Chapter 23

The final battle

I wake up lying on the floor staring at the tile, I lift my head to see that I'm still in the realm of Kingdom Hearts. I look over and Riku was standing on the other side of an transparent shield, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Sara, is that you?" He yelled, the shield blocked of some of the sound making it hard to hear, I stand up and look at him with a grin on my face.

"My lady, are you injured?" I hear Xemnas' voice. I turn my head to see a large suit of armor holding a huge sword and was sitting on a strange throne.

"Sorry..." I yelled through the shield, "Your Princess of Darkness got kicked out." I said looking over at Sora, Donald, Goofy and Riku, all of them look seriously injured,

"Way to go, Sara!" Sora cheered,

"It cannot be!" Xemnas couldn't believe it a few seconds after he lets out a chuckle, "No matter, you will always be part of the Darkness, the princess will return... it is your destiny," I felt my heart sink. Xemnas was right, even if I did defeat Amara... she will just keep coming back until she wins,

"Don't listen to him!" Riku yelled, he holds out his Keyblade, "Look, as long as I can still wield the Keyblade it means that my heart is true to the path that I have chosen, the way to dawn! you must choose Sara!" he said,

"Enough!" Xemnas yells as he strikes Riku with his sword and he's thrown to the other side of the room.

"Riku!" I yell running up to the shield I tried to touch the shield but I'm blown back falling to the ground.

"Ha! your amount of power is no match of that shield." Xemnas gloated, I slowly stand back up.

"You're wrong." I said,

"What?" Xemnas said.

"You said that my destiny is to be in the Darkness..." I look at Sora and the others who were helping Riku to his feet, "Everyone has a choice," I lift up my hand thinking about my Keyblade, "And I choose... To Shatter My Destiny!" a bright light appears in front of my hand and I grab hold, it turns into a handle as the light molds into a blue color and wraps around my arm making the shape of a guard, it begins to fade into black as the tip ends in a point. the black grows at the other end and the teeth form into the shape of a crown, exactly like the crown necklace I gave Sora. A chain hangs off this new Keyblade and on the end was the same symbol of the necklace Sora gave me. "This sword is my Shattered Destiny, and now I'm going to use it!" I point my Keyblade at the shield and it disintegrates.

"No!" Xemnas yelled as Sora and the others run over to me... I meet them half way and tackle hug Sora to the ground.

"I'm so glad you came back..." Sora said as I stand back up whipping the tears away from my eyes.

"Cura!" I cast on everyone as it heals all of their wounds. Sora stands up feeling the power of the cast.

"Your magic has gotten stronger!" Donald said,

"It's because my heart is stronger." I said with a smile,

"Cursed fools!" He yelled swinging his long sword at us, we all quickly dive to the ground.

"We can't get close to him like this." Riku said as he pulls me to my feet.

"I got an idea!" I said running at him head on,

"Wait!" Sora yells as I'm blown back by another shield.

"Okay... that failed." I said standing back up. "But there's a small gap in-between the time he attacks and when he uses his shield."

"Got it!" Sora said as we all look at each other, now was the time to finish this. We all run at Xemnas. he swings his sword and we all slid under it and we continue running at him. Goofy jumps in front and hits his shield against the shield and is blown back, taking Donald out in the process.

"Donald! Goofy!" I yell,

"Don't get distracted!" Riku said

"Now!" Sora yelled as Sora, Riku and I jump up in the air and hit Xemnas with a critical blow. A bright light engulfs all of us and we appear back on the roof of the castle with Kairi and Mickey. Xemnas fell to his knees.

"You okay?" Kairi asked me,

"Yeah," I replied. we all point our Keyblade's at Xemnas just in case he had any more tricks up his sleeve.

"I need... more rage... I need more... hearts..." Xemnas said as Sora lowers his Keyblade.

"Xemnas, there's more to a heart than just anger or hate. It's full of all kinds of feelings... Don't you remember?" Sora asked trying to get through to him.

"Unfortunately..." He said beginning to disappear, "I don't." He vanishes with a grin on his face. we all stand there silently...

"That guy gave me the creeps!" I yelled as everyone began to laugh.

