Here's how I would like the final battle in KH3 to go.
The twenty combatants meet at the "destined place" and proceed to do battle. After a while, however, Xehanort notices that the X-Blade is, in fact, not forming. This him angrier and angrier: the thing he has been planning for the better part of his life isn't panning out. What's going on? Worse, he's starting to lose: his lieutenants are dropping, and the guardians of Light appear to be nigh on victorious. Sora and company stand before him, alone at last, with no more plots or plan B's to rely on. Xehanort looks up at the heavens and curses Kingdom Hearts: why has the legend proved false? He demands that it reveal to him: where is the X-Blade?
And then, with a sharp beam of light, an X engraves itself on Sora's keyblade.
He's had the X-blade all along.
Kingdom Hearts saw Sora, the dull, ordinary boy, to be the one most suited for the job. Because Sora can understand the complexities of the heart better than most: he can feel jealousy or anger, certainly, but he can overcome them. He can see the good in the world, and act on it. Better still, he can understand the hearts of others: he can think of others before himself, and he can see the humanity in the world better than most anyone. Sora knows the heart, and the power of humanity and love, and how one can construct a world based on that desire for unity, rather than creating through fear and power. And that is why Kingdom Hearts entrusted the key to Sora: because only he can open the door.
And Xehanort is none too pleased with this. Not one bit. Watching his life's work go up in smoke, he loses his traditional calm, and drags Sora to the Dark Realm. In a long, grueling battle, the two do fight, tunneling ever down into the earth as they do. Through seven levels they go, each one more gruesome than the last, as Xehanort becomes more and more consumed by the Darkness he believed he could control. For Sora, though he is holding up his own, he is definitely being hurt. A great deal.
Finally, the two land at the final level: a dark island in the middle of a lake. Here, Xehanort batters and beats Sora within an inch of his life, and in a piece of chance, manages to disarm Sora. And in that moment, Xehanort is able to stand triumphant. He mocks Sora: there is no one to save him now. Not Riku, not the King, not Lea. This time, he is alone. And he will die alone.
Xehanort raises his keyblade, prepares to strike Sora in the heart...
And is blocked.
For standing in between Sora and Xehanort is a small, yellow bear in a red shirt.
Xehanort is agog: who is this creature, and how did he get here? There's not way anyone could have made it this far, this fast! And Pooh chuckles, and says how he's never left his friend, Sora. Because they're always together, he says as he places his hand over his heart.
And then, from behind Sora, Aladdin appears. Then the Beast. Then Jack Skellington. And soon, Sora is surrounded and protected by the people he has met, helped, laughed with, cried with, and has been friends with. Because of his kindness, selflessness, and desire to just help others, Sora is never really alone. Xehanort could drag him to the darkest pit in the world, and Sora would still have all the people he has ever made friends with.
And Xehanort is staggered. He cannot understand what is happening. And how could he? He attributed power to strength, or fear, and never in his life has contemplated the possibility of power through humanity. In his final confusion, he demands that Sora explain.
And Sora tells him something he learned. That the heart may be weak, and sometimes may even give in, but deep down, there's a light that never goes out. Because he knows now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Kingdom Hearts is Light.
Summoning back his keyblade, Sora raises it above his head, and sure enough, a small, white door appears at the center of the world. A beam of light comes from the key, the door opens, and a burst of light shines through the darkness. And Xehanort, who in one moment understands all the flaws of his plans, everything that has gone wrong, and why the otherwise unassuming Sora could defeat him, can no longer tolerate the light of the world, and much like Ansem before him, vanishes without a trace.
Here's how I would like the final battle in KH3 to go.
The twenty combatants meet at the "destined place" and proceed to do battle. After a while, however, Xehanort notices that the X-Blade is, in fact, not forming. This him angrier and angrier: the thing he has been planning for the better part of his life isn't panning out. What's going on? Worse, he's starting to lose: his lieutenants are dropping, and the guardians of Light appear to be nigh on victorious. Sora and company stand before him, alone at last, with no more plots or plan B's to rely on. Xehanort looks up at the heavens and curses Kingdom Hearts: why has the legend proved false? He demands that it reveal to him: where is the X-Blade?
And then, with a sharp beam of light, an X engraves itself on Sora's keyblade.
He's had the X-blade all along.
Kingdom Hearts saw Sora, the dull, ordinary boy, to be the one most suited for the job. Because Sora can understand the complexities of the heart better than most: he can feel jealousy or anger, certainly, but he can overcome them. He can see the good in the world, and act on it. Better still, he can understand the hearts of others: he can think of others before himself, and he can see the humanity in the world better than most anyone. Sora knows the heart, and the power of humanity and love, and how one can construct a world based on that desire for unity, rather than creating through fear and power. And that is why Kingdom Hearts entrusted the key to Sora: because only he can open the door.
And Xehanort is none too pleased with this. Not one bit. Watching his life's work go up in smoke, he loses his traditional calm, and drags Sora to the Dark Realm. In a long, grueling battle, the two do fight, tunneling ever down into the earth as they do. Through seven levels they go, each one more gruesome than the last, as Xehanort becomes more and more consumed by the Darkness he believed he could control. For Sora, though he is holding up his own, he is definitely being hurt. A great deal.
Finally, the two land at the final level: a dark island in the middle of a lake. Here, Xehanort batters and beats Sora within an inch of his life, and in a piece of chance, manages to disarm Sora. And in that moment, Xehanort is able to stand triumphant. He mocks Sora: there is no one to save him now. Not Riku, not the King, not Lea. This time, he is alone. And he will die alone.
Xehanort raises his keyblade, prepares to strike Sora in the heart...
And is blocked.
For standing in between Sora and Xehanort is a small, yellow bear in a red shirt.
Xehanort is agog: who is this creature, and how did he get here? There's not way anyone could have made it this far, this fast! And Pooh chuckles, and says how he's never left his friend, Sora. Because they're always together, he says as he places his hand over his heart.
And then, from behind Sora, Aladdin appears. Then the Beast. Then Jack Skellington. And soon, Sora is surrounded and protected by the people he has met, helped, laughed with, cried with, and has been friends with. Because of his kindness, selflessness, and desire to just help others, Sora is never really alone. Xehanort could drag him to the darkest pit in the world, and Sora would still have all the people he has ever made friends with.
And Xehanort is staggered. He cannot understand what is happening. And how could he? He attributed power to strength, or fear, and never in his life has contemplated the possibility of power through humanity. In his final confusion, he demands that Sora explain.
And Sora tells him something he learned. That the heart may be weak, and sometimes may even give in, but deep down, there's a light that never goes out. Because he knows now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Kingdom Hearts is Light.
Summoning back his keyblade, Sora raises it above his head, and sure enough, a small, white door appears at the center of the world. A beam of light comes from the key, the door opens, and a burst of light shines through the darkness. And Xehanort, who in one moment understands all the flaws of his plans, everything that has gone wrong, and why the otherwise unassuming Sora could defeat him, can no longer tolerate the light of the world, and much like Ansem before him, vanishes without a trace.