Chapter 11 (Remastered Version)
Sora quickly cast a Firaga from the Kingdom Key at Vanitas. Vanitas jumped in the air and slammed his heel down on the spell, sending the Firaga into the ceiling, leaving a large, flaming hole. Terra charged at him with his Keyblade ready. Terra slashed down Ends of the Earth, but Vanitas dodged it easily. Vanitas quickly counterattacked with a series of skillful punches and kicks at Terra. Terra could just barely dodge the strikes, let alone keep up with them. Vanitas then punched at Terra faster than normal. Terra raised his Keyblade and blocked the strike, but the force sent him sliding back.
"You okay, Terra?" Sora asked as everyone ran to Terra's side and summoned their weapons.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Terra answered as he stood up and everyone got into their battle stance.
"Finally fighting seriously, eh? Alright then." Vanitas calmly said as he extended his hand out to the party. They were confused, when suddenly, in a flash of purple fire, the Void Gear Keyblade appeared in his hand. The blade's had various metal shapes about it, with a gear in the center, and a chain wrapped around the length of the blade. The teeth were black, with a red outline, and had a round, cog-like shape. It had two, blue, demonic eyes on it. One near the tip of the blade, and the other embedded in the guard. Its Keychain token was a gear split in two, making it look like an "S".
Play this music: Enter the Darkness - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
(AN: Make sure while you're playing the theme that you wait and read Vanitas's next line when the video hits 0:16)
The entire party was shocked when they all saw the Keyblade appear in Vanitas's hand. They didn't know that Vanitas was also a Keyblade wielder.
"A Keyblade?-!" Sora said in complete surprise.
(YouTube video hits 0:16)
"Now, show me your strength." Vanitas said.
Sora used Sonic Blade and speared forward with the Kingdom Key forward. Vanitas simply side stepped, dodging the attack as if it were nothing. He quickly grabbed Sora's left arm, and threw him towards a wall. Sora quickly recovered, and planted his feet on the wall. Vanitas then charged Void Gear with darkness and stabbed his Keyblade into the ground. The dark energy was channeled throughout the entire floor, and triggered a large explosion. The party was sent high into the air. While flying up, Terra opened his eyes to see Vanitas suddenly appear in front of him, and swing his Keyblade towards Terra's face.
Terra's eyes widened as he saw he wouldn't have time to block or dodge the attack. Aqua suddenly appeared, and blocked Vanitas's Keyblade with Stormfall. She pushed him back, and floated next to Terra, as did the others. "You guys." Terra said.
"We can do this together." Ven assured.
"We're here for you." Aqua added in.
"Thanks." Terra said, and the party charged Vanitas all at once.
However, despite the fact it was eleven to one, Vanitas was overcoming their every move, and countering with more powerful moves. Roxas flew in, and attacked with a large combo of swings, but Vanitas was able to block, deflect, and dodge them all. "How weak." Vanitas mocked as he swung upwards with Void Gear. Roxas managed to block, but the force knocked his Keyblades up and sent him flying. Before Roxas could recover, Vanitas appeared above him, and landed a powerful kick to Roxas's back. Roxas flew down at great speeds and crashed into the building below.
Kairi and Naminé both went into Wisdom Form, and fired Wisdom Shot bullets at Vanitas, who dodged them with ease. Donald also began shooting magic at Vanitas in tandem with the girls. Vanitas quickly disappeared and appeared behind the three. He slashed his Keyblade at them. Goofy luckily appeared in front of him blocked the strike, pushing him back. Riku and Mickey came in, and attacked with a fast combo of slashes. Vanitas blocked their many strikes with ease. Vanitas swung hard with Void Gear at Mickey and knocked him away.
Riku quickly retaliated with a series of fast swings. Vanitas countered with slashes of his own, sending sparks flying. Vanitas feinted one of Riku's strikes and knocked him off guard. Vanitas then point the tip of Void Gear right in front of Riku's abdomen. He cast a Dark Fire spell that hit Riku point-blank. The spell sent Riku flying back. Vanitas then pointed Void Gear towards the sky, and launched a fireball above him. The fireball stopped in midair, and broke into three smaller fireballs, raining down on the party. Sora, Kairi, and Naminé were hit by the fireballs and fell towards the city below.
"Hmph, Is that the best you guys can do? What a joke." Vanitas mocked the party. Terra, Aqua, and Ven roared down on Vanitas from above, but the dark enigma instantly vanished in a flash of darkness before the trio's Keyblades could hit him.
"Over here." Vanitas called as he appeared a good distance behind them.
