Hi everyone! I decided to add both worlds into one since End of the world didn't have many cutscenes or talking so I figured just wrap it up into one Final chapter.
Sora's POV
"Good thing we had headed back to Traverse Town when we did." Anna said polishing her gun and loading it. "Yeah, cause now we can get to that Hollow Bastion place Hook was talking about." Suka said, sharpening her scythe. "And if he was telling the truth, nee-chan is there waiting for us." Sophie said, looking at the map. "I hope nee-chan is ok." Angela whimpered. "Can I ask you, girls, something? Back on Hook's ship, you said Tenten wasn't used to holy water as you. What did you mean?" I asked, looking at them. They looked at each other. "Tenten was born human. She didn't have her powers as we did." Suka said.
That shocked me. "Why? Why was she born different?" I asked. "We don't know. She just was. That's why she was treated differently when we were kids." Anna said. I clenched my fists at that. Mistreating her just because she was human, what the hell. "So she never had the chance to build her resistance to holy water like we did until she got her powers. But since that was after our parents were killed, and we had to leave home, we never got the chance to help her build up her resistance." Sophie said. "Poor Tenten." I said. "Don't worry about it, once we get her back, we'll help her build it up." Suka said. "I just hope she's ok. I'm worried about her. If what Riku said was true, Maleficent has something planned for her." I said looking down.
"Sora, we will save her." Angela said. "And when we do, you can tell her how much you love her." Anna giggled, making me turn red. "L-love?! I- that. I mean, yea, I like her and all and she's amazing but love?!" I yelped. The girls gave me a look that said they knew I was saying bullshit. Even Donald and Goofy had the look. "Sora, it's not hard to tell you're in love with her. And we can see she's feeling the same way." Goofy said. "She won't be verbal about it though. She's too much of a tomboy." Suka said. "I know and that's what makes her amazing." I chuckled.
"We're arriving!" Anna called and we looked out the window to see a castle and water. Anna landed the ship and we walked out. Looking around, all I could see were waterfalls, floating rocks, and water bubbles. "This is Hollow Bastion?" Angela asked. "There's so much darkness. It gives me chills." Anna said, shivering as if she was uncomfortable. "Me too." Sophie giggled looking as though she was enjoying this. "You 2 truly are different." I said. "Sophie is considered the dark demon of our family while Anna is more light." Suka said.
A loud roar grabbed our attention. We nodded to each other and used the rocks to reach a platform to find Riku talking to a beast? "No vessel, no help from the Heartless…. So tell me, how'd you get here?" we heard him ask. "I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!" the beast growled. "Take her if you can." Riku taunted. Beast tried attacking but Riku dodged and went to attack. Suka and Sophie were faster though so they zipped over and blocked the attack with their blades before sending him back.
"That's enough Riku!" I yelled walking forward. "So, you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you. We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me as I've always pushed you. But it all ends here. There can't be 2 Keyblade masters." he said. "Enough of this! You aren't a Keyblade master. You aren't even powerful. You're nothing more than a little brat throwing a temper tantrum because he didn't get the toy he want." Suka yelled, stepping forward. "Now give us back our sister!" Anna yelled. "Or be taught a less-" Sophie had begun when she was suddenly blasted back into a pillar.
"Sophie!" Angela cried running to her. The rest of us looked and my heart stopped. Walking down the stairs, was Tenten, but something was off with her. "Nee-chan!" Anna yelled. Tenten smirked and her look completely changed. Instead of her boyish clothes, she now wore dark dark dark blue shorts with red along the sides. Her boots now went to her knees and were pure black with red stitching. Her shirt was now just a pure black tube top with the Heartless symbol on it. Her auburn hair turned pure white and her beautiful blue eyes were now red.
"Look who decided to wake up." Riku said. "Shut up. Maleficent says to hurry up. We've got work to do." Tenten said. "Let the Keyblade choose...its true master." Riku said, summoning the Keyblade. I tried fighting the pull, but the keyblade vanished from my hand. "Maleficent was right. You don't have what it takes to save Kairi. It's up to me." he said, holding the keyblade. "But that's impossible. How did this happen? I'm the one who fought my way here with the Keyblade!" I yelled. "You were just-" he began.
"Enough. Quit screwing around you stupid kid. We have work to do." Tenten said annoyed. "Fine, whatever." Riku said walking away with Tenten, Donald, and Goofy. "Tenten!" I yelled. She just glared at me and left. I dropped to my knees. "Sora? Are you okay?" Angela asked. I just shook my head. "Why didn't you go with her? She's your sister?" I asked. "That's not our sister. Tenten may be the type of girl to be hard on you and yourself, but she'd never hurt anyone." Suka said. "Though we're not gonna forgive Donald and Goofy for a while." she said. "Agreed. But Suka is right. Darkness is surrounding her heart. I can see it. We just need to free her and she'll be our Tenten again." Sophie said, holding a sword out to me. I took it and got up.
"You're right." I said smiling. "If you're going in there, then so am I. I need to save Belle." Beast said, walking up to us. "Thank you for your help before." he said. "Of course. We won't allow anyone to hurt others." Sophie said. "Come on! Let's go save everyone." Anna said, rushing forward. "I'm gonna kill her one of these days." Suka said annoyed. I just smiled then looked at the castle. "Hold on Tenten, I'm coming to save you." I said to myself and followed them onto the platform.
