Riku and his group soon awoke on a large white castle. "Another sleeping world? But, wait. This place. This is the Organization's old castle." Riku said.
"We arent sleeping anymore, we got all the keyholes. So someone sleep napped us and brought us here. And that guy had a bone with us. Ain't that right...Braig?" Hope said only to hear nothing.
"Who are you talking to? There's no one here. I already sensed it." Fiora said.
"Just had a feeling." Hope said.
"Well, we better get moving. This is their stronghold after all." Lacy said.
As they moved, they were shocked when they saw two large bubbles with darkness around them. Inside one was Sora and the other held the heroes.
"Sora!" Riku said. "Is he...he's having a nightmare! Sora, you need to wake up!"
"Yeah. You guys gotta wake up too!" Titanica said before the darkness from the bubbles began moving across the air and then took on the form of a black coat person with glowing red eyes. The nightmare sigil appearing on its back.
"You must be another nightmare. But guess what. We're the things nightmares fear." Riku said.
"So, who are you?" Hope asked.
It just stood silent as it rushed to attack.
"Don't ask for name. This thing is a nightmare!" Riku said. "Its trying to stop us from waking them."
"In that case, lets get this thing!" Ibuki said as they engaged it.
It moved quickly like a demon as it fired balls of dark fire and even moved super fast with strikes.
"Its fast, i"ll give it that." Hope said.
"If we don't stop it soon. We won't live to see tomorrow." Espio said.
"I will deal with it!" Peko said chasing after the nightmare as they clashed before Peko ran fast through and slashed it, making it fall apart. "Go back to where you came, nightmare."
"Sora, please wake up!" Riku said.
Sora's bubble then vanished from sight but the heroes popped as they lied there still asleep.
"Yes!" Hope said before his group and Riku were warped to some arena. "No!"
"I am sorry. But seeing them again awake will not come." a voice said as Ansem approached.
"Ansem." Hope said.
"Well, sometimes people can be wrong, right?" Nana asked.
"No...you are wrong this time. Drown into the dark abyss. Come Guardian!" Ansem said as his dark guardian appeared.
"Guess I should have known it would have come to this." Riku said.
"This is gonna be a reprise of last time." Hope said.
"Lets get to it then." Espio said as they combated the guardian and exposed its weak point. It roared as it unleashed dark cutting attacks before Hope sent it packing with a punch.
"So, this is how things end here. But it is too late. Sora has already fallen into the darkness just as planned." Ansem said.
"What? So that was his plan. They wanted to corrupt sora!" Hope said.
"Yes, and you are too late to stop it." Ansem said before fading away. "Our organization is nearly complete." he replied before completely vanishing.
"We gotta hurry back to sora and the others." Hope said.
"Agreed." Titanica said as they ran. But as they ran, they came across the woken heroes in the city. "Guys! You're awake!"
"Not all of us." Jexi said pointing to the unconscious Rainbow.
"She didn't wake up at the same time we did." Applejack said.
Chopper examined her. "She looks healthy, but she's in some sort of deep coma. She won't wake up."
"What about Sora?" Riku asked.
"We don't know. He wasn't here when we woke up." Natsu said.
"Then that means…" Hope said.
"Hes already fallen into darkness and went somewhere else." Titanica said.
"I don't think so. Braig mentioned the organization's closing assignment. There's only one place they would finish things." Naoto said pointing to the castle in the distance.
"We'll take it from here." Hope said. "Lets go, riku."
"Yeah. I want my friend back." Riku said.
The Riku group ran to the castle where they soon came into a large white room with 13 chairs.
"This must be where they used to gather." Damien said.
They soon spotted Sora in a chair and tried to get them, only to be repelled by the young Xehanort. "Hands off my new vessel." Xehanort said.
"Hes not your body to begin with." Hope said.
