Chapter Eleven: Final Confrontation

Everything you know is at an end.

Riku and Kairi had gone with Sora to lock the door. As it turned out the door was in the same room that Sora awoke in three years ago.

After locking the door the three Key wielders ran back up to the first floor and out to Hideya. When they arrived they saw that Hideya had not yet opened a Dark Portal.

"What are you waiting for Hideya," Sora asked. "We need you to open a portal so we can go stop Shuyin."

"I can't seem to open a portal to the Realm of Darkness," Hideya replied, his voice still laced with anger.

"Can you get to other places," Kairi asked.

"Yes."

"What could it be," Riku wondered.

"Shuyin has put up a barrier around the Dark Realm. That must be it."

"What?"

"That can't be possible," Kairi rebuked.

"It is," Hideya said turning towards them. "I once put up a barrier around the castle the Sannin were using as their base of operations. It stopped Gilgamesh from getting in with his own portal. But," Hideya paused. "How much power does this guy have that he can protect an entire realm from entry?" Hideya's hands were shaking his fists were so tight.

"Hideya," Sora said. "You have a power that I've never see. I know that you can find us a way to him."

"Sora's right, you can do it," Riku added.

"Yeah," Kairi cheered.

"Opening a path isn't the problem! Its that by doing so I'll be playing his game again."

"What?"

"In order to break this barrier I can't just open a small hole that we can go through. No, I'll need to destroy the entire barrier or it will just repair the damage. However, if I do that I wont have any strength left to fight with you."

Riku put together the rest. "So Shuyin did this to separate us, huh? Why?"

"He knows that the only way to defeat us is to fight you three first and then myself. And I have no choice but to allow him that chance."

"So what can we do. I mean its not like we can't fight him," Sora was unable to come up with any alternatives.

"We oblige."

"What? Why?"

"Look here everyone." Hideya said with a look of confidence on his face. "Shuyin may have planned every act up until now but I wont let him be the one to write the ending, and neater will you three. This story's not over so we can still change it!"

The others expressions changed from somber to joy.

"Right," said Riku. "No ones going to end this story with Darkness as long as I'm here."

"Same," Kairi replied.

"I've been the one to save the worlds before and I'll do it again," Sora exclaimed.

"Good. Now that's what I like to hear."

"One question," Kairi said. "Wont Shuyin be stronger because he's in the Realm of Darkness along with the power he gained from Gilgamesh?"

"That wont be a problem," Sora replied. "Our light will also be stronger. The darker the night is the stronger a light shines."

"True," Hideya said. "And there is no one with stronger light than you three. Sora the Keyblade's Chosen One, Riku the Hero of The Dawn, and Kairi the Princess of Heart your light will shin even brighter with the growing darkness."

Pride showed on everyone's face.

"Thank you, Hideya the Gift Barer," Sora said grinning.

"Now I'll break that barrier!"

Hideya turned away from the other three and dropped to one knee. He created the same hand sign that he used when he sealed the door at Pride Rock. His eyes turned purple and energy began to flow from his body. Wisps of what resembled black smoke along with white emitted from his back as he focused more and more energy on the barrier blocking his path. After a few minutes of releasing energy the wisps formed a cloud above him. Then a Dark Portal opened before him. Hideya through his hands towards the portal sending all the escaping energy into it. When all the energy had entered Hideya did two more hand signs. "BREAK," Hideya yelled. When he did the Dark Portal before him tripled in size a the sound of shattering glass came from it.

Hideya dropped his hands but the portal stayed as it was. He tried to use his hands to support himself but fell forward and rolled on to his back. His eyes returned to their normal color and his breath became labored.

"Hideya, you alright," Sora asked.

"Is the path open," Riku questioned.

"Yes..., and yes," Hideya replied between breathes. "...Go now...and stop Shuyin. I believe in you three." Hideya was smiling. He had done all he could for now and was content.

"Right," Sora said. Then he turned and looked at Riku and Kairi who nodded.

"I'm ready," Riku said.

"Let's do this. I'm ready," Kairi assured him.