As the castle grew closer, I felt a little nervous. "It's ok to be nervous. It shows that you won't go into a fight blindly." Angela said. I nodded and we walked to the main door to find it locked. "There must be a way to open it. I saw another pathway. Let's go check it out." Sophie said. We nodded and followed her to that pathway to find an underground area with more of those bubbles. "I wonder." Anna said then jumped into the bubble and vanished. "Anna!" We yelled. "Up here!" she called from above. We looked and saw her onto a platform. "We can use these to move underwater and find more areas." she said. "You scared us!" Angela cried out. Anna just chuckled and jumped down.
Using the bubbles turned out to be a little tricky since we had no idea where they'd lead us but soon, after much trial and error, we found the switch to open the main door and pressed it. We could hear the lock open and headed back up before walking in.
3rd person POV
Meanwhile, Tenten walked beside Maleficent in the Grand Hall. Maleficent turned and faced the princesses of Heart. "O purest of hearts! Reveal to me the Keyhole!" she beckoned. Light from the 6 young girl's hearts gathers together before forming one beam of light, pointing to the dark multi-colored Heartless symbol. "So, we just need the final princess. It has to be her. She is one of the few people to survive her world being destroyed." Tenten said, looking at Kairi. "You may be right. However, let us not forget, you and your sisters did as well." Maleficent said. "It takes a lot more than that to kill a demon. I'm no princess of heart." Tenten said.
Sora's POV
Looking around, we could see there were 2 levels to this foyer. 2 sets of stairs leading to a slightly higher level while I couldn't see a way to the higher level. In between the 2 stairs was a small fountain while high above was a chandelier. On the first level was a door to the left and in the dead center was a small hallway.
While looking around, Beast suddenly roared out and leaped out through the way we came in. "Quit while you can." Riku said behind us. "No. Not without Tenten or Kairi." I stated. "The darkness will destroy you." Riku said, his clothes changing into a form-fitting suit that appears to be made of black muscle tissue. The black fades to red around the wrists and comes with purple gloves that are tucked under the suit. The suit has a purple-blue color on the chest and part of the torso with the Heartless emblem on the chest, but without the spiked bars crossing it. It has purple feet and shins that fade into black legs. It has a dark purple belt and a cloth around his waist, opening in the front. The cloth is an off-white color that fades into dark purple and is ripped all-around at the bottom.
"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!" I proclaimed. "Really… Well, we'll just see about-" he began when a gunshot rang out, hitting a pot near him. "I won't miss next time. Sora is my friend and I protect my friends and stay by them, unlike a certain 2." she said giving a pointed look to Donald and Goofy.
"Now now Anna, shooting at the young boy is quite harsh. Let him try attacking our dear friend again, so I can cut his arms off." Sophie said, having a dark look in her eyes. "We've lost a lot and we refuse to lose anymore. So even if the darkness tries to hurt him, we will stand by him." Suka said. "So give us all you got, 'cause Sora isn't alone!" Angela said. "Nor are you girls." Goofy said walking over and standing by us. "You'd betray your king?" Riku asked. "Not on your life! But I'm not gonna betray Sora or Kieara's daughters either, 'cause they've become some of my best buddies, after all, we've been through together!" Goofy said looking at us, giving us a thumbs up "See ya later, Donald. Could ya tell the king I'm really sorry?" he asked, looking at Donald. "Hold on, Goofy! We'll tell him together." Donald yelled rushing over. He looked up at me and the girls. "Well, you know… All for one and one for all." he said, fidgeting at the girl's hard glares. Kinda can't blame them. They are the girl's uncles and they did kinda betray them… I thought. "I guess you all stuck with us." Goofy said. I smiled. "Thanks a lot, girls, Donald, Goofy." I said, trying not to cry.
"I know now I don't need the Keyblade. I've got a better weapon. My heart!" I claimed. Riku scoffed. "Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?" he taunted. "At least he has one unlike you." Suka said. Anna snickered and I had to hold back my laughter. "Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone. It's grown with each new experience and it's found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then… if they don't forget me… then our hearts will be one." I said with pride. And my heart has grown so much stronger, now that I met Tenten. She has taught me so much so I can't let her down. I thought. "I don't need a weapon. My friends are my power!" I yelled holding Sophie's sword ready. But the keyblade left Riku and came back to me.
Enraged, he attacked us and we fought back. "The punk is fast, I'll give him that." Suka called dodging an attack. "Then we need to be faster! Here!" Donald yelled, casting Aero on all of us. "Thanks, Donald!" We called and battled Riku until he fled. "Jeez, the fact that we got tired from that means we have some serious training to do. I feel ashamed." Suka groaned. "There there, Suka." Angela said, patting her back. "You'll always have a piece of our hearts as well Sora. Do not forget that." Sophie said, putting a hand on my shoulder. I smiled and nodded. "Now don't think we forgive you 2 just yet after what you did." Anna said to Donald and Goofy annoyed. Donald and Goofy looked down. Beast walked in. "So your heart won this battle." he said, making us smile and nod.
"Tenten left right after we got in here, she went beyond that door and it locked right after." Goofy said pointing to the door with the Heartless symbol. "Any idea how to unlock it?" Sophie asked. They shook their heads., making us sigh in defeat. "Let's check that room. It might give us a clue." Angela said pointing to the door.
We walked in to find a library. "What's with the placement of these bookshelves?" Suka asked. "Maybe it's like an escape room. Look, there are books missing for certain sets." Anna called. "She's right. Let's look around for some books." Sophie said and we all began looking. We did find a few and returned them to their rightful spots, opening up the way, but we had a few extra. "Maybe they go upstairs." Angela said. Walking upstairs, we could see she was right, one revealed the button that opened the door, and another opened up a secret path.
