A/N: 6.11.11: I took quite a bit out of this chapter, added detail and also added a song's lyrics so, instead of imaging a pretty song, you can listen to a pretty song! Once again, thank you to everyone who has reviewed. I never would have guessed that I would get over 100 reviews for this story.

Old: ALERT. This is the last chapter. Thank you all for everything that you have done, including all of the reviews and story alerts and help, too. xD Thanks to anyone who bothered to read this at all! Let's see, this ending is going to be kind of odd because it's basically going to be the 'ending FMV' only with dialogue, so deal with the jumping and stuff, I know you all can. So, imagine a pretty song or something to go along with it. Also! I'm leaving Friday, which means I have to get my ass in gear and start to pack. Heh. I've known for about a month that I'm leaving for South Carolina, but I only decided to start today. Oops.

Disclaimer-Hah! This is the last time that I have to write this for this story. Ah. This story. x.x; I don't own anything besides my own clever plot and my OCs.

This time we're not giving up/Let's make it last forever
Screaming "hallelujah", we'll make it last forever
And we've got time on our hands, and we've got, got nothing but time on our hands/
Got nothing but, got nothing but/Got nothing but time on our hands
-"Hallelujah" by Paramore

Kairi, Sora, Riku, Roxas, Naminé, and Axel decided taking Axel's portal was the fastest way to get home. Not to mention, that way they wouldn't have to be dropped off via Gummi Ship. "We'll see each other again soon." Kairi promised the Radiant Garden gang as the group of them stood in the Marketplace. For some odd reason, especially when it was not busy, the area seemeed like a good place for goodbyes.

Leon mustered a faint smile as he agreed, "You're right."

"And it'll only be that much easier as long as Axel can use his portal for a while," added Sora, his hands resting comfortably behind his head.

"You guys better not forget to come to the wedding!" reminded Tifa. "Otherwise we'll have to come and have a nice little chat." It was funny how she did not need to get rid of the smile on her face to be frightening, and they all nodded their heads in a furious agreement so she might not hurt them. "I'll miss you guys."

Naminé smiled. "We'll miss you, too. It was so nice to meet you all... as ourselves," she added with a glance at Roxas, who nodded.

"Be good and take care! We'll have the King send you notice for the wedding." Tifa called after them as they stepped into the portal.

The stinging of the salty air stung their nostrils as they appeared outside of the portal and on a beach, the beach Sora and his best friends played on as children. "We're home," sighed Riku as his friend flopped onto the sand.

Kairi grinned. "Sora, you lazy bum!" She lowered herself beside him and stared into the distance where the sun was setting, just as it had been the previous time they returned home.

"It's so weird to be seeing this in our own bodies," mumbled Roxas as he idly kicked at the sand, causing it to fly onto Sora.

Sora shot back and spat the sand out of his mouth. "Hey!" His other smiled sheepishly while everyone else laughed.

Axel gazed around the island as he dropped his jacket onto the sand. "This is where you guys have been living for your whole lives?"

"Pretty much," answered Kairi.

Axel smirked. "No wonder you wanted to see other worlds." Roxas kicked some sand at him, too.

"It's better than a boring, white castle," stated Riku, grinning for the first time in a while.

Axel rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you got me there."

"Hey, Sora, Kairi?"

The two turned toward her. "What is it, Naminé?"

"How are you two planning to tell your parents that you're... together?" She inquired, a smile turning the corners of her lips as their faces became horror-stricken. Kairi and Sora threw themselves back on their backs as they stared up at the sky.

"Oh, great!" cried Sora and Kairi while the others laughed.

XxX

Some weeks later, Roxas, Naminé, and Axel had managed to get a house that was in the same neighborhood as Sora, Kairi, and Riku. Axel had been taking up his role as 'guardian' quite seriously. Right, Axel serious. The only thing he did was keep Roxas and Naminé from taking the same room, though he did trust them to be alone together. At least, he did most of the time.

Sora and Kairi had a simple time explaining to Sora's mother that the two of them were now in a relationship. She had, at least, been calm. In fact, she'd been ecstatic about it with cries of, "Finally, Sora's made a smart decision!" Kairi felt very welcomed, but her parents were a different story. A much different story.

Her father, being the mayor and overprotective, had immediately began to question Sora as if he had committed a crime. Kairi's mother had been unsure at first, but, upon realizing that Sora had kept her baby safe, she was just fine with their relationship. Sora did everything he could to convince Kairi's father that he really loved her, and, after Kairi and her mother scolded him, he grudgingly allowed their relationship to continue.

