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If anyone threatens to disturb the peace of this world, to ruin the concept of life... let them know that they will soon learn the concept of death when I'm done with them! 
— Kennedy, talking to White
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When there is light, there is darkness. When there is fire, there is ice. When there is a cocky anti-hero, there is a calm hero. Welcome, folks, to the page of Mackenzie Hartley's counterpart, Kennedy McLeod!
Note: There will be spoilers in History. Read with caution.
"Don't think we're the same. I'd rather be trapped in that Emerald again then be confused with you."
Konton (formerly)
Chaos Mac (commonly, though people calling him this tick him off)He likes to read literature. Fanfictions, books, media, visual novels, if it's something he can read, then he will read it. He doesn't know why he likes reading so much, but he's very intrigued by it.
He also likes things that make you think. Puzzles, brain teasers, crossword puzzles, riddles, you name it. He likes to get "smarter" by doing this.
TBALoud things in general. While loud songs tick him off the most, if you're yelling at him, he won't yell back - he'll just tell you to talk in a normal voice.
Don't even get him started on dummies. He doesn't scoff at them, he doesn't make them feel terrible, but internally, he's going "How is a person like this even possible to be like this?!"
Appearance
Kennedy looks very similar to Mac, in which he has a Spanish-esque skin tone, bangless hair that droops down on the sides of his head, the build of a tiger, and a monkey-like tail. However, Kennedy's eyes are grey and are separate and not conjoined, the shags on the side of his head point upward, and his tail is more organized, with a slightly fixed posture.
Kennedy likes to wear cyan, fingerless gloves that Scarlet gave him because she thought that they'd make him look "cool." He has rather long black pants which he wears a LOT. He also wears a black, buttoned jacket that has a purple short-sleeve shirt underneath.
Personality
Kennedy is basically sane Mackenzie. He thinks things rationally instead of charging head-on. His calmness can turn into aggravation when annoyed, but he keeps his temper under control. At least, he tries. Sometimes he freaks out, but that's only when he's dealing with folks so annoying, he kinda has to.
Anyways, like Mac, he tries to be the best person he can be, almost always giving 100% in what he does. He is also compassionate to levels past Mac's - instead of only being kind to those in need, he's nice to pretty much everyone he meets. Even though he's very old, he still addresses strangers with the utmost respect.
Kennedy can take an emotional beating. He will not cry if ten bullies just keep on pounding - he'll simply glance at them and continue with his day. To him, bullies are just fools who make fun of others because they have nothing better to do in their lives.
As he was trapped inside the Master Emerald, he saw just what humanity was like - some people are so scared, scared to defend themselves. Because of this insight, he steps in whenever he sees anyone in trouble - even if they're people he hates. He can be seen as the calm big brother figure for many people.
He thinks that life is an amazing thing, to live freely without limits. He often dreams about thoughts or the future because the concept of living is just so fascinating to him.
Kennedy has one strength that is more than just kindness; common sense. He thinks things through, noticing possible effects, and then he does whatever he is trying to do. This is one of the main differences between him and Mac.
Of course, when there are strengths, there must be weaknesses also. Here are some of them that are very notable.
Kennedy isn't too nice, but he has some trouble letting people down (unless they're Mac, who he'll tell the truth in a second). He has some trouble stopping people from making stupid decisions when he knows that he should stop them, unless it's so dangerous he can't help himself. Because of this, he prefers to go solo on things - he believes that while others are important, at times, they'll just weigh him down.
Kennedy is pretty cocky. Not so high that he's obnoxious, but high enough that he still thinks he's pretty good at things to at least think he's in the Top 10. While this doesn't affect his mindset too much, it can get him into trouble with other people who have this flaw.
He is also very charismatic and influential, able to persuade people to join a cause with good manners. He'll ask anyone if they would like a drink like a butler even if he isn't in a job as one, say "Sir" and "Miss" as seen above, and even sacrifice his own time just to help someone. He believes that to do good in the world and to make up for past sins, you have to be the best person you can be, for you can either leave a bad mark on the world, or make Mobius remember the tiger who always tried to help.
