Me: HELLO!

Cast: (falls over)

Me: I'm back from my hiatus. I know you're all thrilled to see me.

Riku: You have no idea.

Digitaldreamer: …But I was just enjoying the lack of yelling at me to type MY fic…

Me: Okay, I am sad to say that this is the last chapter of Revenge of the Darkness.

All: (groan)

Sora: FINALLY!

Digitaldreamer: WHOO!

Kairi: Why are you so happy?

Digitaldreamer: No more beta reading!

Sora: No more torture! No more pain! No more Wish! No....

Me: ... (is crying)

Sora: Oops.... well, I'll miss you.

Me: (sniff)

Digitaldreamer: (pats Wish on the back and gives her a tissue)

Yuffie: Nice going, you made her cry!

Me: Just read the last chapter.

Disney Castle

Sora opened his eyes slowly and all he got was a blur of color. He blinked a few times and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Groaning, he sat up and a thin blanket fell off of him. Looking around, he saw that he was lying on a couch in a large room. And surrounding the dome like ceiling was... mouse icons?

"Sora! You're awake!" a girl screamed. Before he could react, he was hit by a green-yellow blur that knocked both of them over the couch.

"Yu-Yuffie?"" Sora stuttered as the teenage ninja glomped his middle.

"Guys, he's awake!'' she yelled over her shoulder. Sora could hear hurried footsteps and soon Kairi, Fire and Crystal had jumped on him as well.

"We were so worried about you!" Kairi squealed.

"You've been asleep for ages!" added Fire.

Above all the girls' voices he heard a mocking voice say, "Give him some air, would you?"

One by one, the girls released their hold on the young teen and Sora sat up, rubbing his side gingerly as he looked into the aqua green eyes of Riku.

"So, sleeping beauty is finally awake?" another voice said from the doorway. The voice belonged to Aerith, and standing around her were Cloud, Leon, King Mickey, Donald and Goofy.

"Sora!" Goofy cried. "How ya' feeling?''

"I've been worse," Sora admitted. His eyes darted around the room before asking the question you all knew was coming; "What happened?"

Riku rolled his eyes. "Despite the fact that that question is extremely cliché," Sora stuck his tongue out at him, "I guess it's our job to tell you..." Riku smirked again, "... your majesty."

"That's it," Sora growled, standing up. "If one more person calls me that I'm blasting their fucking head off." He twirled his Keyblade around in his fingers to finalize the statement.

"Touchy, touchy," Riku said, leaning back on the couch Sora had abandoned.

"Don't you remember anything?" Kairi asked, ignoring the fact that Riku and Sora were currently having a staring contest.

Sora blinked in confusion ("HA! I win!" Riku shouted). "The last thing I remember was when Malificent and them were trapped and a few of you were out. Then.... I had this weird feeling, like I felt it before. Then I blacked out. I think I remember waking up from something at one time, but that was it."

"It's the same thing you saw during the Test of Strength," Crystal told him. "You know, the King thing."

"Hey, that rhymed!" Fire shouted gleefully. Everybody turned to look at her, eyebrows raised. It was a few moments before she realized her randomness and closed her mouth, blushing.

"Ookkaayyy..." Yuffie said.

"Anyway..." King Mickey continued. "You used the same attack again, in the same mode."

"But what happened to Malificent? And Ursula.... and Jafar..."

"They're all destroyed," Donald told him.

"How?" the poor, confused Sora asked.

"You!" Kairi exclaimed. "You went all glowy and killed them all. You barely had to lift a finger." ( Digitaldreamer: SUPER KINGY GLOWY ATTACK OF DOOM! )

"Wow..." Sora whispered in awe.

"Wow is right," King Mickey agreed. "I've never seen such power. There's no doubt that you're the King now."

Sora sighed heavily. His mind had been buzzing with so much confusion and questions that the King predicament had completely slipped his mind. A voice rang out in his head; "I've accepted my fate...." With a pang, Sora realized that that was his voice. He wasn't sure how, but he knew it was. They're right.... I'm right.... It's my fate, it's time I accept it. Might as well get it over with.

He plopped down on a chair by the couch and looked into the eyes of King Mickey. "What do you want me to do?"

"I want you to make up your mind," King Mickey said gently. "You can refuse the throne, you know what happens then, or you can...."

"...take the throne, I know," Sora groaned, rolling his eyes.

There was a moment's pause until Donald said, "Well?"

"Don't have that much of a choice, do I?" Sora asked with a bitter smile. "As long as I'm allowed out of the cursed castle every now and then, I guess I'll stay."

King Mickey grinned while Goofy and Donald jumped up and down; glad to have Sora staying with them. He began talking to Sora, but he wasn't really listening.

And neither was Riku or Kairi. Both were frowning slightly, Kairi holding more to a sadder expression. Neither wanted to lose their friend.

