---Sora53: Well, I did it. I finally got to write this chappie. I used to
wonder if I'd ever make it this far!
Fans: You did, and we're proud!
Sora53: Really? YAY!
Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone Fangirls: YAY! WE LOVE YOU, Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone!
Sora53: So...many...fangirls...-dies-
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I own Corita. MINE!!! -pokes Corita-
"Corita!" Sora called out into the dimly lit chamber. His voice echoed around the room, but no answer came. Sora slumped against the cold stone wall, hanging his head. "Not again...how long has she been gone?"
"She was here when we first started to fight Maleficent." Goofy said, looking around and scratching his head.
"She wasn't here at the end." Beast said, and the three of them looked up at him. "I remember looking in this chamber after you three had gone through the portal. She wasn't here. You guys were too distracted with defeating Maleficent." Beast turned his head away from them. "She must've been taken when we first fought Maleficent."
These new facts, and the fact that they'd been too distracted to notice Corita missing, slowly washed over them. They stood in silence for a brief time, until Sora stood straight up and led the group towards the entrance to a new hallway that had been opened.
"C'mon, you guys. I think I know who took Corita."
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Sora, Donald, and Goofy entered the huge hallway (Beast had insisted on keeping guard outside.) It was a well-lit path with a large stairway leading to a platform ahead of them. The three of them walked slowly up the hallway, looking all around them. Suddenly, Donald stopped.
"Sora...Goofy...what is that?" Donald asked weakly, pointing to the walls.
Encased in a strong barrier was a familiar-looking young woman who appeared to be unconsious. After a moment, Sora suddenly remembered something.
"Princess...Jasmine?" Sora said softly, stepping back. There were five others on the walls, all appearing to be unconsious.
"Wasn't Princess Jasmine kidnapped in Agrabah?" Goofy asked slowly. Sora and Donald nodded their heads.
"Let's keep moving." Sora said bravely, walking forward, followed by Donald and Goofy. They started slowly up one of the paths that led to the upper platform, and Sora caught a small glimpse of dark red hair.
"She's here!" Sora cried, breaking into a run. Goofy and Donald followed him to the platform, but Goofy was knocked back by an invisible barrier.
The platform they were now on was right in front of a huge, multicolored keyhole. Huge pieces of twisted metal and broken stone scattered the perimeter of the circular area. On an outside wall, sitting against a wall, was Corita. She appeared to be unconsious as well, but her head jerked slightly as Sora ran up the steps. The person in the center of the circle, however, was what Sora had been searching for since the beginning. Kairi lay on the floor, not moving at all. Sora ran up to Kairi instantly, not noticing Goofy.
"Kairi!" Sora said as he ran to her. He kneeled on the ground next to her and shook her gently. "Kairi, Kairi! Open your eyes!"
"It's no use." said a cold, cruel voice. Sora looked to where the voice had come from, and saw Riku sitting on top of a small ledge above the glowing keyhole, gripping his dark Keyblade in his hands. "That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up." Riku said in the same voice; a voice that wasn't his. Sora realized this suddenly, and stood up next to Kairi.
"What? You're...not Riku..." He said slowly, Riku's words still ringing in his ears. Riku ignored this and lept lightly off the ledge.
"The Keyhole cannot be completed so as long as the last Princess of Heart still sleeps." He said as he floated slowly down to Sora's level.
"The princess..." Sora muttered to himself. "Kairi's a princess?" He asked Riku.
"Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete." Riku answered. "It is time she awakened."
"Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!" Sora cried. Riku looked at him for a moment, and then spoke.
"But first, you must give the princess back her heart." He said calmly.
Suddenly, Sora felt a rush of pain surge through his body and up to his heart. Clutching his heart, Sora fell to his knees. "Sora!" Donald cried, moving closer to him.
"Don't you see yet?" Riku asked, stepping towards them. "The Princess's heart is responding! It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!"
"Kairi...Kairi's inside me?" Sora asked softly. A long silence followed this statement as this information sunk in.
