Kingdom Hearts II

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He grabs Sora hand and places it on Sora's heart. "He's here…and he will always be."

Sora looks down at his hand. "Roxas…"

二人の約束

The Promise Between the Two of Us

Chapter 21:

Final Showdown Part 1

They head back to the Proof of Existence, and notice that the path ahead is open, as they walk up the stairs to Naught's Approach. On the other hand, the beam from Ansem's device is starting to weaken, and it shakes in his hands.

Ansem laughs while Mickey looks from the device to him. "Ansem?"

"I'm a fool. I've spent years studying the workings of the heart. Yet it seems I still haven't learned a thing!"

"What d'ya mean?"

Ansem the Wise looks at him. "The process of encoding hearts is incalculable. The inhabitants of my Twilight Town were data created from real hearts. I was convinced that they would think and behave the way I had envisioned---but I couldn't have been more wrong. A heart is so much more than any system. I saw it when Roxas and Kairi crossed paths. I knew. But I was too stubborn to accept it. It's always the same. I try to wrap my mind around things my heart already knows, only to fail. While I was trying to bring Sora back, I had so many plans in store. But once Sora was an acting force, they fell apart. All my research amounted to nothing, compared with that one boy's heart."

The device starts to vibrate more and sparks are appearing. "Ansem! The machine!"

"All the more proof that hearts cannot be contained by data. Run, my friend! It's going to self-destruct, and anything could happen!"

"But..."

"Your Majesty!"

Mickey turns around to see Sora's group running towards them. Ansem the Wise takes a glance at Sora. "Sora, the rest is up to you... And Roxas… I doubt you can hear me…but...I am sorry."

"Ansem! No!" Mickey tries to move forth but a hand grabs him on the shoulder, making him turns around. "Riku?!"

Ansem the Wise looks back to the moon. "My heart is telling me what I must do. Please allow me to do what it says!

Riku looks from the old man to Mickey. "His heart's decided. We can't change that."

Xemnas appears beside them as he looks at the group. "I was wondering who would dare interfere with my Kingdom Hearts. And look…here you all are. How convenient for me. Ansem the Wise... You look pathetic."

Ansem the Wise smirks. "Have your laugh. I deserve as much for failing to see you for the fool you are."

"Students do take after their teachers. Only a fool would be your apprentice. After all, none of this would have happened without you. YOU are the source of all Heartless. It was your research that inspired me to go further than you ever dared."

Ansem the Wise sighs. "I admit...my disregard brought chaos to more worlds than one. But what were YOU seeking? You erased me from the world, only to take my name and continue research better left forgotten... Is this the answer you've been looking for?"

"All that and more. I'm carrying on what you yourself began, and I'm creating a brand new world, one heart at a time. I thought you'd praise me, but all you ever do is hold me back. I understand, though. Unlike me, you have a heart. And you're powerless to control it. Consumed, by the jealousy you feel toward the student who surpassed you."

Ansem the Wise looks at him. "Xehanort. Foolish apprentice of a foolish man. You have surpassed nothing…only proved how little we both know. We may profess to know the heart, but its essence is beyond our reach. We're both ignorant…as oblivious as when we began. I'm afraid that any world you try to create... Any world of yours...would be an empire of ignorance. That is why you and your creation are destined to fall!"

Electricity surges through and around the device. "We've said enough! Riku, you know what to do! King Mickey, my friend, forgive me! Farewell!" The machine sparks and explodes. Sora tries to run for Ansem, but is stopped by Riku, while Kairi holds onto Mickey. Light flashes and pushes them backwards in a giant swirling tunnel. Millions of hearts fall around the Castle That Never Was. Nobodies dance in the streets as they try to grab the hearts. The hearts disappear into the ground and Heartless are formed. A gigantic horde race up the ramp toward the castle. The group wakes up on the floor, as Sora sees Riku and his flowing silver hair. He is blindfolded.

"Riku?"

Riku gets himself up as Sora smiles at his old friend. "Riku! You've changed back!"

Mickey looks at them. "Ansem did say "anything could happen"..."

Riku looks ahead as Sora walks towards him. "Riku, you gonna take that off?"

Riku realizes what Sora is indicating. "Oh..." Riku grabs his blindfold and pulls it from his face. He slowly opens his closed lids to reveal his emerald eyes."

Sora looks at the blindfold in Riku's hand. "What was that for?"

Mickey smiles. "His eyes couldn't lie."

"Lie?" Riku looks away while Sora pouts. "C'mon, man! Why did you try to do so much on your own?" Sora runs to Donald, Goofy, Mickey, and Kairi. "You got friends...like us!"

Riku looks at each of them in turn and smirks, he walks towards Sora and shuffles his hair. "Have you forgotten? I'll tell you why. 'Cause I'm not a total sap like you."

"Hey!" Sora groans.

