"They should be coming any minute now," Namine said worriedly. But, another part of her sort of just marveled at the idea that it had been nearly a whole month since Castle Oblivion. And that she'd now officially been alive for two whole months.

"Yeah, they will," Luxu said quietly, his eye on the only door in the room.

"What if they try to hurt you? Or kill you?"

"Then they try, kiddo. I can stay alive long enough to explain the situation."

Namine nodded. She looked down at her lap, joining her hands. "I'm still really sorry for going into your memories. I feel awful about it. It was wrong. I should have respected your privacy."

"Yeah, you should've. But it had a good result, didn't it? So let's call it water under the bridge, on my end. You, on the other hand, have got every right to hold against me what I did to you for the rest of your days."

She nodded. "Like I said before: I think I'll be able to forgive you...but not just yet."

"That's still fine," he replied.

Suddenly there were footsteps, and voices talking beyond the door. "There's somebody here who came with a kid recently - Namine, or, Xikira, you'd know her as - and he said you wouldn't be happy to see him," came Tifa's voice. A friend of Aerith's - a person that Namine had come to like over the past few days here.

"You'd better clear off, princess. I don't want you in the middle of this," Luxu spoke hesitantly.

"No way!"

"Heh...how'd I know that was going to be your answer?"

The door opened, and a familiar, blue-haired young woman entered the room.

"YOU!" she shouted, summoning her Keyblade and brandishing it forth.

"Hey, cool your jets, lady!" Luxu said immediately, holding up his hands. "I'm not here to fight - and I'd rather not start one in front of the kid, more to the point!"

Aqua's gaze went to Namine. Recognizing Namine as Kairi's Nobody, at least. "What are you doing with her?!"

"Well, if you'd calm down and listen for five seconds, maybe I could explain it!" Luxu said loudly, stepping forward.

"Don't. Move." Aqua stepped closer as well, aiming her weapon at his chest. "You have ten seconds to explain what is going on here, Braig! Oh, sorry, Xigbar now, isn't that right?"

"Ten seconds, huh? Alright...I'll give you the short version, because it is a REALLY long story. This is Namine, formerly known as Xikira - Kairi's Nobody. You've already met her. She's here because she decided to permanently escape the Organization, and because she tried taking me with her. She barely survived an attempt on her life by Xemnas. And as for me..."

Luxu slowly moved his arm out to the side, curling his fingers in the air.

His Keyblade appeared, all black and intricate, and with that burned out, blackened eye on its end.

Aqua's mouth fell open. Her weapon fell to her side. Then it raised again. "Wh-what...you...HOW did you get that? WHY do you have that Keyblade?! That's-"

"Not his - never was. It's mine. And I just got it back." Luxu lowered his Keyblade to hold at his side, letting it vanish. "My name isn't Braig or Xigbar, Master Aqua. It's Luxu - and I'm a Keyblade Master, just like you. And what I want most in this World right now is the same as what you want: to stop Xehanort. Mainly because if I don't, he'll never give my kid a moment's peace - but also because, you know, it's sort of my own mess to clean up here. So what do you say?"

Aqua gazed at him for an eternity, her mouth moving in silence, one eye twitching. Then-

"Bullshit."

AN: And with this little fun scene, we cap off the fic! xD

Now to prep for the grand new adventure that is going to be titled "Warrior Princess 3: Warriors United"! :P I was serious when I've been saying this is gonna be my Avengers fic lol! Time to mash all my action figures together! :D :D I looove uncommon character interactions/pairings in fics, and I am gonna deliver on that next fic - mostly for myself! xD

It might even have to be my Infinity War and Endgame - might have to split it into two separate but continuous fics, if it gets way too absurdly long lol...cause it is going to be BIG, peoples! xD I even have a spot in my outlines for where I might be able to split the story appropriately, if it comes to it... :D :D

Anyways, I'll edit this author's note when the fic goes up! :D Might actually take another like week long vacation or more from fic writing lol. Maybe two weeks even? We'll have to see. xD