"We originally had our sight set on Riku, but he developed a certain...resistance to darkness." Xehanort said. "So we did what the keyblade did and moved down the list. Roxas, now there was a worthy candidate. But unfortunately, he became to aware of himself and returned to Sora. Organization XIII's true goal is to divide my heart into 13 vessels. Thanks to all of you, we learned not all our candidates were up to the task. We've made up the difference. And now Sora, the 13th vessel, is within our grasp."
"Like hell hes gonna be!" Ibuki said.
"Were ending this now, Xehanort!" Hope said.
"Its already begun." Xehanort said as people in black coats appeared in the chairs. Most notably Braig, Ansem, and Xemnas. "I am Xehanort of the distant past. I was given a task to gather the splintered versions of myself and make sure they gathered here today. My most future self will arrive soon. When he does, time will return to normal for all of us and I will go back to live the life I am destined. He will vouch for that."
Just then, a light beamed down in the center knocking Xehanort off. "Stopza!" a voice said as time slowed down for all the members but Hope's team and Riku. Looking forward, they saw Mickey. "Whew. Glad I'm not too late." Mickey said.
"King Mickey!" Hope said.
"Come on. Let's grab Sora and get out of here. Aqua has your pals in hand. I can't stop them for long." Mickey said before something knocked him off from behind.
"Mickey!" Riku shouted before seeing the Young Xehanort still moving. "How are you still moving?"
Xehanort held out his hand as appearing it in was a dark keyblade with many gears on it and an hourglass keychain. "The answer is simple. My keyblade...controls time itself."
"Oh, crap." Hope said.
"You're as foolish as the rainbow haired girl...when I finished her in her dream." Xehanort said as the area changed to a large clock with seven hourglasses with different colored sands. "We don't need any of you. So you can go!" Xehanort said charging in as he attacked them as they did their best to block.
"If you did anything to hurt Rainbow, I swear…!" Hope said.
"Sadly, what I did didn't kill her. But by destroying her in her dream, I destroyed her consciousness. That girl will never wake from her endless slumber." Xehanort said.
"Youre wrong.." Hope said. "Theres always another way!"
He Punched Xehanort, knocking him back.
"You put hope in a girl who is basically dead!" Xehanort said as Hope grabbed his blade.
"What are you on about?!" Hope said. "I put hope in lots of things. I survived Hopes peak and rescued the student survivors and resisted the urge to break under Junko's plans!"
"He also brought us back from a seemingly impossible process to break out of. As far as I know, there is a way to bring rainbow back, and I trust Hope." Mikan said. "We may not know what it is, but we'll find it!"
'Then all of you are truly fools." Xehanort said.
"Wrong Xehanort.." Riku said slashing him with Way to the Dawn. "Youre the fool."
Xehanort faded after this as they returned to the thirteen chairs.
"You guys made it out!" Mickey said.
"Thanks Mickey." Riku said as the Stopza spell dispelled itself before Mickey looked up.
"Master Xehanort, we were right about you!" Mickey said as they looked up at the old Xehanort.
"Yes. All of this was decided. And I think I see a few faces I haven't seen since the Keyblade Graveyard." Master Xehanort said.
"Things have changed. But one thing hasnt, we beat you again." Hope said.
"Have you? From what I see, my organization still stands." Master Xehanort said. "All of this for one reason...to forge the X Blade! In ancient times, this weapon safeguarded Kingdom Hearts. So, my plan, to assemble seven hearts of true light and 13 hearts of pure darkness in order to forge the X Blade so we can see it. Another Keyblade War! I tried to create my own pure light and darkness, but the results ended terribly in failure. I was too eager to do it correctly. I acted rashly. I can admit that now."
"What you did back then, your mistakes, it changed the destinies of three of my friends!" Mickey said.
"Ah, but destiny is never left to chance. I merely guided them to their proper places. The misguided boy who failed to be the blade, the misguided master who would have sacrificed herself for her friend, and the feckless youth who became my new vessel." Master Xehanort said.
"I couldn't find a way to save them. But I wanted to believe their sacrifices would have stopped you. I was so blind. I should have seen it when Maleficent gathered the seven princesses of heart." Mickey said.
