Raven's playing became tame after her odd fight with Vanitas. She only played during the day when everyone was gone or when Riku wasn't try to get something done. Her music had gone from being dark and haunting to something confused yet upbeat.

The girls enjoyed it a lot more, though they felt like they were confused by it all themselves.

"Let's try playing something different." Kairi suggested one day pulling out her phone.

Raven stopped playing and looked at the red head confused for a moment. "What do you mean?"

Namine smiled and pulled out her phone as well. "Let's play more modern music for you, maybe find songs with piano to them that fit how you're feeling. Then, we can help you out a lot better."

Kairi gleamed scrolling through her playlists. "Girl talk is the best form of medicine for a girl in doubt."

Raven started to understand what she was talking about and nodded in agreement. She gently put the key cover down and turned her back to the piano but never left the bench, while Kairi and Namine attached to her sides, taking turns playing songs that could fit how Raven felt.

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"Vanitas, is this a good idea? You said you didn't want that house." Riku questioned looking at Vanitas, who sat on the other side of the booth.

They were at the old café that they used to hang out in during high school.

"I hated the guy but he left me an entire estate. It hasn't sold in a couple of years for some reason. Plus, Raven needs a place to play all the time without hurting you or your parents."

Riku looked unsure about it all. It was a paid off house outside of town, but Vanitas had inherited it from his great uncle, who he hated for reasons no one knew. He's been trying to clean his hands of it since he's gotten it but suddenly he's been talking to the relator to get it off the market.

"So you think this is the answer? What about the apartment you share with Ven?"

Vanitas leaned back, while rubbing his head. It was still tender from where Raven yanked on his hair but it was alright as long as he didn't brush it too much. "I'll still go there at night to sleep, so Raven can play endlessly without worry. Or if Roxas wants to he can take my room and I'll keep paying my half of rent since it is my name on the lease."

Before Riku could say anything more about it all, Vanitas' phone went off. The Unversed Guardian got up and left to take the call.

Riku thought about how Raven may feel about this, he could tell that something was up with her since her music was a whole new tune but it was a confusing tune. It only happened because of what Vanitas said to her the day he pulled her off the piano.

While lost his thought, his phone went off.

He looked down to see that it was a text from Kairi. Come home. Gotta show U sumthing.

XXXXXXX

"What is so important that I had to come home?" Riku asked once he got to the sun porch.

Namine and Kairi were beaming while they stood in the doorway. "WE found a way to help Raven think more clearly." Kairi stated looking at Namine.

He gave them an odd look.

"It took a couple hours, but we went through a lot of music to find something that fit how Raven was feeling –." Namine explained.

"- so Raven could put it into the keys herself. We found the perfect song and she wants you to hear it before we invite the others over to hear it."

Some things clicked together but others still didn't make sense to him but he nodded as the two let him see Raven sitting at the piano.

Her eyes were still clouded with confusion but it wasn't as bad as before. She was finally wearing normal clothes again, after walking around in just a dress shirt for nearly a week. It was really awkward even though she wasn't affected by anyone seeing her like that.

"It's Metro Shower by Owl city." Kairi stated suddenly.

With that Raven's fingers went to the keys and danced across them at a slower pace than normal.

"I can finally see. That you're right beside me." Raven said softly. "I am not my own for I have been a new. Please don't let me go, I desperately need you."

Riku had heard this song before yet somehow Raven turned it into a different song, one with a lot more meaning behind it.

"I am not my own. For I been a new, please don't let me go. I desperately need you."

It was a song mostly piano lines but the few lines weren't the part that showed that she felt like she found the place where she belongs. He smiled and patted her head some.

"That was perfect, sounded like the real thing." He said as he noticed Drags sitting on the piano in front of Raven.

She shook her head. "No, that was my second time playing it and there are still a couple of minor things missing."

He looked at Namine and Kairi for answers.

"She only listened to the song once before playing it once for us and again for you." Namine explained with a smile.

"We can't tell how she's messing up but she believes she's messing up."

He nodded before asking Raven to go through it again, while he got his headset and played it in one ear, while listening to her playing. It took a couple of times to get it to match with her playing, but it sounded perfect to him but he was untrained ear when it came to this kind of music.

"Alright, I'm not seeing it but I'm sure everyone else will love it."

Raven looked unsure but nodded with a small smile forming.

XXXXXXX

Riku hadn't lied everyone did love it. Though Raven still felt like things were weird in her head and chest. She couldn't tell them because they were starting to believe that she was starting to recover from the loss of her sister.

