Worlds Crashing Down

"I'm good."

"A little tired, but just fine." She looked around. "But why'd they quit so easily? I mean, they just ran away. They could've beaten us for sure."

"So what do we do?" Sora asked, crossing his arms to think.

Kairi thought for a moment. "Well, we could go find the Keyhole and lock it, so they can't bring in Heartless reinforcements at the very least. If they want to turn Eliwood into a Nobody, they'd need a Heartless to take his heart, and if they can't bring anymore into the world, then they'd probably just give up and move on."

Sora grinned. "Great idea! But where do we find the Keyhole...?" He frowned, but instead of thinking himself, he turned to Eliwood. "Hey, there aren't any hidden places people aren't normally allowed to go, are there? Or a place that looks like it has a puzzle that's impossible to solve? Or anything? We need to find the most important place around here."

"That sounds exactly like what we're looking for!" He grinned. "Thanks, Eliwood! Please! Get us there ASAP!"

Sora nodded and climbed up after Eliwood. He helped Kairi up after him. "Let's get going."

Kairi whipped out her Keyblade and blasted with a Mega Flare spell, torching a path through the Heartless and Nobodies. "Just ride! We can out run them easy!"

Kairi let out a small cry of fright and burried her face in the horse's mane--she was at the front of the saddle. She'd always loved horses, but she always hated hard riding. In fact, she didn't like horseback righting in general, despite having learned to ride when she was little.

"You okay, Kairi?" Sora, on the other hand, had never been on a horse before and was loving the rush the hard riding brought with it. When she nodded bleakly, he asked, "We almost there, Eliwood?"

"Great." Sora hopped down from the horse and walked up to the temple door. "This lock'll be no problem at all." He drew his Keyblade and pointed it at the lock. A light flashed at the tip of the key, and the lock fell away. Grinning, he pushed open the door. "So what should we be looking for?" Sora mused aloud.

Kairi was grateful to at last be off the horse. She took a moment to catch her breath after the terrifying ride, and then followed Sora inside. "I don't know, Sora. What are we looking for? You're the one who found all the others. Not me."

"Right. It must be deeper inside." Keyholes were never this easy to get to.

"Aw man, not more of these freaks." Sora drew his Keyblade, as did Kairi. "Guess we'll just have to knock 'em all down before the barrier'll disappear." He charged, smashing one Nobody after another.

Kairi stood back and concentrated on healing. Her magic seemed to do little against the Nobodies, and so revival was her best option. "Eliwood, help Sora."

Sora cursed to himself as the Sorcerors surrounded. Then he saw Saix behind Kairi. "Kairi! Look out!"

Kairi was in the middle of a cure spell for Eliwood and so couldn't move. The claymore came down hard on her shoulder. The blinding pain knocked her unconcious.

Sora smashed his way through the sorcerers and slashed at Saix just as he disappeared, his Keyblade cutting through the darkness of the portal just as it was closing. "Kairi!" he shouted. Enraged, he turned on the Nobodies that remained and blasted them all with spells and special attacks, wiping them all out.