"Yes. All was my doing. I used the evil fairy to gather seven pure lights for me and I prepared 13 vessels to fill with darkness. But that ordinary boy stopped me on both accounts. A keyblade wielder unlike any I have ever seen. Then I came across a discovery in that failure. You are awake there are 12 universes. I discovered, each one has its own chosen keyblade wielder." Xehanort said. "I learned of this when that young girl manifested one during the battle with Vanitas. I would have used them and sought them out, but I had not abandoned my ambitions."
"Wait. Aqua Terra and Ven would make three. Then me, Riku and Sora. Then theres….Thats seven. Then the thirteen…" Mickey said.
"Very perceptive little king. But Sora and another on your list belong to me now. Or at least, soon to be." Xehanort said as the chair with Sora in it rose up. "You would be but three guardians short."
"Riku." Hope said before something pinned them down. It was Ansem and Xemnas back again.
"I am afraid there will be no more interuptions. Let the 13 be joined!" Xehanort said. He sent a piece of his heart at Sora. But before it could hit, something flaming and a card blocked the attack.
'What the?" Riku asked.
"They made it!" Mickey said as standing there was Lea and Sheath.
"Axel!" Braig said.
"Axel? Nah. I'm Lea. Got it memorized?" Lea said.
"Yes! Get memory right, silly wrong sniper! You real baby!" Sheath said.
"What did you say?! And what are you doing here?" Braig said.
"Well, I made a promise. That I would always be there to bring them back. So, what now? Seems like you don't have a back up." Lea joked.
"What now, you old coot? We're out of time!" Braig said.
"Go and retrieve him." Xehanort said as a cloaked figure attacked Lea who blocked. Lea saw the weapon was a claymore as the figures hood dropped down to reveal a face he knew too well.
"Isa." Lea said as Isa remained silent. Lea then jumped off with Sheath as they knocked back Ansem and Xemnas and stood by the heroes. "So, good timing, right?"
"Good timing." Hope said.
Ansem's guardian then came to grab them but not before some strange star came down and took it out. The star was revealed to be Donald and Goofy with the Star Shard.
"Were we supposed to do that?" Donald asked.
"I think so." Goofy said.
"Now the gangs all here." Hope said. "It's over Xehanort!"
"Unfortunately...I must admit this." Xehanort said as his versions began to fade. "Our time here has come to an end and neither side was formed. But rest assured, we will meet another time at the fated place. With your seven lights, and my thirteen darknesses." he said before they all faded.
"Man, that guy loves to talk." Lea said
"You have no idea." Hope said.
The heroes all reconvened. Carrying rainbow was Alphonse.
"Oh, Rainbow…" Sunset said.
"If theres any way we can revive her, I'm sure we'll find it." Hope said. "And I think I may know just where to look first."
"Youre really planning on going there?" Mickey asked.
"We cant just ignore it. Twilight is there with all sorts of problems. Guzma and Team Skull, the Ultra Beasts… plus we need to find Origami to bring Soursweet back to..normal." Hope said. "Thats it!"
"Whats it?" Riku asked.
"I think I may know a way we can get Rainbow back. At least one of the Ultra Beasts might have the cure we need." Hope said.
"Well, that is a theory. They possess abilities unknown to us. Maybe one of them there we can use to fix all of them." Robin said.
"So then, whatre we waiting for?" Hope asked. "You in, RIku?"
"I am. And I'm happy to be on your team at last." Riku said.
"So lets go. TO the alola Region!" Hope said as everyone agreed.
At the very same region…
Twilight arrived no sweat and met up with Professor Kukui.
"Welcome to paradise, yeah? I can tell you'll fit right in, cousin. This is the Alola Region! So...Alola!" Kukui said.
"Alola to you too, Professor Kukui." Twilight said.
"So, before we get to the trial stuff, how about we get you your first pokemon from the Kahuna?" Kukui asked.
"With pleasure." Twilight said as she started climbing a road with him.
'I have confidence. I know they are all right. I believe that...in all my heart. I will pass my test!" Twilight thought.
