate a effective way to do that yet."

Cloud then slashes a missile fired at him before saying," I guess to start we should try to immobilize him if we can. Sigh, if we were not pressed for time all ready."

Ben then looks at the crazed Axl and says,"Still, it's not his fault, and he is being controlled. I can't just kill him for being a pawn; I know how much it sucks to not be able to control your actions. I won't let Xiza cause even more suffering, so ill snap Axl out of this before I, whoa!"

He sees Axl now turn his attention to Ben and Ben has to make some evasive maneuvers to not get hit before he jumps in the air and says,"Er, it would hurt if he would stop firing for a second!"

Axl then grins, stops firing, and drops his weapons. However he then has a gigantic purple colored sword form, a sword that would look very familiar to those that played Zero three! Axl in a instant lunges at Ben, and slashes at him with such force that the ground trembles as Ben blocks the strike Axl just slashes again and again, and Ben is pushed back as he says," This is nuts! I mean I know Axl had power, but he never showed anything of this caliber! What is he? Huh? Oh no!"

He then sees that Xiza is not going to just sit back and let his mind slave do all the work, as he is right beside him, with his palms having energy surround them as he grins and says," What is he? Simple, a proper weapon of mass destruction! Pillar of Armageddon!"

With this he gleefully fires a powerful energy blast that blasts Ben in to the wall!

He then says," Now then Ben, have you seen how little you really know? Your struggles are futile, every time you reach a path you will only fall deeper in to darkness and despair!"

Ben just gets back up and says,"You're the one who really does not know anything Xiza! The future is what you make it. No matter what pain you run in to, as long as you keep going forward you can grasp happiness! I am going to stop you, Kira, and all the other members of the Zannacross Empire! "

With this Axl fires another blast from his re-summoned hand cannon, however Shinryudramon warps in front of Ben and blocks it with his shield as he says,"That's right, not even your boss, the so called god of evil himself will stop us from ending this war so we can finally have some peace and quiet. Ah, I just realized I don't even know what a world not at war is like! Hope it's not too boring, er forget I said that."

Xiza laughs as he says,"And you will never see a society at peace, because no such one exists! Everyone can not all be sastfyed will always be conflict. The only true end, is for everything to end!"

Zero just at last fully recharges his energy from his reserve sub-tank, as well as reattaches his arm, before he points his Z saber at Xiza and says,"You can just save it! We are never going to give up. Even if it takes another million years, us and those like us will fight for peace for as long as it takes!"

Xiza just sighs and has two of his bones once more form in to swords as he responds with a wry," I figured as much. Very well, then I can see we have little left to discuss. Let the massacre continue!"

With that Ben says,"I don't think so, it's not over yet!"

With this everyone resumes the fight, but for now we change views, to briefly look at another important event ,

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Lacus Brad and there group finally landing on Halo! Now, this might not seem important, but we turn there anyway as they land the Zinyu Force shuttle, and see the massive damage that was caused between the showdown of the cousins! Not sure what caused this Yuna says," Is this how this Halo structure was designed? It's odd enough that this ring weapon has a planet like structure, but it's even odder that it would be full of holes."

Terra then responds with a observant," I do not think this was intentional, the rest of this Halo looked normal. This is clearly where those tremendous powers were colliding and where that explosion took place. "

Brad just whistles before hollering out," Looks like we missed quite a show. Too bad, let's stop sightseeing and get to where the action is all ready!"

Collette then looks worried and says," But, weren't we stopping here to make sure none of our friends were hurt?"

Sabin quickly adds," That's right Brad, try for once to show some compassion. Someone lost that fight, and if it's one of us we must make sure we can save them."

Brad just cracks his neck and says," Give me a break. Either it's the lame bad guy who got blown to hell, or one of our guys bit the big one. Either way it's too late anyway."

Lacus just looks around and says,"Don't say that Brad, we still might be able to save someone. Even if it's a slim chance, I can't over look leaving someone to die if I could have done anything. "

Brad just sighs and barks out a agitated," Oh find, if it makes you feel better Lacus doll, I know how much you like to feel like a good girl. Just try not to take long, I still have not had my fill of fighting for the day and I would hate to miss out on another good fight! If that damn stuck up takes the glory for himself again ill, huh? Whoa!"

Brad kicks a rock, before he sees below none other than Max, out cold! It seems Ben's final attack against him hit him harder then he let Ben believe, because Brad sees him face down on the ground, unconscious, and with blood all around him!

Lacus walks over and says," Did you see something Brad? Huh, oh no! Max! "

She at once runs to his side, and rolls him over, she checks his pulse and says,"Good, he is still alive, even if he feels weak. This is not good, I have to move fast!"

With this she at once has her holy aura surround her before she begins to heal Ben's cousins many injuries! As her friends run over to her Brad just moans and says,"

What are you doing Lacus!? He may be Ben's cuz, but he is still the enemy remember? After tricking everyone and being the guy who released this giant thing in the first place, you're just going to let that slide?"

Lacus just looks right at Brad and responds with a firm," It's not his fault Brad! He was betrayed by Kira, and used by both him and Xiza. And once more Xiza tricked Max to get what he wanted. He does not deserve to die like this, and I won't let him die like this! After all, he use to be someone who protected me long ago, it's the least I can do. I just hope I am not too late."

Brad just groans and kicks the ground so hard it shatters around him before he pouts out," Find, but one of these days your kindness will get you in so much trouble even I won't be able to bail you out! Heal the traitor if you want, I have to make him pay for looking down on me anyway. But for now I think I'll go check what is causing all of those rumblings, and see if I can cause even larger ones!"

With this he looks at the command tower in the distance and grins madly before he yells like a pro wrestler and says,"Oh yah, time for Brad the great to show everyone who the true number one is!"

Sabin runs up to him and says,"Brad! Don't you dare go off again on your own! No wait!"

As he runs over Brad just cracks his knuckles and takes a massive leap in the direction of the command tower! Sabin then says,"Damn it Brad, I seen better behaved royal toddlers! We are going to have a long talk when this is over, this behavior cannot continue, not if you have any desire to be an Enji someday Brad. "

Terra just looks at him and says,"Let it go Sabin, we have more important matters to deal with at the moment."

The Enji Knights see Lacus using the most powerful healing magic she has, and after a minute she sees all of Max's wounds are healed, and is even more relived to see Max stir! A few seconds later he moans and says,"All right I am up! Geeze, can't let a guy get any sleep anymore! Huh, wait, where am I?"

He grabs his head, before his eyes open and he sees Lacus. He then looks shocked and says," Lacus, what are you doing here? Did, you just heal me?"

Lacus smiles and nods as she says," Yes, we just landed on Halo when we saw this area, and Brad saw you lying here. I am so glad, that I got here in time. "

Max grins and says," I guess I am too. Man, your magic is really top notch Lacus, after the beating I got I feel good as new."