"At this rate, we'll find nee-chan in no time!" Anna yelled racing through. "Anna!" We yelled running after her, only to see her crash into a statue, knocking it down to the first floor and breaking it, leaving behind a weird shape.
"Hey, that must be one of the pieces we need." Donald said. "So it is like an escape room. Check everything out, leave no statue unturned." Sophie said. We split up and looked around. The pots seemed suspicious so I smashed them all and fell into the little fountain below. "From what I saw, Anna lift the candles which cause the fire in the chandelier to got out, Sophie and Suka moved a statue and a chest appeared below. Angela had summoned thunder on 2 weird stones which cause platforms to rise and fall. Well, at least we can get back up here if needed I thought before we jumped down and collected the pieces.
We then went to the door and placed them where they belong. The wall raised up and revealed the path.
3rd person POV
Riku ran into the Castle Chapel, panting. "Why? It was mine." He stopped hearing an unfamiliar voice. "Know this. The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade." He looked behind him to see a figure surrounded by shadows. "What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his? " Riku demanded. "For that instant, it was. However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger." The figure said. Riku shook his head. "What should I do?" he asked. "It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself." the figure said as Riku became surrounded in darkness.
What the 2 never realized was that Tenten was watching all this from above. Well then, it seems like things are not all that they seem. However, even if he does this, he'll still be no match for anyone. She thought.
Sora's POV
"Ok, no matter what lies beyond this door, nothing but nee-chan and the princesses of heart lives." Sophie said as each of us summoned our weapons. "What about Riku?" Goofy asked. "That's up to Sora." Anna said, cocking her gun. I knew they were gonna leave that one up to me, but I still hate this. Riku is my friend, but he's changed too much and hurt my friends and Tenten. I can't forgive him! "Let's go!" I shouted. They nodded and we rushed through.
We battled our way through the castle, facing enemy after enemy with every turn. "This place is like a damn maze. How are we supposed to find our damn way through?" Anna called sniping a flying enemy. "Don't forget stupid, Sophie here is a werewolf. Her sense of smell is fucking up there." Suka said cutting down several enemies. "I'm pretty sure that Riku headed to the same place where nee-chan is, so I'm following his scent." Sophie said zipping around slicing through enemies. Angela summoned thunder to fry more enemies. "I'm sure glad you girls are on our side." I said sweat dropping at how scary these girls are. "I think we all are at this point." Goofy said. Donald nodded then he and Angela teamed up to summon thunder to finish them off.
We followed Sophie all the way to the Castle Chapel and came across Maleficent. "I'm afraid you're too late. Any moment now, the final Keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable." she claimed. "We'll stop it! After coming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen! Now give us back Tenten!" I demanded standing ready to fight. "And we mean now!" Anna yelled, shooting at her, only for the bullet to be deflected by Tenten. "Tenten!" We yelled seeing her. "You poor, simple fools. You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil?" Maleficent yelled and attacked. "Leave Tenten to us!" Sophie yelled and the girls faced their sister, while Donald, Goofy, and I faced Maleficent.
This battle was long and hard, with us constantly having to run after Maleficent and dodge her attacks along with Tenten and the girls. I could hear the girls trying to get through to Tenten but from the sounds of it, it wasn't working too well. "Sora! Look out!" Donald yelled. I looked to see Tenten going to attack me. I knew this was a risk, but I had to try it. I stood facing her with my arms out. "Tenten, I love you." I said smiling at her and closing my eyes.
3rd person POV
The moment Sora said that Tenten's heart pounded, making her freeze right before her scythe hit Sora. Sora peeked his eyes open to see Tenten shaking in place, her bangs covering her face. "S-s-piky…. M-move." she whimpered, looking at him, her eyes turning back to blue for a split second before she went to attack again. Sora jumped out of the way and watched as Tenten clutched her head before she jumped back to Maleficent. "Keep them busy. She's fighting me." she said before vanishing. "Tenten!" Sora yelled.
Maleficent laughed and attacked once again. Now with the girls backing them up, they were able to defeat Maleficent with ease before she vanished into a black portal."She is in there. I knew nee-chan wouldn't fully fall to darkness." Angela cried happily, wiping her tears away. "Now that we know this, we just have to get her heart cleansed of that darkness." Suka said. "We will, I know it." Sora said, putting his hand over his heart. "She's in there, waiting for us. So let's not waste time! We need to finish off Maleficent then get to Tenten." he declared.
The others nodded and ran through the portal Maleficent vanished in to find Riku with Maleficent. "Riku!" Sora called, making the boy turn around. "Is that-'' Donald began seeing the weapon in his hand. "Yes. A Keyblade. But unlike yours, this Keyblade holds the power to unlock people's hearts. Allow me to demonstrate…" Riku said then stabbed Maleficent in the heart. "Behold! Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!" he proclaimed then pulled the blade out before vanishing. Maleficent began glowing. "This is it! This power! Darkness… The true Darkness!" she exclaimed, becoming surrounded in flames. After a minute, the flames died down to reveal a dragon.
"Oh come on! We have enough dragons to deal with thanks to Sophie's boyfriend!" Suka yelled. "Leave my Drake alone!" Sophie whined annoyed. "She's dating a dragon?" Sora asked, confused. "Quite the unique pair don't you think?" Anna chuckled and they began to fight.