"Gosh, you all did great!" Mickey praised as Riku walked away from the others, Sora and I look at each other and run up to Riku to go talk to him.

"You're coming back with us, right?" Sora asked,

"I gave in to the Darkness..." Riku said,

"So did I..." I said walking up to him and grabbing his hand,

"How'm I gonna face everyone?" He asked,

"Like this..." Sora makes a funny face and Riku and I burst into laughter. The ground beneath us begins to shake.

"Hurry!" Mickey said as the others run over to us.

"I'll open a path!" Riku said letting go of my hand and holding it out but nothing happened, "Huh?" He didn't understand why he couldn't create a corridor of darkness.

"You don't belong in the dark realm anymore, Riku." Mickey said

"How do we get out of here, your majesty?" Donald asked, we all begin to think, we hear something behind us and turn around to see a transparent girl with medium length blond hair standing there... she looked similar to Kairi. The girl turns around and opens a corridor of darkness. Mickey and Donald run up to it and she disappears.

"Who did this?" Donald asked,

"Welp, I'm not sure." Mickey and Donald didn't see her? "But we'd better hurry and get through."

"Wait for me!" Goofy said running through to corridor. Mickey runs in after him.

"C'mon!" Donald yelled running in too. The girl reappears, still transparent. Sora and Kairi walk up to her.

"Thank you, Namine." Kairi said

"Sure," She said as she looks at Sora, "See? We meet again, like we promised."

"Huh?" Sora looks at her confused.

"You'd said we'd meet again but when we did," A transparent Roxas walks out of Sora. "We might not recognize each other." Roxas said.

"I did, didn't I?" Namine said

"But I knew you." Roxas said,

"Mmm... It's strange." Namine said,

"I think I understand. I see myself the way you remember me. And you see yourself the way I remember you." Roxas explained.

"I always thought nobodies were doomed to fade back into darkness..." Namine said.

"Yeah, but you and I didn't," Roxas said, I begin to think about Xion, "We got to meet out original selves."

"So, we can be together again!" Namine said, there connection was identical to Sora and Kairi. Roxas stands beside Namine and they face Kairi and Sora.

"Right, anytime Sora and Kairi are together." Roxas said.

"We'll be together every day, right Sora?" Kairi asked

"Uh... yeah!" Sora blushed, it was almost like a love confession. Kairi holds onto Namine's hand and she disappears into her, Sora was in awe.

"Look sharp!" Roxas said snapping Sora out of it as Roxas disappears into Sora. Sora looks around trying to figure out if anything's different.

"Don't worry. You're all still you." Riku said as Kairi stands in front of the corridor of darkness.

"Hey, let's go home!" she said,

"Riku... c'mon." Sora said as Riku grabs my hand and we all walk towards the portal. Kairi enters the portal and the corridor of darkness begins to fade.

"Sora!" Kairi yells as Riku tightens his grip and runs dragging me along, he throws me at the corridor of darkness.

"Riku!" I yelled as I knocked Kairi into the corridor with me as it shuts.

"Hey, where's Sora and Riku?" Mickey asked as He and Donald and Goofy walk up to us.

"The door closed before they could make it through..." Kairi said.

"Oh- no!" Mickey said, I noticed the Darkness was no longer causing me pain.

"It doesn't hurt..." I said as everyone looks at me.

"Do you think it's because you defeated the princess of darkness?" Kairi asked,

"I don't know.." I said.

"So what do we do now?" Donald asked,

"I'm... not sure..." Mickey said as I take out my Keyblade... was my Keyblade the reason why I could no longer feel the darkness?... I remembered that I haven't said my vow since I started my journey...

"Sara?" Donald and Goofy say as I turned the Keyblade up and pointed it towards the sky.

"I swear... on the light of this Keyblade. That I shall never be consumed by darkness." I said as the tip of my Keyblade lights up and I point it forward, a new corridor of darkness opened.

"Look!" Mickey said.

"A way out!" Donald said,

"What about Sora and Riku?" Kairi asked, I was also really worried about them... but there's nothing we can do now but go forward.

"C'mon, we just gotta wait a little bit." I said as Kairi smiles, we all walk through the corridor and arrive at Destiny Islands in the middle of the night.