A/N: Finally our heroes come face to face with the main antagonist of this story! The final battle is about to begin, and another truth is about to be revealed. Though from this point on, the final chapters are gonna be shorter, so sorry about that.

I only own my OCs. Loran is based on the Grovyle character from another fanfic story, "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Realms of Iniquity". The rest belong to Toei/Naoko Takeuchi , Disney, Square Enix, Dreamworks, CLAMP, Nintendo/Pokemon Company and 20th Century Fox/Blue Skies.


Chapter twentyseven: Vs Ultimecia-Part one.

Now joined by a former villian who came to understand the real truth, the Sailor Team, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Riku and Loran made their way onto the path and then hurried along the walkway.

After what felt like forever, they finally reached the other side. The companions stopped, breathless, outside of the door leading into the tower. The door was guarded by two stone gargoyles, their wings spread and arms raised above their heads, their grotesque stone faces twisted into expressions of agony. The air seemed to grow colder outside this building, and the only light came from two candelabra on either side of the door. The light from the candles must have been created by magic, for not even the wind could blow them out.

Sailor Moon shuddered as she gazed at the familiar doors, ones that, in her time-line, she hasn't seen in three years. In Mickey's case, it was fifteen years. In Loran's case...probably days since he time-travelled. The promise they made all those years ago had been sleeping in their hearts, one that they would find a way to get their memories back and get together again with all their friends.

One way or another, despite not remembering at the time, they accomplished that goal. Not what either of them had in mind at the time, but it's pretty near close.

"It gives me the creeps to see these doors again." Sailor Moon mumbled.

Loran sweatdropped, admitting, "I'm a bit nervous myself." he was certain that, due to losing his memories, he had become a different kind of Pokemon in spirit. Definately not like who he used to be before. But in the end, it didn't matter. He had friends by his side, and he wasn't about to lose them.

Mickey walked up to the door. "Welp, we can't back down now." he said. "Ultimecia is in there, and we're gonna do whatever it takes to stop her and save the Realm of Light."

Knowing that the King was right, and as everyone, including Genesis, all nodded in agreement, Sailor Moon approuched the door and noticed that it was now a bit different; A large Keyhole kept it locked, and it seemed to have the dark moon symbol on it, reminding her of the Negamoon in the Realm of Darkness.

Understanding what this meant and wondering if Ultimecia had this locked on purpose, Sailor Moon summoned her Keyblade, stepped back a bit, before pointing her Keyblade at the keyhole, and a beam of light circled around it's top before shooting straight at the Keyhole, making it disappear and unlocking sound followed as the doors slightly opened.

She then recalled the first time of coming here, bringing her memories of when she truly encountered Queen Beryl, the very first leader villian she defeated three years ago, and the other villians she faced after Ultimecia and Sephiroth. So much happened during all those years, even before the fall of the Moon Kingdom. Things have changed drastically, and sometimes for the better for everyone, living beings all inside the Realm of Light. But even though, she hated to admit it, but those times made her make countless of friends, humans, Pokemon and other living species born within their home Realm alike.

She was not the only one thinking back. Everybody else was recalling events that had left permanent marks in their memories and within their hearts. They tried to remember all of the memories that had brought them to this place. Some memories were painful, while others made them smile. They wanted to protect each of those memories, and protect a future where they could be together and create more of them.

When they were done reminiscing, everyone turned their eyes to Sailor Moon. The princess gripped her Keyblade. The blade shone bright in the darkness that surrounded them, like a beacon of hope. Seeing her draw, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Sakura and Riku also brought out their weapons. The time for thinking about the past was over. It was time to face the present, and the future.

Sailor Moon approached the doors, and pushed open the doors and walked through.

The moment they entered, a glaring white light blinded them. The companions shielded their arms until it passed. When they lowered their arms, they found themselves in Ultimecia's throne room.

