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[Aura24]

Youko dashed after Scykhell until they've both returned within the dark boundaries of Nightmare. She whimpered softly again, leaping onto Scykhell's head, still in disbelief that Scykle left.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykhell looked up with a growl, and stomped into Nightmare, taking in the darkness. He leaned against a nearby spire of stone, and covered his face with a clawed hand.

"He was always the weak one..."

[Aura24]

Youko peered down, looking into Scykhell's face while hanging upside down, "Scykle not weak. He confused is all." She said.

[EZEKiAL]

"He's an idiot," he growled. "You're not helping."

[Aura24]

Youko frowned slightly, "Scykle not ee-diot. He just confused."

[EZEKiAL]

Scykhell grumbled, ignoring his new hat. He stomped into Wizeman's room, looking up at his Master.

"M'Lord, Wizeman," he said, "We've lost Scykle..." Wizeman was unfazed.

I knew the second I created Scykle that he wouldn't be as strong as yourself, he boomed calmly, He was created as a reason for you to hate the world of light. I know of Scykle's fate, and I am not disturbed.

[Aura24]

Youko leapt down from Scykhell's head and stood beside him, looking up at Master Wizeman. "What we do now, Master Wizeman?" She asked.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle stared at the Ideya Palace he'd taken the Ideya from, with his brother, not too long ago, in Ethereal Forest.

"I'm sorry, Ethereal Forest," he said, sadly, "I'm sorry, Nightopia..." The Nightmaren looked down at his feet, then looked back up. He clenched his fist. "I won't let anymore of this happen. I, from this point on...vow to fight Wizeman and his plan for Nightopia, no matter the cost."

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Scykhell clenched his fists at the exact same time as Scykle, then looked up at Wizeman. But...he was in no position to talk back to his Master. He was his child, and he could do as he wished.

Scykhell, I'm sending you to your own pocket dimension, like the ones the other Level Two Nightmaren are in. There, you will train and ready yourself for...everything. Scykhell nodded graciously, and disappeared suddenly. Wizeman turned to Youko, all of the eyes turning on her.

[Aura24]

Youko stared up at Master Wizeman quietly, awaiting her orders...

[EZEKiAL]

Go, find Scykle. Kill him. he said simply. He faded away, off to deal with an old threat that was reemerging...

[Aura24]

Youko opened her slitted eyes wide; her heart immediately sank when she heard Wizeman give her the order to kill Scykle. She then whimpered softly, hanging her low and flattening her ears. Shaking herself out of the emotions, the red kitsune opened a portal to the area where Scykle is and darted through, allowing the portal to close behind her.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle turned around, saw Youko, and frowned. "I can probably guess why you're here..."

[Aura24]

"..." Youko stared at Scykle quietly, before a billow of flames surged around her body. As the fire distinguished to nothingness, the red kitsune had turned into a large, ferocious version of herself as she growled at Scykle softly.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle slid one of his feet farther away from the other, and readied his claws. "I'm sorry, Youko. I am."

[Aura24]

Youko immediately lunged at Scykle with a roar, snapping her jaws and swiping for the Nightmaren furiously.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle jumped backwards, then slid under his ex-friend. He jumped up behind her, then frowned. "Get out, Youko! Leave!"

[Aura24]

Youko's sharp eyes glanced back behind her, and the red kitsune lunged forward at Scykle and succeeded in clamping her jaws around the Maren's right arm, swinging Scykle against the trees and pinning him down.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle stared her down with his ice-blue eyes, quivering with fear. "Y-Youko! Why are you doing this?! Do you WANT to be doing this?!"

[Aura24]

Youko suddenly stopped her assault on Scykle, there seemed to be a hint of regret in her eyes before they were once again filled with the ferocity of a Nightmaren. With a snarl, she hurled Scykle away, slamming him into a nearby tree hard enough to snap it in half.

[EZEKiAL]

A horrible snapping noise; it wasn't the tree. He screamed in pain, and roared. "YOUKO!"

