Author's note: Finally. After four years of waiting, the final battle is within sight! And to the Guest who reviewed, thank you so much. I will do the prequel, but I am still working on how it will work out besides the ending which was mostly seen in the memory in the previous chapter, while at the same time, I'd like to do the sequel as well.
In the meantime, let's onward to the epic conclusion!
I only own the Diminias.
Chapter Thirtysix: The Final Battle.
The conflict that has lasted since time immemorial
is finally nearing its end.
Beryl's last words rattle the warriors.
And as the crystals grow weaker,
they sense their own existence slowly fade away.
Their nemesis, Chaos, awaits.
But time, for them and for the world, is running short...
But they will not surrender or give into despair,
not even to their tragic memories that had finally returned.
The ultimate chaos has almost been achieved.
Everyone's role is set.
Bahamut had been so weak he failed to realise a fiery Spirit forming like a massive inferno. When he did, it was too late as the fire of the monsterous form of Chaos, four arms, horns, sharp teeth and a long tail, a true demon and monster of Discord, thrusted himself right into the Dragon's body, causing the once powerful Bahamut to jerk and shake violently, his vision beginning to darken and flare him, as though he was being engulfed by flames, his body shrinking and as he looked at his claws, they began to fully morph and shrink and reshape into that of a familiar figure he never thought he would see again until.
It would be the last thing he would ever see.
"N-no!...This...cannot...be!" Bahamut roared, and that was the only last thing he ever said, before his consciousness was completely erased. The body continued to take form of Chaos, who slumped into the familiar throne that was his once more.
Yet, despite this, he wasn't used to taking over another's body, and it was causing a side effect now that Cosmos was dead. He placed his two left hands onto his head, panting and grunting.
"Grr... What is this...? Rushing into me... Every single memory in the world...! The never-ending cycle...of grief...infinte...discord...hatred..." Chaos was saying to himself, as memories of everything that's happened came flooding back and it was causing him to hyperlate, until he roared out a scream, "Graaaaaagh!"
"Calm yourself..."
A voice...it spoke to Chaos, who was panting heavily.
"You have been granted understanding of the tale of the Great Will. The tale ends with your victory. The cycle ends. My burden ends. I shall lend you the glorious power of Shinryu, the wyrm that cleanses all. Let us crush Cosmos's remnants- and bring this fantasy to its conclusion."
Before Chaos knew who was the owner of the voice, a glimier of light rained down onto him, as the pressense of Shinryu roared while the ressurrected God of Discord was suddenly given new power.
The power to destroy the Warriors of Cosmos.
It took about ten minutes before the Warriors of Cosmos reminded themselves on what they have to do despite having most of their memories back on everything each and every one of them knew; including how they lost seven of their allies in the previous cycle, which at the same time Cosmos risked her life to save them at the cost of her energy and how it had doomed her from the beginning.
They also now knew that Chaos is their true enemy, just as he had always been and that Bahamut had foolishly believed the God of Discord was gone before Cosmos.
"If we don't stop Bahamut and Chaos...everything and everyone will be gone." Sailor Moon told the others who nodded in agreement.
No sooner she said this, she and her friends gasped and each of them grunted as the familiar agony of fading filled their bodies and to their horror, the Pyreflies began to raise from them again. They were running out of time.
"No! We're not disappearing just yet!" Ash cried out.
"Pika, Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted.
They can't disappear. Not now. Not when they were so close in reaching their goal. Fortunately this was enough for their bodies to stop fading and the Pyreflies stopped once more. A mere second later, the group heard an agonizing and terrifying roar from the distance where they saw what they thought was Shinryu moments ago. It sounded like Bahamut or Chaos. None of them could tell. Maybe Chaos already took over Bahamut's body.
Either way, Chaos was their true final opponent.
"Maybe Chaos is trying to erase even his own despair...Bahamut must've felt the same." Sakura thought, thinking on why both would want to destroy everything. Even themselves.
"The sadness of absolute solitude, having lost his equal in Cosmos and having lost his real form, no thanks to bloodly stupid Bahamut..." Jack nodded in agreement with the Cardcaptor.
A long pause.
"No..." Mickey shook his head, realising what this really meant. "That's just wrong! Trying to erase everything is no different than running away!"
"Cosmos didn't run away, but held onto hope." Manny agreed, before holding out his trunk and his Crystal materialized to show it off. "And these Crystals are what she gave us to prove that!"
The others knew he was right, and so they all each summoned their Crystals, holding them out as all ten of them hovered over their hands. The Crystals were indeed what Cosmos believed in and despite that they were her power, they were still their key in defeating Bahamut-no, in defeating Chaos. It was also the proof of them making it this far and finding their determination and courage.
"We're not pawns. We came this far because we have loved ones to protect." Rick said.
"Once you stop traveling down the path you've chosen, you might as well have disappeared." Cloud stated.
"We will stick to our paths 'til the end. And then... we'll have something to tell Chaos." Puss added.
Sora nodded. "Right. Our time here may be limited. But there is always something we can leave behind."
"We've gotta be strong." Sailor Moon said, more determined to finish what they all started. They were this close, and they were going to win this war once and for all. "Cosmos gave us hope. We'll do the same for the world. The light in our hearts will forever shine!"
"Right." The other nine Warriors of Cosmos nodded.
Desummoning their Crystals, the Warriors continued onward. Though as they did, Sakura, remembering and realising now more of her past, walked besides Jack and said, gratefully, "It was you."
"What?" Jack asked, puzzled.
"You freed me from Eli's spell in the last cycle. If you didn't, I still would've been by Chaos' side by now." Sakura explained, and that's when the pirate got what she was saying.
He smiled a little, "You deserved to be on Lady Cosmos's side, darlin'." only to jump when Sakura wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned onto his chest, hugging him.
"Thank you, Jack." Sakura muttered.
Jack froze, not sure how to respond to this. He looked side to side and felt admittedly embarrassed by this show of affection and was even more embarrassed when the other Warriors of Cosmos stopped to see this. Though he didn't want to push Sakura away straight away. So he awkwardly patted her on the back. It was the closest thing to say 'your welcome'.