The throne room was an open-air chamber. It offered a full view of the clouds above, which hung low over the castle. Lightning still flashed now and again, illuminating the castle and the chamber. The sun, its light pale and dwindling, flickered from between those clouds.

Giant pillars of stone circled the chamber. They supported an enormous stone dais that ran around the top of the room, carved with numerous magical rooms that gave light to the chamber. This light filtered down to the very centre of the room, from which rose a platform. On top of the platform, bathed in the light of the dais and the candles flickering around it, was a throne. And there, seated on the throne, with her long legs crossed and her arms resting at her sides, was Sorceress Ultimecia.

The sorceress lowered her gaze and looked down at them. Her eyes were the same colour as Edea's as Sailor Moon and Mickey would recall, and in them Sailor Moon saw the same loathing and hatred that she had seen in the Matron's eyes when they fought her. That loathing and hate belonged to Ultimecia alone.

For a moment the sorceress did not speak. She just stared down at them, taking them in. She looked towards Sailor Moon, Loran and King Mickey who all quickly prepared themselves. This was the Ultimecia they faced before and are facing again now.

"...We meet again...Sailor Moon, Loran and Mickey Mouse..." Ultimecia spoke, in the tone of hatred, and to what the group noticed, it sounded quite different from what they remember. Has she been asleep for so long that her voice had been damaged so much that made sound like...a monster? Ultimecia's lip curled into a scowl. Clenching her fist, she slammed it against the arm of her throne, making everyone jump, while Genesis slightly flinched but in anger towards the Sorceress.

"8,000 years and you three are still alive, even through time travel!? Curse you Sailor Brats! Breeding like locusts across generations. You disgust me."

Sailor Moon felt annoyed by this. It was already bad enough remembering Ultimecia rambling about her taking over the Time Compression, but she didn't want to hear the evil woman's rambling about whatever else she's about to talk about. "Forget that! Why did you steal Darkrai's power of nightmares and use them to attack the Realm of Light?! Are you still willing to take over the Time Compression?" She demanded.

"That you are right, child." Ultimecia replied, before explaining, "When a man's body was vanquished, that darkness came here, and I was revived, but it was not enough to send me into your pitiful world. I only had enough power to send myself into a nearby future vessel to destroy the tower that holds time, brainwashing the vessel into doing what I would desire."

She paused as she grew more furious, and continued, "But, two creatures, human and pokemon had found a way to change that course of history and restore it to reconnecting it with Earth and the rest of the Realm of Light."

Everyone, even Genesis, all froze in horror when they suddenly realized what she was talking about. Darkrai. The future of darkness. Temporal Tower. Future-Piplup and Grovyle. The cost of changing history a year ago in the Legendary Long Year. How Darkrai had his memories restored after his first defeat in the hands of Ash, Pikachu, Team Pokepals, Grovyle and the others in the Pokemon World. Ultimecia, the one being able to send her mind through time and possess others...why Darkrai in the end requested Ash to eliminate him in the Ameria Region on Earth.

It made sense now. The near destruction of Temporal Tower and the future of darkness almost coming to pass...it was Ultimecia's doing. Sailor Moon glared hard at the evil Sorceress and shouted, "You! You possessed Darkrai, and then you brainwashed him into destroying Temporal Tower! Then you gave him his memories back and recontrolled him again, up until that point of when Davy Jones and Lord Beckett attacked to try and kill of the Pokemon!"

Ultimecia began to smirk, and admitted, "Clever little girl." before her face scowled in disgust again as she continued, "But Darkrai's will proved too strong when your friend Ash Ketchum fought against him more than once. So instead, Darkrai requested that boy to destroy him, as his wish was to free himself from MY control!"

"I guess Chaos wasn't the only one causing all the background troubles into the Realm of Light." Sailor Jupiter thought, utterly disgusted.