"I know all that there is to know." Riku said boldly, taking another step towards Sora and Donald.
"Tell me. Who are you?" Sora called out, still clutching his heart in pain.
"It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness." Riku cried out, still holding his dark Keyblade. He proceeded towards where Sora and Donald were. Donald daringly ran towards Riku/Ansem, but he was knocked away and thrown through the barrier where Goofy sat watching. Riku reached Sora and lifted his dark Keyblade over his head.
"So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness!"
Riku swung his Keyblade at Sora, but Sora heard something that gave him strength.
"Sora!" Came Kairi's voice from somewhere inside him. Sora lifted his Keyblade in an instant, blocking Riku's attack.
"Forget it." Sora growled as he pushed Riku back and stood up. "There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Shouldn't he move Kairi and Corita out of the way when he's fighting like that?" Goofy asked.
"Apparantly not." Donald answered nervously. They were sitting on the edge of the magical barrier that blocked their way to the battle. Sora and Riku were locked in a fierce battle of light and dark.
"Don't step on her!" Goofy called out to Sora when he stumbled and nearly hit Kairi.
"I feel bad about Corita. None of us noticed that she was missing."
"Have we EVER really been nice to Corita?" Goofy said sadly. The two of them sat in silence, watching the battle.
Sora and Riku's battle continued for a very long time. Without Corita's healing spells, Sora was left with potions to heal himself. Riku's attacks were swift and unpredictable compared to Sora's.
"Now witness true power!" Riku cried as he floated into the air and began to glow.
"Great..." Donald said sarcastically as Sora was knocked back by an attack.
"Open your heart to the darkness!" Riku bellowed as he lunged at Sora with his Keyblade. The two of them clashed and Riku was knocked down. Sora got in a few hits before Riku pulled himself up again.
"That's the way to fight!" Goofy cheered.
The battle raged for an extremely long time. Eventually, Sora and Riku were both worn out, but they kept fighting. Sora slashed Riku a few final times, and Riku slumped down and vanished into the darkness.
"Riku!" Sora cried, reaching out for him, but quickly pulling his arm away. Donald and Goofy ran past him.
"Sora! Sora, look!" Donald said.
"The-the Keyhole!" Goofy cried, pointing to the glowing Keyhole. Sora walked up to it and held out his Keyblade, but nothing happened.
"It won't work! The Keyhole's not finished yet!"
"What can we do?" Sora wondered, putting away his Keyblade.
"Maybe we've gotta go wake Kairi up." Goofy said simply, turning towards Kairi who was still resting in the middle of the room.
"I think you're right. If we can free her heart...but...but how?" Sora wondered aloud, thinking hard. His eyes turned to the dark Keyblade that Riku had left behind.
"A Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts... I wonder." Sora said, moving towards the dark Keyblade.
"Sora! Hold on!" Goofy cried as Sora picked the dark Keyblade up off the floor.
"No! Wait!" Donald cried as well. Sora observed the Keyblade carefully, and with a final bright smile at Donald and Goofy, thrust the Keyblade into his heart.
Sora began to glow brightly with a brilliant light as the dark Keyblade vanished into seven brightly colored orbs. Sora fell to his knees as these orbs flew off in different directions. Six of them flew towards where the six young women were being held. One of them flew to Corita. They re- entered the people's bodies, and Corita began to slowly stirr.
A single orb flew out of Sora himself, and this one flew towards Kairi. It entered her body, and she opened her eyes.
"Sora!" Kairi and Corita cried as they ran to him. However, when they reached him, he'd vanished into countless tiny orbs of light. They floated gently towards the ceiling as the four of them watched.
"Sora! Come back, Sora!" Donald cried as the orbs floated away from them.
"What's... What's happening to me? Falling...falling...into darkness."
"Sora...are you really..." Kairi said slowly and sadly. "No. He can't be. I won't let him go!"
Behind them, a dark burst of light interrupted them. A tall man with silver hair and orange eyes was staring at them; it was Ansem.
"So, you have awakened at last, Princess." He said to Kairi in a cruel, twisted voice. "The Keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over."
