Tagline:

 

"...The beginning...of the end."

 

Synopsis:

 

"Discover the story of what occurred during Terra-Xehanort's time under the apprenticeship of Ansem the Wise alongside the five other apprentices Braig, Dilan, Even, Aeleus and Ienzo and how they and both Isa and Lea fell into Darkness and had become both Heartless and Nobodies, the latter of which would go on to form the original Organization XIII that Master Xehanort had intended to complete his ultimate endgame agenda with, discover the story...of apprentice Xehanort, the man who would cause all of the Worlds to fall into Darkness by the time the events of the very 1st Kingdom Hearts video game begins."

 

Theme Song:

 

https://youtu.be/uEjXgqE4UDM.

 

Prologue: Names:

 

"Young man, what ails you?"

 

"It is I,"

 

"Can you speak? Tell me your name."

 

"That's not my name."

 

"Xeha...nort."

 

"I'm not "Xehanort."

 

"Xehanort?"

 

"My name...is Ansem."

 

"the seeker of darkness."

 

"This heart belongs again to darkness, All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it-it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came. You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."

 

Prologue: Names-Concluded.

 

Chapter I: A man named "Xehanort"...:

 

"Darkness rules your heart-it gives me control. Muscle and sinew that once obeyed you now rebels against you. How you can remain here at all confounds the mind."

 

"It's still my heart. You think you can just come in and take over? I'm not gonna sit by and let that happen."

 

"Hmph. Don't even entertain any notions of escaping me, boy. In the end, your heart will be engulfed by mine forever."

 

"Wrong. You're gonna get shown the door, old man."

 

"As I recall, you couldn't even handle your own darkness. How, then, will you triumph over mine?"

 

"You'll find out soon enough."

 

"Oh? So that's how it is, is it? Someone else has set foot in your heart. Eraqus, you sly fox..."

 

"I'm not afraid of what the darkness holds now. Even if you do wrest control of my heart from me-even if you cast me into the deepest, darkest abyss-you'll never sway me from the one cause that pushes me to keep on fighting. Whatever the cost, i'm ready to pay it."

 

"Brave words, to be sure. But I'm a patient man. We can take as much time as we need to settle this little property dispute. However, know this-You are just one of many roads that i might choose to take. Trust me. I made certain of that."

 

Just then, awakening from what seemed like a nightmare was a young man named Xehanort, he was having a nightmare about two people having what looked like both an argument and a debate within a pocket dimension full of darkness, one of the two people resembled Xehanort himself but with lighter skin tone, blue eyes and brown hair whilst the other person was a elderly looking old man who had sharp hawk like golden eyes and a equally sharp tongue to boot again whilst he was seen flexing his fingers, Xehanort sighed and said to himself after awaking from the nightmare the words:

 

"Another dream about them..."

 

Xehanort then looked out the window of his room to see the town of Radiant Garden, the world in which he lived in, although it was a magnificent splendor to enjoy, Xehanort was not fazed in that way the least single bit, all he did was get up out of bed, proceeded to put his work clothes on after tidying himself up and again proceed to start the day like any another normal working day for him, that is to say that he is an apprentice to the great Ansem the Wise, the sage leader of all Radiant Garden and who was dedicating his life to working on research to both discover and unlock the mysteries of the heart, in order to better his people's lives.

 

In actuality, it was thanks to Xehanort that Ansem had begun studying his research on the workings of a heart, for it was one day out of the blue that Xehanort had arrived in Radiant Garden from out of nowhere both very strangely and mysteriously, Ansem found him alongside two others of his apprentices named both Braig and Dilan and Ansem had decided to take in Xehanort and give him a home, upon discovering that Xehanort had lost his memories and that Xehanort was muttering to himself in his sleep the word heart both over and over time and time again, Ansem wanted to help Xehanort regain his lost memories and thus both he and his apprentices alongside Xehanort who was named an apprentice would begin research into the concepts of the heart in the hopes that it would both restore Xehanort's memory and help make the people of Radiant Garden lives better, the phrase killing two birds with one stone came to mind in Ansem's head when he thought of all this.