Quite a few people knew the truth about the existence of Naminé and Roxas, but no one said anything about their being separate from Kairi and Sora. School had began, a glorious thing. Kairi, Sora, and Riku had quite the time explaining why they hadn't been in school, so their parents had to come in and do some serious lying since no one believed the three teenagers.

Naminé and Roxas had an easy time getting into Kairi, Riku and Sora's school. They simply explained that they were from a different place, off of the Islands, and they were enrolled on the spot, despite the fact that they had no papers for anything. Axel elected to take a job as a weapon's instructor at the school, a class that the five of them decided to take for the rest of their time in school. Every day following school, Naminé, Roxas, Sora, Kairi, Riku, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie headed to their island as they had in the past. Naminé had held onto her sketchbook, so she often drew everyone playing, though she would also join them.

Kairi and Sora ducked into the Secret Place unnoticed, passing the blitzball strategies and stopping at their drawing. There were words scratched near it, and they laughed as they read: 'Kairi and Sora foreverzz! -Axel, Riku, and Roxas.' For no reason other than a passing fancy, Kairi stood and placed her hand on the mysterious door, surprised that she could sense someone mimicking her on the other side.

XxxxxX

Stefa strayed away from the cave with the odd door quite quickly. She rubbed her hand and stared down at it, wondering if she actually had felt something on the other side. The thoughts left her head as she paused to eye the usually empty 'ditch' of a field, which was currently filled to the brim with water. Quince had always insisted the field was a ditch while she remained adamant that it was, indeed, a field. A smile appeared on her face, briefly, as she recalled the memories of their arguments. Overhead, the sky was grey, and the rainy weather caused the pond's waves to spill onto the path that Stefa was standing on.

Thus far, there had been no sign of Elie at all, and Stefa wondered if, maybe, she hadn't made it back. In fact, she was concerned that Elie (or any of the others, really) had been injured by the dragon Maleficent. She hated not knowing what had happened or what was going on because it frightened her. The thought that Maleficent was still alive, somehow, and would be coming after her scared her nearly as much as the idea of the Organization coming after her. They would want their hearts, after all. What about the keyblade wielders that had been working for Maleficent? Where had they gone?

With a sigh, she attempted to push the worries out of her head as she walked down the street of her old neighborhood, heading in the general direction of her house. It had, like all of the other houses in the neighborhood, been boarded off following the Heartless invasion, not that it bothered Stefa or stopped her. She pulled on the boards covering the front door and entered the dark, dusty house.

As she carefully treaded through the house, distantly eyeing her crutches lying on the floor, she mused about how she had not been able to summon her keyblade in the few weeks since she had returned home. Every day, she tried, and, every day, she was disappointed. Some days, she tried to convince herself that the past year had been a dream though, most of the time, it was difficult with the proof all around her, least of all the abandoned house.

Fortunately for her, she had found her family (at least, some of it) about a day after returning to Jewel's Grove. They had been forced to move to a new neighborhood in a quite large house so the entire family could stay together. Though the idea had probably been nice and comforting following the Heartless invasion, it was steadily becoming quite sour as everyone was always fighting and complaining about how close they were to one another. Stefa laughed as she recalled a fight between several of her family members just that morning. Though they might drive her, and each other, crazy, she knew that she would not trade them for the world, especially since... Stefa heaved a sigh. Her aunt had informed her that her parents had not returned, and the assumption was that they had lost their hearts; the same with Nalani. Though Quince was indeed correct about Jewel's Grove not disappearing, the Heartless attack meant to draw Stefa out of her home had caused much damage, and many people were missing.

Stefa attempted to distance herself from those thoughts as she looked around her gloomy home. It was virtually identical to the night she had left only everything was now covered in dust, and oodles of bugs had taken the home as their own. She walked up the stairs, tracing the portraits of her family and herself as a baby and other family portraits with her finger as she reached the second level. She rammed the door to her old bedroom, which had become inexplicably stuck (perhaps from not being used for a year?) with her shoulder, and it flew open with a bang as she nearly toppled over. Old toys and nick-nacks, clothes that she had been planning to wear, and photographs littered the room. It looked like a pigsty, but, unfortunately, that was due to her own cleaning habits and nothing more. She quickly swept the room with a large bag, throwing some of her things into it, and exited it in a hurry. Somehow, it was most painful to stick around in her bedroom. Every time she looked around it, different memories from different parts of her life flashed into her mind.