The reason Kennedy is so set on helping people is not only because he feels bad about his destruction as Konton. When Hikari, the positive Chaos Energy, was used to transform heroes and villains alike into super forms are to teleport them through space-time, Hikari learned more about their character - usually, their heroism. Because of that, Hikari was always wanted his own chance to contribute to helping the world, and because Hikari is a part of Kennedy, it transfers to him. All Kennedy wants is a perfect world, where he feels like he truly made a difference.
When reminded about Konton, however, Kennedy gets pissed off immediately. Like, even mentioning the green terror will cause Kennedy to completely shut down and become a lot more moody. He doesn't like being reminded of the one who got him into so much trouble; even though he's put it behind him, he'll send a gloomy aura if you remind him.
Kennedy, when he has nothing to do, will not be the one to strike up a conversation. If he's bored, the first thought that comes to his mind is to read a book or exercise, not to go hang out with his friends. Due to this, he is easily seen as the second-to-most "quiet one" of the cast, with the only person in front of him being Alexia the Hedgehog.
He is usually very patient with other people, but if annoyed to a large extent... just don't get near him, or else he'll give you the lecture of the decade. However, this doesn't happen a lot because of his willingness to give people a chance to see how stupid they're being.
History
Konton Chaos
Kennedy... wasn't always Kennedy. Before he was the energy of the Master Emerald in a spiritual/physical form - Konton, the King of Chaos, who was soon going to bring doom to this world.
At least, once he got freed. Inside him, two spirits were battling it out - one of them, Hikari, the positive energy, wanted to keep Konton inside the Master Emerald because he liked Mobius and didn't want it to be kablooied. Roxas, the negative energy, wanted to be set free and destroy this planet. They were both created due to the energy that people used when using any type of Emerald - Hikari, the positive energy, goes to them, while Roxas stayed and grew with every use.
Roxas kept growing, and Hikari stayed in the same spot, allowing Roxas to eventually be able to overpower Hikari. One day... Roxas won. It took millions of years, but he won. Konton was free from his chains, and with Roxas in control, he set out to wreak havoc on the worthless rock of a planet he was on.
Mackenzie and co. (Scarlet, Alexia, Terra, Team Sonic, and Team Dark) found out about Konton as soon as he was on the news. They had to figure out a way to stop him - but how?
Mac, being the hot-headed Bengal he is, decided to charge on through. The others, not wanting him to be killed, followed. But even with their combined efforts, Konton was too powerful. No one could stop him. The planet was doomed-
Wait. Mackenzie fired a blast of his pure life energy at Konton as a last resort, forever changing the King of Chaos. Due to the pure life force energy that was blasted at Konton fusing with him and pushing out some of the negative energy, his form was altered into a clothes-less version of the pic above, and before any comments were made, he passed out.
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When he woke up, Aqua and Terra convinced everyone to go to their Wild Wind Village. After an absurd amount of Healing Elemental Rings (credit to Smash) were used, Konton was awake. The only thing was... he wasn't Konton.
It turns out, with Tails doing some math, that the life energy Mac put into Konton was just enough to knock one of the energy beings out - and luckily, the being that was out and banished inside the Master Emerald with almost no chance of escaping... was Roxas.
After hearing all of this, Konton, now infused with Mac's pure life energy and Hikari's positive Chaos energy, decided to take on a new leaf. He apologized for his destruction of the town, embarrassed. He told all of them his story and about Hikari. Mac, the most intent listener of the story, decided to take Konton under his leaf. He named Konton "Kennedy McLeod" (because Mackenzie means "son of Kenneth," which means "handsome," and Kennedy means "ugly head" and McLeod means "ugly") and saw him as someone he could morph into another him.
As Mac was teaching him things about modern culture (not like Hikari knew nothing about the planet), Kennedy started to morph into more than just a "counterpart" or a "copy." He was his own person - not Mackenzie, the jokster electrokinetic, not Konton, the Chaos Menace whose only emotion was destruction, not Hikari, who would have been a boring character, and definitely not Roxas - Kennedy! Kennedy decided that he wanted to change from himself, wanting to do two things - one being making up for his past sins, and the other helping those who couldn't help themselves. Hikari was saddened by all of the people in the world with dark intentions and the will to hurt people, and Kennedy was determined to stop them.