Sailor Moon in the meantime, paused when she glanced at Mickey who noticed this and he blinked in surprise when she stared at him, before her emotion got to her and she bend down before hugging him, shaking a little. It took him a moment to realise that she was crying a little. The others noticed and looked on in concern.
"...When Shinryu came and began to bring you back, I thought I'd never see you again and you were gone." Sailor Moon sobbed.
"Aw, it's okay, Sailor Moon. We're all here, and this time, we're gonna be together until the very end." Mickey comforted the teenage girl, hugging her back. Deep down, though, he didn't want to lose his friends again either. He was still coming to terms of having died and repeatedly revived until this point.
"It must've been really hard on her." Ash commented, in some sadness and understanding. "Having to have seen all of that and none of us even saw that."
"I know how she feels." Manny sighed. "Watching those you loved die and not being able to do anything to save them..."
"Really? When did that happen to you?" Sora asked, though half of him said he didn't want to know and it wasn't really his place to ask.
The Mammoth paused, before glancing down and answered, with some heart ache as his full memories returned. "...My first family."
"Oh..." Sora muttered, realising that it had indeed been the wrong thing to say. "Sorry."
"Nah, it's not your fault." Manny shrugged sadly. "Besides, as someone once told me when I met and gained my second family, I had to let go the past, so I could have a future."
"Even though you can't forget your past, because forgetting will question your future." Cloud stated. "You have to be careful in how you view your memories, and as long as you don't let the tragic ones overcome you, you should be alright."
"Did something happen before you came here, Cloud?" Ash asked, finding himself curious.
The spiky-blond-haired man nodded, before unsheathing his Buster Sword and then gently touched his forehead to the blade, as though doing some kind of prayer.
"What's with that?" Rick asked, confused.
"Zack used to do that with this sword." Cloud answered, lowering it as he continued, "Before we both came here, he used to only use the blunt side of it, because as he once told me, 'Use brings about wear, tear and rust'. It was also a symbol of his Honor and Dreams. In both cases both he died, in our world and here in the last cycle, he handed me the sword and everything he had. I'm his living legacy."
"Wow..." Ash muttered, inspired.
"Pika..." Pikachu added.
"The more I hear of both of you, the more you are like true brothers." Puss commented, sighing as he then admitted, "I wish I had a true friend and brother like that."
"What're you talking about, Puss? You got heaps of friends-like us!" Sora pointed out with a smile, even as Sailor Moon, Mickey, Jack and Sakura rejoined him and the rest of the group as all of them smiled at the feline.
Seeing that Sora was right, Puss smiled. "Thank you...my friends."
The Warriors of Cosmos entered the final Gateway after leaving the ruins of the Moon Kingdom behind, and all around them as they reached the very place where their final enemy was waiting, each of them stood firm. In this Gateway, it was a strange place filled with ruined buildings, smoldering smoke and lava, cliffs and tall bruttes, and the sky was dark red with black clouds, and giant sculptures that resembled to dark, giant swords sticking into the ground.
[Fight to the Death-Kingdom Hearts 2]
Also waiting for them were ten Diminias, but unlike normal Diminais, these ones, who all resembled to each and every one of their enemies, looked see-through and even more deadly.
"We're not gonna let these guys get in our way!" Ash declared, glaring at the opponents.
The Diminias, sensing this, all leaped as the entire area around suddenly sprung to life, and the Warriors of Cosmos could only run forward, fully intending on reaching Chaos once and for all. Sakura summoned the Fly Card which made her dodge the Diminia-Eli's attacks before she clashed against it with her power, transforming her want into it's Sword Card form, slashing and breaking the false staff of the Diminia before she finished it off by slicing it's chest.
Puss in the meantime leaped by the sudden growing bruttes while clashing against the Diminia of the Whisperer, and, learning from Sora, tossed his Steel which struck the Diminia through the head, and killing it. He then jumped to avoid a rock spike that rained towards him and continued forward to catch up to his friends.
As they raced upward towards Chaos's domain, the Diminia of Sephiroth came flying towards them, the fales Masamune in hand. But Cloud leaped up and clashed heavily at it with his Buster Sword while both were in mid-air before the young swordsman spun his weapon while it glowed blue, using his final limit which he used against Sephiroth. Only a single strike was enough to destroy the Diminia.
No sooner had Cloud landed, several broken windowed walls punch up from the floor blocking them from continuing while a Diminia of Xemnas sent out jets of Darkness towards them. Sora though managed to slice through them with his Keyblade before he blocked the Diminia's attacks and clashed heavily before the teenager tossed his weapon at it, and once it weakened the false Xemnas, Sora launched himself forward and struck the crystalized thing into oblivion.
The Warriors raced, jumped and dodged many of the rocks and fire, before they were confronted by a Diminia of Giovanni and his Persion. But Ash and Pikachu easily handled them with the latter Pokemon's attacks of Quick Attack and dodging the false Pokemon's claws. Under Ash's command, Pikachu hit his opponent before finishing and destroying both the false Persion and the false Giovanni with Thunderbolt attack.
When they reached another platorm with Lava sprouting all around them, they were nearly hit by a Diminia of Pete who rolled himself into a ball to squash them flat, but Mickey, in his Sorcerer's form, summoned a large mullet and whacked the false trouble-maker away before he froze it in Ice. The mouse then brought up a sword and sliced it several times before it finally faded, which allowed him and his to ran up the stone ramp of the platue which was closer towards Chaos.
Avoiding a large landslide of molten rock that almost buried them, they heard a manical static laughter of a Diminia of Gutt who jumped down and grinned evilly at them. But Manny wasn't having any of it as he used his Tusks to block the false monkey's sword, pushing hard against it before grabbing it's arms, squeezing it tight and then tossed the Diminia over the cliff where it fell towards it's death before the Mammoth and his companions hurried on, getting closer and closer to their goal.
As Sora and Cloud leaped from brutte to brutte before using their weapons to slice away a thin but very firm and strong brutte, where it crashed over the lava river below between two cliffs that the other side was their destination, a Diminia of Imhotep appeared and attempted to blast them with it's false power. But Rick fired shots at it while careful with his Ammo and with the spare Sword he gained as a back up, he yelled a roar and fought hard until he sliced it's head off, destroying it.
