"Booyaka!"

"Selphie?"

"Finally found you, Riku! Everyone's been looking for you!"

"Sorry, I just needed some time to think."

"You're excited about the wedding?"

"...I guess."

"..."

"..."

"Riku? Is something wrong?"

"I...It's just..."

"You're not...still in love with Kairi, are you?"

"It's okay, Selphie. I've accepted the fact that Sora and Kairi were meant to be together a while ago."

"That still didn't answer my question. It WAS Kairi, right? Not Sora?"

"What is with everyone wanting to pair me up with Sora? You might as well just make me female."

"Maybe if you got a haircut every once in a while, you wouldn't have to be all bishonen..."

"Hm. Regardless, maybe I'm just destined to be alone. I mean, who would want to date someone who's been living in the dark for so long like me?"

"..."

"Selphie?"

*WHACK*

"Ow! Selphie?!"

"I thought Sora was supposed to be the dense one! Seriously!"

"Wha-"

"You're tall, you have killer cheese grater abs, are able to take care of yourself and the people around you, and even if you've been hanging around in darkness for so long, that doesn't mean that girls out there can't see the light within you! Take it from me, if you went up to a girl in town and asked her out, I'd bet Tidus' porn collection that she'd not only jump at the opportunity, she'd probably fling her body at you, wrap all her appendages like a leech and strangle you with love!"

"Selphie...Are you asking me out?"

"What? Of course not. I'm just telling you like it is. Besides, I'm already seeing this cute guy named Irvine. He's sweet, but I wish he'd stop flirting with every other girl he passes."

"Thanks, Sel...did you seriously just say I had cheese grater abs?"

"Wouldn't it be easier just to trap all of these guys into books and get it over with?"

Zexion shot a bored-looking Xigbar a glare. "You try maintaining this pointless illusion."

"Uh, duh? I'm keeping everything solid and I'm still fighting."

The Cloaked Schemer brushed some ice crystals off his lexicon. "I still can't believe they actually put this in ice."

"Kinda reminds you of when we used to hide Xehanort's textbooks in Even's freezer, doesn't it?" Zexion raised an eyebrow.

"All I remember is when Ansem managed to catch you doing it."

"Yeah...those were good times." Xigbar clacked his weapon. "Okay, let's go spank some brats."

In a bizarre twist of fate (or just bad timing), Simba, Mulan, Aladdin and Hercules somehow managed to be the ones to take on the Organization members that controlled their battlescape.

Mulan tightened her grip around her sword. "I feel bad that Kairi had to be seen naked constantly by guys."

"Because you can sympathize?" Mushu blurted out from behind her head. Mulan's lips twitched at the outburst.

"Wait." Simba tilted his head in interest. "When did this happen?"

"Let's just say that being a woman in an all-male camp isn't exactly the best time to worry about hygiene." A slight shiver tingled through Mulan from the memory. "From what I've seen of the male body, I'm not all that impressed."

"Good thing I'm not human then," Simba replied.

"Heads up!" Xigbar let fly a flurry of gun arrows that rained down from the sky. Having trained for this type of attack under a training montage sung by Donny Osmond (Jackie Chan in the Cantonese version), Mulan managed to avoid the projectiles with a backspin and shot her arm out toward the Freeshooter. Flowing with the momentum, Mushu rocketed off of Mulan's outstretched arm and landed smackdab in Xigbar's face.

"Gah!" Xigbar clawed at Mushu. "Get off me, you gecko!"

"This is for turning a fellow dragon into one of your Heartless!" Mushu bit, scratched and tore out Xigbar's hairs with all the annoyance of an angry lizard. He eventually went for the eyepatch when Xigbar's hand shot out and managed to get a strong grip around the red dragon's throat.

The Freeshooter pointed a gun arrow at the dragon's neck. "Gotcha now!"

Mushu could feel the sharp point scrape gently at the surface of his throat. "N-now wait a minute! I'm a guardian dragon! You can't do this to me!" he croaked.

Xigbar smirked. "Oh yeah? Well, sucks for you then."

