At Peace

Riku can't help but smile when he comes home from working with Terra and Aqua at the training grounds all day to find Xion sleeping on the couch with baby Haruki snuggled up against her.

At times like this, their dream almost feels attainable—their hope for a future where the worlds will be one with each other and people won't have to fight anymore.

Maybe DiZ was right—maybe it's a fool's dream that will never be reality. So what?

Riku walks over to them and silently tucks Xion's hair behind her ear.

Right now, he couldn't feel more at peace.

Author: I'm not sure where Hikari is in this drabble, but lets assume she's doing something by herself or sleeping, too. (And darn it, I can't avoid Haruki lately. I'm kind of creeping myself out. The kid's just too adorable for his own good...)

While it's obviously not a direct sequel to the other drabble, this one calls back to "Dreamer" from way back in this series.

Also, I have an important announcement for everyone who is reading this story:

If you haven't already heard, this site is deleting stories that violate those old rules that have never really been enforced. If you guys have any stories that contain, in their own words, "detailed descriptions of physical interaction of sexual or violent nature," (and where they draw the line isn't really clear) then you should back them up if you haven't already. Heck, they might even delete T stories that have language or themes they think should be under M category. I don't know.

There's a petition going around to try and stop this, and if you want to sign it I can message the link to you.

However, another thing that's going to be going on on this site is a blackout on June 23 for 24 hours (GMT). That's tomorrow. That means no messaging, no favoriting, no reviewing, etc. The more people who participate, the more likely the site admins are to notice.

Long story short, I'm not even going to log into this site tomorrow. So it'll be Sunday before I post another drabble.

Anyway, I'll see you guys again then. ^^

To my reviewers:

Amatus: I actually really liked At World's End myself-it gets a little long in the middle, but it's got a lot of good points so it's worth it for me. And yeah, I'd love to play that boss fight, even if (knowing me) it'd probably take me fifty tries to actually win... Lol. (It's the challenging fights that are fun, even if they get annoying.^^) ...And yay, you got the reference! :D I didn't want to be too obvious about the Will/Elizabeth parallel, but I was definitely thinking about it. XD. Those two indeed.

vanitas1776: I understand that completely. ^^ It happens with me, too. I'll like several drabbles in a row, but then there's one that just shines out above the others and makes them seem lesser by comparison. I'm glad you liked that one, cause I'd really like to see something like it happen in a game. ^^ (I could imagine the cutscene while I was writing it, maybe that helped me. I'm not sure.) And I'll try to get to your stuff today, but if I don't manage to I promise I will type up the reviews tomorrow on my computer and send them your way Sunday. ^^