(And next week is the final! This story is finished! I cannot wait to see your reactions to this piece! Actually, kind of relieved that this will be done soon! I forgot how long this story is. As well as it being finished before Leona's event. I do have a story for him, but it is not finished yet. I am debating on what to do with it. Enjoy!)

          Aqua noticed the Princess of Heart was approaching them with her head lowered and hands clenched into fists at her sides.

"Is everything alright, Kairi?" Aqua asked worriedly as she checked on her student.

"No, I am not alright with this" she replied seriously, "How can any of you be?! We need to go out there and help them!"

There was silence over them as they shared unsure expressions. Kairi faced them with a stern expression as Riku shook his head.

"But what is right and wrong? What is light and dark?" he asked her unsure as he knew Terra and Skuld would share his viewpoint.

Kairi couldn't believe Riku was disagreeing with her, but he gestured his head to the others' reactions. Riku held a hopeful expression to his friend while turning to the others who were unsure.

Roxas rubbed his head in a tired manner before answering, "It doesn't matter in the end"

"Because it all matters who uses it and how" Xion answered simply with a smile of her own.

Kairi was surprised to hear this as Terra finally asked, "And are you sure about this? Some of those villains did hurt you and us before. Are you positive that they will not turn out the same way as their villain?"

She closed her eyes before summoning her keyblade to raise upward.

"I don't think they will" she answered firmly, "They're out there right now. They want to save and help those important to them. If they were truly like the villains we fought, they would've left them. So, I believe in them! I will go out there and help them!"

The princess hoped that the others would agree with her, but she was met with silence. She was worried as she hesitantly opened her eyes until she heard someone else summoning their keyblade. She gasped in relief to see Riku holding his keyblade as well as a knowing smirk.

"Don't even tell me that you and Sora weren't going to do this without our help" Riku said in a knowing tone, "I am going to help you. That was never going to change"

Kairi smiled softly at him as Roxas and Xion summoned their keyblades as well and standing with them.

"Of course, we were going to help!" Xion said in a knowing tone with Roxas adding, "There is no way I am not going to help someone who is finally as interesting as me. Also, can't have Riku showing me up"

Terra and Aqua each summoned their keyblades as Ven and Chirithy cheered while Vanitas sighed.

"And we are going to help as well" Aqua answered before looking at Terra with an encouraging expression, "And I know we will do this together, right, Terra?"

He did cross his arms over his chest with his heavy keyblade before answering in full confidence, "I wanted to make sure we agreed before charging in to help them. I know some of them do bring back terrible memories, but they are not them in the end. Also, I share an understanding with Leona, and I also know that his favorite nephew will want to be there to help"

Ven rushed in with his keyblade as Chirithy sat on his head with Vanitas holding his and standing with his brother.

Ephemer walked with Skuld and Brain as his expression held his determined smile.

"And we're going to be there as well. I want to help them! I also know Chenya does too" Ephemer said determinedly, "It is nice to have friends who can understood us in some sense"

Skuld held her keyblade before answering firmly, "And I want to apologize to them properly. There is no way I am going to be able to face tomorrow unless I help them, right here and now!"

Brain only smirked before answering easily, "And I already knew I was going to help Idia and Ortho from the start. I could sense the doubt in the room, so I want to clear that up before we do something reckless"

Lauriam rolled his eyes at his friend as Strelitzia took his hand and Elrena's to pull them with her.

"And we're going to help too" she stated with a firm expression, "They're not bad, but they are different. Sure, it was scary when we fought, but it is different from seeing their actions. I know they want to help those important to them, just like me!"

Her older brother rubbed her head in an affection manner before confessing, "When I looked at Azul, I saw a reflection of myself. Since it took me some time to change while it didn't take him as long, I know they'll be fine"

He elbowed Elrena who groaned before admitting, "Yeah, yeah. I was going to help them too. Heck, it is nice to know that there is someone out there who is ready for a fight. Sure, let's go out there and save them"

Ienzo adjusted his glasses before answering in relief, "Well, at least we are in agreement. I was starting to worry. The group driven by their hearts and emotions having second thoughts about helping others isn't a good sign. Though, it is a good idea that there are no doubts"

Namine clutched her sketch book close to her chest before answering with a bright smile, "And we have wonderful memories to create and share with each other. I cannot wait for that! I know we can do this!"

They turned to Lea who was standing there with a dumbstruck expression.

"That's it? We are going to help them? Just like that? I thought that you were going to give up!" Lea asked in disbelief at his friends' happy and determined expressions.

"Come on, Lea" Isa spoke seriously, "You should know that they enjoy helping others and believing in them. They were going to do this eventually. They needed to confirm with each other before doing anything. This is a difference since we are together now and not on our own. So, get to it. I'll handle the situation to here to ensure that they are ready. Good luck and do what you can"

Isa signed off and turned to Rollo who was surprised to see Isa's determined expression.

"I have an idea to fix this" Isa said as he pointed at Rollo, "You have strong ties to the students, so you're going to be the one to bring them home. As much as you dislike them, you're the only one here who has that much frustration and anger towards them. You have that bond. We are going to use to bring them home"

Rollo gasped in disbelief and disgust while the rest of the teachers turned to Isa.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Trein asked unsure, "While it is true that they do have a bond of sorts, they are not good friends with each other. I do not know if this is a good idea"

Isa answered with a satisfied expression, "And that is why it will work. They've forged a bond stronger than any would believe at first. Rollo, I want to help our worlds not fall apart, so you're going to help us. Now, hold out your staff. I will help you bring them home"

Rollo relented, but he knew Professor Trein was staring at him intently. Rollo summoned his staff to then standing in the center of the Mirror Chamber. He glanced to Isa who grinned before grabbing the staff and helping Rollo with his magic. Together, they were able to gather magic and slowly reform the mirror and reach out to the students while their ghostly appearances were static.

As for the other keyblade wielders, they turned to Riku and Kairi, waiting for their orders.

"Come on" Kairi spoke determinedly as she raised her keyblade, "We are going to save them!"

They charged on ahead as Chenya, Cheka, and Neige approached her with determined expressions of their own.

"Please let us come too princess" Chenya asked of the princess, "We want to help them just as much as you do"

"Yes! Please let us come with you!" Neiga said determinedly with Cheka holding a grin.

"Sure thing but stay close to the keyblade wielder and watch over yourself" Kairi said as they ran out of the castle.

They broke off into different groups to help the students before they fell into darkness and lost to the dark versions of their classmates.

"To be honest, I thought I wouldn't hesitate against them, but clearly I was wrong" Azul commented before taking another wave of fire from dark Floyd as Dark Jade cast a few strong leaves to strike Azul.

Azul countered to create an icy barrier, but he failed to account for fire melting his ice. The dark twins were able to use the water to run faster and cast their magic to strike Azul's barrier to effortlessly shatter it and knock him back! Azul grunted and gasped in pain as he struck a rocky wall. He fell to his knees and groaned before picking himself up. He ran forward and held his cane to create a weak dark barrier for protection.