[Aura24]

Youko's ears flicked, looking over to where Scykle was. "..." She growled softly, slowly approaching the injured Nightmaren to finish him off; her eyes glowed a deep purple and she raised her claws high for the finishing blow. Suddenly, she hesitated, recalling the times she and Scykle were with one another as she glared down at the injured Nightmaren.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle panted heavily, looking up at Youko. "Whatever my fate is, I am ready to accept it. But are you going to accept yours as Wizeman's slave?" he asked, coughing up a bit of the dark matter he was made of.

[Aura24]

Youko's eyes slowly displayed a sense of regret, and they began to soften bit by bit. "I...I..." She stuttered quietly, her claws almost shaking, threatening to come down and swipe Scykle to end his life.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle stood, shakily, but stood nonetheless. "I've chosen to protect Nightopia..."

[Aura24]

Youko glared sharply, slowly lowering her clawed paw to the ground yet she still growled at her former companion. "..."

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle leaped forward suddenly, and brought his heel down onto the bridge of Youko's nose. "...even if it means fighting you..."

[Aura24]

Youko yelped sharply and snarled angrily at Scykle, seething in rage. Furiously, she swiped and lashed his canines for the Nightmaren once again.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle took a heavy claw to the chest, chipping his blue crystal a bit, but charged Youko head on and pushed up on the massive cat from her chest, in an attempt to flip her over.

[Aura24]

Youko's eyes darted open widly, bellowing loudly in confusion at Scykle's attempt to flip her over.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle managed to flip the giant cat over, then instantly dashed away. With her upright, he'd never be able to escape, but now...

[Aura24]

Youko roared in pain as she was flipped over. Instantly, she rolled over to her four paws and gave chase after Scykle, her fangs itching to snap down on Nightmaren flesh....

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle fled faster through the quickly-densening forest. He dodged trees, branches, and the random bird, and finally came to a clearing; the Nightopia ended here. The trees were literally side-by-side; there was no room to get through. He turned, then watched Youko stomp in.

"Youko," he said, "I'm going to protect this world, no matter what...I want you to help me do it. Please."

[Aura24]

Youko only snarled ferociously at Scykle, slowly advancing towards him, still in a fit of rage.

In a large lake that laid in the clearing, a strange ripple appeared on the water's surface unnoticed by the two fighting Nightmaren, as a serpentine figure circled around in a distant dimension, eyeing Scykle intently in its sights through a rippling mirror.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle got down on all fours, mimicking his opponent. He snarled loudly, his eyes becoming sharper.

"If you don't help me...I'll have to..."

[Aura24]

Suddenly, a billow of water erupted towards Scykle, trapping him inside the vortex and hovering him in front of a portal that lies at the lake's surface below him.

Youko barked sharply in shock, almost startled by the sudden attack.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle screeched as he saw the figure on the other side of the mirror. He struggled, but to no avail.

[Aura24]

On the other side of the mirror, a large, winged serpent slithered his way towards the immobolized Scykle within the vortex of water, passing through the mirror before clamping its jaws on the small Nightmaren, securing him.

As this happened, Youko shifted back into her kitten-sized form, almost horrified as she watched the struggle in awe.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle closed his eyes, gritting his teeth in pain. What was going to happen...?

[Aura24]

The suction of the portal expanded briefly, and Youko, due to her light body weight, was eaily sweeped up into the air by the waterspout containing the winged serpent and Scykle. She quickly grabbed hold of one of the Coatl Quetzal's horns, clinging on for dear life as she yelped loudly, but her cries were unheard by the struggles between Scykle and the winged serpent.

Seeing that he has captured Scykle, Coatl Quetzal began to sink back down through the portal, dragging the little Nightmaren into his own dimension, and also unknowingly taking Youko with him. As the winged serpent dragged Scykle downwards into the dimension that lies between Nightopia and Nightmare, Youko whimpered deeply as she still latched onto one of the serpent's horns for dear life, experiencing the dreadful sensation of being forcefully yanked downwards to oblivion by a large monster. Eventually, Coatl Quetzal's body came in contact with one of the floating rocks in the unknown dimension, causing Youko to cease her cries upon impact, but was still unnoticed by the two marens.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle slashed at the dragon, but to no avail. "What the hell are you?!" he demanded, "What do you plan on doing?!" The Nightmaren was confused by the sudden change of pace.