The Warriors of Cosmos ran up the rest of the way while careful not to fall off, and the moment they reached other side, a Diminia of Barbossa stood there, false sword in hand. Jack drew his own and the two ran towards each other and clashed swords together the same way the real Pirate did with the real Barbossa. This time Jack quickly found an opening and slashed it's just, finishing it by firing a shot at it's head, causing it disappear forever.
Finally as the Warriors neared the exit of the Gateway which would ultimately lead them to Chaos's domain, the final Diminia, one of Beryl, stood waiting as it unleashed a powerful dark energy towards the heroes. Sakura used the Shield Card to block the attack and no soon it faded, Sailor Moon raced toward and used her Moon Tiara Magic to break the false staff before she leaped up to avoid the dark crystal shard and while it leaped away from another Tiara attack, Sailor Moon finished it off with her Moon Scepter's power as the power of Moonlight engulfed the Diminia and destroyed it.
Immediately once all of the Diminias were destroyed, Sailor Moon and her friends all leaped through the Gateway where soon found themselves into the very place of their goal; There stood in front of them was the very large brutte of Chaos's throne.
[End Fight to the Death]
"This is it. Chaos is gonna meet his match!" Sailor Moon declared, brows narrowing. There was no turning back no. Up those stairs was the enemy of all existance and reality.
[Under a Full Moon-Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]
Sailor Moon ascended the stairs of the dais, being the last as her friends were there first, one by one by order and all of them were glaring at what was in front of them. From Ash and Pikachu, to Sora and Puss, and from Cloud, to Sakura and Manny, to Rick, Mickey and Captain Jack Sparrow.
And Finally, Sailor Moon as she reached the top, standing by her companions. All of them glaring, at the now revived Chaos, with some parts of what was left of Bahamut on his body; the dark armor over the orange skin, the black eyes of evil. The monsterous transformation of their two enemies had now become one, and Chaos was simply sitting there, casually as he had waited for their arrival.
"At the end of the dream..." Chaos began as he stood up, wings beginning to expand. "...Even chaos..."
[End Under a Full Moon]
Chaos then levitated himself into the air, while the Warriors of Cosmos quickly stood in fighting stances, those who had weapons brought them out. The God of Discord then spread his arms which his four hands began to charge with massive energy, while continuing, "Tears itself apart."
[The Immaculate-Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]
The God of Discord stared at them before he unleashed a tremendous blast of energy in the sky above the heroes. It kicks up a strong wind that sweeps over all of them as the Warriors of Cosmos struggled to shield themselves and stop from being blown away.
When the wind stops, the Warriors gazed back up their enemy who declared, "Let us mark the end of this... eternal conflict!"
"Yeah, it'll end...with you!" Rick shouted.
"Destruction is what you truly long for." Chaos bellowed, before he flew straight towards the Warriors of Cosmos who dodged out of the way but soon found themselves having trouble in dodging his first attack which was slashing at them with his claws.
Manny cried out in alarm when one nearly scrapped him in the face, but then he picked up a nearby fallen log and used it to defend himself against Chaos's claws before the God of Discord moved to the other Warriors who blocked his attacks with weapons or magic or simply dodged to avoid in getting hit. Though Sailor Moon and Puss were both thrown back and skid onto the ground hard when Chaos managed to get them, Sora tossed his Keyblade at the God, hitting him twice but unlike the previous opponents, while it did some damage, it was still minium. But the Keyblade wielder then casted Blizzard which struck Chaos who then leaped and smacked him hard to the side when the teenager couldn't dodge in time.
Sakura chanted the Watery Card to surround the God, but he managed to block and dodge it by flying around and made to attack her. She responded by using the Fly Card to fly away, but Chaos still managed to catch up to her and she would've been hit if Puss Cloud hadn't leaped up and brought his Sword down onto the God. Yet Chaos blocked the man's clashes and hits, though Cloud managed to make a strike by knocking him down a little. Chaos flipped and flapped his wings to catch himself in mid-air while Cloud and Sakura landed back onto the ground and they and the others jumped out of the way when Chaos shot out a large ball of Fire at them which hit the ground, exploding into a crater and ring of flames.
Mickey casted a wall of Water to block another, before jumping out of the way when Chaos jumped and then attempted to drop-kick at him. The Mouse saw his chance to turn into his Magican Form and used special Cards by summoning a large Church Bell which fell from the sky suddenly and crashed onto the God, hitting him on the head. Angered, the God roared a loud shriek which nearly shattered everyone's ear-drums, and shattered the Bell into pieces and dust before he leviated into the air again despite Rick and Jack running up and slashed at his legs but he kicked them back and hit Manny who skid backwards briefly, but it wasn't enough to stop them or their friends as Sora used Cure on both Sailor Moon and Puss.
Chaos then brought down his hands and the area seemed to be getting darker before the Warriors of Cosmos felt heat coming from underneath them. They looked down and saw the ground glow read, realising what was about to happen next. They all jumped out of the way, crying out in alarm when they were nearly hit by huge eruption of Lava and Fire, leaving behind small black smoke in it's place. They had to keep leaping and dodging this attack as more and more Lava Eruptions exploded no matter where they stood all over the place and it was beginning to suffocate them, making it hard to breathe. While avoiding another one, Sailor Moon used her Moon Tiara Magic which hit Chaos on the side of the head, but he then simply knocked it away where it reverted to it's normal form and returned to the Moon Princess who screamed as she was hit by another Lava sprout and hit the floor hard.
While the rest of the Warriors cried out to Sailor Moon, Chaos quickly brought his hands down the ground which shook violently and everyone struggled to keep their balance before a huge rock covered in Lava emerged from the ground. Rick jumped and grabbed Sailor Moon as both rolled out of the way to avoid in getting it, while Sakura used the Shadow Card to try and trap it. To her shock, it broke free and Chaos focused on smacking her to the side. Mickey quickly used his Magic to create a large giant Pillow for Sakura to land onto for a soft landing, and Jack fired a shot at Chaos's eye. The God brought his right wing in front of him to shield him from the Pirate's attack. Sora used this chance to strike Chaos with several combos from his Keyblade and then leaped into the air before tossing it at the God's back which made the evil being scream in pain while the Keyblade returned to it's owner who landed safely on the ground.