Vaan then grins and says," That's Lacus for you, her white magic skills are at the same level of the masters, maybe even better."

Lacus just blushes and reacts with a humble," I don't' know about that. I just, try to do the best I can."

Max stands back up, and looks at Lacus and says," Well, I see you have grown as much as Ben has. "

Lacus just looks at Max and blushes a little,"Max, thank you."

Sabin then looks around before cutting in with," So, did Xiza do this to you? If he was able to damage you this badly, then we are in for a very uphill fight it would seem."

Max just laughs and says,"Xiza? Hell no, like I would lose to him. No, Ben did this to me."

Everyone is shocked at this, and Lacus steps back and gasps as she says,"What? Ben, did this to you? But, why?"

Max just looks over to the right, still sees his large Beskar sword still stuck on the rock Ben knocked it in to, before he stretches his hand, and uses his energy to summon it in to his hand as he says,"Don't worry, I had it coming. Seems my cousin and I could not see eye to eye, and the only way we could settle things was in a dual. And, as much as I hate to admit it, he caught me off guard, and defeated me."

Lacus is amazed and says,"Ben, really defeated you? Wow, I know he has improved greatly lately, but even so, to have beaten you, he really must have come far."

Max looks down and says,"I admit I did not think he had what it took to really surpass me. But, he really has put everything he has in to becoming the chosen hero, the Enji worthy of the Star Sword. And, he was able to fight on the same level as me at last. Heh, I guess I had it coming; after all I did kind of dupe you all, and kill his former buddy Rick. Well, Rick had it coming for being a double crossing idiot, but still. I admit though, as much of a drag that it is to admit it, Ben was the one who was acting mature in are fight, that's most likely why he was able to get me to lose my cool, that he was the one who was knowing what he was doing. But, in the end, I think he did me a favor.

I was so consumed with rage, that I could not even think straight. If I went on alone to fight Xiza, I would most likely let Xiza trick me again, and be in worse shape than I was in before, AKA dead. Heh, who would have thought Ben's corny friendship speech's had some meaning for once, I am beginning to think there is something to his strength, the strength of trying to protect those precious to you. It's been so long since I had anyone to protect, anyone I could trust, I forgot it was indeed something real."

Lacus just looks at Max and says,"Max, I am sorry, sorry you had to suffer for so long alone.

"Max grins and says," What are you sorry about Lacus? You did nothing wrong, so don't apologize for what others do, you only have to be responsible for your own actions. Oh? He and everyone feel a tremor, and turn to see a flash of light go off from Halo's command tower in the distance and Max narrows his eyes as he says,"

After all, the ones who are really responsible for this have enough to answer all ready, and its time I make them pay their debts."

Lacus looks concerned, and says," Those power levels, they must be Ben and the others. And the massive darkness that they are surrounding , must be Xiza! I never imaged, he would be able to hide such a tremendous power from everyone."

Max looks serious and responds with a bitter," That's Xiza for you, always hiding something, but this is the final card. But, in the end it does not matter, because once and for all his hand is going to be forced once and for all. "

Lacus then tries to put on a playful face and says,"So, I suppose now you want to join the fight? I guess it's no use trying to persuade you otherwise. I know you won't listen to reason. "

Max grins and counters with a slick," Why so worried? Because of your healing magic I am back to full health. And with you guys backing me and Ben up we have this in the bag. Besides, this whole mess, started because I rushed in to try and have my revenge. But this time, I am going to avenge my comrades the right way. Lacus, will you and the others help me?"

Lacus winks and says," Of course! It's the only way I can make sure you Ben and everyone don't overdo it again! Besides, I want to do my part to."

Sabin then nods and says,"Yes, we will all do what we can to insure this accursed monstrosity of a weapon never completes its task. "

Max then grins and gives off a view lighting practice swings of his massive sword to ready himself, before saying,"

Then what the hell are we still standing for? As I recall time is of the essence, so let's bust this Halo, and clean Xiza's clock! "

Just as they all nod and prepare to move, all of a sudden they hear a new voice, laugh madly! It then says," Oh my, so you all think you can save the day, with a heroic Calvary rush? I don't think so; I think I would prefer to have the script of ultimate destruction go right as it was written!"

Everyone then sees the sky go dark, and lightning bolts strike down as Lacus says," What is this? I sense, a tremendous dark energy above us! But, where did it come from? It's not Kira, its pure evil with not a hint of remorse."

Max then starts to recognize the laugh and says,"Wait, I remember this voice? Oh come on, are you kidding me!?"

With this a lightning bolt strikes down right in front of them, and a column of darkness bursts out of the ground, and the laughing man reveals himself as he says,"Oh my, you have quite the memory little dog! Good, I wanted you to remember my voice, so you remember who killed you in a spectacularly bloody fashion, Max Bruder!"

Sure enough, out of the dark portal fly's out none other than the masked Ravxen! The Dark Enji is as overly dramatic as ever, and says,"What do we have here? Have you all achieved your goals in life boys and girls? Because soon enough, you won't have a life left! HAhaha!"

Lacus then raises a eyebrow before muttering a tense," Why is a Dark Enji here? They and the Zannacross Empire and Vector have no alliance."

Ravxen just breaks out of his laugh and says,"True enough my dear little simpleton. However, I am what you call a man who does not let things like a banner get in the way of what he wants. And right now, what I want to see, is the wonderful sound of billions of worthless peons screaming there wonderful cry of death! Yes, more than anything I go where ever mass destruction beckons. So, that's why stopping this ring of death is a big no no, warriors of light! Yes, humans have hogged the stage for far too long as it is, and now it's time for the requiem of utter anhalation to wipe the set clean!"

Max just sighs and says," Today is just one thing after another, but right now I don't have time for this!"

Ravxen instantly turns serious, and through his skull dragon mask his inhuman eyes glare at Max as he says,"Oh, in a hurry are we? Oh that's too bad! You see, in case your empty head forgot, last we met, on planet SR-388 you surprised me, and made a fool of me!"

Max grins and grinds out a bold," Oh I get it, you want revenge? What's the matter, can't handle someone being better then you?"

Ravxen then laughs madly as he snaps back with a wry,"Oh please, you, better than me?

I am Ravxen, the Phantom of Chaos! My power is without peer! And, its time you pay the price for meddling in my performance and leaving a stain on my deadly reputation, the ultimate price!"

With this his energy explodes, and his dark energy causes the ground around him to crumble! Max just gets in to fighting stance and says,"Yah you can shut up now Ravxen. I don't care how mad you are, because I am going to make you madder. I don't really care what you really are, because you're not going to stop me from helping Ben and the others kill Xiza! So if you want to dance, then let's dance! "

Ravxen then chuckles and has a sword of pure dark energy form in his hand as he says,"Hehe, at least you're not foolish enough to think you can run from my wrath, time to make that prideful howl of yours a squeal of death!"

