We immediately arrived at our destination, and the portal closed behind us.

Definitely no turning back now...

"Welcome to your end. I'm glad to see that you all decided not to chicken out. I'm sure those two told you all everything they know"

"They did, but that wasn't going to change our minds. We're ending this little charade of yours, once and for all"

My clone retaliated.

"Wow. He really does talk like you Injunie~"

Mark seemed quite impressed with the results of the clones.

After a few more seconds of dialogue though, they finally commenced their battle. But not before Xander completely changed his appearance!

"I hope they'll be able to hold out long enough..."

"They'll be fine. I know they will"

I reassured Jeno.

Now, we just need to figure out how to get all seven of us fused together.

-

"Sooo, how are we gonna do this?"

They all remained silent.

No one had thought of this before...

"Well..., how did we all fuse with each other before???"

"Mostly by making you flustered"

Mark made me blush...

"Or by making you smile~"

Chenle thankfully said that to take my mind off of Mark's statement.

"So, it definitely has to be something related to emotions then. But, we can't really be completely happy right now, a-and it's definitely not the time to make me flustered..."

What other emotion could make this fusion successful against those two...?

"...How about determination? It's not wise to fuse out of anger. Otherwise, our fusion could end up falling apart too soon. But if we're all determined to save Xansho and Zhenya, then it just might hold together, and be strong enough to beat them~"

Chenle suggested, brightening up our moods.

"You're a genius little Puppycat~~~!!!"

I exclaimed, and we all hugged and pet him immediately.

-

10 Minutes Later

-

This battle is going exceptionally well so far~.

Our clones are overpowering Xander, even after he transformed again, into an even bigger monster.

They each have minds of their own, but they still share our thoughts.

They know our past thoughts, as well as what we're thinking at this very moment. They've even learned and adapted to Xander's fighting patterns, added on to the information we already know about him.

They're doing exceptionally well~.

Force 127 is doing great too~. Their teamwork is simply immaculate. And with mom's help, they're even more powerful together~. And thankfully, dad was becoming overwhelmed too~.

But then something happened unexpectedly.

At the same time, both dad and Xander seem to become more enraged, and both suddenly became stronger.

Dad looked as if he was now going past his limits, and Xander transformed yet again, into and even bigger monster!

Force 127 and our clones were still giving it their all, but our clones seemed to be having more trouble now.

Thankfully though, dad's movements were slowing down, and he looked very tired. He wasn't putting up too much of a good fight anymore~.

The same thing was happening to Xander, but he was still trying to land his blows. But miraculously, our clones found an opening and attacked him all at once, sending him flying!

My clone immediately flew up past Xander, and hit him so hard that he flew back down to the ground, creating a huge crater from the impact of his fall.

This is a good time for us to finish this.

We had already raised our power levels to their maximum while watching the fight, thankfully. We each joined hands into a circle, and concentrated on what we wanted.

We each closed our eyes, and each stated our individual goals.

"I'm determined to protect you all, and finally make time to hang out with my dad"

Jisung stated.

"I'm determined to show my true strength and prove myself"

Chenle continued.

"I'm determined to fight for the safety of our future"

Jaemin followed up.

"I'm determined to go beyond my limits, to protect what matters"

Donghyuck declared.

"I'm determined make amends for my past mistakes"

Jeno expressed.

"I'm determined to let go of the past, and keep moving forward"

Mark confessed.

As for me...

"I'm determined..., to keep my family safe, and bring them back together"

-

We apprehended Zhenya, finally.

I hate seeing him like this... It's been years since we've been face to face, and I really hate that it's on enemy based terms.

However, something caught all of us off guard.

The clones that Renjun created disappeared, soon after Xander hit the ground. And a white light soon appeared.

The light began to grow in side, and appendages of light soon started to branch out from it. It continued to grow, until it reached an unbelievably massive size.

Two of the appendages soon formed two huge talons, two more formed two broad wings, and two more formed a head and a long tail.

We all watched with awe as the figure of light soon completed itself. It emerged from the light, as an exceptionally powerful celestial being.

A Hooded Paramount Hawk!

But, the extremely familiar presence of it made me realize who the being really was.

Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Donghyuck, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung all fused together~~~!!!

They let out a loud hawk-like screech that shook the ground, and simply glanced at Zhenya. They locked eyes, and Xander's power immediately poured out of him!

Xander then tried to attack them, but they easily grabbed him with one of their talons. They flew up high, a roughly threw him back to the ground.

The five charms that accompanied them suddenly began to glow brighter. They then grabbed Xander again with their beak, and threw him up in the air.

They opened their beak again, and a orb of a very pure and powerful energy formed inside of it. With another piercing screech, the charms and the orb came together and formed a sparkling golden beam, and shot it at him, creating a tremendous explosion!

Xander's body fell to the ground, and he wasn't moving! And he changed back to his regular form!!

They finally took him down!!!

We began to celebrate, until their power began to fade.

The bird reverted back into a form of nothing but light, before exploding into a huge plume of smoke.

I used my weather manipulation to make a gust of wind blow the smoke away, and we saw all seven of them plummeting to the ground!

"Be ready to catch them!!!"

Yuta exclaimed.

Kun quickly transformed into a large beast, and threw Yuta towards them. He immediately made a warp gate under them, and they all fell in.

They all got teleported to us, including Yuta, and one of us caught each of them. They were all unconscious and looked extremely exhausted, but Renjun seemed to be waking up!

-

"Renjun! Wake up! You guys did it! You took Xander and Zhenya down! We finally won~~!"

I heard Taeyong's voice, and slowly opened my eyes.

