He kept true to his word. The next morning, he got me up and while I got dressed he called Cloud. He was still on the phone when I went to wake Mili. Then, after I had her all dressed, I took her out to the car. I buckled her into her car seat and covered her with a small blanket. Axel got into the driver's seat and started the car. I got into the passenger's seat and watched Miliana in the rearview mirror. She fell asleep quickly. We left a little while later and on our way to pick Leon up, Axel looked at me.

"I really hope we're not taking him to his own heartbreak."

"We're not. If he was screaming for her that much when we found him then she must be missing him just as much if not more. I know I would hate to lose you for this long."

He took my hand, "That's something we never have to worry about again."

"Axel our hard times aren't over yet and we both know that."

"I know but the most we can do is live today for us. When we take him back to her, she'll still love him. I know it. So tell me, are you worried that she won't?"

"They aren't us Ax. Just because I wouldn't give up on you, doesn't mean she wouldn't give up on him."

"True but when she sees him, all of those feelings she has for him will come rushing up and they'll be together again."

Why did he always have to be so damn positive? It's not that I don't believe she still loves him. I just keep picturing myself in her place. I'm not entirely sure I would wait so long for Axel. I mean, I would now that it's been so long that we've together but in the beginning… that's another issue. I love him. I have since the beginning but in the beginning I was in denial. It makes me worry that she moved on in the weeks that he was missing.

Then I thought about when Roxas came all that time ago. There was a time, when I found Roxas pinning Axel to the wall. I was still pregnant then. I saw some glint of desire in Axel's eyes before he pushed Roxas aside to come to my side. Axel had ushered my off to bed before kicking Roxas out. But the desire was there. He was looking at that little blonde menace the same way he looked at me. I shivered just thinking about it.

Axel put his hand on the back of my neck, driving with one hand.

"Are you okay?"

I blinked, looked at him, and nodded.

As he was about to ask again, we pulled up to Cloud's house. Miliana jutted awake and began to whimper. I got out of the car and opened the side door. She reached out for me. I moved the blanket, unbuckled her and picked her up with the blanket around her. She rested her head on my shoulder.

"I'm gonna go get him." Axel said.

I nodded and began to bounce Mili up and down in my arms. I could feel her heartbeat slow down as she calmed and started to fall asleep again. After a few minutes, Axel and Leon came out of the house. Miliana sat up and smiled when she saw them. Just as quickly as she was up, she was down again.

"Mommy, put me back in my seat. I wanna go back to sleep."

Leon chuckled as he lightly scratched her back. I put her back into her seat and she went right to sleep. I covered her up and turned to look at Leon.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?"

"As ready as I'll ever be. The worse she can do is say no, right?"

I looked at Axel, who was standing in the doorway of the driver's side, then back at Leon, who now looked very worried.

"Right?"

"Right. Now get in. We need to go."

I waved at Cloud and Tifa, who were standing in the doorway of their house as if their only child just left them. The look in their eyes said that they were scared for him. I couldn't blame them. There were things that Tifa could guess as if she knew but she had no reason to be scared this time. Yuffie would be ecstatic that Leon found her again. That was something I knew.

We drove into town. We parked a little less than a block away from her house.

"Maybe we should move out here." Axel said as I got Miliana out of her car seat; she was still asleep.

"I don't think so. There's too many people to our family."

"But what if we gave them the lake house and got a nice little loft apartment, you know, three bedroom, two bathroom it would be so nice. And I bet it would be a great place to raise Mili."

"The lake house is a great place to raise Mili."

As I handed her off to him, she woke up, "Yeah Daddy, I like the lake house."

"And what would we need the third room for?"

"You know, if we ever decided to have a son…"

"I don't want a brother." Miliana asserted.

I laughed as we started walking toward Yuffie's apartment. After a while, Miliana reached out for Leon and he allowed her to climb onto his back.

"Uncle Leon?"

"What is it?"

"Are we ever going to see you again?

"Of course you will. Yuffie and I will come to visit whenever we can."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

She kissed his cheek and then reached back out for Axel. Next thing we knew, we were standing on Yuffie's doorstep. Leon looked at me and Axel and then at the door.

"Just ring the doorbell." Axel encouraged.

