FG: Welcome back to CC2! Well, here we are! It's the final chapter!

Hart: Awright!

FG: I know you guys are probably itching to read the actual story, so I'll just go ahead and do the disclaimer. The only people I own are Emma, Dia, Jake, Robin, Bernie, Coeur/Hart, Miaow, Eclipse, Miru, the rest of the Nekoshus, the Nikushimi, Haiiro, Taylor, Lyze, Silke, Karson, Sadym, Alissa, Etoile, Lotte, Aurelie, and Darcy. Here's Chapter 25!

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"Whoa!" The Senshi, still excluding Eclipse, appeared in the Magic Kingdom section of Disney World. The tourist attraction that had been known for being constantly happy and bright was now dark, ominous, and dilapidated. Dia looked around wildly, pacing back and forth in front of the burnt area that was formerly the Hub. Suddenly, she stopped and grinned. "Hey, check this out!" She picked up two bronze blobs from a pile of ashes, and lobbed them at Donald and Goofy.

Donald scowled at her. "What's the big idea? You could've knocked us out with these!"

"Turn them around."

Goofy turned the one he was given around, then yelped. It was a model of his head, and it had been sliced off of the rest of the statue at the neck. Donald inspected his as well. Its neck was uneven and bumpy, as if someone had simply knocked it off the body. "Is this the place you and King Mickey told us about?"

"Where our faces are everywhere?" Goofy continued. The real-worlders nodded solemnly. "Gawrsh, what happened here?"

Emma shrugged. "Guardian must have wanted to redecorate the place. Let me see those." Donald and Goofy handed her their heads. "I remember the first time I came here, I was too short to see the statues really well. So, Dad had to…" She trailed off, and sighed. "…nevermind. Forget I said anything."

Everyone's eyes were on Emma. "I remember when we were in Guadosalam, you wondered if your dad was in the Farplane," Sora reminisced. "What happened to him?"

"I don't know," Emma admitted, her eyes starting to water. "One day, when I was six years old, Mom picked me up from school, and she was crying. She told me that Dad had died…but she never told me how. He was a healthy guy…a strong guy. I have no idea what could've happened to him." She wiped her nose on the back of her hand, like a toddler. "I got really depressed, and immersed myself in schoolwork to hide my sadness." Emma looked up again, then cleared her throat. "Let's just go find Taylor."

Sora nodded slowly. "I think our best bet is that creepy-looking castle over there," he announced, pointing at the Cinderella Castle, Disney World's famous white-and-blue attraction. It was black and spiky now, and the elongated path through the middle was closed off by a metal door. "Let's go check it out."

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"What's with the dents in the door?" Dia wondered. She felt the concave slots in the metal.

Jake jumped up and down. "Oh! I bet it's like in those video games, where you need to get something to open the door! Maybe you need orbs!"

Emma looked at the other Senshi. "Maybe…how many slots are there?"

"Five," Sora announced. "We should split into groups, and search Disney World until we've got them all."

Robin nodded. "Sounds like a pretty good plan…Sadym, Axel, we're goin' ta Adventureland. Always wanted to mess around there without any employees watchin' me…"

"I'll go with Donald and Goofy," Sora volunteered. "We can go back and check around the stores on that street." He gestured to the straight road that they had traveled to get to the Cinderella Castle.

Dia shrugged. "Okay, you guys got Main Street. Emma, Jake, and I will stay here, in Fantasyland. Karson, Silke, and Lyze, you guys can go to Tomorrowland. Hart, Bernie, Kairi, you're going to Frontierland."

Riku meekly raised his hand. "Who do I go with?"

Jake grabbed his wrist, and dragged him towards his sister and his step-sister. "You can come with us!"

Emma nodded. "All right, let's split up and look for those orbs!"

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"Wow, this place is cool!" Sora sifted through piles of merchandise in a store on Main Street. "Here's a little souvenir, guys!" He handed Donald and Goofy little plushies of theirselves.

