The Final Keyhole aways

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Kingdom Hearts: DM77 Version Chapter 33

Sealing the Final Keyhole

Once Yusai and Akisa had successfully located the wormhole, Team Gizoid said their goodbyes to the others on boarded the Hopeseeker and departed. After their experience last time in that castle the group were not eager to return but they had no choice but too. RiCO enter the coordinates and the ship began heading for the wormhole.

Emerl sits at his station looking out the window, he had a lot on his mind especially with the fight they have to do against Vader.

"You're concerned about facing Vader due to how powerful he is, aren't you?" Togami asked him

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I am worried about-facing Vader, I only fought him as he possessed Metal but he was very strong" Emerl said nodding

"Well don't worry Emerl, we'll be here to help you" Oscar said nodding

"And we will plan something when the time comes" Hiro said smiling

"Thank guys" Emerl said smiling

"Coming up on the wormhole" RiCO reports

The group see the ship coming up to a massive blackhole at the side of the route to Hollow Bastian. Luckily the Heartless presence was minimal here.

"Are we sure this is safe?" Emerl asked "What if it takes us somewhere else?"

"We have no choice sir; we take this risk or nothing" Doom said

Everyone nods to each other and the ship flies into the wormhole. It was intense feeling as the ship zooms the tunnel and the pops out on the other side of the Hollow Bastion world. The group had fallen onto the floor

"Ohhh…let's never do that again…" Lilac groans

"Agreed" Oscar said nodding getting up

"Well, we're here, RiCO anywhere safe to land?" Togami asked

"Yes, the area we landed before is still clear" RiCO said

"Oh, well that is connivant" Hiro said

"Well let's get down there" Emerl said standing

The group nod and the ship go down to the world.


The ship lands and they are greeted by Cody and Spider-man both looked a little scuffed up

"Hey, was wondering when you would make it back" Spider-man said

"Yikes, what happened to you two?" Lilac asked concerned

"Yeah, also what happened here?" Emerl asked looking at the castle "Dark Emerl told me there is a lot less darkness here"

"Hard to tell you" Cody explained "One minute we were fighting them and on the verge of being overrun, the next they are taking off into the sky."

"In fact most that leave that keyhole, end up leaving one by one." Spider-Man adds "I thought that make it easier for us to free Mary Jane and the other princesses"

"Well, where are they?" Doom asked

"Their still in the castle after we broke them out of them crystals" Cody said

"Against their will?" Hiro asked

"No, Mary Jane wouldn't stay unless it was important." Spider-Man said "I think they are staying for an important reason"

"I wonder what that reason is" Togami said pondering

"Well better to go and ask them" Emerl suggests

"I know my way around the castle so I will guide you" Spider-Man said nodding

"You go ahead, I will make sure your ship is secure and catch up" Cody said to them

The group had no problem getting to the castle gates as they hoped along the stones. There only obstacle was a small amount of Shadow Heartless which they easily took out with Spider-man's webs and Doom's blasters, any that got close were dispatched by Lilac, Oscar and Hiro with there close range combat. They made it to the platform and rode it to the castle gates, sadly this is when it stopped being easy as after stepping off, they were surrounded by a horde of Wyvern Heartless

"Looks like the ones that reside here are still here" Emerl said summoning Oathkeeper

"Well, that's good, we can handle them" Togami said readying his staff

The wyvern dove down on the heroes, Oscar, Lilac, Spider-man and Hiro move on ahead while Emerl, Togami and Doom stayed behind to fight. Togami unleashes a Thundaga spell zapping several of them. Emerl jumps and slashes and destroys two of them

"Time to send these out with a bang!" Doom said

"Do it!" Emerl said

Doom activates a Thermal Detonator and throws it into the group of Wyvern and it explodes and takes out the remaining ones

