"I thought I told you to never leave!" Xemnas glared at Saïx, finding that his Second merely smiled weakly up at him.
"And here I am, Superior."
"That's not what I mean, Saïx! You could have been killed!"
"So could you, Superior. Don't you know that when someone saves you it's to keep you safe?"
"I couldn't just let you die! Saïx… You promised…"
"And I'm still here. I haven't gone anywhere, Superior…"
Xemnas closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calming himself down. He suddenly felt a hand being placed under his chin, and opening his eyes he gazed at Saïx.
"I'm here, Xemnas. You don't need to worry… I'm not going anywhere."
Xemnas nodded, staring at his Diviner with such intensity that it was as if he had never seen him before. In truth, he had thought that he would never see him again… For those eyes to close, and never again open…
How Xemnas suddenly found himself lowing his head and placing his lips upon those of his shocked Berserker he didn't know, nor did he really care. It didn't seem to take Saïx but a second to get over his shock, and Xemnas soon found the Diviner's soft lips meeting his back. And it didn't take the Superior but a moment to realize that the Diviner was the sweetest thing he had ever tasted.
A cheer was shockingly going up through the other eleven Nobodies, many of them yelling in happiness and jumping on each other, hugging and laughing, something the world of Never Was had never seen. The rain had stopped just as suddenly as it had started. One minute it had still been pounding upon them, and the next they found it slacking off, before finally it was gone all together.
None of them were even sure how they had won, seeing as how none of them even knew how to fight an enemy such as rain in the first place. But that didn't matter now. Somehow, someway, they had won.
Axel soon found Demyx in his arms, the Nocturne giggling happily and placing kisses on the Flurry's cheeks.
Vexen had simply smiled at the sight of the moon emerging from behind the clouds, before he found an ecstatic Assassin in his arms positively glowing in delight.
Luxord, like Vexen, had remained calm, giving Kingdom Hearts a swift nod as if to say, "Ha, I win again!" The next moment he had found Xigbar jumping in his arms with such force that they had fallen to the ground, the Gambler finding that he was actually laughing from this action.
Lexaeus and Zexion hadn't said a word, the smaller of the two simply leaning into his protector, a silent bond around them. We live to fight another day…
Xaldin had laughed, taking the victory as sweet, until he found Larxene and Roxas dancing around him, both happily splashing in the water now that it couldn't defeat them.
The Superior and his Second were not to be found, neither having even realized the rains had stopped, neither noticing the moon slowly coming out of the clouds, both already taking in their own celebration.
Slowly, the water was falling into the cracks still in the ground, not coming back now that the rains were gone, and for the first time ever a haze of love had fallen over the shadowed world.
It was a chilly day when the storms stopped in the World that Never Was. It had actually been warmer a few minutes prior, but given some unforeseen circumstances the air had a certain frost to it. Not that any of the Nobodies really minded. They were too busy realizing that they had won the battle, none wondering too much about how it had happened. But one of them already knew.
The young Nocturne smiled at all of his members, his family. He could see his Superior in the distance, and he already knew the older man wasn't alone, a smile spreading over the Nocturne's features.
Soon of course some began wondering out loud:
"How did we win?"
"We must be good!"
"I wonder how…"
But Demyx knew. Demyx had known the whole time, ever since he had heard the prophecy. Of course they had won. They all had admitted it, in one form or another. Sure, none had voiced it save for him, and most still wondered how it was possible. But Demyx had known that they had hearts the whole time, and apparently so had Kingdom Hearts.
The young Nocturne smiled, turning his gaze up towards the moon shining brightly above him. A friend he hadn't known he had, someone who fought for what he did… Demyx turned back to his family, all jumping around, trying to pull him into their group, celebrating with him. The smile on his face widened.
There would be time later to think of these things, to know that he was right, had been all along. Now was the time to join his family, no longer, and never to be again, the only one who believed in the strength of their hearts.