Later in Some Random Hallway

Sora was walking down the hallway, thinking over the conversation he had barely listened to.

"You're gonna have to stay here for lessons,"

"In a few years, around four or five, you'll take over,"

"I'm not sure when you can go back to visit your island, only time can tell..."

"Time," Sora snorted. "What a bunch of bullshit."

"Sora!" two voices cried from behind him. The future King turned around to see Kairi and Riku running towards him.

"Hey'', Sora said dully as they stopped in front of him, panting.

"We just wanted to tell you something," Kairi said, straightening up as Riku did the same.

Sora blinked. "Is it more bad news?"

Riku shook his head. "No, I think this might be good news for once.''

"Really, what?" Sora asked, some of his old spark coming back to him now that he was about to hear something that could possibly brighten his situation.

"We can stay here with you!" Kairi exclaimed happily.

"Huh?" Sora asked, confused once again.

"Yeah, we were thinking that if you had to stay here and learn the entire King crap, we might as well be here with you," Riku pointed out.

"Uh-huh, I'm sure that King Mickey would let us stay.

Sora stood there, dumbstruck. "You guys would really do that for me?"

They both nodded. "We could stay here with you, no sweat."

Sora just sighed and shook his head, a small, sad smile on his lips. "I couldn't do that to you guys."

"Why?" Kairi asked. "It's no problem, really we could..."

But she was silenced as Sora put his hand up. "We all know that you'd be miserable stuck here at the castle. We've worked so hard to get back home to Destiny Islands, you need to go back."

"But what about you?" Kairi asked, eyes shining from unshed tears. "We can't leave you all alone!"

"I won't be alone," he assured her, trying to cheer the girl up. "Goofy and Donald are here. They're not you guys, but..." he stopped, imagining life without Kairi and Riku. He never knew of a time they had been separated except when he was traveling from world to world, looking for them.

"We can stay!" Riku insisted. "You don't have to do this alone. We can be there for you."

Sora chuckled. "You're always going to be there," he told his best friend. "Nothing is gonna change. Besides, somebody has to go back and explain to everybody what happened. And to tell my mom that no, Leon and Yuffie did NOT kidnap me..."

He stepped forward and rested a hand on each of their shoulders. "I'll come back to you.... I promise."

Night Time on a Balcony

Kairi stood alone on the balcony, looking up at the stars that winked lazily at her from the dark skies. She and the rest were given rooms to sleep in for the night. King Mickey had arranged for a gummi ship to take them all back home the next day before the walls dividing the worlds closed up again and they wouldn't be able to go back. Cloud was going to Traverse Town with Aerith. Yuffie, Leon, Kairi and Riku were heading towards Destiny Islands. Sora, of course, was staying.

"Sora..." Kairi whispered, a tear running slowly down her cheek.

"Somebody say my name?" a cheery voice above her asked.

Kairi started, her eyes darting up. She watched as Sora plopped down onto the floor, folding back his wings.

"Don't scare me like that!" she said, trying to look serious but failing as she grinned at the bouncy teenager standing before her.

But his smile vanished as light reflected the tear drop on her cheek. He raised a hand and brushed it away softly, his hand lingering there. "What's wrong?" he asked quietly.

Kairi raised her hand and closed it around Sora's, which was on her cheek. "I.... I don't want you to go..." She choked back a sob.

"Hey, don't cry," Sora coaxed, wandering how he could comfort her; he wasn't good at this kind of thing. "Everything'll be fine, you'll see..."

"How?" she asked. "We leave tomorrow and we don't know when we can see each other again..."

Sora thought for a moment, and then grinned broadly. "Then we need to make it a night neither of us forgets."

(Me: No, you dirty birdies; they're not going to have sex.)

"Huh?" Kairi asked, puzzled.

"Take my hand," he said softly. She did so and Sora pulled her into his arms, her back pressed against his chest. "You ready?"

Kairi nodded, curious as to what he was going to do. But then she wondered no more as Sora spread out his wings and flapped down hard, sending them both into the air.

"Whoa!" Kairi exclaimed as she felt the rushing in her stomach. Her hands locked on Sora's arms which were locked securely on her waist. (Me: Okay, people, now is the time to whip out the song "A Whole New World and play it. PLAY IT! Don't act as if you didn't see this song coming.)

Sora and Kairi soared over the castle, the light shining up on them. They could see everything from up there. "Wow..." Kairi whispered.

Cool night air rushed into their faces, the only sound being the beating of Sora's two wings. But, surprisingly, he didn't have to flap that hard. He titled his wings in a downwards angle, sending them into a dive.

Kairi gasped as she saw the oncoming water of the huge lake. But Sora pulled out of the dive just in time, water splashing from the sides. He glided over the water, not needing to beat his wings at all.

