The second to last chapter...enjoy! Aerith is really...OOC...lol. I bet none of you will be able to guess the ending of this chapter...however, after this chapter, guessing the ending won't be so hard...Darn...

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Disclaimer: I do not own KH or any of the characters. I only own the words used to make this piece of data.

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Italic- thought

Bold- flashback and other

Bold/Italic- dreams

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CHAPTER NINETEEN: ONE WINGED ANGEL

It was around midnight when Riku woke from his slumber. The group was camping outside the cottage to make room, and Riku had almost forgotten where he was. "Something wrong?" Sora asked, who was sleeping beside Riku and Kairi. Riku stared up at the sky and was happy they hadn't used tents, they wouldn't have been able to see the stars.

"No, I just forgot where I was," answered Riku.

"You must be tired. Go back to sleep."

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The next morning, everyone was awake and getting ready for their showdown with the two Kings. It had been known that both Ansem and Mickey had joined for the soul purpose of killing their ex-hosts and were still taking up residence in the now abandoned school.

"Do you think we can beat them?" Tidus asked, sounding unsure as he put on his shirt.

"If it can be born it can be killed," Cloud replied coolly.

"Got that right," Leon added.

"And if it can't die we'll find a way!" Sephiroth laughed.

"Are you guys finished dressing?" Aerith asked as she entered the cabin full of half dressed men.

"Aerith! What are you doing?" the boys screamed, covering themselves.

"Oh please, you're all covered," Aerith groaned. "We girls are dressed already. Whoever said that women take forever are wrong when it comes to you guys."

"Oh! Dis!" Selphie exclaimed as she bounced in and over to Tidus. "Get choor pants on!"

"Where's Sora, Wakka, and Riku?" Aerith asked as she took note of there only being four men.

"They're done and waiting for these slow guys," Yuffie answered as she too walked in the cabin and grinned at Leon.

"Can't we have a LITTLE privacy?" Leon asked, sounding very annoyed.

"Fine, but hurry it up. We're leaving in five minutes," Aerith told him before leaving with the other two girls giggling behind her.

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The other four were near the edge of the forest all watching a dark cloud form over the town in the distance. "No doubt those two are responsible, ya," Wakka mumbled lazily.

"Yeah...Let's not worry about the town right now though. We'll be taking care of it later," Sora replied.

"Back to the drawing bored," Riku laughed and turned slowly to Sora. "So...how do you suppose we get in?"

"The front door?" Kairi suggested.

"Don't you think that's a little simple, ya?" Wakka asked.

"They want you dead right?"

"Kairi has a point," Riku said happily. "Good job girlie!"

"Girlie?" Riku shuttered when he felt Kairi's heel smash into his foot. "Don't ever call me that...Okay...Boyie? Or rather...Rika."

"Hey! Just cuz there are a TON of chicks named Riku, doesn't mean it's a lame name!"

"I never said it was lame, just girlie."

"It's not girlie!"

"No more fighting! You're both...errrr...girlie," Sora chuckled realizing what he'd said.

"Thanks Sora!" Kairi giggled.

"Traitor!" Riku exclaimed, grabbing Sora's ears and pulling gently.

"Anyways...It seems they are ready, "Sora announced when he noticed the others approaching them. "Are we ready?"

Riku grinned as his sword appeared in his hands. "Ready as ever," he replied, resting the sword on his shoulder.

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The group headed into town and took note of all the screaming people. The town had been completely covered by a thick fog made from the giant gray cloud above them. Lighting was striking in the oddest places and thunder could be heard echoing in the sky. It may have been near noon, but the city was completely shrouded in night.

The group stopped in front of the school and stared at it in awe. The entire school had turned black and was being protected by some sort of barrier, probably meant to only let Sora and Riku in. Sora stopped and turned to the people following behind him and Riku. "Riku, I don't think we should take everyone," he whispered softly.

"Why?" Riku whispered back.

"If something happens...we'll need a back up group."

"Good idea."

"We're only going to take a few with us," Sora announced, catching everyone's attention. "The rest will serve as back up and or protect the town."

"Who wants to do what?" Riku asked.

"I'll go with you...since I was under Sora's command," Aerith replied and stepped forward.

"Me too," Sephiroth announced.

"And me," Tidus added.

"Then it's settled," Riku said quickly. "Sora and I will take Aerith, Tidus, and Sephiroth with us inside to defeat the Kings."

"Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, Selphie, Kairi, and Wakka will stay here and protect the town," added Sora, finishing Riku's statement. "This is the final battle. Don't screw up."