"Phew, that was a good work out" Emerl said smiling

"Glad to see your confidence has returned" Togami said smiling

"Well with us going to save the worlds, have to be confident" Emerl said nodding

"Well let's rejoin the others" Doom said to them

They push open the doors and walk into the entrance hall. They find Spider-Man, Hiro, Lilac and Oscar finishing off a pack of Defender Heartless. Hiro using his shilds to finish the last of them

"That was not fun!" Lilac said panting

"Well, you handled yourselves well" Togami said nodding

"So, where are the princesses?" Emerl asked Spider-man

"They were all gathered in the Gathering chamber if I recall correctly" Spider-Man said thinking

"Then let's get moving people" Oscar said nodding

The group begin moving but Togami stopped them "Hang on guys"

"What is it Togami?" Hiro asked

"RiCO is telling me that there is some activity in the castle library" Togami said, "There might be somewhere there."

"Then let's check it out" Spider-Man said

The others nod at the idea and enter through the doors to the library. The place was memorable for Emerl. It was in this room he saw Jenny's mother telling Jenny the story of light. The group split up to look round the library. Emerl would see Togami looking at book occationlly. The group regathered and then could hear humming up above on the floor above. Spider-Man webzips up to see and finds….

"Peter…?"

Spider-man couldn't believe his eyes. Team Gizoid come up the stairs to see what's up and make themselves known. They were surprised to find Mary Jane standing over a table, reading a book in her hand. Spider-Man jumps down to the floor and walks to her

"Mary Jane." Spider-Man said, "Is that really you?"

"Yeah, it's me" Mary Jane said smiling and chuckles "Not a heartless this time"

"Mary Jane!" Spider-Man said

He goes and hugs her. Through it was awkward for both they did both hug. It was a horrible ordeal for Spider-man, he went though a lot so she knew he needed some comfort. After a while the hug broke and Mary Jane looked at the group and sees Emerl

"Oh, you must be Emerl, right?" Mary Jane asked "Peach and Gali told me about you, I assume you're here for the keyhole correct?"

"Yeah, the Heartless are getting a bit out of control" Hiro said nodding

"Yeah, but there are still Heartless around." Emerl said sighing "Plus I assume Vader left the keyhole guarded"

"Well don't worry, we have something to help" Mary Jane said and pulls out a crystal "This is a teleport crystal, it's linked to the main one in the gathering chamber"

"We can use that to skip all the way there" Lilac said smiling

"Just squeeze it and zap you're there" Mary Jane said nodding

"Well, I'm impressed" Togami said nodding "This will come in handy here"

"I will come with you guys" Spider-Man said "You helped me out get this far, I should return it"

"Glad to have to aboard pal" Emerl said smiling

"Be careful Peter" Mary Jane said to him

"I always try" Spider-Man said nodding

The group gather close together, Togami clutches the crystal tightly and a gale of magic surrounds them, blocking their vision of their surroundings. When it cleared, the heroes found themselves in the villain meeting chamber.

"Now that is first class service" Emerl said smiling

Gali and Peach were talking to three females the team haven met before they noticed the heroes entrance

"Oh, Emerl you're here" Peach said smiling "We were really worried about you"

"Not as much as I feel Mario is worried about you" Hiro said. He looks to Gali "Tahu is worried about you as well."

"Sadly, we cannot leave just yet." Gali said mournfully. She looks to the other women "But first I feel some introductions are needed"

"Hello there, my name is Pyrrha Nikos." Pyrrha said waving

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kimberly, the Pink Ranger." Kimberly said nodding "I come from the same world Lord Zedd is from."

"I'm Princess Zelda" Zelda said bowing "I come from a world known as Hyrule."

"What are you still doing here?" Doom asked

"We are still needed here" Peach explained "We are doing the best we can to stop the darkness from leaking out of the keyhole."

"Well, you not having much luck it seemed" Lilac mutters

"And I suppose you can do better?" Kimberly yelled.

"Actually, they can." Gali states "Emerl here is the only one who can seal the keyhole." She looks at Emerl, "Won't you help us Emerl, you're the only one who can."