"So I had to return to this present and did the next best thing; I stole Darkrai's power of nightmares and slowly combined them with my own...but it took alot of work, as I created nightmares out of those who ceased to be, but the memories of their connections with all of you proved futile in two nightmare experiments." Ultimecia explained.

"Darkrai and Axel." Sailor Mercury realised, her eyes widening in realization. So the genes out from the real Darkrai and the real Axel proved to be much more connected to the mind and hearts than any one ever considered.

Ultimecia seemed to agree, because she continued, "The Darkrai you encountered, and the Axel the keyblade's chosen is fighting. They had emotions and memories, so they were deemed failures, and I banished them, but obviously, that man Genesis with you," she pointed at the crimson man glared at her, "has allied with them."

Everyone was horrified at what they were hearing, and Sakura then cried out, "Then, you were creating a Time-Paradox in the Realm of Light all along!"

"But you shouldn't worry. That so called 'Time-Paradox' has not effected your little future, unless I destroy you all." Ultimecia stated with a sinister grin.

"But, what happens if YOU end up goin' away?" Goofy asked.

"Then things will return to normal; All of the nightmare creations will vanish forever. As for your times, it will remain the same...But, time and space shall belong to me once I'm done with you!" Ultimecia declared. "The price for your meddling is death beyond death. I shall send you to a dimension beyond your imagining. There, I will reign, and you will be my slaves for eternity."

She laughed. It was a bitter, terrifying sound echoed throughout the chamber and was carried to every nook and cranny of the castle. But the Sailor Team did not balk and stood firm, showing her no fear.

Ultimecia rose out of her throne. The folds of her dress slipped from her hips and slid down her thighs, gathering at her feet. The black-wing cloak rose of its own accord and wrapped around her body like a protective cocoon. The sorceress walked up to the edge of the platform. Here she stopped, one bare foot perched on the edge. The sorceress smiled, and her black wings unfolded and spread out on either side of her.

"This time, Sailor Moon, Loran and Mickey Mouse, you three are finished!" the Sorercess exclaimed.

"Wrong!" A bunch of familiar voices yelled out, causing everyone, even Ultimecia to look around the room, until beams of many attacks of a Moon Silver Heart Attack, Hyrdo Pump, Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, an Ice Spell, Energy Ball, and three beams light hits the sorceress unexpectedly hits the sorceress unexpectedly, before a Dark-Pulse attack hits next, and finally, two familiar circle weapons came flying towards the evil woman, hiting her in the chest, but she was only injured a little, but quite stunned, as she demanded, "Who did that?!"

"Take a guess, creepy lady!" a familiar male voice said. From behind the Sailor Team, leaped over them were Ash, Pikachu, Sora, Sailor Mini Moon, Future-Piplup, Chimchar, Grovyle, Princess Sakura, Rinoa, Axel and Darkrai appear and land near them.

"Sora! Ash! Pikachu!" Riku cried out in surprise.

"Rinoa!" Sailor Moon, Mickey and Loran cried out as they reconized the young woman in black hair and blue dress.

"Sailor Mini Moon! Princess Sakura!" Sakura cried out, stunned.

"Team Pokepals! Darkrai!" The four other Sailor Scouts cried out in surprised unision. They and Sakura couldn't believe that Team MoonFriendShip, Princess Sakura and Rinoa were here, but the said six had talked about this back in Radiant Garden and had decided that they were destined to help in defeating Ultimecia, so, with sheer luck, Rinoa and Princess Sakura used their powers to get themselves and Mini Moon and three of her best friends to the Timeless world.

"Axel?!" Donald and Goofy asked as they saw the nightmare version of Axel in front of them, facing Ultimecia.

Genesis smiled in a bit of relief, and said, "Took the three of you long enough."

"Sorry, man. Got held off by sudden nightmare attacks, but Sora and I were aided by Rinoa and the others just in time." Axel muttered, slightly glancing at Genesis who couldn't help but smirk a little.

