Disclaimer: I do not own any of the kingdom hearts characters.

I'm only giving this fanfic a M rating because I'm not sure if I'm going to include a lemon eventually or not. Anyways if I do I'll warn you guys beforehand. Enjoy!

A New Keybearer
Chapter 1: Destiny Islands

They were at it again.

Kairi was sitting down and leaning up against a palm tree as she watched Sora and Riku fighting each other. After coming back home all the two boys did was fight. They weren't angry at each other but they simply wanted to prove to the other how much they had grown. Anyone would be amazed by the fight. It was a flurry of blows and only a well trained eye could catch every one of their moves. Anyone would be amazed, that is, anyone but Kairi. After a week of watching them fight it was starting to grow old.

King Mickey had gone back home to check on his kingdom and insure that everyone was safe. For the moment life was peaceful. There were no heartless or nobodies around, just two headstrong boys whose boredom was going to drive Kairi crazy. After a moment she sighed. She was bored and all she had to do was watch two boys who seem to have endless amounts of energy.

"What's wrong Kairi?" said the feathery magician. Donald and Goofy had stayed with Sora, Kairi, and Riku on their island and Kairi quickly gained their friendship.

"Nothing's wrong Donald, I'm just bored." Kairi looked back to Sora and Riku. Truthfully there was more on her mind then just boredom. While at first Sora and Riku were excited to see her again. While Riku still showed his gratitude at being able to spend time with her Sora had soon started avoiding her. He was fine as long as she didn't come too close to him but every time she tried to talk to him he would find an excuse to leave.

"He missed you, you know."

"What?" Kairi was awakened from her reverie by Goofy's statement. For a moment she was afraid she had spoken her thoughts out loud.

"Sora, he missed you." stated Goofy once again.

Donald decided to pitch in once again. "Yeah, on our journey he was always looking for you and asking if anyone had seen you. He talked about you a lot. I don't know why he's avoiding you now that you're AH!"

Since all three of them were enthralled with the conversation they didn't notice Sora walking up behind them and hitting the trunk of the palm tree with his wooden sword. This caused a coconut to fall from the tree and land right on Donald's head.

"Hey what did you do that . . ." Donald turned his head to see Sora standing over him and he managed to croak out "for?"

Sora grinned and started to walk towards Donald.

"I'll tell you if you will repeat what you were saying about me." Sora then lunged at Donald but said duck was able to get out of the way in time. Donald started running down the beach with Sora chasing after him. Soon Riku and Goofy were laughing at the two as Donald would fall down only to barely jump out of Sora's grasp. Kairi joined in the laughter for a moment but when Goofy and Riku joined the chase she decided to use that moment to leave.

Turning around she began walking to the secret place. Having to duck to get in Kairi took in the sight when she made it through the entrance, it had been a while since she had gone into this cave. Walking over to the picture Sora and she had drawn Kairi was surprised to see that the picture had been added to. Walking up to the drawing she placed her left hand over the left side of the picture.

"What are you doing in here Kairi?" She jumped and turned around to see Sora standing at the entrance.

Looking back at the picture she replied. "Nothing, I'm just bored. Did you do that Sora?" She turned back to Sora and he started walking towards the drawing. When he reached it he placed his hand on the right side of the drawing.

"Yeah, I did it on the day Destiny Islands came apart. The day this whole journey began." Kairi took a tentative glance towards Sora but he had done the same thing. Their eyes met for a moment before both of them looked away.

"I-I'm s-sorry for avoiding you." Kairi noticed that Sora seemed flustered. He had never had a problem apologizing in the past so why was he so worried now?

"Sora it's alright I-"

"No it's not alright. We've been away from each other so long that I should be spending as much time with you as I can. Donald was right. This entire journey I've been fighting to get you back and now that you are back I've been acting like you don't exist. I guess I've been searching for you for so long I don't know what to do now that I've found you."

Kairi was shocked at Sora's confession. She also couldn't help but notice that although he was turned away from her Kairi could see his reddened cheeks. Building up her courage Kairi placed her hand on his shoulder.

"I know it's hard to adjust to normal life after we have been fighting for so long but we'll find our place again."