"I will do what I can" Emerl said nodding serious

"That's great, but we're forgetting something" Togami said, the groups look at him "What about Vader?"

"Oh yeah…nearly forgot" Oscar said worried "Where is he?"

"He's gone" Pyrrha said

"Gone?!" Emerl said shocked "Where did he go?"

"We don't know" Zelda said shrugging "When the darkness poured out, he was swallowed up by it. He just vanished"

"But it didn't stop the darkness from escaping" Gali adds in "It was spooky, he barely reacted as it swallowed him"

"That is terrifying" Lilac said shuddering

"Don't worry, we'll seal the keyhole and then stop Vader" Emerl states

"Thank you, and good luck" Peach said smiling

After saying some goodbyes, the seven heroes exited through the side corridor leading to the Final Keyhole. Suddenly they are attacked by swarm of Heartless blocking their path. Emerl summons Oathkeeper and slices through the swarm. Hiro, Lilac and Oscar knock some heads to get through, Doom provided covering fire while Togami supported with some spells. Spider-Man uses his webs to swing the Heartless around. They soon make it to the chamber, which was just as they left it, minus the princesses of course. They stopped in front of the keyhole, feeling the cold darkness seeping from its crevices. Emerl actually shivered from that, a side effect from Dark Emerl inside him?

"W-Wow…I've n-never felt this before" Emerl shivered

"Wow? Robots can actually feel cold?" Spider-Man asked

"This is news to me" Emerl said to him

"This will be one of the most important battles we will face" Togami said "For this world and all worlds"

"Wow…no pressure" Emerl said sarcastically

"Don't worry Emerl" Lilac said smiling "We will help you out"

He looks at his friends who were confident, knowing Lilac was right. He looks into that place where all his deactivate programs were and saw that Dark Emerl even supported him. With his friends by his side, the seven dived into the darkness. Inside was a mass multi-coloured chamber that look like nothing where the Heartless would reside. But that changed when they saw a heartless emblem floating across from them. At the bottom, a small keyhole was formed.

"Hmmm, this must have be the path between the key hole portals" Oscar guessed

"Whatever this place is, let's lock it up" Emerl said drawing Oathbreaker

Emerl holds it out, waiting for it to lock the keyhole, until a sudden bolt of lighting erupts from nowhere. Emerl was knocked back surprised, but Spider-Man catches him and lifts him back up.

"What was that? My spider-sense didn't go off" Spider-man said

"This area might be to odd for it to register it" Togami said

Quite suddenly, a humongous Heartless faded in. It was a four-legged blue and white behemoth with a black and red tipped horn and two curged horns emerging from its mouth. The Heartless emblem was tattooed on its chest.

"We were so close" Hiro groans

"Looks like we have to do a fight first" Emerl said with a smirking look "No, problem right?"

"Not at all sir" Doom said nodding

The Behemoth began the battle with a sudden high jump leap. The heroes quickly move away as the Behemoths feet crashed onto the ground, but they get blown away, but the shockwaves caused by it. Hiro, Oscar and Lilac being a close combat group pull themselves together and charged the Behemoth. While the Behemoth tried to crush them Hiro make a large holo shield to hold the foot back and Oscar swings his can while Lilac held it and she was tossed up into the air and she grabs it's main horn. However the heartless breaks the holo shield and Hiro and Oscar were crushed under it's foot

"Guys!" Lilac called out

"Don't worry we're okay!" Oscar goans out

"Just take care of this guy" Hiro goans out

Lilac gives a firm nod. Through she hasn't faced anything this big before she will try to do something. While Lilac was busy, Doom and Spider-Man were dealing with another situation at hand. The Behemoth's main horn flared a string of black energy balls that followed you everywhere. Doom used his blaster pistols to shoot many of the orbs as he can and Spider-Man dodges and swings around to avoid the black orbs. However, they were running out of energy to keep moving. While shooting the energy orbs Doom fails to see one behind and gets hit and knocked down as another approaches him. Luckily, Emerl jumped in and blocked the attack the Oathkeeper.

