Kingdom Hearts: Dark Born

A/N: Hey guys this story is going to start right after KH2 ending, I plan to incorporate KHDDD, and whenever KH3 finally comes out (god forbid they delay it any longer) into the story as well.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything in the Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or Final Fantasy.

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Sora had faced a lot of dangerous enemies in his time traveling the worlds. Some had been monstrous, others overpowered, and all of them had been dangerous. But as he walked down the familiar road on the main island towards the house he grew up in, he started to think about the enemy he was about to face. The combined wrath of his parents.

"Hey Kairi, How much trouble did you get in when you came back?" he asked warily looking between her and his home.

It hadn't even been an hour since Sora and Riku had returned to Destiny Islands, but already there was this fear that their parents would kick butts so far that they'd have to find their way back to the island.

"I didn't get in any trouble." She said snickering a little, "when our home was returned, everybody started to wake up and nobody ever knew I was gone. But I don't think I can get away with that now."

"And what do you think they'll do when we get back?"

"Who knows." Riku said walking up to the two, "But I'm just glad we'll actually be together again, and they'll probably be glad to see us as well."

"Yeah . . . .well we're here." Sora said as he stood in front of the cobbled pathway to his front door. The small one story house was tan like most in the neighborhood, and in the front laid a carefully planned garden with a mixture of different types of flowers that his mother liked to grow. By the garage there leaned the fishing pole that his father used and next to it his own along with the tackle box and extra canoe they kept. And in the open front window some white curtains could be seen drifting slightly drifting with the breeze.

"How about you guys hang back for a bit." Sora said turning back to his friends, "It may be better for you to keep your distance for a little while."

"Of course." Kairi said taking a step back with the others. "We'll be by the garage."

'Well here goes nothing' Sora thought to himself as he walked up to the door 'or everything'

Hesitantly ringing the doorbell, he waited for the familiar footsteps of either of his parents walking to the door to open it and see their son. Seconds ticked by, then minutes, and finally after ringing the doorbell a second time, heavy footsteps could be heard trudging to the door. Sora was greeted by the sight of his father as he opened the door, showing a slightly different man than what Sora remembered.

In front of him stood a large man with a strong build from days spent fishing and other hard labor and tanned skin from being out in the sun all day. Instead of the short trimmed hair that he was used to seeing, his father now let his brown hair grow long, almost hiding his sea green eyes, and his usually trimmed beard now as wild as his hair. He still wore the clothes that he had worked the day in and still smelled strongly of fish and the sea. They both looked at each for a long time before Sora finally had courage to say anything.

"Hey pops." He said shyly.

His father continued to stare at him, his eyes widening as he finally started to process who was in front of him. Sora didn't know what to do next, but apparently his father did, as he wound up his fist and hit him so hard in the chest that he flew out onto the road.

"SORA!" his friends called as they rushed towards him, only stopping when he waved at them.

"Two years." His father said as he walked towards them, "Two bloody years you've been gone! You up and leave one night, not even leaving a note saying goodbye, and leave me and your poor mother to worry sick about where you and your best friend are." Gruffly picking Sora up by his collar, he hauled him up till he was eye level with him, staring into the eyes of his extremely angry father. "And now you're back!"

Sora closed his eyes and braced himself as his father raised his other hand into a fist and was prepared to swing, but after a few seconds he felt himself being let back down. Opening his eyes he saw tears in the corner of his father's eyes as he looked upon him.

"My boy is back." He said slowly wrapping him in a hug. Sora had never seen his father cry, and it brought tears to his own eyes as he hugged his father back, missing what he had left behind. When they broke, he had a smile on his face as he looked him up and down, "You got tall boy."

"You got hairy." Sora retorted, and they both shared a laugh. Looking back, they saw their friends smiling as they joined them.

"You are in so much trouble when Christa gets out here." His father said as he wiped the tears away from his face.

"Who's in trouble?" a voice said from the doorway.

Exiting from his house, Sora saw his mother walk slowly up the path. She looked almost the same as the day she last saw him, shoulder length chocolate brown hair surrounding a pretty face with deep blue eyes. Her slight build made her look small in comparison to his father, but Sora knew better than to judge his mother as weak just by her looks. As she walked up to the group and caught sight of him, she stopped dead in her tracks. She came up to him reaching her hand up and touching his face as if trying to see if he was real.

"You're really here." She choked out.

"Yeah, I'm home." He said, and then she pulled him into a hug, as she cried with relief into his shoulder.

It was a tender moment…for about 5 seconds, and then Sora started to feel her squeeze him in a death grip.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" she yelled.

"I can explain!" Sora gasped out as the air in his lungs left and he felt himself slipping.

"You had better." She said finally letting him go. Spinning around to the rest of the group, she eyed Riku and Kairi who found the ground incredibly interesting. "You all have a lot of explaining to do, so you might as well come inside and get comfortable while we call your parents."