"How can this be!? You joined forces to help these meddlesome group?! Where is your dark desires?!" Ultimecia yelled. She was beyond furious. Her two failed nightmare creations managed to survive for this long? How she now definately hated the dwellers of light.

Axel turned to Ultimecia and smirked, saying in a hint of sarcasm "Probably went back inside the Realm of Darkness, and there ain't a thing you can do about it."

"It's not possible for you to say that! You are a nightmare, created from MY power!" Ultimecia bellowed.

"Wrong." Darkrai stated, "Even though I am a nightmare from my original, I hold desires to undo the mistakes, to pay back to the boy and his Pikachu. Because of that memory, I wish to vanish forever." despite Ash and Pikachu's pleading looks not to have him disappear.

Axel nodded in agreement, the full understanding hitting him hard despite him being nothing more than a nightmare replica, as he added in a serious tone, "And a friend once told me, 'It doesn't matter who created you, you are who you are and what you think and what you experiance on your own makes you real. And that is no failure, and you're no nightmare either'. So, I'd rather disappear than continue on making real nightmares." as friend he referred to Sora.

"See?" Rinoa began as she glared at Ultimecia. "No matter how different we may be, it's thanks to Sailor Moon and all of her friends in her present that we were given strength, the strength to protect the things that still remain with us; In our memories!"

Sailor Moon was amazed by this, then turned to the rest of the group who all nodded in agreement with smiles, knowing that what the three in front of them said were true. So she smiled and nodded back, before facing Ultimecia again and said, "You'll never rule the Time Compression, as long as love and friendship survives! On behalf of the Realm of Light, we'll punish you!" she then gets into a fighting stance, all of her friends, and the five new friends doing the same, preparing for the final fight.

(~The Fight to the Death-KH2~)

"Insolent fools! Your vain crusade ends here, Sailor Team!" Ultimecia bellowed, more angry now than ever, as she glows bright red. She opened her eyes and spread her arms wide. Her face became euphoric as the magic pulsed through her, and her voice lifted to a high shriek. "You shall… SUFFER…!"

She laughed and then she transformed into some kind of dragon and came straight at the Sailor Team. With few places to run on the platform, Sora decided to hold his ground. He brought up his Keyblade and slashed Ultimecia's hand as he swiped at him. The sword sliced a thin gash in the Sorcereress's hand, not enough to cause any actual damage but enough to make him flinch. With a beat of her wings, Ultimecia flew back up to the sky.

"Be careful!" Mickey warned, "Ultimecia's really powerful here in this world!"

"But with us and a Sorcereress on our side, it'll be painful but at least we can take this stupid thing down!" Axel pointed out.

Everyone looked at him, and even though he had a point, they were amazed on how much he acted like the real Axel would. "You seriously are just like Axel, ya' know?" Sailor Jupiter admitted.

"Don't get used to it. When this is over, both me and Darkrai here along with the other nightmares will go poof!" Axel stated, then did the famous line, "Got it memorized?"

Sora realized what this ment, and even though he didn't want this Axel to die, he knew that there was no other option. So instead, he smiled and said, "But until then, let's all do this together!"

His friends nodded and raised their weapons. Overhead Ultimecia stopped circling and swooped down into a dive. The team waited until the last possible moment before diving out of the way. Ultimecia hit the platform, causing it to tremble. Goofy turned and swung his shield, striking Ultimecia's leg with little effect. Ultimecia then pushed herself off and returned to the air.

"Hey, stop flying into the air, you stupid sorceress!" Ash shouted, annoyed. As long as Ultimecia remained in the air, it was impossible for them to strike her head on. Realising this, the companions switched to using summons and magic and pokemon attacks to strike at Ultimecia whenever she came within their range.

Grovyle and Loran both combined their Bullet Seed Attacks, followed up by Energy Ball attacks and flinged them at Ultimecia who blocked it with a force field of her own, before blocking Darkrai's Dark Void, forcing him to teleport out of the way before she could hit him. She then blocked multiple sword slices and slashes from Genesis who brought out his single black wing and used his own magic in an attempt to cause damage only to be knocked away harshly, much to Sailor Moon and Rinoa's horror.