Always willing to save those in need, Hercules and Aladdin blitzed toward them. "Time for a little teamwork, right Herc?" The two linked arms and with an Olympic discus throw, Hercules hurled Aladdin at the Freeshooter. Xigbar refocused his aim toward the incoming "street rat."

"No contest," Xigbar muttered to himself. Taking advantage of the sudden shift in focus, Mushu spat embers into Xigbar's eye, causing the sniper to reel back in pain. That was the opening Aladdin needed to swipe Mushu and the gun as he rocketed past.

Landing lightly on his feet, Aladdin deposited Mushu onto Simba's back and gave Hercules a thumbs up.

"Just like against Hades and Jafar."

The Olympian Hero raised an eyebrow. "Um...how is switching outfits the same as a i'fastball special?'"

"Aw, you're no fun."

Xigbar wiped his eye with his sleeve. "You'll pay for that, you little punk!" He whipped his weapons around toward Aladdin and squeezed. Instead of the familiar clicks of his guns, he was surprised to find banana mush seeping onto his gloves. "What the-"

"Hey! I didn't know we were fighting Abu's uncle!" Aladdin teased.

Almost seething with rage, Xigbar summoned back his weapons out of Aladdin's hands and began charging up a shot. He was so focused on his prey that he failed to notice Mulan sneaking underneath his line of sight until it was too late. Her palm shot out and smacked Xigbar's chin, cancelling his charge shot. While he was still stunned, she grabbed his outstretched arms and slammed him onto the ground. Mulan pressed her foot on Xigbar's jugular.

"What? You thought I only fought with swords?" The Freeshooter shot a glance over at Zexion.

"Hey, Zexy! A little help?" Before anyone could stop him, Zexion's lexicon began to flip its pages rapidly.

"I guess I have no choice now, do I?" Reluctantly, Zexion recited the words "Fio libri vultus!"

Although they had seen the replays of his illusion techniques, experiencing them firsthand caught the fighters off guard as the brilliant light enveloped their vision. Xigbar took advantage by grabbing Mulan's ankle and twisting her leg off of his neck.

"Don't underestimate the Organization," he laughed before the light swallowed his form up.

The light fading, Hercules looked down at his hands and was surprised to find himself clad in an Organizaion cloak. Glancing up, the entire battlefield seemed to have been transformed from rocky cliffs to the center of a whirlwind of books. The only figures he could make out were five Organization cloaks, one of them looking particularly laughable over Simba's body. With Xigbar and Zexion both having their hoods up, it was almost impossible to tell who the real targets were without causing friendly fire.

Mulan and Aladdin were having similar experiences. The absence of any sounds from the ongoing battle made it clear that they were no longer in the same dimension. Books divebombed at them like birds of prey, making it difficult to concentrate on who was the enemy.

Aladdin was the first to act as he whipped out his scimitar and sliced oncoming books. "If you guys think I'm going to stop fighting because of something like this, you don't know me at all!" He whirled around and charged at the nearest cloaked figure. Seeing him approaching with malicious intent, they didn't hesitate to reciprocate his fiery blitz.

Before any blows could be thrown, the giant, hulking creature in an Organization cloak used its head to get inbetween the combatants.

"Simba? Wha-"

"Aladdin! Mulan! You really don't want to be fighting each other." The Lion King targeted one of the floating Organization members and slammed him with freight train force. The entire illusionary world shattered apart, dumping the combatants out of Zexion's book world. The Cloaked Schemer clutched his ribs in pain, staggering away from Simba.

"How? How could you see through my illusions?" Simba slowly slinked toward his opponent, his paws barely making any sounds across the earthly surface.

"We're animals. We don't need to see our prey to find them." An unwavering growl was bubbling behind Simba's words. "I believe the phrase Riku used was that 'you reek of darkness.'"

Mushu popped out from Simba's mane. "That's not the only thing he reeks of." The little dragon pinched his snout. "When's the last time you washed that cloak?" Zexion was about to snap back with a not-so-witty one-liner when Mushu spat a fireball into his face. "Sorry! I thought you'd prefer dry cleaning."

