Chapter 14: Sealing the Final Keyhole

Upon reaching Hollo Bastion, the team heads to the Rising Falls area to find the Beast. They discover that all of the princesses are still inside Hollow Bastion. The Beast joins the team, and the team heads inside Hollow Bastion. In the library, the team watches the reuniting of Belle and the Beast. She tells the team that the other princesses and her are holding back the darkness but can't keep it up for much longer. Riku nodded.

"Don't worry," said Riku. "We'll seal up the Keyhole.

Belle nodded and gave Sora the Divine Rose Keychain. Then the team headed to the Castle Chapel where they met up with the princesses. They found out that Shade had vanished, but the darkness was still pouring out of the Keyhole. They also discovered that Shade was smiling while he was taken by the darkness. The team then headed to the Dark Depths where they encounted a Behemoth that was guarding the last Keyhole. By defeating it, they gained the Omega Arts. Then, Sora and Riku headed back to the Grand Hall where Aeris was waiting along with Yuffie.

"What are you two doing here?" asked Cloud.

"We came on Cid's ship," said Aeris.

"We're going to help get the Princesses back home," said Yuffie.

"All the worlds will be restored hopefully once Shade has been defeated."

"We're not sure about your island tho."

"That's okay," said Riku. "We've found each other and settled on a brand new island."

"Yea," said Sora. "We may have lost our home, but we haven't lost our friends."

"That's the spirit, you two," said Squall.

"Let's go seal that Keyhole so that the darkness will stop coming through it," said Cloud.

The team nodded, and they headed back to the Dark Depths. Sora and Riku pointed their Keyblades at the Keyhole, and two beams of light shot out and into the Keyhole. There was a locking sound, and Hollow Bastion was sealed once more. However, like the last time, the team would have to go elsewhere to find where the evil was truely coming from and stop Shade before he could make a comeback. Back in the Castle Chapel, the team talks with the Princesses.

"I can feel the darkness growing someplace far away," said Jasmine.

"It must be the heart of all darkness," said Aurora.

"If that is the case," said Sora, "that must be where Shade went!"

"Well, if Shade did go there," said Riku, "we must take the Gummi Ship and go destroy both Shade and the Heartless!"

The princesses nod.

"A Worthy answer, Keyblade masters," said Cinderella. "To you two, we bestoe this power on you to aid in your quest to destroy the Heartless."

With that, the team's Fira magic got upgraded to Firaga. Waving good-bye to the princesses and their friends, the team boarded the Gummi Ship and headed off towards the Heart of Darkness, the End of the World.