A/n: This is the second to last chapter followed by an Epilouge. Enjoy, I've done my best to create this one. Don't like it, oh well. I tried. Now back to this.

Chapter Nine: Countdown to Apocalypse Awakening

Sora stared down at the body of his girlfriend, she was beautiful. Kairi held perfect curves as he began to caress every single one of them. But before he went any further, he had to ask.

"Are you sure? Are you willing to do this?" he asked, making sure of their recent discussion about this. Kairi's blue eyes bolted to his face as they gleamed in the dim light, she gave him a nod. Before Sora could do anything else he found himself being pushed to the bed, he realized Kairi had shoved him off her so that she could get the top view. She lowered herself onto him, she bit her bottom lip as she knew she was being finally penetrated. An intense feeling came over her.

"Sora, I've never done this before" she rasped as several explosions of pleasure ruptured through her veins.

"Don't worry, just follow me" he said. Truth is, he just sounded like he knew what he was doing. He grabbed her waist and began to guide her. She moaned softly, her mind scrambled to find the right word to describe this moment. None came. As she felt sudden but frequent thrusts through her most sensitive area, she began to feel something arriving. Deep within her, something seemed to burst as she tried to hold it in. She closed her eyes, her moans turned into screams. Sora couldn't control himself when his hands found themselfs on her breasts. He'd been waiting for this moment for years. Kairi leaned forward, placing her chest into his. She began to pant.

All of a sudden, everything stopped when someone was knocking on the door, the lights were off so if they did come in they wouldn't see the awkward scene. Sora held his breath as he tried searching in the dark for his pants, he mentally punched himself when he remembered Kairi had thrown them across the room. He couldn't see but he knew Kairi was staring at him, fear in her dazed eyes. Kairi rolled off him which sparked an idea in his head, the sheets were just large enough. He tossed them over her naked body, using some to block the lower half of his. From the look of things, it seemed that he was just sleeping shirtless.

Namine poked her head in as she tried to focus her vision through the darkness, a curious look obviously printed on her face.

"Sora, are you in here?" she flipped the light switch. She spotted him, looking dazed and disoriented. For some odd reason, the room was devilishly hot. She noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt and automatically blushed.

"Sora, could I talk to you? I mean, when you get a chance." she said smiling. Sora gave her thumbs up as he pretended to fall asleep.

"Oh and... Kairi? Your feet are sticking out." she chuckled. Sora nearly fell off the bed as he elbowed her in the side, slowly the pair of girlish feet retreated to under the sheets. Namine gave another slight laugh as she flicked the lights off,

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone" and with that she left. Sora curse under his breath.

Sora quickly dressed, totally keeping his thoughts to himself. It was rather quiet until aloud banging came from the ceiling intercom. Static feedback came and went when a small quacking noise broke it.

"Donald here, sorry for the inconvenience but it seems that we have severely damaged our warp engine, we will be at Hollow Bastion in at least a week. Over and out"

Sora nearly fell, a week? He turned to Kairi who was trying to straighten the creases of her shirt. Her hair was wildly messed up, but still seemed to have the ability to look decent.

Namine soon popped her head inside the room and gave Sora a smile, he smiled back but not at all enthusiastic.

"Yeah, could we talk now?" she asked, making a gesture with her hand to come over. He glanced over at Kairi who mouthed the word "go". He exited the room and followed her, after a minute of walking she stopped and turned to him, her face coming very close to his.

"Sora, I'm very wise. I'm a witch which contributes to this ability. Sora, I want to ask you something and will you promise to answer truthfully, ok? Give me your word." she said forcing the last few syllables. Sora just smiled.

"Sure,"

What's the worst she could ask? Namine sighed and brushed back a few blonde hair blades from her face and looked up at him.

"Are you and Kairi... is... is she trying to conceive?" she asked.

Sora froze. How the hell? Sora shook his head replied a simple "No"

Namine laughed and placed a hand on his shoulder but shoved him hard.

"Don't lie to me, Sora. For one, you can't do it well and two you seem to forget that I can read minds. Just not intentions."

Sora looked at the floor and sighed, there was no way out of this.

"Can you keep this a secret? Please, Namine? I saved your life remember?" he pleaded almost descending to his knees.

"Sora, I only wanted to know so that I can look after her. I mean, that's what Aros gave me as a job, she said Kairi would eventually get pregnant. So in time, I am the one to see she is alright." she said not wanting to make the situation any worse than it already was beginning to sound like. Sora gave her his gratitude as they departed from the hall, Sora returning to the room. Namine off to... well to whatever she likes to do with her leisure time.

Six days have past, and Namine had recently began to inform Sora of anything about Kairi. On the sixth day, while Sora was gloomily hitting buttons in the cockpit (not knowing what they actually did was the fun part) was alerted when Namine entered the cockpit, a smile plastered stupidly on her pale face. She trotted in and sat next him.

"Without a doubt, I know she's beginning the cycle. Here's how you can tell. One: She has been going into the bathroom several times an hour and unless you have a very upset stomach it points out that you have a little person growing inside you. I know, it has only been a week and you can't really tell until at least a month but..." she stopped and tapped her temple with her pinky, "I share her thoughts now, she's warmed up to me considering that we have loads in common (a hint of sarcasm in that sentence). So, as a woman I can tell you." She picked herself up and walked to the door, she looked over her shoulder and nodded.

"Congratulations Sora, you're a father."

