Chapter 51: Against Nothingness

A/N: 500 reviews? Wow, that is so awesome! I never expected this story to get 500 reviews. Thank you all so much!

Also, just a heads up, I won't be able to update as much as I had hoped since I finally got a job. I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I have free time.

We've finally come to one of the fights you've all been waiting for: Hikari vs. Xemnas! Will Hikari finally get her revenge against Xemnas? You'll just have to read to find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.

Enjoy!

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Hikari was on pins and needles when they reached the top of the castle. She knew that just up these steps, Xemnas would be there. She knew that this would be the end of her long journey. This would be the end of all the madness. This would be the end of her suffering. Once she defeated Xemnas, then the darkness within her heart would be gone. She wouldn't have to feel pain anymore and she could have to cough darkness up. She would be a normal princess of light.

She started to bolt up the stairs, but Riku held her back.

"Don't rush into things" he said.

"You don't know what Xemnas is capable of"

Hikari gave him an annoyed look.

"But I can't take it anymore" she said.

"I want Xemnas to be gone for good. I want the darkness in my heart to be gone. I want everything to go back to the way that it was before. I want to finish this!"

Riku sighed wearily. He knew how much she wanted to end this fight. Heck, he wanted to end it just as much as she did. He wanted to be rid of the man who pretty much turned him into a vessel of darkness and was willing to see him die, just so his dream could come true.

But he knew acting reckless would get them nowhere.

"I know you want this to end" he said.

"But jumping into a situation without even knowing it isn't a good idea. You don't know Xemnas' powers and you don't know how he fights. Don't jump into this without thinking first"

Sora patted her back.

"He's right" he said.

"Plus, you're not the only who wants to see him gone. We all came here to finish this. We all fought together up until now. Don't fight this alone. We're here to support you"

Hikari looked at everyone to see them smiling at her. They were willing to fight alongside her until the end. They wanted to finish this just as much as she did. They were all in this together.

Hikari smiled softly. She never realized how lucky she was to have such wonderful friends until now. She wouldn't have to get her revenge against Xemnas on her own. She would have her friends and Riku to back her up.

"Thanks you guys" she said.

"This really means a lot to me"

Riku went up to her and laced his fingers with hers.

"We're here for you, no matter what" he said.

Hikari smiled softly at him. Even if she was way over her head with this, she was glad to know that Riku was here to protect her.

"Let's finish this" Taiyouko said.

Everyone quickly ran up the stairs to what would be their final battle.

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Xemnas looked up at his ruined Kingdom Hearts. Thanks to Ansem the Wise's interference, he would never be able to fulfill his plans. All that hard work seemed to have gone down the drain.

"Oh…My Kingdom Hearts…ruined" he said.

"Now I'll have to start all over again"

He turned around to see everyone facing him. Hikari, Sora, Riku and Mickey facing him, knowing that they were the only ones who could stop him. But then again, they were also the ones who started all of this. Since they released the hearts that the heartless captured, they were the ones who made Kingdom Hearts. Their roles in this madness were like a double edged sword. A sword that Xemnas planned to use.

"Warriors of the Keyblade!" he declared.

"Go forth, and bring me more hearts!"

The keyblade masters glared at him and aimed their keyblades him.

"No!" they declared.

Xemnas gave them an emotionless stare. It seemed that he would have to do this the hard way.

"Denizens of light, answer this: why do you hate the darkness?" he asked.

Mickey lowered his keyblade slightly.

"Aw, we don't hate it" he said.

"It's just kinda…scary. But the world's made of light AND darkness. You can't have one without the other, 'cause darkness is half of everything. Sorta makes you wonder why we're scared of the dark"

"It's because of who's lurking inside" Riku said darkly.

Nobody noticed how he stepped closer to Hikari in case Xemnas pulled anything.

"Then allow me another question" the Organization leader said.

"You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We who were turned away by both light and dark- never given a choice?"

Hikari growled. He was acting like he was the victim here when he was the one who started all of this.

"You had choice!" she snapped.

"You chose to rip your heart out and plunge yourself into darkness. You brought this upon yourself! You wanted to make your horrid dream come true and this is your price"

Xemnas looked at her for a moment as if contemplating on what to do with her.

He suddenly broke into a cruel smirk.

"I'm 'hurt', Hikari" he said.

"You would go against your own father?"

"You're not my dad!" Hikari shouted.

"You were just some stranger who came into my mother's life and made everything a living hell for her! You used us as if were merely pawns! You didn't care about us at all! You just saw us as simple tools to help you reach your goal"

Her emerald eyes harden with hatred as she faced the imposter that claimed to be her dad all those years ago.

"And I bet you knew that I forgot everything in the past" she said.

"Why else would you act as if you were my dad all this time and make me feel horrible?"

Xemnas didn't say anything for a moment. He bowed his head slightly and broke out into a fit of laughter. It caused chills to run up everyone's spine at the sound of it.

Xemnas looked back at Hikari with a cruel look in his eyes.

"You catch on rather quickly" he said.

"And here I hoped that you would help me complete Kingdom Hearts"

"As if I would ever do such a thing" Hikari spat.