"I'm hungry." She stated simply after finishing the song.

They all looked surprised but went into the kitchen, while she stayed behind. She needed to try and find another song to play. Something with more lyrics that really got to her, because just playing out her own stuff wasn't working out for her.

"Thought you were hungry." Roxas called from the doorway.

She jumped while looking at him in surprise. "I am, just thinking about…. some stuff that came up in my head." She replied quickly but felt he saw through her.

He came and sat on the bench with her, "You can talk to us, you know." He explained putting a hand on her shoulder. "It might be hard but trying to only put it into musical notes isn't going to help us fully understand how your feeling."

Heat of shame filled her cheeks, "I'm sorry." She admitted.

"No, you're fine." He exclaimed waving his hands like a mad man. "I kinda know what you're going through, it happened to me when I first moved here from my old home town."

"You're not from Destiny Island?" Raven had assumed he had known everyone in the group for a long time but she had been wrong. Then again she was considered dead for some time now because of her joining the Darkness and taking the hearts of her family.

He shook his head, "Nah, I came from the main land because of some stuff in my past. I came to live with Sora's folks because they're good friends from their childhood."

Her jaw dropped in understanding then formed a smile. "Thank you, Roxas."

"That's what friends are for." He replied getting up and holding a hand out to her.

She took his hand and let him help her up. "Well, I guess it would help if I made someone keep their promise of a horror movie fest."

"Sounds like a date for someone then." He teased.

She shrugged, "Hard to tell with him, seems too much like the play boy as of late."

Roxas gave her a look.

"I can't help it if Drags like to follow him around when he's bored." She admitted. "He's just doing his job reporting to me when he leaves and what he sees." She explained crossing her arms. "It's not like I told him to do it."

Roxas just chuckled before leading her down to the kitchen. Aqua was doing most of the work, while Terra gave her whatever she asked of him. Riku and the others sat off to the side, talking about random things, mostly classes starting again.

"Smells good." Raven commented as she entered.

Aqua looked over her shoulder, "It's just a simple pasta."

"Dove loved pasta, I can remember that now. Mom would make it all the time for her when she had a bad day."

She sat down at the island, putting her chin on her hand. Everyone looked at her with a concerned look in their eyes but she smiled at them.

"Well, at least it was something positive." Sora commented out of nowhere.

She started to laugh a little, "Don't worry, I still have a lot of to work with myself but you guys are my friends. If I ask for help I know you guys will try to."

Exchanging looks before they nodded, she knew Roxas had been right. Things were going to get brighter again, time and work were the only things left. Somehow they would get through this bump in the road called life.

Dinner was served, everyone sat at the dining room table. Making jokes and talking about anything they could think of in a light hearted manner, keeping the mood light.

"I heard someone promised a horror movie fest." Roxas threw out there suddenly causing Raven to nearly choke on her food.

Vanitas stiffened for a second before setting his fork down. "Right, I just have been taking care of a couple of personal matters."

Ventus gave an odd look because he would have known about any personal matters that came up. But he didn't say anything, Vanitas would tell them when he was ready.

"How about tonight then, you don't seem too busy. Plus then we could all have a good sleep over out of it."

Namine and Kairi perked at the sound of a sleep over, something that hadn't really happened since high school. Plus, they knew Raven hadn't really had one where her hair and nails were done to look pretty.

"That's up to Riku since it is his house." Vanitas threw in.

The three girls but Raven gave the silver haired man a look that told him he was due for death if he didn't agree to the sleep over.

"Alright, we can do it. Vanitas can go get his movies while the rest of us get the living room ready for it.

Kairi and Namine let out squeals of glee as they wrapped an arm around Raven, then told her about how they would do her hair and nails for her, which lead Raven to question why they would do that for a movie.

"Well, I guess I'll go get the movies." Vanitas stated getting up from his place.

Raven really perked up form that, "Use the Corridor of Darkness, it'll be faster!"

He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked back at her, "If you're gonna be bossy why don't you come pick them out then?"

She looked unsure for a moment before nodding. "Okay."

"We're not going to sleep tonight." Sora moaned hitting his head on the table.

Roxas gave a concerned look at Sora, "You mean for a week right. Vanitas has all those Government banned movies from online burned onto DVDs, we're screwed if Raven picks any of those."

"Don't worry, I'll save those for a movie fest between me and her." Vanitas assured as Raven opened a Corridor.