Manny then quickly body slammed into the God, and shoved him hard but was knocked back and he went flying. The Mammoth would've hit the ground hard had Mickey not use the same magic he used to save Sakura to save him. Puss leaped and clawed at Chaos's face, digging his sharp claws into the God's skin while he cat-shrieked as he did so. Chaos simply grabbed him and tossed him aside where the cat crashed onto the ground. Rick ran forward and thrusted down his own Sword, but it was smacked away and he yelled in surprise and ducked in time when Chaos swished his sharp tail at the gunman who then somersaulted out of the way to avoid in getting hit. Cloud yelled as he leaped into the air and thrusted his Buster Sword downward while Chaos was busy, striking him hard and knocking him back.
Jack raced over and sliced at Chaos's arm, causing black ooze of blood and smoke to seep out, but the God quickly flew up while swishing his tail once more, this time smacking the Pirate away as he screamed and crashing into Rick, though the two still flew as the two men screamed before crashing onto the ground, skidding before they stopped, almost falling over the edge of the Platform. Pikachu used Quick Attack and hit Chaos's chest which sent him back slightly, and a flying Sakura casted the Thunder Card which covered the God with electricity and Sailor Moon used her Tiara again, hitting him in the back as he roared a scream despite all of the Warriors becoming exhausted and Mickey and Sora running out of magic to use healing magic which needed time to regenerate. Time that none of the heroes had.
Chaos unfortunately flipped and saved himself from crashing before he roared and large pillers of Fire surrounded the group who then had to run out of the way as the flames began following them in scary pace. Sakura and Mickey both attempted to extinguish the flames with Water Magic, but to being in the area of Chaos, Water was no match for fire in this place. Ash had to grab Pikachu and leap out of the way and the two continued to run before Chaos then flew straight down to attack them all at once. Sailor Moon quickly used her Moon Scepter which forced Chaos back, but it wasn't enough to defeat him. Instead he attempted to block it with a wall of Fire, but Sailor Moon grunted as she urged her attack to push the God back. Chaos then drew his head back and opened his mouth, which made the others realise he was about to blast a breath of Fire at them.
It gave the Warriors of an idea, and the other nine nodded before racing to attack, this time Ash, wanting to really get into the fight instead of just making Pikachu to all the fighting, grabbed Rick's fallen sword and charged along side his friends. Despite not being a fighter himself, Ash struck Chaos's arm with minimum strength but it was enough to get distract the God. Manny punched the God in the face with his Trunk, Puss, Cloud and Sora striking hard at the God's back with their Swords and Keyblade, Pikachu using Quick Attack to hit him hard on the side, Sakura using the Sword Card to strike at Chaos's other side, Mickey tossing a magical ball of Water which when he threw it, created Water spikes which struck into Chaos's skin. Rick and Jack both fired shots while replacing the ammo in their guns, this time succeeding in getting Chaos in the eye.
All of these attacks made him scream in pain which distracted him enough to lose his concentration on both his Fire breath and his blocking at Sailor Moon's attack, which allowed Moon Scepter Activation attack to blast it's way through and knocked Chaos back towards the Throne. By this time, the healing Magic in Mickey and Sora was restored enough for them to heal themselves and their friends, while Chaos crashed onto the ground on his front, before pushing himself up and kneeling on one knee, panting due to the sudden surprise attacks his enemies had given him.
[End The Immaculate]
Yet, Chaos wasn't quite finished yet. In fact, the battle was just beginning as he stood up fully, glaring heatedly at the Warriors of Cosmos. He had to admit they caught him off guard this time, but they will NOT defeat him completely.
[Divine Love-Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]
"Hope does not exist." Chaos mocked the heroes while he hovered into the air once more, and just then his body began to glow in a mixture of Golden Light and Darkness before both bursted out through the entire area, and the Warriors of Cosmos had to shield their eyes to avoid in getting blinded. When they looked up again, their eyes widened as Chaos's form had completely changed.
His skin and armor were now golden, his eyes all dark violet and black, his wings sharpened and his was standing on all fours, roaring.
"Damn! This guy just doesn't know when to quit, does he?" Rick hissed.
"Yeah, well, neither do we!" Cloud declared, holding out his sword in a tight grip, ready for round 2. Despite that they were getting weaker, Cloud and his friends, who all realised that he was right, were determind to finish this and they were not going to give into Chaos, not even in the God's new form which, they realised, was similiar to Shinryu's.
Chaos flew into the air before somehow bursting into flames and then multiple balls of Fire began raining down like a Meteor Spell towards the Warriors of Cosmos who leaped, ran and dodged out of the way to avoid in getting hit, Cloud and Sora knocking away some with their weapons and Sakura using the Shield Card to reflect them back. Mickey leaped and somer-saulted in the air while avoiding the attack and Manny, Rick and Jack ended up dancing to avoid in getting burned. Puss and Sailor Moon did the similiar thing only with a bit of a more comical result. No sooner had the attack finished, Chaos dove down towards them in high-speed and hit the ground which created shock-waves and sent the Warriors of Cosmos back before they hit the ground.
Quickly using Cure to heal most of their injuries, the Warriors of Cosmos then leaped out of the way again when Chaos summoned Fire from beneath the ground again, this time faster than before which the group felt themselves slowing down and feel the intensed heat from the attack. Sakura then had an idea and used the Dash Card, not only on herself, but also her friends who felt the magic, and, to most of their surprise, they felt faster briefly which allowed them to dodge the attacks better while Sakura then chanted a combination of Windy and Watery, combined with Mickey's water spells which blocked and surprisingly extinguished the flames, but not enough to get rid of them completely. They and their friends then yelled in alarm as they didn't have time to dodge the fire pillers that Chaos summoned underneath them, and they were thrown back once more.
