A/N: Chapter 14, Almos to the end! Hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I don't own Kingdom Hearts, just Kari, Corazone and Ixkar.

"Why did you come here?" Sora looked up, meeting Beasts gaze. The Beast looked up to the castle in the distance. "I came here to fight for Belle. I won't stop till I have her back," He growled, clenching his fists. Sora saw the destermination in the Beast's eyes, sensing his power/ Sora nodded, becoming determined as well.

"I won't too...I came here to find my closest friend...She needs me." Sora claimed, getting to his feet, holding the toy sword in his hand. Beast smirked. Kari is in that castle, waiting for him to save her.

"Then let's go." Sora nodded.

Kari pushed her way through the bushes till she found what she was looking for. Her eyes brightened as she smiled in relief. "The raft!" She cried and ran to it, excitement growing inside her. Kari jumped onto the raft, examing it. It looked exactly like the real raft on Destiny Islands. Kari came to the conclusion that since the islands were swallowed by darkness, this is the dark half of the original islands. Kari looked back at the purple ocean and frowned to herself. "I won't let you be trapped here, like me..." She whispered to herself.

"Teach me!" Kairi yelled, shaking Yuffie. Yuffie shoved her hand on Kairi's face and pushed her back.
"No way! Martial arts takes forever to learn! Back off!" She yelled back.

"Teach me!" Kairi yelled, still clinging onto Yuffie.

"If you weren't Kari and Sora's friend, you'd be dead!" Yuffie yelled. Aerith, Leon, Cid and Merlin stared, giving weird faces.

"Teach me how to fight!" Kairi started to hit Yuffie with a pillow.

"Get away!"

"I want to save Kari!"

"Sora can handle that on his own, Kairi." Leon said, pinching the bridge of his nose. He looked at Merlin."So, Merlin...what did you get about the last time you saw Kari?"

"Well, as soon as she freed the summonings to their true forms. I noticed, she didn't feel right. Her locket, it was overflowing with this unusual energy. Between light and dark. And her heart...her heart contained another pressence and not her own."

'"What are you going with" Cid asked.

"Well, how do I begin..."

"Haa!" Kari struck a toy sword into the base of a palm tree, creating a mark on the side. She smiled and wiped the sweat off her brow. She looked over to the horizon, seeing that the sun still hasn't moved.

"You seem to be having fun," Kari gasped and spun around, seeing Karixa standing against the palm tree, smirking. Kari aimed the sword at her.

"What do you want?" Kari asked, glaring at the girl.

"You really don't want to stand up to me, Kari. I'm here as a friend-" Karixa started, holding her hands up in defense.

"Friend? What kind of friend tries to control their friends body and tries to kill the people she loves?" Kari yelled, swinging her sword, only to miss Karixa. She disappeared and reappeared behind her.

"That wasn't me. I only have power in your locket. That was her.Trying to come out." She hissed, not even daring to say her name.

"How can I believe you?" Kari asked, keeping her back to the girl.

"Don't. Unless, you believe she's reborn, she'll kill you, like she tried me." Karixa took a step closer to Kari. Kari spun back, aiming the sword at her once more. If only Kari had the keyblade. Corazone`'s words still rung in her head.

"Once I get my heart back, I'm gonna make Riku pay!" Kari yelled and kicked at the water. Corazone` sat back, watching her, a sketchbook in her lap.

"How?" She asked. Kari looked back at her, an angry look still on her face.

"How? I use my keyblade to whip his butt, that's how!" Kari growled, clenching her fists.

"You won't even dare hurt him." She said, a ghost of a smile on her lips. She started drawing in her sketchbook.

"How so?" Kari asked, crossing her arms.

"Because you love him." With that statement, Kari blushed and looked away. "Also, you can't weild the keyblade anymore. Only as you lost your heart. But to you, after getting it back, it's gone forever. She'll be free until you save kingdom hearts and she'll have the keyblade. It was never yours to begin with," Corazone explained. Never hers? Kari stared at the young girl in shock.

"Is there a way I can get the keyblade?" Kari said, her eyes wide. Corazone` closed her sketch book and got to her feet.

"Find me when you have all your memories returned to you..." She said and disappeared.

"See? She took your keyblade away, Kari? That's your only protection, and she took it from you." Karixa pointed. "You don't know her like I do."

"How so?" Kari asked, her eyes narrowing to a branch nearby.

"Let me tell you some other time. Till then, farewell," Karixa turned and formed a dark portal.

"Wait!" Kari ran at her, but she was gone.

"Why? It was mine." Riku staggered down the dark hall lit by torches with green flames. He clutched his chest, feeling the pain increase.

"Know this," A hood figure appeared before him. "The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade." It was a female voice. Riku made a fist.

"What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?" He asked, angrily. She only giggled. Her voice...it sounded like...Kari's.

"For that instant, it was. However, you can become showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger." He gasped and looked back, seeing a hunched over hooded figure. This time, male.

"What should I do?" He asked. He looked at the girl. She pulled her hood down, to reveal black hair and cold violet eyes. She smirked. "It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself. " She said in a sweet voice, slowly walking to him. She looks exactly like Kari. Riku frowned.

