Chapter 74: Battle of Brothers
(World of Realm of Shadows)
(Field Theme: Shadows of Hatred)
(Realm of Shadows: Valley of the Dark)
In a very dark valley the dark portal appears and Nex flies out of the dark portal before it disappears and Nex looks around the valley.
"Finally, my home realm. Now, to find Odium, and end everything!" Nex said as he begins to move.
Nex makes his way through the dark valley to find the Dark Hideout and Odium and while the trail is long and full of trees of evil Nex keeps going through the valley and later comes across another area of the valley.
(Realm of Shadows: River of the Dark)
Nex arrives at a river where the water is completely black and flowing and Nex jumps over the black water and goes through the river area of the valley but then black water starts to rise from the flowing water in an attempt to attack but Nex unleashes a shadow barrier to cover himself and keeps going and later on he comes across a bridge and begins to cross it but the bridge begins to crumble and fall making Nex move faster until he reaches the other side and he later goes for the next area.
(Realm of Shadows: Forest of the Dark)
Nex arrives at a forest filled with black trees of thorns which come to life and attack but Nex slashes at the trees with Death's Embrace and keeps going through the forest while avoiding the other thorny trees which attempt to block the way but Nex manages to get through and keeps going through the forest but then thorny vines begin to appear and attempt to wrap Nex but he destroys them with shadow blades and keeps going through the forest and later comes across a giant black tree that tries to attack Nex who destroys the giant tree and keeps going until he goes for the next area.
(Realm of Shadows: Plain of the Dark)
Nex arrives at a plain where plants are around and attempt to attack but Nex slashes with shadow blades and destroys them all and keeps going through the plain but more plants appear and attempt to attack but Nex continues to destroy the plants and he later finds what appears to be a lower part of the plain and Nex goes down and continues to make his way through the plain and later comes across a wasteland and finds a cave and goes through the cave and keeps going through the wasteland plain and he later sees something in the distance.
"There it is. The Dark Hideout. Now, to make my way there and put an end to everything, like I vowed I will!" Nex said.
Nex makes his way for the Dark Hideout and he later comes across a cliff and sees a giant building which is a hideout and so Nex jumps off the cliff and goes to the lower part of the plain and makes his way for the building and enters it.
(Realm of Shadows: Dark Hideout)
Nex arrives at the Dark Hideout and walks through a dark hallway and while going through the hallway he starts thinking.
Flashback:
"What the hell do you know about my father?! He cares for me!" A voice yelled.
"Cared?! Hahahahahaha! Please, that bastard didn't bother carin' for us! He left us on our own, to deal with a bunch of pathetic and weak humans! We've all suffered our time bein' alone." Another voice said.
"Shut up! I've been waiting for my chance to finally meet my father, and know him! You won't take that from me!" The first voice yelled.
"Oh, but I can! By takin' his life, and make him wish he'd never gave us a crappy life!" The second voice said.
"Don't you dare, you bastard!" The first voice yelled.
Flashback End.
Nex continues to make his way through the hallway until later on he arrives at a giant room and finds someone sitting on a chair and it's Odium.
"So, ya finally came, huh? 'Bout time. I've been waitin' for you." Odium said.
"I'm going to kill you, and put an end to your existence." Nex said.
"Oh, you sure seem confident about it. So, bro, ya gonna try and kill me? Go ahead." Odium said.
"Before I do kill you, answer me this: Why did you hate our father?" Nex asked.
"Why? You kiddin' me? I thought it was obvious: He created us attempt to try and overthrow that damn Lord of Light for his revenge, but because we were his failed creations, and imperfect, he decided to give us the boot to two different worlds. You ended up at Requiem City, where you once tried to destroy as a monster, but reduced to nothing more than child. While I ended up at Shine City, where I did the same thing, but I was also reduced to a child. You already know why everyone hated us for just being alive." Odium said.
"If that's true, then why were we created?" Nex asked.
"Because our daddy dearest was trying to make us like Malus. In fact, this was actually an order from Malus." Odium answered.
"Malus?" Nex asked.
"Yep! He's a Keyblade wielder, like you, your stupid Prince of Light ex-friend, the Crybaby, and that spiky haired loser. Unlike any of you, Malus is the Keyblade Paragon of Darkness. One of the strongest Keyblade wielders to be ever known. He once tried to conquer his own world and Kingdom Hearts itself, but he was apprehended by his pathetic brother, Aptus, but only Malus' body was sealed, for he extracted his heart and his soul. Now, he's around anywhere. Heck, he could be watching us right now, through his new vessel, which was a Keyblade wielder from a decade ago." Odium explained.
"Are you saying we're creations of Malus himself?" Nex asked.
"Through our 'daddy', then yes." Odium answered.
