AN sorry it took so long to update, but it's working out! I'll eventually get my schedule going... Eventually...

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Amara excitedly seat down on the pilot seat, "Whoa! So many controls! Uncle Donald, can you teach me how to fly this thing?"

"Uh..." He looked at me, "Ask your mother for that stuff..."

I sighed, "Goofy, you wanna hold Kiyoko?"

"Mama, hug?" She asked and I thought used telepathy again.

"That's right! You get to..." Wait, did her lips move? "Hug... Goofy..."

"Is she talking with telepathy?" Amara asked and I handed her to Goofy. She looked up at him.

"Goofy!" She hugged him.

"A-yhuck! Little Kiyoko is growing up!" She pouted at this. 

"Not little!" She crossed her arms and made a cute face. I giggled and turned to Amara.

"Mar, I'll teach you how." I picked her up and put her on my lap as I sat down. I buckled up for the both of us. "Safety first, of course!"

She smiled, "Okay!" She put her hands on the wheel and I put my hands gently on top of hers.

"Be sure to have a sturdy enough hold so the wheel won't jerk on its own but don't jerk it yourself. If you do, you'll lose control." I gently said, "Remember, don't assume everything will go smoothly- there are heartless and nobody ships. They will do anything to get us blown up."

"How do we fight them?" The one question I knew she way going to ask...

I sighed and switch on auto pilot, "That, my girl, is something for you to learn later. Goofy, can you take my place?"

"Sure!" He carefully raised up from his chair and I put Amara on the ground, who in turn yawned and ran to the cabin. I took Kiyoko from Goofy and found she was fast asleep. "Are you sleepy too, Piri?"

I wasn't really want to but I did feel like it. In fact, now that I think about it, my eyelids did feel heavy. Maybe he noticed my tiredness through my eyes.

I sighed, "Yeah, I guess..." I walked into the cabin and saw that there was another bed added. Amara jumped into the new kid sized bed and curled up. I chuckled softly and smiled. It quickly faded when I remembered that she was the Guardian of Kingdom Hearts- entrusted by the god of light to protect the balanced heart. The thing is, I'm still her mother. Then, I remembered she was my heartless... However, she seemed to be less and less like a heartless every day. Her eyes even were brown like mother's. Her hair was still black but it was straight like mom's hair as well.

"Night night, mommy..." Amara closed her eyes and nuzzled her head into her pillow. I smiled and gently put Kiyoko in the other bed making sure she won't fall. I walked over to her bed and tucked her in.

"Love you, Mar. Get some good rest." I kissed her forehead and she happily sighed. I giggled and went back to bed. I gently curled up with Kiyoko and thought of my lover and my best friend.

"Good night, Sora... Good night and love you, Riku..." I feel asleep after that.

~

In my dreams...

When I opened my eyes, I was in Traverse Town. To be exact, the second district and on top of the Dalmatian's mansion or what have you.

"Traverse Town?" I looked around, "Why... am I here?" I climbed down the ladder and jumped off the ledge with a graceful landing. I started to walk around more and weird monsters appeared. One looked like a... hamster/ cat? It growled at me like a dog though, meaning it was a threat to me. I summoned Nightfall Key and slashed at it until it disappeared. "What was that?"

"Look out!!" A male's voice said and there was a hissing sound behind me. When I turned around, I saw a boy with dirty blonde curly hair and purple eyes. He wore a purple shirt and had black jeans. He saved me. "Focus on the enemy!"

"R-right..." I turned my attention to the others and helped defeat them with the mysterious boy.

"Phew, that was a close one..." The blonde said and I dismissed my blade.

"Yeah, thanks for saving my hide. I would have been toast." I scratched the back of my head, looking at him.

"Don't mention it." He smiled at me but then it disappeared, "Tell me, that weapon you were using, was that a keyblade?"

I raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, why do you ask?" He chuckled. What was so funny about that? "Who are you?"

"My name is Joshua. And I might know a friend of yours." I growled at him.

"How do I know you aren't lying to me?"

"Simple, Piri. I know that this is a keyblade because of them."

"What the- how do you know my name?!" I called back my keyblade.

"Hey, calm down. I might tell you what I know. Could you help me?"

I scoffed, "What, a half-ass like you can't tell me what's going on first?"

He laughed, softly, "You're an interesting girl... Alright, the boys who are here are Sora and Riku."

I gasped, they're here!? I growled and crossed my arms, "Okay, fine... You got my full attention, what do you want?"

"It's not just for me, it's for my friends. I just want them to finish this mission and get back to Shibuya."

I was guessing that was his friends' home. This guy was trying to get everyone home. "Hmm... okay, I'll try to help. What's wrong?"

"I'm looking for a girl named Rhyme. I'm trying to get her back to her game partner." He said, "Riku said that he would help-"

"Hold up, before I agree to help, tell me how you meet Riku. If the story checks out, then I will-"

There was screaming in the air and I snapped my head around to see those things chasing after a girl. I sighed and called upon Nightfall Key. I jumped in between them. I slashed through all of them and more appeared. I growled at them, "Bloody hell! Stop appear-" I stopped when I saw Riku running towards the First District. I blink a few times before I sensed I was about to be pounced on. I attacked the things with my up scaled magic and they dropped some sort of fragment looking things and there were six. When I picked them up, I stared at them. What are these?

"Do you know what creatures those are?" Joshua's voice was behind me and I jumped. I turned around to punch him when he caught me by my wrist. He tightened his grip when I started to struggle. The part that creeped me out to no end was his creepy chuckle. "It's seems I scared you."