 

Xehanort was a beginner apprentice, however, he quickly rose up through the ranks little by little until eventually, he quickly became Ansem's very best student, his number one ranking apprentice and thus, to honor Xehanort's achievements and fast progress to high greatness, Ansem decided to have a giant face portrait of Xehanort done to show how much he has achieved and that Ansem holds Xehanort in high regard, even without his memories.

 

During his time living in Radiant Garden, Xehanort supposedly befriended one of the other apprentices, it was one of the two who found him at Ansem's side when Xehanort first appeared in Radiant Garden, it was Braig and although Braig appeared to seem friendly, he was actually very chiding, always looking down on Xehanort, trying to make out that Braig was superior to the former, Braig also never let Xehanort have a moment to himself, whenever there was a chance to annoy or bug Xehanort, Braig would pop up almost all the time, however...there was one time when Braig decided to purposely make Xehanort angry that a certain name came up that caught the latter's attention almost immediately:

 

"Hey! Mister Master. Oh c'mon, you don't even know your pal? Please tell me the amnesia was just a sick joke. Boy, this is some cliche. Hey, you're not...Terra? Just gotta check. As if. Well, don't sweat it. I got your back."

 

Terra? who was Terra? what did that name mean to Xehanort? how did Braig know about it? as the two were walking down a underground passageway corridor, Xehanort thought to himself what the name Terra meant, as strangely enough, it felt very...familiar to him, as he and Braig were walking onward, unbeknownst to them looking behind was Ansem, walking and eating Sea Salt Ice Cream with his youngest apprentice Ienzo who he treated exactly like a son, having known the boy since when he was just a baby and was a friend of his parents, before they died, Ansem was named the godfather of Ienzo and had promised to take care of him should anything ever happen to his parents but digressing, Ansem saw that Ienzo's attention was drawn to both Xehanort and Braig and, as he saw his two older apprentices moving on and heading to their respective work posts, Ansem suddenly felt...uneasy, as though something was off about Braig but even more so, about Xehanort...he couldn't help but sensing that there was an almost dark aura emerging from Xehanort's back in spiritual form, in turn in the form of what looked like a monster that had bandages across its face and very long ears, Ansem was frightened by the visage he thought that he saw for a moment but had decided to shrug it off, believing it to be an old man's imaginations and so, he and Ienzo continued walking onward in the direction opposite both Xehanort and Braig, leaving things, as they were.

 

Xehanort was seen working in one of the underground laboratories that Ansem had built in the hopes that they would help further the research to unlocking Xehanort's memory buried deep within his heart, Xehanort's lab colleague, superior and peer was named Even and although the two were seen working together, Even openly voiced his opinion about how he disapproved of Xehanort, namely Even was jealous of how Xehanort quickly rose through the ranks and had taken Even's place, as Ansem's foremost pupil, Even tried to flaunt off his own IQ, knowledge and skills, trying to prove that he was better then Xehanort but unfortunately to no avail, Xehanort merely proclaimed to Even in a cold manner that all of everything, Xehanort's own IQ, knowledge, skills, so on and so forth came natural to him, like it was almost supernatural even and acting on instinct for Xehanort, for some reason, although he doesn't quite know how, when it came to studying about hearts, Xehanort was a mastermind full of answers, Even couldn't even begin to compare to Xehanort upon realizing what kind of an almost godly like mindset that he had, this further frustrated Even, as Braig watching from behind the scenes, lurking within the shadows had merely laughed to himself, happy with Even's failure, embarrassment and shame and how Xehanort's "progress" was coming along just nicely.