"Maybe it's true I'm nothing more than a creation, and am nothing than a weapon. As of now, I don't give a damn about this Malus, and what our purpose was for him. I don't care what our father did to us. All I care about now is to have my revenge on you, for destroying our father, and for ruining my chance to know more about myself. Today, Odium, you will DIE at my feet!" Nex yelled.
"Hehehehehe! Me, die at your feet? Okay then, let's get started!" Odium said as he gets off the chair and takes out two butterfly knives with crimson blades, black handles, and at the end of the handles have black star shapes.
(Boss Theme: Shadow Brothers=Nex vs. Odium)
Nex and Odium charge at each other and attack at each other with their weapons with Nex's Keyblade versus Odium's knives but they push back from each other.
"Know my hatred, Odium!" Nex yelled.
"Hey, that's my sin! Hate is my thing, and you can't beat me!" Odium said.
(Information: Defeat Odium!)
Odium begins slashing at Nex with his butterfly knives known as Retribution and then unleashes shadow blades and slashes barbarically but Nex dodges and delivers four brutal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by unleashing a giant shadow fist and delivers a punch sending Odium back who recovers himself and unleashes two shadow cannons and fires shadow shots but Nex sinks into the shadows and then rises from the shadows and delivers an uppercut sending Odium in the air and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace and then delivers a slamming slash sending Odium down but Odium retaliates with delivering one slash with one of his knives and then delivers a kick and then delivers a downward slash with his second knife but Nex disappears in shadows and reappears behind Odium and delivers a wide slash with Death's Embrace and casts Dark Fire but Odium unleashes shadow tentacles and lashes at Nex who dodges and unleashes shadow drills but Odium gets behind Nex to strike with his knives.
Nex dodges Odium's knife attack and casts Dark Blizzard but Odium dodges and fries shadow arrows to get Nex who unleashes a shadow barrier to deflect the shadow arrows and slashes at Odium with three horizontal slashes and then delivers a diagonal slash and then delivers a blade stand kick sending Odium back but Odium retaliates with wild slashes with his knives and then shoots shadow arrows and then fires a shadow orb damaging Nex who delivers a shadow sliding punch at Odium and then delivers an uppercut and aerial slashes at Odium with Death's Embrace followed by an aerial somersault kick sending Odium down but Odium attempts to trap Nex in his shadow chains but Nex slashes at the shadow chains and delivers a flying kick at Odium's chest but Odium grabs Nex's leg and sends him to the ground and then Odium attempts to deliver a stab but Nex sinks into the shadows to dodge the stab and unleashes a shadow drill sending Odium into the air but Odium throws shadow shurikens down at Nex who dodges and casts Dark Fire.
Odium dodges the dark fire attacks and sinks into the shadows to charge at Nex who does the same and they charge at each other and they clash their weapons but as they lock their weapons Nex delivers a kick at Odium's chest but Odium strikes back with his knives wildly followed by unleashing shadow blades but Nex unleashes his own shadow blades and they clash but Nex's shadow blades slash at Odium who slashes at Nex with his knives and then disappears into the shadows and then wildly slashes with his knives followed by a dashing slash with one of his knives but Nex delivers a leaping double kick at Odium and then delivers a slamming slash but Odium disappears into a shadow and slithers through Nex while making a slash damage but Nex casts Dark Thunder to strike at Odium who retaliates with unleashing three shadow cannons and fires shadow shots but Nex dodges and delivers two vertical slashes with Death's Embrace and then delivers a double kick but Odium traps Nex in his shadow chains and unleashes shadow attacks damaging Nex.
Nex recovers from Odium's attacks and casts Dark Fire to burn at Odium who strikes back with throwing shadow shurikens but Nex throws his own shadow shurikens and the two begin throwing their shadow shurikens and clash at each other but Nex's shadow shurikens strike at Odium knocking him back but Odium triple slashes with his knives but Nex locks Death's Embrace with the knives and then delivers a big spin kick knocking Odium to the ground but Odium unleashes shadow drills to strike Nex from the ground but Nex lands on one of the drills and then delivers a flying kick at Odium's face knocking him back but Odim skids to stop and fires three shadow arrows but Nex deflects the shadow arrows but Odium appears behind Nex and slashes with his knives followed by unleashing shadow blades and then grabs Nex with his shadow hand but Nex manages to free himself from the shadow hand and grabs Odium with his shadow hand and then slams Odium to the ground followed by delivering a stab at Odium's back.
