"Haa...haaa….Made it." Theo said reaching a high point.
"Theo!" Sora called.
"Sora, you made it!" Theo said.
"He's not the only one." Ace said as he, Naomi, and Sci-Twi appeared.
"Guess the others are busy dealing with the remaining members." Theo said as Riku and Mickey soon joined them.
"You all made it!" King Mickey said.
"About time." Riku said.
"It seems it's not just us here." Naomi said as Ansem, Xemnas and Young Xehanort stood on the other side as the older Xehanort stood atop a pillar with several versions of No Name.
"We currently have nine. We need 4 more in order to accomplish calling Kingdom Hearts." Master Xehanort said.
"And what makes you think we'll just-" Sora started.
"Sora, wait. Think about it." Naomi said. "These keys are the other members that were defeated."
"Naomi's right, if we defeat those three, he'll have three more keyblades to add." Ace said. "We need to approach this carefully. But since there are only 3 Xehanorts here, we can still stop his plan."
"Do not be so certain. I plan for every eventuality." Master Xehanort said. "As for how I accomplish this...we will just have to see."
"He's bluffing. He's gotta be." Theo said.
"There's no way of telling. For now all we can do is take care of his remaining three selves." Sci-Twi said.
"And if he does summon Kingdom Hearts, we will defeat him." Riku said. "And we will close it again."
"I can handle the Young Xehanort." Theo said.
"I'm guessing you've got Ansem, Riku?" Ace asked.
"Yeah, I've got a score to settle." Riku said.
"That leaves me with Xemnas." Naomi said.
"You're not alone, Master Naomi." Mickey said.
"Me and Sci-Twi will hang back and provide support." Ace said. "What about you Sora?"
"I fight with my friends. So… I'll fight with all of you against them." Sora said.
"Okay...here we go!" Naomi said as they charged into battle.
"Keyblade Form 6: Divine Judgement Staff!" Ace called. "Here's a buff coming at ya, Angel Feather!" he said as a red light and small feathers washed over Naomi and the others.
"Thanks. This will help." Naomi said.
"Begone!" Xemnas said firing laser shots at her as she dodged them.
"Looks like she's gonna need more help than that." Sci-Twi said as she called out Decidueye. "It's time." she said gripping its wing. "Burst!" she called out as light engulfed the two before she stood there in an owl themed archer outfit.
"Nice!" Ace said.
"Naomi shouldn't have any problems now." she said notching an arrow as she fired it at Xemnas who dodged it easily.
"How pathetic. You gained a new power...yet you cannot even wield it properly." Xemnas said.
"That's what you think." Sci-Twi smiled as Xemnas went to slay Naomi only to find himself locked into the spot he floated over.
"What is this?" he said.
"See...why could I have hit you...When I decided to do one better...and lock you in place." Sci-Twi said pointing to the arrow that was launched as it was stuck into Xemnas's shadow. "My arrows do more than hurt...they can lock in place any living thing as long as it hits their shadow."
"That's right. That arrow was never meant for you." Naomi said. "Now, for the finisher!" she said as she fired several disks of light at Xemnas.
"Impossible…" Xemnas said as the disks hit him one after the other. He soon stood there slowly fading away. "Bested...yet again."
"I know you have a heart. What does it feel?" Naomi asked.
"I feel...emptiness...for the companions that once stood with me. I took them for granted. Now...I have nothing. My first surge of emotion in years. For as long as I can remember. And its...loneliness. Do you see? A heart is just pain." Xemnas said.
"It's what it means to be human." Naomi said.
"Really? It must take...incredible strength." Xemnas said fading away completely.
"Ira… Invi… Aced… Gula…" Naomi muttered. "If tensions between us didn't spur the first Keyblade War, do you think that maybe…"
With Riku and the King, both were fighting fiercely against Ansem who fired darkness at them keeping them on guard.
"Laser Beams!" Ace called as small beams of light rained down on Ansem, catching him off guard. "Riku, Mickey!"
"You're done!" Riku called out as he and Mickey cut right through Ansem as he started to fade. "Ansem…"
"What...a journey you and I have had." Ansem said.
