Chapter 16: The Final Battle
When Riku and Sora were completely rested up, the team headed to the door, and Riku and Sora opened it up. The team headed through the door and found themselves at what appeared to be Destiny Islands which shocked Sora, but Riku had seen it all before. Sora looked at Riku.
"Is this... Is this our island?" asked Sora.
Riku shook his head.
"It looks like it," said Riku, "but it's not. This happened to me the last time as well. They are using this as a ploy to get us to be lured into the fact that we're back home."
It's right about then that they hear Shade's voice but can't find where it's coming from.
"This world has been connected," said Shade's voice.
As Shade said that, the objects on the island started to disappear. Sora looked around.
"Whoa!" said Sora. "What's going on, Riku?"
"The world is being eclisped by darkness..." Riku said grimly.
As he said that, the ocean turned purple. Sora started to get worried as did Squall and Cloud.
"This is the same thing that happened to our worlds as well," said Squall.
"Really?" said Sora.
Cloud nodded.
"I can remember it as if it was yesterday," said Cloud.
The island changed up, and the team could see Shade's back turned towarads them. The team approached Shade. Shade turned towards them and grinned evilly.
"All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came," said Shade. "You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."
"You're wrong!" said Riku. "It's true that the heart is sometimes weak, but it was never born of darkness. No, the heart always has a light deep within it that'll never go out, never be taken by the darkness."
"That's right!" said Sora.
Shade looked at them as a large menacing Heartless, a Behemoth, appeared behind him.
"So, you have come this far and still you understand nothing. Every light must fade. Every heart return to darkness!" said Shade. "So prepare to have your hearts return to darkness forever!"
The team fought Shade. However unlike his father Ansem that Riku, Cloud, and Squall had fought, Shade would summon up various Heartless to attack the team. Only by defeating each of the Heartless that Shade summoned up would the team be able to battle Shade before he sent the next wave of Heartless at the team.
The first Heartless boss that was fought was the Behemoth. Once the Behemoth was defeated, the team started using combo attacks as well as summons to wear down Shade until he produced a dark sheild around him. Then Shade summoned up the Pot Centipede. Once this was defeated, the dark sheild vanished, and the team could once again attacked Shade. Once Shade had taken on a specific amount of damage, he put the dark shield up again and summoned up Darkside and Anisora. As each one of these were defeated, the shield would drop for team to attack, but they had to watch out for the other enemy that Shade had summoned because it would attack them while they were attacking Shade. The team decided to take out the larger Darkside first. Then when the shield went down, one half of the team would concentrate on attacking Shade while the other half of the team would concentrate on attacking AniSora. Once AniSora was taken care of, the team would all attack Shade until the dark sheild went up. When it did this time, Shade summoned AniRiku and a mess of Shadows, Soldiers, and Wyverns. The team could tell that it was getting close to the end of the battle, and they went after AniRiku first so that half of the team could finish off Shade while the other half took out the Heartless that he had summoned.
Soon, Shade was defeated, and the Heartless that remained disappeared. However, the team landed in what could be called an endless abyss. The team looked around.
"Wha-?" said Sora.
"What is this place?" said Riku.
"I don't know," said Cloud.
"Hey!" said Squall. "What happened to Shade?"
"Behold the endless abyss! Within lies the heart of all worlds: Kingdom Hearts!" said Shade's voice.
The white door that was Kingdom Hearts could now be seen.
"Look as hard as you are able. You'll not find even the smallest glimmer of light. From those dark depths are all hearts born, even yours," said Shade.
Shade appears in his ultimate form as the World of Chaos. Cloud and Squall disappeared, but Riku and Sora knew they'd get them back if they could defeat this final challenge. The two chosen ones fought Shade until he froze himself with a Heartless crest that protected him. However, the two friends found a portal that led inside of the World of Chaos and went inside it to defeat a Room Core. After that, Sora and Riku defeated other parts of the World of Chaos and eventually found Cloud and Squall. After getting the team back together, the group headed to defeat a final Room Core causing Shade to revive. The team fought Shade one more time before the World of Chaos was defeated.