Odium delivers one downward slash with one knife and then delivers a diagonal slash with the second knife and then delivers a shadow kick at Nex who recovers himself from Odium's attacks and then Nex triple slashes with Death's Embrace followed by un uppercut and then delivers a forward punch at Odium's chest knocking him back through the ground but Odium sinks into the shadows and tries to go through Nex who also sinks into the shadows and charges at Odium and they both clash their weapons and Odium slashes at Nex who slam slashes at Odium with Death's Embrace but Odium grabs Nex's shoulder and then drags Nex down to the ground but Nex delivers an upper shadow kick sending Odium into the air and then casts Dark Thunder and brings Odium down but Odium unleashes shadow spikes from the ground to get Nex who jumps out of the way and strikes with his shadow chains followed by delivering a giant punch with a shadow fist but Odium retaliates with wild slashes with his knives and then delivers a shadow kick but Nex dodges and casts Blizzard.
"Dammit! You're tough since last time we fought! I'm gonna have to get serious." Odium said.
"You were never serious to begin with, you damned idiot! Now, die!" Nex yelled.
Nex punches at Odium and then slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a somersault kick but Odium strikes back with his knives and then unleashes shadow spikes from the ground but Nex avoids the shadow spikes and delivers four brutal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by lashing with shadow tentacles and then casts Dark Thunder but Odium sinks into the shadows and then delivers a barbaric slash with his knives and then fires four shadow arrows but Nex dodges them all and vertical slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal diagonal slash with Death's Embrace but Odium grabs Nex with his shadow hand and attempts to crush him but Nex breaks free and unleashes shadow drills from under Odium and strikes but Odium unleashes shadow cannons and fires shadow shots but Nex dodges them all and delivers three slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal roundhouse kick and then delivers a dashing shadow attack but Odium strikes back with his knives and then sends Nex into the air and then throws shadow shurikens but Nex strikes back with Dark Fire.
Odium slashes at Nex with his knives and then delivers shadow blades for slashing and then disappears in shadows and sends Nex into the air but Nex recovers himself and delivers a diving slash with Death's Embrace at Odium who retaliates with unleashing shadow chains and tries to trap Nex in them but Nex destroys the shadow chains and then double slashes with Death's Embrace followed by an uppercut sending Odium into the air and Nex aerial slashes with Death's Embrace and then casts Dark Thunder but Odium strikes back with slashing with shadow blades and then unleashes shadow drills but Nex dodges them all and delivers a leaping double kick followed by a downward slash with Death's Embrace but Odium disappears in shadows and reappears behind Nex and tries to slash at him but Nex blocks the attack and retaliates with a wide slash with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal kick to knock Odium back but Odium retaliates with unleashing shadow fists to punch but Nex dodges and strikes with Death's Embrace followed by unleashing shadow drills and strikes.
Odium fires two shadow orbs at Nex who dodges out of the way and casts Dark Fire to strike but Odium dodges the dark fireballs and attempts to slash at Nex with his knives followed by a shadow kick and then grabs Nex's shoulder and drags him down but Nex retaliates with an uppercut and then delivers a forward shadow punch but Odium disappears in shadows but Nex does the same and the two clash at each other in the shadows but Nex manages to strikes at Odium and brings him out and send him crash to the chair destroying it but Odium unleashes four shadow cannons and starts firing shadow shots but Nex dodges the shadow shots and delivers a shadow slide punch at Odium and then delivers an upper shadow kick to send Odium flying but Odium recovers himself and delivers barbaric slashes with his knives and then throws shadow shurikens at Nex who does the same thing and they have their shadow shuriken clash again but Nex throws a shadow disc and damages Odium making him angry and attempts to strike back at Nex with his knives and then unleashes shadow spikes.
Nex recovers from Odium's attacks and delivers two horizontal brutal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a vertical slash with his Keyblade but Odium retaliates with slashing with his knives and then unleashes a rising shadow hand to send Nex flying but Nex recovers himself in the air and casts Dark Thunder down at Odium who tries to sink into the shadows but Nex manages to grab Odium with his shadow hand and the black lightning strikes Odium who unleashes shadow tentacles to try and grab at Nex who destroys the shadow tentacles and slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal kick and then delivers a punch and then leaps over Odium an casts Dark Blizzard from behind striking but Odium strikes back with unleashing shadow drills but Nex unleashes his own shadow drills and they both strike at each other but Nex delivers a leaping straight kick to strike at Odium's face but Odium delivers a heavy slash at Nex's chest sending him back but Nex retaliates with a brutal diagonal slash with Death's Embrace and then delivers an uppercut.