Giggling, Kairi slowly let her right hand let go of Sora's arm and let her fingers skim along the water. A jet of water flew up behind.

Sora grinned; she was having a good time. He brought his wings up higher and a gust sent them upwards, rocketing them to the stars.

He flew straight and soon the village came into view. Sora let their altitude drop a bit so they could get a better view of the town. Only but a few people were still walking around and they pointed up to them as they flew by.

Sora's eyes spied a flower stand ahead. He dropped lower and snatched a bright purple flower with one hand as the other kept a firm grasp on Kairi. She giggled as he handed it to her. She examined the beautiful flower before tucking it behind her ear.

Sora's grin grew wider and he flew upwards once more; this world was larger then it looked. He flew above the many houses and stores as Kairi looked around happily; she had never had so much fun before.

"You like the view?" Sora asked as they flew upwards again.

"I love it," she said happily, turning her head slightly to smile at Sora.

Sora blushed slightly as they rose to the gentle blanket of clouds that lay above. Sora flew through one of them and both laughed at the ticklish sensation it gave them, the white mist rushing around. Sora banked to the right and they went down in a spiraling fashion. He pulled up before they hit the ground and flew straight up, making a graceful loop like in a roller coaster. He flew up a few feet, then down, and up, and then down again until he steadied his pace so they could see the entire landscape.

"It's so beautiful," Kairi whispered in awe.

"Not as beautiful as you," Sora whispered into her ear.

Now it was Kairi's turn to blush as he flew back to the castle. Flying was wonderful, and to him it seemed easier then walking. But it was tiring, especially when you were carrying another person.

He halted by her balcony and lifted her over the railing. Her bare feet hit the stone and it felt a bit weird to be on solid ground. She turned around to see Sora hovering there, flapping his wings slightly to keep aloft and rising and falling a few inches with every wing beat.

"Thanks," she said softly.

"No problem," he said with his trademark grin.

He's grown up so much, Kairi thought idly as she drew something out of her pocket. "I want you to have this."

Sora held out his hand and in it Kairi dropped her oathkeeper that now had a chain hanging around it.

"You're oathkeeper..." he whispered, holding it up.

Kairi giggled a bit. "Yep. Now when you get lonely, just look at the oathkeeper. It will help you keep your oath to come back to me. Remember... you promised."

Sora smiled. He pulled off his crown necklace and held it out to her. "This will remind you that I always keep my promises. And I will come back to you.... no matter what."

Kairi slipped the necklace on and felt a surge of warmth flow through her body, just as Sora felt as he slipped on the oathkeeper.

"And it will keep all the boys away," Sora added. Kairi looked up at him.

He leaned in slowly and kissed her. Cue the fireworks. That sure as hell would sum up what Kairi felt right now. (Me: Alright, alright, I admit it. I'm watching Aladdin right now. ((Digitaldreamer gives her a "stop stealing scenes from copyrighted movies" look))) Sora pulled away and whispered, "I love you, Kairi."

And with that, his wings shot up and he rocketed off, leaving Kairi standing there to stare after him. "I love you, Sora."

Departure Time

They were all gathered at the launch pad. Ozen had finally come to fetch Fire and Crystal who had jobs to get back to.

"We'll come and visit you, we promise!" Crystal exclaimed.

"Yeah, and good luck Sora!" Fire added.

"Thanks, I'm gonna need it," he said solemnly.

"Bye guys!" Crystal said, stepping back.

Ozen was waiting for them. "C'mon, we gotta get back. I have a lot of work to do."

"What work?" Goofy asked.

"Well, since Maleficent and the heartless were back, they destroyed the borders between the worlds," he said sadly. I have to get things in order to rebuild it. But I made sure there was enough time to get everybody back home."

Cloud stared blankly for a moment as Crystal turned to him. She grinned cheekily. "…You know Cloud, you're a bit tall, maybe you could bend down a bit so I can kiss you?

Cloud gave her a glare.

"Oh fine, you're no fun. But ah, I do have this request from your fan club up above…" She whipped out a piece of paper. "Would you mind donning some extremely sexy and revealing gothic clothing? Maybe go smooch with Sephiroth? It's for the yaoi fans."

The blond warrior stared at her wide-eyed for a moment. "Hell no!" He cried. "You're fucking insane!"

Crystal stared at him for a moment. Then she grinned and turned away,
random hearts popping around her. "Squeeee! Cloud-kun complimented me! He called me insane! OhmyGOD the girls are gonna be so jealous!!"

Cloud groaned, running a hand through his hair. "Crazy fangirls…"

"Well, I guess we'll be seeing you guys soon," Fire said hopefully. Ozen was already shimmering back but not before Fire and Crystal (Firebolt, you're wish is granted) kissed Sora on the cheek.

