CHAPTER XIV

Epilogue

Curse My Enemies Forever

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Here we are, the epilogue. Some things may surprise you, others may not. I guess we'll see. The setting here takes place two years after the fight with Calypso. Enjoy!

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"Nessa, I think you're more nervous than I am." the bride chuckled to the Maid of Honor as she helped her zip her dress in the back.

"Of course I am," the girl, now a woman, replied to her best friend, "first off, you need to walk down the aisle! Your dad's waiting for you."

Charity smiled and laughed sheepishly as she rushed out of the room and ended up downstairs. A wedding outside; exactly what she wanted. Nessa somehow managed to rush down and cut through the aisle to stand with Naminé, Kairi, and Amber, all three of them standing expectantly, waiting for Charity, as did Riku on the other side of the aisle. As she walked down the aisle with her father, she thought of everything that happened since the day Riku proposed to her.

She stopped, and the man started reciting the vows.

Things had only improved since they had separated Calypso. The committee managed to restore both Hollow Bastion and the Radiant Garden back to its old self since the Heartless count had dropped so much. Due to this, they installed a security system in every known world that took care of the small amount of Heartless that were still there.

As for the Radiant Garden, they found a new ruler to take the place of Ansem The Wise, although, he was now serving as more of a president than anything. But what would they expect out of Yatsuyo?

As for Pence, Hayner, Olette, and Odol, they all managed to bring their families to come live in Azure Daybreak, although they can't resist a visit every now and then to Twilight Town. After all, that was where they grew up.

Riku, Kairi, and Sora had all been living in Azure Daybreak for the past two years because even after Calypso's separation, the darkness surrounding Destiny Islands hadn't gone away. Riku had told Charity that it was only a matter of time, but that was debatable.

Kairi and Sora also became engaged, and Nessa and Hayner soon after. Nessa and Hayner's marriage date is set, but Kairi and Sora are still debating between theirs, of course. Naminé and Roxas plan on having a joint marriage with Kairi and Sora, mainly just for reaction's sake.

"Do you, Riku, take Charity to be your loftily wedded wife, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

'Death? I was thinking something more along the lines of darkness.'

"I do."

"And do you, Charity, take Riku to be your loftily wedded husband, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

'When you say 'sickness', does that include losing your Heartless to an Organization of Nobodies trying to gain their own hearts?'

"I do."

"You may kiss the bride."

Their lips met maybe a moment too soon. Sickness and in health? Until death? Yeah, they could do that.

Heartless and Nobodies? Until darkness?

Yeah, they could do that, too.

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It only took one more year for Nessa and Hayner to get married, but two years after that to be followed by Roxas and Naminé, and Sora and Kairi.

Charity and Riku had two children together; the first was a boy, and then three years later, a baby girl. The boy seemed to resemble Charity more, and the girl had an obvious amount more of Riku in her blood.

Hayner and Nessa also had two children, both boys. These two, they decided to name Quince and Anton, but they just go by 'Q and Anty' now.

Naminé and Roxas had two boys and one girl, and one boy and the girl were fraternal twins. Sora and Kairi decided to adopt a kid after dealing with the constant babysitting of the twins. They decided maybe an adopted one would be 'pre-trained'.

In the Radiant Garden, there was finally a peaceful era of rule over both the Radiant Garden and Hollow Bastion. They visited whenever they got the chance, and that was quite often. The only precaution they ever had was against Merlin, whom, unfortunately, never ceased in his crossdressing crazy-dancing ways.

Through all this, they had all decided on one thing.

They vowed never to have to wield a keyblade again.

Author's Note: Aww, happy ending. But wait, there's still the secret chapter. Shush. Aheh. So, there was the epilogue. Secret chapter will be up shortly:3