After dodging a Moon Tiaria Magic from Sailor Moon, a Moon Silver Heart Attack from Sailor Mini Moon, triple fire blasts from Donald, Chimchar and Sailor Mars, the evil Sorceress retaliated using Pain. Though she missed the brunt of the attack Riku was hit by some of its effects as he staggered, blind, until Princess Sakura used Cure to remove it.

Ultimecia saw the spiral and swerved towards Rinoa. She dodged out of the way of a Thunder Crush(cast by Sailor Jupiter) and Pikachu's ThunderBolt, A Cresent Beam Attack and a spell of Light from Rinoa, and then flew at Sailor Mercury. Drawing magnetic energy into her hand, Ultimecia punched at her. Mercury jumped out of the way and instead the blow hit the bridge. The powerful magnetic waves emanating from his hand caused the ice to crack and splinter.

Ultimecia looked down. From the base upwards, the icy spiral was exploding into flame. The smoke billowed up towards her at an incredible rate. The clouds then parted as Axel, thrown up by the explosion he had created, headed towards her. He rose past Ultimecia and then turned his body downwards as he started to descend. His weapons-point was first as he landed on Ultimecia's shoulder and the blades plunged deep.

Ultimecia roared in pain. Axel gripped his Chakrams as the ice holding him in place shattered and Ultimecia flew free. She drew away from the breaking bridge, taking Axel with her.

With his blade still stuck deep in Ultimecia's shoulder, Axel struggled to his feet. The Dragon-formed Sorceress roar was deafening; Axel feared his ears would burst from the sound. He sank to his knees, holding onto his Chakrams with all his strength. Knowing he could not hold on for much longer, Sora channelled Holy magic(taught by Aerith earlier) into Axel's Chakrams. The magic burst and Ultimecia roared as he was encompassed in holy light. The two weapons were thrown free, along with Axel.

Seeing Axel fall towards them, Sakura ran forward. She did not intend to catch him but instead quickly cast Float. A sheath of feathers wrapped around Axel and slowed his descent. By the time he reached the ground his speed had dropped so that he was able to land without serious injury. He still hit hard, though, and the collision jarred him to the bone.

Overhead, Ultimecia continued to writhe. She clawed at her shoulder, which was covered in blood. When she recovered from the shock he shook his head and then glared down at the platform where the companions were gathering.

Ultimecia's eyes narrowed. She crossed her fists over her chest. Both began to glow as she channelled her energy into them. Unfolding her arms, Ultimecia drew one back. The energy from her lowered fist transferred into her right. Once the preparations for the Flare magic were complete, the Sorceress folded her wings and began to descend.

She struck at the very heart of the platform. The flare ripped through the rock on impact. It sent cracks shooting along the platform. Several shards flew up into the air; chunks of rock were forced up from below, while others sloped down. After this came the shockwave.

It hit the party and broke through their defences, knocking them back. Grovyle, Loran, Team Pokepals, Ash, Sora, Genesis, Darkrai, Axel, Donald, Goofy, Sakura, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Genesis and Sailor Moon were thrown against the newly formed pillars of rock, while Sailor Mini Moon, Rinoa, Princess Sakura, Mickey, Riku, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mercury, Rinoa, and Pikachu found themselves landing near the platform's broken edge. They rolled to a stop just in time and then scrabbled to safety.

The shockwave passed. Clouds of dirt and rock began to fall back down onto the platform. Some of the clouds drifted over the side of the platform and floated away into nothing. Ultimecia threw back her head and roared.

Sailor Moon and the others all shakingly stood up, almost exhausted. "Man...I forgot how...tough Ultimecia...was." She gasped and panted. Could it be that Ultimecia had become stronger in this world to the point where Sailor Moon and her friends are all powerless despite the numbers?

