Good Lord! I've changed my username more than enough times! But this is the last time... I swear.

Holy f***! I've been gone for too long! Personally, I blame you guys for not reviewing... But here's what I'd actually like to say. Thanks to all you readers, reviewers, PM'ers, and Favoriters, we've reached:

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To me, that means a lot. And I'd like to thank each and every one of you guys who contributed to the success of this story. This story is by far the most successful out of all my stories. I love you guys and once again, thanks!

I promise, I will try to be more, consistent - for lack of a better word- with the updates!

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"Well then," Vanitas commented, still twirling around and tossing Heartless in Sora's general direction. He noticed a small flash of light out of the corner of his eye and turned around fast to see what it was. "Sora?"

"Yeah?" He called back, slashing at the Heartless that got near to him. He started to sweat, which was very rare to see since he had saved the worlds twice.

Vanitas didn't say anything, but instead he pointed at the small flash of light that he saw. Sora's heart skipped a beat as he felt a familiar presence within the light. When he confirmed the feeling, a wide grin appeared on his face as he gave Vanitas one of his cheeky smiles.

"Is it her?" Vanitas asked, relaxing his face to make it return to its natural nonchalant state.

Sora nodded eagerly and looked at the light then back at his companion with sad eyes.

"Oay, okay, you can go. Just don't get hurt. And remember, stranger danger!" Vanitas shouted as he saw Sora running towards the light. Vanitas leaned against his keyblade after he dug it into the sand. "Ah, they grow up so fast." A Shadow formed at his feet but Vanitas kicked it hard and sent it to oblivion. "Ah."

Sora bounded across the beach like a love-struck puppy. Of course, that was true except he... wasn't a dog. His keyblade dispersed and he shoved aside any Heartless that got in his way from him being next to that person.

When the light finally faded, it left an unconscious Kairi lying on the sand in a comfortable position, Destiny's Embrace being held firmly in her left hand. When Sora saw her, he was filled with excitement, but also confusion as he cocked his head to the right. "You're left handed?"

Kairi slowly opened her eyes to see the mass of spiky brunette hair that belong to the love of her life. But once Kairi tried to smile, pain shot through her body like an arrow through the air. She winced and tightened her grip on her keyblade for some odd reason.

"Kairi, are you okay? Here, let me heal you. Cura-" But Sora never got to finish his spell. Within Kairi's keyblade were small pores that opened up. Those pores leaked out a thin green mist that lingered around the surrounding area of Kairi. In a mater of seconds, the mist seeped into Kairi through her soft peach skin and healed her from the inside out.

Sora stood, dumbfounded at the sight of his girlfriend healing herself while she was unconscious. "I wish I could do that."

Within seconds, Kairi gasped for air as her lungs reopened and her body lurched upward. Her mouth was open but no sound was coming out. Her eyes were closed as well and the green mist dispersed into vapor. Kairi gasped for air as she opened her eyes and saw the brown gravity-defying mass that stood proud atop Sora's head. Once she saw his blue-silver mixed eyes, she smiled.

"You're back." He said calmly. Extending his hand to help her up. She took it firmly and the grip she had on him shocked the boy. When Kairi released his hand, it slowly regained its color after having the blood cut off momentarily. "Good Kingdom Hearts! Kairi, when'd you get that much power?"

"Sora, I thought you of all people would know how and when. I mean, you went through it yourself." She raised her left hand and showed Sora her keyblade, Destiny's Embrace.

"Wow, I guess I kinda didn't notice." He said, chuckling sheepishly.

"Well, sorry to rain on your parade, but we still gotta get out of here!" Lea called to the two as he was still keeping the Heartless away from the group and the ship. Myde, Riku, Ventus, and Roxas were still fighting. Although Roxas and Riku were perfectly capable of handling themselves.

"He's right, now isn't kinda the time for more reunions!" Vanitas yelled, launching three spheres of fire that followed their target and eliminated the selected Heartless.

Sora looked back at the red-headed girl and gave her his trademark goofy smile. "C'mon, we can take 'em."

*Two minutes later*

Sora was panting hard and hunched over against his legs, Riku was barely holding up, Kairi looking at her keyblade very intentively, Vanitas and Ventus were slumped against each other, Roxas was laying flat on the sand and looked like he was sleeping, Myde gave up and was sitting on a high ledge playing music, and Lea was playing with a single flame.

"Well, that escalated rather fast." Lea said, tossing the flame into the air repeatedly.

"Yeah, I can't believe we did all of that within the course of two minutes." Vanitas responded, pointing to the beach front. There were various craters with shards of glass, burned sand that was turning into glass, chunks of ice, large areas of wet sand, pools of darkness, pools of light, an actual pool that the group made, and a trench.

"I just don't know why we made that pool." Roxas said, sitting up.

"Who knows? But at least we can leave now."

"Uh, guys?" Everyone turned around or sat up and looked at Lea. "You do know we could've escaped a long time ago, right?"