Odium recovers from Nex's uppercut and attempts to fire shadow arrows down at Nex who unleashes his shadow barrier to deflect the shadow arrows and sends out shadow blades to slash at Odium causing damage but Odium retaliates with disappearing in shadows and goes through Nex to deliver a striking damage but Nex recovers and unleashes shadow knives and strikes at Odium with each and every one of them but Odium unleashes a shadow chain to strike at Nex who dodges the shadow chain and unleashes shadow spikes to strike at Odium and send him up into the air and Nex aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by an uppercut and then delivers a slamming slash sending Odium down but Odium retaliates with slashing with his knives and then delivers a dashing slash with his knives but Nex sinks into the shadows and goes for Odium and then rises from the shadows and unleashes many shadow blades and shadow arrows all around striking Odium and causing damage but Odium strikes back with his knives and then delivers two punches with two shadow fists but Nex strikes back with Death's Embrace followed by delivering a shadow kick and then delivers a brutal shadow punch sending Odium back.
"Damn you, you punk ass!" Odium yelled.
"Give up! It's time to finish you." Nex said.
"Like hell it is!" Odium yelled as he unleashes shadow chains at Nex.
"I don't think so!" Nex said as he unleashes his shadow chains.
The brothers' shadow chains clash at one another and they begin struggling with which would get other.
"Screw this!" Odium yelled as he unleashes shadow flames all around the hideout and they go for Nex.
"Crap!" Nex said as he attempts to escape from the shadow flames and then goes for the ceiling and reaches for the top.
Nex is now outside of the hideout which is burning with shadow flames but Odium comes outside as well.
"Nowhere to go, brat!" Odium said.
"This will be my last resort!" Nex said as he coats Death's Embrace with pure darkness. "This will be your end!" Nex said.
"Oh, yeah?! Well, show me!" Odium yelled as he charges at Nex.
Nex charges back at Odium with his pure dark coated Keyblade and the two brothers deliver a clashing attack which results in causing a dark explosion that surrounds the hideout and causes a violent storm across the plain.
Later on after the explosion dies down Nex is now in the remains of what is now the destroyed and ruined hideout and he looks around for Odium but he is nowhere to be found.
"Finally." Nex said as he starts to walk away.
"Going somewhere, bro?" A voice asked shocking Nex and he turns to see Odium still alive but is now severely injured from the clashing and the explosion and his Brotherhood of Disharmony cloak is now destroyed and is now shirtless and only wearing black pants and his left eye is dark green. "You did well to piss me off this far, but I didn't think you'd be able to do so much damage! Now, you'll pay!" Odium said as shadows surround him and he is now transforming into a giant shadow demonic creature with dark green streaks, dark green eyes, four demonic wings, dark green spikes, claws, fangs, and spikes.
"That form…!" Nex said.
"hAhAhAhA! bEhOlD mY aWeSoMe PoWeR! cAn YoU wItHsTaNd ThIs?!" Shadow Demon Odium said.
"I've fought you before in this damn form, and I'll be damned sure you'll die!" Nex said taking out Death's Embrace.
(Boss Theme: Still In the Dark=Nex vs. Odium)
(Information: Finish off Odium!)
Shadow Demon Odium slams his fists on the ground and unleashes shadow spikes all over the ground at Nex who dodges the shadow spikes and jumps for Shadow Demon Odium and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by casting Dark Fire but Shadow Demon Odium fires four shadow orbs down at Nex who dodges but the shadow orbs home at Nex who deflects them and attempts to slash at Shadow Demon Odium but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes a shadow barrier to keep Nex back but Nex casts Dark Blizzard to strike at the barrier but Shadow Demon Odium delivers a giant swipe with his claws and then delivers a tail slam at Nex who dodges and slashes at the tail with Death's Embrace and then unleashes shadow blades to strike at Shadow Demon Odium who retaliates with using his four demonic wings to blow Nex away but Nex manages to hang on and delivers a shadow sliding punch and then delivers an uppercut to strike but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes black flames to try and burn at Nex.
Nex dodges the black flames and delivers an aerial slash with Death's Embrace followed by a shadow punch but Shadow Demon Odium picks up a few rubble and throws it down at Nex who dodges the rubble and unleashes shadow tentacles and lash at Shadow Demon Odium who slams his fists on the ground and unleashes shadow pillars from the ground to get at Nex who dodges each shadow pillar but Shadow Demon Odium delivers a spiky tail swipe but Nex dodges and unleashes shadow drills from under Odium and strikes but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes many shadow orbs at Nex who dodges and deflects the shadow orbs and then makes his way for Odium and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by an uppercut and then delivers a somersault kick but Shadow Demon Odium slashes with his claws and then bites with his fangs but Nex casts Dark Thunder to strike down at Odium who picks up more rubble and throws them at Nex who dodges and strikes with shadow blades.
