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Chapter 56 of Kokoro is here! n.n


Ansem carried the out cold Kokoro in his arms, she was limp and her arms were hanging down to the ground. Over the guardians shoulder was Sora, also out light a light, ans thrown over like some mere object. Ansem looked back at Sora, then down at Kokoro, and started to laugh. The two final glass cases started to glow as they opened, they were ready for the newest members. All of the other capsules opened, glowing from the light of the Archangels. Ansem laughed even more, his true intentions felt within each crackle of his evil voice.
Momo and the others landed in The End of the World, a place that none of them have been to in person. She then turned to her crew. Mark, Daniel, Laura, Neko, Tsuki, Ethan, Ryu and Michael. They still haven't found Skarwind and Phoenix, but now wasn't the time to worry. All of them gave a nod, agreeing that they would do anything to stop Ansem before he could open Kingdom Hearts and to save the Archangels and Royalties, then ran off the battle.
Kokoro started to moan, opening her eyes. She didn't really know where she was. A light glowed from under her, giving off an ethereal light and creating a misty shadow of her figure. She then realized something else. Kokoro looked to her left and right, her hands were chained up. Her arms were out in a T shape, her feet were barely resting on her own glass case, the case that was omitting the light. Kokoro then searched around. All of them, all of the Archangels, were there and out cold. She noticed all of them, and could easily name them off. Toboe, Ed, Fayt, Kite, Inuyasha, Lufy, Naruto, Kazuma, Cloud, Zidane, Hugo, Akito, Ryuzaki, Yugi, Duo, Kyo, Axl, Harry, Daisuke and Jim. All of them from shows and games, books and mangas. She then looked across from her, finding the one she knew the best and cared for the most. "Sora!" She started to yell, trying to wake him. Kokoro rattled her chains a bit, but sense her feet barely touched she couldn't move her arms much. "Sora, Sora! Sora!" She kept repeating his name, but Sora never moved. "Sora-kun!" He flinched a bit, then started to open his eyes. Sora took some time to focus, then looked up and around, finding everyone just like she did. He then looked across to her, a smile on her face. All of the cases were glowing the same light, and all of them were tied the same way. "Sora..."

"Kokoro... we-" He stopped when they heard a door opening. The others had made it into the forbidden world. Kokoro glanced at him with hope as he smiled. "They got here..."

"But not in time..." Ansem's voice rang through the room. The others started to wake up one by one, looking around at the others chained up as well. "Let me begin... the most important part..." All of the Archangels looked around, trying to find where he would come from first.


Momo led the charge. Down more then ten hallways of destruction, hundreds Heartless and many more rooms. They even made it through the Gummi Graveyard. One last door, one last hallway. All of them stopped in this hallway, which was more like a large circular colorful room. At one side, where they stood, was a light that led to the last room. Opposite was the Heartless insignia, but two standing in front of it. "What are you doing?!" Momo ordered. Skarwind and Phoenix stood there, but eyes closed and facing the group. "Answer me!" Skarwind opened his eyes first, then pulled his lance off of his back. Phoenix did the same, forming a staff out of fire. Both stared, lifeless eyes and darkness in their hearts. "Not you too... just great..." Momo pulled Reiki to ready as Michael and Daniel stepped in front of her. "What?!"

"We can take them on, the strongest have to save Kokoro and the others." Daniel said, his staff ready.

Michael took out two brass knuckles, letting them form into long swords that seemed to curve right next to his arms and up to his shoulders. He stood ready, his hands almost crossing, the blades forming a barrier between the enemy and him. "I just learned some... but I should be able to hold them off..." She nodded and continued on with the others, the battle itching to start.


"Now... who should I start with?" Ansem mocked throughout the entire room. Kokoro looked around, as did the others, but jumped back when he landed in front of her. "Ladies first?" She stared, feeling true fear for the first time in a while, and was frozen by it. Ansem placed his gloved hand on her cheek, making Kokoro close her eyes and tremble with fear. He let the gem start glowing in his hand, Aki's heart, and Kokoro could feel it. A tear rolled down her face, one of fear and sorrow. "Are you... scared..."

She never opened her eyes, she just waited for him to move. Ansem did this, landing like a feather on his feat, upon the solid ground. Kokoro now opened her eyes, still trembling. "What are you planning to do!" Sora yelled out. Kokoro looked up at him when he did this, and Ansem slowly turned.

"What do I plan to do? How simple minded you are... Keyblade Master Sora." Ansem slowly started to step to the boy. "I have the gems, you are the shells. Once I shatter your hearts and place the gems in them you will become my keys, and I will have Kingdom Hearts. The two will become one... the ultimate race shall be created."

Ed was the one to yell this time. His red jacket was still gone and still had his white gloves. "Ultimate race?!"