Turning back towards the portal Sora spoke again. "Thank you Hideya for everything you've done so far."

"If it wasn't for the 'so far' it would have sounded like I was dying. Go, stop him now."

Sora nodded and jumped into the portal followed by Riku and Kairi. As soon as they were through the portal shut behind them.

Hideya tried to sit up and after some time was able to. "Their's no way in Hell that they can defeat Shuyin on their own." Hideya paused, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, crossed his legs, and created the first hand sigh that he learned. His eyes shot open and the same magic circle Solf used to disturb the balance of Light and Dark in his heart appeared below him. His eyes turned purple again and the circle began to glow. "Thank you Solf, for showing me this. You have no idea what this can do, Shuyin!" Again black and white wisps escaped from his back. However, this time only two of each came out and they stayed attached to his back.


Sora, Riku, and Kairi exited the portal one after the other and appeared in the Dark Realm. Sora and Riku already knew what it look liked but Kairi took a second to take in the scenery. The endless, baron landscape that bore only rocks and dead trees. The only light provided was that given off by the moon and off in the distance a beach with slow, constant waves.

"Their he is," Sora said pointing to his left. There, five meters away, Shuyin stood with his back turned to them.

"So you've finally come. I was wondering how long it would take."

"It's over Shuyin," Kairi said. "We wont let you cause any more pain to create your world."

"Over? No. This is my story . It'll go the way I want it!" Anger had raised in Shuyin's voice. "What make your goals more important than mine? You Key wielders have thrice stopped those that wield darkness. The last time the Nobodies only wanted their hearts back and this time all I want is the return of the one I love and my world. What is it about those desires that you deem them so unworthy?"

No one spoke for a minute then Riku stepped forward. "Your means are that which we do not except, not your goals."

"The end justifies the means, right?"

"No," Sora said and produced his Keyblade. He pointed it at Shuyin who had still not turned around. Riku and Kairi follow suit.

"Very well then." Shuyin turned around and faced his enemies. "Time to end this." Shuyin grabbed his sword and disappeared.

"Damn," Riku said. Then Shuyin reappeared next to Riku whom he cut with his sword in the chest. Riku fell back

"Haaaaa," Kairi yelled as she swung her Keyblade at Shuyin. Before she could make contact Shuyin deflected her attack and sent he flying backwards ten meters.

Sora's attack turned out the same as Kairi's but Sora's sword was blocked and then he was kicked back.

"Now for you," Shuyin said moving towards Riku. Shuyin swung his sword at Riku's chest, its blue blade a sharp contrast to the dark surroundings.

Riku blocked the attack but stumbled back due to the force. He quickly countered with a thrust that Shuyin parried. Before Shuyin could attack again Sora swung at him from behind. Shuyin blocked it and then spun around again to defend an attack from Kairi.

Now it Shuyin was on the defensive, constantly turning to block attacks from one of the three Key wielders. However, it seemed at though Shuyin was still having no problem fighting all three of them at once. He was able to defend every attack, with only one hand on his sword, by either blocking the attack or dodging it.

After thirty seconds of defending Shuyin took the offensive again and parried Riku's attack. He quickly came after him with a thrust that Riku dodged. Shuyin immediately turned his thrust into a side sweep towards Riku's stomach. Riku blocked the attack but was once again pushed back.

Sora took his chance and again struck at Shuyin's back. Shuyin quickly turned around and blocked the attack. At the very same time Sora attacked Kairi came in with her own swing from above. However, Shuyin blocked the attack with his left arm.

Sora and Kairi gasped when their attack failed but kept the pressure on as to create an opening. Riku, after regaining his balance, took the chance and stabbed at Shuyin's chest.

"Humph." Before the attack landed Shuyin pushed Sora's Keyblade away with his sword, knocked Kairi off his arm, and spun towards Riku to block his thrust. With all the Key wielders off balance Shuyin thrust his sword into the ground creating a large shock wave that stopped them in mid air. Shuyin then appeared behind Sora and cut him with his sword. He quickly ran and slashed Kairi and then Riku. He did one more attack to each person that caused them to fly back once again.