I growled and yacked my hand away, "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

He smirked, "Don't worry about that. Anyway, those creatures are Dream Eaters. You can make them with those dream pieces you've found when you defeated the others."

"Whatever, I'm going to see Riku." I ran towards the direction as the chuckle behind me sounded again.

In the First District, I saw Riku with the girl. They were talking.

"Seriously, thanks. I'm Shiki, how about you!" The girl asked.

"Riku..."

"Thanks, Riku!" She grateful said, holding her cat plush. That reminded me of my Kawaii kitty back home.

"Sure." He was walking off.

"Hey! That's it? You chat up a girl and then say 'sure', and walk off?" She asked and I snickered.

"That's Riku for you..." I walked closer to them and Riku turned towards me. The silverette snapped his head towards me and gently smiled.

"Piri!" He opened up his arms and I ran into his hug.

"Aw! That's so cute!" She giggled, "I ship you both!"

I blinked and looked at her, "Well, he is my boyfriend..." She giggled and a colorful dream eater that looked like a bat landed on his shoulder. "Is that a Dream Eater?"

"Yep, this is Click. He's a Komoary Bat." He petted him and it squeaked in delight.

"How did you get one?" She asked, "Did you have any dream pieces?"

"Yeah, I combined them. A boy taught me how to."

"Let me guess... Joshua?"

"Yeah. I take it you met him."

I groaned, "Yes and he's... creepy..."

"Yeah, I didn't trust him at first either." He went back to the original conversation, "So, what kind of pieces do you have?"

"Um... I don't know..." I got them out and showed him.

"Hmm... Well, you have three of lofty figments and wondrous figments." He said. "Combined them."

"Uh... Okay..." I didn't really know how and I just stared at them. Riku cupped my hands and I felt my heart beat fast. I looked into his cyan green hues and he smiled at me.

"Let your light shine. Dream pieces seem to respond to that and fuse with other pieces." I nodded and closed my eyes.

Light flowed in my veins as I concentrated on it. The fragments fused together and light erupted from the combination of them. I felt something soft yet scaly and the noise I heard was like a horse. I opened my eyes to see a seahorse dream eater.

"Wow..." I stared in amazement. Shiki, who I forgot was there, petted it.

"That's a Tetsuya Steed! these are very loyal."

"Tetsuya Steed?"

"What'cha going to call it, Ri?" Riku asked.

"Um... Well, it reminds me of home." I smiled brightly and scratched her behind her ear. It seemed to be really happy by then. "I'll call you Destiny." It jumped up on me and knocked me to the ground, giving me a kiss on the cheek. I giggled.

Riku smiled, "She likes that name."

I heaved myself up off the ground and picked Destiny up. She blew bubbles and I smiled. It stopped and looked at me. I felt sleepy again and I put her down. Riku must have sensed me tired or he won't have put a hand on my cheek. "Piri? What's wrong?"

"I'm... sleepy..." He fell into his chest and black out.

~

I opened my eyes and I was on top of the clock tower eating ice cream. I blinked and looked around. Roxas and Axel were sitting  to my sides, eating ice cream as well. When I saw my hair in front of my eyes and realized it was slightly darker. I fixed it out of my eyes.

"Hey, Axel, Irix?" Roxas asked. Axel looked at him and I responded like that to.

"What's up, Roxy?" Irix's voice came out of my mouth.

"You both promised we'd see each other again..." He said and Axel smiled.

"Well, technically I said I would bring you back... both of you." He laughed, "Didn't get it memorized?"

I blinked, feeling Irix take control a bit. "I did... as well as a promise of another friend. I promised here I would always remember her, even if everyone else didn't."

"Do we know her?" Axel asked and Irix sadly looked down. She finished her ice cream and put the popsicle stick in her pocket.

"I... honestly don't know if you two remember..." She looked down.

"Could you describe her to us?" Roxas asked Irix and she nodded.

"Well, she had black hair and-"

"Blue eyes like mine?" Roxas asked and she looked at him as Axel did too.

"Wait... I have an idea..." Irix stood and scooted away from the edge. "Axel, Roxas, take my hands." Roxas did and Axel sighed.

"Okay then..." He did, "Now what?"

"Both of you look towards the sunset and close your eyes." She said with the sweetest smile, closing hers. Roxas and Axel closed their eyes as Irix opened hers. "Now... Tell me who you see."

"It's that girl..." Axel said and she nodded.

"Almost there... What's her name?"

Roxas gasped and opened his eyes, tears of joy and sorrow fell. Axel also had tears. "W-wait a minute..."

"Xion...?" They both said and there was a light in front of them. When it dimmed down, there was the girl herself. They happily gasped.

"Xion!" They yelled and she turned around. She turned around and tears of happiness fell. She ran towards them on the barrier that kept her falling. They ran out to her and had a group hug, kneeling to the barrier. Quiet yet happy sobs of joy and pure happiness were heard.

"I missed you guys..." She softly said and hugged tighter.

"Xion..." Irix said.

"We missed you too, got it memorized?" Axel said.

"I know and I'm sorry I left..."

"No, that was my fault..." Roxas cried in her shoulder.

She hugged him, "Roxas, it's okay. All four of us are together now, even when we are apart."

"Best friends forever..." Axel added. I couldn't believe how much love and friendship I felt from those four. Soon the images of me as Irix disappeared as well as Roxas, Xion, and Axel. But at least the four will remain forever friends.