Ansem moved towards the four of them, but Donald, Corita, and Goofy readied their weapons.
"Don't make another move!" Donald cried.
"Do you think we can stop him all by ourselves?" Goofy asked.
"Probably not. No harm in trying, right?" Corita said brightly. Before they got a chance to try, however, Ansem stopped walking. He seemed to be trying to move forward, but something was blocking his path.
"Impossible!" Ansem muttered to himself.
A transparant image of Riku appeared in front of Ansem. He was holding his arms out, blocking Ansem's path.
"No...you won't use me for this!" Riku cried, still holding out his arms.
"Riku!" Kairi called out to him.
"You've got to run! The Heartless are coming!" Riku said to them as several Shadows appeared behind them. Kairi nodded, and the four of them turned to run.
"What about the Keyhole?" Goofy asked as they ran.
"Let's just get out of here!" Donald answered.
Corita has stopped running, however. Ansem and Riku had vanished, leaving only an empty room except for a single Heartless. Something inside of her told her to run, though. The Heartless moved towards her slowly, but it didn't creep like a normal Heartless.
"Corita, what the heck are you doing!?" Donald cried.
"You guys go! I'll catch up!" She said, kneeling down to the Heartless's level.
"Is that you...Sora?" Corita whispered softly, not daring to believe it. The Heartless gave a tiny nod, and held up something in its long claws. Corita looked at it, and saw that the Shadow Heartless was gripping a tiny, red Thalassa shell.
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---Sora53: Haha! I told you something would come of those Thalassa shells!
Fans: Meh. You fooled us. -bows- All hail Sora53!
Sora53: Yuppies! Well, I left it at a cliffhanger the past few times, so this time it wasn't as much of a cliffhanger...
Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone Fangirls: -are all dead-
Sora53: YAY! FINALLY!
Fans: Takes out dark Keyblade UPDATE SOONER!
Sora53: Meep! Hey...where'd you get that?
Fans: Umm...eBay!
Disclaimer: (again) I don't own eBay!---
Fans: You did, and we're proud!
Sora53: Really? YAY!
Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone Fangirls: YAY! WE LOVE YOU, Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone!
Sora53: So...many...fangirls...-dies-
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I own Corita. MINE!!! -pokes Corita-
"Corita!" Sora called out into the dimly lit chamber. His voice echoed around the room, but no answer came. Sora slumped against the cold stone wall, hanging his head. "Not again...how long has she been gone?"
"She was here when we first started to fight Maleficent." Goofy said, looking around and scratching his head.
"She wasn't here at the end." Beast said, and the three of them looked up at him. "I remember looking in this chamber after you three had gone through the portal. She wasn't here. You guys were too distracted with defeating Maleficent." Beast turned his head away from them. "She must've been taken when we first fought Maleficent."
These new facts, and the fact that they'd been too distracted to notice Corita missing, slowly washed over them. They stood in silence for a brief time, until Sora stood straight up and led the group towards the entrance to a new hallway that had been opened.
"C'mon, you guys. I think I know who took Corita."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
Sora, Donald, and Goofy entered the huge hallway (Beast had insisted on keeping guard outside.) It was a well-lit path with a large stairway leading to a platform ahead of them. The three of them walked slowly up the hallway, looking all around them. Suddenly, Donald stopped.
"Sora...Goofy...what is that?" Donald asked weakly, pointing to the walls.
Encased in a strong barrier was a familiar-looking young woman who appeared to be unconsious. After a moment, Sora suddenly remembered something.
"Princess...Jasmine?" Sora said softly, stepping back. There were five others on the walls, all appearing to be unconsious.
"Wasn't Princess Jasmine kidnapped in Agrabah?" Goofy asked slowly. Sora and Donald nodded their heads.
"Let's keep moving." Sora said bravely, walking forward, followed by Donald and Goofy. They started slowly up one of the paths that led to the upper platform, and Sora caught a small glimpse of dark red hair.