Mickey quickly charged up his light powers into Kingdom Key D. When it was done, Mickey cast Healing Light on everyone, healing Sora, Kairi, Naminé and completely. The three recovered in midair, and Sora transformed into Valor Form. He flew towards Vanitas, and summoned Fenrir to his right hand, and Sleeping Lion to his left. Sora then used Sonic Strike, and speared towards Vanitas with his Keyblades out in front. Vanitas attempted to attack, but the speed and force of the strike knocked him off balance. Sora came back around, and hit Vanitas with Brave Beat, spinning rapidly with his Keyblades, like a twister. The attack knocked Vanitas back. Sora then used Sonic End, and slashed furiously at Vanitas, ending with a powerful "X" slash that sent Vanitas flying forward.
Sora attempted to attack again, but Vanitas recovered quickly, and flew higher than Sora. He swung his Keyblade and rained dark lightning bolts down on him. Sora crossed his arms, and swung wide with both Keyblades, easily destroying the lightning bolts. Sora exited Valor Form, and entered Wisdom Form. He cast a Stopga on Vanitas, which luckily froze him in place. Roxas flew back up from the large dust cloud from when he crashed into the building. He saw Vanitas frozen, so quickly used Enhanced Aerial Roll. He flew towards Vanitas with his Keyblades spinning around him and three Light Beams at both sides. Roxas flew passed him as the attack made contact. Vanitas was then released from the Stopga, and bent over in defeat, but stood up straight a second later. "Not bad, but not good enough." Vanitas said.
Stop playing the battle theme here.
"I'll admit you three are strong, but it's still not enough." Vanitas added in.
"What?" Terra said. Vanitas pointed the Void Gear down. Everyone looked down to see the entire world was slowly turning black and white.
"Oh no!" Mickey exclaimed.
"Soon your world will be taken over completely." Vanitas said. He brought his Keyblade up, and a ball of dark energy formed at the head. Vanitas dark orb fired into the air, which scattered into many smaller dark orbs. The dark orbs all landed in different spots in ToonTown, and when they hit the ground, Cogs of all kinds appeared from the dark portals the orbs created. The Cogs extended their head propellers, and they flew towards Disney Castle. Vanitas then fired another orb of dark energy from his Keyblade at the castle. The dark orb destroyed the castle's barrier on impact.
Vanitas then disappeared through a Corridor of Darkness.
"C'mon we've got to hurry!" Terra exclaimed. Everyone quickly landed and headed back to the castle.
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Disney Castle
Chip and Dale looked out the window of the castle hearing what sounded like propellers. They were shocked to see the large army of Cogs headed for the Castle. They quickly ran to Queen Minnie. "Queen Minnie! Queen Minnie!" Dale called.
"There's big trouble!" Dale said.
"What is it?" Minnie asked.
"The barrier's been destroyed!" Chip answered.
"And there's a large army of Cog's headed for the castle!" Dale added in.
"Oh my!" Queen Minnie said in shock.
"What should we do?" Chip and Dale panicked.
"We must get everyone in the castle to a safe place." Minnie answered. She, and the chipmunks quickly gathered everyone, and lead them to the Hall of the Cornerstone, where the darkness couldn't touch them.
At that moment, the Cogs had arrived at the castle. They used their powers to turn the castle into a very large business building. The Hall of the Cornerstone was the only spot in the castle unaffected by the Cog's power. The party arrived to see they were too late.
"Damn it, we're too late!" Riku yelled.
"We have to destroy them all to return the castle to normal." Mickey said. Everyone landed and entered the front doors of cog turned building.
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When the party entered the Cog building, a giant Cog appeared before them. It fired a volley of missiles at the party. They were luckily all able to dodge them.
Riku and Sora quickly activated their Eternal Session Limit. "Riku!" Sora called.
"Out of my way!" Riku said to the Cog. The two jumped forward, and attacked with a series of powerful slashes to the Cog. "Is that all you got?" Riku said as they attacked with Last Saber, and executed a series of powerful jabs. Then they used Dark Cannon, and fired a series of blue fireballs at the Cog. The attacks started to wear down the Cog.
"I'll take 'em." Riku smirked as they began Master Hearts. They extended their Keyblades lengths with yellow and blue energy. Sora's Keyblade was now a long golden sword, while Riku's was a long blue sword. They delivered a series of fast, wide slashes that easily cut into the Cogs metal body. Now they used XIII Blades. Sora and Riku summoned thirteen light blades that spun around them while they still attacked with Master Hearts, badly damaging the giant Cog even further.