"All you do is bring ruin to others"

Xemnas went into the victim role.

"Now why would you say that?" he asked.

"Surely you know I never meant for this to happen. Why hate me when I never had a choice in the matter?"

"That's simple" Riku said.

"It's because you mess up our worlds"

Xemnas glared at him. He knew he should have done something to that boy a while ago. It was thanks to him that most of his plans were ruined.

"That may be…" he admitted.

"However, what other choice might we have had?"

"Just give it a rest!" Sora snapped.

"You're nobodies! You don't even exits! You're not sad about anything!"

Xemnas laughed darkly.

"Very good. You don't miss a thing" he said.

"I cannot feel-sorrow…no matter what misery befalls the worlds. No matter what you think, what you feel, or who you exist"

With that, the scenery around them changed.

Hikari looked around to see that she was standing in front of Memory Skyscraper and that she was all alone.

"Guys?" she called out.

"Riku?"

"Hikari!"

Sora quickly ran towards her and noticed that he was in the same situation as Hikari.

"Where is everyone?" he asked.

Hikari shook her head.

"I don't know"

They looked at the skyscraper and saw Xemnas standing in front of it.

"Behold the power of nothingness" he said.

He summoned up his eternal blades and aimed one at them.

Hikari glared darkly at him. She knew this would probably be the only time that she would fight Xemnas. There was no turning back now and there would be no second chance.

It was now or never.

"Sora" she said.

She summoned her main keyblade and her Oblivion keyblade.

"He's mine"

Sora gulped. He knew that there was no way that he could stop Hikari now. This was her moment to defeat Xemnas and she was going to let it happen no matter what.

The only thing he could do was help her out as best as he could.

"If this stretches out for too long, I'm stepping in" he said.

"Riku would kill me if I let anything happen to you"

Hikari nodded without looking at him.

"Got it"

She stepped forward and faced Xemnas.

Xemnas chuckled when he saw the serious look on her face.

"Oh quant" he said.

"You think you have what it takes to defeat me?"

Hikari aimed her Oblivion keyblade at him.

"I don't think so, I know so" she said.

Xemnas just aimed one of his eternal blades at her.

"You're out of your league, Hikari" he said.

"Your mother isn't here to save you this time and your knight is nowhere to be seen"

Hikari got into a fighting stance.

"Who said I needed to be saved?" she asked.

"This time, I'm doing the saving!"

Xemnas just laughed.

"Come and try"

Hikari didn't hesitate to attack first as she launched herself at him. If she wanted to get the upper hand in this battle, then she had to move first.

Xemnas just toyed with her and she sent a barrage of attacks at her. He just ducked and dodged her swings while setting up shields when she managed to actually get a hit on him.

"You are no match for me" he stated.

"We'll just see about that" Hikari retorted.

She cast spell after spell on him. She didn't know which would cause him the most damage, but she was going to find out.

Xemnas kept his guard up as he fought with Hikari. True, she was just a young girl who was no match against his powers. But she was also a sorceress and that meant she had more magic than anyone, even him. He wasn't going to be defeated by Taiyouko's daughter. He would turn into a Dusk before he let that happen.

When he sensed that Hikari was gaining the upper hand, he summoned a dark ring and had it surround her.

Hikari instantly felt her energy getting zapped from her as the ring kept wrapping itself around her.

Sora quickly ran over and cut the ring in half.

"You ok?" he asked.

Hikari nodded.

"I'm fine, but where's Xemnas?"

Sora looked around the area and at the skyscraper.

"There he is!"

He pointed towards the top where Xemnas watched them.

Hikari growled and ran up to the skyscraper and ran up the long building. It almost felt like she had done this before a while ago, but she shook that thought aside and quickly faced Xemnas. She wasn't going to let him get away with this.

Xemnas jumped off the ledge when he saw how close she was getting.

When they managed to see each other face to face, there was so much hatred in their eyes. Hikari's for being lied and used by this monster. Xemnas because Hikari was a thorn in his side and was the one who would ruin his plans.

Xemnas went to strike her with one of his blades, but Hikari was faster. She blocked it with her keyblade and slammed Oblivion into his side. She flipped over him and slammed her foot into his back before sending a flying kick into his chest and caused him to slam into the building.

Hikari smirked darkly at him before she landed on the ground.

Sora went up to her and held his keyblade out.

"This has gone on long enough" he said.

"I'm stepping in"

Hikari nodded.

"At least I managed to hit him first" she said.

Xemnas scowled when he saw that he had to fight not one keyblade master, but two now. Sure, they were no match for him, but this was getting ridiculous.

Sora went to the offensive side and attacked him head on while Hikari took the defensive and used her magic. Since physical fighting really wasn't her strongest skill, she was tired out already. That little attack she did really wore her out.

This gave the two of them the upper hand. While Sora was attacking Xemnas head on, the Organization leader could only block Sora's, but not Hikari's. Not only that, he was the only one who had control over this entire area.

He was at the losing end of this battle.

Having enough of this, he kicked Sora out of the way and sent him flying.

"Sora!" Hikari cried.

She charged at Xemnas, only to get knocked back as well.

