Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, if I did then life would be beautiful

Key:

- Dream State -, Flashback, ' thoughts ', " Dialogue "

---- A change in writing style/time/place/whatever (may notate in () which one)

Author's Note: This is the sequel to An Alternate Ending

Rating: M - for language and graphic images in later chapters

Warning: This is still a Sora/Riku fic… yeah. XD. Deal with it.

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(Chapter 14: The Kingdom of Hearts)

A dark man floated through space. A blanket of potential marred by the annoying shine of life.

Worlds. So many of them... so many lives all shining and marring the beautiful darkness.

The stars winked out one by one upon the blanket. Each world becoming swallowed by darkness as he willed it so. The heart of each world imploded on his very whim and then ceased to exist.

Oblivion. The perfection of chaos... the sweet silence of the absence of life.

No one would ever outshine him, for he was the new lord of this universe and he would decide what to surround himself with.

Suddenly he found himself being forced to pause, a being of light appearing before him, dual swords in hand.

"That's enough Sirux! I'm here to put an end to your reign once and for all!" A man with platinum blonde hair shouted in a righteous tone of voice. His eyes reflecting like an aquamarine pool of water.

"Who the hell are you?" Sirux demanded, his darker but similarly colored eyes narrowing as he stared at this new challenger to his throne.

"I am Riku." Said the man, shifting colors to silver and green. "And I am also Sora..." He said shifting colors yet again to blonde and blue.

"Idiot. I am Sora." Sirux laughed, gesturing to his chocolate, silver, and black hair.

"No. You are Xukir... you are not Sora." Returned the man, shifting back to platinum blonde and aquamarine.

"Well, frankly I couldn't give a shit who you think I am. Anyone who challenges me is to be put in their place." Sirux said, opening his arms wide.

Space shifted around them according to Sirux's mind, a giant cylindrical floor appearing beneath their feet glowing an ominous violet.

The Keyblade and Soul Eater appeared his hands and he dropped his arms into a fighting stance, waiting to see what his opponent would do.

Riku closed his eyes quietly, a soft light aura shifting down his body and causing an slightly different keyblade, Roxas' weapon, and his own variation of the Soul Eater which he had long ago named the Road to Dawn. Then he too assumed a fighting stance, his eyes narrowed in anticipation.

"Let's see what you've got then!" Sirux cried out as he charged at Riku.

Immediately the young man parried the attack and the battle begun.

Swords flew left and right as the two of them clashed over the top of the cylinder which was steadily moving either left or right beneath their feet as they fought to either one side of the other.

At first, Riku didn't notice the slight change in the way his feet found the surface that he was fighting upon. But when Sirux began to try to corner him on one side of the cylinder and it began to sink noticeably, he pushed himself to force the other back, realizing the magic of their playing field.

Sirux, however, would not allow for Riku to push him back, drawing into his magical energy and forcing an extra blast of magic as Riku attempted to rescue himself.

The young man tottered on his feet, then involuntarily found himself tumbling through the vast darkness of space.

Sirux' laughter echoed throughout the universe. "Hah! I am all powerful!" He jeered at the few leftover twinkling lights.

"I wouldn't be to sure of that." Muttered an annoyed blonde as he returned to the cylinder, two pure white angel's wings having appeared on his back to save him in the nick of time.

SLASH

Sirux stood in amazement as the front of his shirt burst open and blood began to poor out of a wound that had been made by the Road to Dawn.

The tri-color haired man was sincerely stunned to see Riku fluttering there before him like an angel sent directly from heaven to show him his place in hell.

"WHY YOU LITTLE...!" He shrieked jumping off the rapidly turning platform himself, two gigantic bat wings appearing upon his back in response as he made straight for Riku, two blades flashing dangerously with collecting power.

Riku simply smiled and dodged cleanly out of the way, swiping his swords across the wings of the man passing by.

Sirux' anguished cries echoed through the small arena. Riku let loose with a series of powerful attacks, each successful hit seeming to increase his power and decrease Sirux'.

Riku understood as he hacked his way through his enemy that the reason he was getting stronger now was that each time the Road to Dawn hit the man, he could remember something from his past and soon after realized that his dark keyblade was unlocking Sora's heart.