Finally they finished up with All's End. "You're gonna lose it all!" Riku exclaimed as he and Sora tossed their Keyblades into the air. Both Keyblades fired a beam of light and darkness at each other. The energy got larger and the beams began shooting blast of energy at each other that destroyed each other on impact. The energy finally created a large explosion of light. "Time's up." Riku said as he and Sora caught their Keyblades, and knocked fists. With that over, the party proceeded further into the building. When they reached the main hall, they saw that the room split into four different direction. "Guess we have to split up." Goofy said. The party nodded in agreement.
Terra, Roxas, and Ven went down the far left path, Naminé, Kairi, and Riku went down the middle left path, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy went down the middle right path, and Sora and Aqua went down the far right path.
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When the separate groups reached the end of their respective paths, they noticed a dark portal at the end of each path. They all then passed through the portals, ready for whatever was waiting for them.
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When Roxas, Terra, and Ven exited their portal, they found themselves standing in front of the Sellbot HQ building. Roxas scouted the area and noticed two Cogs guarding the entrance. He quickly sent out two light lasers and cut through the Cogs with ease. They quickly entered the building to deal with any enemies on the inside. When they reached the inside, they found themselves in a giant room, filled with Cogs of all kinds. The Cogs marched towards the trio.
"You guys ready for this?" Terra asked as he summoned Ends of the Earth.
"You bet." Roxas and Ven answered as they summoned their Keyblades, and all three charged the Cog army. Roxas ran ahead of the two, and used Dual Bout. He slid passed the entire army of Cogs while slashing Oblivion. Two rows of Cogs were instantly destroyed from the attack. Terra jumped above the Cogs and brought down Ends of the Earth. He instantly took down three Cogs at once, and caused an impact that knocked other Cogs off balance. Terra quickly did a three-sixty degree slash and destroyed several Cogs surrounding him.
Cogs began charging towards Ven, who cut them down easily with quick slashes from Wayward Wind. Two Cogs tried to attack Ven from behind, only for Terra to intercept them, and finish them in one attack. Roxas charged his way through the Cog army, while slashing them down as he ran passed. Second by second, the Cog army's numbers was constantly decreasing, until there was only one left. The Cog tried to run away, but Roxas threw Oathkeeper at it. The Keyblade slashed through the Cog and returned to Roxas's hand. A light shined on one of the walls, and then faded to reveal a door like the one that led to Timeless River.
When the guys came through the doors, they found themselves at the top of the Cog Building. In front of them stood a gigantic Cog with unique looking features such as treads for legs, and a more robotic head compared to the other Cogs. Though its most noticible feature was the fact that it was a giant compared to the other Cogs. This Cog was the Vice President, the leader of the Sellbots. The V.P. looked down to the three Keyblade wielders. "Well, well, what have we here?" the V.P. said.
"Do you have to ask?" Ven said.
Play this music: Desire For All That Is Lost - Kingdom Hearts II
"Prepare to die!" the V.P. shouted as it leaped very high into the air, and down towards the trio.
"Run!" Terra yelled. They quickly scrambled as the V.P. came crashing down onto the spot they were standing. As soon as the V.P. made contact with the ground, it created a powerful shock wave that sent the three Keybearers flying and crashing into the ground. Ven quickly flipped onto his feet, and charged towards the V.P.. The V.P. spun its upper body around, and sent several gears flying towards Ven.
Ven used his incredible speed to dodge the incoming gears and continued his charge towards the V.P.. Ven jumped up and swung Wayward Wind at the V.P.'s face. The V.P., however, swung its arm, and knocked Ven back. Ven quickly used aerial recover and landed on his feet. The V.P. quickly brought its other arm down on Ven. Ven leaped out of the way as the arm came crashing down behind him. Terra charged towards the V.P. while its attention was focused on Ven.
Terra swung up with Ends of the Earth, smacking the V.P.'s arm back, and knocking it off balance. Ven quickly came back around and jumped towards the V.P.'s chest. He swung Wayward Wind, and pushed the V.P. back. As it slid back, Roxas jumped onto Terra's left arm. Terra swung his left arm, and launched Roxas directly for the V.P.'s head. Roxas used Aerial Roll and flew towards the V.P. with even greater speed, while his Keyblades spun around him. Unfortunately, the V.P. recovered a second quicker than Roxas could attack, and spun its body rapidly. When Roxas's Keyblades made contact with the spinning Cog, he was instantly repelled and sent crashing into the ground, making a small crater.
"You okay Roxas?" Ven called as he got ready for the V.P.'s next attack. Roxas groaned as he jumped out of the crater.
