All right guys, I know by now some of you probably want to kill me, but I can explain…you see, I'm like right in the middle of Assignment period for school, so I have been bombarded with assignments, and right now, its seriously like killing me, BUT, This chapter, and the next one, will be terrific, I promise you all that, as we are coming to the end of 12, I hope you enjoy this chapter, just as much as I have enjoyed writing this chapter.

Chapter 13.

Lets go.

Sora dodged passed a couple sharing an ice cream as he continued running, the house that had previously been blasted now returned to normal was growing smaller in the distance. He was running as fast as he could, his blazer blowing in the wind as the night air began to get colder, and he right into an alleyway

"Please, please not yet," Sora muttered fiercely as he ran as fast as he could past a corner, and skidded to a stop, his one tiny glimmer of hope gone.

In full view was Namine's house, which to anyone else looked as it had for the past 20 years, but through Sora's eyes, the entire front exterior of the house had been blown apart, and Sora could see what could only be Roxas lying on the floor, to which Sora could only assume he was unconscious.

Sora jumped as high as he could, which, miraculously was quite high, as he landed on the edge. He ran over to his brother and began to shake him.

"Roxas, Roxas, get up will you," Sora muttered furiously, but Roxas would not wake up.

"Ok, fine then," Sora muttered, and he closed his eyes and placed his hands on Roxas' temple. Everything was quite for a few moments before Roxas literally jumped up.

"NAMINE!" Roxas screamed, but Sora grabbed hold of him.

"Roxas, they're gone," Sora muttered fiercely and quickly as he lowered his brother to the floor.

"Who are?" Roxas asked, sweating and shaking like anything.

"Kairi and Namine, he got them," Sora stated, but Roxas still looked dazed and confused.

"Who got them?" Roxas asked as he began to shake.

"Wake got them," Sora shook his brother.

"Who's Wake?" Roxas asked, and Sora groaned.

"That must have been one hit, seems like the Angelic Power has reset most of your primary memories," Sora muttered as he clicked his fingers over he brothers eyes and then placed that hand to his ear.

"Sora, my mind is currently the exactly the same as any drunken buffoon, so please don't use complicated phases with me right now," Roxas stirred as his brother clicked his fingers to his ears once again.

"Seems it's affected your speech patterns as well, drunken buffoon? Never thought I would hear you say that in my lifetime…then again, big lifetime," Sora muttered as he clicked his fingers once again.

"Mind telling me what you're doing?" Roxas groaned.

"I've isolated the demonic darkness in you, and I'm trying to determine how long we've been out for," Sora muttered as he starred at his fingers once again.

"And why couldn't you have done this to yourself," Roxas slowly managed to sit up.

"Because that would have been long, tedious and painful," Sora muttered as he became transfixed at his hand.

"Oh of course," Roxas rolled his eyes, and watched as his brother sighed in relief.

"Good, it's only been three hours," Sora stretched up.

"Only?" Roxas said, "I'm glad losing 3 hours of your life doesn't seem to faze you,"

"Roxas, right now we have more important things to worry about then what you could have had sex with," Sora muttered, as he rose his hands towards the blast in the house, and clicked his fingers.

One second, the blast was clear as ever, and the next, it was back to the way it had been before.

"Impressive," Roxas muttered.

"Yeah, you learn a bit when you hang around Da Vinci," Sora muttered as he held out his hand and pulled up his brother.

"Right then," Sora muttered as he spread his legs apart.

"What are you doing?" Roxas asked.

"Roxas, the Dark Angel has the Seven Princesses, which means right now, Emergency Code 1A is being activated, all Angels are to return to their posts to retrieve instructions from the Father," Sora rolled his eyes.

"Oh, yeah, course," Roxas rubbed his eyes.
"You gonna get there all right?" Sora asked, and Roxas waved his hand.

"Sora, I'll be fine, it was just a knock on the head, ill be fine," Roxas stretched, and once he had positioned himself, both Sora and Roxas disappeared, one in a flash of lightning, the other in a gust of wind.

12------12

Sora balanced himself as he looked around. The setting was clear, with clouds underneath them, as a footpath leading towards what appeared to be large white gates. Sora looked around, but could see no sign of his brother.

"Well, turns out he could NOT get here all right," Sora sighed as he buttoned up his blazer, and began to walk towards the gate.

Once he had arrived, he stared at the gate. Even for a particularly tall man, this gate would have made him feel very short. The Gate looked like it lead to nowhere, as all around him was just blank, with only clouds to give them a place to walk, However, to Sora, he knew better. At the front of the gate, there was no lock, but only a gold plate, about the size of a mans hand.