"Hot hot hot!" Anna yelled at one point, her butt on fire. Donald used Blizzard to kill the flames for a bit so the rest could get some hits in. After a long and hard battle, the dragon went down and melted into a black puddle.
"How Ironic. She was just another puppet after all." Riku said, appearing out of nowhere. "What?" Donald and Sophie growled. "The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning. She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her. A fitting end to such a fool." Riku said, mashing his foot into the puddle until it faded into nothing before leaving.
"Ok, tell me I'm not the only one who noticed that." Sophie said, crossing her arms. "I noticed it too." Suka and Anna said. "Noticed what?" Sora asked. "There's another soul within him, a much darker one. That explains the Keyblade." Sophie said. "We better hurry before the same happens to Tenten." Angela said. They all nodded and rushed out to see a wall disappear, revealing a new pathway.
Following it, they fought their way through, making it to the Grand Hall. When they walked in, they were shocked to see Alice, Jasmine, and 4 other girls on the walls."They must be the princesses of heart… " Sophie said in shock. "Jafar said there are 7, one is missing." Anna said. They looked to the stairs and ran up them. At the top, a barrier appeared, keeping Goofy out. "Kairi!" Sora yelled running to her. He gently picked her up and shook her. "Kairi. Kairi! Open your eyes!" he begged. "It's no use. That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up." Riku said sitting on top of the Keyhole.
Sora set Kairi down gently. "What? You… You're not Riku." he said standing up. "The Keyhole cannot be completed so long as the last princess of heart still sleeps." Riku said, floating down. "The princess…? Kairi's a princess?" Sora asked in shock. "Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. It is time she awakened" Riku said. "Does it look like we care about that?! Give us back our sister!" Suka said. "If you would." Riku said. Tenten appeared and kicked the girls out of the barrier. "Stay out of the way." she said standing along the edge. Sora gasped then glared at Riku. "Whoever you are, let Riku and Tenten go! Give them back their hearts!" he demanded. "But first, you must give the princess back her heart." Riku said.
A sudden pain formed in Sora's heart, making him drop to his knees. "Sora!" Donald yelled in shock. "What's–" Sora tried to say. "Don't you see yet? The princess's heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!" Riku announced. This shocked Sora. "Kairi… Kairi's inside me?" He asked in shock. "I know all that there is to know." Riku said. "Tell me. Who are you?" Sora asked. "It is I, Ansem, the seeker of Darkness." Riku, or now Ansem, said before walking to Sora. Donald tried defending Sora but was hit out. "So, I shall release you now, princess. Complete the Keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting Darkness!" Ansem demanded before going to stab Sora.
Tenten was watching all this go on from the sides, not caring. Her sisters were trying to plead for her to return to them, but their pleas were ignored. One voice, however, got through to her. "Tenten!" her mother's voice echoed in her head, causing her to snap out of it and jump in front of Sora, taking the hit. "Nee-chan!" Her sisters yelled. "Tenten!" Donald and Goofy yelled. "Tenten!" Sora cried out. Tenten looked at him, tears running down her cheeks and a smile on her face. "Take care of my sisters for me." she said before she faded away, her locket falling to the ground. Sora, with a shaky hand, picked up the locket and held it to his heart, crying. "What a useless girl." Ansem said, making Sora grit his teeth. "You're not taking Kairi's heart. You're not taking my heart. I'm gonna make you pay for taking Tenten's!" he yelled and attacked him with everything he had.
Meanwhile, within the darkness, Tenten felt herself falling. What's going on? What happened? Why does my heart hurt? She thought as she fell. A small light grew from her heart and flew away. She slowly stopped falling and looked around. "Tenten." a voice called out to her. She looked to see her mother. "Mom?" she called out. Her mother smiled and held her arms open. Tenten ran to her and hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry mom. I'm so sorry." she cried. "You have nothing to be sorry for, You tried your best. Even I have breaking points. Everything will be ok. I promise. I need to go now. I'll see you again, one day." she said, kissing Tenten's head then leaving. "Mom!" Tenten called out leaving her there alone.
Back to the fight, Sora had just finished Riku off, making him vanish. "Sora! Sora look!" Donald called. "The… The Keyhole!" Goofy yelled. As much as they wanted to mourn Tenten, they knew now wasn't the time. "We need to close it, fast." Sophie said. Sora tried locking it but nothing happened. "It won't work! The Keyhole's not finished yet!" Goofy said. "We need to wake Kairi open. But how? Her heart is within Sora." Anna said. "Wasn't there a spell back home they could fix that?" Sophie asked. "I think you're thinking of the puppet spell." Suka said. Sora saw the Dark Keyblade on the ground and got an idea. He walked over to it and picked it up. "Sora hold on!" Goofy yelled. "No, wait!" Donald begged. "Sora, don't!" the girls yelled trying to stop him. Sora looked at them and stabbed himself in the heart, releasing his, Kairi's, and all the other princess's hearts. He then fell back. "Sora!" Kairi yelled running to him, trying to catch him, but he faded away. Everyone was in shock. Not only had they lost Tenten, but now Sora…
(Now I have to versions of this part, you can decide which you like better)
(version 1)
Sora began to fall into the darkness. "What's… What's happening to me? Falling…Falling…into Darkness. Maybe I'll see you again…Tenten…"
(Version 2)
As Sora fell through the darkness, a pair of arms reached out and caught him. "I got you spiky. I got you." Tenten said gently holding onto him. "Tenten!" he cried, holding onto her. "What would you do without me spiky?" she chuckled, petting his hair. He just smiled and nuzzled close to her. Whether in darkness or in light, as long as I'm with her, I'm happy. He thought as a small light grew from his heart and flew away.