When Riku and Sora were completely rested up, the team headed to the door, and Riku and Sora opened it up. The team headed through the door and found themselves at what appeared to be Destiny Islands which shocked Sora, but Riku had seen it all before. Sora looked at Riku.
"Is this... Is this our island?" asked Sora.
Riku shook his head.
"It looks like it," said Riku, "but it's not. This happened to me the last time as well. They are using this as a ploy to get us to be lured into the fact that we're back home."
It's right about then that they hear Shade's voice but can't find where it's coming from.
"This world has been connected," said Shade's voice.
As Shade said that, the objects on the island started to disappear. Sora looked around.
"Whoa!" said Sora. "What's going on, Riku?"
"The world is being eclisped by darkness..." Riku said grimly.
As he said that, the ocean turned purple. Sora started to get worried as did Squall and Cloud.
"This is the same thing that happened to our worlds as well," said Squall.
"Really?" said Sora.
Cloud nodded.
"I can remember it as if it was yesterday," said Cloud.
The island changed up, and the team could see Shade's back turned towarads them. The team approached Shade. Shade turned towards them and grinned evilly.
"All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came," said Shade. "You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."
"You're wrong!" said Riku. "It's true that the heart is sometimes weak, but it was never born of darkness. No, the heart always has a light deep within it that'll never go out, never be taken by the darkness."
"That's right!" said Sora.
Shade looked at them as a large menacing Heartless, a Behemoth, appeared behind him.
"So, you have come this far and still you understand nothing. Every light must fade. Every heart return to darkness!" said Shade. "So prepare to have your hearts return to darkness forever!"
The team fought Shade. However unlike his father Ansem that Riku, Cloud, and Squall had fought, Shade would summon up various Heartless to attack the team. Only by defeating each of the Heartless that Shade summoned up would the team be able to battle Shade before he sent the next wave of Heartless at the team.
The first Heartless boss that was fought was the Behemoth. Once the Behemoth was defeated, the team started using combo attacks as well as summons to wear down Shade until he produced a dark sheild around him. Then Shade summoned up the Pot Centipede. Once this was defeated, the dark sheild vanished, and the team could once again attacked Shade. Once Shade had taken on a specific amount of damage, he put the dark shield up again and summoned up Darkside and Anisora. As each one of these were defeated, the shield would drop for team to attack, but they had to watch out for the other enemy that Shade had summoned because it would attack them while they were attacking Shade. The team decided to take out the larger Darkside first. Then when the shield went down, one half of the team would concentrate on attacking Shade while the other half of the team would concentrate on attacking AniSora. Once AniSora was taken care of, the team would all attack Shade until the dark sheild went up. When it did this time, Shade summoned AniRiku and a mess of Shadows, Soldiers, and Wyverns. The team could tell that it was getting close to the end of the battle, and they went after AniRiku first so that half of the team could finish off Shade while the other half took out the Heartless that he had summoned.
Soon, Shade was defeated, and the Heartless that remained disappeared. However, the team landed in what could be called an endless abyss. The team looked around.
"Wha-?" said Sora.
"What is this place?" said Riku.
"I don't know," said Cloud.
"Hey!" said Squall. "What happened to Shade?"
"Behold the endless abyss! Within lies the heart of all worlds: Kingdom Hearts!" said Shade's voice.
The white door that was Kingdom Hearts could now be seen.
"Look as hard as you are able. You'll not find even the smallest glimmer of light. From those dark depths are all hearts born, even yours," said Shade.
Shade appears in his ultimate form as the World of Chaos. Cloud and Squall disappeared, but Riku and Sora knew they'd get them back if they could defeat this final challenge. The two chosen ones fought Shade until he froze himself with a Heartless crest that protected him. However, the two friends found a portal that led inside of the World of Chaos and went inside it to defeat a Room Core. After that, Sora and Riku defeated other parts of the World of Chaos and eventually found Cloud and Squall. After getting the team back together, the group headed to defeat a final Room Core causing Shade to revive. The team fought Shade one more time before the World of Chaos was defeated.