Chapter 7 – Finale

Lying on her bed, Frost relaxed across the blue sheets. Finally, some rest and proper beds. Riku and Moki were just beyond that door. It wasn't locked; she hadn't heard him lock it. 'Just reach out, that's it,' she thought, regretfully hanging her head over the edge of the bed.

'Nooooo.'

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"No, Master Riku, you cannot leave me here," Moki begged. Riku sighed.

"I have to Moki, we'll be at the door in an hour's walk, I can't take you with me," he said, pushing on his latest wound. On one of his main arteries, it was bleeding pretty profusely. Maybe he should get Frost to look at it…

"But I have to save the Minutians" Moki pleaded gently. Her whole race's hopes were resting on her shoulders.

"Your race will be safe when we find the door, don't worry Moki," Riku assured her. She tried to smile, helping him press on a wound. It was bleeding slightly, but wasn't bad enough to worry about.

"Oh, Riku," Frost sighed as she rushed over to the silver-haired teenager. His shirt was resting on the Asian red chest, while his abdomen was decorated with blood red punctures. Frost noticed they looked like bite wounds.

"It's nothing, don't worry over it Frost," Riku turned his head to her, placing his hands on hers which were resting on the wound that he had been fretting about. Electricity danced between them and Moki smiled knowingly.

"Yes Frost. Don't fuss over the poor boy, who'll probably dump you for some whore back in his own world."

Riku's head jerked towards the doorway. Frost already knew who it was.

"I was born there too, Star. You are the artificial one," Frost turned to the blackened girl. Star smirked, her features becoming elongated.

"I thought we left you" Riku said to the gothic girl. The smirk pasted on her pale face only widened.

"I'm the last challenge dearie, you can't leave me, and you can't leave my world," her body twisted to reveal a pair of black, tattered wings protruding from her shoulder blades "She always knew, why not tell lover boy, Frost?"

Frost glared.

"He'd want to defeat me back in the memory wall, and that would screw up your chances, wouldn't it? Just admit it, Frost," Star gave the girl a pitiful glance.

"You know damn well that if we had destroyed you there it would have collapsed," Frost began to draw her blade. Riku was already next to her, swallowing a hi-potion. The skin on his side began to grow and stretch over his injuries.

"We have to get to the door" Frost whispered.

"How?"

"Run."

And they ran. As fast as they could next to a witch with wings. Frost cast Aero around both of them which deflected most of the purple orbs hurled towards them. They finally reached the door.

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"How do we get it open?" Frost asked Riku while dodging another negative orb. The positive orbs were drawn towards Riku.

"How should I know? I assume there's a key or something!" Riku grunted. Frost dared a glimpse back towards the door. A strange blue light was hovering at chest level before the door.

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"Sora! Sora! Where are you?!" Kairi yelled at Sora's empty bed. First he'd been there now he wasn't.

"You better not have died!"

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"Maybe that's it!" Frost pointed to the door while releasing bolts of lightning on Star. Star, however, was evading her and noticed the hovering blue light too.

Riku looked towards it and saw a shape emerging. It looked like…

"A Keyblade! It's got to be Sora!"

The figure finally emerged.

"Hey, what's going on?" Sora asked and suddenly jerked back. A heartless shadow had nearly hit him. Sora ran towards Riku and Frost. Star bellowed furiously.

"Sora! Fight!" Riku yelled to his best friend.

"I can't!" he yelled, just evading another heartless, "I lost the Keyblade after you disappeared!"

"Here!" Frost yelled, pulling the Keyblade from the light and shoving it quickly at Sora.

"Whoa. Who's she?"

"It doesn't matter who I am! Just fight!"

Frost collided with a heartless. The heartless ripped through her, revealing a heart which floated above her body.

"NO! FROST!" Riku dived for Frost, but before he could reach her, her heart began to shudder.

"She's gone Riku!" Star yelled, firing at Sora still while he hit her. Sora's blade suddenly began to glow and shot at Frost. It crashed into her heart which fell back into her, leaving a small heart shaped lily on her chest.

"Shit!" Star raged, firing even more bolts and orbs. The Keyblade then returned to Sora who hit Star again. Riku angrily rammed her with his blade, shattering her face.

"You…idiots…everything will perish…" Star muttered before completely disappearing. Frost shot up quickly.

"I feel like I've been dead" she said, standing up. Nonetheless, she ran to the door, the lily in her hand. She knew the world would destruct now that Star was gone.

"Damn! I only have the lily!" she yelled back, seeing that the door held a slot for a key and a lily. The key. She needed the key.

Unbeknownst to either Riku or Frost, Sora jerked forward, revealing his heart. Heartless began to race. They had found the heart of the Key master, there would be no more destruction for them. As quickly as his heart had left his body it entered again, leaving a small jeweled key on his chest. Sora quickly picked it up and ran to the door, never wanting to experience losing his heart again.

"Here" he panted, noticing that the key had the same jewel patterns as the door.

"You have to put it in" Frost said to Sora, her eyes jumping with excitement. Sora placed the key in the door and waited. A beam emitted from the door and washed over Kingdom Hearts, passing along creating colours.

"It's colourful again, like home," Frost whispered as trees became green, flowers became every colour, and the sky turned from its usual black to blue. Riku watched in wonderment, as Sora gasped. He looked to the door, which had begun to open. Sora was not as emotionally floored as Riku and Frost were. Frost had begun to sob silently but with a huge smile on her face while Riku was fighting back tears of joy.

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"Master! MASTER!" Moki yelled at the top of her little lungs, merely causing a ringing in her ears.

They had just disappeared! How? Why were all these colours forming?

This was too much!

"I'm going back to the Minutians!" Moki yelled at the huge door and stomped off.

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"Home" Sora said as he stared around at the island.

"It's been so long" Riku sighed, smiling around. Everything was as he remembered. The coconut trees were still growing, the ocean was as blue as ever, and the race course was still intact.

"It's so bright" Frost squinted, used to being in the darkness and wearing only dark clothes to blend in "And I don't have any clothes, damn." She stared down at her black pants, black shirt and black shoes and sighed heavily.

"I can help you there" Riku reassured her "I'll show you around."

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