Everyone couldn't believe what just happened. "Sora, are you really– No. He can't be! I won't let him go!" Kairi pledged. "So, you have awakened at last, princess.." a man said, appearing out of nowhere. This man has tan skin, yellow eyes, and long white hair. His hair is smoothed back into three spikes on the top and sides of his head. He wears a black, high-collared, leather coat that has a red interior and yellow lining. This coat is grey from the waist down and has several buttons lining the hips, a belt around his waist, and a second one that extends from the waist and up to the collar to connect to several smaller straps. The four shorter straps are buttoned to either side of the front of the collar while the remaining ones are buttoned to the shoulders to form spaulders. A black leather pauldron is attached to each spaulder by three buttons and two straps that button the rim of the coat and two more that cross over his upper back. On his upper chest is the Heartless emblem in the form of a brooch that holds the outer coat together in place of a zipper or buttons. Underneath this coat, Ansem wears a white, thigh-length vest. This vest is also high-collared and exposes most of Ansem's chest, with three black buttons and two thin belts near his waist closing it up while the three remaining buttons below are undone.
Everyone stood in front of Kairi to protect her. They could tell he was Ansem. "The Keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over." he said and began walking over until Anna shot at his feet. "Take one more step and I will aim higher." she warned him. "Donald Goofy, when we give you the signal, take Kairi and run." Suka said standing ready. "What about you?" Donald asked. "We want revenge for Tenten." Sophie and Angela said. Ansem suddenly stopped. "I-Impossible." he gasped. Riku's spirit appeared, holding Ansem back. "No. You won't use me for this!" he yelled. "Riku!" Kairi exclaimed. "You've got to run! The Heartless are coming!" he yelled. Just then shadows appeared. "You 4 too. I'm sorry for what I did to your sister! But please! Don't risk it! Go get Kairi to safety." he pleaded to Tenten's sisters.
They didn't want to, but they knew he was right. "Let's go!" Suka yelled. They all ran. Unknown to them, there was one odd little shadow slowly following them. They had just made it to the entrance hall when Angela noticed the heartless. "Guys. Is it just me or does that heartless seem strange to you?" she asked, pointing to it. "Now that you mention it." Anna said. "Sora? Is that you?" Kairi asked. They were then surrounded by the Heartless. "Damn! Protect Kairi!" Suka ordered. They nodded and fought. "This time, I'll protect you." Kairi said to the shadow. The other Heartless attacked. Kairi hugged the shadow before they were covered. "Kairi! The others yelled before a light surrounded them and killed the Heartless. Sora was back. "Kairi, thank you." he said before joining the others. "Welcome back!" The girls called. "We need to find Tenten's heartless! We can bring her back like that!" he called. "What?!" the girls yelled.
More Heartless appeared before Beast roared and hit the Heartless. "Go now!" he ordered. "What about you?" Angela asked. "I told you before, I'm not leaving without Belle. Now, go! The Heartless are coming!" he said. They nodded and ran for the ship before taking off.
They made it back to Traverse Town and met up with Leon and the gang. "Tell me what happened. " Leon said. Sora told them all that happened including the darkness. "So the darkness is flowing out of that Keyhole… " Leon said. "No wonder there are more and more Heartless everywhere." Aerith said. "We're sorry." Angela said. "You're not at fault. You 4 just lost your sister again and can't seal the Keyhole. We don't blame you." Aerith said. "The only way to stop them is–" she began. "Seal the Keyhole, right?" Sora said, holding up his Keyblade. "Maybe. But no one knows what will happen once it's sealed." Leon said. "Well, we can't just stay here. We got to do something. I've got a friend and love back there." Sora said before turning red hearing the girls. "Well well, he admits he's in love with her." Anna giggled. "Young love, isn't it the sweetest?" Sophie giggled. "How adorable." Aerith said. "That's right. You have 2 more people to worry about. Riku's Keyblade must have been born of the captive princesses' hearts– just like that Keyhole you saw. Of course, without Kairi's heart, it remained incomplete. Once that Keyblade was destroyed, the princesses' hearts should have been freed, along with Tenten's. Don't worry, Sora. If anyone can save your friends, you can. They all must be back at the castle." Leon said.
The group nodded and got ready to leave. "I'm coming too." Kairi said. "No Kairi. It would be best if you stayed here. You'll be much safer." Sora said. "But-" Kairi began. "It's not just that. Yes, you'll be safe, but if we happen to lose, you and the other princesses are basically our last line of defense. So just please, stay here." Sophie said. Kairi sighed but nodded before giving Sora her lucky charm.
Sora and the group began their preparations to leave, though, Sora had his mind elsewhere. "We'll get her back." Suka suddenly said, making Sora jump. "Ah, sorry I just-" he stammered. "Sora, I'm not like my sisters, I don't get all giggly or tease others when they're in love. Hell, it took me a long time to find out I was in love with my boyfriend. But, I do know when others are in love and when they are worried about those loved ones. Sora, Tenten will be fine. We'll get her back. You'll see." she said. Sora was in shock but smiled. "Thanks, Suka." he said. "If you tell anyone about what I said, I'll drink your blood." she retorted, going back to her cold self. "Yes, mam!" Sora said in fear.