Shuyin then ran at Kairi. "Now your mine!"

"That's what you think," she said before rebounding off the air. Kairi evaded Shuyin's diagonal slash and jumped above his head. She turned upside down and began to spin. "Heart Spheres!" The magic spheres flew from her Keyblade, collided on Shuyin's body and exploded. Kairi landed a meter past Shuyin and quickly turned to face him knowing that the attack did not finish him.

From the smoke Shuyin jumped towards her. He did a round-off into a back-flip. In the air he twisted his body so he would face her and as he fell back to the ground he swung his sword down her front causing her to fall.

"KAIRI," Riku yelled and moved as fast as he could towards them. In a flash Shuyin was in front of Riku half way between where Riku started and Kairi. Riku swung his Keyblade with all his might at Shuyin's head but it was blocked. The force however, knocked Shuyin back. Riku held his Keyblade straight up in front of him. "Purification Blade!" Riku's Keyblade began to glow a bright gold as he focused his energy into his attack. Then he ran at Shuyin, sword poised fo a side sweep.

While Riku was creating his attack, Shuyin created a lighting-less Dark Orb of Destruction in his hand and tossed it into the air. When Riku reached him Shuyin blocked his attack with a powerful attack of his own. Riku continued to attack Shuyin with seven more powerful swings to the other vital points. After the seventh attack Riku jumped back and readied his sword for one final thrust to the final vital point, Shuyin's chest. Instead of knocking Riku's attack off to the side Shuyin held his sword, point down, and blocked the attack with the flat, wide side of his sword, supporting his sword with his other hand.

"What," Riku gasped as his attack was stopped in its tracks.

"My turn," Shuyin said and stuck his sword into the ground. Before Riku could move Shuyin stepped onto his sword and jumped off it into the air. He did a half turn and then began a back-flip. While in the mists of the back-flip Shuyin kicked the Dark Energy Orb down into Riku. The orb hit Riku, caused a small explosion and left Riku in a crater.

Shuyin landed and pulled his sword out of the ground. He turned and looked towards his left where he knew Sora was. Sora was slowly walking towards him, anger augmenting his features. "Was it hard to watch your friends fall before you?"

Sora said nothing in response. He grabbed his Keyblade with both hands and ran at Shuyin. Sora swung at Shuyin's hip with his Keyblade but it was blocked easily by Shuyin's sword.

"Too slow."

Sora smiled. "FINAL!" Sora's word released the energy of the form and pushed Shuyin back. When Shuyin looked up he saw Sora floating off the ground with two Keyblades spinning behind his back and silver clothes.

"So this is the Final Form. I can't wait to break it!"

At that Sora flew at Shuyin and commanded his Keyblades with his hands. They circled around his body attacking Shuyin at lighting speed. It was all Shuyin could to do to keep up his defense against the continues attacks. After thirty seconds of constant attacking Sora jumped back and shot pure white energy bolts at Shuyin. Shuyin was able to defend the attack by putting up a barrier.

Immediately Shuyin and Sora charged each other. Shuyin took back the offensive by attacking Sora as fast as he could. Using his strength to its fullest Shuyin attempted to knock Sora's Keyblades out of his way and open up Sora for a cut.

With the help of two Keyblades Sora quickly took back control of the fight. Sora was able to counter one of Shuyin's strikes to the head by blocking with one Keyblade and immediately attacking with the other. This caused Shuyin to jump back in order to avoid the hit. Sora came right in and continued the attack on Shuyin. The first three of Sora's swings made contact, then Shuyin was able to block the rest. After about two dozen attacks form Sora Shuyin found another opening and thrust his sword at Sora's chest. Sora dodged by moving above Shuyin's head.

"What!"

"Take this!" Sora yelled. He held his hands out to his sides and from his Keyblades beams of light rained down on Shuyin. "HAAAAA!"

"ARRRRGGGG!" Shuyin fell to his knees after the attack and was using his left arm to support himself. Sora was hovering not farm from him an look of determination on his face.