Kairi twitched in annoyance but let it slide. But when Riku watched Fire kiss Sora, he felt a rush of jealousy. Why is she kissing his.... wait.... why do I care?!

Fire and Crystal shimmered back up while Sora stared wide-eyed where they were just standing; of all the things he had expected that was definitely not one of them.

"Now that we have that taken care of..." Yuffie said nervously.

"I guess we have to go as well," Aerith said sadly.

"Thanks for all of your help," King Mickey said.

"No prob," Yuffie said carelessly. "Just call when you need me to save the worlds again."

Everybody rolled their eyes at the slightly self-centered Yuffie.

"Good luck kid," Leon said, ruffling the boys hair in a brotherish way.

"Yeah don't work too hard," Cloud murmured audibly in a sarcastic voice; everybody knew that Riku was more likely to take tap dancing lessons then Sora working hard.

"Yeah, I'll work hard alright," Sora said, rolling his eyes. "Then Riku and Fire will start going out with each other." Everybody was too bust laughing to see Riku blush.

(Me: Okay, I have one final wish for all of you. I want you to play 'Simple and Clean' slow version. It makes the ending much more emotional)

"I hope we meet again, Sora," Aerith said to the Keyblade master.

"Me too," Sora said with a trademark grin.

As Yuffie, Leon, Aerith and Cloud boarded the ship being driven by a dog-like creature thing from the castle, Riku and Kairi hung back to have a last minute goodbye with Sora who was standing with King Mickey, Donald and Goofy.

"I guess this is good bye," Kairi said sadly.

"Take care," Riku said, seizing Sora in a quick one armed hug.

"Maybe I can get Fire or Crystal to carry messages to you guys or something," Sora told him hopefully.

Riku just nodded and Kairi stepped forward. "I'm going to miss you," she said quietly so that only Sora could hear. "Come back to me soon." She threw her arms around his neck and buried her head against his chest.

"I'll come back to you, I promise," Sora whispered, kissing the top of her head.

"I know you will," she whispered back. She stepped back and they looked into each others eyes... one last time.

"Come on," Riku whispered. He led Kairi up the ramp onto the ship and they both looked back just one more time.

With a hissing noise, the ramp slid shut and Kairi and Riku rushed to the windows to look out at their friend. Sora smiled sadly, waving at them. A small tear could be seen at the corner of his eye no matter how much he tried to look brave. Kairi began to sob and smile as she tried to wave back, and Riku just stared sadly out the window, a single pearly tear running down his cheek.

Soras continued to wave as he watched the gummi ship rise into the air and slowly speed off, picking up speed. He kept on staring until he could no longer see his friends' faces in the windows, until the ship was no more then a black spec. And with a flash, it was gone.

Sora's hand fell to the ground.

"Don't worry, Sora, you'll see 'em again," Goofy said, trying his best to cheer his friend up."

"Yeah, I guess so," Sora said sadly, eyes not moving from the sky.

"C'mon, let's get inside," King Mickey encouraged. He, Goofy, and Donald headed in but Sora lingered for a moment, still staring.

When you walk away,
You don't hear me say,
Please, oh baby
Don't go.

"I'll come back, I promise," Sora whispered.

Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight.
It's hard to let it go.

He turned slowly on his heel and towards Disney Castle. He had no idea what was going to happen...

... but he was facing it when it came.

END

Me: The end.

Digitaldreamer: Damnit, that almost made me cry! Wish, you ass! How am I supposed to type things if I short-circuit the keyboard!?

All: WHAT?!

Me: (falls over) What what?

Kairi: You mean the story is over?

Me: Yep.

Riku: No more torture?

Me: Nope.

Sora: No more restless nights bending over the keyboard?

Me: Nope.

All: ...

Me: Soo...

KH Cast: Sooo....

Kairi: What now?

Me: OH! I know! An epilogue!

All: YAAAYY!

Me: Okay people, in your review tell me whether or not I should have an epilogue. In it I would also have a summary of the three upcoming stories.

Kairi: Everybody say 'ooohhh'.

Everybody: Ooohhh.

Digitaldreamer: …boo.

Kairi: Everybody say 'aaahhh'.

Everybody: Aaahhh.

Digitaldreamer: No.

Me: (rolls eyes) I will also have those credit thingys and thank you's to everybody who reviewed the story.

All: WOOP!

Digitaldreamer: Oh crap, that'll make the chapter twice as long as usual!

Me: Well, this is it. Farewell my faithful readers! (Bows and the curtains close)

Digitaldreamer: AH! I can't see! (runs around behind curtain, trips and falls, lands on face) I meant to do that.

(Head peeps out of curtain) Oh yeah, and lots and lots of thank you's to my Beta Reader, Digitaldreamer. Without her the story would be a pile of shit. So if you want to thank anybody, thank her. Thank you and GOOD NIGHT! (head disappears)