*Warning: For anyone who has not completed KH1 or Chain of Memories, this entire post contains severe plot spoilers*
Originally posted by powerfulone1987
Would anybody mind explaining what actually happened at the end of the battle with Ansem?
And how relevant was "Chain Of Memories" to the story plot?is it comprehensible.....
Not a problem. At the end of KH1, Sora fought Ansem through seven different sequences, until finally, sapped of nearly all his strength, Ansem opened the door to Kingdom Hearts, intending to be filled with the darkness that he was sure reigned inside. Instead, as Sora knew, Kingdom Hearts' true nature was light, which poured over Ansem, evidently destroying him.
Sora and pals then attempted to close the door to Kingdom Hearts, and found that it was swarming with Heartless. The King appeared inside, along with Riku, and told Sora to lock the door from the outside. As Sora closed the door with Riku's help, Riku told him to "take care of her." The door was closed, and Sora locked it with the Keyblade.
With the power of the Heartless diminished, the remains of the destroyed worlds began to return to normal. Kairi stood upon the reforming sands of Destiny Island, and before they were separated, Sora promised Kairi that they would see each other again.
Sora and pals began to walk down the only path available to them, wondering what they had to do next. Suddenly, Pluto appeared, with a letter bearing the King's seal in his mouth. Sora, Donald, and Goofy chase after Pluto. Thus ends KH1.
Chain of Memories starts where KH1 ends. Sora and the others find their way to Castle Oblivion, where they first meet members of the Organization. One Organization member, Axel, tested Sora's strength and gave him his first deck of cards. Sora proceeded to use the cards to travel through his memories, but as he continued through the castle, each of those memories were lost.
At the same time, Riku had escaped from the locked Kingdom Hearts, and began battling up through the basement levels of Castle Oblivion.
Sora battled another Organization member, called Larxene, and afterward recalled that there was another friend he knew from the Destiny Islands, that he forgot: a girl named Namine. He learned that she was being held in the castle, and continued upwards, at on point battling a clone of Riku that believed it was the true Riku. Sora witnessed the death of Vexen, another Organization member, and then learned from Namine that what he remembered of her was fake, inplanted into his memories by Namine herself. Sora then allied with the Riku clone, and the two made it to the top of the castle, where Sora fought and defeated Organization member Marluxia, who had sought to force Sora to be his servant by twisting his memories. Namine put Sora into a special egg-shaped chamber, where he would sleep while Namine rebuilt the chain of his memories to the way it was before he came to Castle Oblivion. This puts Sora in position for KH2, a year afterwards.
While all this happened, Riku continued through Castle Oblivion, destroying the Heartless in attempt to rid himself of his own darkness. Ansem tried to take control of Riku again, but was stopped by the King. Riku also battled Vexen, his clone, and another Organization member named Lexaeus. After finding out that Marluxia had been killed, he was confronted by Zexion, yet another Organization member, and overcame him by embracing the darkness within himself (Axel afterwards had Riku's clone kill Zexion). After arriving in Twilight Town, Riku learned that the "Ansem" who had tried to take control was actually a man named DiZ, who was interesting in Riku and sent him to talk to Namine. However, his clone blocked the way, and he was forced to kill it. Namine told him that Ansem still remained within the depths of his heart. With DiZ's help, Riku faced and defeated Ansem, but as long as Riku commanded darkness, Ansem would still be in his heart. Riku accepted this, and set out on a quest to learn how to control his darkness, with the King as his companion.
So, there you go. Does that bring you up to speed? Note that Marluxia, Vexen, Zexion, Lexaeus, and Larxene have all been killed before KH2 even starts. In the intro movie for KH2, you see Sora battling Marluxia (with the pink scythe), intercut with Riku battling Ansem. These, along with those involving Namine and Sora in the "glass egg" come from Chain of Memories.