"That's how I feel about watching what you did to my friends."

"I see. So this is the power of your heart?" Shuyin spoke still on the ground. "However," in an instant he was behind Sora. He moved as if he was in a slow motion flight. "My void is stronger!"

"Huh?" Sora tried to turn but it was too late. Shuyin swung his sword and hit Sora on the left side. The force of the cut caused Sora to spin completely around before falling to his knees.

When Sora hit the ground the form ended and Sora's breathing became labored. "ARRRG! Aaaah... tch." Sora couldn't speak right away due to the pain so Shuyin did instead.

"Now do you see the way this story will play out? I wrote it, and you as characters must due as I have instructed for you."

"Sorry to disappoint, Shuyin," Sora quietly. "But I don't think any of us understand!"

Shuyin was surprised. He could now feel the presence of both Riku and Kairi behind him. If he had turned to look he would have seen them both flying through the air towards him. Riku had his sword readied for a slash from his right and Kairi held her sword above her head for a downward swing.

"Haaaaiiii-." Before they could finish their attacks a copy of Shuyin appeared in front of each of them. They each made a sound of surprise before they were hit, Riku with a punch and Kairi with a knee, in the stomach. After letting out only a sound of pain the two Shuyin grab the Key wielders and put them into full nelsons.

"You-you can make clones too," Sora asked from the ground having witnessed the entire event.

"What did you expect? I did absorb Gilgamesh." Shuyin sneered and razed his left hand. "Watch what my clones can do." He snapped his fingers causing the clones to explode on Riku and Kairi.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHH," Kairi yelled.

"AAAAAARRRRGGG," Riku yelled and they both fell to the ground.

"NO," Sora called throwing his hand towards them. Anger flooded Sora's face. He stood up and ran at Shuyin in an attempt to cut him in half. Shuyin jumped the attack and landed on Sora's shoulder. He jumped back and up into the air. Shuyin then raised his sword above his head and gathered energy into it. Shuyin released the energy by swinging his sword at Sora. This sent nine dark energy orbs at Sora and when they hit him they created an explosion.

Shuyin landed and was surprised to see Sora still standing. "Your will is strong, isn't it? I guess out of everyone in all the worlds you mush have the purest, strongest heart." Shuyin paused, waiting for Sora to say something. However, Sora was using all his strength just to stand and thus nothing was said. "Very well. I shall end your heart now." Shuyin held his left hand out in front of him and created a Dark Orb of Destruction. "The single greatest dark spell will destroy the strongest warrior of Light."

Shuyin ran at Sora, spell up in front of his shoulder. Before Shuyin's spell landed Hideya jumped in between them, his own Dark Orb of Destruction in his hand, and used it to cancel out Shuyin's. The resulting force created a shock wave that spread from the exact point the two spells connected.

Shuyin could not believe his eyes and it took him a few seconds to comprehend what just happened. "Hideya?" Hideya just stood there with an expressionless look on his face, eyes purple with the power of the Goddess' Gift. "How could you have the energy to be here?"

"Thank Solf," Hideya said. "He taught me how to awaken my power and I used what he showed me to restore what I used to break your barrier." Hideya held out his pole and turned it into a nodachi. "Now you'll have to fight me."

"Just as my story was meant to be!" Shuyin charded Hideya. He swung his sword down at Hideya's shoulder. Hideya was able to block it with little difficulty.

Shuyin pushed hard to try and force his sword through Hideya's guard. To give himself more leverage Hideya placed his left hand on the back of his blade and pushed.

"It's over," Shuyin said."

"Than you skipped a section of your script," Hideya replied and quickly turned his nodachi into a scythe. The extended curve of the blade came around and cut Shuyin in the back of the shoulder.

"Arg!" Shuyin jumped back only to have Hideya swinging the scythe at him from his upper left. Shuyin turned his body to the side to avoid the swing and the scythe got stuck in the ground. Before Shuyin could counter, the scythe turned back into a nodachi, freeing it from the ground, and Hideya immediately swung it at Shuyin. Shuyin stepped back causing him to avoid most of the attack. What did hit caused a long cut across his face that would have been bleeding badly if he had blood.