"Speak for yourself" Jamil commented as he blocked Najma's spells and refusing to bring her harm, "But I can't bring harm to her"

His pen waivered as he tried to cast a spell, but dark Kalim ran behind him with his scepter in hand. Dark Kalim cast a powerful wave of water to wash Jamil away. Jamil quickly countered by casting fire. Steam erupted from their spells, and Jamil couldn't see anything. Dark Kalim quickly ran through the steam with light gathering to the tip of it. Jamil was stunned as his dorm leader waved the scepter to strike Jamil repeatedly with light magic!

"Garh!" Jamil grunted in pain as he fell on his stomach and weakly gazed at dark Kalim and his little sister.

Riddle did his best to counter the many spells coming his way by either creating shields of fire or burning the incoming spells. He was getting tired as he created another wave of fire to burn dark Cater away. He did burn the dark Cater, but dark Trey rushed towards him! Riddle gasped as he held his scepter back. Dark Trey cast a spell to knock the scepter out of Riddle's hand to then grabbing Riddle roughly by his throat! Azul and Jamil were tense as Riddle did his best to break free from his grip.

"Trey, please don't" Riddle spoke weakly as he failed to conjure up magic to save himself.

Luckily, dark Trey was pushed back by a few keyblades. Riddle fell to his knees and felt a rush of healing magic flow through him. He was confused as he gazed up to see two keyblades before him. He tilted his head to the side as Chenya appeared with Ephemer holding his hands out!

"Hiya, teapot tyrant!" Chenya greeted before sending a glare to dark Trey, "We couldn't let you handle this alone. Wouldn't be right if you ask me"

Chenya then jumped towards dark Trey as Riddle stared at Ephemer in disbelief. Another wave of healing magic was cast over him as Kairi and Skuld landed beside him.

"I owe you an apology" Skuld said as she rose and held her Starlight keyblade in her hands, "And I plan to make it up to you here and now, teapot tyrant. I shall be your card soldier until they are returned to you!"

She charged towards dark Cater as Kairi stood with Destiny's Embrace in her hands before facing dark Ace and Deuce.

"And I plan to help you as well" Kairi said warmly as her light warm Riddle, "I didn't believe you were bad nor the rest of your classmates. I am grateful they were able to listen to me. So, take this moment to rest and let us handle them!"

Riddle only stared at them in disbelief as she charged towards dark Ace and Deuce with her keyblade shining a bright light. She jumped let out a yell and slamming it before them to knock both away!

"But princess why?" Riddle asked as he sat there with Ephemer standing before him and holding his hands forward to have a row of keyblades hovering in front of them as a form of protection.

"Because she knew you were good" Ephemer answered with confidence as he looked over his shoulder, "The princess and Sora knew you and your friends weren't going to bring harm to us and this proves it. The rest of us had to catch up, but we are there now! Also, I couldn't leave a person who shares the same experience as me"

Ephemer smiled a genuine smile to the teapot tyrant who was relived. Riddle shook his head and stood up. He wasn't going to let them fight alone, especially against his card solders!

"Very well" Riddle spoke strongly as he stood next to Ephemer, "Thank you for realizing this and coming to help us. Now, let's save them!"

Ephemer agreed as he let Riddle grab his hand. Riddle held his scepter forward with Ephemer holding one hand. Together, they let out a yell before casting a powerful fire spell over a few keyblades to strike the dark versions of his dorm mates.

Azul held himself and counted as he held his cane in a protective stance. The dark twins were charging towards him with their pens glowing a red and green for the spells they were prepared to attack with! He smirked as a pink and yellow flash descended and struck the dark twins back! Lauriam and Elrena landed at Azul's side with their keyblades in hand.

"Finally! A chance to go all out and beat them! DO not mind if I do!" Elrena shouted in delight before charging at the dark Floyd who was trying to get back up on his feet.

She laughed wickedly as Lauriam sighed before offering a hand to Azul.

"Apologies for the wait" Lauriam spoke calmly, "But things were complicated before being resolved. Are you faring well?"

Azul smirked before taking his hand to stand up to reply, "Yes, I am fine. Though do not keep me waiting like that again. Now, we need to teach them some manners"

He held his cane as Lauriam held his keyblade at side with dark Jade standing up and facing them.

Jamil groaned as he struck by another wave of light magic. He wasn't sure how long he was going to hang on for at this point.

"What did I tell you?" Roxas asked as he effortlessly swung both keyblades to strike the dark Kalim back and stand before the dark Najma, "You shouldn't hide your feelings and unleashing towards the one who annoys you for now"

Roxas turned to the dark Najma as Jamil's eyes were wide with worry. Luckily, a gentle and warm Curaga spell descended over him as Xion swung her keyblade to push dark Najma back! She then landed behind him with a confident expression.

"Do not worry" Xion reassured him warmly, "I won't hurt your little sister. I'll make sure she's away from you and Roxas. You two can focus on Kalim for now"

She then focused on dark Najma and cast her magic to keep dark Najma back. Jamil only stared at her in awe. Roxas shook his head before throwing Oathkeeper at dark Kalim to knock his scepter out of his hand.

"Come on" Roxas said seriously as he held his hand out to him, "You have to save him and knock some sense into him. Don't you dare hold anything back"

Jamil sighed before taking Roxas' hand to stand up and hold his pen.

"You know what? You're right. I now have a chance to take out some of my frustrations" Jamil said as a smirk formed, "And when I save him, I am sure that I will earn something from it"

"That's better" Roxas answered as they charged at the recovering dark Kalim.

Leona winced in pain as he took another punch and kick from dark Jack and Ruggie. He was on his knee as he tried to recover again.

"Damn it" Leona groaned as he saw their dark figures towering over him, "I know I've caused the both of you enough pain and troubles. I get if this is my punishment for that. So, after you're done beating me up, do you think you can come back as who you are?"

He grimaced as he stared at them. Both prepared another spell as they were ready to cast duo magic. However, an orange blur ran in front of Leona to protect him with his small arms extended.

"You leave my unca alone!" Cheka shouted with a serious expression.

"Cheka?! What are you doing, furball?! Get out of the way!" Leona shouted in a desperate tone as his nephew didn't bother to move.

He stood his ground as dark Jack and Ruggie were ready to cast their magic.

"Good job, Cheka" Terra spoke as he lunged with his keyblade held at his side like a sword.

Leona's eyes were wide as he turned to catch a glance from Terra. Terra raised the blade and slammed it on the ground to strike the earth to knock both students away!

"Thank you for doing that" Aqua spoke gently as she jumped and spun with her keyblade bursting with water and ice magic to freeze and damage the two students.

Both landed before the tired Leona as Aqua and Cheka turned around to smile at him. He couldn't believe they were here as Aqua cast a Curaga while Cheka jumped to embrace Leona!

"What are you doing here?" Leona asked as he sighed in relief of the spell's warmth and holding his nephew.

"Learning and helping a friend who shared a similar past to mine" Terra answered with a grin, "Take a moment to rest. Aqua and I can hold them back"

Leona stared at the couple with surprised expression. He almost saw his big brother and sister-in-law standing there, but he shook his head when he stood up. He made sure Cheka was standing behind them.

"Yeah, that's not going to happen" Leona answered simply before grabbing his staff, "Those two are members of my pack. I need to scold them as well as fight this battle. We're doing this together, whether you like it or not. Oi! Cheka! Just stand there and cheer!"

