Chapter 6: Darkmaster
"It ends here DM!" Sora shouted. "Now release The King!" DM turned and stared at the heroes. "I'm afraid I can't do that, I trust you're aware of my plan?" DM replied. "You mean the plan involving stealing The Creator's imagination?" asked Riku. "Yep," DM answered shortly. "Now are you going to give me the keyblades or not?" Sora, Riku and Kairi shook their heads. "Very well and since your king is unconscious, I have brief control of his keyblade," DM said as he raised the golden Kingdom Key. "Let's get this over quickly."
DM immediately struck Sora, Riku and Kairi. He then back-flipped at summoned several furries to capture Squall, Tifa, Cid and Yuffie and drag them away. "Lost your back up" laughed DM as he teleported away. "I hate this trick!" Riku screamed out. "Fine, I'll stop!" said DM said from behind, he slammed the keyblade into the back of Riku's head. Riku slid across the floor. DM picked up his Way to the Dawn as he had Riku imprisoned in a cage of black flames. Kairi raced after DM. She thrusted her Oathkeeper at him. DM simply jumped over and stood on top of the keyblade. He kicked her square in the head. He caged her in black flames like he did to Riku. He collected the Oathkeeper. Sora approached DM. "Give me the keyblades!" Sora demanded. DM passed Sora the Oathkeeper. "Give me what you got" DM chuckled.
Sora spun the Kingdom Key and the Oathkeeper. DM showed off the obverse Kingdom Key and the Way to the Dawn. "Winner takes all" Sora said, grinding his teeth. "That'll be me then" laughed DM. Sora leapt after DM, swinging the keyblades. DM took a step back. Sora fell on the ground. DM slammed the keyblades into Sora's skull. "Those that hurt?" DM asked cruelly. Sora groaned. "How about this?" DM raised a keyblade. Sora was knocked unconscious.
Sora woke up in one of the cages. "What happened?" he asked. DM appeared. "Just as you said," he answered. "Winner takes all."
Sora went to the end of his cage. He looked at the evil in front of him. "Psst…Sora!" whispered Riku. Sora turned in the direction of the voice. "Can you get out?" Riku asked. Sora shook his head. "Looks like we were way over our heads" he sighed. Kairi went to the edge of her cage. "C'mon guys, we can't give up now" she said. Riku looked at her angrily. "Kairi, don't give us that! We failed, live with the fact!" he screamed. "Shut up Riku! She was just trying to cheer us up" Sora screamed. "She is right," said a familiar voice. Everyone turned their heads. King Mickey was regaining conscious. "We can't give up now, there's always hope, always in our hearts." "Slime bags!" DM called out. "You 'heroes' are about to see the end of the world!"
DM stood at the center of chamber. He chucked each keyblade up into the air. He was cackling with laughter. Each keyblade started to rotate in the air. White beams rocketed into the air. A giant keyhole appeared and the four beams entered it. Sora, Riku, Kairi and King Mickey stood back in horror. The keyhole was unlocked. The Universe's imagination was revealed. DM summoned several large Thoughtless. "Obey me, Darkmaster, and bring me the imagination of the Universe!" ordered DM. They obeyed without question. They entered and searched. "So, the end is nigh!" DM laughed his head off. "Soon, the Thoughtless will bring me the imagination of The Universe; then I can access The Creator's home and steal his!"
"What make you sure you can beat The Creator?" asked King Mickey. "Easy," replied DM. "Darkness reigns supreme." The Thoughtless came back moments later. DM laughed insanely as the Thoughtless handed him a pearl sized imagination ball. DM pulled it close to his face. "Yes! I can see it!" he screamed happily. "See what?" Riku asked. DM showed the ball of multicolored light to his prisoners. Deep inside the ball was a small palace of beauty. "Behold! The birthplace of imagination! Creative Castle!" he laughed. Sora sighed. A teardrop rolled down his face. Life as he knew it was about to end. "All I have to do now is enter it! You people are fools, you all believed your heart is the greatest source of power, it's the imagination that keeps life going!" DM screamed.
"You're wrong!" cried Sora. "You dare defy 'me'?" DM asked in shock. "Yes, the imagination may make life run, but the heart makes that life enjoyable. Without the heart, we wouldn't to be able to use our imagination!" Sora yelled. "That's a lie!" DM protested in panic. The Universe's imagination ball was glowing white. "Hearts keep everything alive!" Sora screamed. DM shielded his ears. The imagination ball shot out a red light.
"What's happening?" Darkmaster screamed. "Creative Castle is contacting Kingdom Hearts, that's what!" King Mickey replied. The red light stopped. A giant heart appeared. "This isn't possible!" Darkmaster screamed in denial. The heart shone multicolored light upon Darkmaster. "No….this isn't….the…end!" Darkmaster turned slowly into dust. The giant heart turned its attention on the Thoughtless. It shone the red light on the Thoughtless. Their meaningless lives were cut short. The heart rose up above the castle and shone its light on the whole universe. Thoughtless in every world died off. The crisis ended.
Sora returned The Universe's imagination back where it belonged. Sora, Riku, Kairi and King Mickey grabbed their keyblades and sealed the keyhole. Squall, Tifa, Cid and Yuffie were brought back from the dark depths. "You did good Sora. You too Riku, Kairi and Your Majesty" Squall said thankfully. Yuffie smiled, Cid clapped and Tifa cheered. "C'mon lets go home" King Mickey laughed.
Cid took the Cruiser off the dark world. Yuffie practiced her ninja skills on the way, Riku joined her but practiced his keyblade skills, Kairi cuddle Sora, Sora cuddled her back. Squall helped Cid locate the home worlds, King Mickey was talking to Tron and Tifa just sat down. She was thinking about Cloud. "It's better off this way" his last words echoed in her head. His brooch gleamed in the light. She held it and smiled. "What are you doing Tifa?" asked Yuffie. "Nothing" she replied. Squall was thinking about Aerith. He missed her already.
Squall dropped Sora, Riku and Kairi back on the Destiny Islands. "Never forget your friends" he said to them. They all nodded. The Gummi Cruiser took off. Everyone waved to them. "well, the cosmos is now rid of evil, what now?" Riku asked. "Well," Sora replied, "we could take up blitzball."
Back in Darkmaster's castle, the demon known as Joker gathered at his master's remains. "Darkmaster, Echiecoral, Shades, Potatokiller, Darkfire, Flamer and Tronnit! Resurrect!" he yelled. Flames whooshed behind him. Joker turned. "Well done…Joker" laughed Darkmaster. Echie, Shades, Potatokiller, Darkfire, Flamer and Tronnit laughed with him. The Dark Crusade is eternal.
The End
Well, I'm glad that's over. Have any of you known what's it feels like to write a story that long, or longer! Well, please review!