"You know...I think I'm gonna miss you." Riku said.
"Your strength is vast. Deeper than darkness. I knew I didn't stand a chance. Part of me wanted to defy my fate, but when the others betrayed us, I found I did not care. And then, nothing else seemed to matter anymore." Ansem said.
"Ansem…" Ace said.
"What? It is time to move on, boy. There is so much more out there. There is more to seek. You must go out...and seek it." Ansem said before fading completely.
"Ansem...Thank you." Ace said before he looked up at Master Xehanort.
With Theo and Young Xehanort, the two clashed fiercely.
"Haaa! Ha! Ha!" Theo called out as he continued to keep up with Young Xehanort.
"Pathetic!" Young Xehanort said knocking him back. "You wield the keyblade, yet you swing it around like a child. What did you hope to gain from this?"
"None of your business! I came to fight! I may not be a guardian...but I will make it out of this!" Theo called out.
"If that's what he thinks." Young Xehanort said to himself as Theo dealt a finishing blow. "Now...it is time I returned to my past and lived out my life. But Theo...you are done here. Your time in this world is…" he said before fading away.
"My time in this world is what?" Theo asked.
"Finished." Master Xehanort said appearing behind him and piercing him through.
"THEO!" Ace cried.
"So...you did follow the dreams I sent you?" Master Xehanort asked.
"You bastard… it was all you…." Theo said. "You sent the dreams… you made me leave my friends…. You separated me from my guild!"
"I needed a 13th vessel. I knew these people would get involved. They would go and protect their friends. So...I decided to go with someone who shared a similar light with Sora...one who was eager to prove himself." Xehanort said.
"Theo!" Ace called.
"With your heart, it is now time… The X-Blade beckons. As does Kingdom Hearts." Xehanort said.
"Heh….guess I was a fool. But...keep this in mind." Theo said. "Just because I'm down...don't think you've won." he smirked.
"Theo...please hang in there." Ace said holding him up.
"Hey...so...I got something to ask. When the rest of the guild comes...I want you to tell Cobalt he's in charge until I get back." Theo said. "I'm only gonna say this once...nothing is gonna break my heart. As long as I have that...I'm gonna come back...don't know when...but I will." he smirked.
"I promise." Ace said as he was crying.
"Also...tell them to call home and tell them...I'm sorry." Theo said as he broke apart into fragments of light.
"...XEHANORT!" Ace yelled.
"Ace, stop!" Naomi called to no avail.
"Stopza!" Xehanort said stopping time. "Now...we have our thirteen..." he said as the X-blade appeared in his hands. "Open...Kingdom Hearts!" he shouted pointing it skyward as light surrounded the area.
A heart shaped moon appeared in the sky as Xehanort rose towards it as he vanished as darkness rained down from the sky above.
"He….he did it. He actually did it." Sci-Twi said.
"No…" Ace said as he pounded his fists on the ground before feeling someone touch his shoulder.
"Everything will be alright…." Cobalt said standing over him as everyone else had converged.
"Cobalt...I'm so sorry." Ace said.
"I can't believe the reason Theo left us was because of Xehanort… and now look what he's done… Theo's gone." Ivy said.
"I know you like messing with people's fates, Xehanort, but this has gone too far." David said.
"Well I say there's still a chance for us to stop him." Limestone said. "The door is still there...we still have a tiny shred of hope left."
"If it's anything to take him down, I'm in." Ace said.
"For Color Gods' sake, Ace, stop acting like it's just you. We're all in this." David said.
"Me too." Naomi said. "The Foretellers and I started all of this, so...for their sakes, I'll play my part in finishing it."
"We're going too." Sora said.
"I'm not sitting this out either." Jexi said.
"We all will fight with you." Lycan said.
"What? But… you guys think Theo's an idiot." Hope said.
"Wrong. He may not be that bright...but he was still an amazing friend. He let us join when many of us were at our lowest. He was a ray of light to all of us. None of us would have even been here without him." Amber said.
"Yeah!" ZS said. "Let's do this for Theo!"
"Is everyone ready? Then let's go." David said.
"Yeah… it's time to end this." Hope said.