Once they were ready, they used the warp drive to get back to Hollow Bastion. "How are we gonna find Tenten's Heartless?" Sora asked as they ran through fighting. "I can still smell Tenten. She may be a Heartless but her scent is still there." Sophie said. "You're kidding. Man, you girls are amazing." Sora said in shock.
Soon, they made it to the Grand Hall and the Keyhole. "She's in there. I can smell it." Sophie said. They all mentally prepared themselves and walked in. There they encountered Benemoth, the large beast-like Heartless. "What? Was my nose off?!" Sophie asked in shock. "Either way, we have to beat that!" Suka yelled and attacked. Benemoth nearly got the best of them, knocking them all down at one point, when a shadow fox rushed up and attacked, blinding it. "Now!" Anna yelled and they soon finished it off.
Sora looked to the fox, who was now just sitting there. "Tenten? Is that you?" he asked, gently picking it up. The fox bopped his nose with its paw. Sora hugged it crying. Light then surrounded them and faded, revealing Tenten and Sora. "Thanks, spiky." she said, taking her hat back and putting it back on. Sora had gone to reach for the locket in his pocket but saw it was already on her neck. Tenten was then tackled by her sisters. "And I'm smushed…" she groaned, making Sora chuckle before helping her up once they got off. He then went to seal the Keyhole when he heard Leon. All of them went back outside.
Tenten's POV
It feels good to be back to normal. We all joined Leon and the others outside. Yuffie and Aerith hugged me, happy to see I was ok. "Come on, can everyone stop crushing me please?" I chuckled. "Nope." they laughed, making me sigh in defeat.
"What are you guys doing here?" Sora asked. "We came in Cid's ship." Yuffie started. "This is our childhood home. We wanted to see it again." Aerith added. "It's in worse shape than I feared. It used to be so peaceful…" Leon sighed. "Don't worry. If we defeat Ansem, all should be restored. Including your worlds." Aerith said. My sisters and I sighed in relief. "Really?" Sora asked happily. "But it also means goodbye." Yuffie said sadly. We all froze. "Once our worlds are restored, they'll all be separate again." Aerith added. "Everyone will go back to where they came from." Yuffie said. "Then I'll visit you guys with the gummi ship." Sora said. "Spiky, I don't think it's that easy." I said putting a hand on his shoulder. "She's right, it's not that simple." Leon said. "Before all this, you didn't know about the other worlds, right?" Yuffie asked. "Because every world was isolated. Impassable walls divided them." Aerith pitched in. "The Heartless destroyed those walls. But if the worlds return, so will the walls." Yuffie said. "Which means gummi ships will be useless." Leon sighed. "So you're saying we'll never…?" Sora began.
"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other." Leon said. "No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again." Aerith said, putting a hand on her heart. "Besides, I couldn't forget you even if I wanted to." Yuffie quipped. "What's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked, making me chuckle.
At that moment, I knew what I had to do. But first- "Come on Spiky, we need to seal the Keyhole. Then we can go after Ansem." I said. He nodded and we rushed back in. Inside, Sora sealed the Keyhole, saving this world and slowing the Heartless down.
We then met with the other princesses of Hearts. "Thank you, Sora. I think the darkness has begun to weaken." Alice began. "But I can feel a powerful darkness growing somewhere far away." Jasmine added. "It's the heart of the darkness. It must be where Ansem went." Aurora said. "Then we'll take the gummi ship and deal with both Ansem and the Heartless." Sora said. "A worthy answer, Keyblade master. We offer this power to aid your battle." Cinderella said, powering up our fire magic.
"Sora, your courage can bring back our worlds." Snow White said. "Once the darkness is gone, all should return to its original state." Aurora said. "Tenten, her sisters and Kairi will return to their homes?" Sora asked. His question made me freeze. "Most certainly. And you should be, too." Cinderella said. "I can't go home 'til I find Riku and the king." Sora said.
That's right. Uncle Mickey. We need to save him too. There is so much to do, but as long as I have my sisters and friends, nothing will beat me now. I thought. We then made our way back to the Gummi ship and took off heading to the End of the World.
End of the World
Tenten's POV
"What the hell do you mean I'm not flying the ship?" I asked, really annoyed. "You need to rest. Your heart is nowhere near healed enough. You just spent close to 2 days within the darkness. Your heart needs to heal. So for right now, you and Sora are going to go lay down and share your light until you heal." Sophie said. "I'm fine. I'm battle-ready." I argued. "Your body may be, but your heart is not, so bed, now." Sophie said pointing to my room. I sighed and walked to my room. "They really do care for you and just want you safe. As do I." Spiky said walking with me. "I know, I just hate not doing anything." I said.
Spiky gently took my hand. "I know, but you need to slow down and just accept the help. You're not alone Tenten, you have your sisters, you have friends. You don't have to do everything on your own." he said, leading me to my room and having me lay down before he laid next to me. I smiled and pulled him close to me to where he was half on me with his head in my neck. He nuzzled my neck and smiled. "Thanks, Sp- Sora." I said. "Anytime Tenten." he said then looked to the side. "Hey, Tenten, do you remember anything from when you were dark?" he asked. I hummed in thought, trying to recall anything from that time. "Not really. It's all blurry. Why? " I asked "N-no reason." he said. He nuzzled into my neck more before he fell asleep. I smiled and stroked his hair. It took me a minute to realize, he had one hand on my stomach. What the? Whatever I thought before I fell asleep myself.