Kennedy went on to be a crime-stopping hero... even if it meant hurting the one person who changed him, Mackenzie Hartley, who was a vigilante/criminal.
A Harsh Punishment - Mac and Luna's Rematch!
When Fate Plays a Game of Volleyball
HUGE SPOILER WARNING.
Cut forward three months. Kennedy has a rep as the town crime-stopper. He hasn't been awarded medals; no, he hasn't been heroic for long enough, and it'll take a year for him to make up for what he did as Konton. He's made some friends; Scarlet, Alexia, Terra - they're all cool with him for the most part. Everything is fine! What could possibly go wrong?
One night, Kennedy was sleeping in Mac's Hartley Mansions. There was a voice calling out to him - telling him to come. Kennedy couldn't get sleep that night, not with that voice in his head. After ten minutes, he was tired of it, and went to the kitchen to get some milk.
That's when he felt his power being revoked, and his soul being pulled away. What was a normal house setting turned into a portal between worlds - or should I say, Zones. After five minutes of being halfway through the portal, he was suddenly sucked into this "void" and spit up into a different Zone - The Prime Zone.
Yes, the one that he lives in wasn't The Prime Zone - instead, it was a branching off of the Prime Zone called the Lamak Zone. It turns out that the voice in his head was the Chaos Force, the multiversal connection to the Chaos Emeralds and such. He told Kennedy that he could take his town-saving reputation to a whole new level - saving different Zones, completely different universes, from certain doom. Kennedy decided to explore the Prime Zone; everything was neat. And then he got a message from the Chaos Force saying that a Zone was in danger; and without Kennedy's output, he was sent flying off again.
Here he was, in a different universe; one where Luna was the supreme being, torturing Kennedy's friends - strange thing was, Kennedy didn't even exist in this Zone. (In fact, he didn't exist in any other Zones Kennedy was devastated by this outcome and decided to take her out - which he did with low difficulty. The Chaos Force explained to him that different Zones had different levels of strength; this one was weak to a pathetic level. Kennedy understood what he had to do, telling the Chaos Force that he understood what they were talking about. An amused Chaos Force granted him the power to travel through Zones, and with that, Kennedy was sent back home.
Kennedy didn't tell anyone else about his newfound power; they'd all want to go with him, which wasn't acceptable. He decided to keep his Zone-traveling abilities a secret, which was made easy, because while he went to different universes, the time in the Lamak Zone was frozen, according to the Chaos Force. With this in mind, Kennedy set out to do good in all the Zones. He just... also had to make sure that he didn't mess any of them up.
An Apocalyptic Attempt
Kennedy was traveling through Zones. He learned how to get through them; the Chaos Force no longer just threw him into one whenever it desired. This convinced Kennedy to take his evil-stopping dreams to a whole 'nother level; he know wouldn't just be saving the Lamak Zone... no, he would try and protect all of them. He felt selfish just trying to stop destruction in his own world - now, he had the opportunity to transcend the limits and assist other dimensions. Once all of time and space was in peace, Kennedy would feel satisfied, knowing that his existence wasn't useless. But first.... he had to start saving some worlds.
He had tried to stop villainy in most of the dimensions; there were some he had yet to visit, such as Medieval Mobius, Light Mobius, and Dark Mobius. He was just about to go enter for an application for the Zone Cops until he got a sharp energy signal from the Chaos Mobius. Wondering what it was, he traveled through barriers to find out.
When he finally reached Chaos Mobius, he was... devastated. So much carnage, so much disaster... he wanted to end all of it. With this mindset in his head, he set out to find the core of this unruly trouble. It didn't take him long to find "The Flame" - however, when he saw the people it was dangering, he set them as his first priority. He teleported anyone he could find (but not Jana's poor partner; he didn't see him) to a shield he created to protect anyone he found. He was disappointed that he couldn't save everyone, but he had done what he could.