They then rolled out of the way while Sora quickly tossed his Keyblade at Chaos, hitting him on the head and distracting him to nearly tumble to the ground. However he repositioned himself and spread out wings which huge flames emerged, before huge spikes of darkness began flying towards them. Sailor Moon and Cloud attempted to block them while Manny used the now nearly burnt and scorched log to knock them away, Puss jumped and leaped while Ash used Rick's sword to whack them and Pikachu destroyed them with his Thunderbolt attack, Sakura used Power Card to smack them into pieces, Rick and Jack fired shots at the spikes and Mickey created a magical wall to reflect the attack. Yet some went through which forced the heroes to try and avoid it again, though it was getting more diffcult, thought thankfully the attack finally stopped, but Chaos wasn't finished yet.
He found time to summon the attack the Warriors of Cosmos didn't let him do in the first round of the battle and blasted a huge breath of fire at the heroes, which they leaped and dodged out of the way just in time to avoid in getting engulfed by flames. However, Sora found time to tossed his Keyblade which hit Chaos on the head again, while Cloud leaped in the air and struck downward, slashing at the God who roared in agony before smaking the blond-haired swordsman back, where he crashed into Sora and Jack, all three of them landing on the ground.
Ash tossed Rick back his sword which gave the Gunman a chance to run forward and slash at one of the wings, slicing it almost completely off while Manny tossed the now almost gone log and it hit the God, forcing him to stumble back a little. Mickey summoned his own Sword and leaped up to stab Chaos on the back before he jumped off and Puss cat-clawed the God all over the body before leaping away into a safe distance. Pikachu used his tail to make an incredible jump before unleashing a Thunder attack, engulfing Chaos then used his power of darkness to block the rest of the attack and sending it back to Pikachu who was hit and fell. But Ash managed to catch his Pokemon and skid onto the ground, both of them nearly falling off.
Sailor Moon used her Moon Scepter again, though this time she ran up and whacked and smacked at Chaos who blocked most of the Moon Princess's attacks until he smacked her to the side and then simply vanished into thin air. The Warriors of Cosmos quickly around quickly to find out where he was until they felt his shadow and looked up, seeing him roar while attempting to crush them with a body-slam of his own. The heroes quickly dodged this and were forced to continue to do so when he did this again and again, while the God made dirt, dust and rock fly all over the place while causing severe damage to the ground all around them and some of the rocks, covered in flames, hit them and they all hissed and cried out in pain by this other attack. Cloud then thrusted his sword onto the ground and the large wave of blue light was sent towards Chaos who was hit by the young man's special attack.
However, due to Chaos having the body of Bahamut, the God then sent out lasers of darkness and fire out from his body and severed wings which struck the ground and created small short fissures, but the Warriors of Cosmos avoided these attacks as well and kept on running while Sora and Mickey again used Cure, but had to be careful in order to avoid in waiting a long time for their magic to reboost themselves. During this, Chaos' severed wing reattached and healed itself. Jack, being close to Chaos all of the sudden, thrusted his Cutlass out and sliced at face and attempted to do it again, but the God grabbed the blade and yanked it so hard that Chaos snapped most of it off, leaving Jack now with a puny dagger. The pirate stared at it in horrified shock, knowing that he was in trouble.
Jack had no time to react any further as Chaos then grabbed his arm and then flew into the air, leaving the Pirate helpless until he was thrown aside like a rag doll, much to everyone else's horror. Sakura quickly used the Fly Card and flew into air, though she had to avoid Chaos's Fire Balls that the God shot out, and rained down towards everyone else who had to avoid this attack again. Fortunately, she managed to avoid the attacks and grabbed onto Jack's arm and saved him from crashing towards the ground. The two then had an idea and the pirate nodded at the Cardcaptor who nodded back, as Jack held a tight grip on his pistol and Sakura flew towards Chaos who was now busy knocking back Rick and Manny who both flew back screaming and crashed onto the ground hard. Cloud leaped up and thrusted his sword at Chaos who used his front leg's to block the thrusts and slashes.
After thrusting Cloud backwards though the swordsman managed to flip backwards and safely land the ground, though he did collaspe onto one knee, panting, Chaos made to attack again, but too late he saw that Jack, who was held by Sakura by one arm, fired a shot with his other hand, directly into Chaos's left eye and causing black blood to splutter out and the God yelled in pain. Sakura then gently set Jack back onto the ground while landing herself, and Sora and Mickey used the again restored healing magic to heal everyone including themselves, though they were getting even more exhausted but they refused to give up yet. Sailor Moon used the distraction to again use her Moon Scepter, this time succeeding in blasting at Chaos's face and sending him yelling in agony and crashing onto the ground, which allowed Cloud and Sora to launch themselves forward and thrust their weapons at the God, knocking back and forcing him to crash into the Throne, shattering it into pieces and falling backwards.
Chaos collasped onto the ground once more, nearly falling off himself, though he wasn't the only one weakened as the Warriors of Cosmos panted in exhaustion. The God was twice as hard as they thought, but despite this, they had to keep going and will not stop until Chaos is defeated for good. [End Divine Love]
Easier said than done, because Chaos, now livid, growled before leaped off the ledge, but as he did he glowed in bright red, which a huge piller of flames bursted up into the sky which shook the ground. To the shock and horror of the Warriors of Cosmos, Chaos had returned to his original form, but this time he grew very large in size, now powering over the heroes and holding out a massive dark sword in his grasp.
"...Oh, bugger." Jack muttered, eyes wide in horror.
"Oh yeah...this just keeps getting better and better." Rick muttered worriedly, with hints of sarcasm in his voice.
"Boy, is Chaos mad at us now." Mickey shakily said.
"I almost feel sorry for the other bad guys having to cope with him." Manny sarcastically commented.
Chaos payed no mind, as he bellowed to the heroes, "This is over!" and thrusted his sword onto the platform, the huge burst of energy heading towards the Warriors of Cosmos who, realising that this was it and didn't want to believe it, braced themselves for their sudden end. There was huge explosion and a large cloud of dust. But as it faded, a large barrier of Light was seen.