Donald inspected his plushie, still creeped-out by the little toy with his face on it. "Isn't this stealing?"

Sora shook his head. "Emma says you guys have been famous here for at least seventy years…think of them as royalties!" he told them with a grin. He ran into the back room. "Maybe the orb is in here."

Donald and Goofy followed him back. "Hey, fellers, is this it?" Goofy relocated a few boxes with his giant shoe, then held up a red, glass sphere that seemed to have a fire burning inside it. "It sure looks pretty! Ha-yuck!"

"Thanks a ton, Goofy! We should go give this to Emma." Sora started for the exit, but a wave of darkness blocked the doorway. The Trickmaster materialized and knocked the trio back with a wave of his flaming baton. "What? This guy again?" Sora took out the Shirohana Keyblade, Donald took out the Dream Rod, and Goofy took out the Dream Shield. "We're taking you down!"

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Robin, Axel, and Sadym were standing on a high floor of the Swiss Family Treehouse in Adventureland. Robin gripped the railing, looking around with a mischievous smile. "I've waited a long time ta do this!"

"Do what?" Axel wondered.

The teenager said nothing, but hoisted herself onto one of the steel branches. "BANZAI!" She leapt from branch to branch, swinging around like a chimp.

Sadym and Axel blinked at each other. "She's crazy," Sadym whispered.

"I know," Axel whispered back.

Robin, who seemed to have reverted back into a preteen by fulfilling her childhood dream, just stuck her tongue out at them. "Nya, ya'all can say what ya want!"

Axel rolled his eyes, then walked over to a trunk. "I think I found the orb." He extracted a glowing, green orb from the hole.

"Really? Nice goin', Redhead!" Still looking at Axel, Robin swung to the next branch, and fell down. "What happened?" she grunted.

Sadym pointed to the branch that Robin was trying to swing to. "You bumped into that lizard."

"Lizard?" She looked up, then immediately summoned the Shinku Cannon. "Ya moron, that's the Stealth Sneak! What's it doin' here?"

Axel summoned his chakrams, and Sadym took out his machina rifle. "It doesn't matter!" Axel called. "Let's just exterminate it, then take the orb to Emma!"

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"EEEEEEEEEEEK!"

Hart and Bernie clamped their hands over their ears to block out Kairi's shriek. They were sitting in train cars, and winding through geysers and rock formations. Bernie slowly took her hands away, then said, "Kairi, this is the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We're going to be sprayed by a lot of geysers. We're going to get wet. And you're not going to scream again," she told her firmly.

Kairi nodded quickly, then shrunk back into her mini-compartment. She sulkily glanced at one of the formations, then grinned. "Hart! Bernie! I found the orb!"

Bernie looked back. "Where?"

Hart pointed to the formation Kairi was looking at. "I see it! But we'll have to jump to get it!"

The three girls looked uncomfortable, but they leapt off the speeding train, and landed on the rocks. Kairi picked up a little, blue orb. "Great, we've got our orb! We just have to give it to the others!"

Hart and Bernie were ignoring her, however; they were staring at a giant, obese Heartless with piles of ice inside its clear stomach, a cape, and a crown. "That's the Blizzard Lord!" Bernie cried. "You're not supposed to fight him until KH2!"

Hart took out her small sword, and pointed it at the Blizzard Lord. "Then we'll have to fight him one game early." Bernie nodded and got into a fighting stance, while Kairi buffed her Gyene Armlets. "HYAH!"

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Silke, Lyze, and Karson walked along the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway track. "Are we gonna have to drive in those little cars?" Karson complained. "I won't be able to fit!"

"Can you make wheels come out of your feet?" Lyze asked. "A lot of robots on TV can do that."

Karson gave her a funny look. "These machina plates were designed to make me a killing machine, not a rollerblader!"

Silke sat down in a white car with silver stripes. "You should attempt the feat, Karson. If you cannot, we shall procure the orb without your aid."