"You alright?" Emerl asked concerned

"I'm good, sir" Doom groaned.

"Togami, we're getting destroyed here!" Emerl calls out, pulling Doom away from another attack.

"Yes, I can see that!" Togami exclaimed "I am trying everything I can do!"

It was true, Togami was using every spell his wand was programmed with against the massive Heartless, but they all ended up bouncing off him. The Behemoth roared in annoyance and tried to trample the blond haired boy beneath it's feet, but Togami rolls out of the way to avoid being crushed.

"It must have a weak spot!" Spider-Man said landing next Emerl and Togami.

"Yeah but where?!" Emerl said concerned

While the Behemoth backed the heroes into a corner, Lilac was looking for a weakness, she then looks to the horn next to her and gives it a try. She does a Dragon Cyclone on the horn. The Behemoth roars in pain and swings it head in random directions. This action knocks Lilac off and she lands near the keyhole and had drawn the Behemoth's wrath. But the main thing to take from this, she found what they were looking for.

"Guys, it's the horn!" Lilac called out "That's it's weakness!"

"Lilac gets out of there!" Oscar called out

But it was too late. Before she realized it, the Behemoth was already overhead with its foot hanging over her. In one swift movement the Behemoth brought down it's foot.

"We have to save her!" Spider-Man yelled

"Lilac!" Emerl called out

All of a sudden, the Oathkeeper's keychain begins glowing. Emerl guessed he must have unlocked the keychain's ability. But what could it be? Suddenly a think white beam burst from the end of the Oathbreaker. The beam passed through the Behemoth's main horn and snapped it in half. The Behemoth's attack was halted. The massive Heartless gave one last pained roar before fading into the darkness.

"Wow…. what was that" Spider-Man said in awe

"My keychain ability" Emerl said, muttering as he looks at Oathkeeper. "I like it."

The others made their way across the room, but Oscar and Hiro were first ones to help Lilac.

"Hey, you okay Lilac?" Oscar asked concerned

"Yeah, I am good" Lilac groaned "Not the worst pain I've felt."

"At least no one is seriously hurt" Doom adds

"It's not over yet" Togami interjected and turns to Emerl "Time to finish what we started Emerl"

Emerl nodded and steps forward. He was prepared to seal the keyhole when he heard a familiar voice.

"Emerl, you did it" Qrow called out.

"Wait, Qrow?" Emerl questioned

Putting the keyhole on hold for a while the group of seven exited the Final Keyhole. Spider-Man took his leave to check on Mary Jane. Emerl marvelled to find not only Qrow here but also Ruby, Blake and Jenny here along with Cody. The Gizoid jumped down to see his friends, but the others stayed behind to watch the keyhole

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Emerl asked

"Yusai and Akisa brought us here on Yusai's ship" Ruby said smiling

"They arrived shortly after you did" Cody reports "They say Qrow had to check on something

"Like what?" Emerl asked

"This was Jenny's home." Blake states "This was also our home before the Heartless took it, we wanted to see it again."

"However like I feared, it's in a bad shape." Qrow said and lamented "It once was so peaceful…"

"Don't worry Qrow" Blake said "Once Vader is defeated, it should be restored. That goes double for your island Emerl"

"Really?" Emerl said excited as was Jenny

"However, that will also mean goodbye" Ruby said sadly

"Huh? Why?" Emerl asked

"Once the worlds are restored, they'll be separated again." Blake explained

"Everyone will go back to where they came from." Ruby adds

"Well, we'll just visit you on the Hope Seeker." Emerl brings up

"It isn't that simple, Gizoid" Qrow states

"You didn't know about other worlds before all this right?" Cody asked

"That's cause every world was isolated" Blake explained "Impassible walls divided them"

"When the Heartless began there invasions, they destroyed those walls" Ruby added in "So when the worlds return, so will those walls."

