Chapter 21
"What are you talking about?" Leia said confused, unsure of what Ururl meant.
"You, Leia," Ururl said. "You are the Eighth Princess of Heart."
Leia was stunned, as well as Sora and Luke. "But how?" She asked.
"Even I do not know that," Ururl said. "But somehow you have acquired a power great than all other hearts, in this universe at least."
"But I don't feel this power," Leia said doubtfully. "How do I know you're telling the truth about me?"
"What, you don't trust my word?" Ururl said sarcastically. "Well, if you need proof, I'll be happy to show you. Sora, hope you don't mind if I borrow this." Ururl walks over to Sora and picks up his Keyblade.
"No." Sora tries to say and hold on to the Keyblade, but Ururl rips it from his grasp.
"Thank you," Ururl said and kicked Sora, causing him to moan in pain. "And Leia, here you go." And with that, Ururl shoves the Keyblade into Leia's chest. Leia gasps in surprise as the front of the Keyblade dissolves into her body. Ururl, still holding the hilt of the Keyblade, turns it and Leia gasps again. A bright light suddenly appears, coming from Leia herself, and begins to build in intensity. Soon the light completely fills the room, blinding everyone in the room, and then begins to die down. When the light had gone away, all the Heartless that had been crawling around the room were gone, dark specs dissipating into the air.
Leia was still glowing, however. Her eyes had glazed over, a light burning in them. Her hands fell at her sides and she was staring straight ahead. Ururl slowly retracted the Keyblade from Leia's body and tossed it back by Sora.
"At last," Ururl said. "The power of the Eighth Princess has been revealed and I alone shall control it. Now, Leia, Princess of Heart, come to me!"
At Ururl's command, Leia seemed to float over to him and as Luke and Sora watched in amazement and horror, began to merge with Ururl.
"Yes," Ururl said. "I feel it, the power of the Princess."
The finished joining together completely. Leia was gone, and the glow that had been emanating from her was replaced by a dark aura surrounding Ururl.
"Her light is gone, and my darkness has replaced it," Ururl said. "And soon my darkness shall cover all."
"No!" Luke shouted and ran to Ururl, his lightsaber igniting with a snap-hiss. Luke slashed at Ururl, who was easily able to backstep and dodge the blade.
"Is that the best you can do?" Ururl goaded him.
Luke yelled and stretched out his arm and used the Force to blast Ururl. It would have worked, had not Ururl jumped out of the way before Luke had even stretched out his arm and release his own Force blast. Luke went flying back against the cave wall, his lightsaber clattering to the floor and deactivating. Luke fell to the floor.
"Now, it is time to finish it." Ururl said and threw back his coat to reveal his own lightsaber. It activated, a black beam of light coming out of one end.
And another beam of light coming from the other end.
A double bladed lightsaber.
Ururl slowly walked over to where Luke lay prone on the body. He loomed over Luke and, careful not to skew himself as well, raised his lightsaber over to strike Luke.
"It ends now." Ururl said and the lightsaber descended.
But it didn't touch Luke.
Something else was blocking Ururl lightsaber blade. The Keyblade.
"I guess your new Keyblade can even withstand lightsaber blades. I wonder what other powers it has?" Ururl mused. "So, Sora, apparently you wish to die first." Ururl said to Sora, blocking Ururl's attack. He twirled his lightsaber, both blades coming dangerously close to Sora, but Sora jumped back before the blades could hit him.
"Your right, Ururl," Sora said, his Forceuser Keyblade poised to strike. "It will end now."
Sora quickly cast an Aero spell on himself to protect him, while Ururl ran straight at him, lightsaber ready to strike. But right before he swung the blade, Ururl used his free hand to shoot a burst of Force lightning at the young Keyblade master, but to Ururl's surprise, the lightning never touched Sora. Sora dodged the lightning attack and returned the attack with a lighting spell of his own, shocking Ururl.
"Very good Sora." Ururl said, and ran straight at Sora, not giving him a chance to dodge. He swung his double bladed saber at Sora, who had to move quickly in every direction to block the attacks. He blocked as the blade came from above, then another from below, then as it came from the side and then as the entire blade twirled over his head, threatening to decapitate Sora.
"Face it, Sora," Ururl taunted him as he attacked. "You are weak. There is no way your pathetic light can stand against my almighty darkness." Ururl jumped back and stood away from Sora, his dark aura seemingly growing larger.
Sora jumped back as well, catching his breath as his Aero spell died down.
"No, Ururl," Sora said. "You are weak. You can't even trust your own power and have to steal it from others. You send your Heartless to deal with your enemies and when you are finally confronted, you still don't fight with your own strength and take others to fight with.
"How naïve you are, Sora," Ururl laughed at Sora. "The power of the Heartless, of all others, is my own." The dark aura around Ururl began to spread out, closer and closer to Sora. Then, unexpectedly, Ururl charged straight at Sora, and slashed him across his midsection.
The last thing Sora saw as darkness began to cover him was Ururl laughing at him, and a girl's yell, saying "Sora!"
Kairi Sora thought briefly, and then thought no more.