When attempting to save Jana-Su, he noticed something. She seemed to be especially depressed - though it didn't take him long to figure out why. The body of Tasma Invone was just near, and it was not active. She seemed to want to fight "The Flame" for its trouble - thus, she was reluctant when Kennedy told her to come with him. She cursed "The Flame" and vowed to take revenge before unwillingly going with Kennedy.
Now that the civilians were safe, Kennedy only had one problem; "The Flame." It turned out there were still some civilians she was planning to kill nearby. Not willing to give up, Kennedy engaged "The Flame" in a grueling battle. After the fight, Kennedy found himself tired, but "The Flame" still has fight in it. Knowing he has fighting a losing battle, he uses an energy bomb as a distraction, and the explosion blocked "The Flame's" sight. When she could see again, Kennedy and the dangered civilians were gone. "The Flame" would've continued its pursuit, but too exhausted from the fight, it decided to lay low.
For a while, this was all Kennedy had done for Chaos Mobius. Not even giving anyone his name, he popped the bubble shield prtecting everyone so that they could find a hideout and left. Though he thought his work was done, this would soon come back to him the next time he came back to Gaia City; including an interaction with Jana-Su after Jana-Su Origins.
Powers
Because half of Kennedy is made out of Chaos Energy, he is naturally someone who can manipulate it. Whenever he manifests it, he takes some of it out of his own defense and uses it to battle. However, it is possible to override it - if he uses too much energy, his defense goes down, and either he gets a lot weaker (as seen in The Curse of Day in his battle against Mac) or his defense resembles on of a normal human's. He can recharge by resting or being near a power source, but it would take him about fifteen minutes to regain a quarter of his normal energy output.
Kennedy also has the ability to sense energy n a near-precognitive way. If he sens you trying to put all of your effort into one attack, he's going to know that and put all of his effort into defending. Sensing energy also allows him to teleport - we'll get to that later. However, there are two major flaws to this ability also - one, if his opponent's energy output is too much, he can't sense it, and two, he relies on it far too much. It is very easy to psyche Kennedy out with an attack if you trick his senses.
Kennedy has an ability that naturally comes with Chaos Energy - being able to stop or manipulate time or space. He is able to distort it in several ways - one, he can use it to teleport a maximum of abut three cities far, but doing that leaves him weak (as seen in TCoD), so he prefer to use short bursts of teleportation to confuse his opponent - two, he can use this to control both his own and others' gravity... to an extent, he can control his weight and mass and he can lift people a maximum of two meters off the ground - or three, he can use it for telepathy and being able to speak with someone through their mind. However, all of these use up some of his energy output so he cannot use two in conjunction.
Next, Kennedy can shapeshift... to a very limited extent. He hasn't been in his physical form for too long - as of now, he can only turn his arm into objects, and even then, he only knows how to turn it into one. Still, instead of trying to create many different forms of shapeshifting, Kennedy focuses on this one aspect - he can create his arm into an extendable purple energy blade. However, it is pure energy, and if you are able to overpower it, it will disappear from Kennedy's energy output.
Finally, a flaw/advantage Kennedy has is being able to control, how much energy he releases at once. No matter how much he may look it, Kennedy does not have complete control of his energy output - his "base" form (for simplicity) is only about 50% control. If he lowers his control, then his pupils, aura and attacks become green, and though he becomes a lot stronger (depending on how much energy he has to release in the first place), his defense truly suffers, and if you are able to land a string of attacks on him, you will most likely win. Lowering control is very risky, for another reason - if he allows himself to turn some of his neutral energy into negative Chaos Energy, then he shall have some of his former self, Konton in him, resembling a dark form. But where there is darkness, there is also light - if Kennedy gains more control over his energy output (and it is noticeably more difficult to gain than lose control) than he gains a purple aura and he gets a general stat boost. This is more akin to a super form, even though Kennedy would be stronger if he lost control.