"Which means, ships like the Hope Seeker will be useless" Qrow states

"That is why I decided to return to Destiny Island with you and Metal, Emerl" Jenny said "This might be my home, but there is nothing left for me here"

"That's great" Emerl said and looks down "But that means, we'll never see…"

Ruby, Blake and Cody nod looking down

"Don't sweat it you" Qrow said arms folded "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other."

"No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again." Blake adds in nodding

"After all, how could I forget a cool robot like you, even if I wanted to?" Ruby said smiling happily

"What's that supposed to mean?" Emerl chuckled "Through I will admit I will never forget anyone I met on this adventure"

"You certainly rebuilt that Hercules reputation Lilac went on about" Jenny giggled

"Yeah…I wish I knew more about my past, I know Athena was a Founder, a group of Gizoid that managed building other Gizoid for the Nocturnus Clan." Emerl said

"Master Obi-Won did actually meet you back before he became the ruler of this world." Cody said "He said the founders rebelled against Zeus the leader founder."

"Really? What happened to them?" Emerl asked

"No one knows, but Obi-Won said Hercules believed he was a place to preserve Athena, Hades, Ares, Posiadan and Hephestus' AI cores so they would survive his wrath." Cody said

"Boy, this Zeus Gizoid sounds like a piece of work" Jenny said

"Yeah, but Zeus up and vanished same time the Nocturnus Clan did" Cody said

Emerl was thinking on this, what could have happened to Zeus. Did he escape the clans destruction like he did.

"Emerl! Move it!" Oscar called out

"Yeah, we have to seal the keyhole!" Doom adds to that

Emerl nods and turns to face the Final Keyhole

"Emerl, good luck." Qrow said

Emerl nods and rushes back to dive into the darkness. He and his five friends behind him approach the keyhole. He couldn't get what he learned out of his head, but he readies the Oathkeeper. He points it towards the keyhole, a bright beam erupts from the end of the key and connects to the keyhole. A small click was heard and the Heartless symbol shatters, sealing the keyhole for good. The group started to celebrate when something fell at Emerl's feet, it was a black keychain shaped like a crown.

"Where did that come from?" Hiro asked

"Not sure" Togami replied.

Emerl kneels down and picks it up, just then a wave of memories played in his head. As they passed Emerl saw two people were in every single one of them.

"Metal…" Emerl whispered

"What was that?" Doom asked

"It was Metal Sonic." Emerl said standing up "He somehow managed to send me this keychain, he wants me to find him."

"Then what are we standing around for, let's go" Oscar said smiling

They left the Final Keyhole and re-emerged into the Grand Hall. Qrow, Jenny and the others were still there but joined by the other princesses.

"Not bad job" Kimberly said, "The darkness is starting to leave this place."

"All in a days work" Emerl said nodding

"However, we're not out of the woods yet" Gali said serious "The darkness has left this world, but it has begun to gather somewhere far away."

"She's right" Peach said nodding "It's the heart of the darkness "It is likely where Vader has gone with the World Hearts."

"Then we will have to take the Hope Seeker and finally put and end to Vader and the Heartless" Lilac states

"I doubt it will be that easy" Pyrrha said shaking her head "I fell that Vader may have gotten twice as strong as last time. Where you are currently at, I don't think your power will suffice."

"Then how can we get stronger?" Emerl asked

"We need you to increase your power in a short timeframe" Qrow said sipping his flask "But to do that is almost impossible, you will need to fight an incredibly powerful opponent and push yourself to the very limits."

Qrow was right, such a task would be impossible to do. Doom states fighting more Heartless would be out of the question as without the Keyhole, they have no reason to attack. Then Togami realized something

"I got it!" Togami said smiling

"What is it?" Ruby asked

"What we need is to find powerful opponents right?" Togami asked and they all nod "Well it just so happens 12 of the strongest combatants will be gathering for a tournament four of us are competing in soon."

"Wait…you don't mean?" Oscar asked

"I do" Togami said with a smirk "The Kai Cup."


The Keyhole has sealed but the group need to train to be a match for Vader. Time to kick off the Tournament arc!

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