Lloyd, Raven, and Akemi fought against Darkness together. Although it was three against one, Darkness had the speed to avoid their attacks and put up a good fight. However, Akemi didn't interfere much, since Lloyd and Raven were holding their own against Darkness. The battle was quite intense, considering that gold, silver, and dark energy lingered in the air around them.

Then, for the final attack, Darkness stood on one side of the room, as Lloyd and Raven stood together on the other side. Akemi stood out of the way as she watched. Both sides began concentrating a high amount of power in their hands, and then they shot towards one another with beams. Lloyd and Raven's beams stood separate in gold and silver as they made contact with Darkness' dark beam, which was bigger than the two opposing ones.

The power struggle continued, as Darkness' beam was moving closer to Lloyd and Raven. However, Lloyd and Raven merged their beams into a larger platinum beam, as they pushed Darkness' beam back. They continued pushing back and forth, as Akemi walked over to Darkness. He turned towards her as he used one arm to hold his dark beam in place.

"Meir. Please. Let go of your contempt. You can do it now. You can be free, with me," Akemi said, and Meir looked at her sadly.

"But what are we supposed to do my dear? These two are indeed worthy, and I know they're not using their full strength because they know who I am now," Meir asked.

"That's why you hid your identity, right? You wanted them to fight you full force… not like us. Deep down, you wanted all of this to end already, whether you won or not," Akemi said, and Meir looked downward agreement.

"Let them strike you then. Let their Platinum power strike down the darkness still inside you," Akemi said, as she stood right next to Meir and held his free hand.

"I'll stand with you too. You're not alone anymore," Akemi said with a soft smile, and Meir smiled back.

"Thank you Akemi," Meir said, and Akemi nodded.

Then Meir looked towards the beams, and he cut his off. The Platinum beam headed straight for them, as Meir stood in front of Akemi to take the full hit.

At the moment of impact, the Platinum beam shot forth in an even larger radius that hid Meir and Akemi inside of it, as it also blasted a hole into the wall. When Lloyd and Raven stopped their attack, they breathed out in relief, as light from the outside came in. They noticed, as the smoke of the attack was clearing, that the light coming in came from the sun that just started to rise.

Raven breathed out, as she sent a gentle gust of wind to clear out the white fog. Lloyd and Raven were surprised to see Meir and Akemi standing there while holding each other in an embrace. As Lloyd and Raven carefully approached them, they parted from their hug.

Akemi opened her eyes to see Meir, as her eyes widened to see that his hair was no longer spiked up, but relaxed downward like how it used to be. She noticed that he wore a black scarf around his neck instead of a cape, and that his clothes were all purple with a silver belt around his waist. Meir opened his eyes to reveal that they were no longer red, but reverted back to normal black.

"Meir. My darling, your b-back," Akemi said, as her eyes began to water.

Meir looked himself over, and then he looked up at Akemi and said, "I am indeed, my dear. My dear, lovely Akemi."

Meir hugged Akemi again, as she hugged back while tears fell from their eyes. Akemi planted kisses all around Meir's face, and Meir gently laid kisses on her face. They smiled at one another, as they wiped their tears from their eyes. Then they turned towards Lloyd and Raven, who stood close by.

"Lloyd. Raven," Akemi said, as she walked over to them.

"Thank you so much," Akemi said, as she hugged Raven first.

"I-I'm so glad we could help you Akemi!" Raven said, as she hugged Akemi back while her eyes accumulated tears.

Then Akemi turned to Lloyd and hugged him, and said, "I wasn't sure at first, but thank you for bringing me back Lloyd. Thank you so much."

Lloyd hugged her back and smiled, as he said, "Your welcome Akemi. Your very welcome. I figured if anyone would be able to reach him, it would be you."

The two green ninja parted from their hug, as Akemi patted Lloyd on the shoulder. They both turned to see Meir slowly approaching Raven as she looked at him.

"Raven. I... I don't know what to say, except that I'm sorry for all that I put you through. Apologizing alone won't be enough to make up for everything I've done to you, but I wish for it to be the first step in making up for all the harm I caused... I-" Meir cut off when Raven hugged him.

Her tears were falling down, as she said, "I know Meir. I understand. Don't feel so bad. Through all of this, good things did come out of it: I reunited with Lloyd, our friends are together, I have much better confidence and strength than before, and the world is safe now. A lot of good came out from the bad. I don't mind for you to try to make up for everything… right now, I'm just so glad your back to being you!"

Raven started crying, as Meir hugged her back and was also sobbing from her words. After parting from their hug, since both purple ninja were able to gather their composure, they turned to the two green ninja. Lloyd took a few steps towards Meir, as he turned towards him.

"I'm the most sorry to you Lloyd. I hurt you the most. I'm so sorry," Meir said, as he looked downward with regret.

Lloyd signed softly and said, "Meir, it wasn't right what you've done, but I understand why now. Even though you did a lot against us, I'm not above forgiveness."

Lloyd patted Meir on the shoulder, as he looked up at him. Then Lloyd hugged Meir, as Meir hugged him back, and they patted each others' backs.

"I know it'll take time, but I'm willing to put in all the effort to make it up to all of you. I promise," Meir said, and Lloyd smiled.

They parted from their man-hug, and Lloyd said, "I know I can trust the word of a ninja."

Meir nodded, and then Lloyd stood next to Raven, as Akemi stood next to Meir.

"Thank you so much for all that you've done for us. I'll never forget your kindness and bravery. I will also remember and thank you always for never giving up on him," Akemi said, and she leaned on Meir's shoulder, as he held her hand.

"We'll never forget this, Lloyd and Raven. If you ever need us, don't hesitate to contact us. We're connected after all," Meir said.

"Your leaving?" Raven asked.

"Yes. It would be better if I stood away from this world for awhile. Better for the people, and for us," Meir said, as he looked at Akemi.

"Since we're together, we can travel through realms much easier. Don't worry, we'll be fine," Akemi said, and Lloyd and Raven nodded.

"Okay. I hope we'll see each other again soon, under better circumstances, of course," Lloyd said with a smile, and Meir and Akemi nodded.

"Take care Green and Purple ninja. The people of this world are under your care now," Meir said, and Lloyd and Raven nodded.

"Enjoy your lives, and be forever happy together," Akemi said, and Lloyd and Raven smiled.

Meir and Akemi turned towards one another, as they smiled lovingly, and then they planted a kiss on each others' lips. As they did so, a whirlwind of Green and Purple energy circled around them, until they couldn't be seen. When the whirlwind disappeared, so did Meir and Akemi. Lloyd and Raven turned towards one another, as they held both hands together.

"We did it," Lloyd said.

"We really did," Raven said.

They heard rumbling, as they noticed that the cloud fortress was disappearing and reaching under their feet. Keeping their hands locked together, the floor disappeared under them, as they fell. By holding hands, they kept each other balanced as they fell, and the ground was quite far from them.

Lloyd and Raven looked at each as tears were flowing upward from their eyes.

"We really did it Lloyd! We saved Meir and made it alive!" Raven said happily.

Lloyd noticed that the Turret Cannon wasn't in it's place anymore, only a large dent in the sandy floor.

"The others got rid of the machine!" Lloyd said, and Raven turned to see that the tower was gone.

"They did it!" Raven said.

Lloyd pulled Raven towards him, as he summoned his dragon so that they could land safely on the sand. They landed on a sand dune that was shorter than the others, as they stood on their feet.

-Sniff- -Sniff- One more chapter to go. Then this story will be complete… one more…