"Aw, fine…" Karson stomped his foot, and little wheels came out. "Oh. Guess I did have a set of wheels in there. What kind of idiot puts rollerblades in a killing machine?"

Lyze hopped in beside the ex-Sword Daimyo. "To go on a top-speed spree?" she hypothesized. "Anyway, what do we do now?"

Suddenly, a car with yellow eyes appeared. "Is that a Heartless? He doesn't look so tough," Karson laughed.

"You imbecile, we are not meant to duel it!" Silke snapped. "Look on its seat!"

Karson craned his head. Sure enough, there was a golden orb laying on the car's seat. "I guess we have to race it. How hard can it be?"

Lyze raised her black-tipped hand. "Guardian was talking about those…it's called a Hot Rod!"

"So it's either full of itself, or real fast," Karson deducted. The Hot Rod sped off, making sparks fly. "Oh. It's real fast, then."

"DRIVE, SAKURA, DRIVE!" Lyze hollered. Silke slammed the pedal, and drove off after the Heartless car, with Karson skimming the pavement by their side.

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"What's taking those guys so long?" Dia wondered, playing catch with a transparent orb.

Emma scratched her head. "It's probably just taking those guys a while to get their orbs…it was pure luck that ours was in those bushes."

Jake was blissfully rolling down the steps. "We should wait a little longer," he suggested, his voice wavering as he rolled over the bumps.

Riku stretched his arms, then left his perch on the top step. "Maybe one of us should just go get the orbs, to make the collecting go faster."

"I'll go," Emma decided. "You guys wait here in case the other groups get back." Before Dia, Jake, or Riku could say otherwise, she was running back down Main Street.

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Emma peeked into a shop. "Sora? Donald? Goofy? Are you here?" She tiptoed in, and gasped. "Guys!"

The trio was sprawled on the floor, amidst burned merchandise boxes. Sora lifted his head up. "Emma? Great, you're here!"

"What happened?" she murmured, helping them up in turn. "Did some Heartless get in here?"

Donald coughed. "The Trickmaster. He blocked the door when we were trying to leave, so we couldn't give you the…Goofy! The orb!"

Goofy pulled the red orb out of his blackened pants. "Here you go, Emma!"

Emma pocketed it, smiling. "We need to get the other three now. Do you think you can walk?"

Sora grinned. "Of course we can! It'll take more than an acrobatic Heartless to-" As soon as he took a step, he grabbed his leg, and whined. "Okay, I was wrong…but we can still help you fight Taylor once you get the orbs!"

"What? No!" Emma shook her head. "You guys are in no condition to fight! Rest here," she ordered.

"But we have to help!"

"No, you don't. Stay!" Emma headed for the door. Once she was in the threshold, she added, "I'll be okay. Don't worry about me. Just rest up."

Sora sighed. "All right. We trust you." Emma nodded and left the store.

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"ROBIN! AXEL! SADYM!" Emma yelled. She looked around Adventureland. "WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? Huh?" A burst of energy flew out from the Swiss Family Treehouse. That's a bullet from the Shinku Cannon!

"Emma!" Sadym waved his machina rifle furiously to get her attention, standing by the treehouse's railing. "We found an orb! Catch!" He hurled the green sphere as far as he could.

How does he expect me to catch it from here? Emma held her necklace. "WIND'S MASK!" She turned white, and flew up to grasp the orb. "Are you guys okay?"

Axel ran to the Al Bhed's side. "Comparatively, yes. But this Stealth Sneak appeared out of nowhere, and started attacking us!"

"The same thing happened to Sora, Donald, and Goofy!" Emma remarked. "Guardian must really not want us here…"

"Well, 'a course he doesn't want us here!" Robin yelled, shooting bullet after bullet at the large, chameleon-like Heartless. "Just go get the other orbs!"

Emma nodded. "Good luck, guys!" She flew off towards Frontierland.

