EPILOGUE

DAYBREAK OF START & THE LAST EVENING

A SINGLE PATH STRETCHED ON THROUGH THE GRASSY field as far as they could see. It was impossible to say how far it went. But Riku and Mickey walked along it together.

They both wore black robes, the same as the members of the organization wore.

After some distance, the path split into three. At the place where it branched, a man stood waiting for them—DiZ.

“What are you making me choose now?” Riku asked.

“Between the road to light…and the road to darkness,” DiZ told him, looking at the paths that split off to the right and to the left.

“Neither. I’m taking the middle road.” Riku began to walk past DiZ on the path between.

“Do you mean the twilight road to nightfall?” said DiZ.

“No.” Riku looked back at him with a faint smile. “It’s the road to dawn.”

Riku kept on walking, and Mickey ran to catch up.

What lay ahead of them was the daybreak path—the road to dawn. And a new journey would begin.

Walking the path without you, so that we might remake our forgotten promise. So that I can find you on the road ahead.

The boy stared at the setting sun. He would watch the sun go down from the clock tower that rose above the station, and each time it was just a little bit different.

Something was about to change… The thought hazily crossed the boy’s mind.

“Roxas!” He could hear Pence calling his name from the bottom of the tower.

“Coming!” he called back and turned away from the blaze of the sunset to run down the tower stairs.

The sinking sun cast its last rays behind him.

Reverse/Rebirth – The End