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A/N: Enjoy…

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Normal POV

Rikku watched in horror as her friend Baralai walked towards Kingdom Hearts. She had a gut feeling that she would never see him again but she also had a feeling that she shouldn't stop him. Rikku felt Riku begin to stand up and she stood up with him.

"You heard what he said right?" Riku asked he gently weaved his fingers through Rikku's long blonde hair. She looked up at him with her large green eyes.

"Please don't remind me." Rikku said, hugging him tightly. Gippal shifted awkwardly on the other side of the room 'Everyone seems to be a couple now' he thought to himself. Paine and Leon were talking quietly with each other, Tidus and Yuna were holding hands and helping Kairi and Aerith carry Sora to the outside of Kingdom Hearts.

"Come on people we've got to go out there with them." Gippal yelled to the people left in the room. Silently everyone began to make their way towards Kingdom Hearts.

Rikku began to walk to, but Riku grabbed her arm gently and stopped her as he began to speak to her. "Rikku before we go there's something I need to tell you." Riku said softly, Rikku turned around and nodded slowly, not daring to look into his eyes. "I just want to say no matter where we are or what world we're in we'll always be together…I'll always be with you. But I don't want that to hold you back. So when our worlds come back together and we separate I want you to find someone who will love you and take care of you…for me." He smiled and brushed a single tear off of her cheek. Then he bent down and put the lightest of kisses on her rosy lips. She began crying but put her arms around his neck and deepened her kiss. She felt him press something hard into her clammy hands, but she didn't look at what it was. Instead she hugged him tighter and pressed herself against him.

"I hate to interrupt…really I do…" Yuffie began.

"I know, we're coming." Rikku replied. The two broke apart and held hands when they entered the Kingdom Hearts abyss. One of Rikku's hands were clenched in a fist and holding on tightly to Riku's gift.

"Aerith figured out that me, Leon, her, and maybe even Cloud won't have a home to go to. We're going to end up in Spira with you!" Yuffie clapped her hands together and smiled insanely huge smile.

"Why won't you guys have a home to go to?" Rikku asked Yuffie frowned slightly and started walking again before she spoke.

"Hallow Bastion is only ruins. In the world of light it doesn't exist anymore, that key somehow connected us to Spira with you guys…so…yeah." Yuffie explained. Rikku nodded and seemed to understand the very un-detailed explanation. Sora was still lying on the floor and Kairi was standing over him protectively. Tidus and Yuna were clutching each other tightly, as if they were afraid they'd lose each other all over again.

Baralai walked to the door of Kingdom Hearts and began to step inside "Please close the door and please don't open it again. Once it is sealed all the suffering will be over, the worlds will be disconnected. The darkness will be defeated. You have defeated Ansem, but that is not enough to defeat the greater evil. I must sacrifice myself I fell it is my destiny. Tell the key barer, Sora, I congratulate him for his bravery throughout his journey. Goodbye." Baralai then entered Kingdom Hearts, the origin of the light and darkness. The place where hearts are born and heartless roam. Baralai was never seen again.

Gippal, Tidus, Wakka, and Leon pushed on the door until it closed with a thud. Suddenly Sora's keyblade rose into the air and inside Kingdom Hearts the black keyblade that Baralai was holding did the same. Kingdom Hearts was sealed on the outside and inside. At first nothing happened. Everyone waited in anticipation.

"Rikku remember me." Riku said to her softly. She nodded and hugged him tightly. "Go to your friends, your destiny waits in Spira." Rikku nodded, not sure if she believed in destiny but she certainly believed everything he said. Riku took her hand and led her to Gippal, they nodded at each other and Gippal felt no hard feelings between any of them. Rikku couldn't help that she fell in love with her silver-haired captor and he couldn't help that he was in love with her. Still it made Gippal the slightest bit sad to know she would forever be in love with someone else.

A loud rumbling was heard and Riku, Sora, and Kairi felt an island forming beneath their feet. The islands which had been destroyed by the darkness and Ansem. They drifted further away from their friends and Riku waved slightly. Aerith craned her neck to see Sora clumsily standing up and being assaulted by bear hugs from Kairi.

"Remember us!" Yuna called to them. She waved from the abyss but the group began to feel something forming under their feet as well. Rikku looked around her and saw things popping up all over the place, as if the world had never been destroyed. Two children ran by chasing a balloon and an old man sat on a bench. Rikku felt herself sitting on a couch in front of a TV. Paine and Yuna sat there too, equally bewildered. Suddenly everything stopped and Rikku opened her eyes. In front of her, on her coffee table, were three small pizzas, one with extra cheese, one with pineapple, and one with pepperoni.

"It's as if nothing ever happened." Rikku breathed but she felt something in her hand opening her sweaty palm she found herself clutching a small clay heart with the words 'For Rikku, Love Riku' engraved into it. A sad smile formed on her lips and she looked for something to advert her attention to. Television: perfect.

"What are we watchin'?" Rikku asked Yuna in an abnormally giddy voice; considering the previous circumstances.

"Some show called Simple and Clean" Paine said. And they all watched the television show where two teenage boys were having a friendly race on an island to decide what to name their raft.

"Looks familiar." Yuna commented and all three nodded. Rikku felt her heart speed up slightly and she looked down at the heart in her hand once more.

One year later

Rikku, Yuffie, Yuna, and Aerith were all bridesmaids in Paine's wedding. They all stood at attention as Paine entered and walked down the aisle with a grace no one knew she had. The five girls had become fast friends and were all beginning to fully recover mentally from their previous adventures. Rikku had taken it the hardest. She was still in love with someone who was never coming back, who could never come back. Yuna knew the feeling and tried to comfort her, but without success. Besides Yuna's lover had come back.

About half an hour later Rikku found herself staring at the ceiling, she had been daydreaming the whole ceremony. "Rikku come on the ceremony is over we have to leave in the Bridal party's limousine." Yuna whispered excitedly. Rikku shock her head and quickly recovered from the daze she had been in.

"Okay Yunie." Rikku whispered back. The bridal party began to move down the aisle after the bridegroom. Gippal offered Rikku his arm and she took it.

"I never would have thought…those two…married" Gippal whispered to Rikku, she just shrugged. Paine and Leon had gotten together after the whole… 'Incident'…and they'd been together ever since. In Rikku's opinion they were perfect for each other, both silent warriors. Everyone seemed happy to her; Yuna had Tidus, Aerith had a blonde man named Cloud, and Paine had Leon, even Yuffie had a boyfriend …she felt as if everyone was happy except herself. And Riku, at least she thought Riku was feeling the same things as herself. And then there was Gippal.

Rikku knew she would probably end up marrying Gippal, Riku himself had told her to move on without him, but she felt as if now was too soon. Maybe in the future, maybe even in a month she could get past everything a move on at full speed. But not yet, and she had time. Gippal had told her awhile ago he would be happy to marry her when she was ready, he also had told her despite everything and even if the feeling wasn't mutual he was in love with her. The feeling hadn't been mutual, but Rikku felt maybe one day it would be possible to be in love with him, even if the love wasn't as deep as what she felt with Riku.

Rikku had made a silent pact with herself not to dwell in the past…memories were nice but that's all they were. She had to live in the future, that's what Riku wanted. Today's future involved her eating cake and drinking a lot of champagne. And tomorrow?

You just never know. You never know.

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A/n: It's done. I'm happy because I finished a fic. This is kinda my first fic since I wrote two others, but then I decided I didn't like them and deleted them. Anyways I finished this and please tell me if you liked it or should I never write again? I might make some kind of sequel-ish thing. But then again maybe I won't. Please review and thanks for reading.

Lucy!