"Now do you see that you and I are on equal ground?" Hideya was glaring at Shuyin.

"Equal in strength maybe, but I have much more combat experience."

Hidyea was not listening to Shuyin's words. He was paying attention to the filtered screams of the Heartless that made up Shuyin. Instead of a painful scream Hideya was able to make out audible words.

"Fate is against us. She lies in light. Two thousand years we caused chaos. Are fault she's lost. Balance disturbed because of us. Our heart. You."

Hideya could not believe his ears. "Were the answers here all along," he asked himself. He thoughts were interrupted by shouts from Shuyin.

"What's the matter Hideya? Can't think of a way to stop me? Or are you worried that you can't do it because the Key wielders failed?"

Shuyin attacked Hideya with a thrust but Hideya jumped five meters back to avoid it.

"Haste!" Hideya cast the spell on himself and countered Shuyin's attack. Hideya's attacks were impossible for Shuyin to evade. To make full use of the haste Hideya began to run around Shuyin, cutting him every time he ran past.

After sixteen cuts Shuyin jumped into the air to get out of Hideya's reach. The attempt failed when Hideya appeared behind him. "Huh?"

"Trying to run?"

"Not at all!" Shuyin spun around and kicked Hideya in the head with a roundhouse. He then changed his direction towards the ground and landed next to Riku. "Now he has a purpose to me."

Shuyin entered Riku's body and possessed it. With a form that Hideya would not cut Shuyin attacked Hideya.

"Damn it," Hideya said as he blocked a swing from the possessed Riku. Riku's body was enhanced by Shuyin's power and was even faster than his normal speed. After the first attack the possessed Riku grabbed Hideya's shoulder and pulled him across his body, opening Hideya up for a knee to the stomach. After that the possessed Riku hit Hideya on the arm, leg and chest with his Keyblade.

"Now die!" The possessed Riku moved at Hideya again and swung hard from the left. Hideya again blocked the swing not wanting to hurt his friend. Right as the attack connected Shuyin left Riku's body and slashed Hideya across the right shoulder. Hideya stumbled back due to the pain and Shuyin cut him again on the left arm and chest. Now that Hideya was completely off balance Shuyin had the time to create the same dark orb he hit Riku with. Shuyin through it at Hideya and it hit him in the chest.

"AAARRGG!" Hideya flew back two meters and landed on the ground. He stood back up as fast as he could and grabbed his chest with his free hand.

"Do you now see that you can't stop me from achieving my goal? The story has already been written and it ends with my victory!"

"No... it does not," Hediya said. "You told me yourself how this story will really end."

"What?"

Hideya once again listened to the voices coming from Shuyin. "Hideya brings balance. Bring end to Heartless. End to us. Free us from the pain!"

Hideya corrected his breathing, put his left hand back on his sword and held it up on his right side. "This battle can't go on anymore, Shuyin. So it will end now."

"Are you out of energy already? Well I still have some left to fight with. So what do you mean?"

"This attack, my next attack, will stop you!" Hideya focused all of his energy into his sword causing it to glow a bright, pure, pale light.

"So you do have some energy left. Let's see what your final magic can do." Shuyin did the same thing as Hideya but his sword was emitting Darkness. "After this attack you'll be mine!"

Shuyin and Hideya ran at each other, their swords poised to slash the other. However, before Hideya was in range for a slash he swung his sword and sent a large wave a light at Shuyin. "Goddess Blade!"

"What!?"

The wave flew at Shuyin so fast their was no possible way to dodge it. Shuyin tried to cut the wave with his Dark Sword but when his sword his the wave it disintegrated. "Aaaaaaw?"

The wave hit Shuyin and stopped for a split second and then created a flash of light. The parts of the wave that did not make direct contact with Shuyin continued to fly past him and eventually dissipated over the water some thirty meters away.

When the light faded Shuyin's body was no longer there. Hideya took a long deep breath. After exhaling he changed his sword back into a pole, belted it and walked over to Riku.