Then, there is all of this "my existence is chained" crap he has to deal with. If Mac dies and his life force is completely erased, Kennedy dies - at least, the Mac part of him is separated from him and it traps Hikari in the Master Emerald again. However, if someone somehow got to destroy the Chaos Force - That would cause the Hikari side of him to die, trapping the Mac side in Mac's mind. If both happen, he's dead. Like, dead for real. No way of bringing him back. You could also completely obliterate his particles to kill him, but not many people can do that.
Now, here's a counter-strength - Kennedy has a small healing factor. He can shrug off being stabbed in the heart, take ten shots to the brain, and regenerate a lost limb in three minutes, tops. However, as a counter-strength-counter, his healing factor can be overtaxed, causing him to heal much more slowly - or, in lethal cases, not heal at all.
Abilities
Kennedy is a decently skilled hunter, and though he isn't the best, it doesn't matter all too much because he isn't an active hunter. Hunting is made easier for him because he has this "energy-sight" where everything he sees is neon green or white and he can see the energy flows in the air. This "energy-sensing" ability allows him to find trails of things. (Because of this, Kennedy can usually retrieve things he lost.)
Kennedy is fairly intelligent more of the time, using his wits to formulate plans and put them into action. He is very adaptable, and he can master things within a relatively short amount of time (for example, if he had three hours each day, he could learn Spanish in three months). However, one thing he lacks is the ability to be encouraging to people who aren't his friends - this is seen in Depths of Dimensions, where when medusa unleashes an outburst of how morality isn't black and white, Kennedy doesn't know how to console her.
Skills
Kennedy, after Mac taught him how to (with multiple faceplams being facepalmed), learned how to ride Extreme Gear. He's pretty good, too - his first races were terrible, but he started getting better, with his highest placing being second - and when he's not second nowadays, he's either fifth, fourth, or third.
Kennedy's reaction speed is crazy fast, being able to react to things very quickly by reading movements. This allows him to have very fast movements, and being able to counter attacks. Energy-sensing also assists with this ability.
Theme
Ignite (Sword Art Online)
Represents his relationship with Jana-Su.
Crossing Field (SAO; NateWantsToBattle)
It shows how he feels about his past.'
Monochrome Memory (Seth's Theme)
It has a feel to it that represents Kennedy.
Relationships
Canon
Friends and Allies
Nothing as of late, but eventally, Kennedy will meet Sonic and his friends and possibly become friends with them. As of now, though he's heard of them, he has no idea what they're really like.
Foes and Rivals
As Kennedy
- Dr. Eggman & his robots and Kennedy
Kennedy sees Eggman as a foolish threat. Robotizing all the citizens of Mobius isn't something he likes about Robotnik. Everytime the Doctor starts something, Kennedy works his hardest to shut it down. Too bad Eggman never quits... oh well. More beatings from Kennedy for him.
Fanon
Friends and Allies
As Konton
- Hikari/Roxas and Konton
Naturally, since the two are Konton, they would be "friends" with him. Even Hikari was friends with Konton, since he was corrupted by Roxas when the fusion occurred.
As Kennedy
- Schnee the Hedgehog and Kennedy
Kennedy, though he's a calm person, likes Schnee's excited persona. He thinks it adds a bit of cheer to the mix. They get along well; well enough to be considered best friends. Though it's not like they haven't had their arguments, they're sure to make it through hard things together, as friends. Schnee is prone to whacking Kennedy with her staff when he does something she doesn't like, though.
- Alexia the Hedgehog and Kennedy
Kennedy is a huge big brother figure for Alexia. She's the youngest of the cast, and he's the most responsible - what did you expect? Alexia usually goes to Kennedy when she has problems or troubles, and if she's in trouble, Kennedy will be quick to jump to action (which is a rare sight). Though they're not as close as Schnee and Kennedy or Alexia and Terra, they're still good friends.
- Terra the Ocelot and Kennedy
These two have a lot of similarities; they are the older sibling figures for the group, they both can keep their calm, they both are very easy to annoy, and they both try to stray jerks away from their friends. With these common traits, it's only natural that they'd be friends. They commonly ask each other over for tea, and they even have an assigned tennis tournament coming up that they're participating in.
