A/N: The promised epilogue! Read and review kindly, for this is the end of the story! ^^

Dear Little Brother,

A year passes, and suddenly all the problems are gone. The people I knew who no longer know me. The people who swore to be there for me can't remember my face. Family are strangers living in a new light. Just a shadow cast upon a sleepy town; No one sees me, knows me, remembers me. I can stand right in front of the people I knew since I was a kid, and they won't give me a second glance. No one remembers the people they don't miss.

I thought I was somebody. I thought I had friends, family, someone to love. I was wrong. Rain helps hide my existence as I walk through the town I grew up in. Heavy rain, dark skies, a shadow on the wall. I walk through crowds of people, people I know from school, but they don't see me. Hearing laughter, I go to the familiar lot I used to hang out in before my brother died.

I see my friends laughing, playing in the rain. Hayner, Pence, Olette, Axel. Even Namine is there, too. They're all laughing and running around, having a good time. Where am I? Standing at the edge of the lot, leaning against the wall, watching them. My hood covers my face mostly so I know they don't see me. I want to go to them, to talk and be like them again. But I've changed. I'm different now.

I'm not the person they knew. Even if they saw me, they wouldn't. I've passed people I've been close to already, not even a second glance was given. No one remembers me because I was never there. I'm a fading memory, if that. I'm just a shadow in the background. I smile, knowing I got what I wanted. I've faded into the background, and now I'm going to stay here. Watching my friends laugh, it makes me smile.

At least they're happy now. I can't drag them down anymore. I turn from the lot and continue my walk through the town. Originally, I wanted to head home, to see if my father was there, to see if he had changed, but I stopped. Across the street I see them. Hand in hand, my mother and father. Mom laughs at something he said, holding an umbrella over them. Dad smiles at her, I can see his eyes. I see them happy, like a memory. Most of all, I can see he's sober.

Like a memory, my parents are happy together. I missed a lot in the past year, and I'm glad. Without me there, they seemed to have fixed themselves. I don't know how, but I don't care. As they walk by me, I'm glad to see them happy. I turn from my path and go back. Only one thing left to check before I can completely fade. I have to see you. You were the only real good thing in my life, and I miss you every day.

As a final part of my old life as Roxas, I have to see you in your final resting place. I go to the cemetery and I go to your grave. This place of final sleep is empty, yet beautiful. The rain is beautiful in this place. Finding your grave is easy, and I smile down at you. So many things I want to say run through my head, but I can't think of what to say, so I think I'm going to say it all. Right here, right now.

I love you, Ventus, I always did. I know I constantly told you I hated you, but I lied. I hated myself for my weaknesses. You were always so full of hope, and I hated the fact that I wasn't. I hated myself, because it was all I could do. I wanted to be the one to fix things, but I let everything get out of control. I was mean to you because I hated that you still found happiness in this twisted life of ours.

I was stupid, and childish. I can never be the person you were, though every day I wish I was. You gave up your life for me, and I would kill myself over and over again for eternity if it would bring you back to me. I know I can't measure up to what you were, I only fall farther from grace every day. I swear I would die for you, even though I couldn't then.

I was a coward, too afraid to stop him from killing you that I just watched it happen. If I could go back and save you, I would. I know hoping doesn't help, and I'm sorry I was weak, I know I'm stronger now. I'm strong enough to live as nothing. It may not mean much to you, but it means something to me. You know I killed a guy. He hurt me, and I killed him. I know you never liked violence, but I won't apologize.

I know this hurts, but I'm glad that you're dead. You being dead means that you couldn't be hurt like I was, and I'm thankful every day for that much. I would never let anyone do those things to you. I did stupid things, you know. I hurt myself, and I tried to get rid of my friends. I thought if I was alone, I could survive, but I wasn't strong enough, not yet.

I'm stronger now, and that means everything. Ventus, you're my baby brother, and I've always loved you. I wanted to save you, but I was scared. I don't exist anymore, and that's okay. Because I'm just what I wanted to be: Uncaged. I've been released from the pain of my old life. I get to watch the world from new eyes, I can see how the world's changed, and how I've changed now. I'm alone, but I'm free.

Goodbye, little brother. I'll see you soon.

Big Brother.