 

It was the end of the day, the sun was setting and before Xehanort was about to set off going home back to his room within Radiant Garden's castle, a quiet Ienzo appeared to him from behind, surprising Xehanort and had offered him a Sea Salt Ice Cream, wanting to eat with Xehanort, although Xehanort tried to avoid Ienzo, the latter kept standing in his way until Xehanort finally relented, the two watched the sun setting from up above the very top of Radiant Garden's castle eating Sea Salt Ice Cream together despite not talking to each other, as Xehanort started to eat his ice cream, he started to think to himself about how it tasted:

 

"It's salty...but sweet,"

 

Just then, upon tasting the ice cream, a sudden visual image played back in Xehanort's mind, it was a memory that was not his that he doesn't recall ever having, it was about the young man from his nightmare earlier on in the day tasting a similar ice cream and making his comment about it:

 

"Mmm! This is fantastic!"

 

Xehanort's head started to hurt a little, as he placed his hand over his left eye upon his head whilst holding his ice cream in the right before Ienzo suddenly says to Xehanort whilst looking out towards the sun setting, not noticing Xehanort's head hurting the words:

 

"This world is just too big."

 

Xehanort's head started to hurt even further when upon hearing Ienzo's words he started to recall another memory that didn't belong to him, this time it was of another young man who Xehanort did not recognized but upon closer inspection, Xehanort saw that this young man unlike the last one bore Xehanort's physical features, his silver hair and golden eyes being the prime examples, the young man that looked almost exactly like Xehanort himself proceeded to say the words:

 

"This world is just too small."

 

The young man said this, as he starred out to sea before starting to turn around and face Xehanort but, as he was slowly turning around, the young man was seen transforming into two men who looked definitely exactly like Xehanort! although there were differences between these two men and the present Xehanort we know currently for sure, just, as these two men followed transforming from the young man, they too were followed by transforming into the elderly old man from Xehanort's nightmare, suddenly, Xehanort started to panic, he dropped his ice cream right below, as he faced Ienzo, whose eyes suddenly beamed up with dark glowing light golden eyes, Xehanort suddenly screamed out and his eyes blanked, he started to fall off the castle tower right down below towards the ground, asking himself the question whilst falling in slow motion:

 

"Who...am I?"

 

Chapter I: A man named "Xehanort"...-Concluded.

 

Chapter II: A heart of pure light:

 

"Aqua! Get back! I messed up. ******** is part of me. Now he's using me so you'll tell him where you hid ***! I won't give in! Aqua! You have to-Aqua! That is enough!"

 

"!?!? Guh!?!? wha-what? who?"

 

said Xehanort, as he woke up inside of his bed from another nightmare, as Braig was by the door-side, surprised by Xehanort's sudden awakening, asking him the question:

 

"Yo-yo-yo sleepyhead! rise and shine! welcome back to the realm of the living, tell me, by any chance...your memories return me thinks? pfff, as if! right?"

 

said Braig, as Ansem the Wise then appeared, silencing Braig, saying to him the words:

 

"That's enough! Braig! now go! you should be at your post with Dilan and Aeleus, me and Even will tend to Xehanort, go."

 

said Ansem, ordering Braig to leave Xehanort's room, as he sarcastically bowed down towards Ansem before taking his leave, Ansem then proceeded to sit by Xehanort's bedside, talking to him:

 

"...Xehanort, are you alright? what happened? do you recall yesterday?"

 

said Ansem, as Xehanort upon hearing his master's words then recalled that yesterday he fell off Radiant Garden's castle's highest tower down towards the ground right below, only to have been saved by Braig who was keeping an eye on Xehanort the whole time and had used his jumping abilities to catch Xehanort before he nearly fell to his death, Xehanort proceeded to answer Ansem by saying:

 

"...No, nothing, nothing at all..."

 

said Xehanort, lying about not recalling anything, as Ansem remained silent for a moment before deciding to just leave the matter be, despite it still bothering him inside, he lastly says to Xehanort before leaving his room:

 

"...Well, at any rate, i'm assigning you the day off, you have been working too hard these days Xehanort, you need a break from the lab, you spend too much time working in there, these are my orders Xehanort, go out today, get some fresh air and enjoy yourself, learn what it means for one to enjoy things, understand?"

