And here we are, at last! The final battle! Here's my shout outs:

TheEighthLight: I'm sorry that you think they're short, but I can't help that.

TWI1IGHTMAST3R: Lol, yes his power is supposed to.

Celeron96: It's ok, and thank you.

So you know I only own Jack. Here we go!

Chapter 36: The X-Blade's Forging

(A Battle of Great Valor, Birth by Sleep)

Sora, Riku, Aqua, and Ven circled around Xehanort, who stood with Chaos Ripper at the ready. Sora and Ven charged while Riku shot Dark Aura and Aqua cast her most powerful magic. The magic pushed Xehanort back a bit, but he blocked Sora's attack and sent Ven flying.

With a crash, Eraqus in Terra's armor landed in the midst of them. Xehanort frowned. Eraqus charged in a fury at the man.

Jack was keeping Kairi, Mickey, and Lea busy. He was not doing a lot of attacking, just dodging and blocking. He suddenly ran forward, grabbing Kairi by the throat and jumping into the air. "This is not your fight, Princess." he said. He then threw her with all of his might down to the ground where the other heroes stood watching. Roxas quickly helped her up. As she ran forward again, a yellow cage looking like chains appeared over the plateau.

"The Will's Cage. This is Terra's doing." said Auron.

"But Terra's under Xehanort's control…." said Zack. Auron smiled.

"No. I don't think Xehanort will be in control much longer." he replied.

MEANWHILE…..

Sora and Eraqus stood on opposite sides of Xehanort, trying to catch him in between their attacks. Riku, Ven, and Aqua had branched off to fight Jack. (end A Battle of Great Valor)

The five were not doing much better against Jack than Sora against Xehanort. With Jack's power in the Darkness dwarfing Riku's, they had no idea how to combat him. Aqua sent a Thundaga at him, but Jack held up his claw and absorbed it. His claw flowed with electricity now. Aqua gasped. "Jack, please come back to us!" she pleaded. (The Key, Birth by Sleep)

Jack just smiled evilly. "Now why would I do that? After all, Xehanort has made me the most powerful being in the universe! What do I need friends for?" he said mocking her. Aqua and Ven held up their Wayfinders.

"Jack, hearken to your memories! You are not Xehanort's pawn! You never heeded the Darkness' call, so why do it now?!" yelled Mickey. Jack frowned, and grabbed his head, as if in pain. He looked up suddenly, and his eyes were hazel again.

"Go! Get out of here while you still can!" he yelled. He then jerked his head back down. When he looked up again, his eyes were yellow. He raised Darkness' Embrace and prepared to fight.

MEANWHILE…

Sora and Eraqus were slowly triumphing over Xehanort. With a final blow from both heroes, Xehanort staggered back. Eraqus saw his chance and ran for Xehanort. He jumped into the air, and the armor opened up, closing over Xehanort. There was a flash of light, and the armor reached to its shoulder and hit the dismiss button. There was another flash of light, and two familiar people stood there, both fully restored: Terra and Master Eraqus.

"Terra!" yelled everyone. Terra nodded as he summoned Ends of the Earth. Little cloud-like pieces of light flew around in front of them, before coming together to form an old man wearing a black robe with white gloves.

"Master Xehanort!" yelled Aqua and Ven. Jack jumped over to Xehanort as Terra and Sora came running at the old man. Their Keyblades met, and a massive explosion blew the two heroes back. When the smoke cleared, Xehanort held aloft the massive sword like weapon, the all-powerful x-blade!

"No!" roared Jack suddenly. He grabbed his head with both hands and lurched forward. His eyes flashed from yellow to hazel. His Keyblade changed from Darkness' Embrace to Wandering Redemption. "Get out of my head!" Jack roared. Master Xehanort smiled. Jack reared up, screaming, clutching his head. He was able to stand to his feet, and he let out a thunderous roar. Darkness came screaming out of his mouth and flew back into Xehanort.

Jack looked around in a fury. Cleansed of his brainwashing Darkness, he quickly went to take his place at Terra and Sora's side. "This is it, Xehanort. It all ends here!" the three yelled. Xehanort smiled.

"Really? Look behind you." he said evilly. The seven lights turned around and gasped.

An army of Heartless stretched as far as they could see. "These are all of the Heartless, coming from all of the worlds to serve the wielder of the x-blade! How do you plan to stop me with them attacking you?" Xehanort asked. Sora stepped forward.

"Master Eraqus, the others, and I will hold off the Heartless. Jack, Terra, this is your fight. It's all up to you." he said determinedly. Jack and Terra nodded as they turned to Xehanort. As the others headed off to battle the Heartless, Jack and Terra rushed at the enemy who had ruined their lives. For better or worse, this would be the fight to end it all.

Ok, I know this one is really short, but I promise the next one with the last fight will be a lot longer. Just one more fight chapter, guys! One more fight chapter, and then the ending chapters, and its over. Let's see how many reviews I can get by the time we're done!