A Serendipitous Key of Hope
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- Omakey -
In Disneyland, a huge crowd of anthropomorphic animal people gather together by a stage. Among them, Konan stands in the crowd with a smile, anticipating who would win. A bull person watching asks, "Who do you think's gonna win the Million Dreams Award?"
Chip and Dale are there too, with Chip saying, "I hope it's the guy I voted for!"
"I voted for him too!" adds Dale.
Reaching the podium is Queen Minnie, a mouse lady dressed as a queen. By her side is her assistant and closest friend Daisy Duck. "Thank you everyone for waiting," says the queen. "Now, it's time to begin the main event of our Dream Festival – The Million Dreams Award presentation."
Off in the background is a big guy watching. Masked in white and gold, he calls himself Captain Justice. "Yes, yes. Just skip over to the part where you say my name."
"And it's actually pretty exciting, for us to have multiple winners this year!" Minnie raises her hand and says, "The Million Dreams Award goes to these three people: Nagato, Yahiko and Konan!"
The spellcaster widens her eyes in shock. As the others cheer, she says, "Yahiko and Nagato were here? Since when?"
"Hold up!" shouts the furious Captain Justice as he rushes to the stage. "There's gotta be a mistake! Didn't everyone vote for Captain Justice?!"
He looks to the crowd, only to receive dead eyed responses. He gripes, before realizing something. "Better try the other one." He then rushes offstage, and quickly changes outfits into a dark one. "How about this? The rogue racer, Captain Dark!"
"Who?" This is Konan. "Wait, he was two people?"
"Pete, we counted the votes very carefully, and those three people won," says Daisy, clearly annoyed with his presence.
"Oh, I think you tried to do something good, but for the wrong reasons and went about it the wrong way. But, some citizens must have seen the goodness in you, because you actually got a few votes." Minnie's words move him, but only slightly. He still gripes for his prize like a jerk, which angers the queen. "Pete! They voted for you because they believe in you and care about you, and you don't seem to care?! I've tried to forgive a lot of things you've done, but this is the last straw."
"Big whoop! What are you gonna do?"
"You're gonna cool off for a while in another dimension, that's what," she replies, before calling in the broomstick guards. They swarm Pete and take him away, like a fat stinking drunk from a terrible animated sitcom.
"Wait, stop! Let me go!" he complains, but the ears they fall upon are as dead as their pity for him.
With him gone, the ceremony resumes. "Now, would the three winners Nagato, Yahiko and Konan please come to the stage?"
Konan makes her way up, but that's it. The blue haired Keyblade Master sighs realizing her closest friends weren't around. 'I must have just missed them.'
"Perhaps you can accept the award on their behalf. You've already been so kind to everyone here," says the queen with gratefulness. "I present to you the award as a token of how much you matter to us."
The crowd cheers as Konan receives her award, and an ice cream flavor just for her. "Huh. Thank you very much."
"Don't worry; the award is a special gift delivered upon eating the ice cream," she tells her with a smile. "Thank you again. I'm sure Mickey would be so glad to know there are people like you out there."
"Mickey? You know Mickey?" The two then begin to converse about how they know Mickey Mouse, with Miss blue hair eating her award.
Later…
"Ahoy! Look what we brought!" Yahiko looks over and sees Peter Pan and the Lost Boys coming his way. The boys unload the treasure chest they've brought, showing them absolutely, freaking nothing.
"Huh? Why's it empty?"
"Sorry, but we losted the treasure," says one of the boys.
Peter shrugs before saying, "Oh well. It was probably full of boring jewels and junk anyway."
Another of the boys, dressed as a fox, says, "We could just put what we treasure in there instead – if ya want."
"Good idea! Instead of fillin' it up with jewels and gold, we'll put in what's truly special to us. The real treasures!" With Pete's advice, they all resume piling in their precious belongings into the chest. "You got anything?"
"Hmm…" He takes out an item and places it on the top, which is revealed to be the wooden Keyblade. Peter asks what it is, with Yahiko responding, "It's something that one of my best friends gave me."
"Doesn't that make it very special?"
Yahiko smiles with sentiment. "Yeah! But, who needs something to remind me of my friendships when I have Konan and Nagato? Our best memories are still ahead."
"Well alright then!" Pete then locks the chest up. "Next time ya visit, we'll have an even bigger chest waiting! Enough for way more treasure and memories."