Max is ready to fight, but he is shocked when someone grabs his shoulder, and it's Lacus! She looks at him and says,"

Max, you wish to help Ben and the others right? You want to, stop Xiza?"

Max looks a little confused, and says,"Well duh. Still, this nut won't let me go till I break his fancy mask and his body with it!"

Lacus then says," Please, leave this to us, and go help Ben. "

Max raises an eyebrow and says,"What are you saying Lacus? You know this Ravxen guy is not just a psycho, but a deadly powerful one, I sense as much darkness in him as I do Xiza. And, as much as I really want to finally shut up Xiza. I still have enough pride and honor in me that I can't just stand by and let you guys have to fight him alone. Heh, Ben would never forgive me if I let anything bad happened to you, and I would never forgive myself for that matter."

Lacus smiles warmly and reacts with a confident," Don't worry, I , have been training a lot myself. And, with Miss Terra and the others helping me I am sure we can hold him off. Max, you helped me before, and now it's time I help you. Don't worry, I'll be find."

Max looks at her, looks at Ravxen, and sees another explosion break out of the command tower and says," I guess you're right. Heh, never could win a argument with you. Just be careful ok?"

Lacus nods and says," Same to you Max. "

Max then turns to the command tower and says," I just have one more thing, to ask you. Lacus, if anything were to happen to me, promise you will look over Ben for me? "

Lacus is caught off guard and reacts with a anxious," What? Max, what are you saying? "

Max's energy blasts out again and he looks down as he says,"Don't worry; I don't plan on dying anytime soon. It's just, if anything would happened to me, you're the only one I could really count on, that could be able to make sure he stays out of trouble. I know, he can be a bit slow with things, and he is a bit clueless with how the world works. But even still, he has a good heart, one of the best I know. He was even able to get me to regain something I thought I lost forever.

And, you do know, he cares about you, more than anything."

Lacus is caught off guard by that, and looks down before she says,"

Max, I, know. "

Max grins and says," Just don't, let him down, don't abounded him all right? He has suffered enough, and when this is over he deserves to be happy."

Lacus looks down, before she looks right at Max and says,"I, understand. Don't worry, I promise, I will protect him."

Max then nods and says," All right then, time for me to finish what I started, good luck. "

With this Max bursts of in the direction of the command tower, and this of course infuriates Ravxen, as he says," What is this? You dare think you can take me lightly!? Vermin, die!"

With this he forms in essence a Frezia style Destructo Disc in his hand, and hurls it right at Max! However, he is shocked to see in a flash Lacus appear right in front of it, and slash the purple energy disc in half with her Oath keeper sword! Ravxen chuckles and says,"And what do we have here? Run along little bird, you're not what I am interested in at the moment. If you have any desire to live, you will stand aside, I want to make that show boater suffer, but if you stop me ill make you suffer more, and beg me to kill you!"

Lacus then looks right at him and says, "That is not going to happen, I cannot allow you to pass. Right now, Max needs to help Ben and the others stop Xiza from unleashing the ultimate tragedy. I, will not let you interfere."

Ravxen looks amused and says," Oh, and you think you can stop me? Your noble intentions are a riot, but the joke is not funny. Let me make this clear, you have no chance at all of victory!"

Lacus then powers up her holy energy, and gets in to her own fighting stance as her friends get along side her and she says" I never intended this to be funny. No matter what, I won't let you have your way Ravxen!"

Ravxen chuckles evilly and says," How sweet, you're trying to put up a brave front and try and be useful. However, I can see the fear in your eyes my little caged canary. You're afraid you won't be able to save your precious friends, and your right! "

Terra fly's to the side of Lacus and says,"You won't be able to frighten us you fiend. No matter how bleak it looks we will show you how powerful we are. And, at the same time the others will stop Xiza!"

Ravxen just puts his hand on his head, and his head up as he says,"You dimwits just don't get it! I guess I have to pull out the punch line for you dimwits of light! Want to know a secret? Xiza, is not just a pretty ugly face! Oh no, in fact he is one of the great seven demon lords, the most powerful minions of Zannacross!"

This shocks everyone, and Lacus says," A demon, lord? "

Ravxen then laughs madly Joker style as he says,"I don't think you peons get how outclassed your little comrades are! Let me put it this way.

Let's see, Esper halfbreed, Terra your world got its magical power I recall form that so called war of the Magi correct? The real story was that one of those powers was a celestial one, and the other two, the ones called Doom and Poltergeist, were just servants of the demon lord. "

Terra gasps at this and says," How would you know about that? Are you telling me that the,"

Ravxen laughs and says,"Bingo darling, a true demon lord has as much power as ten of those jokers! Your pals are about to become served on a very long stick!"

Lacus then says," No, even if Xiza is a demon lord, Ben and Max, and the others will still be able to defeat him! No matter who the opponents are, they never give up, and neither will I! I will, make sure they can count on me as well!"

Ravxen just sighs and says," I see, your stupidity is so overwhelming that I think I am going to be sick. In that case I think ill eradicate you now. I should have mentioned, being stuck with me is even worse than going to fight Xiza! But, if you desire to die in style, then far from be to deny you! Genocide Rain!"

Ravxen has his energy explode, before he holds out his hands in the air, and fires countless blasts of energy! Soon enough they cover the artificial sky, before Lacus and the others see a rainstorm of red blasts rain down on them! At once Lacus hastily sets up one of her energy barriers to protect her and her friends! As the blasts pour down and get defected they nearly blow the area around them apart!

Vaan sees Ravxen gleefully continue his onslaught as he says,"Well, this is just great! I know we had to let Max get away, but now we are stuck with this guy! "

Sabin shakes his fist and responds with a grave," Even the Grand Master could not completely handle this madman."

Lacus just looks determined and cuts in with a firm," Maybe, but, I have power of my own."

Terra then looks at Lacus and says," You're willing to try and control the power of the Blue Eyes White Dragon? "

Lacus nods and says," I have been working on it, and I think I can draw out its power without it trying to take control by now. And besides, if Ben and the others can press forward, then so can I !"

With this Ravxen looks bored as he says," If you're just going to cower then this slather is going to be rather dull! Really now, I am wasting my time with the likes of you. I want the head of that dog!"

Lacus then has her energy surge, and she says," No, you're not going to get away, I won't let you! "

With this she causes a shockwave from her aura to blast the rest of her foe's attacks, and as this shockwave heads for Ravxen his barrier forms around him and it shatters around him. Still this causes him to raise an eye brow and he says,"So, you really do have some thrones in you my frail little rose. I never thought the vessel of the celestial beast would be able to tame it like that. Still, it matters not.

