Chapter 12: Don't say Goodbye

Sora climbed up the winding staircases to the Chapel, which would lead him to the Grand Hall. Beating Heartless after Heartless, Sora ran, accompanied by Goofy, Donald, Riku, and Yuffie. Actually, Sora didn't know Riku or Yuffie was there. He actually woke up and ran,

"Sora!" Yuffie called, but Sora seemed to be deaf, "Sora you have to get ready! We're going to get to the Chapel very soon." Riku, who was right behind him, yelled.

"Stop! Sora! Be prepared for the worst. If you don't slow down, you're going to run face on into a total collision!" Sora stopped, and turned around,

"Collision or no collision, I'm going to kill whoever's trying to mess me up, and I don't mind if-"

"Kill? Sora, that's a dark thing to say, you shouldn't say that." Donald said worriedly,

"Donald, dark or no dark, I'm going to stop him. Oblivion will enjoy it, won't he?" he held his Oblivion Keyblade high,

"Sora, I don't really want to do this but-" he took out his wand, "Blizziga!" he shouted, freezing Sora in his tracks, "If he was prepared, he could have dodged it easily. Sorry Sora, but you have reached your limits." Donald sighed as he looked at Sora, in a shell of ice,

"Donald! You shouldn't do that to the Keyblade Master! I'm sure he knew what he was doing." Goofy said panicking. Riku looked at Sora,

"Be grateful you didn't kill him, Donald. So what to do now? When we defrost him, he should be ok, right?" Donald shrugged,

"The Oblivion key chain has been eating and eating away at Sora. Sora's not himself, but is in some sort of hypnotized state. Who knows if he'll ever return. All we can do now is take the key chain while he's frozen, and get rid of it ourselves." Yuffie finally caught up,

"You stopped him! I was so worried for a sec. Listen, I have an idea on how we can get rid of that key chain. Let's take it to the White Sanctuary! Everything that goes in there, never comes out."

"Well, that's a good idea. We'll put the Oblivion into the boat, send it to the White Sanctuary, and we'll be done with it." Riku said,

"Firaga!" Donald chanted and brought Sora back to normal. He laid there silently,

"Gwarsh Donald, I hope you didn't kill him!" Goofy muttered, but Sora shook a bit, and opened his eyes,

"Guys…I-I'm so sorry. The last thing I remember was waking up, then I grabbed the Keyblade and-and then, then he came. He's been haunting me forever. Oblivion is under control by Ansem. He's not dead. He can see me whenever I use the Keyblade. He uses it to-to put me under some spell, but that's only happened a few times. He's also unleashing darkness from it, and for some reason, it's so strong, I couldn't defeat it. Last night, I had a dream about Destiny Islands that pretty much took all of my, my light away. I tripped and fell in hopeless downfall. I have to get rid of it as fast as I can." he looked at Oblivion,

"You deceived and lied. You aren't my precious, you're my enemy."

Not to far away, Ansem was in a trance,

"No…no…don't leave me, I am your greatest weapon!" he shouted,

"No, you are my greatest enemy, Ansem. You will never EVER get in my way again!" with that final remark, Ansem was shoved backwards, and his gaze through the Oblivion was gone.

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The White Sanctuary was filled with people, mainly people who had escaped from Ansem's evil. This bustling town was always at Twilight, because for some reason, this planet never rotated. While Aries was busy picking flowers near the dock, she noticed a boat coming in. It was a small boat with a tiny envelope. Aries picked it up, and opened the letter, revealing the Oblivion key chain,

"Oh my! I didn't even think of this. Sora discarded the Oblivion in the one place where it can be forever. All the evil wouldn't dare to come here, because then they could never rule the worlds, just this one. It will be safe here.

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Kairi was sitting on the beach, alone,

"Sora, the darkness is almost gone! You're getting better! I'm so happy that your curse is uplifted. But-you're still sad, something went wrong last night, you haven't fully healed. Don't worry though, I'll help you along your journey. All you have to do in return is come home." Tidus walked towards the beach,

"Kairi! How's Sora?" he yelled to her,

"He's gotten better. I'm really happy."

Sora, who've gotten better since last time, went to Destiny Islands,

"So Kairi, um, to celebrate, can I um-err, are you busy Friday?" Sora stopped again,

"Um, no. Why?"

"Oh, I was just wondering if-" Kairi looked past Tidus, and saw Sora,

"SORA!" Kairi pushed Tidus back and ran up to Sora, "Sora, I'm so glad you're here. I make visits to you a lot of time, and now you're here! Sora…" Tidus blinked, and saw Kairi hug nothing,

"Kairi, I'm-surprised." Sora said perplexed,

"What is it?"

"Well, you and Tidus…" Kairi let go of Sora, and bit her lip,

"Oh, Sora, we're just friends. Don't worry…"

"I shouldn't, but-Kairi, I saw you last night." Kairi looked even more scared,

"Oh!" she blushed, "Well, you know, I was worried. Tidus was just there to comfort me…"

"He kissed you." Kairi gasped,

"Sora, I didn't mean to, I was so sad…you have to believe me!" Sora shook his head, and turned around, "I'm sorry Sora! Is this why you're not fully healed? I-I…" Sora stopped, and turned around, "Sora I…love…" but by that time Sora had disappeared back to Hollow Bastion, "Sora! Don't say goodbye!"

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Sad story I know. While I was writing this final chapter, even I had to resort to listening to 'Simple and Clean' to find the right story. But next chapter, Yuffie takes the rebound…