 

said Ansem the Wise, as he proceeded to leave Xehanort's bedside and leave his room but not before ordering Xehanort to take the whole day off, believing him to be suffering from fatigue from overworking, as Ansem had left, closing the door behind him, Xehanort placed both of his hands over his face before then looking straight into his hands and lastly saying the words:

 

"...Aq...ua? who is Aqu...a? why does that name...haunt...me? ugh..."

 

said Xehanort, his head pulsing with migraines, as Braig looked from within the shadows and was displeased upon Xehanort recalling this Aqua person's name.

 

Later that morning, Xehanort was seen exiting the front gates and was silently greeted by both Dilan and Aeleus, exchanging no words, merely bowing down their heads towards Xehanort, as he left the castle grounds, he made his way towards the central plaza, where here, flowers were in bloom and attending to them was a young red headed girl, she was seen happily picking flowers whilst muttering to herself that she was going to make a flower crown for her grandmother, as a secret surprise, Xehanort watched the young girl and was curious by her for some reason, just then, his head started to hurt again and he could hear someone's voice inside of his head, saying:

 

"Seven pure lights..."

 

Xehanort muttered these same words himself straight after hearing them inside of his head after the swelling started to calm down, it was then that the young girl noticed Xehanort's presence and upon noticing him, she was almost immediately scared by his presence and had proceeded to run away, Xehanort tried to stretch out his hand towards the girl to show her that he meant no harm but, as she had already left, he was left behind to stare into his hand, thinking to himself:

 

"That girl...she had, no darkness...none whatsoever."

 

thought Xehanort, upon realizing that the young girl held no darkness at all inside of her heart, it was then that a sudden idea came to Xehanort's head and with it, he proceeded to race back to Ansem the Wise's castle.

 

At Ansem's study, Xehanort barged in like there was no tomorrow and was interrupting a conversation between both Ansem and Even, Xehanort was breathing heavily a little, as he was trying to catch his breath, wanting desperately to say something towards Ansem, despite him having explicitly told Xehanort to take the day off.

 

Xehanort said to Ansem:

 

"Darkness! that's what we have been missing in the experiments master Ansem! darkness!"

 

said Xehanort to Ansem who was caught off guard by Xehanort's words, Even thought that Xehanort was raving like a lunatic and that he had clearly lost it, he was about to summon Dilan and Aeleus to escort Xehanort back to his room until further notice until Ansem raised Even's arm down, having been raised up in the air, curious about Xehanort's idea, it could very well be the missing key to restoring Xehanort's lost memories, Ansem had listened to Xehanort speak his mind, as the latter proceeded to talk by saying:

 

"Master Ansem! i know what it is that my memory has been missing, it was darkness! my memory has been so fully clouded with light ever since i arrived here in Radiant Garden that it had not time to adjust to or even make room for darkness, because of that, i haven't been able to recover my memory at the fast pace that i should have achieved by now, i believe that instead of studying a heart's light properties, we should do the reverse and study the dark, that way--"

 

just then, Even laughed at Xehanort's proposal, saying to him:

 

"Ha! ha! haaa! you'd honestly believe that we would endanger not only our research but the lives of Radiant Garden's people by dabbling with darkness!? you must have finally lost not only your memory but your mind, as well Xehanort! master Ansem, let us not change the subject with this matter and--"

 

said Even, as Ansem replied:

 

"Wait, Even...i think, i think Xehanort might be onto something..."

 

said Ansem, as Even was caught shocked by Ansem's words, Ansem proceeded to continue talking:

 

"Its true that we have never truly done research on darkness itself and have only worked on the heart's light properties, who knows? by researching and gathering data into darkness, we may just help Xehanort regain his memory finally and not only that but better the peoples' lives at last, i am afraid Even that Radiant Garden merely being called the holy city of light will not grant it the perfection that we are seeking for it, no, in order to truly seek perfection, we must balance both the light and the darkness, by doing that, Radiant Garden will truly become blessed, do you not agree? Even?"