You're still imprisoned in the cruel cage of destiny dear, nothing you do will allow you to escape it. My, I wonder if when you realize how powerless you are your pretty heart will break? Meh, as amusing as it would be to see, I don't have time to wait, so I'll just make this the final! Goners Sympathy!"

As the deranged dark Enji puts his hands together to fire a massive purple energy blast at everyone!

Lacus sees this and yells out a defiant," No, you're wrong Ravxen! No matter what people might say my fate is, in the end I decide my own future. Being with everyone has taught me that much. And, I want to continue to feel new experiences, to feel new joys, to keep on living, and that's why, I can't let everything end here! Burst Stream of Judgment!"

With this Lacus unleashes a powerful holy blast to match her foe's, and as it collides with its counterpart it creates an explosion that lights up the sky! However, with everyone having there only problems, no one even has the time to see it!

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Well, that's not true, Brad sees it. Lacus's boyfriend is still taking massive leap after leap to get to the command tower, and he sees the explosion. However, he just grunts and says,"

Well, looks like some more action is going on. Typical, they always start the fun without me! They always try to keep me away, to keep me from the glory I deserve! I had it with the higher ups, they are jealous that I have so much power without having to play by their lame rules! Bah, Sabin the Grand Master and the others can't hold me back to long. Soon enough, everyone will be forced to expect who the true master is! Bah, but what is really starting to tick me off is that god damn know it all Max! Why the hell is Lacus so magnanimous on him?

Even after all he has done, she is willing to over look it, when she has been moaning about the things I do lately? It's all because of that god damn star loser! I knew it from the beginning, the more he hangs around her, the more it contaminates her mind! Ever since she felt sorry for him for him having that breakdown she has been more and more neglectful of why we are the prefect couple! If it were not for the dance, she might have totally forgotten why she and I are destined to be together forever!

Well, I won't allow it. If Benny boy won't back off, I'll make him back off! I don't care how many people in high places have sympathy for him, I won't let anyone stand in my way! And his damn cousin, he thinks he knows everything, but he an't got jack on me!

And, if he keeps barking up the wrong tree ill show him what happens when you keep trying to, huh? Ah, finally!"

He stops as he sees he is just another jump from the command tower and grins widely and says" Finally, damn ring being so big. Now, it's time I smash this Xiza freak, and get the recognition I deserve!"

Lacus 's boyfriend takes a big step forward as he prepares to take a jump, so big, that he shatters the rock he was on, causing yellow tentacles to burst out! A shocked Brad blurts out,"What kind of trap is this? Whoa!"

With this all of a sudden he is entangled and dragged down before he can even raise his fists! Moments later he is dragged several levels below, and hits the ground face first! While this only stuns him, he is all ready mad as a bull and says," All right! Who wants to get wasted next? Huh? Damn, and I thought I seen enough ugly mugs for the day!"

He looks around, and sees that he is now in a area that looks entirly composed of the same decaying flesth that the Flood are made off! He then looks up and sees the source of the tentacles and everything else is a gigantic Venus Flytrap like Flood monster with a large mouth formed from overlapping fleshy 'leaves' ! Brad hears the monster grumble before it says,"This is not your grave human...But you are welcome in it."

Despite being face to face with the most gruesome monster yet Brad just grins and says," What the hell is this suppose to be? Think you can stop me freak? "The Flood monster responds with,"I, am the hive mind of the lifeforms that have hungered hear throughout countless eras in time. I am the Grave mind of the flood! I have finally awoken to taste food for me and my brethren. And now, we will consume all, and reassert are domination over all life! And you, large human, shawl be my first feast to celebrate the end of are long hibernation! "

Brad just grins and says,"Oh, think you can eat me? I tore apart bigger things then you, so if you want your long life to end here then let me go! Since I have bigger fish to fry the Unstoppable Juggernaught might even let you live!"

The Grave mind roars before more tentacles lash out, and Brad sees various types of flood monsters crawl out as their leader says," You understand nothing mindless human! We consume all, we concur all! Are conquest of all sentient beings in the cosmos is absolute! Its only natural, that the most superior, most adaptable species rules over all!"

This gets Brad to laugh madly as he says," If that's your judgment " Audrey", then you should just submit to me! Because Brad Fowltror is the most superior, most powerful, and most adaptable being of all! "

This angers all the flood and Grave Mind lashes out with more tentacles as it roars out a booming," Arrogant life form, your ego precedes you, humans are but a frail race. WE have far evolved past them, we are far more worthy then them! RUH!"

It tried to constrain Brad with its tentacles, but Brad shows how little he thinks of the flood as he flicks his wrist and shatters one of them, before his muscles expand and blow the others away! He then gives the giant monster the middle finger as he yells out a revved up," I don't care if you were the top dog back when this thing had a new car smell, because now I am the top dog! Huh, whoa!"

He then sees all the small flood parasites swarm him, and one jumps on his face! The more humanoid ones then tackle him, and Grave Mind then says,"Bah, no matter how much time passes are supremacy will forever be set in stone! Nothing can stop are consumption, we can only be slowed down! We remember the power humans have over magical energy, but the flood can consume even that! We consume everything!"

With this the towering nearly eighty meters high monster that is composed of composed of rotting corpses and bio-matter lunges over Brad, before it devours Brad and all of its minions in one bite! While Brad punches and kicks it so hard its flesh stretches far, it managed to force Brad down its throat! It then laughs and says," Arrogant human, know your place! All are food for the flood, defiance is pointless. Now, time to bring the other life form's I sense to their grave. And then we can resume are ultimate conquest! Huh, what is this? No, it can't be! RUAH!"

With this he feels a burning sensation in his lower body, before a burst of power blows out of it! Moment's later Brad leaps out, looking twice as large, furious, covered in stomach acid and now at fifty percent of his power!

Brad then says," You damn ugly freak, you think you can devour me!? Ill blast apart every last one of you!"

Grave Mind then howls and says," Your power is grand indeed human, but that won't stop the flood! We will just make that power part of our own! "

With this more smaller floor burst out of the ground and try to infect him! However Brad just says,"

What is this? You trying to take me over?

Idiots, you just don't get it! No one can control Brad the great! NO ONE!" With this he powers up even more, to at least eighty percent of his power, and all the flood that try to infect him shatter on impact from his now steel like body, and are blown away! A infuriated Grave Mind says," You're not a human, what are you? "

Brad grins, before both of his hands glow with power and he says," I told you, I am not just another lame weakling, I am the most powerful fighter of all! No one is going to stop me from making everyone see that I am the true number one either! Time I remined you what the number one rule of the jungle is freak, and its the rule of the strong!

And since you got on my nerves, you're going to die! So, you wanted to devour me, consume my power? Then eat this, have all you can eat! HAHAHAAHA!"