"Aside from a major headache, and a slight dizziness, I'm just great." Roxas answered with much sarcasm. The V.P. continued spinning, and fired a large number of gears at Terra. Terra held Ends of the Earth in front of him and blocked the gears that would've hit him, while the others flew passed him. When the barrage of gears stopped, Terra quickly cast a Fire spell at the V.P.'s face. While the spell didn't have any effect, the smoke from the explosion was enough for Ven to fly up, and stab Wayward Wind into the V.P.'s chest.
The V.P. thrashed around as sparks flew out from the damage caused by Ven. Ven ripped out Wayward Wind, and jumped back, as the V.P. started backing up slowly. Roxas flew down from above and slashed the V.P. across its chest diagonally, leaving two large slashes in it. "N-No, there's no way! There's no way I could be defeated like this! There's just no way!" the V.P. yelled as it jumped very high into the air and flew towards Terra.
"Terra, knock this one out the park!" Ven called. Terra smirked and got into a batting position as the V.P. flew towards him.
"Come on, give me one right over the plate." Terra said as he tapped Ends of the Earth's head on the ground a few times. When the V.P. was close enough, Terra swung his Keyblade like a bat, and nailed it right on its undercarriage. The V.P. screamed as the force of the impact sent it flying very VERY high into the air. "It's going, going," Terra began. The V.P. flew down passed the edge of the building to the bottom. After four seconds, the three heard the sound of a loud crash and metal parts spilling across the ground below.
"GONE!" Ven and Roxas finished for Terra as they threw their fists up in unison.
Stop playing the battle theme here.
As soon as the V.P. was defeated, a portal of light appeared in front of the trio.
"Let's go." Terra said. Roxas and Ven nodded, and the three walked into the portal.
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Play this music: Desire For All That Is Lost - Kingdom Hearts II
Meanwhile, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were fighting against the Chief Financial Officer, the leader of the Cashbots, inside the Cashbot HQ. It's appearance was the same as the VP, except its suit was green, and its head was styled after a cash register with a dollar sign on the top. So far they were having a lot of trouble fighting against this Cog because it was constantly throwing a barrage of heavy steal safes at them. "Your Majesty, what do we do?" Goofy asked.
"Over here Goofy!" Mickey called over. Goofy quickly maneuvered his way through the barrage of incoming safes. When he reached Mickey, Mickey empowered Save the King with Holy magic. Goofy then used Goofy Bash and threw Save the King towards the C.F.O.. The C.F.O. quickly took a safe, and placed it on its head as a helmet. Save the King bounced off the safe, but managed to leave a large cut in the steal cube. Mickey quickly jumped towards the C.F.O.'s head, and swung up with Kingdom Key D. The swing managed to knock the safe off the C.F.O.'s head.
Mickey looked behind him and spotted one of the magnet cranes nearby. "Donald, get his attention!" Mickey called.
"Alright Your Majesty!" Donald replied. Donald quickly used his Duck Flare Limit, and launched wave after wave of magical rockets at the C.F.O.. The rockets hit it from all over, but the small explosions had very little effect, and only annoyed the C.F.O.. Donald then used Megaduck Flare, and continuously fired rockets at the C.F.O. from about every direction for five seconds. This angered the C.F.O. greatly, and it quickly turned its attention to Donald.
"Pesky little toon! Begone!" the C.F.O. shouted as its head started glowing red in anger and it started throwing safes at Donald. Goofy quickly came in between, and used Goofy Tornado. He spun rapidly with his shield out, and deflected incoming safes as they came. Donald then quickly used an Ether to restore his magic, and used his Fantasia Limit. He skipped Comet and immediately used Comet Rain. Large, colorful fireworks began exploding around the C.F.O.'s head blinding it front the bright lights.
Donald saw Mickey had reached the magnet crane. "Your Majesty, do it now!" called. Mickey nodded, and quickly activated the crane. He used it to pick up a safe lying on the ground and pulled it back as far as he could. When the cranes turn reached its limit, Mickey swung the crane in the opposite direction he was turning it, swinging the safe towards the C.F.O.. Donald and Goofy quickly covered their heads as the safe was seconds from hitting the C.F.O..
When the safe smacked the C.F.O.'s head, the head instantly shattered into piles of broken scrap metal.
Stop playing the battle theme here.
With the C.F.O. defeated, a portal of light opened up, and the three stepped through.
