Based on: Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, Record Keeper, or any of the characters within it.

Note: This story is heavily based on RP done with friends on Facebook. There is a lot of established history between the characters, canon and OC alike, not present in the canon game. All of Hikari's adventures will all be collected here.

Warnings: CanonxOC, Polyamory, Pan/bisexuality, fluffy romance, angst

[Hikari's Story] Phase 1

"She's trying again?" Yuna asked Vivi in surprise. He nodded.

"Dr. Mog gave her an April Fools gift with five mythril in it and with what we had on hand, she took it all to the Relic Draw to try and get something of Locke's. She's upset she wasn't able to get him Wing Edge and finally fulfill her promise of getting Locke an ability to summon Phoenix," concern plain in Vivi's glowing eyes.

Lock had his arms folded over his white shirt and leaned against Hikari's oak desk. The surface was littered with schedules, notes, realm compendiums, and battle strategies.

"But I love Danjuro. Hikari worked hard to craft it to perfection. She did that for me, and it's my most treasured possession." He smiled at the dagger sheathed at his belt.

"Oh you two are too adorable. Enough to rival Miss Summoner and her Beloved Guardian here," Lulu chuckled, pinning her big sibling gaze on Tidus sprawled out on the soft Besaid rug of browns, oranges, pinks, and blues. Yuna sat down next to her blond lover.

"I'm worried about her, you guys," she admitted, her eyes both reflecting sadness, despite one being the color of the clear ocean and the other a bright peridot jewel shine. Yuna and Hikari had grown up together from the age of seven in Besaid, until the pink haired girl was taken away at ten to start her studying in the Keeper Realm.

"She spends her days making lunches for us, studying our home realm over and over in hopes of finding some secret she missed that connects all of our homes beyond the temporal distortion of the Ardent, AND making our battle plans. When we are here, she runs off to the Relic Hall to try and pull a weapon for one of us. She's always running. And at night, well…"

Yuna looked up briefly at Locke and then at Tidus next to her. The former High Priestess looked quickly at Vivi so as to not arouse suspicion on the four of them (including Hikari).

"She's probably not getting much sleep," Yuna said. Lulu shook her head watching Yuna's self-assured recovery.

"I can't even remember the last time she went out into the field with us," Tidus quipped. "She seems bummed, man."

Locke sighed. "Of course she's upset." He pushed himself up off the desk. "She feels useless on the battlefield and in general so she overcompensates and spreads herself thin. She stopped accompanying us into battle when I started freaking out and needed my first memory crystal. She stayed behind to watch over me.

"She used to love going to the realms and fighting the monsters," Cecil spoke up in the corner, his onyx-like armor glinting strangely in the setting sun that streamed through the window shades. "Now, even though you have recovered with the aid of two memory crystals, she refuses to return to the battlefield. Something must be done."

Yuna bounced up, her feather skirt fluttering. She ran over to the treasure chest that stored the items that weren't necessary to take into realms with the travelling party and opened it up. Its glowing contents illuminated her pale skin and made her eyes sparkle.

"I've got it!" she sang in triumph. Tidus bolted up quickly and Locke took a step forward in surprise.

"What is it?!" they exclaimed together. Lulu shook her head at those three and Vivi smiled. Lulu, of course, knew all the goings-on involving the Keepers and heroes as she was quite a popular addition to any party and frequently moved between a handful in a day. And with Vivi being Hikari's friend and assistant, they knew exactly what was going on. And Cecil just paid attention to the groups he helped, despite being quiet most of the time and deep in thought.

Yuna excitedly and quickly told everyone the plan. She finished just in time when the door swung open and Hikari huffed in, out of breath and nearly in tears.

"What is it, my love?" Locke intercepted the young Keeper on her way to her desk. He enveloped her in his smooth embrace and kissed her forehead. His smell wrapped around her and she breathed him in.

"I failed again to get your Wing Edge… my promise to get you the Phoenix summon… I can't get any of your weapons…" Tears began to splatter his white shirt. He rubbed her arms as he looked into her sapphire eyes.

"Hey, hey, that's okay. Danjuro is the best weapon I could ever ask for. Sure, Phoenix would be nice to remember Rachel. But… I don't need to anymore. I've got you. You are the most important person in my life now."

Lulu motioned to Cecil and Vivi. They quietly left and closed the door. Yuna and Tidus stepped forward together and hugged Hikari.

"We love you too, Hikari," Tidus said softly. Yuna nodded, giving a small 'mhm'.

"You are important to us like we are to each other. You complete our weird little family," Yuna said with a giggle. The Summoner kissed the Keeper's left cheek while Tidus put his lips where her jaw line met her ear lobe and gave it a soft little tickle. Locke kissed her nose, beaming at the woman he was proud to call his life partner.

Hikari's whole face heated up to a soft pink, which only made her blue eyes light up even more and almost glow intensely.

"You guys… really love me that much?" Hikari asked, genuinely surprised. Yuna smiled and tucked some of Hikari's soft pink hair which had tumbled out of its bun behind her ear.

"Of course. You are my best friend from when we were kids. It crushed me when you had to leave for this realm," the heterochromatic said.

"And I fell in love with you during the long fight to save Yuna from Seymour. I'm still convinced he has something to do with the Ardent," Tidus growled. They all laughed, even Hikari, which her three admirers were ecstatic to see.

"You have touched our hearts, Hikari. Let us show you how much you mean to us," Locke whispered, barely loud enough for them all to hear.

-Phase 1 Complete!-