Sealing the Door

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

Watching helplessly, Iris and Zashi tried to combat Ansem while he had Marlena in his grip, but they were swatted away like flies. "MARLENA!" Zashi screams at the top of his lungs, trying to get her attention through the darkness covering her. "Do not waste your breath. She cannot hear you now that she is totally covered with darkness. She is beyond help." Just as he finished speaking, a brilliant white, light came from Marlena, shattering the darkness around her. Backing away, Ansem's face went from prideful victory, to horror as the light receded and revealed Marlena, holding onto a key blade. She turned to Zashi, with a smile on her face; saying, "Thanks Zashi. You brought me back from the darkness. And I know the intentions of my heart." She walked toward him, holding out her left hand, saying, "I need the heart blade. I have a plan." Zashi didn't argue with her and placed the hilt in her hand; she turned back to Ansem who was still dumbstruck from her recovery. "I know how to defeat you Ansem. You thought you could bring me down with your tricks. You were wrong."

He gave a hearty laugh, saying, "Have you forgotten that you are in my realm? I control darkness!" Marlena's eyes narrowed, and within an instant, her key blade had struck against Ansem's chest, knocking him back 20 feet. "How did she gain so much power? Its not possible the heart could not generate that much power…" Ansem thought as he was flying backwards, he put his feet down, trying to stop his momentum, and dug his hands into the path, but before he could even get up, Marlena was in front of his face again, beating him with the key blade and the heart blade. She jumped back, allowing Ansem to get up, but he felt a small beam pass through his torso, he followed the light to her key blade. "Zashi, here catch!" Marlena shouted, tossing the heart blade back to him, then a black beam of light shot from the tip of the heart blade towards Ansem.

Falling to his knees, Ansem let out a loud scream as his body started to fade away, piece by piece, then there was silence, and Ansem was gone. Suddenly, there was a loud clang that echoed throughout the darkness; then light started to faze through the ground where Ansem was, and it shot into the sky, revealing a massive white door. The trio looked at each other, then they carefully walked to the door; seeing that it was open, Iris took a look inside, only to see the black ground pulse with blue, and a single pair of yellow eyes were on the floor. "Look!" she said, walking backwards, "A heartless inside Kingdom Hearts!" Zashi and Marlena peered through the crack, and suddenly there were hundreds of heartless clawing at the ground, trying to gain the power of Kingdom Hearts.

Iris started to panic, "what are going to do? We can't take on that many heartless!" Looking past the heartless and at the blue light, Marlena turned to her friends, "I know what I've got to do." Walking past the massive door, she crossed into Kingdom Hearts, "Marlena what are you doing!" Zashi shouted, trying to get her attention, she turned around with a smile, saying, "I've got to lock Kingdom Hearts from the inside. It's the only way you two are going to make it home…" looking at the two of them, tears brimming in their eyes, Marlena turned her back, but turned her head, "Zashi…there is something I've got to tell you…" He took a step forward, "what is it?" She lowered her head saying, "I probably shouldn't tell you in front of Iris…but." She hesitated for a moment, "Zashi. I love you."

Zashi stood, with tears streaming down his face, "I had always thought about Marlena just being a friend…but now that she's told me…" He thought to himself, "Marlena. I love you too… Don't seal yourself in the door!" Zashi shouted in desperation, she simply shook her head saying, "This is something I need to do. You two better leave…the heartless will notice you soon." Zashi reached through the door and put a hand on her shoulder, "Marlena. I promise I'll come back for you." She gave a weak smile, and turned her attention back to the heartless, with tears streaming down Zashi and Iris's face they closed the door on their childhood friend. "It should be me in the door! Not Marlena…" Iris started to cry harder for her friend, and slumped to the ground. All Zashi could do was just stare at the darkness, his mind filled with thoughts of Marlena and what would have happened if they had been together…

Ok...I know this comes VERY late...but I've had to deal with work and some compy problems. But this is the final Chapter of War for the Heart. I know this leaves on a cliffhanger, but people have submitted a kind of a cool idea: A sequel to the story...If you want to see the story contiuned, leave an opinion. Thanks for hanging in for the whole time!

Chison