Sora turned towards Kairi and after seeing her smiling face he replied by saying "Thanks Kairi" and giving her a smile of his own.

"You're welcome. Just promise not to ignore me again."

They both laughed and after a moment Sora replied. "Ok, I promise."

However as they started to leave the cave a wave of sorrow swept over Kairi and she whispered "I don't want to lose you again." The moment she spoke panic welled up inside her. She really hadn't meant to say that, it had just slipped out. As she saw Sora turn back around her panic instantly doubled.

"What did you say?" Sora looked her straight in the eyes with a sad expression on his face. It hurt her that she had caused his light heartened mood to disappear.

"Nothing, I didn't say anything. Come on Sora we should really go back to the others now." Kairi tried to run past Sora and away from this situation when Sora grabbed her arm and turned her to face him. Looking into his bright blue eyes her heart skipped a beat yet she couldn't seem to tear her eyes away. Sora's hand that wasn't holding onto Kairi's arm went up to her cheek and wiped away a tear she hadn't realized she shed. Closing his eyes for a second Sora took a deep breath before looking back at Kairi with even more determination than before.

"Kairi I will never leave you again. I'll stay with you no matter what and you won't ever lose me. Even if we are apart our hearts will stay connected." With a smile he released Kairi's arm and brushed his thumb against her other cheek. "And will you stop crying already. There's no reason for you to be crying anyways." Kairi couldn't hold it in anymore. Despite Sora's instructions Kairi fell onto his chest and started crying harder than she ever had before. All of the distress caused by Sora being gone for so long, her forgetting him only to have the memories come back leaving her guilty for forgetting, the times she had been kidnapped, and everything else came out as she leaned against Sora. Of course Sora had been surprised by her actions but soon he pulled her to him in an attempt to make her stop crying.

When the sobs started dying down he said "Do you feel better now?" He only received a nod in return. "I'm sorry if I upset you I-"

"No! It wasn't you Sora. I just have gone through so much and I hadn't been able to sort through everything yet. I'm sorry you saw me like that." She tilted her head up so she wasn't buried in his chest anymore. Once again he caught her gaze but this time he didn't look away.

Without thinking she blurted out "I missed you." She hadn't meant to say that and now she was able to tear her eyes away from his. Driven by fear every part of her body told Kairi to run away but before she could move Sora's lips touched hers.

Kairi's mind froze. He was kissing her and she had no idea what to do. Sora started to move away thinking that she did not want the kiss but Kairi pushed herself into him before his lips could leave hers. Even though her mind didn't know what to do her heart did. Kairi's arms wrapped around Sora and when she whimpered a little he knew she definitely didn't want him to pull away. He began tugging on her lower lip, begging for entrance. She complied by opening her mouth a little further. When his tongue went into her mouth her head started spinning with the new found sensation. Wondering if he had the same feeling she started to move her tongue into his mouth. Sora stiffened for a moment when he felt her kissing him back but as the shock went away he moaned slightly into the kiss. Kairi was surprised when Sora moaned but she was surprised even more when his kiss increased in intensity. They continued kissing for another moment until they pulled away panting for breath. With their foreheads still touching Sora looked into Kairi's eyes.

"I missed you too Kairi. I promise I will never leave you again." Sora went to lean in for another kiss in the hopes that they will have the same experience as the first one. Just as their lips were about to touch . . .

"So that's why he hit me with a coconut." Turning around Sora saw not only Donald at the entrance but Goofy and Riku too. They all had the same knowing look on their face.

"It's not what you--I mean--what I meant to say. . ." Sora gulped as his face became exceedingly redder by the second. "How much did you see?"

Riku was the one to respond this time. "Oh we came in about when you told her to stop crying." Sora's blush deepened as Kairi started to giggle at this new development. "Well I guess I'll get that coconut now." Riku said to Donald as he began to walk out of the cave.

"What?" yelled Sora as the last of his composure was dying away.

"Donald said you would kiss Kairi by the end of the week but I said you didn't have enough nerve. Whoever lost would have to get a coconut for the other one. Who knew you would knock it down for me." The three then proceeded to leave the cave, leaving a very flustered couple behind.

"Hey!"