This is the last chapter. I took it off to re-write it, but I got lazy and didn't. Instead, I started a sequel. So, go, read, and review the last chapter of The Ocean's Tears.

Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to FlowerLady-Aerith. She gave me the idea for the pendant (to see what I mean, read on). Now, go read her fics! She is a very talented author, and I am very grateful to her and all the help she's provided! FlowerLady-Aerith... you rock!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except Sam. And Eric. And this idea.


The Ocean's Tears

by hanyou-samurai

Chapter 8

I stood there, frozen. Eric laughed, strode forward, and grabbed my chains. "Come, Samantha dear. I am now the only man in your life. What shall we do first? I know. You bury the blue haired man, and I'll dance on his grave."

My head had been hanging, my eyes staring through my hair at Zexion's body. I heard what Eric said, and my emotions returned in a rush. Not sadness though. I was too numb to feel that. I felt anger, and hatred. And an overwhelming sense of being alone once again. I glared at Eric, wrenched my hands from his grasp, and ran to Zexion. I collapsed by his body. Seeing the peaceful look on his face, the sadness broke through my numbness, and I began to sob. This was just like my vision. This couldn't be happening. This wasn't happening. Except… it was. Eric walked forward, grabbed my chains again, and pulled me away from Zexion. I whirled around and slapped him, crystal-like tears streaming down my face.

"He fought for my freedom. And he failed. Now, it's my turn. You will not get away with this, Eric," I spat. Summoned my swords, and broke the chain with them. I could feel the magic humming just beneath my skin. Xemnas had left. He had disappeared as soon as I had let him go. Eric sighed, and shook his head. Somehow, he still managed to look amused.

"Very well. I suppose I must prove my dominance to you as well." He grabbed his sword from Zexion's body, and, without warning, leapt forward to attack. I met him. We were fighting, and I was losing. You can't blame me. My thoughts resided with the body of the most important person in my life. I vaguely realized that our friends were still there, watching in horror. None of them were crying. I suppose they couldn't. They couldn't interfere either, as Eric had raised barriers. Whether to keep them out, or me in, I'm not sure.

He forced me over to Zexion's body. I tried stepping over it, but I slipped in the blood. I fell onto the corpse. For some reason, I was tired, and grew more tired as time passed. Eric stood over me, bloody sword glinting in the light, grinning wickedly. "I have now proved my dominance. You are mine, to do with as I wish."

I glanced down at Zexion. With my magic enhanced hearing, I heard the faintest of heartbeats. I then noticed his chest moved just a tiny bit, up and down. Unwilling to believe, then have my hopes crushed. I leaned down, and placed my ear against his chest. I heard the heartbeat again, this time louder. But, that didn't make any sense. Nobodies don't have heartbeats, do they? And then, I saw the pendant. He was wearing my pendant, covered in my blue blood. He hadn't even wiped the blood off. It was then that I realized that my heart resided in my pendant. And that Zexion was still alive, because my heart was using my energy to keep him that way.

I looked up, and saw Eric's expression. It was horror, fear, and disbelief. "No…" he whispered. "My Nobody can't be alive. He can't be!" I realized with a start that Eric… the jerk Eric, was my beloved Zexion's heartless. I smiled slightly. We both still had our hearts, they just weren't with us.

I reached down to the hole in his stomach, and bathed my hand in his crimson blood. Standing up, I walked to Eric. "Don't come any closer! What are you doing?" he yelled, as he took a step back. I reached my other hand out, and tendrils of water wrapped around him, bringing him closer to me. I was right up against him. I raised my blood-covered hand, and smacked him across the cheek, leaving a large amount of blood there. "No!" he screamed, as he began to disappear. "No!" He turned into blue mist, which then flew over to Zexion. The mist trickled into his wound, healing it, until both the wound and the blue mist were gone. Zexion opened his eyes, and slowly sat up, placing a hand on his stomach. Then he saw me, and his eyes lit up.

I ran into his arms, where I stayed, sobbing. He stroked my hair. "Shh. It's alright. I've got you, and I won't let you go." I could hear his heart beating in his chest. I took my pendant from around his neck, and, raising it above my head, I snapped it. A glowing heart flowed out of it into me. The noise of a heart beating sounded unfamiliar in my ears, but I knew I would quickly get used to it.

"Zexion, we're whole people now," I said, smiling at him. He smiled back, and hugged me tightly.

"Tejina Mizu, I love you more than anything. I didn't need a heart to realize that, yet you gave me a heart. And it wasn't even mine. I love you. Marry me."

I looked into his violet eyes and kissed him. I could feel his skin heating up in a blush before I broke the kiss. "I believe I love you too. I also believe I will marry you." We heard cheering, and we looked over. Our friends were standing about five feet from us, all of them grinning like the Cheshire cat.

"That's cute," said Axel.

I smirked. "Zexion and I are whole people now. Where should we go? I mean, we can't stay here."

Zexion didn't answer. Instead, he looked at our friends. "Roxas, Axel, since our hearts were still there, I think yours are too. Roxas, you need to merge with Sora, and Namine has already merged with Kairi. Axel, I believe your Nobody is Reno."

Riku and Kairi burst out laughing. "I don't know Axel, but I do know Reno. It's kinda hard to believe that somebody could be like him," said Riku.

Sora ignored him, and stepped forward, extending his hand to Roxas. "Come on. Let's become whole again." Roxas didn't hesitate. Instead, he grasped Sora's hand. He began to shine with a blue light, then he disappeared into Sora. Zexion turned to me.

"Let's go live on the islands, with our friends. Axel can come too, and we need to find a way to separate Sora and Roxas, so that they're whole people instead of a whole person and a Nobody.

I grinned at him. "You're smart."

He smirked. "Vexen's not the only genius in the Organization."

I snuggled against his chest. "And, the best thing is, we have a lot of time to do it."

He pulled me into a tight embrace. "No…" he whispered into my ear, so that our talking friends couldn't hear him. "The best thing is that we have a lot of time to do it… together."

I looked up at the man I would marry. He leaned down, I went up, and our lips met once again. That kiss would be the first of many to come.

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