No. They can't give up now. Not while Sailor Moon and her friends could help it. The Realm of Light depended on them, and they were not going to fail.

Ultimecia's head turned. She was looking for them. Sailor Moon ducked behind the pillar she had landed against. Nearby she saw Mickey do the same, and the rest of their friends also ducked behind another outcropping. Ultimecia gave another roar. Sh turned to one rocky pillar and swung at it. Her claws smashed right through, reducing it to rubble.

Sailor Moon peered around the pillar. Ultimecia had her back to them. Knowing this might be the only chance to take the evil Sorceress unawares she took a risk and ran out. Mickey and the rest of the team saw her dash out and called out to stop her, but Sailor Moon ignored them and carried on. This was the same idea Squall did all those years ago.

"SAILOR MOON!" Mickey and everyone else cried out in horror.

Hearing Mickey and the rest of the group shout, Ultimecia turned around. She saw Sailor Moon running towards her and turned to face her. As Sailor Moon neared she struck with her claw, but Sailor Moon dodged to the side, landed on a sloping outcrop of rock and kept on coming. When she reached the end the Sailor Scout leapt off the rock and brought her Keyblade around in an upward arc. The blade slashed across Ultimecia's torso, and red blood splashed over it. The Sorceress, surprised and in pain, staggered back. Her foot caught on a large boulder, and the Dragon-Formed Sorceress fell to the ground.

Sailor Moon landed at Ultimecia's feet. She was about to charge again when she heard the sorercess's laughter from within the body. For a moment everything seemed to go perfectly still including Ultimecia's dragon form, which still lay on the ground. Then the ground began to rumble and shake. Sensing something bad was about to happen, Sailor Moon signalled to the rest of her friends, and the said group hurried over.

"I will show you...my new power, Sailor Failures!" Ultimecia's voice could be heard from within, through telepathpy.

"We'll see about that!" Sailor Moon shouted. She and Sakura both looked at each other and nodded, both of them taking out their separate cards, with the rest of their friends gathered around.

"What are you doing?" Rinoa questioned.

Ultimecia in the meantime got to her feet. She leapt into the air; her large wings carrying her high over the platform. When she stopped she glared down at the group below and made to make some sort of attack, when...

"Shield!" Sakura chanted as she summoned the shield card to surround herself and her friends, before she and Sailor Moon both chanted in unison.

"TIME!" Sailor Moon and Sakura both chanted, the two Time Cards and in a double reaction, the Star Card and it's Moon Counterpart somehow combined in an unspeakable combination, because in an instant, Time all around them, including Ultimecia all froze in the familiar golden frozen time stop. Sailor Moon and all her allies were the only ones still moving, even when Sakura's Shield Card returned to it's Card form.

"I'm not sure how that happened, but I'll take it." Sora muttered, impressed. He wasn't the only one.

"C'mon! While Ultimecia's stuck frozen!" Ash quickly told the others.

"All right, we attack together!" Sailor Moon added with determination, tightening her grip of her Keyblade.

"Right!" Everyone else agreed immediately. It wasn't a second before they all quickly leaped up into the attacks.

Sailor Moon, Sakura, Sora, Ash, Riku, Mickey, Axel and Genesis all combined their attacks of about 20 combos each onto Ultimecia's frozen form, bringing a total of 160 slashs and hits and whacks via Keyblades, Chakrams and Crimson Sword, creating severe damage on the body frozen briefly in time. Goofy twirled around and around while hitting Ultimecia's frozen form several times before stopping before he could make himself dizzy.