Terra and Aqua shared a warm expression as Cheka let out a happy cheer before all three charged ahead to fight with the dark Jack and Ruggie.

Vil groaned as he noticed his appearance was dirty and messy, not to mention he smelled awful. What made matters worse is that dark Rook and Epel were standing before him, ready for another round of fighting.

"How annoying" Vil commented as he tried to pick himself up and prepare for another round of fighting, "The both of you will receive a lesson in manners once this is all over!"

Dark Rook cast three fire spheres as dark Epel ran towards him with his signature spell ready. Vil created another barrier, but dark Epel was faster as he ran with his magic charged up! Vil gasped and prepared for a slumber, but it never came!

"My apologizes, but you cannot hurt him!" Neige shouted as he created a white barrier and pushed dark Epel into dark Rook!

Vil stumbled before gently and elegantly landing on the ground to stare at Neige. Neige held a determined expression as he kept the barrier standing before holding a gentle smile towards his senior.

"Ah, do not worry about me, Vil!" Neige said warmly, "I can do this! Please sit there and rest!"

Vil was ready to retort, but a powerful and gentle wave of Curaga over him. Strelitzia approached him and held a gentle expression with her keyblade in her hand.

She kneeled beside him with a grin before informing him, "I know you want to rush in and fight again, but you need to rest too. You remind me of my big brother who would do the same thing. Don't worry, you're not going to fight them alone, because we are here to help"

Vil wondered what she meant as Vantias laughed while Ven only grinned before both flew towards the fight.

"Finally! I get to punch that annoying hunter!" Vanitas shouted as he summoned his keyblade and threw it to clash against dark Rook's pen.

Ven only shook his head before creating a whirlwind to trap dark Epel in before landing beside Neige. Ven turned around to see Vil and holding a grateful expression.

"I am grateful we were able to make it" Ven said as he held his hand out to him, "I know you want to fight, but you need to rest and take a chance to rest and recover before fighting. Let us handle them for a moment"

Vil scoffed before taking his hand and standing up, "Well, just let me stand at least while I recover. I will provide support and do what I can to help you!"

Ven nodded his head before charging again to attack dark Epel and prevent him from using his unique magic against himself.

Idia was typing away on his blue screen before screaming when dark Ortho was close to breaking the barrier. Idia put one hand over his head to protect himself and was alarmed to see the cracks getting bigger and bigger. He knew he didn't have enough time to create a stronger barrier and prepared to take the incoming hit as dark Ortho powered up a blaster. He unleashed a powerful beam to shatter the barrier and charged at Idia.

"Duck, lord of the dead!" Lea shouted as he charged in and struck the dark Ortho to knock him away!

Idia gasped as Lea landed before him with his keyblade in hand. Idia couldn't believe that Lea was here as Brain landed on his side. He held his keyblade and took the screen to examining the barrier. He laughed before pressing a few buttons to then holding his keyblade to gather light to it.

"Hey, Lea, watch him" Brain said with a grin, "I've got it"

Lea nodded as Brain ran towards the breaking barrier to then reforming to gather to the tip of his keyblade. Brain let out a laugh as dark Ortho picked himself before flying towards Brain. Brain jumped and swung the keyblade to cast a powerful, technological beam to strike dark Ortho. Their beams clashed as Brain leaned away and ran to have dark Ortho chasing him.

"What are you doing?" Idia asked in disbelief as he sat up.

"I think you know why" Lea answered simply, "Because we heard what Hades said. He told us what was happening. Also, you know me. You know that I am going to be ok. So, why won't you, your brother, and your classmates? Now, are you ready for round 2?"

Lea held his hand out as Idia grinned and took his hand. They charged towards Brain who landed before them with holding his keyblade.

"So, let's handle this Heartless!" Brain said with a grin as they think of another plan to stall dark Ortho as best as they can.

Malleus created another barrier to protect himself from dark Sebek and Silver who repeatedly slammed their batons against the barrier. Malleus was able to withstand their strikes while dark Lilia held his axe again to lunge and effortlessly shatter the barrier before striking Malleus' staff and forcing him to his knees!

"Please. I do not want to hurt you!" Malleus pleaded with them, "I cannot hurt you nor fight you anymore"

He tried to create another barrier but then Ienzo created another illusion of Malleus to confuse the dark students. Malleus was surprised as Namine stepped beside him with her sketch book in her hands.

"Everything is going to be fine" she reassured him with a gentle smile as Ienzo answered simply, "And I will ensure they do not harm you. The only one I would worry about would be Silver, but Sebek will be fine to handle"

Ienzo snapped his fingers to create more illusions of himself and walk towards the two knights. Namine followed Ienzo as Malleus reached his hand out to them only to be stopped when Riku appeared with his keyblade in hand. Riku then held his keyblade in front of themselves to create a barrier.

"They're tougher than they look" Riku reassured him with his hand out, "And we are going to do this together. I am sorry for not agreeing right away. We have more in common than I wanted to believe, so let's finish this together"

Malleus stared at Riku who held a strong expression before taking Riku's hand and standing up. Riku cast a healing spell over themselves to recover from the fight. However, Malleus saw Sora, Yuu, and Grim running towards something. He stared at them with a grin as Riku held a satisfied expression.

"They've got it" Riku reassured him, "Kairi and I know Sora's going to be fine and help your partner. Everything is going to work out"

Malleus turned to Riku who was confident expression filled with belief and reassurance about his friends. Malleus finally held a reassured expression and didn't have any reason to worry. Together, they prepared to face the dark classmates one more time.

"I think we are almost there!" Yuu shouted as she continued to run on ahead with Grim bouncing up and down on her shoulder and Sora at her side.

Grim wanted to complain, but Sora nodded his head with a bright smile. They ran to the top of the mountain and saw the fighting breaking out in the waste lands of the world. Yuu gripped her hands tightly before glaring at the sight. Sora held himself back as he turned to Yuu. She closed her eyes and tried to hear them. She raised her head when their voices were growing louder. She gasped as she looked up to see a sphere of darkness!

"What is that?" Yuu said as she stared at it and could hear their voices, "But I know they're in that!"

"Where are they?" Sora asked as he turned to her.

Yuu pointed towards the sky and at the sphere of darkness. Sora couldn't see it, but he held his keyblade and took aim. He let Yuu guide him as she placed her hands on him. When she touched his hands, Sora could hear their voices, but he couldn't see it. As Yuu guided him, Grim stood on the keyblade's to gather magic. As they were gaining magic, their friends were losing their fight against their dark classmates.

Roxas and Jamil continued to cast magic and strikes against dark Kalim. Jamil would let out a laugh before casting fire magic to counter dark Kalim's water magic. Roxas would chuckle before jumping with two keyblades raised above his head to then clash against dark Kalim's scepter! Jamil laughed before lunging to cast a wave of fire towards dark Kalim with Roxas jumping away to avoid the fire.

"This is amazing!" Jamil said in relief before calming down when he realized something wasn't right, "But, why isn't he tiring out? He doesn't have this much stamina. Why?"