 

said Ansem, as although Even was furious by this sudden turn of events, he nevertheless agreed to both Ansem and Xehanort's idea that study into darkness might just help Radiant Garden reach the state and height of what the scientists have been looking for to help better the world itself, as Xehanort was shown expressing a genuine smile at this turn of events, Braig, lurking behind a corridor near Ansem's study could help naught but show an evil grin on his face, apparently now pleased about Xehanort's progress being back on track then when it was compared to earlier when he mentioned this Aqua person.

 

The sun started to set once more just like yesterday and seen at the central plaza, where the young girl was trying to make a flower crown was the crown itself, resembling a broken chain made out of flowers for before the girl could fully make the crown did she notice Xehanort and ran away in fear of him, she was seen with her grandmother crying on her lap, she had not stopped crying ever since she saw Xehanort who had frightened her almost to death, her grandmother tried to calm the young girl down, as she proceeded to say the words:

 

"Now, now Kairi, i'm sure this person wasn't, as scary, as you thought he was."

 

said the grandmother, identifying her granddaughter, as Kairi, who replied whilst in tears:

 

"But-but, because of him...i couldn't make you your special gift for your birthday grandma!"

 

said Kairi, revealing that her flower crown was meant, as a gift for her grandmother's birthday, her grandmother merely smiled and said to Kairi whilst raising her chin up:

 

"Oh Kairi...my sweet precious dear, just know this, that your smile brings me all of the greatest joy that not only this world but all of the worlds out there have to offer, i am thankful and blessed that you think of me child but do not fret, i am happy, simply happy that you are here with me and that is all that matters...remember the story we share with one another? about the worlds and their light?"

 

said Kairi's grandmother, as Kairi herself nodded her head, still in tears whilst trying to wipe them away, listening to her grandmother telling their story that they share once more:

 

"Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light. Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open and the true light will return. So, listen, child. Even in the deepest darkness, there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light, and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with its power and push the darkness away."

 

said Kairi's grandmother finishing the story, upon hearing the story's end, tears were no longer rolling down Kairi's face and instead a huge bright smile was seen, as Kairi's grandmother lastly said to Kairi the words:

 

"There, you see my child? even the innermost darkness will not claim your heart, your heart is strong Kairi, so long, as you keep your light burning strong...so too will your heart, always remember, Kairi...that even if darkness was to claim our world and claim me, it will never claim you, your light is the strongest of all and one day, i hope that there will be friends by your side who will share with you in your light and you theirs, together, your hearts will be your guiding key towards the door, the door to light, of course heh heh, you may not understand everything right now but in time you will, just remember Kairi, i am in your heart, just, as you are in mine and soon, there will be others that think of you and you of them too, i just know there will be, Don't ever forget. Wherever you go, I'm always with you."

 

said Kairi's grandmother, as Kairi looked on puzzled by her grandmother's words, as she merely smiled at Kairi's confused expression before lastly, a small bright shine could be seen emitting from the pendant that Kairi is wearing and a voice could be heard albeit muffled also emitting from it, the voice could not be heard by either Kairi or her grandmother but instead by Xehanort elsewhere, trying to sleep back at Radiant Garden's castle.

 

The voice said to him in his sleep:

 

"Terra."

 

said the voice, as it shocked Xehanort wide awake and he wondered what that voice was and whom it belonged to, it sounded like a female's voice but even more strangely, it sounded...familiar to Xehanort...deciding to brush it off, Xehanort proceeded to go back to bed but still wondering whose that female's voice was, inside of Xehanort's dreams before he fully lost conscious and fully went into sleep, he could see what looked like a background full of ruins and in front of him was a young blue haired woman, simply smiling and reaching out her hand towards Xehanort, whispering something to him, although he could not hear what she was whispering and with that, Xehanort went to sleep.

 

Chapter II: A heart of pure light-Concluded.

 

Chapter III: Fire and Moon:

 

"I just--when I really need you, ***, I know you'll be there."

 

"Terra!"

 

"Huh!? what? not, again...who is...he? V...V...en...tus?"

 

said Xehanort, as he awoke from another dream, this time it was not about the young woman from before but instead a younger boy, as Xehanort struggled to try and recall the boy's name, it was then that Even knocked on Xehanort's door, saying to him:

 

"Xehanort, Xehanort! get up! master Ansem requests your presence!"