Tinkerbell comes by holding a blue star piece. "Oh wait, Tink! That actually belongs to a friend of mine," he says, with the young Keybearer reaching out for it. Though reluctant, she hands it over to him, and it immediately shines. The star covers him in energy and jettisons him into space.
Outside the tower that Yen Sid resides in, Donald and Goofy look down with worry at the grassy pavement. "Gawrsh, the king sure must be pretty far away."
The starlight path circles the tower before slamming into the ground. This surprises both the animal people, who cry out, "King Mickey!" Though when the light clears away, it reveals Ventus instead to their dismay.
"Nope, it's not him… But, why does he have the Star Shard the King borrowed?" asks Goofy seeing him.
"The King? You mean Mickey?" Yahiko picks himself up and dusts off. "So you know him too?" The two then grab him and take Yahiko upstairs inside the tower.
Upstairs, Yahiko meets with Yen Sid. The aged master opens his eyes and says, "Yahiko I presume… Master Eraqus has requested that you return home."
Yahiko looks down with a sigh. "No matter. Mickey has difficulty following directions too. Not all of them can be Minato I guess."
"Who?"
"Nevermind. How did you come across that?" asks Yen Sid.
"Well when I first met Mickey, we were flung to Radiant Gardens. But then, he disappeared on me, or I think I did when I went to go find Nagato. That thing there… I didn't find him where I found it."
"I see… So Mickey has been hurling himself from one world to the next. That's why I couldn't discern his location…" Yen Sid confesses.
"But now that he's stopped moving, can you?" asks Donald.
"Yes." Yen Sid then performs a spell, which through pink smoke shows them the location of the mouse king. Yahiko immediately recognizes the location as where they first met. But soon it disappears, and Yen Sid realizes something is wrong. "There is a dark and powerful force interfering with my magic."
"Do you know where he is?" asks Donald curious and worried over his friend.
"I know where he is," says Yahiko. "I recognize the place he was in."
Elsewhere, Pete remains in a world immense with vibrant, black and purple shades. He throws a fit before shouting, "Go ahead, leave me here! I'll just bust out an-"
Quiet, you fool! You do not possess that kind of power. Another voice speaks to him, eerily drawing his attention.
"Who… Who are you?" His fear falls on his sleeve, destroying any attempt at looking calm.
That is enough! Stop your sniveling and heed my words. Do exactly as I say, and I may decide to release you from this prison.
"Really?" He stutters. "Okay, you can count on me! Just get me outta here, whoever you are!"
A very wise choice indeed. Proceed. A Corridor of Darkness opens up behind him. Without any hesitation Pete steps inside. With your help, soon every world in existence will all be mine!
- End Omakey -
The XXXII Keyhole: Back to the Bastion – Light, Dark, Nothing
Realm of Darkness…
A lone person completely masked by darkness wanders a gray path. 'Naruto, Sakura, I'm sorry.'
He looks up as he tries to picture his surroundings, where we see this is Sasuke. 'Is this the afterlife? No, not yet… Not until I see them again.'
Perhaps I can help. Another voice calls out to him in the dark. You can hear me right?
Sasuke raises his head. I'll be there soon.
"Who's that?"
I have the other Kingdom Key, the one that belongs to this world. I've been trying to get through to you, but the darkness in your heart kept me away.
"What's happened to me?"
Your heart won the battle against darkness, but it was too late for your body. That's why you're here, in the place of darkness where hearts are gathered.
This calms Sasuke a bit, now that he's grounded his location in his mind. "What do I do now?"
The Door to Darkness will open soon, but it's one we can't enter. It has to be closed from both sides, and to do that we need two keys and two hearts. Maybe that's why you're here, for the same reason as me. Maybe it was fate.
"Fate huh? You seem to know everything." Sasuke then asks, "What about Naruto and the others?"
Try to look within your heart, and you'll find the answer. A feeling of redemption comes to his heart. His hatred fading, he starts to see a road appear before him.
"… Okay. My road begins here."
Elsewhere in the depths of space, the White Dragon Gummi ship can be seen traveling through the darkness surrounding it. Naruto, Donald and Goofy watch the monitor as they traverse the stars, seeing more Heartless ships further ahead.
Naruto sighs before saying, "The road to Hollow Bastion is closed off by so many Heartless. We'll have to go around like Kaiba said."
"Well, where do we go?" Goofy asks curiously.
The duck looks over at a distortion in space. "Hey, what's that?" Donald says as they near it.
"It's showing up on radar as a blue thing," says Naruto as he points to the screen radar. "I think that's our shortcut."