Riku switched his mode of attack, and swiped a perfectly aimed kick at Sirux, knocking both weapons cleanly out of his hands.

"Release Sora now!" Riku demanded, pointing both of his own weapons at the weaponless young man.

"You will never rescue Sora from me you fool! Don't you get it? It's too late." Sirux laughed even as Riku held him at sword point.

"It's never too late." Riku replied... however it sounded more like Roxas' voice. The blonde dropped his own two weapons and flew forward, colliding into Sirux.

It looked as though Riku was simply trying to tackle Sirux in the air to the untrained eye... but in slow motion it could be seen that in fact it was Roxas' spirit that had been housing within Riku up till now, was crashing through Sora's body and into Xukir's spirit, causing it to fall out of Sora's body. Riku on the other hand was wrapping the brunette in a tight hug to keep him from falling into oblivion once the nobody and him were separated at last.

Roxas, devoid of the angelic wings, drew out his keyblade again and positioned it beneath Xukir's back.

"Idiot..." Xukir croaked. "If... you... do that... we'll both die."

"If that means that I don't have to worry about you anymore I'll take my chances." Roxas said with a sad smile, thrusting the keyblade into both of them. Their bodies instantly burst into flames and like a shooting star they fizzled out into the darkness.

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Riku didn't open his eyes, concentrating only on keeping Sora tightly in his grip as Roxas had told him to do.

"Ri-ku... I... can't... breathe." Came a soft voice from within his arms. Riku blinked in astonishment and carefully released his hold slightly, sighing in relief as his emerald eyes stared into electric blue.

"You're alright!" Riku said softly, his happy tone unmistakable.

Sora stared at him for a moment, "Is this real?" He asked cautiously.

Riku chuckled, "Yes Sora, this is definitely real."

The brilliant smile that followed soothed Riku's heart and the silver-haired young man hazarded a glance around him. "Well... I suppose we should go home now..."

As he said this, Sora glanced around to see where they were, and even though the battle arena had vanished there was still quite a bit to notice.

"They're gone!" He exclaimed as he observed the stars... or the lack thereof.

Riku looked apologetic, but Sora didn't seem to notice. "Honestly... how many times do I have to bring those darn things back into existence before they stay?" He asked in annoyance, his tone and words taking Riku completely by surprise.

Sora shifted in Riku's arms and drew out his keyblade. The pure golden blade glowed like a beacon and exploded, its shimmering light becoming those worlds that had disappeared only moments before.

Riku stared in amazement. "How did you know you could do that?" He questioned.

Sora just shrugged and grinned. "Somehow... I just knew that that's where Xukir had hid them."

"You never cease to amaze me..." Riku said softly, causing Sora to look up in surprise.

"Naminé?" Sora asked in disbelief as he stared into Riku's emerald eyes.

Riku blushed faintly and smiled. "I'll explain when we get back home."

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Sora sat next to Riku on the couch and simply stared at the ladies before him.

Just moments before they had been two pure white angels wings that had been supporting Riku during the battle of the century.

"Well, I messed around a little and most of Kairi's and my memories into Riku so that we could fuse with him." Naminé explained sheepishly.

"It was harder for Kairi because she's not actually a nobody... but I solved that by making myself the real one while I was already fused with Riku so that she became the nobody and could fuse with him too. It was really quite complicated." The blonde shrugged.

"It's really very strange to have two girl spirits inside of you." Riku said, running a hand through his silver hair.

"So what now?" Sora asked curiously.

"Well... it's time for me to say goodbye." Naminé said with a sad smile.

"Goodbye?" Sora exclaimed unhappily. "Where are you going?"

"Kairi shouldn't be split into two people like this... besides... I've got no reason to be myself anymore." Naminé explained with a fake grin.

"No Naminé! You can't go!" Sora said, glomping onto her and crying heavily.

"Sora... relax... if you ever want to talk to me just track down Kairi ok?" Naminé said with a true smile as she patted his back.