Sora placed his hand on the plate, and said in a clear voice, "Sora Thomas Jacobson Twelve, Haven's Elite,"

At once the gate began to slowly open, showering him in a rather bright light. Sora stepped through, and at once, his vision was impaired for a split second, before it returned to normal.

Sora looked as if he was standing in a park, around them luscious green grass, with buildings everywhere, showing schools, temples, and homes. There was no need for hospitals, or police stations, or office buildings, because there was no pain, crime or work where he was. All around them were people dressed in white gowns, all supporting great wings and halos. There was no difference in wing size or the goldenness of the halo. No matter whether if it was a child, or an old person, they all had the exact same wings and halos.

As Sora walked down the green fields, where several grand houses, all made of gold stood as light as a feather on the clouds, Trees producing the sweetest mangoes, apples, oranges, and even bananas, he Noticed The children who had died at a young age all playing together around the trees, dressed in white gowns. Sora looked to the right, and saw a girl, not much younger than he was, taking care of a young boy who had tripped over. She was wearing a long coat, reading down to her ankles, with red, orange and yellow mixed together and She was wearing black high boots. Her eyes shone red like a burning flame, and her hair was literally on fire, blazing down her back, with a small section going up. Her nails were pained red, and she had a look of kindness on her face, but also a hint of tiredness, as if she had listen to all the worlds' problems. Even though nobody felt pain in heaven, he still had an ugly sore on his knee. The girl bent down and hovered her hand on top of the sore. At once several flames escaped from her hand, and licked around the sore, until they disappeared, as well as the sore. The little boy got up and started running to catch up with the others. She looked up to Sora and smiled as Sora smiled back. She was a friend of his, from a time of great suffering, and great trouble. Then she stood up straight, and at once her fire hair began to grow, and circle her body, until it was covered in flames. Then in a fiery flash, she disappeared, leaving only a couple of flames, which disappeared as they reached the ground. Sora would always remember the fire mistress, and the great battle they had fought in, but whose name he never Learnt, until the end of time.

As Sora passed through the park, a girl ran past him, with black hair, and a smile on her face, "Kyra, wait up," One of the little kids laughed as they chased her.

He looked up into a tree to see a girl with bright blonde hair smiling at the view, while other kids gathered around the tree, looking up at her, "Come along Ashleigh, time to get down," Said one of the other children, and instantly the girl jumped down and began running, followed by the other kids.

"Jimmy, you're it!" Sora turned around to see a brown haired boy running after a group of kids, all of them laughing.

Sora laughed as he watched all those little children playing and talking, no arguments, not hitting or biting, no girls in one corner and boys in the other, everyone was peaceful, and for one brief glorious moment, Sora forgot about the seven princesses trapped in hell, and the outcome of what would happen if they did not succeed today. As he went through a crossroad, he witnessed Yuna and her Grandmother sitting on the ground talking. Yuna looked past her grandmother to see Sora standing there. He smiled, and waved, to which Yuna waved back, grinned, and continued talking with her Grandmother. Sora continued to smile, as he looked straight ahead, and began walking once again.

Sora began to walk to one of the largest temples in Heaven. The steps seemed to go up into a higher form of Clouds. Sora looked up at them for a whole minute before he said, "Ill walk," and he began to climb those everlasting stairs.

As he finally reached the top, he walked along what could only be described as a bridge before he came to a door, almost as big as the gates to heaven. Sora closed his eyes, and waited a couple of minutes, before the doors slowly began to open, and Sora swept inside.

He was walking along a corridor, with ancient paintings hanging from inside, and somehow, a light keeping the place from darkness, without any electricity or flames to help the light. Sora reached the end of the corridor, and he looked above him.

Sora was in a rather large circular room, with chairs placed high above the ground. Sora could see all the Angels above him, all looking down, except for Roxas. Suddenly there was a great booming voice, causing every one in the room to look up, as it said one name.

"Sora Twelve,"

At once, there was a bright flash of light coming from the very top of the tower area, and yet everyone managed to look up quite clearly. From the centre, a being began to slowly descend to the floor. He was almost twice the size of a normal man, with long blonde hair, and a blonde goatee. His eye's looked so old, and yet, he had that warm presence around him, like he could make you feel better, even in the darkest of times. He was wearing a white coat, with a hood at the back, and large white boots and gloves. As he touched down gracefully on the floor, Sora dropped to his knees.

"Father," Sora didn't look at the man, but the Father placed his hand onto Sora's back.