"Good job my friend," Hideya said to him as he picked up his unconscious body and carried him over to where Sora and Kairi lay.

Sora was still conscious and spoke to Hideya when he set Riku down between himself and Rairi. "Amazing!"

"Sorry I couldn't have gotten to you sooner," Hideya said looking at Sora, the purple gone from his eyes revealing their normal brown color. "Are they in range?"

"Yes." Sora lifted his Keyblade towards his friends. "Curegra!" At his command flowers appeared and opened above all four of them and released their healing light.

After the flowers vanished Kairi slowly sat up. "Sora? Hideya? Did we win?"

"Yeah," Sora replied. "Don't try and move for a while."

"No problem," Riku answered from the ground. He had not even tried to move. He turned his head towards Hideya and asked. "So, just how do we get out of here?"

"Give me some time to recover and I'll open up a portal to get us home."

After fifteen minutes everyone was back on their feet. The first thing Kairi did was run into Sora's arms and kissed him. "Does this mean that everything with the Heartless is finally over?"

"It should," Sora replied. Then he looked at Hideya. "I actually can't believe that we won. I mean, Shuyin had been planning this whole thing for a thousand years, and we stopped it."

"It is amazing," Riku said.

Hideya looked at them all as though he were only half their. "Yeah." After a few seconds he spoke again. "Come on. Let's get out of here."

"Right," Kairi said jumping into the air.

Hideya turned away from them and, holding out his hand, opened a Dark Portal. "Ladies first."

Kairi walked towards the portal grabbing Sora's hand and pulling him with her. Riku followed right behind and Hideya began to move slowly forward. Before any of them could enter the portal they heard a voice.

"My stories not over yet."

They all turned around and saw Shuyin walking towards them, still whole. "I wont let you end it."

"Damn it," Hideya said in his head. "They didn't move quick enough."

"Shit he's still alive," Riku gasped.

Riku and Sora both produced their Keyblades. "We have to finish him," Sora said. "Let's go Hideya."

"No! You three leave, now!" Hideya held out his hand to stop them.

"What?"

"No way," Riku spat.

"If we all move now their's no way he can win in his state," Kairi added.

Hideya turned to face them, his eyes purple again. "I said go! This is the last portal I can open out of here!" Hideya pushed his left hand at them and created a force that sent Sora, Riku, and Kairi into the portal. Before it closed Hideya whispered "I'm sorry. But I have to do this on my own," into the portal after them. Then the portal closed and Hideya turned back to Shuyin.

"You thought you could stop me?"

"I was actually trying to get them out of this realm before you came back. After all, how can the writer of this story fade before its end?"

"Good point." Shuyin snapped his fingers and summoned thousands of Heartless behind him. Hideya lifted his left hand above his head and summoned just as many Heartless behind him. "What do you plan to do? Have our Heartless fight while you kill me? Or do you want me to absorb them all?" Shuyin laughed "Either way, you will no longer use my Heartless against me." Shuyin held out his hand towards Hideya and quickly clenched his fist. A green energy was pulled from Hideya and with it went his ability command the Heartless.

"So their all yours now, huh?"

"With all of these Heartless fused with me you will have no chance of stopping me from using your power."

"I wont stop you now."

"What?"

"I know now that no matter how many time I cut you down you'll keep coming back. So I'll give you what you want."

"KIIIIIINNGGGDOM HEAAARTS!!"

"Yes!" Hideya lifted both his hands out to his sides and created the door to Kingdom Hearts behind and above him. After a moment of silence Hideya spoke again. "You may be the one who told this story buy I will be the one to write the ending."

"What ever do you mean? I finally have Kingdom Hearts before me and the Gift of the Goddess at hand. How can things not go my way?"

"This is how." Hideya held out his hand towards Shuyin and from his hand came a small heart. The same heart that the Goddess of Light gave him. It made contact with Shuyin's body and with a quick pulse Shuyin felt all of his strength fade from him.

He fell to the ground on his hands and knees. "What... did you... do to me," Shuyin asked between breathes.