3rd Person POV
"They're so cute together." Angela giggled as she and the others peaked in. Suka and Sophie could see that they each had a hand on Tenten's stomach and thought it was strange. "Well, as long as he makes her happy, I can accept them." Donald said. "But what's gonna happen when we defeat Ansem and restore the worlds? Sora said he wasn't gonna go home and all the connections will be severed." Goofy said. "Just because we won't see each other for a bit, doesn't mean we won't see each other again. We will meet again, for another adventure." Suka said before going to her room after grabbing a blood pack from the fridge.
"She's right. As long as we work for it and believe with all of our hearts, we will see each other once again." Sophie said. Angela and Anna nodded in agreement. Angela quietly walked in and set a music box down before opening it and letting their families' lullaby play. Anna then closed the door to Tenten's room after turning off the light to let them rest in peace and quiet.
Donald sat back in the pilot's seat and steered the ship while Anna manned the guns. "We have to let them rest, so let's show these Heartless bastards who's boss." Anna laughed blasting the Heartless ships.
Tenten's POV
"Nee-chan, nee-chan!" Angela's voice called out to me, making me wake up. I opened my eyes and looked at her. "We've arrived." she said then walked out. I yawned, rubbing my eyes with my fists then sat up, accidentally knocking Sora off the bed. He yelped and groaned in pain. "Oops, sorry spiky." I said helping him up. "It's fine." he said, getting up. We walked to the cockpit. "Is everyone ready? This will be our last stand against the Heartless." I said. "We're ready for anything." My sisters said. Donald and Goofy nodded.
We all walked out into a tunnel before walking out in a large open space, bits, and pieces of different worlds floating around and in the distance, a large swirling light. Everything around us had a purplish hue. "Gawrsh, is that all that's left of the worlds taken by the Heartless?" Goofy asked. "So many worlds….gone." Angela whimpered. "Those worlds will be restored if we beat Ansem, right?" Sora asked. "Yea, they will." Anna said. "But, if we do beat him and all these worlds become restored and disconnected, what's gonna happen to this place? And to us?" Spiky asked.
"This world will disappear, after all, it is a Heartless world. But even if it does, our hearts are far too strong to go down with it. We just have to focus on beating the hell out of Ansem and finding Uncle Mickey and Riku." I said walking forward. "Now then, let's end this!" We all cheered and ran forward.
Working together, we defeated any Heartless that stood in our way and made our way through the maze-like world. Each area got easier and easier to get through. We had just a 2 minute breather in the little pillar that brought us to the 100 Acre Wood when Sora hugged me. "Promise you won't forget me?" he asked. "You're kinda too annoying to forget." I chuckled, patting his head. He pouted at me and I just chuckled more before we continued on our way.
This next place though really hit my heart. At first, we were in a corridor with 1 door and a Heartless symbol at the end. After defeating the first set of Heartless the door opens to reveal this strange machine with 5 pods. Seeing that made me want to cry in despair. Why? Why does looking at these hurt me soo much? I've never seen anything like these so I shouldn't be affected like this. I thought. "Nee-chan? Are you ok?" Sophie asked, shocking me. I felt tears running down my face and wiped them away. "Yes, I don't know why I'm crying." I said smacking my face then heard the Heartless appear and we fought.
After facing the devil of the mountain or whatever he's called, I do not care at this point, we reached what we knew was the final doorway. "Once we walk through, there is no going back. We fight till the very end. We fight or die here." I said summoning my weapon once more. "Everyone ready?" I asked, looking at them. They nodded and I opened the door. Light surrounded and blinded us for a second until it died down.
"Is this… Is this my island?" Sora asked. "This is the island you were telling us about?" I asked. Sora nodded. "Well then, we'll definitely have to come back here for a beach day." I chuckled while stretching. Sora stood up straight and turned red. I could pretty much guess what he was thinking right now. We followed Sora around a bit when a voice rang out. "This world has been connected." We looked around to see things fading away. "What was that?" Goofy asked. "Be on guard." I ordered and everyone got ready to fight. "Tied to the darkness… soon to be completely eclipsed. There is so very much to learn. You understand so little. A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing." The voice continued as more things disappeared, the ocean turned black and everything started shaking. Soon, most of the island was crumpled away with shadow-like branches and thorns around. On the beach, was the Heartless version of Riku.
We rushed over and stopped when he started speaking. "Take a look at this tiny place. To the heart seeking freedom, this island is a prison surrounded by water. And so this boy sought out to escape from his prison. He sought a way to cross over into other worlds. And he opened his heart to darkness.." he said before turning around and his look changed to Ansem. "All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, it grows, consumes it. Such as its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came." he said, appearing behind us. "You see, darkness is the heart's true essence." he finished.
"That's not true!" Sora and I yelled. "The heart may be weak. And sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out!" he said. "And even if everything does start within the darkness, does not mean it starts because of darkness! Every life, every world, begins with a single spark of light. Sure, it's weak at first and doesn't give off much light." I said, forming a light spark in my hands. "But as the life and world grow, so does the spark. And if something happens to that life or world, that light remains because it has grown to the point where it can live and grow on its own. The light will forever live as a memory of what has been lost. No amount of darkness will ever kill it!" I yelled, making the light grow before letting it fly at him and explode in his face.
He glared and summoned a Heartless that seemed rather strange. For a split second, I thought I heard a man's voice call out, "Kieara?" but I know I don't have time to think about it because Ansem then attacks. He went down after a bit and fled into another area after the island somewhat tore in half. Sora and I followed him through, but the others were stuck outside as a giant Heartless appeared. Sora and I bumped fists together and fought the heartless.