Roxas landed behind Jamil who heard him. Roxas knew this wasn't normal either. The darkness can continue to attack, but it does have a limit. He rushed to protect Jamil from dark Kalim while looking over his shoulder to see Xion blocking dark Najma's fire spell.

"They're not getting tired. Why?" Roxas murmured annoyed with their situation before throwing Oathkeeper to protect her from another fire spell.

Xion thanked him as dark Najma took her chance to cast another wave of fire spell towards her! Jamil rushed to counter with his dark magic, but he didn't put much effort into the spell in case it hurt her. Her spell was stronger and burnt him! Jamil grunted in pain before falling to his knees. Xion rushed to his aid, but dark Kalim cast a wave of water at her! Roxas threw Oblivion to protect and pull her away from the spell. With that, dark Kalim and Najma focused their magic on Jamil.

Jamil lowered his head as he whispered, "I am sorry. I know I've suffered, but that doesn't mean you haven't either. I am getting tired and running out of magic. I'll Overblot at this rate. So, please, don't do this"

He raised his head to see them as they prepared their water and fire spell to strike him.

"Honestly, I might take away their paycheck for this" Azul commented before holding his cane to protect himself from dark Jade's fire spell and Lauriam.

Lauriam groaned at Azul's words before commenting, "Do you have to talk about business at a time like this?"

"One of us is running a restaurant from their school! Yes, I do!" Azul replied before Elrena threw a punch at dark Floyd.

She let out a laugh as he stumbled back before recovering with a grass spell. Elrena used her lightning to counter his spell.

"Ok, so something isn't adding up" Elrena commented, "I know we fought darkness before, but they don't get back up that easily. Why is this happening?"

Lauriam nodded his head in agreement, "You're correct. This is weird and unusual. I don't understand why this darkness isn't going down. No matter how hard we attack, the darkness keeps coming back"

"That's not normal in our world" Azul commented in agreement, "Unless it is curses, but that's another issue all together. I wonder if it is feeding off their magic. Most students from Night Raven College are natural at using dark magic as a base. Rarely do we have students who use light magic as a base. Could that be a reason?"

"Eating their magic? Huh. I would've done something different, but that is a possibility" Elrena answered before ducking from a strike and gathering lightning to her hands.

She let out a laugh as she struck dark Floyd's chest with lightning, zapping and paralyzing him in place! Dark Jade wasn't please as he focused his attention on her by casting water spells. Lauriam rushed to Elrena's side as he noticed dark Jade cast fire spells to cover himself in the steam. Before Elrena could use her lightning to counter, Lauriam rushed between her and dark Jade who case a fire spell to strike his back!

"Argh!" Lauriam cried out in pain as he fell against Elrena who barely had time to catch him.

"You idiot! I had him!" Elrena snapped in a furious manner as Azul was stunned by Lauriam's genuine care for his crazy partner.

"No, you didn't" Lauriam said with a shake of his head as he gazed at Azul.

Azul understood as he rushed to stand between the couple and the twins.

"I am sorry" Azul apologized, "I should've been stronger and done something about this before it got out of hand. Also, seeing your benevolence of helping someone important to you is a page I should take out of your book"

Without hesitating, Azul gathered the water and cast it upward between himself and the couple. Elrena shouted at him to stop, but Azul poked his cane through the water to freeze it before turning to the twins who were charging up their spells and running at him.

Azul closed his eyes, held his cane at his side, and whispered, "I am sorry for putting you two through so much. You were always there, whether I liked it or not, but I took it for granted. Now, I will do everything in my power to bring you back"

He opened his eyes and prepared himself for their attacks.

"Why don't you tire out?!" Skuld shouted as she slammed her Starlight keyblade on the ground between dark Cater and Trey.

Chenya let out a growl before casting fire magic to burn at dark Trey. Kairi cast a sphere of light to blind dark Ace and Deuce and raised her keyblade to cast meteors upon them. She was panting as she hoped that would be enough, but she gasped when both jumped towards her! She quickly pulled herself back as Ephemer threw his hand forward to make a few keyblades strike the dark Adeuce duo.

"This darkness reminds me of the one our friend sealed away" Ephemer commented, "We couldn't defeat it, but Ven tried to give it a form he could defeat. Kairi can you do that?"

The princess recovered before throwing her keyblade to strike back the dark Adeuce duo before resting on her knees and leaning against Destiny's Embrace.

"I haven't trained in my powers that thoroughly" she replied frustrated, "But even if I did, what if that hurts the real Ace and Deuce? I can't hurt them like that"

Skuld landed on her feet before turning to them to shout, "But there has to be a way to save them, right? We can't leave them like that!"

"Get out of the way!" Chenya shouted as he tackled her and himself away from dark Cater's spell.

Riddle turned to then to wave his scepter to cast a wave of fire to knock dark Cater away from them. He tried to think of any solution to save them, but nothing came to his mind. He knew he couldn't leave them like this either. It frustrated him that being one of the smartest mages of his school that he couldn't think of a solution! Dark Deuce noticed Riddle was distracted and cast an ice spell, but Ephemer stood between the spell and Riddle.

"Ah! That's cold!" Ephemer exclaimed with a shiver.

"Ephemer!" Kairi and Skuld shouted as Riddle prepared to melt the ice.

"I'll help! Ah!" Riddle yelled as he was forcefully picked up by dark Trey and held by his collar, "Trey!"

Everyone froze as they stared at them with worry and horror. Riddle dropped his scepter and held dark Trey's hands to try and get it off his collar. Riddle stared at the piercing pair of yellow eyes and struggled.

"Trey, Cater, Deuce, and Ace" Riddle spoke out in a pleading tone, "I am sorry for everything. I know I cannot make up for the hurt I've caused others, but I am trying to do better. I know I have you to thank for it. So, please, come back and be my card soldiers and friends again"

Terra let out another yell as he slammed his keyblade on the ground to make cracks appear underneath dark Jack and Ruggie. Aqua ran in to twirl and gracefully wave her keyblade to cover the cracks with water and a growth spell. Leona then ran in with his staff to slam it into the cracks to make vines rise and grab the dark students to hold them in place.

"Seriously, why can't you go down?" Leona groaned, "You're exhausting me"

Terra and Aqua landed at each side of the second prince with Cheka watching with his big eyes. The two keyblade wielders faced each other as they wondered the same thing. Why weren't the Heartless versions of these classmates disappearing? Dark Jack was using his strength to rip the vines apart as dark Ruggie thought of spells to destroy it. Leona knew he couldn't hold them forever, so he hoped the two keyblade wielders before him would think of something.

"But this darkness isn't similar to the one we've fought" Aqua reasoned simply before asking in fear, "Could it be the one Ven and the other Foretellers fought?"

"If it is then we must seal it" Terra replied before turning to Leona, "But I do not know what that will do to your friends"

Leona groaned at this before replying, "But there has to be a way to help them, right? They're a part of my pack, but they also have families. I wouldn't be able to face them without those two. There has to be a way to save them, and I will not take no for an answer"

Terra turned to Leona to converse with him as dark Ruggie took his chance to use his magic to cast a dark magic spell towards Terra's back. Aqua rushed to counter with an ice spell to knock herself and dark Ruggie away as well as her spell freezing the vines holding dark Jack. Dark Jack had his chance to summon fire magic to his fist to punch the frozen vine and free himself!