"Simple. I gave you back you heart. You are a human once again."

"A human? How?"

"I was given you heart when I too was lost in the void. Now I've finally returned it to you."

"You knew you had my heart all along?"

"No. I just learned it a little while ago. Actually, you told me during our fight." Shuyin made a sound of surprise. "You see, during the fight I was listening to the Heartless inside you and they told me everything."

"So that's it? Turn me back into a human and leave me? Did you forget that once these Heartless take me everything will begin again?"

As if on cue all of the Heartless started to move on Hideya and Shuyin. Once again Hideya through his hands out to his sides. From his back came four large wings. Two of them were a black as Genesis' and the other two were pure white. The wings were layered, the black ones one top of the white ones. The magic power that the wings held stopped the Heartless, pushed them back, but did not destroy them.

"Their it is," Shuyin said in aw. "The wings of Light and Dark, the true form of the Gift of The Goddess! But what do you plan to do?"

"Change your ending. Shuyin, do you know that these are all that remains of the Heartless and that these are also the ones created from the people of Spria?"

Shuyin did not know whether or not to believe him. "The ones created from my world's people?"

"Yes. Shuyin, the reason that Lenne and your world never came back is because you continued to exist as a Heartless. Now that you're a human everything can go back to normal." Hideya turned to face Kingdom Hearts. "Open up and send forth Spira!"

The doors of Kinddom Hearts opened and one of Hideya's white wings began to glow. A large heart came from the doors and drifted into the sky of the Dark Realm. The feathers of the glowing wing all fell off and flew into the Heart. Now serging with new power the Heart flew farther into the sky and vanished from view.

"Did you just?"

"I recreated your world."

"Finally. Now were is Lenne? On the world?"

"Her heart is in the Door to The Light."

Hideya pointed to his right and there it was that the Door to The Light appeared. The door opened and another heart came from it. Hideya released all of the energy from the other white wing and once it fused with the heart; Lenne appeared in its place.

"Lenne!" Regaining his strength Shuyin ran over to her and caught her unconscious body before it fell to the ground. "You brought her back? But why is she still asleep?"

"Don't worry. She'll reawaken once you are back on your own world."

"Why was her heart in that door?"

"You know about the princesses of Heart? I would surmise that Lenne is the Queen of Hearts."

Tears began to swell up in Shuyin's eyes. "And the other Heartless?"

"I'll take care of it."

Hideya released the magic of his dark wings. The feathers broke from his back in wisps of Darkness and began to flow over the Heartless. Absorbing the magic from them, the Heartless regained Human form. The denizens of Spira, like Lenne, were on the ground unconscious.

With all of his wings gone the two doors also faded, leaving Shuyin, Hideya, and the other Spirans in the Dark Realm.

Shuyin held Lennin in his arms, a tear rolling down his face. "So how do we get home?"

"Now that all the Heartless are gone this realm will reject us and your hearts will guide you all back home. Shuyin I have a question. Do you wish to keep your memories of the last two thousand years?"

He thought for a moment. "Yes. That way I'll cherish Lenne all the more. Also I'll be able to thank you for ending my story the way I wanted it to."

Before Hideya could answer the ground turned into a large portal, consuming everyone in the realm.

"Ok. When you awaken in Spira you'll still have your memories and Lenne wont remember her fate."

"Thank you," Shuyin said as the Darkness engulfed them and sent them their separate ways.


Sora, Riku, and Kairi were moving through the Dark Portal towards their home world when they suddenly stopped. The darkness around them faded and was replaced with many stars.

"Um, Sora, where are we," Kairi asked.

"How should I know."

"This is the Realm of The Gods."

Everyone turned towards the voice and were surprised to see King Micky walking towards them.

"Micky," Riku exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"Hideya sent me here."

"Why?"

"He said that we needed to finish balancing everything."

"Huh?" Sora was very confused. "I thought we did that."

"No. But with Shuyin gone the flow of Darkness is balanced. Now it is up to us to balance the flow of Light."

"And how do we do that," Kairi demanded.