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"Firaga! Firaga! Firaga!" Bursts of fire came out of Bernie's gloves.

Kairi aimed her Gyene Armlets at the Blizzard Lord. "CRYSTAL FLAME!"

Hart dodged the icicles that the boss flung at her, then stabbed it with her sword. She looked up. "EMMA!"

Emma landed beside the other girls. "What's this guy doing here?"

"Trying to beat the snot out of us," Hart replied indifferently. "Do you have the other orbs already?"

"No, I need to go to Tomorrowland after this. Can I have yours?"

Hart gave her the blue orb. "Hurry up and get the fifth one! We'll hold the Blizzard Lord off!"

"Thanks a lot!" Emma pocketed the fourth orb, and took off again.

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Karson gave a low whistle. "Man, that baby's a fast one!"

Silke swerved their car around the track's corner. "I agree with you wholeheartedly, although I would not put it quite like that."

Emma flew down, and flew alongside the ex-Daimyos. "What's going on?"

"That Hot Rod's got our orb," Lyze told her. "We're trying to catch it, but we're too slow."

"Is that all? You guys are lucky. The other groups are getting their butts handed to them by a bunch of Heartless bosses."

"Ouch," Karson mumbled. "Emma, do you think you can catch it?"

She shrugged and sat on the trunk. "I guess I could…ugh! I ran out of MP!" The white drained from Emma's shirt and eyes. "I knew I should've bought some Ethers while we were in the game…"

Lyze squinted. "Silke, are you up for a kamikaze attack?"

"WHAT?"

"Okay, I said that wrong. If we come at the Hot Rod from different sides when we round the corner, we'll trap it, and Emma can get the orb. But our cars will get scuffed up, and we not might be feeling too good. Plus, if we miss, we won't have another chance."

Silke said nothing for a short period. "Karson?"

"I think Lyze is onto something."

"Emma?"

"If it's alright with you, Silke!"

"Very well. We shall attempt a kamikaze attack." Silke turned the corner at a sharp angle, while Karson took the Hot Rod's other side. "NOW!"

Silke, Lyze, and Karson all slammed into the Heartless. It exploded, as did the car. "Whoa!" Emma jumped off at the last minute. "Did it work?"

Lyze stood up from the debris, and brushed herself off. "Yeah!" She looked around. "Silke? Karson?"

A robotic hand waved from under the car. "Present," came the muffled reply. Karson heaved the car off of him, then shoved the Hot Rod's scrap metal off of Silke. "The gang's all here. Go get Taylor back!" He placed the golden orb in Emma's outstretched hand.

"That's all of them! Can you guys do me a favor?"

Silke picked some charred parts off her sleeve. "We are listening."

"The others are all either fighting or hurt. Can you help them out, then wait with them outside of the Cinderella Castle?"

Lyze gave her a thumbs-up. "You got it. Go on, now!" Emma put the final orb in her pocket, and ran back to the castle.

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"Way to go, Emma!" Dia high-fived Emma as she returned with the orbs. "Is that all of them?"

Emma nodded. "All five," she confirmed.

Riku looked around. "Where are the others?"

"Some Heartless came…they're trying to hold them off while we get Taylor back and defeat Guardian."

"Well, you should put the orbs in before a boss comes!" Jake told her.

Emma took the orbs out of her pocket, then placed the red one in the middle slot. It wouldn't stick. "Why isn't this working?"

Dia shrugged. "Maybe there's a specific combination." Emma put in the topmost slot. It glowed, and stuck. "See, I told you!"

"Now I just have to figure out where the others go." A swooping sound came from behind them. "What was that?"

Riku waved his thickly-gloved hand. "Just concentrate on the orbs. If there's a problem, we'll take care of it." The ground started bubbling with darkness, and the Darkside Heartless came out of it. "Okay, problem. Hurry up, Emma!"

