Kingdom Hearts: Apocalypse of the Eternal Gone

Chapter 10: Hollow Bastion-Killer of One Thousand Worlds

Part 1: The Arrival, and the Sacrifice

By: Tetra-Assassin

It's been 3 years since Sora struck down Ansem forever. However, an ancient prophecy told that all the worlds would no longer be linked when the door is shut. This was not the case, even though Sora shut Kingdom Hearts. Another thing.... According to the Deep Dive ending video, there were 3 Keyblades. Now it appears that 2 more have spawned. Another prophecy, discovered in the Destiny Islands says, "When the Hikari, the Yami, their lovers, and the master of neutrality each wield a Keyblade, only then will the apocalypse of the eternal gone commence."

"There it is!" shouted Kamona as they landed at Rising Falls. They had finally returned to the mother of all worlds, except perhaps End of the World...Hollow Bastion. Here, they had lost Sora's heart, killed Maleficent, destroyed her Dragon Form, killed the first Behemoth, saved Kairi and the other six Princesses of Heart, and most of all, they freed Riku from darkness; that only took two tries to accomplish. At least for now, and what they were going to do here was beyond anything their minds could come up with. Or anybody else's for that matter.

"Come on people, we don't have all day!" yell Fen as he and the rest of the group stepped off onto the first platform.

"Oh, guys. Don't worry about the water, there's nothing in it that could kill us," said Sora, since the rest of the group was afraid about touching the water.

"Hey, what's with the air bubbles down below there?" Kairi asked, motioning to the air pocket underwater.

"That's just to get to underwater chests. Donald, Goofy, and I cleared it out on our first time here."

"Speaking of those two, whatever happened to them?" asked Riku. He was wondering too, seeing as for a time they were his servants.

"They got trapped in Kingdom Hearts with Mickey. How they got there is beyond me, but the note they left mentioned something about a hidden desire to remain with their king, no matter where he was or how healthy he was. It's similar to that of a boyfriend and girlfriend kind of thing. The boy will always protect the girl, no matter what kind of danger she's in. Isn't that right, Kairi?" said Sora with a smile at Kairi, who put her arm around him.

"I'll take that as a yes on Kairi's part," said Tetra, motioning towards the two lovers. "Hey Sakaye, how's the weather up there?"

"Good, thanks for asking. We'd better hurry; I'm already sensing evil, and lots of it."

"Sounds like a challenge guys, let's go for it!" The group then rushed up the platforms to the waiting tram, unaware that on the other side of tramline, all hell was about to break loose. It appeared to be like a rubber band, just waiting to snap.

"Let's do a final check on our weapons. We don't want them breaking in the middle of a fight," said Kamona. They had 10 minutes left until the tram stopped at the other end.

"True dat. Let's sharpen our swords, test our magic..." Sora stopped in mid-sentence. Riku's hair just looked like it came out of the fire and onto his head. "Tetra, there's a reason why you use four elements instead of one!"

"What did I do? The magic wasn't targeted at him. He just happened to get in the way."

"Just like Kairi just happened to be the one to lose her heart!"

"STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!" Kairi screamed at them. "There's way too much macho in this tram, and it's starting to stink the place up." She then turned to Kamona. "We girls gotta look out for each other, yeah? Especially seeing as there's five of them, and two of us."

"Agreed. Now, let me see your weapons," said Kamona. Kairi then turned over her bow and arrow set. "Wow, that's a lot less than you started with. Sakaye, get your ass over here. We have arrows to create," motioning Sakaye to come over to where she was. "Oh, and Kairi, for you." She then opened a box, with a new shirt for Kairi. It was gray and navy blue, with white arrows down the arms. There was only one problem. The shirt didn't appear to fit...or did it?

"Well guys, let's prepare for the inevitable hell we are about to face," said Sora, as everyone picked up their weapons or charged a spell. "Oh, and nice shirt Kairi." He turned around. Kairi managed to get the shirt to fit, and there was an arrow pointed straight at him. Not on the shirt, but fitted in the bow. "Right. So, are we ready?"

"HELL YEA!" shouted the rest of the group. It was evident that they were pumped up for the fighting.

"Let's go!" shouted Sora, as he and the rest of the group jumped off the tram onto the balcony. Immediately, Invisibles, Defenders, and Wizards met them in head on combat. As Sora began hacking and slashing at them, the spell casters and Kairi began pounding the seemingly endless forces of darkness. Kamona and Riku were clearing a path towards the elevator, but they just kept coming. Suddenly, a paper dropped from the sky, all written in an arcane scripture. While Tetra held up a shield to defend them, the casters all glanced at it. After reading it, they felt more knowledge filling them up. They had learned a spell that could save them all: Bloodlust. Each one of them picked a sword master to 'lust them, in case they began to falter. Tetra got Riku, Sakaye got Kamona, and Fen'Ris picked Sora to aid. Sure enough, Sora began to be swamped. Fen'Ris sent his was a Bloodlust spell, but it hit a Heartless, which began to slow down. They had discovered Bloodlust's second effect: If a Bloodlust spell hits a creature of darkness, then it slows down. Without any warning, there was a sudden bright light.

"Good lord no, you aren't!" cried Tetra, seeing what Sakaye was doing.