Shadow Demon Odium retaliates with unleashing shadow drills from the ground to get at Nex who dodges and jumps on the tips of one of the shadow drills and launches himself to Odium and delivers three slashes with Death's Embrace followed by lashing with shadow chains to strike but Shadow Demon Odium slams his tail down at Nex who sinks into the ground and goes for Odium and delivers an upper shadow kick to deal heavy damage but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes black flames at Nex who casts Dark Blizzard to stop the black flames and the dark fireballs strike at Odium who unleashes shadow spikes from the ground but Nex dodges each and every one of them and delivers a leaping double kick followed by an uppercut but Shadow Demon Odium attacks with his claws and then swipes with his tail but Nex dodges them all and unleashes shadow knives and throws them at Odium who unleashes a shadow barrier to keep Nex away but Nex manages to destroy the barrier and delivers two heavy swings with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium fires shadow orbs.
Nex dodges the shadow orbs and unleashes shadow fists and delivers punches with them but Shadow Demon Odium uses his wings to fly into the air and fires black fireballs but Nex dodges out of the way and sees Shadow Demon Odium flying at him and so Nex gets on Odium and starts slashing at the back with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium attempts to slam his fists at Nex who deflects the fists and keeps striking at the back until after enough attacks Shadow Demon Odium falls to the ground and is stunned allowing Nex to deliver four slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal roundhouse kick and then unleashes multiple shadow drills but Shadow Demon Odium recovers himself and slams his claws down at Nex who blocks the slamming attack and delivers a huge slam with his giant shadow hand but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes shadow pillars from the ground but Nex dodges each and every one and delivers vertical slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a swinging slash.
Shadow Demon Odium attempts to grab at Nex who dodges and slashes at the hand but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes a giant shadow beam at Nex who dodges out of the way and triple slashes with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium flies into the air and attempts to charge at Nex who moves and gets on his back again and starts slashing at the back with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium attempts to slam his tail at Nex who dodges the tail and keeps striking at the back until after enough damage Shadow Demon Odium falls to the ground and is not moving again allowing Nex to slash with Death's Embrace followed by a blade stand kick followed by delivering a shadow punch but Shadow Demon Odium recovers and fires shadow orbs at Nex who dodges and keeps slashing with Death's Embrace followed by an uppercut and then delivers a downward shadow kick but Shadow Demon Odium slashes with his claws and then swipes with his tail and then unleashes shadow drills but Nex dodges them all and unleashes shadow spikes and then strikes with shadow blades.
"Even in your form, you have no chance against me. This is where you die, Odium." Nex said.
"dAmMiT, yOu! ThIs WiLl KiLl YoU!" Shadow Demon Odium said as he unleashes a giant shadow shock wave causing huge damage.
"That's dangerous. I'll have to be careful and avoid it." Nex said.
Nex unleashes shadow tentacles and lashes with them but Shadow Demon Odium double slashes with his two claws and then delivers a swiping with his four wings but Nex dodges and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by slashing with shadow blades but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes shadow chains to try and trap Nex who destroys the shadow chains and then unleashes shadow drills to strike but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes black flames and spreads them all around the ruins but Nex dodges the black flames and casts Dark Fire to strike at Shadow Demon Odium who retaliates with firing shadow arrows and rain down at Nex who unleashes his shadow barrier to block the raining shadow arrows but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes a giant shadow beam but Nex sinks into the shadows and then delivers an upper slash with Death's Embrace while unleashing shadow blades striking Odium who tries to grab Nex who breaks free and delivers a brutal shadow kick causing massive damage.
Shadow Demon Odium retaliates with unleashing another giant shadow shock wave but Nex sinks into the ground before it could happen and then Nex unleashes shadow drills to strike from the ground and then delivers a shadow uppercut but Shadow Demon Odium bites at Nex with his fangs but Nex dodges the fangs and throws shadow needles to strike but Shadow Demon Odium picks up more rubble and throws them down at Nex who grabs a piece of rubble and throws it back at Odium who retaliates with unleashing shadow pillars but Nex dodges the shadow pillars and then casts Dark Thunder to strike down at Shadow Demon Odium who retaliates with slamming his tail down at Nex who disappears in shadows and delivers a brutal horizontal slash with Death's Embrace followed by a diagonal slash with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium slams his fists on the ground and unleashes shadow drills but Nex dodges them all and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a diving slash but Shadow Demon Odium shoots black fireballs to strike.
Nex deflects the black fireballs and sends them right back at Shadow Demon Odium who roars in anger and throws more rubble at Nex who destroys every single rubble and unleashes shadow blades to strike but Shadow Demon Odium bites at Nex with his fangs but Nex dodges and slashes with Death's Embrace followed by punching with three shadow fists but Shadow Demon Odium swipes his tail to strike and then slashes with his claws and then unleashes shadow spikes but Nex dodges them all and delivers a double leaping shadow kick followed by a brutal horizontal slash with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium flies into the air and unleashes black flames but Nex sinks into the shadows and then rises at the flying Odium and delivers a powerful shadow uppercut followed by throwing Death's Embrace at Odium's head and sends him down to the ground not moving allowing Nex to double vertical slash with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal shadow punch but Shadow Demon Odium fires shadow arrows but Nex dodges and unleashes shadow spikes.