- Scarlet the Fox and Kennedy
Scarlet and Kennedy have a relationship similar to Mackenzie and Kennedy, but on a more positive scale. Though Kennedy finds Scarlet's "fight first, talk later" attitude to be dreadful, he believes that everything else about her is unique and likable. He sees the potential that's hidden deep in her soul and encourages her to let it all out; and no, not just for fighting, but to have the ability to become a better person through potential just makes him shed a tear.
- White the Rabbit
Even though Kennedy hates White's thieving antics and his counter-strike attitude, he can still put up with the rabbit. Most of the time, they're friends who simply see each other time to time and have a cup of coffee. Other times, he's stopping White from robbing a bank.
- Tina the Bat
Tina's dramatic and lovesick fursona (see what I did there?) makes Kennedy bangs his head on the wall multiple times, but nevertheless, they are still friends. Not the closest friends (that spot goes to Schnee), but still close friends.
Foes and Rivals
- Mackenzie and Kennedy (oh boy)
There two... boy, it sure is complicated. Kennedy feels as if Mac just wants to make another him, that he just wants Kennedy to idolise him. Even though it isn't true, this really causes Kennedy to doubt his identity. Am I just a copy, a worthless counterpart? Am I supposed to idolise him? Am I supposed to be his fan? After five years of growth, however, Kennedy has put this behind him.
Kennedy believes that Mac is foolhardy, and wishes he could choose what side he was on. He thinks that Mac can be extremely irritating, but still finds him as a person he can trust (when he knows that Mac is with him). However, Kennedy often nags Mac, which annoys him to the point where Mac just lists all the things he's done for Kennedy and says that Ken is being flat-out disrespectful.
Despite the dramatic fights, when it really counts, these two can work together... but only as friendly rivals. Even though at times, they say they hate each other, the two have a sense of respect for the other, Mac saying that "Kennedy might be a rather strange lifeform, but he's still one of us," and Kennedy saying that "Though he's a hard-headed fool, I still respect him." The only reason that the two are still on the same team is because that they wonder what life would be like without each other and don't want to take the risk.
TL;DR - The two are friendly rivals that fight a lot, but they still care for each other.
Just as a side note, though Kennedy would be a better leader of Team Mask than Mac, Mac says "I founded the team, I'm the leader, that's how it goes."
- Luna the Bunny & her army and Kennedy
Quotes
"Perfection. I like it." -Achieving a S-Rank
"Good enough for me, I suppose." -Achieving an A-Rank
"It's better than nothing, which isn't saying much." -Achieving a B-Rank
"Hmph. I must do better the next time." -Achieving a C-Rank
"This was... not expected of me...." -Achieving a D-Rank
"Bah, this is worthless! How can this be?!" -Achieving an E-Rank
"People who make fun of you are like fire. A small amount you can just put out. If it grows stronger, you need more force. But if it eventually blazes so bright, you can't put it out yourself... that's when your friends, the firefighters, come to help you." -Kennedy's inspirational quote
"I am not a toy to be used. I am not a robot to be programmed. My name is Kennedy McLeod, and if I want to do something, no one will stop me. Especially not you!" -Kennedy responding to Luna asking if he wants to be her servant if she spares his life
Fanon Appearances
Roleplays
- He will appear in a future RP named Fragment World.
- He is currently facing off against Okano in The Bloodied Hands Arena. He's also against Xavis Pyrovolt.
- He is one of the main protagonists in the RP Depths of Dimensions. He also appears in The Curse of Day.
- He was also planned to appear in the RP Scattered Pieces.
Gallery
Trivia
- One could consider Kennedy a fusion of life and chaos; one could be correct.
- Konton's voice actor is Doug Erholtz, and Kennedy's is David Vincent.
- Kennedy has an Extreme Gear board called Seth.
- To do list for his page:
- Get started on relationships.
- Finish his history.
- Finish his personality.
- Get reviews.
- Add more stuff on my to-do list.