Before she left the house, she ducked into her mother's room, which looked just as it always had. The walk to her new home was just a little bit far, several blocks away and then some, but she made it there rather fast, due in large part to the fact that she was the only one foolish enough to walk around in the storm. By the time she reached the lake that meant she was almost home, the hood of her grey and black striped sweatshirt was pulled over her head. She followed the trail alongside the lake and, without another thought (not even the one that reminded her how sick she would get from staying in the rain), jumped the fence meant to keep children away from the water and sat on the layer of rocks that lined the shore.

The storm made the lake's waves hit the shore rather violently, but it didn't much faze her. She pulled her knees to her chest, resting her chin on them, as her thoughts flew back to her family. She had made a valiant attempt to tell them everything that happened to her, but the only thing that they believed was that she had been lost in the darkness. Without the proof, her keyblade, there was no way to convince them otherwise. 'At least,' she thought with a wry smile, 'my little cousin believes everything I've told her. Not sure how much that counts for, though.'

For kicks, she mumbled, "Quince," just to see if he would appear. He did not; he never did, but she usually attempted to call his name anyway, remembering how well it had worked in the Radiant Garden. It seemed that the people of Jewel's Grove jumped the gun just a bit. Many graves (without bodies, obviously) had been placed in a nearby cemetery for those who had disappeared because they were all assumed dead. Though it was not easy seeing her parents' graves, her heart truly clenched at the sight of Quince's.

Stefa stretched her legs out before her, the rain and waves soaking her jeans. She wondered, for just a moment, how everyone was doing, but she tried not to dwell on it too long. All it did was worry her. She moved onto a slightly more positive thought: school had been discontinued for the time being. The world was in such disrepair that there were fewer kids to come for one reason or another and the school she attended had been seriously damage. Well, not everything was bad, she thought with a grin.

The grin did not last long, her mind forcing its way back to a last pleasant thought. It had been so long, so very long, since she had properly seen him that it almost hurt. In fact, she was worried that, sooner or later, he would seem like nothing more than a dream. "Riku," she mumbled with much of the same hope with which she spoke Quince's name. He did not appear, either. She remained in her place for a while, watching the rough waters until they became blurry.

XxxxxX

Back in Disney Castle, King Mickey and his guards entered the Audience Chamber where, it seemed, everyone in the entire castle awaited them. Daisy threw herself at Donald, hugging him, before scolding him in a loud, high voice. Goofy chuckled before his son, Max, pulled him into a strong hug. King Mickey met his queen at the throne and they shared a kiss. "I missed you so much," she cried.

"I'll be here for a long time, don't ya worry, Minnie."

XxxxxX

In King Stefan's castle, Aurora was reunited with her prince. She ran across the room to embrace her husband, her crown somehow managing to remain perfectly perched atop of her head. The two of them then separated as he took Aurora's hand and led her into a dance. From the sidelines, Fauna, Merryweather, and Flora were fluttering in the air and cheering. "It's good to be home," sighed Flora from beside King Stefan, who was talking to Philip's father, King Hubert.

XxxxxX

In Port Royal, Barbossa hollered command after command at his crew as they sailed in the open sea for the world's end. Tia Dalma, who was standing on the deck, sent a death glare at the captain as he yelled an order at her, and he instantly forgot what it was he wanted her to do. Elizabeth Swann leaned over the side of the ship and stared into the deep water. From nearby (but not too terribly close), William Turner scowled at her back with bitter resentment as he turned to face Barbossa's general direction. "Where are we heading first?" he asked, mostly to distract himself from his ex-fiancé.

Barbossa faced him, several crew members of his original crew glaring at Will in the process. "We'll be headin' to Singapore. We'll be needing navigational charts to get to World's End." With that said, Barbossa ignored him and continued to shout away orders.

Elizabeth sighed, keeping her eyes trained on the dark waters. Since Jack's passing, Will had not spoken to her. If he did talk to her, it was always in venomous tone. She took a dagger and aimlessly carved into the wooden railing; this was going to be a long mission.

XxxxxX

Melody and Ariel were happily swimming throughout Atlantica as the mother showed her daughter her favorite places to visit as a teenager. As always, Sebastian kept a close eye on the two of them (without them knowing that), making sure that they weren't getting into too much trouble. "At my age, and at dere age, I shouldn't have to be following dem!" he complained as he attempted to keep up with them. Flounder's children swam around Ariel and Melody, laughing and singing as Flounder also did what he could to keep up with them. "I'm gettin' too old for dis!" Sebastian finally shouted, giving away his position. Ariel, Melody, Flounder, and his kids swam back toward the crab, laughing as Ariel picked him off of a rock, and began to swim again.