With this Brad pumps up his muscles, and has his energy explode before he thrusts his hand up, and puts up his index fingers before unleashing a sudden burst of green energy, in the same explosive fashion that Nappa from DBZ used to level a city as his calling card! This blast totally destroys the massive Grave Mind, and as every cell of it is being shattered is says,"

No, this can't be! We are destined, to consume all! I, cannot be stopped! I,RAHH!"

With this last outburst it is totally decimated and as Brad sees the smoke coming out of the massive crater where his wound be eater once stood he grins as he sees a small amount of charred flesh remaining before he stomps it and says,"

Looks like he learned the hard way what happens when you diss the number one Enji! Bah, no matter how big you are, you can't stop me! Huh?"

He sees that even with Grave Mind dead the Flood still stand, and as more crawl out of the ground he spits on the ground and says,"

Bah, can't take a hint can we boys? You can't stop me, I'll kill all of you! I am so sick of everyone disrespecting me! Ill drag all of those smug punks who think they are better then me, through the mud, before I break every bone in there stuck up bodies! Anyone, who tries to stand in the way of the Unstoppable Juggernaught, will pay the price. I don't care who or what it is, I won't let anyone take away what is rightfully mine! So now, time to kill all of you but ugly monsters, and smash that Xiza loser before he fires this weapon, and kill my fans! SO GET LOST!"

With this he smashes the ground with his large fists, and causes the ground around him to shatter, causing more flood to fall to the metal exterior of the ring! Brad then jumps up in the air, before unleashing a barrage of green energy blasts in a Tommy gun fashion to reduce his foe's ranks even farther! However, as Brad's bombardment rocks Halo itself, are hero's are too busy to notice, and lets return to them to find out why!

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With this we return back to the main event, Ben and the others handling the combined onslaught of Xiza and the crazed out of control Axl! As the previous events were happening at the same time as the so far covered parts of the fight, we return to right where we left off, with Ben keeping on his toes to avoid losing them!

While Ben is now powerful enough to handle Axl even after his tremendous increase in power, he still has been reluctant to go all out in his attacks for fear of hurting his mind controlled friend. However, Axl is not sharing the problem, and with Xiza directing his commands the situation is swiftly getting worse and worse as are hero's are getting worn down! At the moment Ben has just defected another energy blast from Xiza, only to be hit from behind by Axl! As he lands on the ground Xiza chuckles and says," So now my foolish warriors of light, do you see how hopeless your struggle is? "

Ben just shakes his hand to get the feeling back in to it and says,"Yah, not hopeless at all! We are going to win no matter what Xiza!"

X then adds," That's right, you have not beaten us yet!"

Xiza sighs and says," In that case ill just have Axl blast the last of your will out of you! Finish them!"

Axl roars before he charges again to try and punch X, and his comrade barely manages to get out of the way as he punch's a hole in the floor!

X then says," Fight it Axl! Are you going to just let Xiza control you? "

X gets his answer, when Axl has his chest glow, before he fires a red orb from his chest, that covers the ceiling, and all of a sudden unleashes a massive gravity orb, that pins everyone besides Axl and Xiza to the ground! Cloud struggles to not fall face first to the ground as he says," Damn it, that one attack seems to have increased the gravity in the room a hundred, maybe even a thousand times! "

Ben, who was use to moving in high gravity is able to stay on his feet, but he is still sluggish as he looks at Axl and says," This is not good, at this rate, I might not have a choice but to do what ever it takes to make him stop. We are running out of time, and we can't, AH!"

Ben's speech is interrupted as he is slashed in the back by Xiza! The demon lord then en wraps his tail around Ben, and says,"Time? Your all ready out of time Ben Auro! No more games, I won't allow you to disrespect me any longer. Axl, kill them all, unleash your rage!"

With this Axl slowly nods, before he forms a giant Proton Cannon in his hands, and points it at his immobilized comrades while laughing maniacally! As it charges up Zero says," Damn it Axl, don't do this! You really want to become a pawn for some madman?"

Xiza looks smug as he says," Its no use Zero, this is the true Axl! Like you, his true nature is a being that exists only to destroy! He is what you rejected, and since I am who awoken him, he obeys me! Enough, rid him from my sight this instant!"

Axl points his massive cannon at Zero as it finish's charging up and he says,"Zero,, RAH!" With this he grabs his head with his free hand, and staggers backwards in pain.

Xiza sees this and says," What, is he, resisting? Impossible! Huh? Why are you laughing when your about to die Ben Auro?"

He sees Ben laughing even though his neck is being squeezed by his foe's tail! He just looks at Xiza and says,"

Its funny because even after you have lived for so long you still have no idea what people are really about Xiza! They are more then just statistics and data, they have hearts! Even inorganic guys like X Zero and Axl have hearts some were inside them to! And having a heart, makes it impossible to predict everything about your opponent. For example, predict this!"

With this he shocks Xiza, by biting down on his tail! While this only inflects minimum damage, the shock alone is enough to get Xiza to weaken his hold and Ben blasts out of him! An infuriated Xiza says,"How dare you bite my tail! That's it, time I slice you in to, huh? NO!"

He is shocked to see this was all really a disractation, for Axl to disobey Xiza in a big way by warping right in front of him and aiming his Proton Cannon right at his head as he says," DIE!"

With this Axl fires a massive blue energy blast that consumes Xiza, before the massive attack blows through him, and goes on to decimate the right wall of the command tower before it goes off in to space and explodes! As Ben lands on the ground he grins and says,"

Whew, I was worried for a moment, but I knew Axl could not forget everything so casually. Phew, man Xiza tasted nasty! I never want to taste a demon's tail again!" Axl 's gravity bind seems to were off by his own will, and his comrades get back on there feet as X says,"Axl, I am glad like Zero you are strong enough to decide for your self what your destiny is. "

Kyle then grins as he runs over to Ben and says,"All right, even Xiza has to be reeling after getting hit from that kind of attack at point black range! Huh? Whoa! Er, or maybe not!"

Everyone sees a massive burst of energy blow away the smoke, to see Xiza appear, looking lived! Axl 's surprise attack did manage to singe his outfit and dirty his face, but other wise he appears to be with out any serious injury! He glares at Axl and says," 'You dare malfunction Axl? Why would you dare disobey, they are your targets!"

Axl looks at Xiza as his eye's turn back to normal as he says,"No, they are, my friends!"

With this he takes out his Omega Sword again and charges at Xiza, but the angry demon lord has his bones extend and glow as he says,"So, even now you think they are your friends? If that's what you value most, then die with them! Reginleif Slash!"