"You and Timon should get together some time," Simba said. "You could be interspecies twins."

"How so?"

Simba gave him a wily smirk. "You both talk a lot and you have the same body shape and size."

Mushu's jaw dropped at the crack. "You're actually comparing me to a meerkat, Mr. 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King?'"

Aladdin scratched underneath his fez. "What is with those two?"

Mulan shrugged. "I don't know, but if you replace Mushu with a donkey and give Simba the voice of Antonio Banderas..."

"At least Mushu's not as bad as Jafar when it comes to lousy puns," Aladdin replied. "Seriously, there should be a 'Pun Count' display popping up whenever he fights."

Hercules pounded his fist into his palm, causing a minor shockwave. "No more illusions!" Completely relying on his godly strength (completely forgetting that he had a sword), he lowered his head and bull-charged at Zexion. The Cloaked Schemer managed to brush the embers from his eyes only to be greeted to the sight of the bulky Olympian blitzing toward him. "You won't escape!" Herc cried. Suddenly, a portal of darkness burst open in front of a surprised Zexion and out popped Demyx, who almost crashed into him.

"Zexy! Is there anything I can do to..." Demyx's head whipped toward the heroic juggernaut barreling toward him. "Help."

WHAM!

Demyx's face slammed forward into Zexion's, forcing the two to become liplocked. The trio crashed to the ground with poor Demyx being sandwiched between the other two men. The impact of the fall left all three men unconscious.

Xigbar let out a slow whistle. "Oookay. A huge, sweaty muscle guy riding on top of a goth and a punk star."

As if on cue, Vexen came gliding up from his escape and took one look at the pile of testosterone. "If that isn't yaoi in action, I don't know what is."

With the illusion's creator out of the picture, the rocky environment flickered and faded to reveal the mirrored landscape that it once was. The sounds of battle lowered a few decibels, but the intensity remained unfazed by the sudden change in scenery.

Mushu sniffed. "Oh, that's not good."

"By the way, how's Max? Is he still going out with that girl?" Riku snapped his fingers as he struggled to remember the name. "What's her name, Roxanne?"

"Yup! She reminds me of Maxie's mother."

"I've been wondering; who exactly bIS/b his mother?" Goofy's cheerful demeanor immediately turned solemn. Donald poked Riku on the arm and motioned him to come closer.

"That's still a sensitive subject," Donald whispered into Riku's ear. "It's best to leave it alone."

The final group of remaining heroes consisted of Riku, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Ariel and Auron against the Superior himself.

"Six against one?" Ariel bounced the Blitzball against the earthen floor. "This doesn't seem fair." Xemnas only chuckled.

"You are correct. Maybe I should fight all of you blindfolded."

"Hey, worked for me," Riku retorted.

"Xehanort!" With a serious glint in his eye, the King charged at Xemnas with Donald and Goofy trailing behind him.

"Like I told you before..." The Superior's blades clanged against the King's Keyblade. "...it is Xemnas." He aimed a boot at Mickey, punting him straight into Donald.

"Your majesty!" Goofy cried. He was in slight shock from seeing his friend being kicked like a football. As Goofy ran to help Mickey and Donald up, Auron decided that he had finished sizing up the situation and prepared to attack. He heaved his giant blade over his shoulder and glared at Xemnas.

"Your pain shall be two-fold." Holding his blade out, Auron reached over to his right hip expecting his jug to be there only to be surprised at his empty hand. Patting down his haori, Auron's good eye narrowed as he muttered "Sparrow."

"What is with guys and flashy attacks?" Ariel wondered out loud. "Sometimes the simple things work the best." She hiked up her dress, balanced the Blitzball on her foot and blasted it with her long, powerful legs. Despite the projectile hurtling toward Xemnas at breakneck speed, the Superior barely gave it a glance. With split-second precision, Xemnas whirled around and whacked the Blitzball back with his boot. The ball rocketed smackdab in the middle of Ariel's forehead with a sickening snap.

"Ariel!" Donald and Goofy gasped. Auron immediately ran up to her limp body and checked for a pulse. After a few heart-stopping seconds, he looked up at Riku. "Don't worry. She's still alive."