"Oh, come on" Leona groaned as he let the vines go with Terra charging to swing his keyblade against dark Jack's pen.

Dark Ruggie was able to escape from the vine holding him and charged at Cheka with his pen in hand. Aqua picked herself up to cast a fire spell to melt his ice and stop him from reaching the little prince. Leona grew frustrated with his pack harming his friends and threatening the life of his nephew, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He spun his staff to then slam it on the ground to make the vines spring up again to grab and pull the two students towards him. Leona let out a roar as he pulled them to the ground and in front of him.

"Sorry, but this is my pack" Leona grunted as he held them in place, "They are my responsibility in the end. I will not let you be at fault for them"

He could tell the dark versions of his students were going to break the vines again. Leona quickly created a couple of more vines to pull Terra and Aqua towards Cheka to protect him. Cheka ran to his uncle, but Aqua wrapped her arms around the little prince to prevent him from reaching Leona.

As for Leona, he stared at his classmates were close to breaking the vines holding them.

"I know I've failed you" Leona whispered without tearing his gaze away from them, "But I will do everything to ensure of your safety and that you get a chance to do what you want with your lives. You have things to do, and I know you can handle our home, so you better come back!"

Just as he finished speaking, the vines broke again as the dark students charged at Leona with their magic pens glowing.

"Take this!" Vantias shouted as he repeatedly struck dark Rook's spells and slammed the blade against the pen.

As for Ven, he flew on his keyblade before delivering a strong strike against dark Epel's spell. Neige closed his eyes or turned away when the brothers delivered powerful strikes and blows against his friends. Strelitzia turned to Vil who held his tome in his hand and stared at the fight before him.

"Vil please wait a little longer" she urged the dorm leader, "Your wounds are not fully healed. You need to rest before you can fight and cast your magic"

Vil hated being on the sidelines and watching the fight happening before him. He would much rather be involved than do nothing. Vantias effortlessly avoided dark Rook's constant magical spells while Ven flew away from dark Epel's signature spell.

"We need another approach" Ven shouted to his brother who rolled his eyes.

"Fine! But we better bring the pain!" Vanitas snapped as Ven flew to his brother's side and grabbed his hand.

Ven threw his brother upward before creating a powerful gust to pull dark Rook and Epel into. Then, Ven took off after his brother. He kicked his keyblade towards his brother who grabbed the handle while Ven lunged to also grab it. Together, they were falling forward with the keyblade changing its form. They let out a yell before swinging the blade downward to strike the two students. Ven and Vanitas landed before the shield and faced forward, expecting a defeated dark Rook and Epel. Instead, dark Rook managed to land on his feet and cast a fire spell towards Vanitas! Ven rushed to push his brother out of the way and get struck with the spell instead!

"Crud!" Vanitas shouted before throwing his keyblade at dark Rook to knock him back.

Dark Epel took his chance to run towards Vanitas and cast a grass spell, but Neige reacted first by creating a barrier in front of Vanitas for his protection. Vanitas growled at the student, but Vil had had enough when he saw Ven hurt. Strelitzia rushed to heal him just as Vil elegantly walked pass the couple.

"I apologize, Strelitzia, but this is where I put my foot down!" Vil declared as magic gathered to his foot before he stomped the ground to cast a wave of powerful leaves to cut dark Rook and Epel back, "But that is my hunter and the other is my poison apple. I intended to bring both back to me"

He closed his tome to unleash a powerful dark magic to push both back! Ven and Neige shouted in worry for him, but Vil wasn't going to give up. He cast another wave of magic to keep both dark students back from him and the others. With each step he took, the dark students were able to recover and slowly noticed that he was separated from his friends who were behind a magical barrier. Dark Rook threw his magic pen, but Vil was able to avoid it. He knew Rook wouldn't miss his target and realized that the hunter's aim wasn't him. Vil turned to see the pen strike the barrier and forming cracks! He heard Strelitzia and Neige scream as Ven and Vanitas stood up to prepare for another round. Vil threw his tome before himself to then create a powerful magical wave of blow them back.

"I understand why you are frustrated with me, but please know that I will not hold anything back" Vil vowed to them, "I will bring you back and ensure you learn your lesson when we return. This will not be the end!"

Dark Rook and Epel jumped or ducked to avoid the wave of magic to then charge at their dorm leader with their magic glowing.

"I swear, even when the darkness has him, Ortho is smart and learning how to defeat us" Brain commented as he avoided magical blasts from dark Ortho.

Lea replied with a chuckle, "Yeah, but that would make everything too easy, wouldn't you agree?"

He waved his keyblade to block and cast wave of fires to burn the blasts while protecting Idia who was trying to find a way to stop his younger brother. He was looking at the screens and trying to find a possible solution as dark Ortho blast Brain's hand to make him lose his grip on his keyblade!

"Dang it!" Brain shouted before running as Lea rushed to turn his keyblade into two charkmarkers to throw one to protect Brain while throwing another at dark Ortho.

Brain held his injured hand with Lea casting magic and throwing his charkmarkers to keep his distance. As for Idia, he examined the screens and groaned with a hand in his face as he concluded that this wasn't his little brother entirely, but this being was learning Ortho's skills!

"Oh, no" Brain groaned as dark Ortho hovered with his cannons taking aim at them, "That is going to hurt"

Idia took charge as he ordered, "Lea aim at Ortho's head!"

He ran towards dark Ortho as Lea summoned his charkmarkers to throw one at dark Ortho's head. Dark Ortho moved to avoid it, but the charkmarker turned to strike his head! Dark Ortho switched his cannons to his hands and felt his injured head. He lowered himself to the ground as Idia jumped and wrapped his arms around dark Ortho!

"Idia!" they shouted in disbelief as he struggled and held his dark younger brother tightly.

"This is nothing!" Idia shouted as he made sure to embrace him tightly, "Ortho's always been there for me and done everything to help me. Sure, I have my fair shares of sadness and depression, but I have no intention of leaving Ortho! I will stay with him until the end!"

Lea and Brain were stunned as they watched the heir holding his younger brother tightly with fire and darkness bursting from him.

Dark Sebek unleashed a wave of thunder to destroy the copies of Ienzo and Malleus without hesitation. Ienzo was frustrated as he conjured up more copies while Namine was keeping dark Silver busy by trying to mess with his memories.

"We won't be able to hold out for much longer" Namine commented as she noticed dark Silver was breaking through her spells.

Dark Silver swung his baton and cut through her spells with his light magic. Namine reasoned that this could only happen, because Silver has the same light and powers as Princess Aurora who was a former princess of heart, similar to Kairi's powers.

As for Riku, he made sure Malleus was behind the barrier while he clashed with dark Lilia. Riku's keyblade clashed against the great, green axe in dark Lilia's hands.

"I understand why you're a war general now" Riku confessed as he blocked and paired each strike dark Lilia threw at him.