With this in a instant Xiza disappears, before its like multiple versions of him are all hovering over Axl slashing him in unison! A moment later Xiza is behind Axl, and when the next gen proto type reploid turns around, purple energy in the shape of a X bursts out of him, and all of a sudden he is blasted back, as his right arm and left leg falls off! As Axl lands on the ground its clear that Xiza slashed him all over in his brutal lighting fast combo and X sees his friends colors fade back to normal as he says," Axl, no! Damn you Xiza! You're not going to get away with this!"

Xiza just brushes off the dust of his arm as he says," Of course I will Megaman X, my victory is set in stone. Since your friend had to malfunction, he was no longer of any value. And all trash must be properly thrown out!"

Ben just gets mad and shakes his fist as his energy explodes and he yells out," You really are twisted, anyone who thinks you only deserve to live if you obey your will perfectly is the one who does not deserve to live! Xiza, I had enough of you, this ends now, Final Atonement Slash!"

With this Ben strikes the ground, before Xiza sees countless golden energy swords burst out of the ground, and all swarm at Xiza!

The demon lord frowns as he says," Don't you get it by now? You can't, DEFEAT ME!"

With this his energy explodes, before he slashes rapidly at all the swords coming his way! He then says,"Why do you insist on dragging out your suffering? Its just more pain before you die!"

Kyle then charges at Xiza and says," Its because we are not just going to roll over and die just because we feel a little pain! We will brace are self's and keep going so we can win! Shouhou Zetesurenshou! "

Kyle jumps in to the air and unleashes his most powerful Mystic Art, before his sword explodes with green energy and attacks Xiza with everything he has! While the villen is still blocking Ben's barrage, he manages to block Kyle's attack with his tail!

He then says," It does not matter how many of you come at me, all of your powers combined can't compare to mine!"

Zero then charges at him and responds with a passionate," I had it with you, just shut up and die all ready! Raijingeki!"

At the same time Leon charges at him as well as he says,"Its one thing to proclaim you are invincible, but another to mean it! Majin Rengokusatsu !"

With this Leon unleashes his most powerful Mystic Art attack just as Zero strikes with his Z saber empowered with lighting! All ready blocking both Ben and Kyle's attacks, the foe finds this combo to much even for him, and the combined triple slash blasts him in to the remained of Ben's barrage! As his energy swords explode in to Xiza he is blasted in to the air, and shouts out a dejected," No, theses worms should not be able to harm me! Huh?"

He then sees Cloud charging at him as the spiky haired warrior's own energy is exploding as he says,"Maybe now you will finally understand what true power is Xiza! Ominslash Version 5!"

With this Xiza sees all of the extra swords pop out of his sword, before in a flash he slashes the surprised bad guy again and again before he can react before Cloud ends his combo with a powerful horizontal slash that is strong enough to get Xiza to scream in pain, as he causes his chest to bleed! At once clutching his wound Xiza glares as he sees Cloud land on the ground and have his swords return to him as he says," How dare you, you worthless bugs! You think you can really defeat me!? I am one of the seven demon lord's, I won't be stopped by the likes of you! "

Shinryudramon then jumps in to the air and has his shield form in to a energy cannon again before he instantly powers up and says,"Not only can we stop you, we are going to stop you! Infinite Exia Ray!"

The Mega Digimon fires his most powerful energy blast, and at the same time X and James fire of there most powerful blasts, while Samus unleashes her Hyper Beam, and Bacchus fires of his Blessed Buster attack!

And at the same time Ben unleashes his power to as he says," Xiza! For the Chozo, the Zandalorians, and all the other people who were killed in your name, your time is now! Burning Celestial Shinryukenha!"

With this Ben unleashes his favorite attack at full power, and as Xiza braces him self as he says,"Ben Auro, ill, GUh!"

With this Ben's blast collides in to him, and while he tries to defect it, all the other blast collide in to him as well, and the amount of power is to much for even Xiza to stop, and they all blast him at once with a explosion that blasts the roof of the Command Tower sky high!

Ben lands on the ground and says," Nailed him. "

Shinryudramon then says," Ha, that will teach him to be such a jerk!"

Doug grins and says,"Oh yah, that hit home! Looks like another mission in the bag eh guys? Hey, why is no one else happy? No, don't tell me that,"

Cloud does not let him finish and just stares intently as he says,"Your guess is right Doug, its not over yet. That blast hit him hard though, so maybe the end is in sight. However, be ready for anything. "

With this everyone sees there fears are verified, because with a roar of fury Xiza shows he is still alive as his energy explodes to once more blast the smoke and fire away! However, everyone sees that the combo blast hit him hard, his robe is torn to shreds, and his green muscular body underneath it is bleeding all over. Xiza is just looking deranged as he glares at Ben and says,"Humans, were do you get this power from nothing? You are a weak race, normally your nothing but powerless scum! How can mortals, gather such power?"

Ben just grins and says,"We may start out weak, but we have a lot of potential Xiza! And under the right circumstances, that power can surpassed the powers of even angels and demons! Xiza, you have underestimated what we as a people can do for the last time! That last attack may not have finished you, but ill make sure the next one does! So get ready to die!"

Xiza just looks down, before he breaks out in insane laughter!

He then says," Me, DIE!? Don't be up surd, I will never be killed by you! Tell me, do you think you have won? Think you have outlasted the limits of my power?

Well, you're very, VERY, mistaken my idiotic Enji! This is hardly my true power, in fact this is just the tip of what I can really do! I admit I did not think I would have to resort to this from the likes of you. But, I see I underestimated how much light you mortals have received. But, it matters not. Once I transform, no amount of light will let you escape your demise! "

Xiza 's eyes glow red and the symbol of the Zanncross Empire appears on his forehead and Samus says," What, your telling me he was just playing around so far? He has to be bluffing!"

Xiza laughs, as his energy begins to surge once more and he says,"We will see who is bluffing soon enough Samus! You should be honored, I have not transformed since the last battle in the war of the Celestial ones and the Zannacross Empire! You should at least give your self's credit for being killed by the very definition of ultimate power!"

Xiza 's energy continues to surge before everyone is nearly blasted off there feet, and a worried Ben quickly charges at Xiza as he says,"No, I won't let you get any more powerful! I just want this instantly to be shut down before anyone gets hurt! This ends now! Huh, no! AH!"

He tries to charge right at Xiza but the demon lord unleashes so much power that he is blown in to the wall!

Xiza grins as he says," Its to late Ben Auro, your fate, all of your fates have been sealed! Now, witness my true form, the true form of a demon lord! Allow me to introduce your tour to hell early! RUAH!"

With this darkness bursts out of him, before its so think that no one can see him! However they can definitely feel that there enemy is changing, because the power being released is shattering all the remaining walls around them, and even causing Halo it self to crack a little! The pressure is so great no one can even move, but half a minute later everyone feels a little lighter, and realizes Xiza has finished transforming! Ben looks up, and widens his eyes as he says,"Ay, caramba!This day, is really the definition of a nightmare!"