"I'm afraid I have to. Heaven help me if I don't make it," said Sakaye. Then, a sword appeared in his hand, full of holy energy. "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who TRESPASS AGAINST US!" He then charged into the melee that was Sora getting swamped. He swung once, and then appeared on the other side of the group. The Heartless then disintegrated, and their hearts were released. On the other hand, sudden spurts of blood came out of Sakaye. Some Heartless hit him, either by luck or on purpose. He then crumpled over, and turned face up. Eyes closed, not breathing. He had fallen in battle to a Heartless. The price was big; unless the soul was returned via a Soul Summon spell, in five days, his soul would go to the Tower of Ronaya Migtaya (the renamed tower from Chapter Four.) Unfortunately, the spell requires the help of five other people, and if two of the gang was out of commission (minus Sakaye, of course,) then the spell cannot be preformed. Until the five-day mark, however, his soul resided in the heart of the world. In Hollow Bastion's case, it was at the keyhole, in the Dark Depths.

"DAMN YOU HEARTLESS!!!" shouted Sora, angry and sad that soulless savages took his friend from him. However, he vowed revenge for what the Heartless did.

End Part 1.

Part 2: The Soul Summoner, and the Third Core

The group entered the castle's Great Hall. Riku had Sakaye over his shoulder. Once they found a proper place to put him, they would set him down, and continue on their journey.

"So, now that we're here, what do we do?" asked Kairi, who was just as confused as the rest of them.

"Well, my guess is that we'll find the next four Heart Cores here. Where the seventh is, I have no idea," said Fen'Ris. He was being very quiet for a person like him. Normally, he would be cracking jokes, and generally talking his tongue off. However, he couldn't be bothered to do that. His new best friend could be gone forever, and he didn't have the power to pull off the Soul Summon quite yet.

CRASH! The door to the Lift Stop suddenly crashed open. In front of the door was a short man, and he had a Soul Gem in his right hand. Tetra instantly recognized what the man was. The man was a Soul Summoner, a man who could summon the souls of the departed for a price. The pricing was up to the summoner.

"Summoner! I come to you seeking a summon." That was Sora piping up. Apparently he had been taught the correct way to address a summoner. That fact surprised Tetra, who had only seen the Summoner at Olympus Coliseum. It also seemed that this one might be able to call from the Tower at Agrabah, based on his height. The shorter the summoner was, the more power he had. Based on Tetra's guess, his height would be at about one foot, two inches, the shortest yet for a summoner. So, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to call from the Tower.

"Ahh, Sora. It has been a long time. I am Casanova Iliac. I hail from Traverse Town. I remember Tetra and Sakaye very well. They were my childhood friends. However, I do not see Sakaye with your group. He always follows Tetra, even straight into trouble." He laughed as he reminisced on the past memories. "Have you any idea where he is?"

"That's why we came to see you. He has fallen to the power of the Heartless. He soul now resides in the heart of this world. We came to ask you to bring him back. We will pay whatever price you want."

"Well then, I can perform it. However, I need Power Cores of any kind. I do a PC summon, which requires cores. This kind takes four cores. I see you have three already. You will need one more. O yeah, and you have four and a half days to get one. Start now, and search fast." The group ran off to the Library, where they would start their search. For now, it seemed like it was going to be incredibly difficult to find anything in this maze of lifts, Heartless, and castle. It would take a miracle to find it, or any of the other cores for that matter.

"Remember guys, it's small, and don't forget anywhere. It can turn up-"

"SHUT UP SORA!" The gang was tired of Sora constantly shouting out orders and reminders. So, whenever he started on his tirade again, they just yelled that classic line. They moved on from the Library up to the Castle Chapel, and they had no luck until then. When they entered, there were four portals, each with a number on them, from three to six.

"Strange, there's no seven. O well, let's just go into number three, and see what happens." The group walked through portal number three, and they found Shadow Reborn, Destroyer of the Light.

As the fight began, all drew their weapons and charged their magic. Then began the massive melee that ensued. Sora began stocking MP for the Metal Mash of Doom. Riku, Kamona, and Kairi did the same. They did that by hitting and getting hit, using healing potions as necessary. When they got all the MP they could get and they were out of potions, they used Invisibility on the entire group and called a huddle. The plan was, the swords and arrows would fire MMD, and the casters would charge their most powerful spells. The spell broke, and all hell with it. As Shadow charged Darkness Calls, Sora started first:

"I don't know what's worth fighting for, or why I HAVE TO SCREAM...!" His sword had a red shroud around it, and he charged Shadow.

"I don't know why I instigate, or say what I DON"T MEAN...!" Kairi followed suit with a arrow that shot towards Shadow.

"I don't know how I got this way, I'LL NEVER BE ALL RIGHT...!" Kamona swung her sword, and a red sonic boom went after Shadow.

"So I'm breaking the habit, I'M BREAKING THE HABIT...!" said Riku, as he almost hit Shadow

"TONIGHT!" All four swords made contact, which crippled Shadow, and brought him to his knees.

"I'll paint it on the walls, 'CAUSE I'M THE ONE AT FAULT...!" shouted Tetra, firing a Supra-Tetra Strike.

"I'll never fight again, AND THIS IS HOW IT ENDS!" shouted Fen'Ris, to finish the job with an Evil Undertaker spell, which siphoned the last 5 percent of an enemy's health, and gave it to the people who last struck it. Shadow was defeated, and the entire group was healed. Shadow dropped as a defeat gift the 3rd Heart Core. They were successful.

The group then promptly returned to the Great Hall, where Casanova was waiting. He nodded his head as the group placed the four cores in front of Casanova.

"Understand that the cores will only be 33 percent burned-out. The most depleted one has 50 percent energy left. 50 minus 33 is...17 percent. The core will live. Now, recite with me the spell so we can truly bring Sakaye back..."

I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

'cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel light when you're gone away

The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

'cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

'cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel light when you're gone away

Without warning, Sakaye's body stirred. He had returned to the realm of the living, and back to all of his adventures.

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