"What is that?" Toboe asked this time, the first time she heard his speak sense they lost each other.

Fayt turned to Kokoro, she knew. The girl looked down at the light coming from her case, then back up at Ansem. "The Lain." Ansem turned to her, nodding. "I just made them up... but... I guess, they are the supreme species."

"What is a Lain?" Naruto ordered for an answer. He started to rattle his chains but soon stopped when she faced him. "Well?"

She looked around at everyone and understood why most of the Royalties were evil. "A Lain, is a perfect being. They posses powers that no one could comprehend... they never get sick... they are... just perfect." Kokoro then shook her head and started to yell. "But they don't exist! They're just a fairy tale!"

"Oh, really now?" Ansem started to elevate himself again. "Let me begin to prove my case." He went up to a young boy, looking only fourteen, wearing a crimson red shirt and a little darker red pants. His hair was a brownish red and his eyes again, red like the shirt. On his hand was something that only Kokoro would know of, the Kannade symbol.

Ansem lifted his right hand, a gem glowing. "No... no stop it! Leave Akito alone!" She yelled. Ansem smirked at her and drove his hand into Akito, making the boy scream out in pain. Kokoro watched in horror as Ansem pulled out the boys heart, the large object in his hand. She kept watching as he turned, deliberately to her, and shattered it in his palm. "You... monster!" She yelled. He then let the gem leave his hand and let it go inside Akito, the boys complexion changing for the darker. His hair went to a blood red and his outfit changed to black. The Kannade on his hand also changed to the bloody red as he opened his eyes, lifeless black. Kokoro looked away as the chains were released and Akito landed on his hands and feet. The light beneath him faded to a suddle glow and he stood. Akito was no more, now it was just the Lain that had no true heart or soul. He then started to elevate again, looking at the group. "Stop this..."

He knew who was next. Ansem walked, in air, over to Sora. He went up to the boy, who just gave a cold stair. Kokoro tried to get loose, but the chains were unbreakable. Ansem let his hand glow again, and drove his hand into Sora's chest. "No, SORA!" Kokoro screamed from the bottom of her soul, a scream that was deafening. Sora tried to keep it in, but the pain was too much. He gave out a yell of pain, spreading his wings of an archangel. A light started to glow on his chest, his heart was coming out. Ansem pulled it out slowly, making sure that the experience was painful. "Sora, Sora... Sora!" Kokoro kept screaming for it to stop. Sora looked down at his heart, it was almost out of his body. He glanced up at Ansem, scared. The man gave a a grin of achievement, then pulled out the boys heart. Sora went limp in a second, but was still alive. "SORA!" Kokoro screamed one last time, crying. Ansem moved to the side so she could see him. His wings were hanging, lifeless, as was the rest of him. Kokoro was going to yell to him again but his hand twitched. He then looked up at her, without life but still hanging in there. Sora mouthed something simple, then went limp as the shatter of his heart bounced around the walls. Kokoro looked stunned, her eyes wide and tears falling. "No! SORA!" She yelled one last time to him. Sora was gone. Kokoro went limp, calling out his name. She couldn't call him well, chocking on her own tears. Ansem then lifted his right hand, the black gem leaving and going to Sora. The wings turned into the crimson red and shattered as the chains were released. The boy fell to his hands and knees. Kokoro watched in horror as he stood, eyes closed. The darkness scars now covered his body, like the demon scars on Sesshomaru, and his hair went darker. his outfit hardly changed, just that any bright colors turned into dark reds and blues, and the darkness energy emerging from his body. Sora then looked up at Kokoro, opening his eyes. Black and lifeless, Sora was one of them. "Sora... Sora..." Kokoro went limp, letting the chains hold her up, as she wept the loss of so many people. Ansem just started back up to another, Ryuzaki who was better known as "L", and kept with the creation of the Lains race. She just kept her eyes closed, remembering Sora's last words. he mouthed, 'I love you'. Kokoro stopped her weeping when the pain came to her chest, Ansem had made her the next one. She slowly slipped from reality, this time it felt like she would never return. Kokoro opened her eyes to find her heart out of her body, in Ansem's hands. Everything was blurry, but she could see, all of the others were changed and ready to fight and open Kingdom Hearts. She then looked once again at Sora, no later falling into darkness as her heart was shattered.

"...no...koro..." She heard a familiar voice faintly as she fell deeper and deeper, her soul now being trapped in the darkness on the new, empty heart.


Momo watched as Kokoro fell to her case, the last one that was glowing. It had also went dim as the girl stood. All of the symbols on her, from the elements, went black and her hair also went black, not dark brown. Her eyes were closed as she stood there, forming Yin and Yang. The daggers were the same, but were red and black. Momo watched the living nightmare as Kokoro opened her eyes, them being black without the smallest glitter of life.
So, what did you think? I thought it was pretty good. n.n

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