The Darkside swung at Jake, who jumped up and landed on the railing. "Whoa! ANIMATE!" The railing came to life, and Jake rode around the Darkside on it, twirling the Ikiteiru Shield whenever the boss's hand got close enough.

"I'm almost done!" Emma called over her shoulder.

Dia smashed the Darkside's hand with the Shihaii Wand. "So far, so good, then!"

The door glowed white, and disappeared. "We can go in now!" Emma turned around, only to have the Darkside Heartless right in her face. She was frozen with fear as it started charging energy.

"EMMA!" Riku ran forward, then shoved the paralyzed Emma to the ground; the beam hit him instead.

Emma scrambled to her feet. "Riku!" Her hand dove into her pocket, and she brought out a blue bottle. She threw it into the air. "ETHER!" Now that she had her MP back, she gripped her necklace again. "YUKI NAIFU!" Her eyes and shirt turned blue, and she stabbed the Darkside with her trusty dagger. He crumbled to the ground, and disappeared. "Riku, are you okay?" Emma knelt down as the blue drained out, so she was closer to Riku.

Riku rubbed his arm. "Ouch…I guess so." Emma's hand flew to her necklace, but her movement was interrupted by Riku grabbing her wrist. "Go fight Guardian," he implored her. "You can heal me when you come back, but right now, you have to save the U.S.."

Dia and Jake walked over to where the door had been. "He's right, you know," Dia agreed. "Let's go."

"Head on without me. I'll be right there," Emma said. The siblings glanced at each other, then walked through the tunnel. Emma smiled at Riku. "Thanks for taking the hit for me."

Riku shook his head, and smiled back. "You needed to fight Guardian. How could you save this place if you were injured?"

Emma put a hand on Riku's shoulder. "Still…I owe you one." She leaned over and kissed his cheek, then sped after Dia and Jake.

Riku just stared straight ahead until Emma was out of earshot. Then, he looked both ways, and quietly cheered, "Yesssss!"

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"Insolent children!" Taylor, still in his cloak, glared at his son and daughter. They were standing in the Cinderella Castle's medieval restaurant, which had been remodeled to look like a battle arena. "You dare to fight me? After you stole all three of my Daimyos, then their replacements as well?"

Dia scoffed. "I hate it when bosses give those big speeches before the fight…get on with it already!"

Guardian materialized behind Taylor. "Never speak to Shogun Quinn in that manner!" he snapped.

Emma ran into the arena. "Did I miss anything?" She looked around. "I guess not." She lowered her voice, then whispered, "Once I hold him down, we're going to sing."

"Fine," Dia grumbled. "I don't like that song, but I guess we have to sing it."

"SUBMIT!" Taylor yelled.

Guardian flew towards Emma, Dia, and Jake, but Emma dodged and clutched her gray stone. "STEEL ANGEL!" She turned gray as well, and summoned the metal pole she had frequently used in her previous adventure. "HYAH!" Slabs of metal fell down, trapping Taylor in a box. "Now, guys!" Dia and Jake stopped attempting to weave around Guardian's attacks, and ran over to their future stepsister. Emma grabbed their hands and pulled them to the top of the box.

If you ever want to be right here,

Just imagine me, and all this will appear

You can keep this moment all your life

Forever near, a dream worth keeping

Guardian flew up, and grabbed the three children. "That little witch told you to do this, didn't she?" he demanded.

Dia glared, and took out her Shihaii Wand. "I'm not in the mood to demean you right now. Now, I'm getting serious." The Heartless bosses that had been attacking the other groups appeared, under the possession of Dia. They all proceeded to slash and blast Guardian. "That should keep him occupied for a while."

Emma chuckled. "Thanks, Dia."