"What will I get out of this?" He asked. She stopped and laughed.
"Her, of course!" She laughed. "The girl of your dreams! Kari!" She said. "Imagine, getting Sora out of the picture. Telling Kari you were wrong to betray her and tried to save him from Maleficent. But you couldn't do it. You weren't strong enough, you mope, she runs in your arms and you'll live happily ever after. Forever." She wispered in his ear. His eyes widened. "I'll do it." He said. The girl smirked.

"So, I see the path has emerged at last." Riku bounded up, holding Kari against his hip. His clothes changed in a second. It was like his skin, but black and smooth. A hearless symbol shined on his chest. A blue belt that held a dried up grass skirt. His pants were black and tight. The same material as the top. He also had black gloves.

Maleficent smiled. "Yes. The Keyhole to the darkness." She looked at Kari and frowned. "That girl is not normal..." She said. Riku looked down at Kari, her head hung back and her lips parted.

"That's because she's a doll...made of light. It burns me just to touch her." Riku replied, glaring at her. He laid her on the floor, her head facing her left to the keyhole. He smirked at the witch. "Unlock it and the Heartless will over run this world." Riku warned. She laughed.

"Again you underestimate do I care? The darkness holds no power over me. Rather,I will use its power to rule all worlds." She grinned, waving her hands up to the keyhole

"Such confidence." Riku murmured and, then a black keyblade appeared in his hand. The keychain was a heartless symbol. He smirked. The six princesses contained in the pods glowed, but what of the seventh?

"Impossible all of them are here! What's wrong?" Maleficent looked at Kari. "It must be her!"

"Without her heart, she will never be able to release her power." Riku said, aiming the keyblade at Kari.

The three finally reached the top of the stairs. Only for Goofy to be blocked off by a barrier. Sora ignored him and stared at the one thing that made his heart pound and fury grow in him."Get away from her, Riku!" Sora ran at him with his keyblade. Riku looked at him and jumped back. Kari laied behind Sora, oblivious of the danger. Riku laughed.

"I'm afraid you're too late. Any moment now, the final keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable." Maleficent laughed.

"We'll stop it! After coming this far,there's no way we're gonna let that happen!" Sora claimed, aiming the keyblade at her. Riku looked at Maleficent.
"How about I help you?" Riku asked. Maleficent smirked.

"Please do."She said. Riku raised his weapon to her. Sora's eyes widened as he knew instantly what it was.

"Is that-"

"Yes. A Keyblade. But unlike yours, this Keyblade holds the power to unlock people's hearts. Allow me to demonstrate... Behold!" Riku struck the keyblade into Maleficent's chest, straight in her heart. He backed away from the witch, smirking.

"Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!" Riku grinned. Maleficent started to laugh wildly.

"This is it! This power! Darkness... The true darkness!" She frowned."What..." She coughed and clutched her heart."This feeling...What?" She watched her hand turn black. Suddenly, her hand caught on fire to a green flame. "No! No! NOOO!" She cried as she disappeared into black ash.

"How ironic. She was just another puppet after all." Riku smirked. "The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning. She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her. A fitting end for a fool." Riku smirked. Sora ignored him and looked back at Kari.

"Kari!" He ran to her and held her up in his arms."Kari! It's okay! I'm here! Wake up!" He shook her lightly. She wouldn't open her eyes. "Kari!?" Sora pleaded.

"It's no use. That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up." Riku said. Sora noticed the change of his voice. He looked at him.

"You're not Riku..." He realized.

"The Keyhole cannot be completed so as long as the last princess ofheart still sleeps." Riku ignored him, looking at the keyhole behind him.

"The Princess...? Wait! Kari's a princess?!" Sora looked at the girl in his arms. Riku jumped and floated up in mid air.

"Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. Itis time she awakened!" He held the keyhole in the air.

"Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!"Sora replied, aiming the keyblade at him. Riku laughed.

"But first, you must give the princess back her heart." Riku waved his hand at Sora and a bright red glow busrted out of his chest. Sora gasped and fell to his kness, gripping his chest.

"Sora!" Donald wailed.

"What's-" Sora closed his eyes, feeling his heart pound wildly in his chest. Along with Kari's.

"Don't you see yet? The princess's heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kari's heart rests within you!" Riku said eagerly, smiling.

"Kari... Kari's inside me? How do you know?" Sora opened his eyes, glaring up at Riku.

"I know all that there is to know." Riku said, like it was obvious.

"Tell me. Who are you?" Sora pleaded. Riku floated down to him, holding his arms out.

"I'm the one who brought Kairi and Kari to you, seven years ago. It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness." He claimed. Donald yelled and ran at him, but Ansem only shoved him, making him fly through the barrier. Ansem paid his attention to Sora, slowly walking to him, raised the keyblade up in the air. Sora closed his eyes and looked down. "So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the Keyhole withyour power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness!"

Kari...I love you.

Kari gasped and screamed out into the sky, "Sora!"