The ship turns over to the wormhole, and it takes them through another shift in space-time. In another location in space, the trio look around for their location, and spot on the radar Hollow Bastion. "We're back!"
"We made it!" Donald adds with glee.
"And not a Heartless in sight!" Goofy states.
The Gummi Ship moves in towards the world and enters, with them dropping in the rapids they originally stopped by. Naruto looks over at his friends as they take in the bright blue sky, as if the world of darkness they were fighting in never existed.
"Alright, let's get inside. Hopefully, Ichigo's okay," says Donald before he rushes in first. The others follow after, using Aero to get around the waterfall to reach the elevator. They step inside and it takes them up to the castle floating over nothing.
Upon entering its gates, they spot an explosion blowing away something. "That was Getsuga Tenshou!" With Naruto's exclamation, they head straight to the castle door and open it, finding no resistance like last time, and enter the main hall.
Inside, Ichigo stands amidst a pile of wrecked debris overtop slaughtered Heartless. His sword resting on their bodies, the Emblem Heartless fade away into dark mist and hearts. He then falls over. "Ichigo!"
Naruto rushes over to help him up. The tired Soul Reaper opens his eyes and looks at Naruto. "Oh, about time you got back."
"Ichigo! Your arm!" shouts Goofy when he sees that his left arm has been torn off. Along with the shoulder that attaches it to his body.
"Don't worry about it. Just get me to Inoue in the library..." He manages to make this out before passing out, blood oozing from the fresh wound like this was Hellsing.
The trio look to their 2 o clock hearing Heartless coming their way, and waste no time going to the library next door; Donald carries Tensa Zangetsu as they do.
Inside the library, they find Inoue Orihime by the staircase rushing towards them. The orange haired busty teen shouts, "Kurosaki-kun," as she rushes in, her white dress shimmering in the light. "Please be okay, Kurosaki-kun!"
"I don't know if Heal can save him, but I can try," Naruto says before he summons his Keyblade.
"Wait, I got this." Inoue holds her hands over Ichigo's body, as two lights shoot out from the hair pins stuck in her head. "Ayame, Shun'o! Souten Kisshun, I reject!" The twin lights form a shield covering all of Ichigo.
The others watch as Inoue performs her technique, and though they were expecting his wounds to fade away, the biggest shock came when his entire arm and shoulder grew back. And in mere seconds. "What?!" All three shout in close unison.
"You must be the Keybearer who fought his way here with Ichigo. Thank you," she says as she heals the Soul Reaper.
The red eyed Keyblade wielder asks, "How are you doing that? Not even Curaga can restore lost limbs!"
"It's nothing special about my power. I can also save someone who was turned to smudge," she says, with a weird smile that isn't to be taken seriously. "But seriously, thank you for helping Kurosaki-kun."
"It's not a problem. Ichigo's our friend," Naruto says, clearly not seeing what Donald and Goofy are in relation to Orihime and Ichigo.
"Hey, they're back!" a voice says up above. They gaze skyward at the ceiling where a woman looks down on them. She and five others head to the staircase and reveal themselves to be the other five Princesses of Hearts.
"Naruto, Donald, Goofy!" says Jasmine to her friends. "It's good that you guys are back."
"Well now that we're here we're gonna bust you out," says Donald.
"We can't leave yet," says Snow White.
"Why not?"
"We're the only ones capable of holding back the power that's threatening to spill out of the Keyhole," says Aurora.
"But now that you're here you can seal the Keyhole!" says Anna with a smile. She then looks around. "Is Elsa here with you?"
"No, we left her behind in Hollow Bastion to perform the rescue mission," says Naruto to her. He then notices something in what they said. "Wait, the Keyhole? What about-" Before he could continue, Ichigo grunts out a noise and awakens.
"Kurosaki-kun/Ichigo!" Inoue and Naruto say seeing he's awake.
"Hey guys. Sorry I couldn't last this long without your help," he tells him. "Ansem really packs a wallop."
Naruto then remembers what he was going to say. "What happened to Ansem?"
"He disappeared, faded into the darkness," he confesses, flexing his reborn arm as he grabs his sword. "He got swallowed in that Keyhole after cutting off my arm. But once that Keyhole is sealed we can leave."
"Don't move just yet; it takes a while to restore your reiatsu," says the healing princess.
"Also, there's something else," says Cinderella to them.
This worries them. "Something else?" asks Goofy.
"There was another thing that arrived shortly after Ansem left; but it's not a being of darkness or light at all," she continues. "He ignored us, but he sports the same black coats of the guys who kidnapped me and the others."