When you're feeling lost, I'll be your star

Just reach out and touch me, no matter where you are

In a world where precious things are disappearing overnight

Just keep my star in sight

I believe we've found a dream worth keeping

For more than just a day

And even though the winds of change may come sweeping,

It's still a dream worth keeping

Don't let it fade away

Taylor had been trying furiously to escape his prison, but he suddenly seemed to mellow out a little. His reddish-orange eyes seemed to decrease in intensity, and Emma, Dia, and Jake smiled at each other.

You may be in some distant land

Feeling all alone, then I'll be close at hand

And every time you see a rainbow paint the sky behind the rain

I'll be here again

I believe we've found a dream worth keeping

For more than just a day

And even though the winds of change may come sweeping,

It's still a dream worth keeping

Don't let it fade away

Someday you might be thinking that life has passed you by

Your spirit might be sinking, with hope in short supply

That's the reason why

That's the reason why love has dreams worth keeping

As long as it may stay

And even when you see the darkness come creeping

It's still a dream worth keeping

Don't let it fade away

Guardian burst out from underneath the pile of bosses. "Shogun Quinn!" he roared. But it was too late.

Emma had caused the metal slabs to disappear, along with the physical effects of the Guard Stone. Taylor looked dazed, and definitely confused. "Emma? Kids? What are doing here?" He surveyed his surroundings. "And for that matter…what am I doing here?"

"Daddy!" Jake cried, hugging Taylor. Even Dia gave her father a little pat.

While they explained the situation to Taylor, Guardian was glaring at Emma. "You…you did this. Well, I suppose I should not have expected less from HIS daughter. I have met my match." After he had finished talking, he disappeared.

The siblings walked back over to Emma. "Well, I don't think we'll be seeing Guardian for a while," Dia remarked proudly.

Emma winced. "HIS daughter? How does Guardian know about my dad?"

"I think he was just trying to psyche you out. Come on, we need to go to Disney Castle!"

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"Your Majesty!" Donald called, banging on the door of Disney Castle. "It's us, Donald and Goofy!"

"And a whole bunch of friends!" Goofy added.

A tiny door opened in the center of the large one. "This is all really confusing…" Taylor murmured.

Jake held his hand. "Don't worry, Daddy! Mickey will get rid of your darkness! Some of it, at least." The Senshi and Taylor walked down the long carpet.

"It's great to see you fellas again!" a high-pitched voice said cheerfully. "There sure are a lot of you, though."

Emma waved. "Good afternoon, Your Majesty. Can you do us a favor?"

Mickey, wearing his Kingdom Hearts II outfit, hopped off of his throne. "You deserve something for sending me back to the castle, Emma, instead of leaving me behind Kingdom Hearts. What do you need?"

She gently pushed Taylor forward. "Guardian decided to use him as a replacement for Ansem, so he's got darkness inside him. Can you fix him?"

"Hmm…I'm not completely sure I can, but I have an idea. Follow me!" He walked past the Senshi, and towards the Audience Chamber. "There's a hidden chamber over here, and if we go in, we might be able to…Eclipse!"

Eclipse had teleported in the doorway just as Mickey and the Senshi made their way over. Eclipse dropped to his knees. "Your Majesty…I've been waiting a long time to meet you again. Six years, to be exact."

Mickey tapped the Nekoshu's shoulder. "Get up, Eclipse! You don't need to do that."

"Er…okay." He stood up. "I promised that I would be a good chief by the next time I saw you…but all I did was lose myself to the darkness in a selfish attempt to get Hart back to normal."

"But you did, didn't you?" Mickey gave Hart a little wave, who waved back. "It wasn't your fault, Eclipse. We're going to get the darkness out of Dia and Jake's dad. Do you want to come too?"

Eclipse nodded happily. "Y-yes, King Mickey!"

… … …

The Senshi, Taylor, and Mickey were standing in a white room. A glowing, green sphere sat on a pedestal in its center. "Hey, this is the Hall of the Cornerstone!" Bernie announced. "I've heard about this place! And that must be the Cornerstone of Light!"

Mickey nodded. "I guess you've done your research! Eclipse, Taylor, put your hands on the Cornerstone."