"She's here!" Sora cried, breaking into a run. Goofy and Donald followed him to the platform, but Goofy was knocked back by an invisible barrier.
The platform they were now on was right in front of a huge, multicolored keyhole. Huge pieces of twisted metal and broken stone scattered the perimeter of the circular area. On an outside wall, sitting against a wall, was Corita. She appeared to be unconsious as well, but her head jerked slightly as Sora ran up the steps. The person in the center of the circle, however, was what Sora had been searching for since the beginning. Kairi lay on the floor, not moving at all. Sora ran up to Kairi instantly, not noticing Goofy.
"Kairi!" Sora said as he ran to her. He kneeled on the ground next to her and shook her gently. "Kairi, Kairi! Open your eyes!"
"It's no use." said a cold, cruel voice. Sora looked to where the voice had come from, and saw Riku sitting on top of a small ledge above the glowing keyhole, gripping his dark Keyblade in his hands. "That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up." Riku said in the same voice; a voice that wasn't his. Sora realized this suddenly, and stood up next to Kairi.
"What? You're...not Riku..." He said slowly, Riku's words still ringing in his ears. Riku ignored this and lept lightly off the ledge.
"The Keyhole cannot be completed so as long as the last Princess of Heart still sleeps." He said as he floated slowly down to Sora's level.
"The princess..." Sora muttered to himself. "Kairi's a princess?" He asked Riku.
"Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete." Riku answered. "It is time she awakened."
"Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!" Sora cried. Riku looked at him for a moment, and then spoke.
"But first, you must give the princess back her heart." He said calmly.
Suddenly, Sora felt a rush of pain surge through his body and up to his heart. Clutching his heart, Sora fell to his knees. "Sora!" Donald cried, moving closer to him.
"Don't you see yet?" Riku asked, stepping towards them. "The Princess's heart is responding! It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!"
"Kairi...Kairi's inside me?" Sora asked softly. A long silence followed this statement as this information sunk in.
"I know all that there is to know." Riku said boldly, taking another step towards Sora and Donald.
"Tell me. Who are you?" Sora called out, still clutching his heart in pain.
"It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness." Riku cried out, still holding his dark Keyblade. He proceeded towards where Sora and Donald were. Donald daringly ran towards Riku/Ansem, but he was knocked away and thrown through the barrier where Goofy sat watching. Riku reached Sora and lifted his dark Keyblade over his head.
"So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness!"
Riku swung his Keyblade at Sora, but Sora heard something that gave him strength.
"Sora!" Came Kairi's voice from somewhere inside him. Sora lifted his Keyblade in an instant, blocking Riku's attack.
"Forget it." Sora growled as he pushed Riku back and stood up. "There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Shouldn't he move Kairi and Corita out of the way when he's fighting like that?" Goofy asked.
"Apparantly not." Donald answered nervously. They were sitting on the edge of the magical barrier that blocked their way to the battle. Sora and Riku were locked in a fierce battle of light and dark.
"Don't step on her!" Goofy called out to Sora when he stumbled and nearly hit Kairi.
"I feel bad about Corita. None of us noticed that she was missing."
"Have we EVER really been nice to Corita?" Goofy said sadly. The two of them sat in silence, watching the battle.
Sora and Riku's battle continued for a very long time. Without Corita's healing spells, Sora was left with potions to heal himself. Riku's attacks were swift and unpredictable compared to Sora's.
"Now witness true power!" Riku cried as he floated into the air and began to glow.
"Great..." Donald said sarcastically as Sora was knocked back by an attack.
"Open your heart to the darkness!" Riku bellowed as he lunged at Sora with his Keyblade. The two of them clashed and Riku was knocked down. Sora got in a few hits before Riku pulled himself up again.
"That's the way to fight!" Goofy cheered.
The battle raged for an extremely long time. Eventually, Sora and Riku were both worn out, but they kept fighting. Sora slashed Riku a few final times, and Riku slumped down and vanished into the darkness.
"Riku!" Sora cried, reaching out for him, but quickly pulling his arm away. Donald and Goofy ran past him.