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Play this music: Desire For All That Is Lost - Kingdom Hearts II
Riku, Kairi, and Naminé were fighting off a large number Cogs in the Lawbot HQ, which appeared as a giant courtroom. Naminé swung Two Become One horizontally, and cut down two Cogs. A Cog snuck up behind Naminé, but she stabbed behind her, and took down the Cog. A large number of Cogs managed to surround Kairi. She quickly jumped into the air with the Cogs flying up after her. When they reached her, Kairi unleashed a fast barrage of slashes with Destiny Place. The Cogs were cut down quickly as they flew towards Kairi. The Cogs in the air crashed to the ground in a pile of sliced up parts. Riku slashed through groups of Cogs easily with fast swings from Way to The Dawn. He then fired several Dark Aura's, destroying two Cogs with each shot.
Kairi quickly used Sonic Blade and speared through rows of Cogs with ease. When the final Cogs were destroyed, the Chief Justice Cog came crashing down from above. "So I take it you're the leader here." Riku said pointing Way to the Dawn at the giant Cog.
"Indeed I am. For the crimes you three have committed here, I hereby sentence you three to DEATH!" the C.J. shouted as it jumped high into the air, and landed on the judge chair. Giant gavels came out of the floor, and started swinging hard at the trio. They quickly jumped into the air to avoid the hammers. The gavels then started swinging up at them. Riku pushed the girls out of the way as one was heading towards them. Riku stabbed Way to The Dawn into the gavel to try and stop it, but the force of the swing was too strong, and it pushed Riku back towards a wall. Riku quickly pulled his Keyblade out of the gavel, and flew out of the way as the gavel collided with the wall, shattering into wooden chips.
Kairi and Naminé maneuvered through the swinging gavels towards the C.J.. The C.J. summoned two giant spiked gavels of steel, and swung them at the girls. Kairi flew over the first swing, which narrowly missed her. Naminé flew over the second swing and landed on the gavels head. She ran down the length of the gavel towards the C.J.. The C.J. brought the first gavel back towards Naminé to stop her. Naminé jumped over the swing easily. The C.J. then lifted up the second gavel to take away Naminé's balance. Naminé took advantage of the gavels angle, and grinded down the shaft on her shoes. She then used Sonic Blade to increase her descent speed. Naminé pierced Two Become One into the C.J.'s chest. She then entered Valor Form, and stabbed Winner's Proof into the C.J.'s chest as well.
The C.J. dismissed its left gavel, and grabbed Naminé with its left hand. "Die!" the C.J. shouted as it jumped into the air, and tried to smash Naminé against the ceiling. When the C.J.'s hand was a few seconds away from the ceiling, Riku slashed the C.J.'s hand off with one swing, and grabbed Naminé out of the way as the C.J.'s handless arm crashed against the ceiling. Kairi entered Valor Form, and summoned Lady Luck to her left hand. Kairi flew down, and swung both Keyblades down.
The C.J. brought its remaining steel gavel up to block the incoming Keyblades. As soon as the Keyblades made contact with the steel gavel, they cut through it like a hot knife to butter, and slashed into the Cogs head. Kairi then removed her Keyblades and crossed her arms. She quickly swung her Keyblades horizontally, decapitating the Cog. Kairi jumped down as there was a large explosion, indicating the Cog's defeat. Kairi and Naminé exited Valor Form. "Great job!" they both cheered as they high fived each other.
"Hey Riku, thanks for saving us back there." Kairi said.
"No problem. Besides, Roxas and Sora would be mad if I let something bad happen to you guys." Riku said. A portal of light then opened up before the trio.
"Come on guys!" Naminé waved as she ran into the portal.
"Hey Naminé, wait up!" Riku called as he and Kairi ran into the portal after her.
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Sora and Aqua entered the Bossbot HQ, and found themselves in a giant room. Portraits of the C.E.O. Cog were all over the walls and there was a lit fireplace at the far end of the room. Sora and Aqua summoned their Keyblades, ready for an enemy attack. "Be ready for anything Sora." Aqua said.
"Right." Sora nodded.
"WHO GOES THERE?" a voice boomed behind them. Aqua and Sora jumped away from the voice's direction, and turned to face it. In front of them stood the Chief Executive Officer, the leader of the Bossbots.
Play this music: Desire For All That Is Lost - Kingdom Hearts II
"INTRUDERS! BEGONE!" the C.E.O. yelled as it pulled out a giant golf club and swung down at Sora and Aqua. The two easily dodged as the club smashed into the floor. Sora jumped towards the C.E.O.'s head and swung Ultima Weapon. The C.E.O. dodged, and smacked Sora's back with its left hand, sending Sora crashing into the floor very hard.