Shadow Demon Odium retaliates with shooting multiple black fireballs but Nex dodges the fireballs and casts Dark Fire and then casts Dark Blizzard but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes his giant shadow shock wave but Nex sinks into the shadows to avoid the shadow shock wave and then unleashes shadow blades to strike but Shadow Demon Odium slashes with his claws and then slams his tail to strike but Nex aerial slashes with Death's Embrace followed by an uppercut and then delivers a downward shadow kick but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes shadow pillars to strike but Nex dodges them all and unleashes shadow tentacles and impales Odium with them but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes shadow orbs to try and get Nex who avoids the shadow orbs and slashes with Death's Embrace followed by unleashing shadow blades and then delivers a dashing shadow attack but Shadow Demon Odium flies into the air and then tries to land on Nex who dodges out of the way and aerial slashes with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium slashes with his claws.
Nex dodges the claws and traps Odium with his shadow chains and then vertical slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal slamming slash but Shadow Demon Odium tries to grab at Nex and attempts to crush him but Nex disappears in shadows and delivers a slash from behind but Shadow Demon Odium unleashes a giant shadow beam followed by a slamming claw attack but Nex dodges and casts Dark Thunder to strike down but Shadow Demon Odium retaliates with unleashing a giant shadow shock wave but Nex disappears in shadows and reappears and delivers a diving slash with Death's Embrace but Shadow Demon Odium bites with his fangs and then unleashes shadow drills but Nex dodges the drills and uses one of them to launch himself to Odium and delivers a somersault slash with Death's Embrace followed by a brutal spinning slash but Shadow Demon Odium swings his tail at Nex and then slashes with his claws and then fires a giant shadow beam but Nex dodges the attacks and charges at Odium and triple slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a shadow kick and then delivers a brutal and powerful slash with his Keyblade.
"tHiS iSn'T oVeR!" Shadow Demon Odium yelled as he attempts to slam his claw at Nex.
Nex tries to get away but Odium's claw hits the ground causing a powerful quake and sends Nex into the air and rubble starts going for him who slashes at the rubble with Death's Embrace but Odium fires a shadow beam at Nex and sends him back to the ground while Death's Embrace is on the ground but Shadow Demon Odium stomps on the Keyblade.
"How…dare YOU…!" Nex yelled but then Death's Embrace appears in Nex's hand. "I don't need the Keyblade to destroy you. I'll rely on my own darkness!" Nex said his left eye turns dark blue and shadows surround him and transforms into his shadow demon form but becomes giant as well like Shadow Demon Odium with dark blue streaks on his body, four wings are still on his back, dark blue spikes are on his back and tail.
"sO, yOu FinAlLy ReSoRt To UsInG tHiS fOrM." Shadow Demon Odium said.
"yOuR lIfE iS mInE!" Shadow Demon Nex yelled as he charges at Shadow Demon Odium.
Shadow Demon Nex charges at Shadow Demon Odium and slashes with his claws and then slashes with dark blades knocking Shadow Demon Odium back but Shadow Demon Odium traps with his shadow chains but Shadow Demon Nex frees himself from the chains and then begins charging a giant shadow orb and once it's fully charged he's fires the giant shadow orb at Shadow Demon Odium creating a shadow explosion and causing a quake.
After the explosion dies down Odium reverts back to his normal form and breathes heavily is more severely injured and Shadow Demon Nex roars in anger and swipes his claws at Odium who dodges out of the way but the shadow demon form begins to disappear and later on Nex reverts back to his normal form and is breathing heavily.
"Hahahahahahaha! You're back to your form already?! That was lame!" Odium said.
"Shut up!" Nex yelled as he charges at Odium and tries to slash with Death's Embrace but Odium blocks the attack and throws the Keyblade away and it lands on the ground. "Dammit!" Nex said.
"No matter what you do, you still lose, Nexxy! Too bad. All your efforts for nothing! Now, I'll just finish you!" Odium said as he takes out Retribution and goes for Nex.
"NO!" Nex shouted as he unleashes shadow chains to trap Odium.
"What?!" Odium asked.
"I will KILL you!" Nex yelled as he unleashes Death's Embrace and coats it dark energy and slashes at Odium.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Odium screamed in pain.
"DIE!" Nex yelled as he slashes with Death's Embrace again and keeps slashing with his Keyblade over and over and over at Odium and keeps slashing until Nex unleashes a giant shadow orb and traps Odium in it. "This is your END!" Nex yelled as he uses the shadow orb to crush Odium in the shadow orb and later on the shadow orb causes massive damage.
