Hey, this is Emma. Emma Quinn-Baecker now, I guess. I didn't want to get rid of my old last name, or ignore the fact that I have a different dad now. I'm still confused about why Guardian knew my real dad…Dia says to put it out of mind, though.
After the wedding, the Juu Senshi kind of fell apart. Sora, Riku, and Kairi went back to Destiny Islands. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy went back to Disney Castle. Karson and Sadym went back to Luca, Silke went back to Hanasekai, Lyze went back to Ivalice, Eclipse and Hart went back to Hollow Bastion, Axel rejoined Organization XIII, Bernie drove back to Wisconsin, and Robin rejoined her gang, the Alpha Wolves.
We all still keep in touch, thanks to my Gameboy SP. In case you don't remember, it worked like AIM in a way when I pressed every button on it, hoping to use it as another portal to the game world when I was grounded two years ago. I still don't know how the game characters do it, though. Holograms, perhaps?
The kids of Destiny Islands have formed a blitzball tournament. Unfortunately, Sora and Riku were drafted for different teams. I smell a full-scale rivalry here, folks. Kairi goes to both their matches. Dia, Jake, and I were invited to the finals. Even Mom and Taylor came! Sora's team creamed Riku's. It's no surprise though, since Sora had Wakka on his team.
Donald and Goofy are doing pretty well. Donald got to catch up with Daisy. Goofy was reunited with his son, but Max sounded really upset when he learned that we were using the Valefor. He took the communication-thingy, whatever that is, from Goofy, and kept whining, "I liked Gummi driving! I got to blow up a bunch of Heartless!" He lightened up considerably, though, when I promised he could be our chauffeur again when we played through Kingdom Hearts II.
Sadym works as a repairman on Cid and Rikku's airship. Yuna, Rikku, Wakka, and all those guys seemed happy to talk to us. Sadly, the Final Fantasy X plotline has ended, so Tidus has disappeared, because the Fayths were allowed to sleep. To pile onto the sadness, Auron is dead. We already knew that, since he's in the Underworld in KH2, but we actually KNEW him. Jake asked why he's in the Underworld instead of in the Farplane. I guess it's because they're two different games…does that mean the Auron we see in KH2 won't know us anymore? I hope not. Oh, and Karson finally got to get that summer home on Kilika. Sadym gave him his paychecks for a few months, and used even more paychecks to fix Karson up; now he doesn't look like a cyborg at all. His prosthetic limbs are normal-sized, and fleshy-colored. He's even got a glass eye! What a great friend.
Silke helps Koten Ayame teach the younger Ayames to swordfight. Also, to make amends with her family, her part-time job is actually MAKING swords for the Ayames. She's gotten to be a really good sword smith; she even makes things for the Baras, the Hinagikus, and the Sumires!
Good news: Lyze is part of Clan Ritz again. Bad news: Etoile's gone. Normally, that would seem like a good thing, her not needing to muck around with those "ragoverths", but Aurelie says that she ran off to join the darkness. Something tells me that Pete and Maleficent won't be the only ones controlling the Heartless in the sequel…by the way, Lyze is a Red Mage now! To become a summoner, she has to work as an elementalist for a while, then as a Red Mage. They have the powers of both a Black Mage and a White Mage. I can't wait to have her on our team again!
Chief Eclipse Kurosato has regained the throne. He works with his little cousin, Saezuri Yōchina, to hone her psychic powers. The former Head Mage, some guy with a really long name, is helping her with the other elements. Sakana Ryōshi, the current Head Warrior, offered Hart her old position, but she wanted to let Sakana keep it, since she was teaching Gaunt Ketsueki. Sorry, did I say "she"? Axel was wrong about Sakana Ryōshi. Sakana is a BOY. I don't blame him, though; the guy sounds pretty effeminate. Gaunt and Saezuri are getting to be better friends every day, and they're starting to look more and more like Kirau and Chikara. Ka Gen's freaking out. Yes, Ka Gen is still alive. Sort of. He was turned into a Heartless when the waterways were invaded, but he has free will. I guess it's better that way, since he was probably going to die soon. I mean, the guy's almost 130 years old! And Miaow, Hart's Nobody, fused back together with her, so she's whole again. Eclipse apologized to Miaow for hitting her and getting mad at her before she disappeared.
Axel…oh, boy. He got in deep dookie for hanging out with us. I wonder if that will affect KH2. Oh, and you know what? HE LIED TO US! HE COMPLETELY LIED TO US! The other real-worlders and I got just far enough into KH2 to know that he LIED TO US! DiZ isn't Ansem's Nobody! He IS Ansem! The real Ansem, anyway. We fought a fake Ansem, some guy named Xehanort! And the Superior of Organization XIII is Xehanort's Nobody, Xemnas! I'M SO CONFUSED! Dia says it's perfectly fine for him to lie to us, seeing as we wouldn't want the game to be spoiled, but COME ON!
Bernie's sad that she can't hang out with Hart anymore, but not depressed. We barely get to talk to her anymore, because she's always playing KH2. "I want to help Hart when we see her again, so I need to know what's going to happen!" she tells us.
The Alpha Wolf Gang kept pestering Robin about where she had been. She spilled the beans, confessed her love for Kingdom Hearts, and told them about her road trip. Surprisingly, they were fine with that. It turns out that they're all Kingdom Hearts fans, too! They call theirselves the Ichiban no Ookami now, which is an awkward translation of "Alpha Wolf". Plus, once it stopped being a gang, and started being sort of a video game club, it got another member, the girl who threw woodchips at Robin, with Dia's help. She calls herself Tolea.
Haiiro contacted all of us in our sleep; just the actual Senshi, though, not the Senshi no Meiyo, meaning he only contacted Sora, Donald, Goofy, Dia, Jake, Riku, Kairi, Robin, Bernie, and I. It was really trippy, seeing the other Senshi in my dream. Anyway, he says that we have to be back in the game about a week from now. He also answered why we real-worlders had to wait two years instead of two weeks to see each other again before this last adventure; it was to get our new weapons. Now, we're all a lot stronger, and our weapons all have the Kingdom Hearts insignia on them. Naturally, Robin complained, "It took ya two years to get us some fancy-schmancy weapons?" She calmed down once she realized she could shoot through steel now. However, Robin declined, and said she wanted to stay with the Ichiban no Ookami. She took the Shinku Cannon with her, though. Haiiro says that we should find another Senshi.
Before our dreams ended, I asked Haiiro if he knew why Guardian knew my dad. He got really nervous and twitchy, and squealed really fast, "I know nothing of what you speak! Farewell, Senshi!" Everyone except me laughed at him. Oh, well. I guess everything will be clearer in a week.