Chapter 4- Counterpoint

Sora and Kairi ran towards the palace as fast as they could. They got to the gate and when they walked inside the gate, it closed behind them and an army of Shadows and Neo-Shadows rose out of the broken, cobblestone ground.

"What do we do now?"

"We'll fight, Kairi. That's all we can do."

Sora summoned the Beacon of Dawn and Kairi took out her Staff of Light. The first Shadow leapt at Kairi, but she destroyed it with a single, powerful hit. The Shadows continued to leap at them until Kairi and Sora realized that there were too many to fight.

"Sora! Stay behind me!"

Surprised and confused by Kairi's sudden order, Sora followed it. Kairi charged up her staff until it seemed to be made of pure light, then shouted out:

"LIGHT SHELL!"

A blinding ray of glimmering light shot out of the staff, and landed in the middle of the remaining Heartless. A sudden explosion of bright light enveloped the enemies and they were gone.

"Wow! You really have become powerful, Kairi!"

"Thanks. So have you!"

Then, as they walked towards the entrance hall, Riku jumped down from the roof of the palace!

"Riku! Are you ok?"

"Riku? I'm sorry, but he's a little preoccupied right now."

"Kairi! It's Ansem! He's possessing Riku again!"

"How very perceptive. I applaud your intelligence."

"Run into the palace, Kairi. I'll take care of him!"

"Ok, but don't you die on me!" Kairi ran into the citadel.

"You'll handle me? I don't think so. Not this time."

"We'll see! I won't let you take Riku away again!"

Sora ran towards Riku/Ansem, Keyblade in hand.

"You are still a brainless fool. Supreme Shadow, attack!"

Everything went black…

Meanwhile, as Kairi wandered through the darkened shadow of her former home, a feeling of dread and despair overcame her, as she entered a room bathed in light. She looked around and found herself looking at a beautiful woman wearing an elegant, yet grim dress.

"Hello, Guardian of Light. I've been expecting you."

"Who are you?"

"I am Yuna, the Queen of Darkness!"

"So, your "Highness", you are the source of all Heartless…"

"Yes. But only because I lost him…"

"Who did you lose, Yuna?"

"His name was Tidus. We were in love, but he sacrificed himself to save me. It broke my heart and I gave into the darkness within."

"If that's what happened, why steal the hearts of worlds?"

"I need them…to power a resurrection spell. Then…I can bring him back."

"At the cost of other life? You would sacrifice thousands of lives to bring back one? I sympathize, but I can't allow you to continue. You must be purified by the light!"

"And, I cannot allow you to interfere with my plan!"

Yuna summoned a staff that looked like Kairi's, but was twisted and evil, and made several taunting slashes with it. Kairi took out her Staff of Light and ran towards her, with an unparalleled fury burning in her soul. Yuna blocked the attack with a simple touch from her staff.

"You have some skill. But let's see how good you really are!"

They began to fight, matching each other, hit for hit, strike for strike, blow for painful blow. Kairi knew she had to win at all costs so she continued to fight, but couldn't help thinking,

"Sora, where are you?"

Sora was inside the Supreme Shadow.

"I have to get out of here!"

"TRANCE MODE!"

Sora's Beacon of Dawn glowed once again as Sora shouted…

"LIGHT RAID!"

He threw his shining Keyblade upwards, into the Shadow's head and he was engulfed by an explosion of pure light. The Shadow was gone, and all that was left was Sora and his Keyblade.

"Impossible! No one could have survived that!"

"I did, Ansem. You had better be ready, cause' I'm going to fight you. No more tricks!"

"As you wish."