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Set the night before the final battle in KHIII—for anyone who's read "One Hundred Suns", it would be right after "Beach," which has a whole set of implications for this drabble...


She wakes up in the middle of the night with Riku's arms still around her, the waves lapping at their feet. Xion turns her head to look past the fringe of his hair fluttering in her eyes; the stars above continue to wink and dance over them all, as if blissfully unaware of the impending danger.

"Sure are a lot of worlds out there, Riku," she murmurs, but for the first time in a long while, with his warmth and Light next to her, she doesn't tremble.

"There'll be a lot of worlds after tomorrow, too," Riku says quietly.