AN: And now... The curtain call. KHIII spoilers for the ending if no one's seen it yet.
"I told you."
"..."
"I TOLD you she was here."
"..."
"Caxxy? Boy? You gonna say something... Or react? No emote? Granted you're incapable of emotion... Or should be, but still. All this trouble I've put into finding her and NOW you're just gonna stand there like a- Whoa, hey there!"
White gloves immediately struck, fully catching his counterpart before the latter could fall face-first into the yellow sand, shaded by sunset. Instead, the poor teenage Nobody landed on black knees instead, the chains of his coat clinking from the abrupt descent. Kcxja grunted in humoured satisfaction, shaking his tanned head with a wry smile.
"Easy brother... I've gotcha."
But the white-haired Nobody didn't seem to hear, one visible left eye of pure emerald glistening by the sight before his widened eye, past the gathered Keybearers upon the spacious island to the young girl gasping in recognition, lightly pushing past her friends for deep blue to see if what she was seeing was true. Her two best friends quickly glancing at each other before regarding the black-haired worriedly.
"Xion?"
"Xion, you know these guys?"
A certain court magician exclaimed in accusatory irritation. "They must be with the Organization!" Weapons were drawn, as was a multitude of utter confusion, all save the young re-completed girl whom looked ready to buckle under her knees by the sight of the white-haired boy too.
"Do I look like a walking Xeha-Puppet to you?" The black-haired Heartless keeping his counterpart steady called out in snide, grinning wickedly before the following whisper alerted his ears.
"Xion..."
The former fourteenth member of a lost league inhaled softly by the broken, almost disbelieving name, wrenching her reformed heart enough to call back in ached wonder.
"Caxkj..."
Aurora green met ocean blue, the Nobody finding himself standing on two feet and pushing his joking objective Heartless self back, stabilizing on the sand and forcing movement in his two lower limbs. From behind the young black-haired girl, the friends of hers, while keeping their guards up, lowered their weapons only slightly in curious befuddlement. Not that Kcxja personally blamed them, the Heartless smirking with fold arms before calling out in jest to lighten up the mood.
"Hey, kid who changes sides like a yo-yo!" Riku scowled from the playful addressal. "Cheers for gettin' rid of that darkness-hogging Ansem! There can be only ONE humanoid Heartless! Now I AM the best!" But that wasn't everyone's prime focus then.
"Caxkj!"
"Xion!"
The setting sun poured with breathtaking warmth upon the reunited pair, embracing one another with heart-wrenching bliss in the center of the clean beach, knelt down and buried with another's black clothing. Even Kcxja, even a creature of nothing from the dark, experienced the slightest tinge of something inside his black center, crossing arms with a sly smile, cocking his head upwards while certain people such as Roxas, Axel and Riku were the least wary enough to stand with him, observing the tearful spectacle in their own bafflement.
"Say." The former assassin of Organization XIII spoke up then without taking his green eyes off the emotionally smiling couple for one second. "Wanna explain to us what in the heck's going on?"
"Oh those two are secret lovers." Kcxja replied callously, shrugging by their aghast expressions followed by a cheeky smile. "What? You thought it was just blindfold boy taking care of the puppet when she ran away, TWICE? Nah, those have a loooooot of catching up to do."
Roxas and Axel traded bewildered glances, then back to their black-haired friend snuggling in the middle of the beach with the white-haired stranger. From the rest of the hopelessly confused group, Naminé smiled secretly to herself behind a graceful hand, clear blue twinkling in knowing.
Nonetheless, it was a scene the rest couldn't resist but smile lightly to in the end, especially as both young foreheads leaned against one another with utterly thrilled green and blue eyes. It was Xion whom broke the tearful silence first.
"You kept your promise, even when you forgot..."
Caxkj exhaled with emotional upheaval, managing his tiny grin. "My dear Xion... I always keep my promise... And I never forgotten... Not in here..." A black-gloved hand covering his chest, followed by the tight embrace of affectionate reunion, a sign for everyone else to join them with the cheerful news of much more happiness and the signal of a new tomorrow.
And watching away from everyone else participating with the friendship circle, Kcxja allowed himself a fond snort and closed eyes in mock distress. "Wonderful... Guess we're sticking around, meaning no more causing mayhem for a while... Heh, the things even we of the dark do for our friends..."
Beaming over casually to the gleaming, resting sun.
AN: The closure is completed. It's fine if you don't understand some details; this is more for me... Expressing what needed to be done after just finishing the saga... I think, in the end, happiness is all we should express. Why not add one more, eh?
Everyone. Fans, readers, friends, all of you... I hope this latest game was a worthy conclusion to sixteen years of a great series, and leaves you wanting to see what happens next.
May your heart be your guiding keys.