"Will it get rid of our darkness?" Taylor asked tentatively.

"I…don't really know. But it's worth a try, right?" Taylor put his hand on the Cornerstone of Light. Eclipse took off the open-fingered glove on his right hand, and also pressed it against the Cornerstone. A wave of light ran through them, and they both jerked away. "Did it work?"

Eclipse flexed his fingers. "I feel a lot better."

Taylor looked down at himself. "I feel better too! I think the darkness is all gone!"

Jake jumped up and down. "Thank you so much, Your Majesty! Daddy's back to normal!"

Mickey laughed. "You're welcome."

Dia looked around at the others. "Hey, don't we have a wedding to attend?"

Taylor smacked himself in the head. "How could I forget? Those creatures interrupted our wedding! Where's Alissa?"

"She's in Chicago, safe and sound," Emma assured him. "We should go see her now."

"Yay, a happy ending!" Jake squealed.

… … …

"Do you, Taylor Quinn, take this woman to be your lawfully-wedded wife?"

A week after the events at Disney World, Taylor and Alissa had gotten their wedding back on track. However, instead of a few family members, the Senshi were the sole attendants of the wedding. Emma and Dia were the bridesmaids, and Jake was the best man. "I do," Taylor announced.

Instead of hiring a real-worlder to marry them, Silke brought a man from Hanasekai, to prevent the confusion of having a real-worlder freak out at the sight of several Disney characters, Kingdom Hearts characters, and other unusual people. "And do you, Alissa Baecker, take this man to be your lawfully-wedded husband?"

"I do."

"Then, by the power vested in me, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

While Taylor and Alissa were kissing, their children ran to join their friends. "Isn't this great? The three of you are finally step-siblings!" Sora patted them on the back. "Hey, heads up, girls!"

Alissa tossed her bouquet over her shoulder. It landed in Lyze's arms. "Thanks! Um…why did she throw the bouquet?"

Kairi raised an eyebrow. "They don't do that in Ivalice?" Lyze shook her head, her rabbit ears flapping around. "Well, the bride throws the bouquet, and whoever catches it will supposedly be the next person to get married. It's so cute!"

"Well, THAT'S weird." Lyze disdainfully dropped the bouquet by her feet.

"Bad news for you, Sadym," Riku whispered, suggestively jabbing the Al Bhed with his elbow.

"E't pa funnoehk ypuid so ufh muja meva ev E fana oui," Sadym grumbled back.

Dia put her arms around her little brother and step-sister. "This is all so surreal…we just saved the U.S., saved Eclipse, Hart, Dad, and Alissa…and now our lives are back to normal. Until it's time to play Kingdom Hearts II, anyway. After all of that action…this all seems like a dream."

Emma grinned. "Well, if it is…" The other two grinned back at her, anticipating her next words. "…it's a dream worth keeping."

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FG: That was the final chapter of CC2! I'm sorry if it wasn't as good as you thought it would be. Anyway, the next chapter will be the epilogue. The one after that will be the poll results, the summary of CC3, and some random facts, and the one after that will be my travel journal entries. Speaking of polls, there's one more!

What was your favorite chapter of CC2?

… The Juu Senshi

… Bernadette Soleil

… Bernie's Story

… Robin's Story

… The Nekoshus

… Battle of the Elementalists

… Starved Rock, IL

… Songs and Cyborgs

… Where'd the Action Go?

… Sadym

… Since When Was This a CoM Fic?

… Life in the Waterways

… The Enemy of My Enemy

… A Trip Down Memory Lane

… Fa'mm Pa Dukadran eh Cbened

… Black Cloaks and Moo Cows

… The New and Improved Robin

… Puttin' on the Ritz

… The Nutcracker on Thin Ice

… The First Nikushimi

… More History with Professor Axel

… Kentou!

… The Reunion

… Disney World

FG: Thanks for reading CC2! FG out, yo.