"Black coat..." Naruto hears that and comes to an idea. 'If it's not Akatsuki, then maybe it's that guy who stole Kurama from me. At first I thought it was Ansem, but maybe it wasn't.' "Don't worry; we're on it. Ready Ichigo?"
"Ready!" The Soul Reaper brings himself to stand, and together all four head out the door. On the other side, Darkballs and Defenders stand in their way. Ichigo with his busted sword rushes in and cuts through the Darkballs, leaving only two Defenders for the others.
"Donald, Goofy, you take the one on the left!" Naruto says as he aims at the other. He charges a Blizzard spell to shoot at its mouth, but the Heartless bites down on his attack and destroys it. "What?"
The Defender then headbutts Naruto backwards into a wall. As he picks himself back up, he spots a bright light coming from his pocket. Digging inside he pulls out the lucky charm he received from Sakura, which is also making his Keyblade shine. "Wait a minute." Naruto removes the chain on his Keyblade and replaces it with the lucky chain, its seashells giving a bright shine.
The Defender fires a ball of flames at Naruto, who raises his sword to block. It then gives off a new appearance that empowers Naruto: the sword is now separated in between with two hearts for its shaft, two angel wings for the guard and the teeth are shaped in the form of the kanji 'Hikari'. The white sword shines in a white-yellow glow.
'Wow! Sakura's charm turned into a keychain? Gotta thank her for that later.' "Ragnarok!" Naruto knocks the shield up in the air before rapidly slashing it, before bombing the holder with a salvo of light magic that destroys it. He then turns to the others who were long since done. "Too long?"
"Just a little," Donald tells him. The group make their way towards the exit, closing the door after the maidens.
As they do, a lone person watches them hidden in the background. "It would appear Naruto-kun has improved far beyond the norm. He's far more powerful than he should be. And yet, something's off." He then slithers off.
The quartet of heroes make it through the spacious bastion like before, this time knowing exactly where to go. Though the Heartless prove a problem, it is not such that they could not handle. Eventually they come to the Grand Hall, so far so good.
As they climb the steps and reach the Keyhole, a cold air chills them. Naruto grabs his arms going, "Brrr! What's this feeling?"
Fading into existence, behind him steps forward a figure in black. It passes by the others straight for the Keyblade Wielder, who turns around just for him to pass through. A flurry of Naruto's memories fly from his mind to the front of his circulatory system. The man in black steps out of him and he drops to his behind.
"Naruto!" The guys go to him. He recovers and stands up, looking over at his friends. The group then focus back on the man in the black coat.
"Who are you?!" Ichigo demands raising his Bankai.
The man keeps walking until reaching the Keyhole, and stops. For a brief moment there's tension in silence, until the words: "Ah. You've grown stronger."
"Are you Ansem?" asks Goofy, an obvious yet smart decision.
The man turns around slightly, his face masked by the darkness of his hood. "That's a familiar name…" He raises his left hand slightly.
The quartet look among them as they await this guy's next move. Naruto prepares to ask him again, but he's quickly beaten to the punch when he says, "Even now, even then, you remind me of him. And now him…"
"What's that supposed to mean?" asks Naruto. He checks his hand just as an insight reaches his mind. He quickly raises his arm summoning the Oathkeeper Keyblade just as the man turns, and blocks a familiar sphere of white energy. The powerful attack has him deadlocked and frozen in place, as if he's at the limit of his power.
"Naruto!" The others prepare to attack.
"So it IS you!" Naruto shouts. A wave of darkness surrounds his sword before he ends up using all his strength to deflect the sphere upward and tear a hole in the ceiling. The shockwave also rattles the castle, debris from above falling down like snow.
The man looks towards the Keyblade's chosen one, and then at his weapon. In the midst of his action his sword transformed, turning into a black Keyblade with a longer reach, bat wings as the guard, and a black crown for the keychain. The teeth, as if adding to the contrast of the Oathkeeper, is kanji for 'Yami'.
"It means you're not whole anymore. You are half of what you are…" The man raises his hand as several lasers fire from nowhere at them. Naruto and the others jump away to avoid their paths, with Ichigo and Naruto rushing in to slash through him. Though they easily pass through, it was indeed too easy. They barely touched him.
"Impressive. You can muster this much strength even while at 50 percent of what you used to be."
"What are you talking about?!" Naruto grips his fists trying to use his Drive form, only for nothing to happen. "What's going on? Where's my Drive power?"