Ben and everyone else sees a grinning Xiza emerge from the self created dark fog, and are horrified to see his true form!

Xiza is now three to four times as large, and is as muscular as Brad is at full power! What makes it even worse is that he now has two extra arms in coming out of him in the style of Goro or Kantaro from the Mortal Kombat games, and to top it off he now has gigantic demon wings flapping out of his back, and demon horns sticking out of his head in the same fashion as Frezia did in his second form! And to top it off, he has spikes protruding out of his shoulders, arms and tail, and they look like Curse Seal crystals!

Bacchus sees this and says," This is not good at all, my scanners can't even begin to scan his power with out overloading in a instant."

Cloud then braces him self as he says," So, this is the true form of a demon lord? Well, it's everything I expected, but nothing I wanted to see."

Xiza laughs madly as he stenches his two new arms and says,"I hope your all prepared to experience the epitome of pain! Because since I had to resort transforming, I am not going to be as gentle as I was before! "

Ben sees that his hand is shaking, and forces him self to grip his sword tightly as he says," Damn it, I sense more dark energy in him then from anyone else, more then Xehamaru, Kira, and everyone else combined! Still, I, won't let you win!"

Xiza chuckles, before he frails his tail to smash the remains of the wall to his side and he says," Allow me? In my true form, no one in the universe can deny me what is rightfully mine! For all the pain I have received from you inferior beings, I shawl now return a thousand fold! Now, who should I warm up my wrath on first? Oh, no need to play favorites, ill give you all an equal share of my wrath! So, time to die!"

With this his energy explodes with such fury that everyone is blown off there feet, and Xiza at once goes on the assault! Are hero's don't even see him coming, in a second despite his massive increase in size he smashes everyone hard in to the ground! As Ben's head bangs against the metal ground, he coughs up blood and says," What the, I did not even see him move! Has, has his transformation made him this much more powerful?"

Ben and the others hear Xiza laugh as he floats in the air with his demon wings extended, and as his two upper arms are folded confidently across his chest he grits his large teeth and says,"No Ben Auro, I am even more powerful! As you may have noticed I have curse seal crystials on my body. But unlike humans and others I don't need to insurt them. After all, as one of the most powerful by products of the dark god it self my body is partly made out of them!

Hahahaha, and this is only the prologue of your suffering! Unless you beg on your knees for forgiveness this instant, ill make the brief time remaining till Halo fires seem like an entirety, till I smash your bodies!"

Ben just powers up and says," Ill never bow to you Xiza! No matter how strong you have become, ill never bow to you! Kaio Ken times three! "With this Ben's energy flares up in a fiery red color, and he bursts at Xiza to attack. However by the time he reaches him, he just slices air! Before Ben can even figure out what happened, all of a sudden he adds the experience of being smashed in the head hard by his powered up foe's elbow!

Ben is launched to the ground, only for Xiza to kick him to the ground and fallow that up by digging the claws on his hands in to Ben's chest before he as he says," This is where your fantasy comes to a cruel end boy! Don't feel bad, you never really had a chance of victory. "

Ben just struggles to get Xiza's filthy claws out of him as he says,"Its not a fantasy, ill make it a reality! You don't get it Xiza, the true sprit of a fighter never gives in! "

With this he fires a energy blast at Xiza 's head, and jumps in to the air as he unleashes all of his power and says," Xiza, I won't let you win, no matter what it takes, ill make sure you die! I, we did not struggle to survive this long just to let a slime like you win! Kaio Ken times four! Burning Celestial Shinryukenha! "

With this Xiza fires of his most powerful energy beam, giving it everything he has! But Xiza just cracks his head and says," I don't really care how determined you are at this point, you can't defeat me!"

With this he shocks Ben and everyone, by having is upper right arm extend like a Namek, and punch right in to Ben's attack, and to his horror shatter it with his ease, before it goes right through it, splitting it in half, before he wails in to Ben, hitting him so hard it knocks the Star Sword out of his hand! Xiza laughs madly and roars out a damning," I don't care how emotional you are, neither anger, fear or any other emotion will grant you enough power to stop me!

But, since I don't wish to see you try and prove me wrong, I think ill kill you right now!"

With this he shows of just what extent he has over the bones of his body, before he reaches in to his back, and seems to pull out his very spinal cord from his body! This does not seem to hurt him at all, in fact he seems delighted as he pulls it right out, and lashes it like a whip!

X then says," What kind of creature, can pull out his own spinal cord and not even care!? Is the gap between the powers of a true demon lord and that of mortals to much for us to close? "

Xiza looks delighted as he grips his new weapon tightly as it glows red and he says," Now, I will rid you all from my sight once and for all, Hell's Tendril Vice! "

With this he lashes his blazing spinal cord at Ben, and are hero manages to dodge it, only for it to brake in to the ground, and blast out of the ground before Ben can react, and entangles him! At once Ben is both burned and electrified as Xiza unleashes more black lighting to give Ben hell! He squeezes harder and is delighted to see Ben scream in pain as Shinryudramon says," Boss no! Damn this Xiza, how many ways can he use his freaky bones?"

Xiza then says,"Observe everyone, the true fate of a hero! Did you really think this would end any other way? Clown, a hero is someone who throws everything away to delay fate as long as possible, and in the end loses everything! Now, the light of the cosmos will die, and the rest of humanity along with it!"

With this Zero, Leon, Doug, Shinryudramon Kyle and Cloud all burst at Xiza with there remaining power as Cloud says,"Don't think we will just let you, GUH!"

Xiza does not even let Cloud finish, nore does he turn to any of the charging hero's, as he extends his three free arms, and his tail, to all have them extend, and smash in to them all! The rest of them have his bones extend once more, and impale the rest! He then has his eyes glow as he says," All of your resolve is nothing, All bonds will be swallowed by the vortex of hatred ! Don't worry, you will all die soon enough!"

With this he fires a barrage of blasts from his wings, that blasts everyone out of the room! He then chuckles and says,"This has been a fun day, but, play time is over!"

With this is lower right hand has a small bone come out of his palm, before it glows, and grows over the hand, before Ben sees it transform in to a giant drill like bone covering it! It begins to burn and Ben struggles to break free as he says,"No, I can't give up, everyone is counting on me! If I lose now, everyone, is going to die!"

Xiza laughs evilly as he says,"Don't be naive, no matter what you do, you will die. It is the fate of all living things after all, you can not escape it! I always wondered why humans would cling on to life when they know its all useless in the end. But, its just meaningless, like your race! Now, time to erase all of the wasteful garbage from the cosmos, so that true order shawl be created!

Reich's Judgment!"

With this Xiza looks delightedly deranged as he charges right for Ben with the intent of slathering him with his new drill bone!

Ben sees this and says," No, I won't give up!"