Next were combined powers of Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Donald's Thunder Magic, Sailor Mini Moon's Moon Silver Heart Attack, Darkrai's Shadow Ball Attack, Grovyle and Loran's Energy Ball Attacks, Chimchar's Fire-Spin, Future-Piplup's Whirlpool Attack, Sailor Mercury's Aqua Raspberry, Sailor Mars' Flame Sniper, Sailor Jupiter's Oak Revolution, Sailor Venus's Love and Beauty Shock, Sakura's Freezing Spell, Rinoa's Ultima Attack, and Princess Sakura's power of light that engulfed Ultimecia's frozen form, just as the brief time freeze wore off.

By the time, well, Time unfroze, Ultimecia was engulfed by flames to erupt into a raging fire. Blue waves of energy began to rise from his body. They passed through the flames and surrounded him like a dark cloud. The Guardian Force managed to make one final roar, and purple gas seeped from his throat.

One final explosion was all it took to send Ultimecia in her Dragon Form flying backwards. She rolled over and over in the air. With each roll her body folded in on itself and began to shrink. Within seconds she was the size of a Charizard, and then Sailor Jupiter. Then she was the size of Pikachu. She shrank further still until she was the size of a small ball. At last she stopped rolling and came to a stop: a single ball floating in mid-air. (~End the Fight To the Death~)

Once landing back onto the ground, Sailor Moon and everyone else all panted, covered in sweat and dirt and sound small cuts that were noticebly bleeding a little, before Rinoa used her magic to heal everyone back to at least 80% of health.

As the group waited for a few moments, they all sighed and relaxed just a little. Soon the younger heroes all cheered happily at their success in defeating Ultimecia. Some of them high-fived, others leaped up and down happily, while those like Grovyle, Riku, Princess Sakura, Rinoa, Axel, Darkrai and Genesis all simply smiled.

"Ya know, their happiness is pretty contagious." Axel admitted to Rinoa, Darkrai, Princess Sakura and Genesis as the redhead smiled at Sailor Moon and all of her friends continue to cheer, save for Riku and Grovyle who simply chuckled. "Kinda hard not to smile around those guys."

"It's been so long to see them like this." Rinoa thought, referring to Sailor Moon, Mickey and Loran. "I actually forgot what it was like to feel so happy around them."

"The Realm of Nothingness can do that to a person or Pokemon who were erased from existance." Princess Sakura told her. "On the other hand, it never seemed to effect Team MoonFriendShip since they were chosens of the Realm of Light. Just like Sailor Moon, King Mickey, Sakura, Ash and Pikachu, Sora, Riku and all of their friends connected with their hearts."

Genesis smiled. "Indeed. It is the heart that is the true power. Even through time travel, the light in Sailor Moon's heart has crossed over so many times."

"Isn't that...you know, dangerous since it's a Time Paradox?" Axel asked, a bit worriedly.

"It's a Time Paradox that was always meant to be." Genesis explained. "Time is a strange thing."

Sailor Moon and the others in the meantime ceased their cheering as they all turned to face the five others who, while having done so secretly, had helped them and the rest of their friends back in the Realm of Light through out the entire journey. On the other hand, just by gazing at them, Sailor Moon approached them with a warm smile in gratitude.

"You guys are gonna come back with us?" She asked.

This was the question she had wanted to ask for quite a bit. In fact, Sailor Moon had actually thought that maybe she could find a way to bring back Deltora and return Rinoa to existance for real without distrupting Space and Time, and have Axel and Darkrai turned into their own real beings. She didn't know how it would effect Genesis since he was a bit over 8,000 years old despite his appearence of a man in his mid twenties.

With the five of them becoming somber in expression, Rinoa was the first to speak to her friend and said, in a hint of sadness, "I wish we could, Sailor Moon. But I'm afraid there's nothing that can be done."

"Rinoa!" Sailor Moon gasped, almost devastated. The rest of her team and friends all gasped in sadness at Rinoa's words. It struck them hard at the knowlage that Rinoa herself, Princess Sakura, Axel, Darkrai and even Genesis were not going to the Realm of Light with them.