"You do not comprehend the truth of yourself, for now. Instead of focusing on me, should you not go after Ansem?"
"Ansem… Where is he?!" Naruto demands as everyone gets on edge.
"You will find Ansem at the End of the World. A place you can only find through the corpses of the three Super Heartless that have escaped the Final Keyhole. Only then will you reach the Door to Darkness."
"Wait! What are you-"
He fades into nothing. The man disappears without a trace of him left. No presence, no energy level, not even the coldness that he emitted. All that remains is the reminder of his power that towers over theirs, the remembrance of the past where Naruto faced him, and a reminiscence of his last words: "I am a mere shell of a man."
Naruto drops down to his knees, all the weight on his body lifting with his exit. "What is that guy? Was he always this strong?"
"Hey, you okay?" asks Ichigo as he goes over to him.
"Y-Yeah," says the Keyblade wielder before pushing off his knees. "We better get going. Once that Keyhole is sealed, we can focus on going after Ansem."
"Naruto, what happened to the Keyblade?" Goofy asks seeing its new dark form.
"I don't know… But, there's something familiar about this sword..." He waves it about, before smirking. "Sasuke… Oh, that makes sense!"
"What?"
"This must be something that came from Sasuke, because this feels like him." Naruto replaces his new black crown with the star charm for the Oathkeeper. He then looks up at the Keyhole in front of them.
"Let's go." Ichigo steps up and inside the Keyhole first, allowing the others to follow.
Inside this new landscape they find themselves in a strange, almost alternate dimension. All they see within these dark depths is an enlarged Keyhole shaped like the Heartless emblem, and the surrounding surrealism of rainbow colors. Naruto steps towards the Keyhole, but before he could get any closer, something appears into reality.
The new Heartless appearing is a towering behemoth of a monster, fitting of its name Behemoth. This one horned, fanged demon snarls at its prey upon recognition of the Keyblade. "Guys, get ready! Fan out!"
The Behemoth leaps at them, forcing the group to jump to the side and avoid it. Donald shoots Firaga at its side, but does no damage to it. Goofy crashes into it with his shield, but bounces off harmlessly. Even Naruto who jumps at its head and whacks down does no visible damage to it. Naruto shouts, "This isn't working!"
"Obviously," is Donald's sarcasm.
The Behemoth roars before stomping the earth, unleashing a powerful storm of Thundaga that knocks all three of them down. Ichigo diverts the attack away with his sword, busting Tensa Zangetsu even further. He then charges a red sphere of energy and fires, but it counters with its own beam. "It's strong enough to stop a Cero?!"
"Strike Raid!" Naruto recovers enough to hit where the beam is coming from, its horn. This disorients the demon enough that it falls over in pain. Seeing this, Naruto shouts, "Found a weakness! Aim for the horn!"
"Got it!" Donald fires Blizzaga at the horn, his attack causing no damage to it. "What?!"
"Guess ya gotta hit it!" Goofy jumps up and bashes the horn with his shield, causing the demon more pain.
As he lands, the Behemoth roars and knocks him aside. Donald cries out, "Goofy," and goes to his side, while Naruto and Ichigo charge in. The monster jumps up at them to flatten our heroes, but they jump to the side in time.
As the Keybearer hits the ground the stone he got from Sakura falls out of his pocket. He picks it up and prepares to pocket it, before realizing something. "Wait a minute… If this is anything like Kenshin's..."
He holds onto the stone tightly, hoping for something to happen. As he does, the Heartless charges in at Naruto. Ichigo shouts, "Look out!"
Naruto is immediately caught in a bright light, and out of nowhere a hand grabs the face of the Behemoth and stops it in its tracks. Naruto's eyes adjust as the light dimmers, revealing to him his new helper; clad in an orange gi with a blue undershirt, bright black eyes and wild black hair, this new muscular person holds back the Heartless with ease. "Hey! You look like you could use some help."
Naruto and the others look to the new guy, with the blond guy asking, "Who are you?"
"Aren't you the one who called me?" Naruto nods. "Well, I'm here to give you a hand. The name's Son Goku. You?"
"Uzumaki Naruto!" he says, noticing how the Behemoth isn't budging an inch at all.
"Good. And now…" Goku's muscles tighten up as a golden aura surrounds his body. He shouts out loudly as he powers up, his hair turning a gold shine while his eyes become more focused as well as green. The force of his transformation blows back even Naruto, as Goku punches the Heartless and sends it skidding backwards a bit.