It is then they notice tons of hearts are flying to Kingdom Hearts, which has taken on a darker look, as if infected. They look down below to see millions of Heartless storming the castle.

"Uhhhh-oh!"

Sora looks from the Heartless to his buddy. "What should we do, Riku?"

"We must defeat Xemnas. He's the Organization's last survivor."

"Right!"

Riku whips off his cloak to reveal his casual clothings. "C'mon!" Sora nods and they continue. They enter Ruin and Creation's Passage and battle through the floating platforms. They start to run to the next area.

"Sora! Riku!"

They both turn around to see Kairi pointing up at the oddly shaped windows where Heartless are literally pouring inside. They crawl up the hexagonal pathways between the platforms.

"There's gonna be no end to this. But together we can stop 'em!"

Maleficent and Pete appear in front of them suddenly. "Be gone from here! Leave these creatures to us!"

Pete looks at the witch. "But there's no way we can take 'em all!"

"I will be sending them after Xemnas. Or, perhaps, you would rather fight them yourself?"

Pete thinks about it. "Frankly my dear, I'd rather...RUN!"

Maleficent snorts. "Off with you then!"

Pete backs away until he notices Mickey. "Well, if it ain't the boat-boy King."

"Time to weigh anchor, Captain Pete!"

Pete growls. "What, like "abandon ship"? I don't think so!"

Maleficent takes a glance at the group. "Sora! "Your Majesty"! Do not forget…when I've destroyed them all, this castle shall be mine!"

Pete smirks at them. "Now lookie here. Opportunities like this don't come along every day, ya know." Pete rejoins Maleficent. "Bring 'em on!" They rush into the brawl.

Mickey looks at Sora. "We gotta hurry too."

"But..."

"They're doing what their hearts command. We can't interfere."

The group continues into The Altar of Naught, and find Xemnas raising his arms to the moon. "Ohh...my Kingdom Hearts...ruined. Now I'll have to start all over again. Warriors of the Keyblade!" He turns around and faces them. "Go forth, and bring me more hearts!"

Mickey, Sora and Riku each point at him with their appearing Keyblades. "No!"

"Denizens of light, answer this: Why do you hate the darkness?"

Mickey lowers his blade. "Aw, we don't hate it. It's just kinda...scary. But the world's made of light AND darkness. You can't have one without the other, 'cause darkness is half of everything. Sorta makes ya wonder why we are scared of the dark."

"It's because of who's lurking inside it." Riku answer it for Mickey.

Xemnas glares at them. "Then allow me another question. You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We who were turned away by both light and dark…never given a choice?"

Riku lowers his blade too. "That's simple. It's because you mess up our worlds."

"That may be... However, what other choice might we have had?"

Sora's turn to lower his blade. "Just give it a rest! You're Nobodies! You don't even exist! You're not sad about anything!"

Xemnas chuckles. "Very good. You don't miss a thing. I cannot feel…sorrow... No matter what misery befalls the worlds. No matter what you think, what you feel, or how you exist. But Sora, have you forgotten about a certain someone? Does it mean that he does not have feeling too?"

Sora stirs at the questions as he bits onto his lips.

"How amusing." Xemnas throws his arms up and energy surrounds them. All of a sudden, Sora is taken back to Memory's Skyscraper, but the landscape is completely warped and the environment is nonexistent, like a waving flag in the background.

Sora looks around to find Riku and the others. "Guys!" He looks around, but his friends are nowhere to be found. Xemnas stands before him. He vanishes and a barrier forms around Sora, sapping his energy. The brunette runs to the skyscraper, where Xemnas is standing on top. Sora looks up, and the barrier disappears. Xemnas's hands coarse with blue lightning, while Sora jumps to the top of the entrance and runs up the building. Xemnas jumps up, flips downward, and conjures two red beam swords. He flies down the tower and meets Sora on the giant video screen, as their weapons clashes. Sora slams Xemnas into the building, stunning him and they both fall to the ground.

Sora lets out a roar as he dashes forth towards Xemnas to give him a last strike, when the barrier forms around him again, draining his strength. Sora fells to his knees as Xemnas smirks down at him. "Well then, let's end this now."

Sora shuts his eyes as he prepares for the impact, as Xemnas brings down his saber towards him.

CLASH!

"You…!"Sora hears Xenmas's voice.

"Didn't I told you that I won't allow you to lay even a finger on Sora?"

'That voice…!' Sora snaps his eyes open to see a person standing between him and Xemnas. The brunette cannot believe his own eyes. He is… "Ro..xas…?"

Roxas smirks as he swings his dual Keyblades and hits Xemnas away. Xemnas groans as he disappears. Roxas turns around to glance down at Sora, who is still kneeling down on the ground. The two keyblades disappear as the blond smiles and reaches out his hand. "Need some help?"

TBC!!

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Yeah! Roxas's back! But will he be back for long? Stay tuned for the next chapter! Reviews!!!