Lloyd pulled out a Magic Lens & shined it on his shadow. He peered into the monster's soul & learned its name was Darkside. Lloyd charged at Darkside, who raised its hand to strike at Lloyd. Lloyd rolled out of the way in time. He looked up at the monster that towered over him. It attempted to smash Lloyd with his fist, but missed as Lloyd rolled to the side once again. Lloyd then noticed the monster's head & hands. "Those must be the weak points." Lloyd thought to himself. He saw the monster kneel & decided that it was the best time for an attack. Lloyd ran at Darkside's left hand. "SONIC SWORD RAIN!" He shouted. He let loose a huge barrage of stabs at Darkside's left hand.
"RRRAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Darkside roared in pain, it brought its hand up & held it to ease the pain. It looked at Lloyd & brought its fist back again. Darkside launched its fist at Lloyd, who jumped out of the way in time. He then noticed a shockwave coming at him. Lloyd jumped up from the shockwave & noticed that the creature was kneeling again & drawing dark energy from the heart on its chest. Lloyd looked at this, confused.
"What's he doing now?" Lloyd asked himself. Then a beam shot out of Darkside's chest & went barreling straight towards Lloyd. Lloyd was greatly surprised by this, & he didn't have any time to dodge it. Then he conjured up just what he needed. "GUARDIAN!" Lloyd shouted. A huge diamond-like barrier appeared around Lloyd, protecting him from Darkside's blast. Afterwards, Lloyd seemed drained. He started breathing louder, recovering from the blast from Darkside he had to block. He looked up at Darkside with 1 eye partially closed.
"Damn." Lloyd thougth to himself. "He's too strong. How am I suppose to beat this guy?" Lloyd then noticed Darksides heart, then he got an idea. "Hmmm." Lloyd thought to himself. "Maybe if I strike the heart, I could do severe damage to it." Lloyd watched as Darkside brought its fist back & launched it at Lloyd. Lloyd jumped onto Darkside's arm & ran up it. Darkside tried to grab Lloyd, but he was too fast for it. Lloyd jumped off of Darkside's arm when he was halfway up the humerous, & slashed at the heart symbol on Darkside's chest, causing a huge slice to appear & make light shine out of the wound.
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Darkside roared. It clutched its chest in pain, trying to keep the light in. Lloyd looked at this & smirked at himself.
"Looks like I did some damage to him." Lloyd said to himself. "Maybe if I destroy it, I'll destroy the creature too." Darkside's eyes started glowing & it fired 2 beams of energy out of them. Lloyd leapt back to avoid them & saw them demolish the ground. "Woah!" Lloyd said in awe. "Good thing I moved when I did. Otherwise I'd be dead." Lloyd looked back up at Darkside. "I'll have to blind this thing to stop that freaky eye attack." He said to himself. He saw Darkside leaning towards him & smirked. "Perfect opportunity." Lloyd said to himself. He charged at Darkside. "TEMPEST!" Lloyd shouted. He leapt into the air & started spinning with his blade pointing outwards to strike Darkside. He hit Darkside in the face multiple times. Darkside screamed in pain & covered its face. Lloyd attempted to hit Darkside again, but while flailing his arms around, Darkside hit Lloyd, sending him flying to the other side of the arena. Lloyd skidded across the floor & stopped. He slowly got up & saw Darkside recover. Darkside looked at Lloyd with angry red bloodshot eyes. Lloyd smirked. "Looks like I disabled his eyebeams." Lloyd said to himself. Lloyd's smirked then faded when he saw Darkside charging up energy in the heart symbol on its chest. Lloyd narrowly escaped the blast, which only grazed his back. "Damn, that was close." Lloyd said to himself. He clumsily stood up & then started running towards Darkside. Darkside charged up more energy in its heart & released another blast at Lloyd. Lloyd dodged it & continued running, so Darkside let loose another blast. Lloyd dodged blast after blast as he got closer to the Darkside. Lloyd got close to Darkside, who grabbed him & held him in place as he charged up another energy blast. "Damn." Lloyd thought. "I've got to do something. But what?" Then an idea occured to Lloyd. He yanked his arms out of Darkside's grip & plunged his swords straight into Darkside's arms. Darkside roared in pain & released Lloyd from its grip. Lloyd looked up at the heart on Darkside & saw it was still builidng up energy. Lloyd took 1 of his swords & ran at the heart on Darkside's chest. He leapt up & plunged the sword deep into the heart on Darkside's chest.
"GGGRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Darksided screamed in pain as the sword entered its heart. Lloyd planted its feet on Darkside's chest & pulled out his sword. He fell to the ground & stood up. He saw Darkside's body convulsing uncontrollably. He then saw cracks start to spread on Darkside's heart where Lloyd stabbed him. Lloyd's eyes then widened in realization.
"Yipe, He's gonna blow!" Lloyd shouted. He turned around quickly & ran as far away from Darkside as he could. He turned around & watched as Darkside convulsed. He then saw light seeping out from his shattered heart. Darkside clutched the heart, trying to keep the light inside, but more cracks appeared, creaing more places for light to seep out. The cracks then spread beyond the heart on Darkside's chest & started appearing all around him. Light started seeping out of Darkside, who was convulsing even more now. Lloyd then watched as Darkside's body glowed a blinding white, causing Lloyd to squint his eyes. Soon afterwards, Darkside exploded. A blinding flash was created from the blast. Lloyd shut his eyes to avoid losing vision. Soon the light vanished. Lloyd looked at where Darkside was & started walking towards it. When he reached the middle, he stopped, as blackness seeped up & started pulling him down. "What the?" He said. He tried to pull his foot out, but no luck. "What's happening to me?"
"But don't be afraid." The voice said. "You hold the mightiest weapon of all." Lloyd looked up at the voice, very angry, as the blackness pulled him under.
"How am I supposed to not be afraid?" Lloyd asked. "I'm being swallowed up by bla-" Lloyd was cut off as the darkness pulled him down into the floor, gone.
"So don't forget: You are the person who will unite the worlds." The mysterious voice said.
Out at sea, a small boat moved towards an island. On the boat was a boy & a girl. The boy was Wakka. The girl was wearing a white tank top with black arm & head holes, & a purple skirt with a knot on the front. She wore white shoes with blue souls, & a yellow bracelet on each hand. She also had red hair & blue eyes. She was staring at the sky. Wakka looked at her, noticing this.
"Did miss Sora & Wakka, huh?" Wakka asked. The girl looked at him. Tear marks had stained her face. She nodded her head.
"It's been 2 months since they left, Wakka." She said. "Sometimes I get the feeling that I may never see them again." Wakka frowned at this.
"Hey, don't talk like that, Kairi?" Wakka said. The girl, Kairi, looked at him.
"Huh?" She asked.
"If you keep thinking that, then they'll never come back." Wakka said, still rowing the boat. "You have to believe in them, they'll be back, I'm positive, Kairi." Kairi smiled.
"Thank you, Wakka." She said. "You're a true friend." Wakka smiled, content that he could help out a friend. He then noticed something off in the distance. He smiled.
"We're getting close to Destiny Island." He said. Kairi looked at what Wakka indicated & smiled.
"That's good." She said. "I could probably see if they're back yet."
"That's the spirit, Kairi." Wakka said. "Keep up that attitude & there's nothing you can't do." He said. They got closer to Destiny Islands. Then Kairi saw something that greatly frightened her.
"Oh my goodess, look!" Kairi said, pointing to a washed up figure on the island beach. "On the beach, Wakka!" Wakka looked over his shoulder to where Kairi had indicated. He saw it to & his face got an expression of horror. He started paddling faster to get to the washed up figure on the beach. When they reached it, Wakka pulled the boat ashore as Kairi ran towards what she saw. Wakka then ran towards it too. Kairi knelt beside a soaked & unconscious Lloyd. His clothes were wet & had seaweed stuck to them.
"Is he dead, Kairi?" Wakka asked. Kairi put her head to Lloyd's chest & listened for a heartbeat. She sighed in relief when she heard it.
"His heart is beating, but he's not breathing." Kairi said. "We'd better get him home, fast." Kairi picked Lloyd up by his shoulders & then turned to Wakka. "You grab his legs."
"Alright, Kairi." Wakka said. He ran over & picked up Lloyd's legs. They carried him over to the boat & plunked him inside it. Kairi then climbed in as Wakka pushed the boat out to sea. Wakka then climbed in & started paddling the boat out to sea. He watched as Kairi was busy giving Lloyd mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. "I hopw he lives." Wakka thought to himself. He kept paddling the boat out to sea, to where they lived.