Odium's body falls to the ground and is more injured and tries to get up but is too weak and Nex walks over to Odium.
"No one will help you now. Die, brother!" Nex said as he attempts to slash at Odium with Death's Embrace.
Before Nex could finish off Odium a dark portal appears and it's a hooded Brotherhood member.
"You…! Revenant! The hell do you want?!" Odium asked and Revenant says something but Nex couldn't hear. "Yeah, yeah. I know, I know! I was just messin' with him!" Odium said and Revenant says something. "Okay, OKAY! I'm goin'! You're so lucky this isn't the time to settle our score today, bro, but sooner or later, we'll finish what we started! This time, I'LL kill YOU!" Odium shouted.
"You coward!" Nex yelled as he charges at Odium but Revenant unleashes a katana with a black blade, dark red marks on the black blade, silver handle with crimson bandages around it, and a black star at the end of the handle and stabs at Nex's chest with it sending Nex down.
"Bastard…! He pushed me too far! I won't make that mistake again! Let's get the hell outta here." Odium said as he and Revenant disappear in darkness leaving the unconscious Nex on the ground.
Meanwhile at the chaotic and dark city Narasix watches over the city and just then a dark portal appears and reveals a Brotherhood member who takes off the hood revealing a male face with crimson eyes and curly black hair.
"You report late, Jeal. What is it?" Narasix asked.
"Odium has been found out by Revenant, and is on his way back to the castle." Jeal informed.
"Excellent." Narasix said.
Just then a dark corridor appears and reveals a hooded black cloaked figure.
"You have arrived, Xusmal." Narasix said.
"Yes. So, how is everything so far?" Xusmal asked.
"Our attempts at making the Prince of Light our soldier of darkness is still in progress, and bringing chaos is the same. What about your end of completing your Kingdom Hearts?" Narasix asked.
"With the help of the three Keybearers, the Organization's Kingdom Hearts is nearing completion. Soon, I will obtain its power to make it my own." Xusmal said.
"Now, what to do?" Jeal asked.
"The time for making the Prince of Light is nigh. We must make preparations." Narasix said.
"I will make sure our common objective will come to be. Just remember, everything belongs to the Brotherhood, nothing more." Xusmal said as he disappears in a dark corridor.
"Jeal, get the other members ready to make our plan a reality." Narasix said.
"Of course." Jeal said as he leaves.
Meanwhile Nex begins to open his crimson eyes and finds himself in what looks like a cave and he looks around.
"So, you're awake I take it?" A voice asked.
"Who's there?!" Nex demanded.
Coming out of the darkness are two hooded black cloaked figures, a figure wearing a bandaged mask and red robes, and a hooded crimson and black star hooded figure.
"We wouldn't think how long you've been out, but at least you're now safe." One of the hooded black cloaked figures said and it's a voice of a young boy.
"Who the hell are you people, and what do you want from me?!" Nex demanded.
"Calm yourself, child. We were the ones, who have brought here from that Shadow Realm. Ami even managed to heal some of your injuries from your battle." The bandaged masked man said.
"Don't make me ask again! Who the hell are you?!" Nex demanded as he unleashes shadow fists and punch at them sending them back.
"Hey!" The hooded crimson and black star cloaked figure said.
"Is this how you thank us for helping you?" The second hooded black cloaked figure asked and it's a calm and dark voice.
"I never asked for your help! I was doing fine on my own! Now where is Odium? I have a score to finish." Nex said.
"Odium has left for the Brotherhood's hideout. You will never be able to best them if you are to settle your score." The boy hooded black cloaked figure said.
"Like I give a rat's ass about you think of me! I WILL finish what I've started!" Nex said.
"If you wish to fulfill your revenge, you'd best listen carefully. The Brotherhood are a very powerful bunch, and are not to be taken lightly. To fully defeat Odium, you must heed our favor." The hooded crimson and black star cloaked figure said.
"What do you want?" Nex asked.
"First allow us to introduce ourselves." The boy hooded black cloaked figure said he removes the hood revealing the face of a young boy that appears thirteen-years-old, slightly tan, has green eyes, raven black wild hair with spikes at the back, and a Kanji symbol on his forehead. "My name is Jet Yoro. You could say that I know of your father quite well." Jet said.
"I am known as DiZ. A denizen of the darkness." The bandaged masked man named DiZ introduced.
"Who I am is not a concern to you, but I am a denizen of darkness." The dark hooded black cloaked figure said.
"You can call me Pavor." Pavor said.
"Just tell me what the hell you want!" Nex yelled.
"By now, you're aware that you're a weapon created by your father, Mortem, one of the legendary Ten Heroes. The being of darkness, who has betrayed his former comrades after being denied the right to rule over Divine Kingdom in favor of Fortitudo, the Lord of Light. Odium was also that creation to be a weapon, but you also know that your father has met his end at the hands of Odium." Jet said.
