Even If You're In the Deepest Darkness, I'll Be Your Light

A Bittersweet Reunion

Sora's Pov

Fighting Ansem was hard. He was fast and powerful. But, I couldn't give up. I wouldn't give up. I had to fight and beat him. I had to save Riku, Kairi and Hikari. I had to believe. My Keyblade glowed red, then yellow, then pink and then white. The light faded and I had a different Keyblade. It was the Ultima Weapon Keyblade. It had been created with my, Riku, Kairi and Hikari's combined power. They were with me. That I knew. Fighting Ansem became easy and I beat him. Riku disappeared in a blue light.

Me: "Riku!"

Donald: Sora! Sora, look!"

Goofy: "The... the Keyhole!" I pointed my Keyblade at it, but nothing happened. "It won't work! The Keyhole's not finished yet!" That's right. Ansem said as long as Kairi was asleep, the Keyhole wouldn't be completed. "Maybe we've gotta go wake Kairi up."

Me: "I think you're right. If we can free her heart... But... But how?" That's when I saw it. "The Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts... I wonder." I walked over and picked up the Keyblade Ansem had used.

Goofy: "Sora? Sora, hold on!"

Donald: "No, wait!" I looked at the 2 of them and just smiled.

Me: "Take care of Riku, Kairi and Hikari, okay?" With that, I stabbed myself in the chest with the Keyblade.

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No one's Pov

As soon as Sora stabbed himself, the Keyblade floated from his chest and broke apart into the 6 captured hearts of the princesses. The 6 hearts returned to their owners. Shortly after, Kairi and Sora's hearts emerged from the Keyblade Master's chest. Kairi's heart returned to her and the last princess of heart opened her eyes. The Keyhole was completed and Sora smiled as he began to fade. His 2 friends calling out in despair.

Donald: "Sora... Sora!" Kairi got up from the ground to see Sora falling back.

Kairi: "Sora!" She ran to catch him, but as soon as she touched him, he disappeared just as the Princess of Kingdom Hearts had.

Donald: "Sora! Come back, Sora!" No matter how his friends called out, Sora did not return.

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Sora's Pov

What's... What's happening to me? Falling... falling... into darkness.

Voice: "Don't worry, Sora. A light will bring you back very soon. But me... I'll be here for long time."

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Kairi's Pov

I looked to see all of the orbs of light had disappeared. Sora was gone. Donald and Goofy were just as devastated as I was. I had learned their names somehow.

Goofy: "First Hikari. Now Sora..."

Me: "Hikari? What happened to Hikari!?" They were about to answer when a voice interrupted them. It was Ansem.

Ansem: "So, you have awakened at last, Princess. The Keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over." He started coming toward us.

Donald: "Don't make another move!"

Goofy: "Do you think we can stop him all by ourselves?"

Donald: "I don't know!" Ansem suddenly stopped, as if frozen in his tracks.

Ansem: "Impossible..." He was trying to move, but something was stopping him. Then, a transparent figure appeared. It was Riku!

Riku: "No. You won't use me for this!" He was keeping Ansem from hurting us.

Me: "Riku!"

Riku: "You've got to run! The Heartless are coming!" Several Heartless surrounded us. Just then, a beam of light hit Ansem and Riku. Riku fell forward and I ran to catch him. I actually did. He was solid!

Ansem: "How did...?" He looked and smirked. "So, she's still protective of you." He disappeared into the Keyhole. Who was he talking about?

Donald: "Run!" The 4 of us hurried down the stairs to escape.

Goofy: "What about the Keyhole?"

Donald: "Let's just get out of here!"

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?'s Pov

Voice: "Let's just get out of here!" That shout woke me up. I blinked my eyes and saw a dog, duck, boy and girl running out of the room. I looked down at myself. My skin was pale, my clothes and hair were black and I had a feeling my eyes were yellow. That's right. I'm a Heartless. But whose Heartless? I got up and dusted my dress off. I looked down to see a Shadow Heartless next to me. I touched its head and saw the image of a boy with spikey brown hair and blue eyes running next to a girl with ice blue hair, with iris highlighting the ends and sapphire blue eyes.

Me: "You're the Heartless of the boy Sora..." The name brought a tear to my eye. "Let's go catch up to them." It nodded in response and we hurried after the group. We managed to make it to the balcony area. I saw the animals calling after the people.

Dog: "Kairi, Riku, hurry!"

Riku: "We can't leave yet!"

Kairi: "We can't just leave Sora and Hikari behind!" Hikari... that name sounded so familiar.

Duck: "We can't stay here!"

Dog: "There are Heartless after us!" They knew we were here. We jumped down into view and the duck started hitting Sora on the head.

Duck: "Confounded Heartless! Get lost, will ya?" Me and Sora turned our attention to Riku and Kairi.

Kairi: "Sora? Hikari? Is that you?"

Riku: "It has to be. This Heartless isn't acting like a normal one. And this one looks like Hikari did when she was little."

Dog: "Uh-oh!" Several Heartless surround us. Riku and Kairi protected Sora while me and the animals attacked the other Heartless.

Riku and Kairi: "Sora!" I turned to see Riku and Kairi were covered by darkness.

Dog: "Riku! Kairi!" There was a flash of light and the Heartless were destroyed. Sora had been restored to his human self.

Sora: "Kairi, Riku, thank you."

Riku and Kairi: "Sora..."

Duck and Dog: Sora!" Sora turned hiss attention to me.

Sora: "Hikari!" I sadly shook my head.

Riku: "This is her Heartless, Sora." That news killed his joy. More Heartless appeared. Riku kept me close to him. That's when a huge roar shook the room. I gripped on to Riku's vest. A beast jumped down and swatted the Heartless away. He stayed behind while the rest of us took off.