I was immediately met with his bright smile and enthusiastic praises.

I'm so glad it's finally over.

The others are starting to wake up too, but they were all extremely exhausted.

I healed myself, and then began healing everyone else, restoring some of our strength.

Mom and the others were making sure that dad was ok, while Johnny went to go retrieve Xander.

We definitely destroyed his mask, even after it fazed into him the more he transformed. So he should be back to being Xansho now.

"We finally did it...~"

Jisung weakly smiled.

"The worlds should be returning back to normal now"

"Despite the damages that have already been done"

Chenle and Jeno added.

"So, what happens now...?"

Jaemin questioned.

"Well, now that our mission is complete..."

"I guess we just......go home"

Mark and Donghyuck declared.

...

No...

This was too easy...

"Wait... Something's not right..."

"What do you mean hyung?"

Jisung inquired.

"There's nothing more left of our mission, but there's still things we haven't brought to the light. We still don't know what Seiki meant when he said Xander isn't who we think he is, nothing from that legend has come true, I haven't unlocked my final power, and......, what Xander said before about that family reunion....."

They all realized what I meant, and their expressions changed.

".....Guys. This battle is isn't finished-"

"JOHNNY-HYUNG!!!"

We suddenly heard Taeyong yell, and we all felt the most malicious aura we've ever come across in our lives.

We looked over to where Johnny was with Xansho, and he had him by his throat!!

"Y o u  a l l  r e a l l y  a r e  a  b u n c h
o f i d i o t s . . . . ~"

Xansho suddenly spoke.

He's under mind control??? But, that power is useless against its own user!! He would have no benefit, or reason, to try and control himself either!!!

Is someone else controlling him??!!

"T h i s  i s  j u s t  t o o e a s y ~"

He laughed before jabbing his other hand right through Johnny's chest!!

He pulled his hand out and threw him to the others, holding something in his hand.

It was a yellow heart, surrounded by golden lightning bolts!

"T-That's his soul! He ripped his soul right out of him!!!"

Jisung exclaimed.

"He's right! There's no hole in his chest, and there's no blood around the area! But..., his skin is cold, a-and he's not breathing!!!"

Doyoung informed us.

"HE'S DEAD??!!"

The seven of us questioned.

"N-Not necessarily! As long as his soul doesn't break, he's still alive!"

That's a relief...

But..., how did he-

"N e x t ~"

Xansho snapped his fingers, and all of the others, except for mom, suddenly collapsed!!!

Seconds after they fell, their souls rose right out of their bodies, each of them having their own unique characteristics!

Lucas' was black with spikes protruding from it.

Jungwoo's was white and surrounded with light blue sparkles.

Taeyong's was purple with a golden chain around it.

Sicheng's was brown and furry.

Ten's was grey with a dark cloud around it.

Doyoung's was pink with bunny ears on it.

Kun's was green with scales covering it.

Jaehyun's was lavender with cat ears on top of it.

Yuta's was engulfed in blue flames.

Taeil's was red with engine pipes on both sides.

Xiaojun's was chrome with a moon-like dust surrounding it.

Hendery's was covered in knight-like armor.

And YangYang's was a dark crimson with blood dripping from it.

Only the seven of us were left, other than mom and dad!

"W-What the hell is going on...?!"

Donghyuck began to panic with the rest of us.

Each of their souls flew over to Xansho, to accompany Johnny's soul. He then absorbed all of their souls into his own body!!!

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?!"

Jaemin had to be held back by Jeno, before he tried to attack him recklessly.

"I  t h i n k  i t 's  t i m e  t h a t  w e
f i n a l l y  m e e t  f a c e  t o  f a c e,
H u a n g  R e n j u n ~"

He completely ignored Jaemin, only focusing on my presence.

"Face to face???"

"I  w a s  s t a r t i n g  t o  g e t b o r e d
o f  t h i s  w e a k  l i t t l e  v e s s e l"

"Wait... Vessel...?"

Jaemin suddenly calmed down.

"What is it Nana???"

I inquired.

"...There's no way. Someone has been using Xansho's body to do their bidding this whole time...!"

Jaemin exclaimed at this realization.

"Just who are you???!"

I questioned him, but he just laughed.

"Let the family reunion commence~!"

His voice changed again, just like before!

An explosion of dust suddenly appeared in front of us, after a series of red lighting bolts struck the ground in front of us.

We heard a sudden thud nearby, after the bolts stopped. We looked over to see Xansho's body, lying with the other's bodies!

"Over here"

The voice spoke again.

We all averted our gazes to where the voice came from, beyond the smoke. When it cleared, there was a completely new person in front of us!

He had white hair that covered his eyes, two red horns on his head, dark grey skin with multiple horns protruding from him, and he was accompanied by two huge floating Oni heads on either side of him.

Demon...

A demon...

It's a demon...

"T-This power..."

"T-There's no way that anyone can be t-that powerful..."

Jisung and Chenle panicked even more.

"Finally. I think I was starting to get claustrophobic inside of that boy. At long last, I'm free to enact my revenge"

He spoke so nonchalantly.

He suddenly looked over at me, and smiled.

"Hmph. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you don't know who I am. Your traitor of a father was never around, just as you mother wasn't. And even after you reunited with that disgraceful child of mine, he told you so little about me. But at last, we finally meet, here and now, nephew"

"NEPHEW?!"

The other's shrieked.

N-Nephew???!!

T-This whole time...???!

"T-Then.... Y-You're....m-my..."

"Yes, nephew. My name is Xuan Xinyi. And I, am your dear old long lost uncle~"