This is a fanfiction dedicated to all those fangirls who magically bring back characters from the dead. I, personally, don't like it, so this kinda goes off of what could be. In this, there are no new characters, no ressurected characters popping out of nowhere, and no character personality or plot changes. It goes off of Tetsuya Nomura interviews for how it works with non-KH information, and lots of wiki-help. So enjoy, it took a lot of work to come up with how to ressurect characters without screwing up the story-line of Kingdom Hearts.

Oh, and yes, there's AkuRoku. That part is non-story-line, but it's only because the KH2Manga in Japanese has them gay, so i support it. Yeah, so if you want a nice, clean, lemon-filled Kingdom Hearts AkuRoku story filled to plot-following (thats a mouthful!), read this.

"Sora, Sora, can you hear me?"

Sora was lying in bed, asleep until a few seconds earlier. He heard a soft voice in his head. It continued to speak, as if to wake him up from some sort of eternal slumber.

"SORA! WAKE UP!"

Okay, that's exactly what it was doing. Sora leaned up in bed and scratched his head. "I'm awake." He mumbled, looking around his room. There was no one in sight. He peered out the window. No one was anywhere nearby. His eyes wandered to see the play island across the ocean. His mind wandered to remember. Was I really gone for almost two years? He had just fallen out of the sky a week before, crashing into the water of his home for the first time in a long while. Kairi was home safe. Riku was back. But something haunted his memory like a disease. One man lost his life and didn't have to.

"Sora! Pay attention to me!" the voice shouted in his mind.

"What?" Sora asked the open air. He felt silly talking to nothing, but still did.

Sora heard the voice cough, as if to clear its throat. "Go back to Radiant Garden. Now. Before the sun rises. Back to Malificent's castle!"

"What? Why?" Sora asked. Why go back to the place he had been pushed so many bad memories? Why go back to the world he hated so much over the course of a year? Even worse, why go back to the section he hated most?

"Don't question me! Just do it!" the voice snapped.

Sora groaned. He stepped out of bed and pulled some clothes on, all while trying to ignore the voice that started humming in his mind. Radiant Garden was another world he had not been to in a month. It seemed like a distant life from now. A distant life he would never return to, that's what it was. Sora bit his lip. He remembered someone whose life would never be returned. A man whose only wish was to see his best friend again. He killed millions and even attempted to kill Sora just so he could see his friend one last time. His intentions grew better; he eventually fought along side Sora. He died in Sora's arms, telling him of the one wish that was never granted. Just once, I want to have your wish granted. You were a good man. You deserved better.

"Sora, go to Riku's house and convince him he's dark. NOW. GO!" the voice shouted.

"What? I cant do that!" Sora complained.

"We'll need his dark portals to get to Radiant Garden without a Gummi Ship. If you…we convince him he can use it, he'll be able to. Now get going!"

Sora grumbled to himself. I'm going insane. I'm talking to voices in my head… Sora quickly put on some jeans and a gray t-shirt. He pulled on his cleanest shoes and trudged out the door. His mom wouldn't miss him unless he didn't come back for a week. So Sora clutched at his shirt on his chest, walking down the dark empty street. He turned down a few roads before finally reaching Riku's house. He stared up at the window to Riku's room. Sora grabbed a rock off the ground and tossed it up at the window. It bounced off with a thud. After a minute of waiting, the window opened.

"What the hell do you want, Sora?" Riku hissed, half asleep and in his underwear.

"Tell him you need his help." The voice snarled. "Tell him to get dressed and jump from the window. Remind him that you'll catch him."

Sora groaned. "Riku, I need your help. Get dressed and jump down here. I'll catch you."

Riku mumbled something that sounded like a curse. He turned around and entered his room. For a moment, Sora thought he wouldn't come out. But after a minute, Riku jumped from the window and into Sora's arms. Sora fell over onto the ground, breaking Riku's fall.

"Yay for clothing." Sora said, noting Riku's awkward yellow tank top. He hadn't seen Riku wear that for years. And seeing those double pants reminded him of the good 'ol days back when they'd sit out on the palm tree. For a brief instant, Sora thought of how he, Kairi, and Riku would sit out on the bent tree and talk about the future. They would chat about their ideas of what it's be like beyond the sea. Who knew it'd be like what they experienced?

"Yeah, well, it was the only clothing I could find this late at night." Riku said, getting off of Sora and helping him up. "So, do you mind telling me why you woke me up at midnight?"

"Just tell him we need to go back to Radiant Garden." The voice whispered, as if Riku could hear it too.

"We need to go back to Radiant Garden." Sora said confidently.

"And how do you suppose we do that? Note to Sora: Donald, Goofy, and Mickey took the only Gummi Ship with them." Riku said, not even caring why they were going.

"That's why I need you." Sora said, quoting the instructions the voice was whispering in his ear. "You used to have the power of darkness, and you still hold it if you try. You had they keyblade of darkness, Mickey had the keyblade of light, and I had the middle part. If you pull your keyblade back into grasp, we can use your dark portals to go back."

"I already showed you that I can't portal anymore." Riku complained.

"I believe in you. Just pull out the keyblade." Sora said with a smile. He put his own arm out and the keyblade took form. In remembrance of his friend, it was the Bond of Flame.

Riku closed his eyes. He put his arm out and the keyblade appeared. "Now you expect me to be able to make a darkness portal?"

Sora nodded with a smile. Riku let out an angry sigh. He put his left arm out. "See?! No portal." He said. At that moment, a dark portal appeared. Riku blinked a few times before looking into it. "Damn." He said. Sora giggled.

"Good job." The voice said with a giggle.

"Yeah, good job." Sora replied to Riku. Since Riku hadn't heard the voice, he was slightly puzzled at Sora's choice of words.

"Uhh…let's just go through, shall we?"

Riku stepped part of the way through and put out his hand. Again, memories surged through Sora. In a dream, Riku had done the same thing. But Sora never reached his hand. Sora never got close. Some other force had always blocked Sora. He was never good enough.

With a smile across his face, Sora grabbed Riku's hand.