Chapter 5: Waking Up Human

"Wake up..." I heard someone call out. It was strange hearing...well anything really. It has been quiet so long and the call sounded so distant that I just drifted to sleep, my body feeling as if it was floating. It felt as if I've been dreaming, or maybe I was dreaming still, it was hard to tell.

"Kairi, wake up." This time the voice sounded familiar and a bit closer, but everything was still hazy and I couldn't find my way out. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't think of a reason to get up. Suddenly a felt a hand on my shoulder and it shook me. My eyes fluttered open and I turned to see a familiar girl with pink hair staring down at me.

I sat there and starred blankly at her for a minute or two as my body slowly drifted back to earth and I found my voice again. "Light...we're awake?" was the only thing I could think to say.

She nodded and smiled as she grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet. "Of course we're awake, I told you it wouldn't be that long."

She started walking off and I followed closely behind, my limbs feeling like Jell-o instead of muscle. I didn't recognize the open field as the sun blinded me so I just followed Lightnings lead as we walked up the hill. "So is it really over then?" I asked as we continued walking and the breeze picked up.

"Look at your wrist and tell me." She smiled nicely at me as the sun made her hair look pinker as the wind blew it around a bit. I had to admit this is probably the first time I've seen her really smile.

I looked down at my wrist as my hair blew around my face a little. There I found the L'cie mark was colored white and it was fading. "It's really over." I smiled with relief.

"Lightning!" I heard a voice call out from somewhere in front of us. As I looked up I quickly put my hand over my forehead to block out the blinding sun as I saw a figure coming out of it. The figure was running closer and it took a few seconds before she was out of the light enough for me to see who it was.

I knew instantly who it was when I was able to see enough of her. She had pink hair that was pulled up to the side of her head, the same side Lightning had her hair. The rest of the girl's hair fell to the top of her shoulders and she had the same blue eyes as Light's and the same figure with less muscle tone. It was Serah and the sunlight almost made her look angelic.

Serah quickly ran down and pulled her sister into an embrace which Lightning quickly returned. I could tell by the look in both their eyes that they were glad that this was all over. "I'm so glad to see you again." Serah laughed almost on the verge of crying.

"It's good to see you too sis." Lightning smiled. "I couldn't have done it without her help." she said as she motioned towards me.

I blushed self-consciously as Serah's eyes fell on me and filled with appreciation. "Thank you so much for everything." she said sincerely as she held out her hand to me. I gladly took it and held onto it for a bit as she continued talking. "I'm Serah by the way, what's yours?"

"I'm Kairi." I told her as I smiled. There was something about her that seemed to make everyone happy and smile. She was kind, friendly and very mature.

She pulled me into a gentle hug and let me go, "I owe you one Kairi, thank you for everything."

I blushed a bit and took a step back. "You shouldn't thank me, I couldn't have done it without Lightning." I admitted.

"I couldn't have done it without your help." Lightning told me and I just smiled at her.

Serah laughed a little, "I have a feeling we'll all be great friends."

"We already are." Lightning said as she motioned us closer together. My heart warmed up knowing I had been accepted by people who've taught me so much in such a short amount of time. I don't regret everything that's happened to make me a L'cie. I would do it all over again if I could meet people like them

Authors Note: I hope you enjoyed the story, this is the last chapter. Please feel free to review and thank you so much for reading.