"He's one of the best ones in our army" Malleus informed Riku, "You'll need to be skilled in both magic and combat to handle Lilia. I was the only one who could handle him, but that is even barely"

Riku nodded as he ducked from another strike. His keyblade charged with magic to cast fire first and then water. Dark Lilia effortlessly cut the fire spell in half, but the water spell hit the fire to create steam to cover them. Riku reacted by casting ice and then raising the blade to gather more and more lightning to the tip. Dark Lilia felt the chill of the ice spell approaching him, so he flew above it before Riku waved the keyblade downward to cast a powerful lightning spell to strike him!

"I don't think this will be enough" Riku commented as he observed the lightning sparking from the dark general.

Just as Riku and Malleus expected, dark Lilia shook off the lightning spell and lunged at Riku with his axe. Malleus was finally tired of waiting and decided to interfere. He lunged and used his magic to slow down time and ensure that Riku was safe. Malleus then used his powers to grab the axe and rip it out of dark Lilia's hands before casting a fire spell to project his dark guardian away. Malleus then focused his attention on the exhausted Ienzo and tired Namine. He teleported in front of them just as his dark knights prepared to jump them.

"Ah, are you both alright?" Malleus asked in a tired manner, "I apologize if that wasn't pleasant, but using my magic in a defensive manner is starting to take its toll on me, but I promise that I will not let them harm you anymore"

He turned and held himself high to his knights and guardian. He then held his hand back to create a powerful barrier before kneeling to them.

"I apologize to you the most" Malleus confessed and admitted, "I've given you the worst gift and couldn't handle everything I gave to you. I shouldn't have done this, but I make promise to you. I will do everything in my power to be the best king and give you the lives you and everyone deserves. For now, take out your pain and anguish. I will bear it"

He closed his eyes and lowered his head, expecting their final strikes against him.

"Ah!" Rollo cried out in pain as he fell to his knees.

Isa grunted when he saw the phantoms of his classmates flickering on and off.

"What is happening to them?" Trein asked seriously as he went to help Rollo stand.

"The worlds are becoming unstable" Crowley answered in a rare serious tone, "This event doesn't ever happen, but since our students were scattered to different worlds and encountered those keyblade wielders. The worlds cannot handle this for long and soon the worlds will fall apart unless something is done"

"I wouldn't worry" Isa confessed in an annoyed manner before he held a rare smile and held a hand to Rollo, "For when everything seems lost and falling apart, that is when the light and hope shines the brightest. I know they will do this, but we cannot give up"

Isa held a determined expression to Rollo who only grabbed his hand. Together, they held his staff and let out a yell to reach out to the keyblade wielders and the students.

As for the sphere of darkness holding the remaining students, they were still shouting and calling out to Yuu and their classmates with all their might.

"Come on, Yuu!" Ace shouted annoyed, "I know you can hear us! Hurry up!"

Deuce let out a groan with Najma getting tired of shouting and calling out for her big brother and her. Kalim helped her sit down as Ace shook his head and stared at the darkness with his heart racing.

"I know this looks bad" Ace confessed, "But I also know we can't give up. Not when we are so close. We need one last shout! Everyone with me!"

Everyone turned to Ace and nodded as they took a deep breath in and shouted, "YUU!"

Yuu's eyes were wide as she heard their shouts loud and clear. She stared at the dark sphere in the sky and held a confident expression.

"That's it" Yuu said seriously as she turned to Sora and Grim, "Are you ready?"

"Yes!/Let's do this!" Sora and Grim shouted as they faced forward.

Yuu aimed the keyblade to shout, "Now!"

Sora cast a beam of light as Grim let out a roar to unleash dark magic. Together, the spells combined to pierce the dark sphere and finally free their classmates! From the sphere, the fireworks exploded! Sora and Yuu grinned as Grim jumped from the keyblade and let out a cheer as he landed onto of Yuu's head.

"That should do it" she said as she heard them saying their "thank yous" to her.

Sora, Yuu, and Grim gazed to the wastelands to see everyone reuniting with their friends and enjoying their time together.

Riddle closed his eyes and waited for dark Trey to hit him, but Trey returned and gasped in horror at their situation!

"Riddle?! Are you ok?!" Trey asked in worry as he gently placed his childhood friend on the ground and looking over him for anything wrong, "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do that. That wasn't me, but I am sure you knew that"

He heard a sniffle as he looked up to see Riddle tearing up! Trey was even more panicked as Riddle shook his head.

"No, I am fine" Riddle spoke as calmly as he could and wiped his tears, "I am relieved. You're ok. Everyone is ok. I was so worried I would lose you and everyone else. Trey, I am so happy and sorry!"

He cried as Trey smiled in relief as he placed a hand on his best friend's shoulder to give him comfort.

Ace and Deuce stumbled as they fell before an exhausted Kairi who sighed in relief to see them.

"Oh! Yuu heard us!" Ace exclaimed in relief as Deuce stared at Kairi with worry, "Princess Kairi! Are you ok?! That wasn't us! We didn't mean to do that!"

She waved her hand and reassured with a grin, "I am alright. Exhausted, but alright. You two can fight!"

Ace held himself high as Deuce was horrified. They stood up when they heard Riddle crying and rushed to the dorm leader. They stood at his sides and apologized while Riddle shook his head at them.

Chenya was laughing warmly at the sight as Cater returned to normal who shouted, "Where am I?!"

The beastman laughed at his reaction for being held by his tail with Skuld sighing in relief as she went to help the princess stand up. Chenya released Cater and walked with him to be beside the crying Teapot Tyrant. Cater was still surprised to see him cry while Ephemer went to help Skuld with helping Kairi stand up. All three were happy to see the Heartslabyul students together and the fighting was over.

"I am so sorry" Riddle cried to them as they shared a group hug with Chenya.

"It is ok, house warden" Deuce reassured as calmly as he could, "We know you were looking out for us and doing everything you could to save us!"

"Yeah, and we're fine, so nothing to worry about" Ace added with a grin and reassuring expression.

"Yep! Leave it to our dorm leader to save us and show a genuine reaction too! Totally post worthy!" Cater said as he tried to reach for his phone but was stopped by Trey.

"I agree with him, but it is nice to see Riddle for who he is" Trey admitted with a grin, "And it is a reassurance that we are together again"

Chenya let out a laugh before cheering, "And we can handle anything! Though, before we can return home, we will need to defeat one more big bad. Such a shame, but that is the life we are living! Truly mad!"

They laughed as the three keyblade wielders cast healing spells to recover and take this moment to rest. Kairi gazed towards the distance and felt Sora's light.

"I knew you could it, Sora" Kairi spoke with relief and joy before gazing at the Hearslabyul students.

Azul expected the dark twins to strike at him, but nothing happened. He did hear a familiar laugh and cry before being tightly embraced by Floyd! Jade simply laughed as he joined them.

"Floyd! Release me!" Azul shouted as he felt Floyd only tighten his hold on him.

"Why would I? I hurt my boss and friends!" Floyd answered as he grinned, "I should make up for it by hugging and squeezing! Which is what I do best!"

Jade agreed warmly, "And I should do something as well to make up for the pain and suffering I've caused you as well. I shall prepare another mushroom stew for you!"

Azul and Floyd seemed terrified of that idea and tried to talk him out of it. Lauriam finally had a chance to relax as Elrena groaned at them.

"Seriously? After all that, and they're so chummy? How annoying" she commented as Lauriam shrugged and held a calm expression.