"I'm sorry. But it's the way it's supposed to be." Rinoa continued, as she gently cupped Sailor Moon's cheek in her hand. Sailor Moon eyes began to fill up with tears in heartbreak. She didn't want Rinoa, Princess Sakura, Axel, Darkrai and Genesis to disappear.

"What's gonna happen to them?" Sailor Mini Moon asked, though she instantly knew that Princess Sakura and Rinoa were going back to the Realm of Nothingness. It was Axel and Darkrai, and the man she and her best friends never met before she was concerned about.

Grovyle sighed as he was the first to realise what would happen and told his friend with sadness in his eyes, "It means, that because Axel and Darkrai are replicas of the real ones created by Ultimecia, I'm afraid they would have to disappear."

"Disappear!?" Future-Piplup and Chimchar both exclaimed in unison, shocked.

Ash and Sora both glanced at the two Pokemon and nodded in confirmed sadness.

"You knew about this, didn't you?" Riku asked to Genesis who nodded to confirm it.

"It was always meant to be this way." Genesis explained. "There's no telling of bringing those who ceased to be back into existance without distrupting the Realm of Light."

This confused the group, as Sora couldn't help but ask, "But, why were Piplup, Grovyle and the other Pokemon from the old future brought back if things didn't go so bad?"

"And what about Nobodies?" Ash added.

"The being higher than most legendary Pokemon, being one of those keeping things in place within the Realm of Light chose to bring back Piplup, Grovyle and the other Pokemon because it was not their place to disappear but to live and thrive in the corrected Time-Line. As for Nobodies, they are a different matter since they do not time travel." Princess Sakura explained.

Sailor Mini Moon blinked as she said, "Princess Sakura...will peace really begin just when after my adventures stop here in the present?"

The Princess of Crystonia smiled heartedly at the future Princess and told her, "It depends. Some of your adventures will be that of a lifetime. Other adventures are connected to the past and the future."

"So we'll just continue on many adventures until that time, right?" Sailor Moon asked, not knowing what to say about this. Was it true that she would have to keep fighting until the 30th Century or at the very least, the 40th Century?

"There's no telling what Time has for you." Genesis admitted, before adding, "However, you only know your past and your futures, but not the coming events that fill the gaps in between. No one knows of what the next near future has install for you and your friends. But remember, Sailor Moon. The light of both the Silver Crystal and Kingdom Hearts will guide you and all of your allies along the way, as long as you continue to believe in others."

Believe in others and peace will come? Sailor Moon guessed that thinking about the safety of so many others including her family and friends were what kept her going and had given her the power to protect and save the Realm of Light and Time.

"Uh, I hate to sound pessimist here, but why am I getting the feeling that it's not over yet?" Sailor Venus spoke up worriedly.

Realising that she was right, and that, in the time when they defeated Ultimecia, things should've returned to normal by now. But instead, it wasn't. Before the group to think about this or even say anything a chilling sound made them alert as they all looked around in shock, before turning to the floating orb that continued to float at the end of the battle, realising to their horror that it wasn't completely over yet.

Ultimecia was laughing.

The orb then began to float into the sky which then darkened. The darkness descended like a living essence, spreading all around them. It crept onto the platform, tendrils reaching. The companions gathered together, weapons drawn, as the darkness closed around them. The ground beneath their feet vanished, and they stood only on an impenetrable darkness.

Then, from the depths of that blackness, sparks of light began to rise. Small at first but growing in number, they rose up to gather around the companions. The sparks grew larger, becoming beams of intense light.

A being rose from amidst the light. The companions turned to her as she rose in all her glory—a being of death and destruction. Terrible, corrupted, her face masked and unseen, she gazed down at those who dared to challenge her. When she spoke it was in an echoed, unearthly voice, the sound of which chilled them to their very souls.

"I am Ultimecia."


A/N: The final battle really begins and then after that, the ending and epilogues. Sorry that the battle scene may seem a bit familiar, but as I said before, I suck at battle scenes.