"Sora! Sora, look!" Donald said.
"The-the Keyhole!" Goofy cried, pointing to the glowing Keyhole. Sora walked up to it and held out his Keyblade, but nothing happened.
"It won't work! The Keyhole's not finished yet!"
"What can we do?" Sora wondered, putting away his Keyblade.
"Maybe we've gotta go wake Kairi up." Goofy said simply, turning towards Kairi who was still resting in the middle of the room.
"I think you're right. If we can free her heart...but...but how?" Sora wondered aloud, thinking hard. His eyes turned to the dark Keyblade that Riku had left behind.
"A Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts... I wonder." Sora said, moving towards the dark Keyblade.
"Sora! Hold on!" Goofy cried as Sora picked the dark Keyblade up off the floor.
"No! Wait!" Donald cried as well. Sora observed the Keyblade carefully, and with a final bright smile at Donald and Goofy, thrust the Keyblade into his heart.
Sora began to glow brightly with a brilliant light as the dark Keyblade vanished into seven brightly colored orbs. Sora fell to his knees as these orbs flew off in different directions. Six of them flew towards where the six young women were being held. One of them flew to Corita. They re- entered the people's bodies, and Corita began to slowly stirr.
A single orb flew out of Sora himself, and this one flew towards Kairi. It entered her body, and she opened her eyes.
"Sora!" Kairi and Corita cried as they ran to him. However, when they reached him, he'd vanished into countless tiny orbs of light. They floated gently towards the ceiling as the four of them watched.
"Sora! Come back, Sora!" Donald cried as the orbs floated away from them.
"What's... What's happening to me? Falling...falling...into darkness."
"Sora...are you really..." Kairi said slowly and sadly. "No. He can't be. I won't let him go!"
Behind them, a dark burst of light interrupted them. A tall man with silver hair and orange eyes was staring at them; it was Ansem.
"So, you have awakened at last, Princess." He said to Kairi in a cruel, twisted voice. "The Keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over."
Ansem moved towards the four of them, but Donald, Corita, and Goofy readied their weapons.
"Don't make another move!" Donald cried.
"Do you think we can stop him all by ourselves?" Goofy asked.
"Probably not. No harm in trying, right?" Corita said brightly. Before they got a chance to try, however, Ansem stopped walking. He seemed to be trying to move forward, but something was blocking his path.
"Impossible!" Ansem muttered to himself.
A transparant image of Riku appeared in front of Ansem. He was holding his arms out, blocking Ansem's path.
"No...you won't use me for this!" Riku cried, still holding out his arms.
"Riku!" Kairi called out to him.
"You've got to run! The Heartless are coming!" Riku said to them as several Shadows appeared behind them. Kairi nodded, and the four of them turned to run.
"What about the Keyhole?" Goofy asked as they ran.
"Let's just get out of here!" Donald answered.
Corita has stopped running, however. Ansem and Riku had vanished, leaving only an empty room except for a single Heartless. Something inside of her told her to run, though. The Heartless moved towards her slowly, but it didn't creep like a normal Heartless.
"Corita, what the heck are you doing!?" Donald cried.
"You guys go! I'll catch up!" She said, kneeling down to the Heartless's level.
"Is that you...Sora?" Corita whispered softly, not daring to believe it. The Heartless gave a tiny nod, and held up something in its long claws. Corita looked at it, and saw that the Shadow Heartless was gripping a tiny, red Thalassa shell.
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---Sora53: Haha! I told you something would come of those Thalassa shells!
Fans: Meh. You fooled us. -bows- All hail Sora53!
Sora53: Yuppies! Well, I left it at a cliffhanger the past few times, so this time it wasn't as much of a cliffhanger...
Sora/Riku/Ansem/Anyone Fangirls: -are all dead-
Sora53: YAY! FINALLY!
Fans: Takes out dark Keyblade UPDATE SOONER!
Sora53: Meep! Hey...where'd you get that?
Fans: Umm...eBay!
Disclaimer: (again) I don't own eBay!---