Chapter Fifty Four: Last Battle -Will-

This is it. Judgment Day. Everything ends here. If we can't stop her now, then everything will be finished. I don't even know how we're supposed to beat her... Amy's... too strong. With the infinite darkness, not even my upgraded One-Winged Demon could match her now. What hope do we have? Why don't I stop fighting?

I opened my eyes, looking into the ruined room. I then stood up, picking up my Judgment Blade, which had been resting in my lap.

It had been a few days, and with my aura I'd been able to heal even the grievous wounds I had recieved in Jake's last-ditch effort to kill me.

"Maybe I don't want to give in to my pain, my anger, and all of my sorrow," I said, turning around. I walked back through the door into the bright, white room where everyone was waiting.

"So, was five days enough, Roy?" Serenity asked, exasperated.

"Yeah, yeah," I muttered. "So I needed a little rest. I didn't just do it for me, anyway... our last battle is ahead, and we all need a strong will to resist the darkness that'll tempt us along the way."

"I suppose so," she said.

"Well, shall we get going?" Jason asked, already at the steps to the Chamber of the Fayth. "The sooner we set out, the sooner it'll be over."

"I guess..." I muttered. "All right! Let's end this!"

I pointed toward the door. Everyone looked at me like I was stupid.

"What?" I asked.

"Stop ordering us around. We know what we have to do," Sora said, a little annoyed.

"I suppose you're right..." I muttered. "I just love making dramatic speeches and poses, that's all."

"Well, the time for speeches and poses is over," Riku said. "It's time to finish this fight... once and for all."

"Right," everyone said, including myself. We set out through the door to the outside of the dome, staying silent the entire way.

With these two blades... my own sword and her old sword... I'll end this.

As we passed the end of Zanarkand and crossed into the infinite purple and white abyss, everyone became uneasy; I could tell because everybody fidgeted as we kept going. Even I doubted myself.

Can I really do this...? Kill the person dearest to me...? I thought I'm supposed to protect those dearest to me...

"You guys..." Serenity finally said. "I... I don't think I can do this. I still have a lot to live for. I... I don't wanna die."

"None of us want to die," Jason told her, "but we can't give up. I'm afraid, too... but I have to keep going. It's what I must do with the power entrusted to me."

Jason summoned his Keyblade.

"I can't turn back now. Not after what's happened to us. Not after she stole Kingdom Hearts," Jake said with a brave tone in his voice.

We kept going across the purple and white void. I was still doubting myself... but I kept going anyways.

"Sora... I'm scared..." Kairi cried.

"Why's that?" he asked her.

"We can't just go and defeat Amy. That won't solve a thing," Kairi whimpered. "We'd have to defeat the darkness itself to end this for good. We can't beat the darkness, though. This fight will never be over."

"Don't sound so hopeless," Sora said, hugging her. "We can beat anything that comes our way. We've got three Keyblades and a One-Winged Demon to help us. There's no way we can lose."

"But it still won't be over. It'll never be over. It's just an endless cycle..." Kariri went on.

Sora summoned his Keyblade.

"We'll finish it," he said with resolve.

We kept going. The dreary, depressing purple and white sky was starting to get annoying.

"Guys..." I said, stopping in my tracks. "Can we really do this?"

Everyone stopped and turned around.

"What...?" Riku asked me.

"I've been fighting for six years. Six years of strife. But I... I don't know if this is the right thing to do," I muttered.

"Roy... you can't give up. None of us can," Sora said.

"Why? It's all pointless! We can't ever destroy the darkness... and without destroying it, this will happen all over again!" I shouted.

"Don't give in to your doubt. Not after you've come so far," Serenity said.

"But... I can't... not even a One-Winged Demon... or rather, a complete demon of light can match the infinite darkness," I said, hanging my head.

"Power doesn't matter now," Riku told me.

"It... doesn't matter?" I asked.

I thought power was the ultimate authority here...

"No," Kairi told me. "If your heart is strong enough..."

"If your will is strong enough..."

"You can overcome her," Jason said.

"You guys..." I muttered. "It's... not that simple. I'm the cause of all of this... everything that's happened... everything... is my fault. I can't just go and cut down my problems."

"That's right. You've got to face this thing head on," Sora said. "I know what it's like to face your inner darkness... what it's like to face your corrupted friends. I know how hard it was for you to fight your brother... but you can't give up. Not now. I've seen how far you've come... and you're strong. Stronger than this!"

"You can't give up like I did, Roy," Riku said. "I gave in to the darkness because I didn't want to believe Sora. I wanted to find Kairi so bad, I was willing to throw everthing away. That... was a mistake. My will was weak. My heart was weak."

"Your heart's strong. You've come this far... you've faced your inner darkness. You can't give up. We're going to restore everything to how it's supposed to be. That's our goal," Jason said.

"I know you've been through a lot. You're stronger than a human should be... and you've got Illumina, or at least a fragment of it. You're the best swordsman I've ever seen... and after four years in the Radiant Garden, that's saying something," Serenity told me.

"I don't know how or why you still fight. You're you, and that's all that matters," Kairi said. "You haven't given in to your darkness. You're strong. Your heart's strong. Your will's strong. You can do it!"

"Guys..." I muttered.

I can't doubt myself. My heart's stronger than this! There's something about this place that drains our will to go forward!

"Let's do this!" I shouted. I dashed forward, crossing some sort of barrier into our final destination...