"Get her to safety." Riku brushed his bangs out of his face. "We'll take him on."

Auron hoisted Ariel's body into his arms. "No mercy," was all he said before carrying the unconscious woman to a safer place.

Riku and Xemnas stared into each other's eyes, completely void of any emotion.

"So it has come to this." Xemnas let out a slow chuckle. "Are you sure that you can defeat me by yourself?"

"How many times does this make it? Three fights now?" Riku sighed. "Is this going to become the theme from now on? Some form of you becoming the final boss every time the plot needs an antagonist?" The two combatants rushed at each other, their blades locking in a test of strength.

"You are correct that I still exist. But have you ever considered asking yourself why?"

"Honestly..." Riku broke the stalemate by plunging his knee straight into Xemnas' stomach. "...I don't care." His silver hair streaked behind him as Riku whirled around and slammed his Way to the Dawn into the Superior's left side. "That's for crippling me with a limp!"

Meanwhile, Goofy had managed to get both his friends back on their feet.

"Are you shore you two'll be okay?"

Donald muttered some undefinable obscenities before saying "We're fine."

"Ah think those anger management classes are working, Donald," Goofy said. "Remember when yur temper used to flare up?"

Donald sighed, rubbing his beak. "Don't remind me. Daisy burned my Paperinik costume because of that."

"I think it's our turn," King Mickey said. Donald and Goofy glanced at each other, confused. "Come on, fellas! Sora's not the only one to wield a Keyblade, right?" His Majesty put his hand out inbetween the other two. It took a few moments before the magician and knight realized what Mickey meant. Placing a hand each on top of Mickey's, an aura of power began building to signify the strength of their friendship with each other. Just as Sora, Kairi and Riku had done before, it was their joining that unlocked their ultimate attack.

Riku ducked, dodged and parried Xemnas' attacks, struggling not to end up crippling the rest of his body.

"What is the matter, boy?" Xemnas taunted. "No more quips?" Riku used a Dodge Leap to get behind Xemnas before taking a few more steps back.

"How about I let my friends do the talking for me?" Riku gave Xemnas a mocking wink. The Superior narrowed his eyes in confusion when...

"BREAK!" The Disney trio flew from behind Xemnas and began battering him from all sides with numerous blows.

"Wha-" Xemnas instinctively put up a Spark Wall to give himself breathing room, but his attackers were already behind him.

"MAJOR DRIVE!" Before he could recover, the Superior found himself being peppered with small, yellow orbs that sprayed out of Goofy's shield.

"ULTIMA!" Xemnas was launched into the air, barraged with dozens of firework explosions summoned by Donald's wand. From his airborne position, he floated helplessly in the gravity well as the trio prepared for their finisher.

"ALL FOR ONE..." Goofy raised his shield.

"...AND ONE FOR ALL!" Donald channeled his power into the wand, placing it against Goofy's weapon.

"LIGHT, GIVE US POWER!" The King's Keyblade glowed with sparkling light as Mickey completed the unity.

"TRINITY LIMIT!" A huge sphere of energy warped around the airborne Xemnas, engulfing his body with blinding light. Riku's eyes narrowed as he tried to see through the explosion.

"Did we do it?" Goofy wondered. As visibility returned to normal, the lone figure of Xemnas was seen still standing upright with his cloak charred and smoking.

"Of course not." Riku mentally slapped himself for the oversight. "Sora, Kairi and I already tried this." Gritting his teeth, he raised his Keyblade again. Although Xemnas thought himself to be above emotions, it was clear that he was starting to become annoyed.

"Why don't you vanish?" Xemnas dashed forward to attack the "Duck Magician" in defense mode, only for his attack to be countered by Goofy's shield. Mickey went underneath Xemnas' guard and whacked the Keyblade upside his chin. Xemnas used his backward momentum to flip himself upright and took another stab at his opponents only to be parried by Riku. Although the heroes had the numbers advantage, it only meant that the Superior had more targets to hit.