Ansem returned after we defeated it and we faced him as well. The Heartless he-called Guardian grabbed me by the throat and slammed me into the wall. "Tenten!" Don't worry about me! Fight!" I called and tried getting free when I heard the voice again, "No, you're her daughter. Tenten…" I shook my head and bit the hand, making it release me. I quickly joined back into the fight, helping Sora. Soon, we were able to defeat him.
We then appeared within darkness. "What?" Sora asked, looking around. "Behold the endless abyss! Within it lies the heart of all worlds: Kingdom Heart!" Ansem said. We looked to see a large white door. Look as hard as you are able. You'll not find even the smallest glimmer of light. From those dark depths are all hearts born. Even yours." he taunted. We looked down and the sight shocked us. I looked like a ship, but it looked like human skin as well! It even had a face! Ansem was at the top of it and hooked to it as if he was a part of it. "Darkness conquers all worlds!
"That is all kinds of-" Anna began when we started falling. Donald, Goofy, and my sisters were pulled into a portal. I grabbed onto the edge while Sora fell. "Sora!" I yelled.
Sora's POV
I was about to give in as I fell, when I heard Riku say, "Giving up already? Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that." I then started flying. I flew to Tenten and grabbed her. "Here, use this." I said sprinkling some pixie dust Peter had given me onto her. "Think happy thoughts." I said. She nodded then started flying on her own. "Ok Spiky! Let's take this thing down!" she said then flew to Ansem.
Working together, we were able to get everyone back and fight Ansem, defeating him once and for all. The ship Heartless started exploding until Ansem was all that was left. "It is futile. The Keyblade alone cannot seal the door to darkness." he said before turning to Kingdom Hearts. "Kingdom Hearts! Fill me with the power of darkness… Supreme darkness…" he said as the door began to open. "You're wrong. I know now, without a doubt,.. Kingdom Hearts… is light!" I yelled as light poured out of the door. Ansem groaned in pain. "Light… But… Why…" he said as he was destroyed.
We landed and rushed to the door, trying to close it. "Come on!" I called. The door wouldn't budge even with the girls helping. I heard Goofy gasp. "Stop staring and keep pushing! Huh?" Donald yelled. We looked into the door and saw Heartless. Hundreds of them. "Come on! We have to get it close!" Tenten yelled, pushing it harder. "What if we-" I began when I saw Riku's hand. "Don't give up. We can all do this!" he said. I nodded and we all tried harder. The door slowly started to close. We could see 2 giant Heartless behind Riku. "It's hopeless!" Donald cried. Then we heard the Heartless being destroyed and looked. Donald, Goofy, Tenten, and the girls gasped with excitement seeing a Mouse. "Your majesty!" Donald and Goofy yelled. "Uncle Mickey!" Tenten and the girls yelled.
King Mickey held up a keyblade like mine, but the colors were reversed. "Now, Sora! Let's close this door for good!" he called. "What about you and Riku?!" Tenten called. "We'll be okay Tenten! There will always be a door to the light." he said. "You better come back! We have so much catching up to do!" Anna called crying. "We'll all gather at your castle, so we can see aunt Minnie too!" Angela sniffled. "So you better come home!" the 5 girls yelled. "I promise girls." King Mickey said. "Now!" Riku called. We all pushed the door closed before I used the Keyblade to lock the door.
The door glowed then vanished revealing a pathway. I then started to remember all the good times we had before this all started. I then heard the girls gasp and turned to see them start to float up. "Looks like we're heading home!" Tenten said. I quickly grabbed her hand before she got too high. "Tenten, before you go. There's something I have to tell you." I said holding onto her hand. She looked at me. "The truth is… I-" I began when Tenten kissed me. When she pulled back she flicked my nose. "Save the confession for our next adventure. Cause there's no way in hell we'll miss it." she chuckled. I was in shock but chuckled. "Here, my sister and I made these for you 3. To remember all the adventures we went on." she said putting 3 chains with charms on them in my hand. "Take care of yourself, Spiky." she said winking at me then let go and floated away with her sisters. I walked back to Donald and Goofy and we began our new adventure. I gave them one of the chains then looked at mine. Each charm represented one of the worlds we went to and made memories in. I smiled and hooked the chain onto 2 belt loops and continued walking.
3rd Person POV
Much time has passed for Tenten and her sisters. A month after their adventure with Sora, they won their Kingdom back and have begun the repairs to restore the once-great realm. 7 months have passed since then and with the kingdom and relations with the other 5 realms restored, life has begun anew.
"Come on cousin! Push!" A young blonde doctor ordered. A young redhead yelled out in pain, her 4 sisters there for support. Within a few minutes, the cries of a baby rang out. "It's a girl!" the doctor called out holding the baby. The new mother cried happily hearing her baby. "Congrats nee-chan. You have a daughter." the blacknette of the sisters said, crying happily. "Yea, at what cost?" the red-headed sister asked, holding her broken hand. "There there." the timid blonde sister said, leading her out. The doctor soon gave the mother her new baby. "So, what's her name?" the hyper blonde sister asked. The mom looked out the window and saw the bright beautiful sky before smiling. "What a beautiful sky, right, Sorami?" she said gently tapping her baby's nose, making it smile.
In another world, a young blonde girl lay unconscious, in front of an old mansion in the rain when a man in a black cloak found her. He gently picked her up and carried her in before calling, "Diz, you need to see this." The door then closed behind him.
Alright, everyone. And that's it for this story. Stay tuned for my KH 2 story, coming soon. (Hopefully)