"Ooowww!" Sora groaned as he rubbed his stinging back. Aqua quickly cast a Blizzard spell and froze the C.E.O.'s left hand while its attention was on Sora.
"Hah! Pathetic!" the C.E.O. said. It clenched its fist and shattered the ice covering its hand. The C.E.O. turned and swung its golf club horizontally towards Aqua. Aqua jumped over the club, and swung down with Stormfall, cutting the C.E.O.'s arm.
"AARRGGHH! HOW DARE YOU!" the C.E.O. yelled as it brought its golf club back towards Aqua. The swing was too fast to dodge, so Aqua attempted to block. The swing was too strong, and knocked Aqua to the floor, while also knocking Stormfall out of her hand. The C.E.O. didn't see Sora come from behind.
"Don't forget about me!" Sora called as he stabbed Ultima Weapon into the C.E.O.'s chassis. The C.E.O. yelled in pain as Sora let go of Ultima Weapon and summoned the Kingdom Key to his hand. He entered Limit Form and activated Ragnarok. Sora jumped towards the C.E.O.'s head, and pointed tip of Kingdom Key at its face as he charged the energy. Sora fired the round point-blank at the C.E.O.'s face, causing the C.E.O. fell back onto the ground. Sora quickly ran over to Aqua.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he kneeled down and made sure she was alright.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Aqua nodded as Sora helped her up and she pulled Stormfall from the floor. The two turned back to face the C.E.O. as it got back up.
"GGGGRRRRR! Nobody does that to me! YOU HEAR ME? NOBODY!" the C.E.O. shouted as it swung its golf club and fired a barrage of golf balls at the two Keybearers. Sora quickly exited Limit Form and cast Reflega to protect them. The golf balls ricocheted off the surface of the spell, but soon the shield began to crack from the hard impacts.
"Get down Sora!" Aqua called as she pushed Sora to the floor. She jumped on top of him to shield him from the oncoming golf balls. The golf balls soon enough smashed through the Reflega and flew passed the two. They smashed through the walls easily, as if the walls weren't there. Aqua got off Sora as he stared in shock of how the golf balls easily turned the walls around into swiss cheese.
"That could've been us. Thanks Aqua." Sora thanked as Aqua helped him up.
"Anytime." Aqua smiled. Their attention immediately went to the C.E.O., who was not happy they were still alive.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU TWO! TIME TO DIE!" the C.E.O. shouted as it brought its golf club back and charged the head with red energy.
"Sora, let's attack together. Use the light." Aqua suggested.
"Okay." Sora nodded in agreement. The two quickly got ready for the C.E.O.'s attack.
"DISAPPEAR!" the C.E.O. shouted as it swung its golf club, and fired an even bigger barrage of flaming golf balls towards Sora and Aqua.
"Light!" Sora and Aqua yelled as they pointed their Keyblades up and connected the tips. Light energy surrounded their bodies and created a shield of light around them. This time, the golf balls bounced off the surface of the shield, not even damaging in the slightest. When the barrage ended, the light shield disappeared. Aura's of light appeared around the two charged towards the C.E.O..
"You're finished!" Sora yelled as he jumped towards the C.E.O.. The C.E.O. swung its golf club at Sora as he swung down Kingdom Key. The light enhanced Keyblade had easily sliced through the golf club. Sora then flew towards the C.E.O. and slashed at its face. The CEO grabbed its face as Sora had cut it across the middle. Sora landed behind it, and quickly ripped Ultima Weapon out before jumping a good distance away. "Aqua, now!" Sora called.
Aqua jumped above the CEO, and slashed down with Stormfall. The C.E.O. froze in place just as Aqua finished her slash. She quickly jumped back as the C.E.O. split in half and exploded, leaving nothing but charred, flaming parts scattered across the room. Their aura's faded, and they dismissed their Keyblades.
Stop playing the battle theme here.
"We did it!" Sora cheered as he jumped and threw his fist up with excitement.
"You did great Sora." Aqua complimented with a smile.
"Thanks to you Aqua." Sora said with his hands behind his head. A portal of light had then opened up in front of the two. "Let's finish this."
Aqua nodded, and the two walked through the portal.
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The four portals had exited into a large control room in a giant factory. The four groups exited through their portals. "Hey guys!" Sora waved. The groups met up in the middle of the room.
"Are you alright Kai? Sora asked.
"Of course. I'm not a weakling you know." Kairi replied.
"You're right." Sora chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.
"So is it over?" Ven asked.
"Not even close." a robotic voice said. Everyone turned their attention to the other end of the room. There stood a Cog, larger than regular Cogs, but smaller than the ones the party just fought.
