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Chapter 8

"The years pass in this manner and I make new memories to replace the ones I had lost. Then Xemnas drops the bomb on us. As they had received their other halves a year prior, with the exception of me, he was disbanding Organization 13. They were to disperse and return to their original worlds while I remained behind in the only world I had known as my home while I had been one of them. Upset about the disbanding and pissed off at him for making me stay behind, I spoke my mind and portaled out of there. I expected to end up in Port Royal, which had been my favorite world, but I didn't. I guess I had been so consumed by my heartbreak that the command had been unclear. I ended up on Destiny Islands where I met Sora, Kairi and the one who would give me a reason to live again, Riku." She said the name with a smile and he couldn't help but smile himself. "He proved to me, where there was darkness, there was also light. He brought forth the light inside me, restoring my heart and completing my soul." She blinked and her eyes refocused on him. "I guess what they say is right, the third time really is the charm." Right then, Mel emitted a joyous whine on its own. Rem looked down at it and laughed softly. "She knows. She knows I finally know who I am and she's happy because of it." She rose and lifted Mel back into place at her back.

"Thought I had sensed your unique aura." A voice commented from the door. We all whirled to see Zexion standing there with a smile on his face. Riku stepped before me and summoned Way to the Dawn. I put a hand on his shoulder and shook my head at him. I sensed no hostile intentions from him.

"Ienzo." In the years since I had first seen him as that teenager I had been so long ago, he had grown so much. And so had Isa and Lea for that matter as all three had been but kids themselves when it had happened. Speaking of which, the two appeared at his back. And I had to admit, in street clothes, all three of them looked good.

"After three months, it's still not easy hearing that name used." He commented.

"I know what you mean." Isa chuckled. "After so long it feels awkward using our real names."

"Speaking of which, are you going to tell me yours now? Last time the three of us met, you wanted to play around." Lea told me and I smiled.

"I was having too much fun with the two of you to say it." I replied.

Lea leaned against Isa and jerked a thumb at me while looking a Riku. "You sure you wanna mess with her? She's a tease and then some."

Riku chuckled, putting an arm around my waist. "After three months, I can safely say I can handle her."

I looked straight at Ienzo. "How did you guys know I was involved with Riku?"

"We've known for a while." Isa replied. "The three of us had gone to Destiny Islands to look around and stumbled upon you, not expecting to actually find you."

"Instead of confronting you, I suggested that we keep back. I sensed a change was taking place inside you and had a feeling your true self was finally coming forth." Ienzo added.

"So for two months, we stayed back and kept an eye on you. For two months, I kept myself contained and now I'm gonna get what I want." Lea finished, striding forward and sweeping me up into a hug. "Are you aware of how worried you had us?"

"I actually had no idea. I just figured being the way I was, I wasn't really important enough to worry about." I replied.

"We were all worried like crazy, especially when we couldn't find you on Port Royal." A familiar voice remarked from behind Isa and I spotted a pink head as Isa moved aside to reveal Marluxia.

"Marly!" I squealed. I should say Lumaria as that was his real name, but I couldn't bring myself to say such a girly name at the moment. I was pleased beyond words. I knew who I truly was and was reunited with my old friends in the process. I struggled to run to him but Lea got me into a headlock.

"Real name, spill." He told me.

"Is my real name that important to you?" I asked him.

"I'd like to know what it is." Riku commented.

"It's Ravyn." I kicked at Lea's knee. "Now put me down Ax." Chuckling, he put me down and I raced to hug Marly, jumping into his arms.

"Hey! No hogging the Brat, hand 'er over!" A voice called and I looked over Mar's shoulder to see Luxord and Xaldin, now Luord and Dilan respectively, entering the hall.

"Who said I was hogging her, huh? For the record, Ravyn jumped into my arms." Mar shot back with a grin.

"Took you long enough to figure out your real identity." Another voice remarked. I darted a glance at Lea and we exchanged identical smirks before we broke out into the Bill Nye theme song, or the last bit of it. We knew any bit of the song drove Even nuts. "Dammit girl." He growled and we just laughed.

"I remember that prank I pulled that day on you." I giggled.

"The one where you switched his ring tone to that one and then hid his phone?" Lea grinned.

I high- fived him. "That was awesome!"

"I also recall I got you back for that too." Even smiled at me.

"You dyed my hair. Dude, that was so old school." I told him.

"You did it too." Isa answered.

"I know." I giggled. "Dyed Xemnas' hair blue! It was so purty!" We busted out laughing again. "Damn! That one got laughs for a good while! The prank may be old but it's a classic."

"You can't go wrong with the dyed hair prank." Lea grinned.

"Took forever for him to wash it out." Isa snickered.

"Until he did, we hid out in Castle Oblivion, waiting for him to cool off." Mar chuckled.