Hikari groaned as she tried to get up. She gasped when Xemnas aimed one of his blades at her throat. The organization leader gave her a menacing look.

"It seems you've run out of steam" he said.

Hikari glared at him.

"This isn't over until I say it is" she said.

Xemnas laughed darkly.

"Just like your mother until the end" he said.

He raised his blade high over his head.

"Why don't you suffer the same fate as she did?"

Hikari raised her keyblade to block the blade. She was not going to die like this.

However, the blade never made contact. Instead, it hovered just a few inches from her face and was dangerously close to touching her.

Hikari looked up and was shocked to see Xemnas froze. What was even more surprising was the look on his face. It was almost as if he was scared of striking her.

Xemnas couldn't believe what he was seeing as he looked down at Hikari. Instead of seeing the keyblade mistress, he saw her back when she was four years old. Back when he was considered her father.

The younger Hikari smiled up to him and raised her arms out to him.

"Daddy!"

Xemnas dismissed his weapons and gripped his head. Why was he seeing this? Why were these memories coming back to him? He threw them all away when he surrendered his heart to the darkness. He no feelings towards the past.

And yet, when he saw the younger Hikari. His chest ached in the spot where his heart once was.

Letting out an anguished cry, he disappeared through a portal before more memories poured through his head.

Sora ran over to Hikari and helped her up.

"You ok?" he asked.

Hikari nodded and looked at the spot where Xemnas once stood.

"What just happened?" she asked.

Sora shrugged.

"I don't know" he said.

"One minute, he was about to strike you and in the next, he was freaking out"

Hikari rubbed the side that she landed on.

"Weird" she said.

Sora looked around the area and noticed that nothing changed.

"How do we get out of here?" he asked.

Hikari shook her head, showing that she didn't know.

Just then voices could be heard.

"Sora! Hikari! Where are you?" Kairi called out.

The area started to break up around them and sent them back to reality.

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Everyone looked around the place for their friends. They panicked when they suddenly disappeared with Xemnas and feared for the worse.

Riku was silently panicking that Hikari was whisked away by Xemnas. With her up against the Organization's leader, he feared for the worse.

"Hikari! Answer me!" he called out.

Sora appeared through a portal and landed on the ground.

Everyone quickly rushed over towards him to see if he was alright.

"Where's Hikari?" Mickey asked.

Hikari appeared seconds later and fell through the portal as well.

Riku managed to catch her, but it resulted in him falling to the ground.

Hikari blushed at being held by Riku like this and quickly helped him up.

"Thank goodness you're both ok" Taiyouko said.

"You almost gave us heart attacks" Tsukiko added.

Sora looked around to see that everyone was ok. He was glad they weren't hurt, but he knew they weren't out of the woods yet.

"Where's Xemnas?" he asked.

Donald looked around and squawked when he saw the nobody hovering in front of Kingdom Hearts.

The heart shaped moon's magic seemed to surround the nobody as he summoned its power.

"Hear me, Kingdom Hearts!" he declared.

"It seems we must begin anew. Ah, but know this: I will give you as many hearts as it takes. Mark my words! You can no more be complete without me than I without you. Heed me, Kingdom Hearts! Lend me your power, so that we may by complete! The power to erase the fools that hinder us"

Everyone panicked. If Xemnas joined with Kingdom Hearts, then things were going to get really bad really fast.

"Xemnas! No!" Mickey cried.

Xemnas just ignored them and kept on going.

"Hearts quivering with hatred…"

"Xehanort! Don't!" Taiyouko pleaded.

"Hearts burning with rage…"

"You'll never win!" Hikari cried.

"Hearts scarred by envy…that fool Ansem said that the heart's true nature was beyond his understanding. But it's not beyond mine! Hearts are the source of all power! "

Kingdom Hearts glowed to the point that everyone had to cover their eyes.

When the light faded, Kingdom Hearts was back to normal, but Xemnas was nowhere to be seen.

"Xemnas! You can't hide from us!" Sora cried.

"We're not gonna let him get away now!" Mickey declared.

Kairi gasped and pointed towards the sky.

"Look at that!"

A magnificent door appeared out of nowhere and hovered in front of the heart shaped moon.

Hikari gasped when she saw it.

She recognized this door right away.

"Kingdom Hearts" Taiyouko breathed.

"Let's go" Riku said.

"Xemnas must be inside"

Mickey looked at the door solemnly.

"This worlds gave us this doorway" he said.

"They want us to be the guardians of their destiny!"

Hikari smiled softly. All of the friends that she made from her travels did this. They trusted her to protect their worlds. They knew she would be the one to end this.

"Ni-san…Mikomi…everyone…" she thought.

"I won't let you down"

Riku looked at the door. The last time that he saw this door, he had to stay on the other side and say goodbye to Hikari. But now, he was at her side. He was with her to see this battle to the end.

"Once we go through, there's no turning back" he said.

He looked at Sora and Hikari.

"So…are you ready?"

Hikari smiled and grabbed his hand.

"Let's finish this"

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A/N: And the end is drawing even closer! I know you're all upset by it, but everything must come to an end at some point.

If you want to see the next battle, please review soon!

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Ja ne!