"It's the original!" Mickey yelled as he summoned Kingdom Key D.
"You mean the original Cog?" Riku asked. Mickey nodded.
"So if we take this guy out, the Cogs are finished." Terra said, summoning Ends of the Earth.
"Fools, do you really believe it'll be that easy?" the original Cog questioned.
"Of course. You don't look like you're half as strong as those other guys." Roxas said. The room suddenly started shaking violently.
"Wh-what's going on?" Naminé said as she was trying to keep her balance. An opening in the ceiling opened up, and the remains of the four boss Cogs the party had just defeated dropped down. The parts crashed in front of the original Cog.
"Are those...?" Riku said.
"What's left of my strongest minions" the original Cog finished for Riku. "Now with their assistance, you will all perish, and this world will belong to me!"
Mechanical hands suddenly came down from the ceiling. They quickly began picking up parts, and started installing them onto the original Cog, while also upgrading them. Everyone could only watch in shock as the original Cog was growing stronger and bigger by the second. When the hands finished their work, they lifted up into the ceiling to reveal the original Cog, now with features of the four boss Cogs, and larger than any of them.
"Oh man." Ven said in shock at seeing the original Cog's new appearance.
"Can we win? Donald asked.
"Of course." Goofy assured.
"Wrong!" the original Cog exclaimed as its arms transformed into giant laser cannons. The weapons began humming louder and louder as energy built up in the chambers.
"Oh this might hurt a bit." Sora said in fear as bright lights were shining in the barrels of the lasers.
"Relax, this won't hurt a bit. It's gonna hurt a lot!" the original Cog shouted as it fired its laser cannons at the party. Everyone tried to evade, but Aqua was the only one who managed to evade the blasts. Everyone was sent crashing into the walls, and were knocked out cold.
"Guys!" Aqua cried, seeing everyone knocked out. Aqua's expression quickly turned into one of anger as she turned to face the original Cog, and summoned Stormfall.
"Don't worry, you'll all die in the end!" the original Cog shouted as it pointed its laser cannons at Aqua.
"That's never going to happen!" Aqua shouted. A light appeared inside Aqua's chest and began shining brightly. Soon enough, there was a burst of light energy from the light in her chest that blinded the Cog.
"Wh-what is this?" the original Cog questioned as the light energy spread around Aqua's body, and her Keyblade. The aura of light around Aqua and Stormfall radiated so brightly, the whole room was almost covered in white. While the original Cog was blinded by the light, Aqua quickly pointed Stormfall at it and fired a large beam of light energy at it. The beam pierced through the Cog's chest, leaving a large hole. Aqua then jumped above the original Cog, and slashed down. Stormfall cut through the Cog's armor easily, and cleaved it in half no problem.
"I-It can't be! AAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHH!" the orignal Cog screamed as its body was engulfed with light, and then quickly disintegrated into ash. The light around Aqua had faded, and brightness of the room returned to normal. Soon enough, Aqua quickly felt lightheaded, and collapsed on the ground and her vision was slowly being consumed by darkness.
"Terra. Ven. Everyone." Aqua muttered just before she lost consciousness.
Half an hour later
Aqua slowly opened her eyes to see everyone awake and around her. "You're finally awake." Ven said with relief.
"Are you guys alright?" Aqua groaned as she sat up.
"We're just fine. So what happened to the Cog?" Riku asked. Aqua quickly remembered everything that happened before she lost consciousness. The cog knocking everyone else out, her becoming angry, a bright light shining around her that increased her strength, and finally, her attacking and destroying the Cog with ease.
"I beat it." Aqua answered. Everyone was nothing short of shocked at hearing those words escape Aqua's lips.
"But how?" Sora questioned.
"I'm not sure myself." Aqua answered.
"Well it doesn't matter. As long as we destroy this place, it's over." Naminé said. Aqua nodded and stood up.
"So how are we going to destroy this huge place?" Kairi asked. Suddenly, an alarm sounded that rang throughout the entire building.
"The self destruct system has been initiated. I repeat. The self destruct system has been initiated. All personal evacuate immediately." a female robotic voice announced on the intercom.
"I guess the building's gonna do the job for us. Book it!" Sora yelled. Everyone quickly ran through the portal of light that appeared before them. The portal closed behind them as soon as everyone was through.
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When the party exited the portal, they found themselves in Disney Castle, no longer a Cog Building. "Thank goodness your all safe." Minnie walked up to them.
"Hey, but what about-" Sora began.
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!