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Inside the house, everyone was crowded into the basement where they all tried to find a place to get comfortable, with Kairi sitting in between Sora and Riku on the couch that faced their parents standing in front of them.

When Riku's parents had first arrived they had shared a less violent reunion then Sora had, Riku's parents being a much quieter couple. Riku got much of his build from his father, who like Sora's, worked fishing and working the docks, but unlike Riku he had Dark hair cut short. His mother was a tall women who shared the same hair as Riku and the same intense sea green eyes as hers.

And then there was Kairi's father, the mayor. He was a short older man in his 50s, with a short cropped hair slowly greying like the mustache on his face. For the mayor of islands, he was a rather relaxed man, and was dressed so as well in a flowery tropical shirt, and tan shorts and sandals. When Kairi had first appeared, the mayor had took it upon himself to raise her and had done alone, his spouse having died years before. As mayor he had run the Destiny isles fair and true, not overstepping his powers as mayor, and because of this he had run unopposed for years.

And here they stood before them, their eyes filled with a mixture of anger and relief at the return of their children.

"Before we start, why don't you introduce us to your friends." The mayor started stepping forward.

"Right, well that's Donald and Goofy, and then there King Mickey." Sora said addressing each of the individuals. "Oh yeah, and this is Jiminy." Sora added as the cricket hopped out of his jacket.

"Oh ho, so we stand in the presence of a king." The mayor said taking a bow, "If I had known we were in such important company I would have dressed better, but under the circumstances I hope you don't mind the meager appearances."

"No, I don't mind how you dress." The King said sheepishly as he stepped forward and shook each of the adults' hands. "But as Sora said, my name is Mickey, Donald is my court magician, Goofy is the captain of the Royal Knights, and Jiminy is the transcriber of their journey. And each of us had a role in what they've been doing the past 2 years."

"And what might that be exactly?" Riku's father asked.

"Well," Riku started, "for us, it started when I got the idea that we should build a raft."

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". . . and after we defeated Ansem, Riku and the king helped us close the door, and were trapped in the realm of Darkness." Sora finished.

It had been an hour since they had started the telling of their first journey, and so far their parents sat their enthralled in it without interruption. Their eyes had perked at some major points of their story and Sora's mom almost choked when she heard of his stint with freeing Kairi's heart.

"And once they did, I ended up returning with our world." Kairi said. "That's why when the world returned, no one ever knew that I was gone. You all thought that Sora and Riku had run away and I knew that there was no way I could tell you, not without proof at least."

"Can't blame ya for that." Sora's father stated shaking his head. "I don't think we can even blame the boys either, you were all just caught in what was inevitably going to happen to all of us, at least you were. . . Somewhat safe."

"And at least Kairi's heart was in good hands." The Mayor said with a smirk as the two blushed at the comment. "I'm grateful for what you did, and Riku, though you were misled onto the wrong path, your wish was to save Kairi and for that I'm grateful to you as well."

"Thank you sir" they said in unison.

"Um and if you wouldn't mind could we possibly see these "Keyblades" you've been talking about." Riku's mother politely asked.

"Sure." Sora said. Raising his hand up, the Kingdom key appeared in a flash of light and settled in his hand. There was a chorus of wows from across from him as their parents came forward to get a closer look.

"Remarkable, it appeared out of thin air just like that." The mayor said touching the end of it carefully. "But that isn't the end of your story is it?"

"No, but we're a little fuzzy on what happened after Kairi left." Goofy chimed in.

"I can probably answer that." Riku said.

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"Huh, so that's what happened." Jiminy said as he finished writing down everything that Riku had said, "well that completes my journal again."

"So that's why we couldn't remember you." Sora's mother said, "We knew something had felt so wrong during that time, but we couldn't figure out what."

"So we slept for a year and when we woke up, the only thing that could tell us anything was the words "Thank Namine" in Jiminy's journal...

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The light outside had fallen dark when the group finished telling about their recent journey, and now they were at the point where they were now. Everyone at this point was exhausted, besides the fact that just hours ago they finished their fight, but also telling their story had tired them mentally. Kairi was slowly nodding off, and Sora and Riku weren't far off; Donald and Goofy had completely given up themselves and were sleeping in the corner.

"Well everyone that was quite the story, but it seems that you all should rest for now, we can probably discuss this in the morning." The Mayor said with a yawn.

And as the parents got up and walked to the stairs, Sora tried to follow himself, but found that Kairi had fallen asleep against his shoulder. He was too tired himself to be embarrassed and instead carefully got up and laid her on the full length of the couch.

"She'll be fine if she stays here lads." The mayor said when he noticed his daughter, "I have faith she'll be safe here with you.

"Of course sir." Riku said grabbing a blanket and tossing it on Goofy and Donald, and then took one for the king, and another for himself. Sora grabbed a blanket and carefully laid it on the snoozing Kairi and then grabbed himself a bean bag and laid out on the floor using it as his pillow. And as the lights flicked off, he promptly fell asleep.