"We have to return the Keyblades to their rightful owner; the one who created them."

"And that would be," Riku asked.

"The Goddess of Light, Minerva."

"How do we find her?"

"I am right here, Sora."

He turned around and saw Minerva standing before him. Her long blond hair, pale face, gold and silver armor, and ponderous shield and spear, paled in comparison to her calm and gentile voice. Sora recognized it at once. "You. You're the one that instructed me how to use the Keyblade."

"Yes."

"So how will giving back the Keyblades balance the flow of Light," Riku asked.

"Two thousand years, ago I created the Keyblade to counteract Shuyin. However, the Keyblade is a weapon like any other and can be used for whatever its master desires. Also, because of the way the Keyblade was created, from my desire to bring balance to the universe, anyone with a strong enough will can create a Keyblade."

"So that explains all the different Keyblades I've seen. Even Ansem getting one."

"And the different legends about the Keyblade," Mickey added.

"Yes, and the existence of the Key Chains. When someone has a strong wish to defend something, but no wish for a weapon their heart creates a Key Chain. When they gave you their Key Chain, Sora, they passed to you their wish to fight against the Darkness. So as it stands now, all of the Keyblades exist as weapons of Light. That is why you must relinquish them to restore balance."

"I'm in," Sora exclaimed. "If relinquishing the Keyblades will really end the battle between Light and Dark then I'll gladly do it."

"I'm in," Kairi said.

"No complaints here," Riku added.

"Well I guess I can't be the only one who keeps the Keyblade," Micky said. "I'll go first." Micky stepped forward and produced his Keyblade. He held it out before him and it slowly vanished in a flash of light.

Riku was next. He did the same as the King and his Keyblade to returned to Minerva. Kairi hesitated only a little and repeated what the two before her did.

With everyone else done Sora was next to step forward. He closed his eyes and summoned every single one of his Keyblades in a circle around him. They all began to glow and they bathed him in their light. When the light faded, the last of the Keyblades were gone, returned to the Goddess.

"Thank you Key warriors. Now return home and live your lives with out worry of the balance being disrupted." Minerva closed her eyes and disappeared. When she did King Micky began to move away from Sora and the others.

"I guess this is good by," he said.

"We may never meat again, but we'll never forget each other," Sora replied as tears filled his eyes.

"Good to have seen you one last time before this was over my friend," Riku said.

"Say hi to Minnie for me, ok," Kairi said trying to be uplifting.

"Alright." Mickey waived to them and they all waived back. Then the Light engulfed them and they were sent back to their respective worlds.


Hideya opened his eyes and saw his world in front of him. He had not he gone into the atmosphere, as though deciding weather or not to move ahead.

"Why do you stop, child," Minerva asked, appearing before him.

"I don't think I belong here anymore."

"Why?"

"I was once told, 'We should not shed tears. That is a surrender of the body to the heart. It is only proof that we are beings that do not know what to do with our hearts.' But know I know what I want to do with my heart and where it belongs. And so, I can not go back home."

"What will you do about the memories of you on this world? When you do not reappear your family will search for you."

"I've got that covered." Hideya closed his eyes and when they opened they were once again purple. He glared at his world and slowly, as if being poured out like water, the purple faded from his eyes. When all of the royal color was gone Hideya shut his eyes and cupped them in pain.

"You used the last of you power to erase the memories of you from you world. Why?"

"Because I no longer belong there. I belong with Yuffie at the Radiant Garden. Did the Key wielders do what was needed?"

"Yes. With balance restored the passage between worlds will end and the Light and Darkness will never clash again."

"Good. Now the only thing left to do is let my heart take me to my new home." Hideya closed his eyes and relaxed.

"Farewell child."

"Farewell, Goddess of Light."

With that Hideya was engulfed in light and transported to the Radiant Garden.

Authors note: Only a little, sappy, ending left. However, that was the story. Please waite for the epilogue before deciding not to read any more. I hope you liked this final battle. I spent a good amount of time making sure that I did my best to describe it well enough so you could see the battle in your minds like I could. Please read and review.