Everyone had a facial expression of disbelief, but one by one they all sweat-dropped.

"So are we gonna leave before another wave comes in, or what?" Lea asked, leaning against the metal of the Gummi Ship. Everyone nodded and rushed into the ship. Inside was bigger than what it looked like from the outside. Right when you walk in, there's a large kitchen to the left, a lounge area to the right, and a hallway that have many rooms on either side.

"Wow, how'd you two repair all of this so fast?" Sora asked, looking at the familiar ship that reminded him of his own.

"Well, we just put the metal back together. The ship itself did the interior all over again. So it's like it's alive." Myde said, pushing the button to close the seal to outside.

"This is really cool!" Kairi yelled, hearing a slight echo throughout the ship.

"Now then, let's get outta here before Destiny Islands gets destroyed... again." Riku stated, a sorrowful look on his face as he stared out of the window at the now heavily darkened islands.

"Yeah, let's go." Roxas said, turning around and heading to the kitchen.

*Much Later*

"Roxas!" Sora yelled from the lounge area. He was sitting on the red couch in front of the table playing Battleship (Sponsor) with Riku on his team against Vanitas and Ventus on the other.

Roxas came out of the hallway that held many rooms and was rubbing his head. His hair wasn't in the usual 'to-the-side' fashion. Instead, it was flat on his face and he had bags under his eyes. "What is it?"

"Tell me if I sunk his battleship or not 'cause Van is a cheater!" Sora yelled, pointing a finger at Vanitas.

"How many freakin' times do I have to tell you... MY NAME IS VANITAS! V-A-N-I-T-A-S! GOT IT MEMORIZED?" Vanitas yelled back, pointing at his look-a-like. Ever since he became an entity, or transparent spirit and an actual being when Sora wills, Vanitas has been more calm, for the most part. He has become less 'evil' and is refraining from using his Darkness, a difficult road to travel. Also, his attire has changed since then. Instead of his Dark Suit, he had on a black tank top with the Unversed symbol in red, black baggy pants, and white combat boots.

Roxas swayed over to the table, examined Vanitas' side, then Sora's, then back to Vanitas', and looked at Sora with an all too knowing look that only Sora understood. It was more like an telepathy link that he and Roxas had. "Honestly, I don't really care."

"See! He doesn't care! Which means that we can continue!" Vanitas said, sitting back down from the force of Ventus' hand on his shoulder.

"Sora, honestly, let's finish this game up." Riku said, rubbing his temple slightly. "I wanna shower too."

"Well, actually, I lied. Sora did sink one of your battleships." Roxas admitted, walking away with his hands behind his back.

"Hah! See! I told you I was right!" Sora pointed at Vanitas again but was pushed down by Riku, who in turn got up and left. "Where ya goin'?"

"I'm going to go wash up and see what everyone else is up to." Riku walked away with his hands behind his head and a tired look on his face.

"I guess we all better turn in too, huh? I mean, it is one thirty in the morning." Sora said with a wide yawn.

There wasn't a response from Ventus or Vanitas as they phased back into Sora, him yawning again. He walked down the hall that had many rooms on either side and picked one that wasn't taken. The room on his right held Kairi, on his left held Riku, in front held Lea, and to Lea's left hed Myde.

Sora took a step closer to his room and the metal sliding doors opened rapidly. He walked in slugishly and practically slid onto his bed and under the covers. Sora turned to look on his night-stand and saw a small PDA that was connected to all of the rooms in the ship. He tapped it once and it made a beep noise. "Guys?"

"Yes Sora?" Kairi said from her room.

"What is it?" Namine asked, sounding a bit cautious.

"Wha'ts up?" Riku responded, sounding like he couln't sleep.

"Yea Roxie?" Lea said sounding odly cheerful.

"Yes?" Myde asked, sounding groggily.

Sora chuckled at all of the responses as Ventus, Vanitas, and Roxas came into existence. "On three... Three."

"Thanks guys." The four of them said in unison, chuckling after. Everyone else joined in before Riku asked a question.

"For what guys?"

"For being there for me." Sora asid, smiling.

"And me." Roxas added.

"And me!" Ventus piped in.

"And me, I guess." Vanitas retorted.

"No problem!" Myde and Lea said almost in unison.

"Any time bro." Riku said, smiling to himself.

"Yeah, no problem." Kairi said, with Namine giving a slight grunt.

"Oh wait! I need to thank you guys, well more or less celebrate, one more thing!" Roxas yelled catching everyone's attention. Everyone was silent as Roxas was about to speak. "Thanks to all the viewers, critics, and people who favorited so far! You guys rock! I would give you all a hug but... yeah."

Everyone broke out in laughter before all telling each other good night and falling asleep.

Honestly guys, I thank each and everyone of you for helping me out so far. Especially the one's who've been with me since the very begining. You know who you are. Thanks.

Reviews are appreciated. Votes are appreciated.

Disclaimer: Anything Kingdom Hearts related belongs to Square Enix and Disney. I own nothing except for the OCs and story line.