Sora couldn't but help feel jubilant throughout the whole day, his mind still assumed it was a dream but dream or not. He was going to live it to the fullest but his smile quickly faded when Donald revealed that they had landed in the atmosphere of Hollow Bastion but his mind quickly wandered to how on earth are they suppose to enter Kingdom Hearts? Riku was always by himself and when he finally showed up, Sora almost forgot he was there.

He scanned the window to see the familiar scene but something was different. The castle seemed to be decaying, crumbling beneath its own weight. It was only a matter of time before it completely collapsed. Riku grabbed his shoulder and pushed toward the front hatch, his dark powers seemed to seep through his body.

"Sora when this opens, run for the grand hall. We only have five minutes before this world fails to exist. And when it does, we'll be lost to the void of oblivion." said Riku. Sora was almost frightened.

"Um, Riku? How are we supposed to get inside of Kingdom Hearts?" he asked. Riku looked at him.

"Use your heart, only the king and queen can open the final door, right?" he said patting Sora on the back. Kairi walked up to them as well as Namine, Donald, and Goofy.

"Ready?" asked Donald extending his hand out towards Sora. Sora looked at him and placed his hand above Donald's as well as Goofy.

"All for one, and one for all." he announced. Like all those years ago when they made this agreement, at the first district of Traverse Town. Kairi then came and placed a hand among the pile, Namine and Riku joined. Six hands, all willing to sacrifice their lives for each other. To face the final showdown. To face the final obstacle, to vanquish darkness.

"Let's go!" Sora shouted, the front hatch opened. Five minutes was all he needed was to take down the doors of darkness and lay it to rest. Everyone knew of the plan, everyone knew of what he and Kairi need to do. Rising falls were no longer calm and were now chaotic causing the hovering rocks to tilt and smash against each other. Four minutes and twenty seconds. They six sprinted, dodging heavy boulders and leaping over gaps. Riku carried Kairi on his back seeing as how her strength was rather low, Sora also realized her bracelet was glowing brightly. The made it to the large front doors. Three minutes and ten seconds. Sora ran to the center of the room, he felt it. The opening to Kingdom Hearts was here, but his glee soon vanished when the hall was beginning to crumble. Riku panicked.

"Sora, do it NOW!" he bellowed. Kairi stood next to him, her hand around her still seemingly flat belly.

"Sora, Namine and I can create a force filed around you for a while. Donald and Goody will block any stray heartless. Get going!" he roared. The ceiling was becoming dangerously loose, Sora without wasting anymore time siphoned his energy causing his chain to glow. Kairi's bracelet began to glow brighter. A white swirl of wind twisted and rotated around them, the whole room began to glow very bright. Electricity started to pulsate through the white aurora that was over the king and queen. Riku used his dark powers and Namine's ability to destroy minds to create a invisible barrier, shielding them from the now large falling debris. With each passing second, the light began to glow brighter.

Two minutes.

Donald and Goofy were attacking shadows from the outside. Sora felt his strength drain from his body in attempts to rip the air of its properties and awaken a silent portal that would lead him to Kingdom Hearts. Then something went wrong.

Instead of the white vortex getting stronger and ripping a hole to Kingdom Hearts, it began to diminish. But he still held large quantities of power in him unless... Kairi was kneeling on the floor, her hand over her stomach. Sora panicked, he didn't know what to do.

"Riku! Help Kairi! Save her! Save my child!" he yelled from within the white mass. Riku left his post and stepped in the white shell. But instead of pulling her out he stood and lifted his hands, blackness spewing from his hands. Although it discolored the white tornado, it pushed its strength further. One minute left. Sora saw a tiny hole appear in front of him and inside he spotted a pair of large doors. Kingdom Hearts!

Sora turned his head to find Namine screaming in pain.

"I can't hold it! I can't!" she yelled. Still, they didn't have enough strength. Riku was pulling out all the stops, he expelled everything he had in his body. To Sora's dismay, he began to grow weak as well.

42 seconds.

"Donald! Goofy!" Sora yelled out. The two characters rushed in.

"Give me your strength!"

Donald and Goofy didn't hesitate, they siphoned their energy and began to contribute to the vortex.

25 seconds.

"Sora! I CAN'T HOLD IT!" yelled Namine, she was being pushed down to the floor by the massive weight that was on the protective barrier. Her thin arms, trembling. Sora lmost lost hope when a strange figure appeared next to him, its arms extended in front of it. It's long hair and seemingly tight clothes gave him a familiar stir.

Aros was standing next to Sora, she to was giving it all she got even though she had little to offer. She focused on Sora's heart, feeding him memories of their past days.

"Aros?" Sora asked. The transparent figure smirked.

"Sora, don't give up. I'm here with you, give it everything you got. Open the door Sora. You're not going to let me down are ya?" she said.

10 seconds left.

"I can't do it! NO!" yelled Namine.

9 seconds...

"Sora, come on! Push harder!" yelled Aros.

7 seconds...

"Sora! I'm trying. I'm giving my all." Riku exclaimed.

4 seconds...

"Sora, our child. This is our kingdom!" yelled Kari.

A giant hole opened, revealing the double doors of Kingdom Hearts.

Sora grabbed Kairi and pulled her hard.

1 second...

Hollow Bastion collapsed.

There, a nice long chapter. What happened to Namine, Riku, Donald, and Goofy. Did they survive? What will await our hero and heroine in the next chapter? I'm not sure myself... :)