Xiza just screams out a hateful," You lose Ben Auro, GOOD BY!"

With this Xiza lunges, and prepares to land the killing blow, but just as he strikes, out of no were, his strike is blocked, by a giant sword! And as Ben open's his eyes, he and Xiza are both shocked to see its none other then Max!

Ben blinks for a few seconds before blurting out," No way, Max? "

Max just grins as he glares right in to Xiza and says,"Hey there Ben, looks like your in a bind. Sigh, what am I going to do with you? Can't leave you alone for a minute can I? "

Xiza is shocked as he says," No, this is impossible! There is no way, you can stop me Max Bruder, not now!"

Max just grins as he says," Then what do you call this? Full Moon Crusher!"

With this Max fires his energy attack at point blank range, with such force that Xiza is blown back, and his grip on Ben is released! As Ben lands on the ground he looks at amazement at his cousin and says,"Max, thanks for saving me, but how did you even get here in your condition? I did not think you even had the power left to get back up!"

Max grins and says," Believe me, I don't think I would have been able to either. However, lucky for me Lacus happened to be in the area, and was kind enough to fully heal me, just in time for the action! While I hate to leave in a hurry and leave it to her and her friends to handle the unwelcomed guest, I figured my presence was required here most of all. "

Ben sighs and mutters a deadpanned," Well, talk about another close one. Heh, but I guess dynamic entries are just your thing, and I am glad your able to make it. "

Max nods, before he sees Xiza glaring at him and powers up his energy as he says,"Believe me, I would not miss it for anything. Well Xiza, looks like you finally decided to show us your true form eh? I admit, its even uglier then I expected."

Xiza just has his own energy flare up once more as he says,"Max, you dare mock me even while I now have the power to shatter you in an instant? You should have just stayed down, then you might have died painlessly. However, now you will die a thousand deaths in a instant! Why did you come here anyway, you are no longer a Enji, you're a man who cast aside everything for his hatred, for his revenge! "

Max just looks at Ben, then the others and says," I guess, deep down I am still a Enji Knight at heart. Although it took my cluless cousin defeating me to see it. And besides, we still have a score to settle. No matter how powerful you are, I won't die till I avenge everyone you wronged!"

Xiza snaps as he retorts with a dismissive,"Tsc, you really are a riot you know that Mister Bruder? What can you have to drive you now? Even your pathetic cousin was able to surpass you, and even if you could somehow defeat me your friends will not be brought back to life. YOU HAVE NOTHING!"

With this boney spikes extend out of all four of his hands and charge right for Max! However Max shocks his foe, by being fast enough to sidestep most of them, and catching the two closest ones with his hands! He then looks deadly serious as his energy explodes and he says,"What I still have, is my pride! You would never under stand the soul of a true warrior Xiza! The honor and pride we have, could never be understood by a backstabbing scumbag like you! You don't deserve to win, nor do you deserve to live! That's all there is to it!"

With this Max unleashes all of his power, before using all of his strength to slash down with his sword and slash through all of the extend bones at once! This causes Xiza to scream in pain as he says," AHH! How could you, break through my bones?

DAMN YOU MAX BRUDER! I WILL KILL YOU!"

As his energy is nearly overwhelming everyone James is amazed at what he saw and says,"Impressive for sure, Max was able to unleash so much power and channel it in to one strike to shatter Xiza 's spike bones!"

Samus gets back on her feet and says," I got to have it to the kid, his cousin really is one impressive fighter, just like him. "

Max then says," Nothing is impossible as long as you have a strong enough will to make it a reality! So you're a demon lord huh? I don't give a damn, your still not a god, you can still die, No, right now once and for all are feud ends here, and I will win! Heh, with maybe a little help from theses guys. Ben, you got my back?

"Ben is empowered by his cousin and former mentors resolve, and grins as he summons the Star Sword back in to his hand and says," Hey, who the hell do you think your talking to? " Max grins and gives Ben a thumps up as he says,

" Hah, don't think you can copy my catch phrase now, but glad to have you on board.

" Doug and the others run up to them and Doug says," Heh, looks like your cousin seems even more powerful then before now that he is back to full power. And don't worry, we got your back!"

Cloud nods and says," We will all see this through to the end, no matter what!"

As they all get in to there fighting stance Xiza is enraged and says,"

See it through to the end will you? Well, the end is right now! No more games, ill show you, huh? Yes, YES!"

Everyone sees Xiza turn to the left, where he sees the holographic display of Halo below glow green as a female computer voice say,"Preparations complete, charging complete. Locking on to targets, and commencing final count down."

All of a sudden the hologram of Halo has countless planets appear inside it, and everyone hears a large humming sound as Leon says," What is this?"

Xiza then laughs loudly and responds with a ecstatic," HAhahah, that's the sound of my final victory! Its to late Max, I all ready won! It seems are intense battle caused Halo's charging to stall, however now its done. It won't be long now, till all the planets of the Lylat Kingdom are reduced in to nothingness, and in turn Emperor Chaos Zannacross Necron shawl descend on this dimension!"

Max just has his sword glow as he says," Well, that just means we will have to kill you quickly!"

Ben nods and adds a hellbent," Max is right, everyone give it everything you got! Xiza, now with all of are strength we will show you just what true power are dreams can produce! We will stop you, stop Halo, and save the universe and those that we care about that live in it! "

Xiza just seethes with rage as he takes out blades from his knees and shoulders before he shouts out,"Bah, how pathetic only in the end are you working together! But it still means nothing, I am the mighty Xiza, ill destroy you all! Ben, Max, you, and everything you hold dear, DIES NOW!"

With this both sides charge at each other, ready to bring this fight to a end. However, since this chapter has gone on quite enough, the only thing that is ending now is the chapter! Now that Max has joined Ben and the others everyone has relight the fire in there hearts to make sure they have enough power ot stop the evil demon lord! However, even with a fully restored Max on there side, can the hero's compare to the deranged villain's true power? And can they do it in time to stop Halo from firing and wiping out all the planets of the Lylat Kingdom? And what about the clash between Lacus her alleys and Ravxen, and all the other battles? Only way to find out, is to tune in to the conclusion of this long fight, in tales of the cosmic Wars!

Yes, don't you dare miss Chapter 115: The Eternal Bond.

Yes, for the first time since the start of this fic, I am not giving you a preview, because I don't want to give anything away, you just have to see what is in store I suppose. Don't worry, ill try and get this next chapter done as soon as I can, but, I am in the middle of finals, so not that fast saddly.

Ah, but I will give some quick Authors Notes. I know I introduced Grave Mind a little quick just to have him wasted by Brad, but to be honest I always thought he was a lame bad guy who never really did anything. In fact all of the Halo villains were kind of lame lol. Oh well, like always thanks for the reviews, sorry for another long chapter but hope it was worth it, and till next time!