"Yes, I now know that much. What does that have to do with what you want?" Nex asked.
"Brotherhood of Disharmony, powerful Haviks, beings of pure chaos and darkness were once servants of the Keyblade Paragon of Darkness, Malus, have been planning on finishing what they were created to do for Malus, which is bringing chaos to worlds, and have even enlist the reliance of Organization XIII to fulfill their purpose." DiZ said.
"Since you were intended on becoming a weapon for Malus during your creation, but as the project was foiled by Fortitudo, that never came to be, but with Odium now part of the Brotherhood, he is unwittingly serving under Malus' thumb, or in this case, Xusmal, the Nobody of Malus." Jet said.
"To fulfill your vengeance against Odium, you are to find Xusmal, and pledge your 'loyalty' to him, since he's the one who's actually running the Brotherhood, in order to get close to your prey." Pavor said.
"Find Xusmal, and pledge my loyalty?! I am NO ONE'S dog! I serve MYSELF!" Nex yelled.
"Yes, we're aware of that, but we don't mean o actually serve him. Pretend to be his servant, and he'll allow you to go for the Brotherhood and you should be able to finish your score against Odium." Jet said.
"So, I have to become a Brotherhood member? Fine, but let's get one thing straight: I don't take orders from any of you! I do what I want!" Nex said.
"Fine, but I'll accompany you to make sure you don't screw up our operation." Pavor said.
"Whatever you like. Just stay the hell out of my way!" Nex said.
"Oh, and I won't just be going with you." Pavor said as he reveals Vergil, Omega, and Claus.
"Them? How did they get here?" Nex asked.
"We found them after you abandoned them for your revenge. Your Umbra will remain." Jet said.
"Fine. Whatever." Nex said.
"So, we find Xusmal, and become his new 'servants', so Nex can finish what he started." Claus said.
"Very well. We'll do just that." Vergil said.
"Good. Do NOT abandon each other! You all are ALL in this TOGETHER!" Pavor said.
"Fine!" Nex yelled.
"But before you go, Nex, may I see your Keyblade?" Jet asked.
"Why?" Nex asked.
"Just let me see it." Jet said and Nex takes out Death's Embrace and gives it to Jet who uses a power to do something to the dark Keyblade and the Keyblade now has a dark crimson skeletal edge with a spiked crescent shape for teeth, black spikes are on the edge, the hilt is still black but now has demonic wings on both sides, black bones are in the form of a keychain and at the end of the keychain is a Black Xeti symbol with a giant black skull in the center of the crescent.
"What did you do?" Nex asked.
"I have upgraded your Keyblade into something stronger. You did good against Odium with the Keyblade you had, but if you wish to succeed, then you'll need something stronger, since Odium is part of the Brotherhood." Jet said giving Nex his new Keyblade.
"Hmph. Let's go." Nex said.
"Not so fast. You will need these in order for your loyalty to be claimed." DiZ said taking out four crimson hooded and black star cloaks.
"We wear these? Fine." Nex said as he takes the cloak and puts it on while Vergil, Omega, and Claus do the same thing.
Meanwhile at the chaotic and dark city Xusmal is watching down at the city but then something appears and it's Pavor.
"Ah, Pavor. I have not seen you since a while. Have you been busy?" Xusmal asked.
"I have, and I have brought in new recruits for you." Pavor said.
"Oh? And who would they be?" Xusmal asked and appearing are Nex, Vergil, Omega, and Claus who are now wearing the Brotherhood cloaks.
"We are the Umbra, and we are now at your service, Xusmal." Nex said.
"I see. Well then, I welcome you. What can you do?" Xusmal asked.
"I'll show you." Nex said as he takes out his new Keyblade known as Damnation Shadow and throws it at a building destroying it.
"I see. You wield a Keyblade. Impressive. Very well. You may join the ranks of the Brotherhood." Xusmal said.
"Good. We'll be prove how useful we are." Nex said as he smirks an evil smirk as he and the rest of Umbra leave and Pavor follows.
"Hmm. That boy, is he…yes. Just like Odium, he is the being of darkness I have been yearning for. I will make sure he becomes useful." Xusmal said as he leaves through a dark corridor and leaves the city.
There you go! New chapter done! I hope you enjoyed this! Well, this concludes Nex's part of the story. That means we're back with the heroes again. Hope you look forward to that. Next time, Ky, Noel, Sora, and their friends remain in Bygone Fortress to help rebuild it, but then they come in confrontation with someone, but an ally of theirs will grant them a power. I'll see you all in the next chapter! Take care, and goodbye for now! Don't forget to favorite, follow, and review! Bye!