Sora's group walked up to the barrier and all joined hands as they cautiously walked through, about to trigger the biggest battle they'd ever fight in their lives.

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"Ah...So the Twilight Masters have returned!" Ansem laughed as soon as the five opened the door and walked inside the school. The entire school and been turned into one large room, and that room only.

"You got that right!" Sora barked.

"Do you really think you can beat us?" Mickey asked, a strange keyblade forming in his hands.

"I'd like to bet on it!" Riku replied, as he lunged at Mickey with his sword. The two were engaged in a fierce battle, however Riku wasn't the only one fighting. Tidus had taken the chance to get on the other side of Mickey, and now the two boys had the Light King cornered as they worked together to bring him down.

While Riku and Tidus were fighting, Sora and Sephiroth were attacking Ansem with their own swords. However, the strategy that the others were using weren't working on Ansem. Aerith was in the corner mumbling something, perhaps she was casting a spell? No one knew...but, they'd find out eventually.

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The group outside weren't experiencing a walk in the park now that the battle had began. Heartless began popping up everywhere and they were busy trying to protect all the citizens that had gathered inside a mall. Most of the towns people had left when the cloud appeared, but the few that stayed were taking refuge in the mall, thus the reason why they could fit inside.

"They keep coming!" Selphie screamed as she hit two heartless on the head with her jump rope and killed them. "What do we do?"

"We keep fighting!" Leon explained as he took out on of the monsters that were about to attack Selphie from behind. "Watch your back."

"Same goes for you!" Yuffie snickered, jumping down and slicing three heartless just seconds away from Leon.

"Thanks," he laughed.

"No prob."

"Are you sure this will work?" the three heard Cloud asked as he watched Wakka standing in front of him.

"I know for a fact it'll work! You can trust me, ya!" Wakka replied. "Kairi, remember what to do?"

"Yup!" Kairi replied, holding up the cross-bow she'd been given.

"Go!" Wakka jumped up in the air, and Cloud swung his sword as if hitting a baseball and sent Wakka flying into the crowd of heartless with his ball whacking and killing everything it touched. As soon as Wakka had been hit, Kairi shot her arrows and killed the many heartless about to attack Wakka.

"We keep fighting until the battle is won. Our fight won't end until those Kings are dead." Leon explained as he began chopping at the monsters again.

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After many failed attempts to defeat Ansem, Sephiroth finally came up with an idea to destroy the King of Darkness. "Sora...do you trust me?" Sephiroth asked the brunette in a serious tone. "I've realized there is only one way to defeat this beast..."

"We're running out of options. What's is it?" Sora asked as he dodged Ansem's attack.

"Promise you won't try to stop me."

"What? What are you talking about?" Before Sora could say anymore, Sephiroth picked him up and threw him into the wall beside Aerith. "Riku!"

Riku, Tidus, and Mickey all stopped fighting and directed their attention to Sephiroth.

Sephiroth was approaching Ansem at an amazing speed and once he was within a few feet of the target, set up a barrier trapping the both of them inside.

"Sephiroth what are you doing?" Riku screamed, praying that Sephiroth wasn't planning what he thought he was.

"Sephy! Don't be stupid!" Aerith cried as she feel to her knees beside Sora.

"Tell Cloud Good Bye for me," Sephiroth said smiling then turned to Ansem . "Meteor!"

Everything went white after that. The barrier was filled with a huge explosion and when it disappeared...nothing was left.

"D-did...was Ansem killed?" Mickey asked in surprise, almost fear.

"It looks that way," Riku mumbled sadly. "We can't let his efforts go to waste. Everyone, attack Mickey!"

"Sephiroth was smart..." Aerith mumbled. "I to am smart."

Everyone stopped and watched her cut her finger on Sora's sword. "What are you doing?" Sora asked in horror, wondering if she was crazy.

"OUCH!" Mickey cried, grabbing his finger where a cut had formed.

"I set up a link between Mickey and myself," she said smiling. "Only a few people in this world can do that. The Kings of Light and Darkness can only be killed at the cost of another's life." Slowly she handed the sword to Sora. "I want you to stab me in the heart."

"No! Ignore her! She's lying!" Mickey screamed, realizing he was going to be defeated.

"Tell Cloud I love him," she mumbled. Sora closed his eyes and lunged forward, tears spilled from his eyes as her body fell lifelessly on the ground followed by Mickey.

"We won," Sora mumbled in a daze. "At the cost of two lives..."

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Man that was cheesy...Oh well. They died.