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Epilogue: The Return
"Toss it over here Sora!" Mika shouted waving to the boy.
Sora tossed the rainbow beach ball into the air and spiked it towards his the blonde. Mika then pumped it over to Kairi. It was a nice sunny day back on Destiny Island. Everyone was having fun at the beach enjoying some much needed rest and relaxation. Sora in his baby blue swim trunks, Mika in a yellow bikini that was a size too small, Kairi in her pink bikini, and Roxas in a pair of checkered swim trunks were all enjoying themselves bouncing the beach ball back and forth. Naminé sat underneath an umbrella with her sketchbook drawing her friends having fun. She was wearing a pair of white shorts and a white tank top over her white one piece bathing suit. Riku was off in the ocean just drifting with the waves not a care in the world until a wave crashed on top of sending him underneath. It's what he got for not paying attention. He stood up and walked out of the ocean his silver trunks soaked. Sol was sitting with his back up against a palm tree a book in his and. Dark blue swim trunks and a white t-shirt was that beach goers choice of clothing. Luna, in a red bikini, laid in the sand her head resting on Sol's lap as she slept. Sol's free hand running through her hair, the cause of Luna falling asleep.
Oh what? You want to know what happened after the flash of light? I'm terribly sorry. Let's try this again shall we.
The light subsided and the Keybearers found themselves standing in the room where the Keyhole had been opened. Riku still lie in the bed where he had been left. Dark energy no longer poured into him and he was back in his normal clothing. A pair of dark blue jeans and his vest. Green orbs hung in the air for a few seconds before vanishing. They all watched as he opened his eyes and sat up quickly as if expecting Eclipse to still be there next to him. Overcome with joy Kairi went to rush over to him but she tripped over something and landed on something soft. Lying on the floor was Sol, Luna, and Mika. Two guesses as to who and where Kairi landed. If you gets Mika than you guess correctly. This time the fiery Keybearer face planted right into Mika's chest.
"We got to stop this Kairi you have a boyfriend." Mika wheezed.
"Mika." Kairi smiled as she propped herself up and looked down at the blonde. "If I wasn't so happy to see you alive I'd smack you."
"You can do it anyways." Mika teased. Kairi quickly shot up as Mika laughed.
"Leave the poor girl alone. She thought you were dead." Sol said as he woke up. "Can't say I blame her. Your lifeforce was all but gone when I checked on you."
"How are we alive?" Luna asked sitting up and running a hand over where she'd been stabbed.
"And why don't I feel a trace of the Darkness?" Riku stood up and wobbled a bit before standing up sturdy enough.
"You all have Naminé to thank for that." Roxas said pulling his girlfriend close to him.
"Hey!" Sora exclaimed.
Roxas rolled his eyes. "And Sora. He gave Naminé the idea. But it was her strength that brought you guys back."
"I could just hug you." Mika said getting up off the ground stretching her arms out towards Naminé. The Keybearer shied away a bit. "Oh come on. I know I tease but I'm not going to do anything. I'm kinda hurt you'd think I would. Kairi's the one feeling me up. You should worry about her."
"I'm sorry Mika." Naminé said stepping into Mika's arms.
"It's alright little one." Mika said adopting a much more mature tone one that spoke volumes about her real age.
"So now what?" Riku had to break up the hot blonde girl hugging blonde girl didn't he?
"We should head back to Disney Castle and let Mickey know that everything is alright." the voice of reason this time was Sora! Gasp I know.
"You feeling okay Riku?" Roxas asked him
"Physically speaking yeah." Riku deadpanned. "Dealing with the fact that Eclipse used me as a puppet by shoving Darkness literally down my throat to open the Keyhole? No. I didn't even get to fight back this time."
"It's alright Riku. We still have Maleficent to deal with. You can take it out on her." Sora joked.
"Sora!" the room collectively groaned as they remembered there was still another Darkness obsessed witch out there.
They all headed back to the Glacier. It took them awhile as each and everyone of them was drained but they managed to make it back with no problems. Not bothering to argue who was going to drive Sol set the Gummi ship to auto-pilot before heading to his room. Seeing as how all the couples had paired off in their room it left Riku to bunk with Mika. He wasn't going to complain. She might be immune to his charms but that didn't make her any less hot or female. That was until when it came time for sleep she kicked his butt down to the floor going on about how chivalry was apparently dead. Rubbing his wounded pride, and bottom, Riku grabbed one of the pillows and slept on the floor while Mika sprawled out on the king sized bed.