 

said Even in a harsh tone, as he then took his leave on the other side of the door, leaving Xehanort to awaken, finally, Xehanort pondered to himself before getting up like normal, still wondering about who it was he was trying to recall in his dream.

 

in Ansem the Wise's study, Xehanort meets with his master who had requested his presence, Ansem says to Xehanort about their new approach they are taking on their experiment of studying about the heart and all of its secrets, taking the route of darkness:

 

"...Xehanort, before we begin studying about darkness, i must warn you now that we are dabbling with forces we do not know anything about, for all we know, we could be walking into a trap, if anything goes wrong with the research, i am pulling out everything immediately...i hope you understand what that means, yes?"

 

said Ansem, warning Xehanort about the very potential dangers about researching the darkness in one's heart and how it could affect everyone by divulging too much into it, Xehanort replies:

 

"...Yes, master Ansem..."

 

said Xehanort, as he bowed his head towards Ansem, seemingly acknowledging his both concerns and worries about the research on darkness, as Xehanort then had left the room, Ansem started stroking his beard, pondering to himself and worriedly too...outside in the corridor near Ansem's study was then seen Braig, approaching Xehanort, placing his arm around the latter, as the former says to Xehanort:

 

"SOOO! you finally got the "master's" permission, ehhh?"

 

said Braig, as Xehanort replied:

 

"...What are you talking about?"

 

said Xehanort, Braig acting all cocky and starting to say to Xehanort the words:

 

"Oh come on! "lighten" up! i mean, its not like you WEREN'T going to ask the man about darkness anytime soon no? all you had to do was a little both head nudging and heart tinkering and then BAM! darkness came to mind, as expected, right? you may fool them, heck, you may even fool "yourself" but when it comes to both me and "you" per-say, we both know that it was eventually going to come to this..."

 

said Braig, flapping his arms about in a flamboyant and jester like manner more or less, as he was cryptically hinting something towards Xehanort with his words, Xehanort however, did not understand even a single thing Braig was saying and could only reply by saying:

 

"What do you...mean?"

 

said Xehanort, not sure about how to answer Braig, as the latter merely snickered before leaving Xehanort behind to think to himself, to think about what Braig was trying to say towards Xehanort...

 

(To be continued.).

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Iamkingdomhearts1000

Yeah, thank you :].

 

You're more than welcome, my friend!

"...Strelitzia...i...i...i..."

 

said Ansem, Strelitzia placed her hand upon Ansem's, as she said to him the words:

 

"...Close your eyes."

 

said Strelitzia, Ansem was at first confused by what Strelitzia had meant before then proceeding to do what she said, as he closed his eyes, Strelitzia did the same and both together, did they share a vision, in that vision, another person had appeared, it was none other, then Klein, his hand on-top of Strelitzia's whose in turn was on-top of Ansem's, Ansem was very shocked to see Klein within his vision, as Klein proceeded to say to Ansem:

 

"...Yo, long time no see heh."

 

said Klein, Ansem replied with both shock and awe:

 

"K-KLEIN!?"

 

said Ansem, as Klein himself then replied with the words:

 

"What? are you really THAT surprised to see me? come on Ansem, the "Wise", its me! you know, Klein, or, as everyone else prefers to call me, the "Brain" of the whole operation ha ha."

 

said Klein, Strelitzia says towards Ansem:

 

"You see Ansem? even if Darkness has swallowed them whole and has separated us from the ones that we love and truly care about, it can never take that which is most precious to us away and that is, the pieces of the Hearts that we carry, inherited from those that have been lost to Darkness but not forgotten, they are not "Lost Memories" of Darkness completely just yet and, as long, as we work together, they won't ever be."