Sora sniffled and pulled away. "O...k..." He grumbled, dropping back down onto the couch, and without looking accidentally fell right into Riku's lap.

"OW!" Riku exclaimed as Sora's full weight nearly crushed him. Sora blinked and turned around, blushing as he found himself face to face with the silver-haired man.

"Riku..." Sora cried and turned around as best he could, hugging the older man who didn't bother struggling and conveniently forgot the pain of Sora dropping himself on top of him.

Naminé and Kairi smiled then nodded to each other. Seconds later, only one of them remained. The redhead quietly made her exit as the two young men who'd been separated for so long rediscovered one another.

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(Epilogue)

Over the course of many long days filled with explanations and evenings with love making, Riku's memories all returned to him. The two of them took their time catching up on the five years that had been skipped while Sora had been wishing himself dead and Riku had been technically extinct himself.

Sora explained in seductive detail about how there simply would never be anyone who could replace Riku in his life. In return Riku showed Sora in something even better than words just how much the same was true for himself.

A year later, when they mutually agreed that nothing would ever come between them again, they invited all of their friends from their past travels to their wedding.

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A young woman with long red hair and bright blue eyes sat in a fairly comfy, white, foldable chair amongst a rather large crowd of people and an assortment of odd creatures that hailed from all over the universe. His highness and the queen sat in the front row seats, accompanied by the Royal Adviser, his girlfriend the princess and the Captain of the Guard. Of course to Kairi, they would always be, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy. Spread out everywhere else was Alice, Belle and the Beast, Aladin and Jasmine, Ariel (in human form and wearing a particularly stunning emerald dress) and Eric, Tarzan and Jane, Aurora and Prince Charming, Snow White and Prince Charming (no relation), Cinderella and her Prince, Hercules and Phil, and many others including many of the people from Traverse Town.

At the reception she remained at the back, content enough to watch everyone as they talked to one another and reunited with Sora and Riku. In some cases meeting Riku for the very first time.

The redhead sipped quietly on her iced tea, finding herself strangely uninterested in being noticed at all.

"A beautiful woman shouldn't be sitting by herself at a party like this." Muttered a kind male voice from nearby.

Kairi looked up in surprise as she was being addressed. Her eyes swept over a blonde young man with gentle brown eyes who was holding out his hand to her.

"I know it seems silly... but may I have this dance?" He asked quietly, his eyes burning into her soul.

'Who... is this guy? I feel like I know him.' She thought as she took his hand and got to her feet, for the first time aware that there was music being played in the background.

The two of them fell into step on the dance floor, the DJ playing a soft and gentle melody. Her blue eyes looked into his as they waltzed across the floor. All the while the blazing sensation of deja vu would not leave her.

At the end of the dance he bowed respectfully and then stood to smile, their closeness suddenly causing her to blush.

"I've missed you Naminé..." He whispered delicately into her ears.

Her eyes widened and she froze in his arms. "R-roxas?" She whispered back.

"Nah... not anymore. I'm my own person now. Long story involving weird radiation effects. In any case... I haven't thought of a new name for myself yet." He whispered back.

"Why can't you just be Roxas?" She replied curiously, forgetting for the moment the compromising position she was in.

"Because I look nothing like him... and it would just confuse Riku and Sora." He replied gently.

"Rox then?" She asked.

He looked thoughtful and smiled, "Alright... Rox." He said agreeably, releasing her at last.

"Does this mean Xukir is out there too?" Kairi questioned.

"No. He's gone for good. Burned up on re-entry." He replied smiling.

"Good." She smiled.

Later when the newlyweds were saying goodbye, they found themselves asking everyone whether they had seen Kairi at all that afternoon.

Eventually the story came back that she'd been seen leaving the reception with a handsome young blonde who by the looks of it had swept her off her feet.

THE END.

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And almost everyone lives happily ever after. Yay. Thank you for reading and reviewing. I love you guys. -hands out brownies-

Axel: Hey! What about me? I'm not happy at all! My love just got taken away by Kairi! ;.;

-rozu makes Roxas (the one with blue eyes) appear out of nowhere. He promptly drags a grinning Axel back into the closet. "As if that would actually ever happen..." –