"This doesn't remind you of our former Organization along with the Dandelions?" Lauriam reminded her, "Besides, they're more affectionate than you realize. I believe they're happy to be together again. Wouldn't you agree?"

Elrena rolled her eyes before admitting, "Yeah, well, whatever. I will admit it is nice to be together again. Though, I still deserve a fight!"

"Take them!" Azul shouted as he struggled against their hold and refused to face them to reveal his big smile to have the twins back with him.

The twins noticed this too as they continued to hold their dorm leader tightly.

Jamil was expecting a powerful magical blast, but he heard a scepter and pen clatter on the stone floors. He sighed as he didn't bother to move as he felt his dorm leader and little sister tackle him!

"JAMIL!" they shouted in relief with Kalim crying and Najma laughing in relief.

"We are so sorry!" Kalim cried while Najma only laughed.

"It's fine" Jamil confessed in utter relief as he felt an entire worry off his shoulder and also annoyance that he couldn't fight Kalim anymore.

Roxas was also annoyed that he couldn't fight anymore, so he decided to sit down and rest with Xion sitting beside him and with a grateful expression.

"You're happy too" Xion admitted as she nudged him.

"Yeah, I guess so" Roxas answered with a grin as he recalled his connection to Sora and added with a knowing tone, "Right, Jamil? You feel it too. The relief of being with the person who drove us both in annoyance and relief"

Jamil sighed as he knew Roxas was correct. Jamil ruffled his little sister's hair and rolled his eyes at Kalim.

"I am relieved that you two are safe" Jamil answered with a small grin, "Thank you"

Kalim grinned happily as he hugged Jamil's side with Najma holding his other arm.

Leona was ready to feel their strikes, but nothing came as he opened his eyes with a knowing smirk.

"I knew your friend would come in along with the herbivore and that cat of his" Leona said as he felt exhaustion hit and fell to his knees as Jack and Ruggie caught him.

"I am so sorry!" Jack apologized in relief and panic, "I didn't mean to do that, but that also wasn't me either. Regardless, I am sorry"

"Eh, I am sorry too" Ruggie confessed, "I didn't want to hurt you like that. Are you ok?"

Leona simply shrugged as he sat down and nodded to Terra and Aqua in thanks. The two of them sat down in relief as they shared a nod as well. Cheka happily ran out of Aqua's hands to hug tackle his uncle and laugh.

"Oh, unca! I knew you could do this! I just knew it!" Cheka said with pride, "You should've seen unca! He was so worried and determined to save you!"

Leona groaned as he hid his embarrassment with his hand and didn't bother to hide it since it was true. Ruggie teased Leona while Jack found relief in this. Terra and Aqua held their hands tightly before leaning against each other.

"Yeah, well, a leader doesn't leave his pack" Leona answered simply before grinning.

Vil was ready to be defeated, but he didn't feel it. Instead, he grinned as he gazed forward to see Rook and Epel standing there with bewildered expressions before relief. They charged to embrace Vil in relief. Rook was crying as Epel shouted in delight. Vil let them embrace him as they fell to the ground. He laughed with them as Neige rushed to sit with them. Rook cheered as he rushed to embrace his idol and thank him profusely for his help.

"Oh, finally" Vanitas complained as he sat down, "That was getting annoying. Not to mention a bother. I would've won that fight!"

Chirithy appeared before him as Ven and Strelitzia sat beside him. Vanitas only rolled his eyes as he decided to rest.

"But they're back together and that's all that matters, right?" Ven asked in a knowing tone as all three agreed warmly and watched as Vil rubbed Epel's head and used his other hand to hold Rook's hand.

"I couldn't agree more" Vil said in relief, "I was so worried about you and would've done anything to save you. I am so happy to see you again!"

He hugged his two students warmly before letting out a delightful cheer.

Idia didn't let dark Ortho go as he felt the fire dying down. He slowly opened his eyes and gasped to see Ortho there!

"Is it, you?" Idia asked hesitantly as he slowly moved his arms up to give his little brother some space, "Ortho?"

"It is! Big brother! You did it!" he shouted in triumph as he lunged to hug Idia back!

His big brother let out a few tears of relief and held his little brother close. They shared a warm embrace as Lea finally sat down in relief with Brain standing there with a knowing expression.

"You knew this would happen, didn't you?" Lea asked in a knowing tone.

"Yeah, pretty much" Brain answered with a grin, "After all, they care for each other and all we did was buy time. Needed time"

He grinned at the brothers and nodded his head at his plan coming together wonderfully.

"Oh, thank you" Idia whispered in relief, "I didn't want to lose another little brother, especially the best one. I hope this level is over, but I will do everything I can to make sure we get home and back to the safety of my home and world!"

Ortho only laughed in relief as he gazed up at his bright expression.

Lastly, Malleus simply waited as he heard most of his classmates shouting and cheering in relief. He smiled as he stared at up to see a crying Sebek, a relieved Silver, and cheerful Lilia returned to him. He held his arms out as he let Lilia embrace him along with Sebek and Silver.

"Lord Malleus! I am so sorry! That wasn't me! Please let me make it up to you!" Sebek cried with tears streaming from his face.

"You do know our prince wasn't alone, right? He had help from our friends" Silver said with a reassuring smile, "And I knew he would help save us"

Lilia laughed as he patted Malleus' head and said with pride, "But of course! Malleus did learn everything from us and his friends. He knew what to do! It did take a little longer, but that is ok!"

Malleus grinned as Riku finally felt relief and sat down with Ienzo standing beside him before taking a seat. Namine joined them as she looked over her sketchbook to see an overflowing amount of precious memories from everyone. She smiled as she held her sketchbook close to her.

"It is wonderful to see everyone so happy" she said warmly, "With this joy and relief together, I am sure everything is going to be ok!"

"I suppose so" Ienzo added with a grin, "After all, we've handled dangerous odds before. We will be able to restore everything to order soon enough"

Riku stared at Malleus and his group before gazing up to see Sora with Yuu and Grim as they were running to somewhere.

He leaned his head back as he said in relief, "I agree. We will be able to do this. We are together, so we have nothing to fear. We need to trust our bond and go forward together. Sora knew that, so we need to trust this"

Malleus heard Riku's words and only agreed.

He raised his head to see Yuu and Grim as he announced, "I couldn't agree more. Now that we are together, we will do everything we can to ensure we will return home and bring this story to its grand finale!"

In Twisted Wonderland, Isa and Rollo stared in awe as they watched something amazing happening before them! The phantom figures of their classmates were not a static form anymore. They were standing strong and held a strong form! Then, the other students who were covered in darkness were now covered in lights with the Keyblade Wielders were standing with them! Isa stared at Lea in relief as well as grinning at Roxas and Xion.

"Who are they?" Rollo asked as he stared at Malleus, Azul, Idia, Jamil, and Riddle.

"Those are my friends" Isa answered with confidence, "And they were able to do this. They were able to help your friends and ensure their safety. Now, we are getting closer to bringing everything back to order. Everything is going to be fine"

Isa only grinned as Rollo nodded his head in agreement. They could feel their power growing stronger and proved that they were closer to bringing the students back to their world. The professors were staring at the students and keyblade wielders as they hoped what Isa stated was true.