"What!?" Chaos exclaimed, as once it was completely clear, the Warriors of Cosmos were still alive and perfectly unharmed. In fact, when they looked up and saw that they were okay, their eyes widened as their Crystals had materalized themselves and had formed in line, creating a barrier of Light that protected them. In between them, which was a bigger surprise to Sailor Moon, the her Silver Moon Crystal and Cresent Moon Wand hovered also glowing in light. The Crystals then returned to the heroes who all realised that, possibly this was Cosmos's doing.
"Thanks, Cosmos." Sailor Moon whispered to the late Goddess.
"This is impossible! How DARE you survive again!?" Chaos shouted, furious.
[Chaotic End-Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]
The Warriors of Cosmos glared up at the God, with Sailor Moon declaring, "Cosmos is what brought us all together, and while we're not Gods, together we strong as a team, and as friends! We have each other, and friends and families in each of our worlds to protect! We're going to make a difference, Chaos, and you're about to become Moon Dusted!"
As the Warriors of Cosmos stood in position for the final round, Chaos growled in anger, "You cannot surpass me." before blasting another dark energy at the Warriors of Cosmos who dodged and leaped out of the way, though it was more powerful than before, they were now more determined to finish this fight with what little time they had left.
Ash first commanded Pikachu to use Thundershock which the latter did and despite Chaos blocking it with one hand, Sailor Moon used her Moon Tiara to hit Chaos in the face while she and everyone else, including Ash and Pikachu jumped to avoid three large beams of Fire that were shot out towards them, the entire area becoming for of a rubble around them. Mickey created an orb of Light via what his Heart was telling and, this was a new spell even for him, before he tossed it towards Chaos who made to block it, but Sora tossed his Keyblade at the other free giant hand, Manny thrusted a piece of rock onto the other and Sakura casted Windy to chain the other, which allowed Mickey's attack to hit Chaos in the face as the God roared in pain.
The God then made to strike with his Sword, but Rick and Jack both fired at the hand which hit a couple of fingers, but it made the God grunt while he broke free from the Windy Card's chain. Sora counterattacked by using Thunder which hit the being of Discord, and Pikachu leaped and hit the stomach with another Quick Attack and Puss tackled Chaos in the same area, stabbing his Steel several times before leaping away as Chaos attempted to smack them away, but due to him being larger, it made Chaos slower and because of the Crystals the Warriors of Cosmos had, their determination made them far stronger this time, especially when they were together as a team. It allowed them more time and more advantage to attack despite him being more powerful when he is a giant.
Chaos then created the pillers of Fire which forced the group to once again run and avoid the attacks as much as they could, though this time Chaos added three Fire-Tornados which attempted to suck them in, but Cloud managed to thrust one in half and somehow not damaging the Buster Sword, Mickey extinguished another with his Water Magic, and Sakura counter-attacked by using the Storm Card, which caused the power of it to thrust at Chaos who yelled in agony, allowing Sora to cast Blizzaga to lower the fire on the God's body. Sailor Moon blasted another Moon Scepter Activation attack at Chaos's chest. The group though were all blasted back when Chaos fired a dark beam of energy which sent them flying and crashing ont the ground hard. But surprisingly, when Mickey and Sora attempted to use the healing magic, they didn't need to because their bodies glowed in light and the Crystals, they realised, did the healing for them.
It also gave them burst of energy into their bodies, which the Warriors all nodded in unison. They then charged and leaped, ran and dodged out of the way from more of Chaos's powerful attacks when the God slammed two of his left fists onto the platform, failing to crush them. Sakura combined both the Watery and the Thunder Cards together which created a large jet of Electrical Water blast which hit Chaos on the lower right hand, and she quickly used the Freeze Card to hold it in place, allowing her to then use Fly and Sword cards, dodging Chaos's Fire Balls that he shot at her and the rest of the warriors who also dodged hurriedly.
"This is our final battle! Together, we'll protect the future... and return to our homes!" Sakura declared, before she yelled and thrusted the Sword Card onto Chaos's sword-wielding hand, stabbing it deep into his skin, which made Chaos grunt and roar before she flew away to avoid in being grabbed by one of his free hands. This allowed Puss to leaped up and run up Chaos's upper right arm and jumped to avoid his Fire Breath.
"This has been a long battle. Pray for mercy, from the Warriors of Cosmos, Chaos!" Puss declared as he growled and repeatedly slashed and swiped at the God's face while Chaos failed to knock him down. The cat eventually jumped off and was caught by Sakura who saved him from being grabbed by the evil and now extremely angry God. Cloud in the meantime leaped and jumped from one arm to another, digging and dragging his Sword as he went before thrusting it deep into the God's throat, with dark mist and blood spewing out.
"We're all fighting for our own reasons. That's what gives us the strength to go on. We'll settle this once and for all!" Cloud informed, before yelling as he jumped before twirling his Sword over his head while glowing blue and golden light, and before Chaos could grab him, the young Swordsman thrusted his blade down and preformed his final Limit Attack six times before slicing Chaos's upper right hand off. Chaos roared in pure agony while Cloud jumped and leaped away to safety.
Sora did the similiar thing before he leaped, summoned another Keyblade and double-thrusted at Chaos's arms and legs while blocking another Fire Ball, whacking it with both weapons and reflecting it back to Chaos's face. He then held out his Kingdom Key and a Beam of Light shot out towards Chaos's chest, hitting him directly into the Heart and the God screamed, being forced back even further by this unusual attack by the teenage boy. He wasn't finished, as Sora then dragged his Keyblades along Chaos's Sword arm before tossing his original at the God's face before he jumped and landed on the ground safely.
"Our hearts are connected, and our memories sleep in our hearts too. So, I'm not afraid. We've come too far to lose. If we put our powers together, I know we can win. Our friends are our power, and we're theirs!" Sora decalred, while leaping away to avoid another Fire Breath by the God, everyone else doing the same in avoiding the attack.
Ash burrowed Rick's sword again and he slashed at Chaos's stomach as hard as he could, while Pikachu used a combination of Thunderbolt, Thunder Attack and Quick Attack and the two friends continued to do so before they jumped out of the way to avoid in getting crushed by the God's fists. The attack shook the ground, but the Pokemon trainer and his Pokemon stood firm and brave, because they were not afraid. Ash Ketchum and Pikachu had come too far to be afraid now.