XxxxxX

Beast and Belle finally got their peaceful night together. In about a month's time, the two of them would be having a huge wedding that the whole town would attend. Before the last rose petal had fallen, Beast had been transformed back into his human form, as did Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Chip, and everyone else in the castle. Following Beast's return as a human, his anger had nearly ceased, and he was almost always pleasant; and that, everyone agreed, was a miracle.

XxxxxX

In both Twilight Towns, Hayner won the championship match, becoming champion for the second year in a row. Roxas' Twilight Town had finally been rebuilt, thanks in part to the great cooperation between Hayner and Seifer's gang. Olette, Hayner, and Pence were disappointed that Roxas, Naminé, and Axel had not returned, though they understood. One's enemies usually knew you better than expected, and so they would probably assume the three of them would return to Twilight Town.

...Not that they needed anymore surprise visits from Nobodies.

XxxxxX

The Sultan had been so panicked about Jasmine's kidnapping that, when she returned, he had increased the number of guards around the palace. "Father, you realize that the men who took me can use portals. You wouldn't just need guards outside of the Palace." She had told him, though she quickly wished she had not said a thing. The day following their conversation, guards had also been stationed inside of the Palace.

Jasmine sighed as she rested her head against Aladdin's chest. His arms were wrapped around her body and he was holding her close. "There's only one suggestion that I could offer you, Jasmine."

She looked at him, curious. "And what is that?"

"Follow me." She got off of his lap and watched as Aladdin strode over to the window, quickly joining his side. "Oh, carpet!" The old tapestry appeared, out of virtually nowhere, and patiently waited. Aladdin hopped onto the windowsill and onto carpet, holding out his hand for Jasmine.

Once she was on, Carpet set off into the night sky for one more chance at freedom. Below, the guards noticed the two of them flying off and began to yell, but either the couple didn't hear them, or, and this was more likely, did not care.

XxxxxX

A month following Sora and the others' departure, Tifa and Cloud finally had their wedding. Sora and the others returned to the Radiant Garden in case their help was needed. Kairi and Naminé were Tifa's bridesmaids along with Yuffie and a few others while Marlene was the flower girl. The wedding was beautiful and, the group was pleased to see, Cloud was happy and actually showed it. Cloud and Tifa only had to figure out what they would do for their honeymoon, now. The joked that maybe they would go to Destiny Islands, but Sora hardly thought that would be a bad thing.

"So, Sora, Kairi," Riku began as he approached his best friends at the after party. "How long will it be before I can expect to be best man?" The two blushed, and he laughed. "I can't wait until it happens." On the other side of the room, Axel asked the exact thing of Roxas and Naminé, only the result was a little bit more different; Naminé blushed furiously while Roxas playfully yelled at Axel to shut up.

"Axel," Naminé took Axel's arm into her hand. "We need to find you a girlfriend." Roxas chuckled.

Axel raised his eyebrow, clearly amused. "Are you going to find me one?"

"I know the perfect girlfriend for you, m'boy!" announced Merlin as he swept through the crowd, pulling someone behind him. Cid freed himself from the wizard's grip and turned to face the trio. Apparently, Merlin had used his magic to give Cid very girly, but good-looking, make up. "Cid is perfect for you, Axel."

"What?" exploded Cid. Naminé attempted to stifle her giggles behind her hand, but she failed miserably.

Between laughs, Roxas managed to breathe, "Cid, look at yourself in the mirror." Merlin magicked a mirror to appear and Cid snatched it, his jaw dropping at the sight of his reflection.

"Ya crazy old man!" shouted Cid, throwing the mirror as Merlin ran away. "I'll get cha and you'll be sorry!" The entire party was distracted by the sight of the swearing pilot chasing Merlin around the room. Sora, Kairi and Riku stared at one another before they erupted into laughter.

A/N: The END! This was the shortest chapter by far, but what did you honestly expect? It was more or less to be styled in a similar KH ending way-thing. Thank you for all of your support and all, and, for the record, the new story's name is going to be Heart of a Nobody, so you can speculate about what you think is going to happen. Anyway, the first chapter to that will be up later today or tomorrow. Keep looking out for it. Toodles, darlings.