 

said Strelitzia before Klein interrupts her whilst cooing over his daughter, the sleeping Lowia:

 

"Easy on the lectures dear, i think Ansem knows already, oh Strelitzia...you used to talk so much and i...i have missed that and it looks like...i'm going to be missing it again, my Heart, it can't stay here forever, i can only communicate for about a few more seconds and then, i'll be...returning to the Dark but never fear, Strelitzia, Ansem, as long, as we keep each other inside our Hearts, i just know that we shall be reunited once again, me and the scientists that are still in Darkness, we have, a message...a message to relay to you, Ansem..."

 

said Klein, as Ansem replied:

 

"...Me?"

 

said Ansem, Klein then told Ansem his message:

 

"Yes, Ansem...your research, its not a dead-end and i already know that you have plans of continuing it no matter what in order to help Hollow Bastion, if so, just know this, if you plan to continue your research which undoubtedly you will, you will discover right at the very end of it...a Key..."

 

said Klein, Ansem replied:

 

"...A...Key?"

 

said Ansem, Klein himself replied again saying:

 

"Yes...it will be a Key that will unlock both Light and Darkness itself and when it does unlock both, Hearts that have been lost to the Darkness, Hearts that are lost in comas, never awaking and also especially, Hearts...that ceased to be, leaving naught a trace behind...they...can all...be saved...its up...to you...my friend...i have...seen...the future...only you...can complete this research...and help guide us...all of the lost Hearts...back...to where we belong...we will no longer be..."Lost Memories"...of Darkness...its up...to you...Ansem...your...research...is...the...Key...to...Return...Hea...rts..."

 

said Klein, as he started to fade from sight, Ansem tried to save his friend from leaving but was unable to, Strelitzia did not bother, for she knew that this would be the very last time she and Klein would be together until their promised time had come and they would be reunited, Klein kisses Lowia on her forehead before lastly saying to both Ansem and Strelitzia:

 

"...I...know...you...can...do...it...An...sem...remember...all...for one..."

 

said Klein, as Ansem finishes Klein's sentence:

 

"...and one...for all..."

 

Just then, finally, Klein disappeared fully from sight but not before sharing one last smile with both his family and his best friend, Ansem, Strelitzia and Lowia return back to reality to the moment where everyone is awaiting what Ansem is about to say, Ansem, although hesitant at first, proceeds to suck in his gut, breathe in and then out until again finally, after recalling a rush of Memories that led up to this very point, this very moment, including the both spiritual and mental conversation that he had with Klein's Heart just a few seconds ago, lastly proceeds to give his speech to all of the people of Hollow Bastion.

 

Ansem the Wise says these words, as his speech:

 

(To be continued.).

Edited March 10, 20187 yr by Iamkingdomhearts1000

Gahh, a cliffhanger! Just when he was about to make his speech, too! You clever dog, you did this on purpose!   Great chapter, though!

 

Dang, I got really hyped when Klein mentioned to Ansem that his research was the key to return hearts! I love how that ties into Kingdom Hearts III, and with what Ansem's research yielded during the series, particularly in Dream Drop Distance, when said data was compiled into the definitive Key To Return Hearts! Awesomeness, man!

Gahh, a cliffhanger! Just when he was about to make his speech, too! You clever dog, you did this on purpose!   Great chapter, though!

 

Dang, I got really hyped when Klein mentioned to Ansem that his research was the key to return hearts! I love how that ties into Kingdom Hearts III, and with what Ansem's research yielded during the series, particularly in Dream Drop Distance, when said data was compiled into the definitive Key To Return Hearts! Awesomeness, man!

 

The thing is, Ansem's whole research has been tied into the Key to Return Hearts, he didn't find a definite answer until Sora had appeared, Sora was the final Key needed for Ansem to complete his research, know what i mean?

The thing is, Ansem's whole research has been tied into the Key to Return Hearts, he didn't find a definite answer until Sora had appeared, Sora was the final Key needed for Ansem to complete his research, know what i mean?

 

Yes, indeed. He was the final piece of the puzzle, and the result is that bottle that he gave to Riku at the end of DDD, a complete and compiled result of all the research he had undertaken in! The Key To Return Hearts...dang, it's crazy to think Ansem had a hand in making this, ya know?