"A Pokemon Master never quits, and neither do Warriors of Cosmos! This is a real match you thought about, Chaos!" Ash informed the god, with Pikachu nodding in agreement.
Mickey leaped and dodged Chaos's fire attacks and thrusts while he also narrowly avoided in being caught. The mouse thrusted his magical Sword down onto the hands and blasted multiple magic and punches at the God. He then used special Cards from his Magican's form and caused several building bricks to rain down and hit the God on the head and arms which forced Chaos to bend while he yelled in irritated pain. Mickey jumped backwards when Chaos recovered enough to try and grab him, before he blasted another jet of Magical Water at him, forcing Chaos to again reel back by both this and everyone else's attacks, making it now near impossible for the giant but slow God to attack any further.
"I may be small, but I've got friends that make me ten feet tall!" Mickey told Chaos bravely, as he strongly believed in all of his friends, both around him and in his homeworld.
Manny used his entire body to block Chaos's hand from grabbing him, which, by the power of his Crystal, made his body glow and despite the struggle, the Mammoth pushed foward with much of his strength before thrusting the hand back and had Chaos accidently smack himself. He then grabbed a magic log Sakura and Mickey created for him before he spun around and around until he threw it right at the God's face, forcing him back when the powerful light began to seep into Chaos's wound that Cloud and Sora gave him earlier.
"You wanna know why we rely on each other as team so much and protect each other?" Manny mocked at Chaos, before explaining, "It's what you do in a herd; you look out for each other!"
Rick yelled as he thrusted the sword Ash lended back to him and slashed and sliced at Chaos's arms and chest before rolling out of the way, and then switched to his rifle and fired shots before going for his hand-guns, firing several shots that forced Chaos to reel back even further. Then he switched back to his Sword and charged, dodging more of the evil giant God's attacks before thrusting the weapon deep into the stomach, causing blood and smoke to begin oozing out from this new wound and the power of the lights of the Crystals were making it impossible for Chaos to heal himself with his darkness.
"Go to HELL, and TAKE YOUR DIMINIA FRIENDS WITH YOU!" Rick yelled furiously at Chaos, before pulling the sword out and jumped back to avoid the other attacks Chaos was now desperately trying to do.
Thanks to Sakura and Mickey creating a new Cutlass for him due to his original one being broken, Jack thrusted the new sword at Chaos's arms before firing several shots at the God, and even kicked him in the stomach before rolling out of the way as Chaos tried to squash him flat with his fist. Jack then found an opening and fired another shot, again damaging Chaos's eyes and this time permamently blinding him in the left eye, which was enough for Jack and his companions to gain better advantage, thanks to Cosmos's faith in them, their faith in each other and their Crystals.
"We not gonna stop here, mates! Set sail for the horizon!" Jack informed his friends who all nodded in agreement.
Sailor Moon punched, kicked and used her Moon Tiara Magic and Moon Scepter Activation attacks at Chaos's body, especially at his chest, face and arms while leaping out of the way to avoid more of his attacks. She then attacked again and repeated the process before leaping and rejoined her friends, all of them now standing in line as Chaos took severe damage by the Warriors of Cosmos.
"We won't let you win, you evil monster! You try to erase everything and everyone we cared for and love, all because you wanted to erased yourself! Well, that's not happening, pal! Because in name of Cosmos, we'll ERASE you!" Sailor Moon declared.
Chaos didn't seem to be finished, because he then summoned pillars for fire which surrounded him and the Warriors of Cosmos, feeling the winds pick up again, were slowly being drawn forward and they realised he was sucking them in. With no other choice and grabbing onto each other, they turned and ran in the opposite direction to avoid in getting sucked in, though it was becoming a hard struggle that it was getting quite difficult. They couldn't lose now, not when they were so ultimately close in finishing what they started. Then Sailor Moon had an idea and with a struggle held onto the Cresent Moon Wand and Silver Crystal, along with her own Crystal with materalized in her hand, before turning and despite the others looking shocked and asking what she was doing, she didn't stop her task.
"Cosmic, Moon, Power!" Sailor Moon chanted, and the light of the Silver Crystal glowed brightly, which blinded Chaos, forcing him to stop. But she didn't, and closed her eyes, silently praying to herself, 'Please let this work. Crystal of Cosmos, lend me your power, to end Chaos!'
Granting her wish, her Cosmos Crystal glowed and sent some light into her Silver Crystal, which blasted a powerful energy towards Chaos who stood frozen, unable to hold back against the two combined lights. The rest of the Warriors, realising what Sailor Moon was doing, exchanged glances and nodded. One by one they summoned their Crystals, and held them out, while silently praying to lend their powers to Sailor Moon, as this was possibly their final chance to defeat Chaos once and for all.
In colourful and powerful lights, the rest of the Crystals passed on the powers and the inner faith of their owners into Sailor Moon's Crystal, which made her attack much more powerful than ever before. With a final exclaim, Sailor Moon and her friends focused the energy most never even used before, which in a final attack, a powerful energy shot out towards Chaos who became slowly engulfed by the Light, screaming and yelling while he is swallowed up into the orb of Light which spread out through the entire area.
[End Chaotic End]
Once the light faded, the Warriors of Cosmos were on their knees, panting before they all slowly stood up, looking up and saw Chaos, back in his normal size, and barely hovering in the air. He was hunched forward, holding onto his stomach and chest and his body beginning to burst into flame, seeping out, as though attempting to explode. All around everyone, the entire area was splitting violently with lava and fire into the air. It was then the Warriors realised that they actually did it.
Chaos was dying and Bahamut was also being erased at the same time due to having his body taken over.
"Cosmos... Now I know what you left behind." Chaos spoke, as though he was speaking to the late Goddess.
As the group watched on, having their task completed, the Pyreflies formed from their bodies again, which surprised them at first. But then the Warriors of Cosmos, with their goal finally completed, allowed it to happen this time. Ash and Pikachu both vanished first almost instantly, then they were followed by Manny and Cloud, then by Jack and Rick, Puss and Sora, Sakura and Mickey who both shared a smile, and finally Sailor Moon. All of them leaving a trail of Pyreflies behind and were now gone.
