Chapter XXIX
Endgame
"You shall go together!" Xemnas shouted, flinging Sora and Riku into the air. I drew an arrow back, but the three figures above were moving so fast I couldn't get a lock on Xemnas. Add in his apparent ability of instant transmission, and I couldn't hit him at all. "Here!" I heard him shout. I turned around, only to get a face full of red laser blasts. They hurt, but I knew that the damage was more internal than external.
Sora landed next to me, Riku not far off. I tossed a potion in the air, letting its effects help the three of us. "Where is he?" Sora asked. Riku paused for a second, then pointed to our left. I saw a small portal appear, and two of our foe appeared.
"One of them must be a clone." I said, launching an arrow at the left Xemnas while Sora charged down the right. As it turned out, my shot was aimed at the right one, but he caught my arrow as Sora faded his double. He chucked the arrow at Sora, damaging my friend.
"I don't think your arrows will work here." Riku said.
"Yeah, I think I got that." I responded as I split my bow in two.
"This is going to be tough… too bad I can't use my forms here." Sora said. It was all he could say before Xemnas grabbed him by his neck, launching him at me. I banished my Keyblade, and caught him, circling around and around, and threw him back. Sora held his Keyblade in front of him, stabbing Xemnas straight and true. Riku followed close, but Xemnas teleported away before he could strike.
(Half an hour later)
I was covered in laser burns. From slashing with them to thrusting to just plain old shooting them, Xemnas knew how to use his weapon of choice. Sora and Riku were not much better off. Xemnas came back at us, holding two lasers outwards, catching Riku and I on our stomachs. Sora was knocked back, landing on the ground.
I dug my twin blades into Xemnas's arm, causing him to let go. I landed near Sora, and came up with an idea. "Hey, Sora, let's charge at him from both sides. Riku can attack his front." He nodded, and Ran towards Xemnas from the right. I circled around to attack his left, and Riku charged his front.
Xemnas was more crafty than us, however, and sent a wave of energy forward, knocking Riku away. He thrust his arms to his sides, catching Sora and I in another energy field. He hovered off the ground, keeping us in the field. I couldn't move, and I felt like my life was fading, slipping from my body…
(Riku's point of view)
I got up, only to see that Xemnas was holding Zack and Sora in some sort of energy field. I knew it couldn't be good, so I charged them. One of Xemnas's clones attacked me, and I sidestepped his laser attacks to get to the main one.
I jumped, and slammed my hand into the one that controlled Sora's energy field. He fell, and I grabbed Sora's Keyblade as I did. I used both blades to deliver a sequence of rapid attacks to Xemnas, hurting him and freeing Zack at the same time.
Both of them were out of it, though, so I had to solo this for now. I jumped and dodged left, around a circle of laser fire. I chucked my blade at him, skewering the arm of his clone, which jumped to defend him. He warped away just when Sora and Zack got up. I handed Sora back his Keyblade.
(My point of view)
"You will drown in darkness!" Xemnas cried above us. He trust his hands to his sides, and the entire world went dark. Red lights appeared all around us, and I formed my bow.
"Lasers! Reflect them back at him, it's our only shot!" Sora shouted. I spun my bow in circles, a trick I made myself and dubbed "Angel Ring," since my bow resembles a halo if I spin it fast enough. The shots bounced off my bow, and Sora and Riku flipped and spun their blades around as well, forming a protective circle around us.
A full minute of this went by, until our reflected lasers destroyed whatever the source of the others was. Xemnas came out of nowhere, using his lasers to stun Sora and occupy Riku. I knew we wouldn't last much longer; the lasers took a lot out of us.
I glanced down at my belt, and saw my three form gems there, brimming with energy. Sora said his forms didn't work here, but mine worked differently. Even so, we would still be outlasted by Xemnas, even if I used all three- wait…
"Xemnas!" I shouted, grabbing his attention. "This is where it ends!" I grabbed all three of my gems, and slammed them to the ground at the same time. Red, blue, and purple mists surrounded me, and I felt a great power envelop me.
My clothes turned green, with miniature bows and arrows imprinted in black on them. I felt my shirt stiffen, and it formed an archer's chest guard on me. My bow disappeared, only to be replaced by a larger, more ornate one. It was larger than I was tall, and the arrows it made were made of pure, green light.
"And what do you call your last-ditch effort, hero?" Xemnas said.
"My Grand Archer form." I said, releasing the arrow. It shot out at lightning speed, creating ripples in the air it passed. It struck Xemnas in his chest, and exploded. He somehow still stood, so I launched more of these arrows at him, each one with the same power-packing potential.
Sora ran up, and grabbed Riku's Keyblade to launch Xemnas into the air. Riku jumped off of Sora, grabbing both swords and hitting him at the same time as an arrow. Xemnas hung in the air, stunned.
"Sora, Riku!" I shouted, both of them landing next to me. I grabbed their Keyblades, and hooked them onto my bow. They placed their arms on my shoulders, supplying more strength for the attack to use. I launched my arrow and their blades at the same time, the triple attack soaring through the air straight for our adversary.
"Cursed… Keyblade…" were Xemnas's last words, before our attack made him explode in darkness. My form faded, and I fell to the ground, exhausted. Apparently, the drawback to using that form was extreme fatigue. As a comparison, imagine you're a 700 pound man who just finished a 5k run.
"We did it!" Sora celebrated. Almost instantly, we were surrounded by almost a hundred Nobodies. No, make that a thousand.
"Not quite yet." Riku said. Great, I could barely stand up, and this happens.
"How are we getting out of this one?" I asked.
(A/N: tomorrow, the exciting conclusion to the story. All you fans and haters alike will enjoy it {hopefully} in my opinion. See you tomorrow ~Nano.)