"My son," The man said gravely, "Rise,"

Sora rose, and as he did, his feet lifted from to ground, going up and up and up, to one of the highest seats, and he gracefully sat on his chair. The Father also rose, but instead of taking a seat, he merely stood in the centre.

"Please, Father, take my seat," Cloud said, and he was about to float away, when the Father waved his hand.

"No, but thank you, my son, I shall remain where I am," The Father Inched his head forward slightly, and Cloud nodded in response.

"We are missing one, where is Roxas Twelve?" The Father inquired, and as if right on que, The front gate burst open, the sound of feet hitting the marble floor was heard, and everyone looked down to see Roxas burst into the area.

"Sorry I'm late, I think I took a wrong turn and hit Jupiter…or was it Mars…anyway, here now," Roxas smiled as he jumped up all the way to his seat.

"Cheap shot from Wake," Sora muttered to Cloud, and he nodded his head.

"So, he has all seven," The Father boomed, ignoring Roxas' lateness.

"We believe he came into possession of the last two a mere 3 hours ago," Sora stated clearly.

"Then we still have time, he will have to connect all seven of the girls to Pandora's Box, which will take a bit of time," The Father responed.

"What I want to know is how he managed to hide us when we got attacked," Tidus stated.

"Ya, Mon, I mean, how was it that he could keep us from our Angelic sensors, ya know what I'm sayin?" Wakka said, and before anyone could answer, there was a loud voice that echoed throughout the room.

"I believe I can answer that,"

Everyone looked up to see a projection of a rather older man, with a band around his head, pilot's goggles perched on his forehead, and a tiny stick hanging from his mouth,"

"Pardon the intrusion, Father, but I could help but notice you wanted answers to the little disappearing act that occurred," Cid said in a very rough voice.

"Do you have an answer for this, Cid?" The Father asked.

"I believe I do, an it was all thanks to Sora over there, if he hadn't had told me to check Tidus's condition a while back, well, I wouldn't have picked up this little problem," Cid flicked his nose with his thumb.

It took Sora a moment to realize what he had done a while back, he had been standing alone in Lulu's apartment when it had happened.

Cid, it's me again. Listen, I need you to do me a favor, Tidus should be in the medical area getting a checkup, I need you to look for traces of Light and Darkness in him…Because I think he went somewhere even you don't know…

"Oh yes, what did you find?" Sora looked at Cid, and instantly his image disappeared to reveal a biological picture of Tidus's Nervous System.

"Not a bad picture, if I do say so myself," Tidus muttered to Wakka, while Zack, who was on his other side, rolled his eyes.

"I found exactly what you were looking for, this is a picture of Tidus Nervous System when he became a Guardian Angel, and this next one was taken during his check-up," Cid's voice was still heard, and the picture changed, as there was now Light and Darkness patterns mixed together throughout his body.

"As you know, All Angel's are kept alive by the Angelic Aurora that shrouds them, it allows them to keep their form on Earth, and also keeps them alive if they are killed, but read the amount of Light Tidus had in his body at the time," The picture disappeared to reveal a graph, and Sora and Cloud both jumped up and flew to get a closer look.

"His Angelic Aurora was completely gone," Cloud's eyes widened, "But how could he have kept form?"

"Its right here, he had PURE light coursing through his body, that kept form, but then, look, The Darkness didn't keep to one side, it was mixed in," Sora pointed to the graph with a finger.

"But that doesn't explain why we couldn't find him," Cloud stated.

"Oh yes it does, it all goes back to the theory of Time Travel, when a combination of pure light and dark energy are mixed together, it creates a hole within time," Sora stated.

"But what has that got to do with anything?" Leon asked from below.

"Well, something entered Tidus's body, and replaced the Angelic Aurora with Pure Light and Darkness, and when that happened, it literally pushed Tidus through time," Sora muttered.

"So what was month's for us…" Zack began.

"…Was mere seconds for me," Tidus muttered to himself.

"And of course, that would have taken a lot of energy out of you, I mean, the darkness would have been gone in minutes, your body being shrouded in pure light energy for so long, it couldn't have lasted long, and as soon as it ran out...well, you were dropped off in the exact same place you had been, just in the wrong time," Sora slowly explained.

"But that doesn't Explain why we found Wakka unconscious, or how you and I got out of it," Roxas said.

"Well, if we are to assume that Wake is the one that caused this, then it all fits. Wake knocks out Wakka, gets Lulu, and goes to administer whatever he had, but realizes that the Angels are on their way, I mean, we've already lost Tidus, we're on high alert, and, well, no offence Cloud, but you'd be there in a heartbeat, and as for us…well, he got cocky didn't he, he was so close, he chose to just knock us out while he grabbed Kairi and Namine, and HOPE that we were out long enough for the Dark Angel to complete the process…and THAT there was his big mistake," Sora muttered.