"When he found out who had done it, we all scrambled like hell to keep Rav away from him because he wanted to kill her. We finally decided hiding out in Castle Oblivion was a better option." Ace told Riku laughing.

I took a moment to look around and count the numbers. Ienzo, Lea, Isa, Mar, Ace, Dilan, Even. That was seven out of twelve. "Who else knows where I'm at or that I'm even here?" I asked them.

"You know Larx, she heard about a sale at the mall and raced off, grabbing Dem on her way. They might see you later." Lea replied. I figured Larx and Dem would know I was all right. That made nine.

"The only one who doesn't know is Xig." Isa told me.

"The rest of you know my whereabouts?" I asked.

"Except for him." Mar answered. Then that made eleven. I half wondered if Xemnas would pop up to join the reunion or not.

"You think he'll try to start something." I commented.

"We don't think, we know. And we'll do whatever it takes to prevent it." Lea told me.

I looked around at all of them. "You guys know sooner or later, we're gonna have to have it out. You can only forestall the fight. You won't be able to prevent it entirely."

"We know, we're going to try to talk him around before that happens. Let him know that you know everything and will most likely not want him because of what he did to you. Before you had no idea he had done you like that, but now you know." Dilan replied.

"I think we had better head to safer grounds right now." Ienzo spoke up.

We all looked at him. "He's on his way here?" I asked him and he nodded. "Somebody, single portal to Destiny Islands. Now." I commanded. I wasn't going to attempt to use my powers until we were somewhere safe.

Lea chuckled, throwing out his hand and creating a portal for us. "Besides regaining your memories, you haven't changed." We all raced through the portal, trying to get to Destiny Islands before Braig showed up.

Mar had been the last one through as we had emerged. He put an arm around me and hugged me to his side. "Still bossy as ever."

"You know if she wasn't then it wouldn't be any fun for us." I turned to see Dem and Larx emerge from another portal. I guess they were Myde and Arlene now. But I think I'll call Dem by the name I've always known him. I like that one better anyway.

"Ienzo gave us a heads up they were coming here to avoid Braig. We decided to follow." Arlene smiled. She gazed over at Riku and looked him over like a hungry wolf studied its prey. I felt my hackles rise in possessiveness. "Been a while since we've seen you. Lookin' good cutie." She took a step toward him and halted when she heard me growl.

"Back off Larx. We may have been friends before, but you intrude on my turf and you're asking for a fight."

She stepped away and smiled. "Chillax sis. I have no intention of taking your guy. He makes you happy and that's good enough for me. I just couldn't help messing with you."

"If anybody needs to do the threatening, it's us." Mar remarked and a split second later, Riku found Graceful Dahlia held to his throat. He looked over at me, knowing he was outnumbered and out manned.

I put a hand over my face, sighing. "It's alright Riku. Mar just kicked into Protective Mode." Sometimes I swear my guardian could go a little over the top when it came to my protection.

"Hurt her in any way, shape, or form and you shall have all of us to contend with." The other man smiled, dismissing Dahlia in a shower of rose petals.

Despite the warning, Riku stood straight and met the other male glare for glare, refusing to back down from him. "Then believe me when I say she will never come to harm as long as she's with me. I protect what's mine." He growled back.

"Hey Rav, why don't you see if you still have your powers?" Dem told me.

"Good idea Dem." I held out a hand and reached for where my power should be, willing a portal to emerge. To my delight, one did. "The Corridors still obey me, that's good." I dismissed that one and willed one for Riku's place. "Be right back, I'm gonna make these two chill out. Just make sure they don't do anything until I do." I told them and slipped through. I returned a few minutes later with two large squirt guns, tossing one to Lea. "Dem if you would please. Fill up the tanks with cold water and I mean ice cold."

Even stepped forward. "I believe I should help with this as Myde's control over water can only go to certain temperatures. You just fill them up Myde, I'll do the rest."

"Good enough for me." The blond replied and held a hand over both tanks. Water seemed to pour into them from an unknown source underneath. Once the tanks were full, Myde stepped back and Even came forward. He held a hand over both tanks and the clear blue tinted tanks frosted over as they got colder.

"Not too much Ev, we don't need tanks of ice." I told him.

"I know exactly what I'm doing brat." He retorted.

"Just making sure. It looks pretty damn cold by now." I replied as he removed his hand.

"Oh no doubts about that." He answered. "The water is cold, just not enough to freeze. Good enough for your needs?"

I kissed his cheek. "Fantastic, thanks." I moved until I was facing their side and motioned Lea over. Snickering, he joined me. "You get Mar, I'll get Riku." He nodded. "Lumaria!" I called. The name seemed to snap them out of it and they looked over at us. "Chillax!" I grinned and we opened fire on both of them.


Only one more chapter to go before my first complete fic reaches its end.