When they arrived at Disney Castle they were given a royal welcome. All the inhabitants of the castle had come out to meet the heroes. A feast was thrown in their honor at having rid the universe of yet another person hellbent on taking over. Mickey had called Sol, Luna, and Mika to his study halfway through the feast to discuss some things with them. He offered them rooms at the castle since their homeworld was still gone. Sol declined the offer saying that he and Luna had already talked about it on the way back. They wanted to go back and live on Destiny Islands with their friends. Mika wasn't going to leave her brother yet and so she declined the offer to stay at the castle saying that the Cornerstone caused her to feel sick since she still had traces of Darkness inside her. No one was fooled though. Naminé's healing hadn't just purged Riku of his overabundance of Darkness. It had restored Mika to her normal levels before she had become Virgo.
Everyone was a bit worried about Maleficent but Mickey told them they needed to rest first. Besides that on the same day that they had defeated Eclipse the Dark Witch had left her base at The World That Never Was. At the moment they had no clue where she and her army of Nobodies were at. They all knew that she wouldn't be found until she was ready to launch her own attack against the worlds. So after a few days of staying at the castle they all piled into the Glacier once more and headed home to Destiny Islands. There they would rest and forget about their troubles for a bit before they would have to be called back into action.
-KotH-
A young boy with dark brown hair walked through the corridors of the fallen Celestial Warrior stronghold. His master wanted him to see if the Warriors had left anything behind for them to use in the upcoming battles. The boy had spent the the last few hours going through all the rubble and had yet to come up with anything. Master hadn't really sent him to look for anything in specific but he knew that he'd have to come back with something or he'd be punished.
"Boy have you found anything yet?" the voice of his master echoed through a black crystal the boy kept in his pocket.
"No sir." the boy answered. "There's still the underground to check though."
"Take your time young one. Make sure you do not miss anything of importance. We have to prepare for when the battle of Light and Dark rages once more." the Master's voice was calm and calculating.
"Master. If they could be Eclipse when she had the power of a whole world than how do you plan to beat them?" the boy wondered.
"Doubt my child. Cause them to doubt their friendship with each other and you weaken them. Now go back to searching. Only contact me if you find something."
"Yes Master." the boy said moving over to a doorway that led down to the lower levels of the castle.
Walking down the stairs the boy was afraid. There was no light to show him the way and he didn't know magic like the Master. Carefully placing each foot on down the boy expected his every step to meet only with air. Each time he was met with a stair. It was slow going without any light to illuminate the path but after a few minutes a soft yellow-orange glow of fire showed the young boy the exit. Hurriedly he rushed out into the room that held the flames. It was bare the only thing in it was a fireplace where the flames flickered. With a sigh the boy turned to head back up the stairs. As his foot hit the first stair he heard something from within the room collapse. Running back in he was shocked to see a black portal in the wall. There was now a girl lying face-up on the floor.
The girl was wearing a black and blue, high-collared halter top, two pink, intersecting belts over her chest, and black shorts. White bell-sleeves covered her arms and tan fingerless gloves. She also wore a small, segmented piece of armor on each of her upper arms. Black stockings ran up her legs reaching to about halfway up her thighs, leaving a small area of bare skin on her upper thighs. Two strips of blue cloth draped over either side of her hips, along with a smaller, white strip of cloth tied around her waist, draped in the same manner. Finally, she had on a pair of pointed, armored, silver boots with a sharp "hook" on the outer side of each. She had blue hair that fell down to her shoulder and framed the soft features of her face. The girl groaned as she woke up. Bright blues orbs looked over her surroundings. When she spotted the boy standing in the doorway her blue eyes shot wide open.
"Terra?"
(A/N): Well that ends Keyblade of the Heart. Just add the following links after the ".net" of the URL. Cause for some reason FanFiction won't even let links to stories on its site be in a chapter. Tried to make it easy on you folks.
Prequel, Bonds of the Heart
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Mini-fic, Keyblade of the Heart: Eight Months of Boredom
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Sequel, Hardships of the Heart
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