Leon nodded before taking a deep breath. He reached out and pressed the door bell.

"Just a second!" a low soprano called.

The door opened a few seconds later. In the doorway stood a young girl, she was definitely no older than me, more than likely younger. Her dark hair was cropped short and held back from her face by a scarf. She wore a tank top with a half jacket over it and a short-ish pair of shorts. Her feet were bare. She looked out at us with a sort of awed look on her face.

"Yuffie?"

"Leon? Leon is that you?" she whispered.

"It's me, baby. I'm back."

She took in a deep breath and then exhaled as she jumped into his arms. I could hear her sobs as she buried her face into his shoulder.

"I thought you were dead." She cried.

"No. These people saved me. They found me after I was released and they took care of me. I would've been dead had they not come to my rescue."

She pulled out of his hold, not all the way just far enough to look at us, before she muttered, "Thank you. Thank you for returning him to me."

"It was our pleasure really. He's been great with our daughter and a big help around the house. And plus, if I were in your shoes, and the man that I loved went missing, I would be scared of my mind and I would lose my mind missing him so much." I looked up at Axel as I said that and he smiled down at me.

He pulled me close and kissed the top of my head.

"Would you like to come in? I just made some hot chocolate."

Axel looked down at me before I looked at Miliana, her head on his shoulder and her eyes closed. I nodded. Axel looked at Yuffie and nodded. She smiled and walked into the house, pulling Leon along behind her. We followed in behind them. Leon shut the door behind Axel. We all went into the living room; the kitchen was an open room to the right. Yuffie was stirring something. Leon sat on the love seat. Axel and I sat on the sofa. He gave Miliana to me. I put her on the empty seat next to me, her head on my lap. I stroked her hair and Yuffie gave me a mug of hot chocolate. Then she gave one to Axel and Leon before seating herself very close to her formerly missing lover boy.

"So how old is she?" Yuffie asked.

"A little over a year old now."

"Really? She's so big."

"I know. Um, she was premature. And even after she became a normal sized newborn, she had to have growth hormones injected into her body. So she looks a lot older than she is. She's starting to grow normal now." I explained.

Yuffie nodded, "So tell me how did you find him?"

"We didn't actually. Our friend found him on the side of the road one night on his way home from the store. He's a very kind-hearted person; he felt like he couldn't leave him there once he saw him. We took him in then. We fed him and cared for him. As he got better, he started asking about when he could see you. But we couldn't find you until his memory returned. When it finally did, he gave us your address so here we are." Axel explained.

"Your memory? Leon, what happened to you?"

I looked at Axel and he just sipped his hot chocolate like it was nothing that she was asking all these questions. When he looked at me and then to Miliana, I understood. I set my mug on the table before allowing my leg to twitch. Miliana jumped up and looked at me.

"Ma_"

I put my finger to my lips. She nodded. I ran my finger down her cheek from the corner of her eye. She gave me a curt nod and then she made a face at me. Then her eyes began to well with tears and then she burst out into the loudest cry I had ever heard escape her lips. I picked her up.

"Axel, we should go."

"We're so sorry, Yuffie, but we really should be going. We didn't bring anything for her to eat. We really weren't planning to stay long."

Miliana let out another loud cry.

"Axel, now!" I yelled, moving toward the door.

"Call us as soon as you can."

Leon nodded and we left. When we were far enough away, Miliana stopped screaming and all three of us started laughing.

"That was too perfect."

"I think we have a little actress in our hands."

"I was pretty good wasn't I?" she giggled.

"So, do you think they're mad we just kind of ran out?" I asked Axel.

"I doubt it. It's been weeks, Ri. I'm sure they have a lot of catching us to do."

The way he said it allowed for a completely different meaning, "Right."

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So I know, updates are coming a lot slower. I've had a lot of school BS to deal with. But now it's Christmas vacation so have a lot of extra time. I have also been alternating posting these chapters with chapters for another fic called "one chance to get this right" if you don't like twilight, then that one may not be for you. but you still might want to give it a shot. I mean, it is my version of twilight. Plus there's an explanation of the story as the first chapter. So while you're waiting for Savior updates give the other one a try. And even if you don't , it's cool. But anyway, reviews are nice. helpful ideas are awesome