There was a large explosion of light from where the Cog Buildings were. Everyone looked in awe of the magnitude of the explosion. As soon as the light faded, all the Cog Buildings returned to being toon buildings, and any remaining Cogs just poofed out of existence.
"Never mind." Sora finished, dumbfounded.
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Peace was now restored to Disney Castle, but the party was very exhausted from the intense fighting. They stayed the night to regain their strength. Roxas and Naminé were sitting on the edge of a large fountain in the castle's central garden, watching the moon and the night stars. Roxas knew immediately what he had to do.
"Hey, Nam?" Roxas asked.
"Yes, Roxie?" Naminé giggled. Roxas scowled at his new nickname, but quickly got back on topic.
"I, uh, got something for you." he said as he pulled a box out of his pocket, and handed it to Naminé.
She opened it, to reveal the beautiful sapphire heart shaped necklace he bought for her in Agrabah. Naminé's eyes widened instantly at the necklaces's majestic beauty. "It's called the Heart of the Ocean." Roxas said.
"It's so beautiful." Naminé awed as she stared at the necklace. The necklace started shining brighter as it reflected the light off the water in the fountain, which also reflected in Naminé's eyes.
"But not as beautiful as you." Roxas complimented . Namine smiled, and blushed at Roxas. Roxas took the necklace, slipped it around her neck, and connected the two end pieces of the chain together.
"It matches your eyes." Roxas added in. Namine just continued to blush at Roxas's compliments, until she remembered she also had a present to give.
"That reminds me, I also have a present for you." Naminé said.
"Really? What?" Roxas asked.
"Close your eyes." Naminé said. Roxas complied, and closed his eyes, waiting for Naminé's present. Roxas felt Naminé take his right hand in hers, and place something in it. "Okay open them."
Roxas opened his eyes and looked at his hand to see Naminé had placed a star shaped charm of Thalassa Shells with a small chain attached to the top tip. There was a drawing of a smile face on the top shell with spiky, golden blonde hair, just like Roxas's hair. The small token the center of the shells was a brown version of Roxas's jacket zipper
Roxas looked in amazement at Naminé's gift. "Did you make this?" he asked.
"Yeah," Naminé nodded. "It wasn't kind of hard."
"You did a wonderful job." Roxas replied.
"Thanks." Naminé said as she pulled out a second charm that looked the same as the one she gave Roxas, except the smile face on hers's hair was like Naminé 's, and the token in the middle was a brown, five-pointed star. "This way, no matter how far apart we may be, we'll always find our way back to each other. We can always be together." Naminé said snuggling against Roxas.
"Yeah... Definitely." Roxas muttered as he pulled Naminé closer and they continued watching the night sky.
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Meanwhile, Sora and Kairi were alone in Sora's room. They were reflecting on the past, and thinking about what the future might be like. "Oh right. I've got something for you Kairi." Sora said. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a small box, and handed it to Kairi. Kairi opened it, and her eyes immediately glew with awe as she laid her eyes on the beautiful sapphire heart necklace Sora got her.
"This is for me?" Kairi asked.
"Of course." Sora nodded. Sora removed the necklace from the box and placed it around Kairi's neck. "It's called the Heart of Eternity." Sora said.
"It's really pretty. Thanks Sora." Kairi said.
"No problem at all." Sora said.
"Oh, that's right! I have something for you too." Kairi said.
"What is it?" Sora asked. Kairi took Sora's right hand in her left, and reached in her pocket with her right. She took an object out of her pocket an placed it in Sora's hand. After she let his hand go, Sora looked at his hand to see she placed a Wayfinder just like hers in his hand.
"Isn't this yours?" Sora asked.
"Yep. I've decided it belongs you now." Kairi answered as she pulled her out another Wayfinder from her other pocket. Sora looked at her Wayfinder to see the notable differences. Unlike his, Kairi's new Wayfinder had a heart token in the center instead of a crown, and the face at the top shells was drawn to look like Kairi.
"Gee, thanks Kai." Sora thanked. The two shared a quick kiss before snuggling against each other.
"Hey Sora?" Kairi said.
"Yeah?"
"Remember what I said. Don't ever change." Kairi said.
"Don't worry, I won't." Sora answered.
"Thank you."
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Meanwhile, Aqua was sitting on the edge of a balcony, thinking about the strange light that appeared from her when she fought the original Cog, and about how Jafar and Hades wanted to capture her. "Why were those guys after me? What was that light inside me? ... No it couldn't be. Could I be the...? No, I'm just imagining things." Aqua said as she watched the stars.
AN: Hope you enjoyed. Sorry for having you constantly play and stop the music, but it helps make the scene shifts work better.
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