"How, mon?" Wakka asked.

"Because now, All Haven's Elite are here, and we have the power to get into Hell and break those girls out, and make sure that the Demon's can't get out of Hell," Sora muttered.

"You want to go INTO Hell and get those girls? That's Suicide, Especially for an Angel," Tidus stated.

"Tidus, he has all seven, and if we don't do something soon, he will control everything," Sora stated, telling Tidus there was no other option

"But, the Demon Darkness, the more we get into Hell, the more it will Drain us, I mean, we wont even make it into the main area where he's keeping the girls," Tidus stated.

"Oh, I reacon there is a way to get right into the main area," Cid's voice was heard throughout the tower area, and once again, the graph disappeared to reveal his face.

"How?" Cloud asked.

"I've been doing a bit of experimenting with Spatial Transportation, and I think I may have made a breakthrough with it, ill explain when you get down here," Cid's face disappeared as the Father rose himself to Sora's level.

"Sora, I don't think I need to tell you how important this mission is, the future of the world all depends on you making sure that box is not opened. Sora, you must save those girls, whatever it takes," The Father placed his large hand on Sora's shoulder, and Sora could feel the warmth of the Father coursing through his body.

"Yes Father, I understand," Sora nodded his head.

"Good, now, quickly now, head over to Cid now, we don't know how far he's gotten through that box.

"All right, guys, let's go," Sora shouted, and at once, all seven lowered themselves to the ground, and as soon as they were on said ground, they ran as fast as they could out the doors and down the steps.

Running throughout heaven, the Haven's Elite managed to bypass all the civilians. Sora and Cloud were at the Lead, followed by Roxas and Leon, with Zack, Tidus and Wakka all following behind them.

They followed the path until they reached a crossroad, taking the left side, they ran down the pathway until they reached a rather large house, with large doors. Sora didn't bother knocking as he opened the door and ran inside, followed by the others.

They were standing inside a rather large laboratory, several computers and laptops littered around, with lab benches placed around with papers and inventions lying around the benches, and larger inventions clustered next to the benches. There was a library up the back, and a hallway to the left back area, and working on one of the larger items right next the library was a man dressed in a white button shirt, dark blue jeans holding a spanner in his hand.

"Could hear you lot coming from the animal area," Came the voice of Cid as he tightened one of the bolts.

"What have you made?" Sora jumped straight to the point.

"Hi Cid, how are you, what have you invented lately for the future," Cid rolled his eyes as he reached up to a bag hanging from one of the lab tables and grabbed a screwdriver and began to screw something into one of the sockets.

"Cid, if we don't get into hell right now, there might not be a future left to give inventions to," Cloud muttered.

"That's still not an excuse for rudeness," Cid stated as he stood up, and walked over to a computer, typing something in.

"I think by the year 2819, they'll have Hover boots, what do you reacon, Sora? Roxas?" Cid asked.

"Forget it Cid, we're not giving anything about future inventions to you," Sora stated, and both Roxas and himself sweat dropped

"Oh come on, it would make my job a lot easier," Cid whined to the two.

"Yeah, the last thing we need is you having spare time on your hands," Roxas rolled his eyes.

"Cid, this Teleportation Device, mind showing it too us?" Cloud asked.

"Well, When you put it so nicely, sure," Cid said as he slipped the Screwdriver into his pocket, and directed them to the hallway.

"This invention was so large that I had to create an extra room just to fit it in, you wouldn't believe what I had to do get it up and running, I had to rip a whole throughout the fabric of reality to get this thing working, and lemme tell you, that takes a lot of paperwork," Cid stated as they reached a door.

"Now then, allow me to show you, the Dimensional Transporter Mark IV," Cid opened the Door, and everyone walked inside.

The Room was full of computers, and at the back of the room were ten pads, all offline, made of glass, each connected to the computers with wires. Cid walked over to one of the computers and typed something in. Instantly the pads lit up with a bright blue light shining from the pads.

"Alright, that's online," Cid stated as he walked over to one of the other many computers and typed something in.

"So, what exactly does it do?" Zack asked as he looked at it.

"It can teleport anyone…anywhere," Cid stated as he pressed a button and raised one of the levers.

"Wow, you do realize that we all have that power, right," Zack rolled his eyes.