Goku holds his hands together to his right hip, blue energy charging. Naruto notes it resembles his Rasengan, as Goku says, "Ka! Me! Ha! Me!"
The Behemoth charges its attack and fires a massive beam. "HA!" Goku responds with his own super attack, which stops even the Behemoth's blow. Seeing he's being matched, Goku shouts, "FULL POWER," and unleashes all the strength he has to consume the demon.
A massive explosion results from the attack, and the Behemoth lies on its back in pain. Naruto takes this opportunity to rush in and slash the horn, destroying it and causing the demon to evaporate into nothing.
Naruto breathes a sigh of relief along with the others, with Goku saying, "Well, that should do it. Take care." He then fades into the stone having expended all his energy. It falls into Naruto's hand.
"Thanks Goku. Now for the Keyhole." He runs before the Keyhole, and with his sword locks it away. With this, a stone falls into his hand. The stone has a white cross in it with many archaic letters in it.
"What's this?"
"Naruto! You guys in there?" He looks back at where they came, and soon all three step out to see who called them out.
And to their surprise, it's the crew from Traverse Town: Yugi, Anzu, Elsa, and a fourth person they don't recognize. Ichigo asks, "Who are they?"
"Kurosaki-kun!" He looks over the balcony to see Orihime and the princesses down below.
"How did you guys get here?" asks Goofy, of both parties.
"We came on my ship, the Thousand Sunny Go," says the new guy. Naruto looks at him questionably. "Monkey D. Luffy if you're wondering, the future Pirate King!"
"… Sure. But wait, did you guys came the same way?" asks Naruto.
"This world use to be a part of ours," says Anzu. "We wanted to see it again, now that Maleficent is gone."
"Yeah, it used to be so peaceful. Now it's a mess," says Yugi.
Naruto sighs before saying, "There might be a way to save this world and ours. Someone told me that Ansem was going to the End of the World."
"He may be referring to the clusters of the worlds taken by the Heartless," says Yugi's other half as he takes over. "Those worlds should be restored once he's gone." He then closes his eyes. "But, it also means goodbye."
"… Goodbye?" Donald and Goofy look to Yugi, knowing where he's getting at. "What do you mean goodbye?"
Elsa answers, "Once the worlds are restored, they'll all be separate again. Everything will go to how it used to be. Everyone will return to where they came from."
"Then I'll just visit you guys in a Gummi Ship!"
"It won't be that easy," says Yugi.
"Why not?" This time it's Luffy.
Yugi's eyes become serious and upset. "None of you guys knew about other worlds before the Heartless came about, right? Because before them there were impassable walls that separated the worlds. When the Heartless showed up they destroyed the walls, but once the worlds return to how they were… so will the walls."
Luffy looks away sighing. He then regains some confidence and says, "Don't let it bother you! I mean, aren't you guys friends?" Everyone turns to him. "Even if you're apart, you'll always be friends!"
Yugi smiles along with Anzu, and the rest of the girls. "He's not wrong. What can you show but can't be seen? Friendship." Naruto smiles brightly at that message, taking it to heart and forgetting his previous sadness. "As long as we remember eachother, we'll always be in eachother's hearts."
Donald and Goofy agree with him. Elsa then speaks, "Besides, it's not like I could forget you guys if I wanted to, Naruto."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Naruto retorts, and everyone shares a brief laugh. With a grin of confidence, he says, "Alright! Let's get Jasmine and Anna back home and then we're off to hunt down the entrance to the End of the World."
Kei: And that brings a true end to the Hollow Bastion arc.
Julia: Next time, we'll look into the side event, the Hades Cup. Right after a visit to Agrabah.
Yusei: And since we have some time left, we have a detailed explanation for the Drive forms. Julia?
Julia: Right – Like Sora, Naruto could use Drive forms by taking in emotions from his friends, which is our explanation for Sora and Naruto doing it in the game. They can only be used while wearing the clothes given by Yen Sid, as you all know. But for Naruto, what supports and structures his forms are the Biju chakra Kurama supplements, which is converted into pure power. In order for him to use his power he mustn't have anything obstructing the Biju chakra within him, just like the Tailed forms in the Naruto anime.
Yusei: Naruto has power from Donald and Goofy, giving him Wisdom and Valor respectively. Limit is represented by his past like Sora, more importantly his former self as a shinobi. That's why his magic turns back into chakra and he becomes the Kyubi Chakra Mode in this Drive form, and like both the finale to BBS and many of the worlds in this part, this was planned when we first started writing.