FINAL CHAPTER

"Well," spoke Xemnas, "it is the Keyblade master that has made hell in my home." Sora growled at the Nobody holding Kairi. Xemnas simply grinned. "You've changed severely since our last encounter."

"Shove it Xemnas," barked Riku. "Put Kairi dow, NOW!" Riku was definitely not ready for another fight. That didn't stop him from charging at Xemnas, even though he didn't have the strength to summon his Soul Eater. Riku threw fists left and right, but he was tired, and Xemnas wasn't. No hits were able to connect.

Xemnas waited for his chance. He knew blocking would be a waste of his strength. When Riku threw a punch too far, he took his chance. Xemnas kicked Riku so hard that he knocked him into the portal on the right, which lead to the LAND OF DRAGONS. By the time Riku had regained his footing, it was too late. The corridor had become unstable due to him passing through, causing it to close. Sora, Kairi, Pluto, and Xemnas were alone.

Sora ran towards Xemnas, much faster than he should have been able to. Still, Xemnas was in way better shape for this fight. Dodging was practically nothing for him, even with him holding Kairi. "You are nothing like this Sora. You are nothing more than a nuisance now."

Kairi was kicking and punching Xemnas repeatedly trying to get free. "Put me down you douche bag," screamed Kairi. "What?! You afraid of a girl kicking your ass?!"

"Nobodies don't feel fear."

Sora kept attacking. No matter how fast he was, he wasn't fast enough to strike Xemnas in his weakened state. Xemnas wasn't moving at optimal speed either, due to the fact he was lugging around Kairi like dead weight. So he did what he thought was necessary and threw Kairi towards the wall. Kairi was left unconscious on the ground. Sora kept his combat moving relentlessly. Throwing claws left and right, kicking near his face.

Xemnas didn't bother bringing out his etheral blades. He wouldn't need them in a hand to hand combat fight. At least that's what he thought. Sora kept his right hand out of sight and charged a highly dense sphere of darkness. If it were to release its power, the results would be catastrophic for the receiving end. Sora nearly had him, until Xemnas side stepped just enough to escape. He then vanished.

Sora could still feel his presence nearby. Suddenly Xemnas came bursting out of the ground, knocking Sora into the air. Xemnas grabbed Sora by his jacket and said, "We shall go together." Xemnas disappeared, the reappeared, knocking Sora around repeatedly. Between a foe that was vanishing then attacking, it was a miracle that Sora was even breathing at this point. "This darkness that surrounds you it keeping you protected, for now. Very soon you'll be nothing but a beaten boy who can't defend himself."

Xemnas summoned one of his blades to deliver a final strike, but was knocked donw by a lucky shot from Kairi. "Ya know, I'm getting really tired of getting knocked out today," Kairi stated. She looked at the beaten Sora and noticed the darkness was starting to fade away. Not to mention the portal looked too unstable for more than one person to go through. "Well Sora, it looks like I can't go with you." She dragged Sora over to the dark corridor. Her heart was filled with sadness. All she wanted was to be with Sora, but fate had other plans in store for her right now. She lifted Sora up to the best of her abilities, and grabbed his Keyblade. She tossed it through the corridor and fell to her knees, with Sora still in her arms. Some of the darkness had faded away from his face, revealing his mouth. Kairi felt like she had to do this now. She put her hands on his face, and pulled him in for a kiss. She let the kiss go as deep as she could, then she felt a hand on her face. It was Sora's. As the kiss broke, tears fell down her face. "I love you Sora." With that, she pushed Sora through the corridor. As soon as Sora made it all the way through, it collapsed.

Sora came rolling through the corridor, back into the engine room where he found the first corridor. He opened his eyes to see nothing was there. "What happened," he asked to himself. "Did I pass out?" Sora looked over to see his Keyblade lying a few feet away from him, with Kairi's good luck charm on it. He reached for it and removed it. This caused it to revert to the form of the Kingdom Key. Sora put the charm back into his pocket, and headed out of the engine room.

As Sora returned to the cockpit, he noticed Donald and Goofy working like crazy over at their terminals. Donald noticed Sora come in and turned to face him. "Hey Sora, are you okay," asked Donald sincerely. "We thought it'd be best if we just gave you some time to cool down."

"Yeah," Goofy joined in, "You sure took a long time."

Sora couldn't help but give a small smile. The two of them did understand what he was going through. "Yeah, I guess I was so exhausted that I fell asleep." Sora didn't remember anything that happened while he was in his darker form. "Listen guys. I'm sorry I yelled at you like that. We'll find Kairi. Riku too. I know we will." Donald and Goofy just smiled at each other, clearly happy that Sora was back to his old self. "Okay," Sora continued as he sat back in his seat, "where are we headed?"

Donald pulled up the holographic monitor, revealing the world they were approaching. "We're on our way to the LAND OF DRAGONS!"

Sora gave a confident grin. "Okay... LET'S GO!"

Little did Sora know that very soon, he would find his way back into that castle, and not only find his friends. He would also save them, and the worlds, once again.

THE END.

A/N : Thanks for reading this all the way through you guys. I know the finale isn't as long as the more recent chapters, but considering how beaten they were fro all the other battles, I thought it was a fitting ending. I wish I could've gone with a happier ending but staying true to the source does unfortunately limit things. Anyway Thanks again, and I'll start working on another story ASAP. :)