"Well, this machine gets you in there safely, and without draining about half you're angelic power, please remember men, that you ALL will more that definitely be fighting demons down there, and you will need you're strength, remember, if you do not succeed, all Hell could break loose," Cid stated.

"So no pressure," Sora muttered as he walked over to one of the computers screens with his hands in his pockets.

"All right, then, set everything there, now, this device doesn't actually teleport someone, it merely activates the Transportation receptors in your body, and inputs the destination…you see, when you think of where to go, and activate your Transportation Receptors in your nervous system, it drains your powers, this machine makes the decisions, and does it all, and all you have to do is prepare yourself for attack with the Demons," Cid stated as he began typing something into one of the many keyboard there, then pressed another button.

"All right then, everyone get on a pad," Sora stated, and altogether the seven of them found themselves a place to stand.

"All righty then, now this should take you directly to the inner sanctum," Cid stated as he typed something into one of the computers, and tapped something on one of the screens.

"What do you mean should?" Tidus asked, a little afraid.

"Well, I haven't really sent anyone from heaven into the jaws of hell, in fact, you're the first people I've actually tested this device on," Cid stated as he pulled down another lever.

"Oh, you're very comforting," Roxas muttered, as Cid typed in one last thing.

"All right, please keep your hands inside the pad, and whatever you do, do not try to teleport yourself, because this might cause some problem with the machine, which I'm pretty sure will tear you apart atom by atom," Cid stated.

"Wow, Cid, after all this is over, you owe everyone here a scotch, a double for me," Roxas stated.

"Ok then, hold on tight…or, just stand there and prepare yourself…oh, and you may feel a slight tingle on your right hand," Cid stated, and without a second glance, he pressed a button, and the machine began to hum, as if it was warming up.

The blue light on the pad began to glow. Brighter and brighter, Sora could feel a familiar energy building up inside of him. He kept his mind constantly blank, save for one thing. Kairi. He focused entirely on the girl that was constantly making him happy, and sane, and was currently trapped in the deepest depth of Hell.

Suddenly there was a bust of light emitting from the pads, and only the outline of their bodies visible, and after a while, that too had disappeared, and as Cid turned off the machine, he sighed as he whipped his forehead.

"Good luck guys," Was all he said as he turned to one of the computers, and began to type something in.

12------12

Sora dropped to his knees his breathing became heavy. He looked to see where he was, and his eyes widened.

He was staring at the inner sanctum of Hell, where everyone was standing, watching him. In the centre was a box, plugged into a table, with Cables running down the table, and spread out, connected to seven pods placed around the room. Sora turned, and looked centre, to see Kairi floating within the pod.

Sora began to run towards her, when suddenly he began to hear laughter echoing throughout the area. He slowly turned around as he looked to the floor, and noticed all the Heartless scattered among the floor, all looking towards this Guardian Angel. High above him, perched on Rocks, The Demons stood, all pointing and laughing at Sora, and soon, he realized that he was alone, none of the other Angels were there with him.

Sora looked up as he felt the Demonic Darkness slowly creep through him, and his breathing started to become heavy. He looked up to see the Dark Angel sitting at his throne, with Wake standing next to him. The Dark Angel smile was making the entire room's temperature drop, and yet Sora was sweating like anything.

"What have you done with my friends…tell me…TELL ME!" Sora yelled, but the Dark Angel did not answer him, as he stood up, and laughed as he said, "Welcome, Sora Twelve…Welcome, to the end of Free Will,"

Next Time on 12.

The Dark Angel stares at the Sora.

"Months of searching for these girls…is about to pay off,"

Sora looks at the pod Kairi is trapped in.

"Come on, Kairi, I Know you can do it,"

Sora and Wake are in a sword fight.

"I will destroy you!"

"I'd like to see you try,"

Sora looks as Wake is running towards him.

"For all the pain you caused those girls…"

Rocks fall from the sky as everyone is running.

"…For Namine…"

Sora, Kairi, Roxas and Namine are huddled together spinning as fast as they can.

"…For Kairi…"

Sora and Kairi share a romantic Kiss.

"…THIS IS FOR THEM!"

Sora's hands explode in a beam of Golden light as it heads towards Wake.

Guys, at this moment, I am currently writing the final chapter, and let me tell you, it is going to be IMPRESSIVE…I hope, but you must review people, I want to at least reach 200 reviews before I finish this story, so please, I don't care if all you say is good job, just a review would be much appreciated, and remember to tell all your friends about it, so, come on people, review! review! review! I love you all, you are all gorgeous and fantastic, and I love each and every one of you, so remember, REVIEW!, OK now I gotta write the stunning conclusion to 12, bye bye =D.