I... can't... believe... it... as of the posting of this chapter, this fic will be officially complete. Shocking.

The Crazies and the Loonies and the... Other Crazies

Part XIV - The End... Or Is It!

Fifteen minutes later, Riku and Leon were in the Gummi ship, blasting off into the unknown menace outside Traverse Town. The giant shadow continued to fly away, but now that they were out of the town it seemed more to be teasing.

Suddenly, a rather large asteroid came flying toward them. "Left!" Leon commanded.

"I know how to drive a Gummi ship, Leon," Riku replied dryly, leaning left to avoid the asteroid. However, the asteroid completely stopped in midair, making the maneuver unnecessary.

"That's... strange," Leon commented. "Hey, what's that?" He pointed at a speck of color on the asteroid.

"Let's see," Riku said, maneuvering the ship toward the speck.

Riku carefully landed the Gummi ship on the asteroid's surface, immediately jumping out of the ship and running toward the speck on the horizon; Leon quickly followed suit.

As the speck became larger and larger, Riku could see the gigantic shadow circling it, sunken into the surface of the asteroid, much the same as Shadows and Neoshadows had the ability to.

"Hey Riku..." Leon said, "Does that speck look like..."

Riku saw it too. He rubbed his eyes, fearing that it might be the truth, but...

"Yes, it is me!" a voice chuckled. By now Riku and Leon had arrived a mere few feet away from the figure sitting on the throne.

"No... No... It can't be!" Riku said, trying to reassure himself.

"Ah, but it is," the figure said. "When the author completely forgot about me, I was lost and abandoned, sentenced to oblivion... but now I am back, and shall destroy the author and all who ally themselves with him!"

"Psha," Riku psshed. "The author is immortal... and possibly insane, but that's another story."

"NOBODY calls me insane... except myself!" boomed the author, who once again manifested himself as a giant hand and flicked Riku into the figure, knocking down the throne and landing Riku uncomfortably close to the person.

"Actually, Mr. Author Person, you're writing this. So technically, you DID call yourself insane, Riku didn't," Leon said.

"You... you... if not for my love of the LeonxCloud pairing, you'd be in extreme pain right now," the author threatened.

"..." Leon mumbled something inaudible under his breath, picked up Riku, and headed back toward the Gummi ship. "Riku, I think you hurt him pretty badly, maybe even killed him. He'd be crazy if he were to try and hurt anybody again."

"But..." Riku murmured, gazing back at the person. "It's... Sora..."

Epilogue: And Everything Was Alright... Or Was It?
And of course, Leon and Cloud lived happily ever after in Traverse Town. Cid quit smoking (but he didn't quite kick his drinking habit, to the distress of everyone in Traverse Town). Yuffie died- er- moved to a rock out in the middle of nowhere because she got too annoying for anybody to bear anymore.

Riku lived in Traverse Town, where (if not for the small chance of a possible sequel to this story) he would have lived miserably and alone with only the company of twenty-seven cats, making a living by writing plays, all of which bear an uncanny resemblance to his life. Needless to say, the plays would not have sold well.

Sora, of course, WAS crazy, and so because of that a sequel might happen. If not, then assume that he went so crazy that he tried to eat a boulder, got it lodged in his throat, and suffocated, starved, and died of dehydration, all at the same time.

And everyone lived happily ever after, except of course those who didn't. The End... or is it?

And so, as I promised you, now I have some little bonus materials. Mostly to get the word count for this chapter up, but don't tell anyone else that!

My Current and Future Projects

First of all is my fic "Saif Al Jabbar", which is a Tales of Symphonia Romance/Action/Adventure story. It focuses on the SheenaxLloyd pairing, and is really an attempt at an epic, although it will probably burn out after a dozen or so chapters.

Another of my projects is, appropriately, titled "Another". It's the story of a fourth kid in Harry's clique in Hogwarts, set in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter world. I've got the story through PS/SS planned out, and slightly begun, although major proofreading and editing will be needed before it actually sounds good.

I may - keyword, MAY - be writing a sequel to "The Crazies and the Loonies and the... Other Crazies". If I do, it will be a RikuxSora fic that will end up being a really weird combination of Humor/Romance/Action/Adventure/Drama/etc etc. You can see why I say MAY.

I'm working on maybe two or three oneshots that may or may not ever make it into FF . net... it really depends on whether I decide to post them or not.

And last but probably MOST, I am writing an epic story based on Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2, in which the main character is neither Sora nor Riku, but an Earth boy called Tatsujin Kirareigen. I'm not intending to reveal much about this until I actually get the first chapter posted, but I will say that Earth is destroyed spectacularly in the first chapter, quite parallel to the way Destiny Islands were destroyed in the original Kingdom Hearts.

Fics I Recommend

First of all you should look in my Favorites list, and those are all quite good. My Alerts list is the best of the best, but I'm not entirely sure that anyone but me can see my alert list.

There are quite a good many fics I love on AdultFanFiction . Net, but I can't hyperlink on FF . net, and even if I could I'd probably get banned for linking to an "adult" site, so I'll just say that IF you can go there you should look in the Tales of Symphonia, Kingdom Hearts, and Harry Potter sections. Most of the fics there are quite good, especially (cough cough) those rated NC-17. :)

The End... For Now

Alas, it is but the end of my sad tale of the unrequited love of Riku for Sora. Or... something like that. :)

Anyways, ta ta for now. I'll be back, with more fics than before! Keep me on your Author Alerts list, it not only boosts my self-esteem to help me write, but it also lets you know when I post a new chapter or story. :)

Darn... only around a thousand words. Oh, well, I guess it's better than having less than a thousand. And besides, at least now I'll be able to easily include more words per chapter than I did in this chapter. And I'm shamelessly using this space to increase the word count for this chapter, because I DON'T WANT THIS FIC TO END!