Chaos, not seeing the Warriors vanish, continued as his strength was quickly leaving him. "Here ends the war of the gods. Destiny's hand cannot be stayed. Begone, mortals..."
With this final order, More fissures open in the platform, some directly beneath Chaos. Pillars of flame erupt from these openings and completely engulfed him and soon the entire area exploded before fading into a dark rubble of a wasteland. The Lava had vanished, and the remaining Diminias were hit and instantly destroyed.
It sooned calmed, and even Chaos's place was destroyed. It was at last over.
At first, Sailor Moon saw blackness, which seemed fine to her since Chaos is gone. But as she began to regain consciousness, she heard the sounds of a familiar chirping fill her ears, and felt the gentle breeze on her skin. She even felt...grass underneath her. She slowly opened her eyes, and was instantly awake when she saw that she was indeed lying on grass. In her right hand was her Cosmos Crystal.
Blinking in confusion, while pushing herself up and her strength surprisingly restored, Sailor Moon stood up and saw she was in a familiar grassy area which had grass and trees. The sky was blue and clear with white clouds, and in the trees were birds, which the world of the Gods didn't even have. All around her were Jack Sparrow, Mickey Mouse, Rick O'Connell, Manny, Sakura Avalon, Cloud Strife, Puss in Boots, Sora, and Ash Ketchum and Pikachu who all awoke, their strengths also returned and their Crystals in hand, all looking around in awe and wonder.
It was beautiful, sunny day, and as the Warriors of Cosmos shared stunned glances, especially with the Birds happily flying around, it made them all realise that not only they were alive, and had finally won and ended the War, but they were now free from the world of the Gods. Sailor Moon recongised this place, and this was no mere illusion. It was real.
"It's over...Chaos and Bahamut are gone." Sailor Moon said, with happiness and yet sadness forming. Happiness because everything was alright now, and sadness because, it was time to say goodbye to her friends she made because of Cosmos.
The others shared that feeling, before Pikachu, who was again on Ash's shoulders, noticed that his Trainer's Crystal was beginning to glow in a blue glow.
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu cried out, pointing at the crystal.
"Huh?" Ash blinked and saw what his Pokemon had noticed. Somehow realising what this was, he smiled in understanding. "Gotta go, huh?" He asked, before turning to Pikachu and asked, "Ready, Pikachu?"
Pikachu, also understanding, nodded happily, "Pika!" as he and Ash both began to glow in the same blue.
When their friends noticed and despite Ash feeling sad to leave them behind, he had a feeling they would see each other again someday. So, to make them feel better, he told them confidently, "Don't worry. The crystal knows the rest of the way. Besides- Pikachu and I are always here."
Grinning while giving them a victory pose, Ash and Pikachu both nodded before they ran up the hill and as they did, the two vanished completely. While the others were suddenly worried about this, Sora's calm and understanding voice calmed them as well.
"We're not vanishing. We're returning-" Sora told them as he gazed up at the sky and sun, thinking about his home world. "To where we're supposed to be. But even we're apart now, our hearts are connected."
Summoning his Kingdom Keyblade, Sora pointed his at the sky where a Keyhole appeared and a beam of light shot out from the Keyblade and hitting the keyhole were a locking sound was heard before Sora vanished in a golden glow, as did the Keyhole. It was then that everyone realised that they were all now returning to their home worlds and dimensions and time. As did Ash and Pikachu, and Sora. Better still, their Crystals were guiding them.
"Maybe we can go on a mission together again." Puss offered to Cloud as the former vanished in an orange glow.
Cloud scoffed, shouldering the Buster Sword while holding his Crystal and began to walk away, though with a smirk as he replied to the now gone cat, "Not interested." and vanished in a green light.
A cherry bolossum petal floated by from nearby tree and Sakura gently caught in her left hand while she held her Crystal in her right, smiling as both were glowing pink.
"I think I've learned how to keep going." Sakura said, before saying her goodbye to her friends, "Thank you, and take care." before vanishing completely.
Manny smiled sadly, before he walked up the hill while saying his own farewell as he began to fade in a light blue, "Always stick with your herd." and thus he too vanished back to his own world and dimension.
"Gold is not that important. Life and people matter the most." Rick said with a smile as he too gazed at the sun, before he disappeared in purple light.
Mickey held onto his Crystal, gazing at it before gazing at his friends and the sky, waving a farewell as it was time for him to go home too.
"Gee, thanks everybody. See ya real soon!" Mickey said at last before he vanished in blue light.
With both Sailor Moon and Jack left, the two of them gazing at the sky and shared a fond smile before Sailor Moon nodded her own farewell and then walked down the hill, leaving the pirate to stand on his own.
"Now, bring that horizon..." Jack said to himself, before singing softly, "~We're devils and black sheep, and Really bad eggs~"
Jack then brought out his Compass and smiled, while he, his Compass and his Crystal began to glow in a violet colour, and concluded, " The Black Pearl awaits...~Drink up me hearties, yo ho~" and with that, Captain Jack Sparrow was gone.
As she walked, Sailor Moon paused to sink in the sight before her. She smiled while tears fell from her eyes. She thought about everything she and her friends had gone through, and wondered, if Lara, Zack, Ven, Kitty, Red, Diego and Will had been finally revived and returned to their home worlds too. She decided to believe that they had, considering how her others friends from other worlds were now back where they belonged.
Just like she was. She looked down and noticed that her Locket had changed into a pink one with a star symbol, and upon opening it slightly, the Silver Crystal was inside, and when she checked her pockets, the Cresent Moon Wand was gone. All she had with her was her Scepter and her Cosmos Crystal along with her Locket and Silver Crystal.
Which was just fine as things had returned to normal.
"Finally...We have a chance of piece- Real Piece." Sailor Moon said to herself, before she broke into a run, onto the footpath and passing the railing, as the hill she and the other Warriors of Cosmos had been on overviewed the sight of Neo Tokyo of her home world.
The conflict of the gods was over at long last.
A/N: Finally! We've reached the end of the conflict! The Epilogue and the Secret endings are up next and then the story itself is finally finished!
See you in the Epilogue(If both fanfiction and my computer are still alive)!