XXXXXXXXXX

Once in the apartment, Vanitas lead her to his room, where he kept his movies. Raven followed with a few feet of space between the two of them. She felt like Vanitas was avoiding this promised movie fest for some reason, but now he was only doing it because everyone outnumbered him.

"So, what have you been doing that made you so busy?" She asked in a shy tone.

He flicked on the light and showed her the movie shelf that she started to look through.

"Taking my great uncle's property off the market, so I can use it." He explained avoiding looking at her.

She hardly noticed that he wasn't looking at her, since she was so focused on the movies but his tone gave off a distance that made her pause for a moment.

"What are you using it for?" She questioned not looking at him, trying to give him space.

He sat at the edge of his bed before leaning back. "To give you a place to play piano for days when you need to." He mumbled. "Riku isn't too sure about it, but it's up to you."

Raven's eyes widened some as she spun to look at him. She just finally settled into living at Riku's why would he suddenly pull her out of there to live in a different place. She shook it off trying to play it cool.

"I can see why he doesn't think about it too much, you wanted to go on a single date with me that kinda got ruined and suddenly you want me to move to a house with you?"

He covered his face with his hands, "That's not what I mean. You can live there on your own if you want or it could be the place you could go to just play for days when Riku's back in class. So you don't mess with his studying."

"Why did you want to go on that date?" She asked suddenly.

He tensed because he didn't think she'd ask that, because he wasn't fully sure of why he wanted to go on any date with her. He only knew that he was drawn to her, if it was because they were Guardians or something else he wasn't sure.

"You're different from other women that I've dealt with in life. You're not afraid of me for one, or drawn to me because of my dark personality that I show to the world. Plus, you have shown to break every rule I knew about being a Guardian."

She looked at him confused for a moment, "I barely broke any rules."

"You were going to have a kid, with another Guardian. We're immortal in the aspect that we aren't going to age any more. We have no reason to have children, no other Guardian has ever had a child unless it was with a human."

She shook her head, "Don't bring that up."

He sat up and looked at her, "It only happened because you and Xiro both wanted a family with each other at the time. The Genie in you must have kicked in at that point." He explained simple as that. "If you did it now with any other Guardian it wouldn't happen."

She turned back to the shelf and grabbed random movie, though making sure they weren't ones that Riku had. "Let's just go back, I'm done talking about this."

"Now you're gonna pull the bitch card now?" He snapped.

She marched out of his room into the main living area of the apartment. "It's be great if you just dropped it so I wouldn't have to pull that card." She retorted back.

"Then tell me your problem." He countered following her out.

She tried to find the words to explain what her problem was but she wasn't sure what it was. "Just… just drop it." She shuttered quickly.

He gave a look, "Are you just creating a problem to fight with me?"

She gave a scoff, "If I wanted to fight I would have."

"Then tell me the issue."

She whipped around on him, "The only one who wanted a family at the time was me! You telling me that I can't have one kinda puts a knife in my gut." She spat. "I just simply want to fix the mistake I made, but the worst part about it all is that if I leave the Darkness in my heart, I'll die and then the world will forget about my family."

Vanitas wasn't sure how to respond to that, only let her take them back to Riku's.

Once there, they learned everyone set up how they were going to sit in the living room as well as sleep. Raven showed displeasure in being seated and sleeping on the blankets bed with Vanitas, Ventus and Namine.

"ROXAS!" Raven snapped as the lights were turned off.

Sora and Kairi took over putting in the DVD and handing out the bowls of popcorn.

Roxas jumped in fear, hearing the amount of rage in the young woman's voice. "Please don't kill me, you're choice in movies will give me a heart attack as is." He pleaded.

Raven sighed and waved him off while flopping down into her stop, though Drags appeared and made himself comfy between Vanitas and Raven, which Vanitas's Flood came to do the same. Which surprised both of them because they weren't fighting but rather cuddling like it was normal.

"You must be sick." They stated in unison to their respective creature.

"Hush up your two, the movie is starting." Namine scolded giving them a finger to her lips.

XXXXXXXXX

A small girl with long, dark hair sat on her lap, with the biggest of smile on her face. She was watching as Raven played the piano, though her small hands kept trying to join hers.

"Iris, you asked me to play, you can't keep doing that if you want me to play." Raven said softly taking the girl's hands in her own.

"Sorry, Mama." She replied looking up at her with big beautiful amber eyes. "I want to play like you do!"

"How are my two ladies doing?"

Raven turned to see who it was that said it but everything went black instead.