"So, are we ready?" Sora asked as he grinned and turned to Yuu and Grim.

He saw them staring at their friends who were cheering and feeling relief at being reunited together. Her eyes fell on Malleus who was grinning at his family before staring at her in relief. Sora turned to Riku to give him a nod before smiling at Kairi brightly.

"Yes" Yuu answered firmly before staring at Sora, "We need to finish this, together!"

Together, they ran towards the center of the world, where the darkness came from. Though, it wasn't just them who felt this.

Malleus stood up as he dusted himself off. The others rose with him as he turned to Riku with a knowing expression.

"This isn't over" Malleus stated, "And we need to head to the center of this place. There is tremendous darkness. That is where we must go. Are we ready?"

Sebek shouted in agreement with Silver nodding as Lilia grinned cheekily. Namine let out a cheer of agreement with Ienzo only preparing himself. Riku and Malleus stood in the center of their friends before Riku was holding his keyblade and Malleus' right hand glowed a bright, green color. Riku slammed the keyblade on the ground as the prince placed his hand on the handle to let magic cover it. Using their powers, they were able to teleport to the center of the world and the source of the darkness.

"Well, there's no time to rest" Lea said as he approached the Shroud brothers, "We've got to save the worlds and all that boring stuff"

Brain only chuckled as Ortho and Idia stood up. Idia pulled up a screen to show the state of the worlds. He groaned as he noticed the worlds were slowly holding themselves together, but it wouldn't be enough.

"Yeah, yeah" Idia said with a wave of his hand, "Time to be heroes and save the day"

Although he was trying to act cool, internally, he was screaming with delight.

"Big brother, you shouldn't have to hide it" Ortho chimed in with a grin, "You should express how you feel! We are heroes again! We get to save the worlds! And with heroes we've seen in video games!"

Idia's hair turned pink with embarrassment as Lea sighed with a grin to lean against the oldest brother.

"Yeah, we are amazing heroes, aren't we, Brain?" Lea asked in a knowing tone.

"I suppose that is one way to look at us" he replied as he stared at the screens and at the center of the world, "Now, we have to reach the center of the world. Do you have an idea on how we should reach it?"

Ortho hovered excitedly before unleashing his magic to cover the entire area around them! Using his magic and technology, Ortho was able to find the location of the darkness and teleport themselves to it.

"I am so relieved that everything is ok!" Ven shouted as he ran towards the Pomefiore group, "Now, you're together again!"

"Oui! We've been reunited with our beautiful dorm leader!" Rook announced as he swung one around Vil and the other around Neige, "And with the help of my favorite idol! I couldn't be happier!"

Vanitas raised a brow at him while Epel sighed in relief, "And everyone else is restored too. Now, we just have to find the final fight and give them what for!"

Strelitzia sighed with a grin and said in a reassuring tone, "That is true. We will have to face the final darkness before restoring everything back to normal. Are you ready?"

Vil stood up with pride and held his head high to answer, "Yes, we are. We are close to going home and will show this foe the true meaning of defeat! Though, how will we reach the center of the world?"

Ven threw his keyblade to create a board. He stood on the board with Vil taking a seat as Neige hopped behind him. Vanitas summoned four keyblades. He stepped on one while Strelitzia sat on the other one. Rook and Epel stood on their own before flying to the center of the world.

Cheka happily hugged Leona as he roared to gain the attention of his dorm mates and the two keyblade wielders. Aqua explained the situation as Terra summoned his keyblade to have it transform into a carrier.

"So, the enemy is still out there and at the center of this world? Yeesh! Why more work for us?!" Ruggie complained with his hands behind his head.

Jack held a fist as he said determinedly, "But we are going to chew the enemy into bits! We will not let them get away with this!"

Cheka let out a cheer as he shouted excitedly, "I can't wait! We get to beat up the bad guys!"

Leona rolled his eyes before patting a hand on Cheka's hair and said seriously, "Yeah, but do not be stupid. This enemy was strong enough to split us up and cause trouble. I don't want to waste more energy, so do not be an idiot in this fight"

Ruggie and Jack nodded their heads in agreement as Leona held a knowing expression as he turned around to see Terra and Aqua with their vehicles ready. Leona sat behind Terra with Cheka sitting between them. Jack and Ruggie hopped on Aqua's vehicle and shared grins. Together, they drove to the center of the world.

Jamil, Azul, and Riddle turned to each other as they were determined to reach the center of the world with the help of their classmates and the keyblade wielders.

"It is at the center of the world" Kairi pointed out to everyone, "But how are we going to reach it?"

Ephemer snapped his fingers to have a wave of keyblades flowing behind him. Ace and Deuce were excited as Cater stared at it in awe.

"I can take the Heartslabyul students, Skuld, and Kairi with me" Ephemer said with a nod of his head, "How about the others?"

Kalim turned to the twins and shouted with delight, "I know! I can summon the magic carpet to help Jamil, Najma, Roxas, and Xion to the center of the world, but I can use my unique magic to help Azul and his friends reach the center too!"

"Ah! That's wonderful, Kalim!" Azul said with a delighted expression, "How benevolent of you to help us! Ah, we will not forget this generous offer!"

Though, Azul's eyes twitched at the idea of owning a favor to someone, but he knew the fate of the worlds were at stake. He would let this go for now as Jamil snickered.

"Oasis Maker!" Kalim cast as water rained from the sky and created streams to the center of the world.

Jade and Floyd transformed into their forms and allowed for Azul, Lauriam, and Elrena wrap their arms and hang onto the twins. Kalim then cast a spell to summon his magic carpet. He let Xion and Najma climb on before he, Jamil, and Roxas joined them. Ephemer stood on the keys with Skuld at his side with Kairi sitting down on a few. Ace and Deuce jumped on one as Trey helped Riddle sit on another. Cater sat on one with Chenya laying on another. Together, they departed to the center of the world.

As everyone was heading to the center of the world, the darkness at the center of the world was stirring while King Mickey finally found the spell to pull the mirror off the wall in his castle.

The mirror was displayed before the king, his knight, and mage as the king spoke seriously, "Now, we have the mirror. With our magic and bond, we should be able to return Yuu and her classmates back to their world. Donald, Goofy, are you ready?"

"Yes sir!/Of course, your majesty!" Donald and Goofy said in unison and giving him a salute.

"Thank you for staying with me" the king said in relief, "It means a lot. Now, let's go!"

The king summoned his own keyblade as he held it above his throne. A keyhole shined as all three and the mirror disappeared from their world to appear in Radiant Garden's castle. They found Even, Dilan, and Aeleus looking at the screens of the keyblade wielders and the students heading to the center of the world.

"So, this is almost over?" the king asked as Ansem the Wise approached them from behind to answer, "Of course, my old friend. The final pages are being written. All we must do is wait for the fight moment to restore the world to order"

They watched the screens and prated their friends would reach the end and find the way to stop the darkness.

"Ah" the darkness spoke in delight, "The story is finally coming to an end. Everything and everyone is in place. Soon enough, I will have the power to change it all and bring this story to an end in my image"

The darkness laughed maliciously as the world shifted violently and changed the sky to black with the keyblade wielders and students approaching it.