Surrounded from all sides, Xemnas' body sparked with electricity as he enveloped himself with a giant blue sphere of light, forcing the combatants back. Long piercing beams blasted out of his protective barrier in random directions, sweeping across the battlefield. Riku managed to repel the attack with an expertly-timed Dark Shield while Goofy and the others ducked behind his own shield.

"First Roxas, now Xemnas." Riku instinctively reapplied the shield as the beams began travelling the other way. "What other laser-based attacks have you people been holding onto?"

The sphere dissipated with Xemnas preparing to teleport within a shroud of darkness. Without warning, a portal of fire ripped a hole in space behind him. Axel and Org Roxas popped out and took deep breaths.

"If I ever see another Blitzball again..." Axel caught a glimpse of Ariel's Blitzball out of the corner of his eye. His glare literally burned holes into the ball, eventually causing the sphere to spontaneously combust into ashes. Then he noticed Xemnas. "Oh, hey Xemnas. Didn't realize you were here."

"Axel, you were supposed to assassinate Sora and Kairi. Why..." Xemnas trailed off as the battlefield flickered back into its liquid mirror state. "What-"

"You're not getting away that easily!" The fighters looked up just in time to see Sora dropping down from the sky with Kairi in tow. The Keyblade Master daintily landed on his feet and easily caught Kairi in a princess cradle.

"Sora! It's Xemnas!" Naminé cried. Sora helped Kairi to her feet, making sure to steady her with his hand.

"Alright, Xemnas!" He pointed his Keyblade with a dramatic flourish. "Let's finish this!"

"Cursed fools." The Superior's eyes narrowed as he sized up the situation. It was now the Disney and Destiny Island trios plus Roxas and Naminé against Axel, Org Roxas and himself. "What have you done to our battlefield?"

"Don't look at us," Roxas responded. "We were just as surprised as you were."

"Sora?" Kairi looked up into Sora's beautiful blue eyes. "You can take your hand off my butt now." Sora quickly withdrew his hand away as if her shapely posterior had bit it.

"You honestly have no idea, do you?" Xemnas let out a slow, taunting chuckle. "I am talking about the wedding, of course." This got everyone's attention.

"Don't tell me that you had something to do with the wedding!" Kairi gave a toss of her head, flinging back some stray hair that had managed to drape across her face.

"That's not possible!" Mickey cried. "Ansem the Wise told me himself about the wedding clause!"

"Did he?" Xemnas shook his head. "Or did you happen to receive a letter that was coincidentally delivered to your castle a few days after you believed to defeat me? Perhaps a letter that was written in advance in case that fool-hearted Ansem disappeared?"

"Wait..." Donald looked over at Goofy with surprise. "So, Goofy was right?"

The engaged couples couldn't believe their ears. It couldn't be true. It just couldn't.

Was the entire wedding...

...their feelings for each other...

...the whole purpose of this gathering...

...a lie?

Xemnas took advantage of their hesitation and rushed at Kairi while her guard was down. Fortunately for her, Sora snapped out of his stupor first.

"Kairi, look out!" Just as Riku had done with Sora against Final Xemnas, Sora shoved Kairi out of the way as Xemnas' weapon made full contact with the Keyblade Master's leg. Everyone was taken by surprise as sparks began spurting out of the newly opened cut.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" Roxas cried.

"What's wrong?! What happened?!" Naminé yelled.

"He hit the Codebreaker!"

"The what?!" Kairi couldn't believe her ears. "You mean that thing was actually a plot device?" Reality began to warp around Sora's leg, the fabric of space and time glitched and swirled with disorienting force. Uncaring giant winds sweeped everyone within the area off the ground, both heroes and Organization members alike. Kairi became disoriented and nauseous as images of battle merged and blurred across her field of vision.

...Aerith being stabbed through the chest with Xaldin's lance; Cloud yelling "Not again!"...

...Hercules holding back Lexaeus' tomahawk in a test of strength...

...Pence, Tron, Ariel and the Prince, heavily wounded...

...Sora and Riku yelling something at her, but unable to be deciphered...

All of these events seemed to flash rapidly before Kairi's eyes before her entire world turned to darkness...