Intrusion: Growth.

Haruka yawned as he sat upright in the bed, stretching and noticing that the spot next to him was empty. Making him frown slightly, 'he's not here, must have went to the island ahead of me then.' he thought while standing up and popping his back. He looked around the room that he and his little brother, Sora, shared for the last ten years since he was adopted into his family. His hair had grown out, it was now in layers, besides his bangs which also grew but was still in the same style as before, he now had a scar on his right eyes-thankfully he could still see out of it-and his eye color seemed to have intensified. It was now a cold icy blue. He had also slightly tanned because of the sun. Haruka had become more physically fit over the years, his jawline was starting to get a slight square shape to it, so far the girls in school ranked him to be good looking next to Riku. yawning again he went and got ready for the day. 'He could have awoken me.' he thought with a sigh while grabbing the muffler he was found with, putting it snugly against his neck, then attaching the piece of armor as well. He wore dark grey cargo shorts that puffed slightly at the end with a line of gold going all the way around in the thigh area, black kung fu looking flat shoes-they were comfy and he didn't give a damn what others thought about it-along with a red sleeveless collared styled shirt with gold lining it. A white with red colored sleeveless/backless jacket over it all that resembled the one he had when he was little but altered, and finally putting on his fingerless gloves before heading down stairs after pocketing the star charm.

Looking around he noticed no one was home. Quirking a brow he went into the kitchen to see a note on the fridge. "Lets see, 'Dear Sora and Haruka, your father and I had to leave early today for work, and we may not be back in time for dinner so I am charging Haru with making dinner tonight. Sora no staying up late, In bed by 9:00P.M. mister, you are still in trouble for lying to us about that project you were suppose to have had done and never did. Haru, please make sure Sora gets to bed by the time. And no junk food! -love, Mom~!'" he read while putting some toast in the the toaster for a quick breakfast and hummed, he noticed that there was more on the back, "'P.S. Haru there was a package that came for you, I left it on the table near the door.'" he crumpled it up and threw it in the trash can before getting a glass of milk to drink, he swiped the toast that sprang up with his other hand and started munching on it as he headed towards the front door to see what it was that was brought to him. He spotted a fairly large rectangular package box resting harmlessly next to the small table as he went over, putting his cup down with the toast in his mouth, opening it with the letter opener that was next to it, before bringing the flaps aside to looking inside. He stared at the wooden sword that resembled a key, picking it up to examine it he turned it over a few time until he saw the name 'Terra' carved on the hilt of it. He stared at the sword before putting it back inside of the box and going upstairs, and leaving it behind the bedroom door.

He left the house, locking it after him, and jogged down the street towards the beach. "wonder what I should make for dinner tonight?" he mumbled as he past the store and stopped. He thought for a moment then headed back and went inside, coming back out a few moments later with a bag of frozen treats. "i can make him some soup? Hm, no he'll just get picky about the type...mash potatoes and macaroni?...maybe some fish with rice would be better." he mumbled to himself as he arrived at the beach and headed towards the usual spot where their boats were kept. He furrowed his brows when he didn't see his boat. At all. Instead he found a small note on the floor.

"Borrowed your boat. Hope you don't mind.

-Tidus."

Haruka glared at the note as he sighed in frustration. Grumbling under his breath as he took his jacket, muffler, charm, shoes, and anything else he didn't want to get wet and put them inside of the grocery bag. Tying it up tightly so no water could get in before diving into the ocean and swimming towards the island where Sora and the rest were. He was going to have a 'Talk' with Tidus when he got there about borrowing his boat.

Took a bit, but he had finally made it to the beach. As he neared he saw a figure in a red jump suit lying in the sand, snoozing away. He trudged onto the sandy beach, soaked, while making his way to the sleeping boy. He had spiky brown hair, a white and blue jacket, a blue belt around his waist with a necklace of a crown around his neck and finally yellow shoes. He stared down at him as he arrived next to him, dropped the bag and taking off his shirt then, as a small smirk crosses his lips, squeezed the water out of his shirt right onto the sleepy boys face. Effectively waking him up as he gave a startled shout and sitting up quickly.

"WHA-?!" he gasped out while shaking his head, he then looked up at Haruka and frowned. "HEY! HARU! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

Haruka chuckled as he sat down next to him, "You were snoozing on the job, weren't you, Sora?" he stated more then asked his brother. Sora could only grin sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment for being caught. Haruka rolled his eyes with a small warm laugh. "Sora, dearest brother..." he sighed out dramatically while putting his hand over his heart. Sora gasped at him as he punched his shoulder.

"Whats with 'Dearest'? God you make it sound like I did something stupid."

"weeeeell..." Haruka trailed off with a shrug of his shoulder, which resulted in Sora tackling him to the ground. They both laughed as they tumbled around the beach. "OW! SORA DID YOU JUST BITE ME?!" Haruka laughed out in shock as Sora straddled him to keep him from moving. He stopped Sora's hands that were reaching to tickle him and tried to throw him off. "Augh! Sora you got heavy!"

"HEY!"

"Must be all the sweets and junk food!" he sighed out before noticing that Sora was looking curiously down at his bare chest. He quirked an eyebrow at him, "What is it Sora?"

"Hm, why are you all wet?" he asked as he tugged one of his arms free from Haruka's grasp, he ran his hand through his hair, moving it back to reveal the scar on Haruka's eye. He glanced down at his brothers toned body and frowned as he compared it to his own thin one.

"Tidus took my boat, so I had to swim over here...again." Haruka explained with an eye-roll. "your ass is gonna get wet as well and you'll look like you peed yourself like when you were eight." he said casually, not really caring that Sora was sitting on him, in fact Haruka was fiddling with Sora's belt, tugging and moving it. Sora blushed at the mention of that and tried to get up, but Haruka held him there by his waist with a smirk. "Oh? Leaving so soon brother? I thought we could spend some more quality time together~" he sang while Sora frowned down at him.

"...Is this because I didn't wake you up this morning?" he questioned while crossing his arms, when he received a nod he groaned in frustration. "HARUKA~!" he whined as he tried to get out of his brothers grip, which was ridiculously strong, so no one would accuse him of wetting his pants. "PLEASE~! I DON'T WANT KAIRI TO SEE ME LIKE THIS~!" he yelled frantically as he wiggled around, clawing at the sand to get out. He stopped when he noticed that Haruka had a frown on his face.

"Kairi?" he asked with irritated huff. Kairi was a girl that was found a year or so after he himself was. A month or so after that, Sora had take an unnatural interest in her. Soon he started to play with kairi more then he did with Haruka, day by day he would be with her more and more. It got to the point where Haruka thought that Sora had completely forgotten about him and Riku. He at least hangs out with Haruka now, but at home hes always talking about what he and kairi were planning on doing later, or what kairi did today, or what kairi told him. Even the rest of the kids on the island practically forgot he excited since she had arrived. The only one who didn't forget him was Riku, he would still play with him and talk to him. It was apparent that he also didn't really like her, both of them made a promise that they would tolerate her in favor of Sora when he had invited her into their group of three. He still pays more attention towards her then he did to the brother he wished for. How he hatted the girl who took all of Sora's attention. "Don't you talk about kairi enough at home Sora?" he said in frustration as he sat upright.

"Haruka?" Sora asked with concern, "Whats wrong? Why do you sound so mad?" he questioned while looking down at him with his own little frown. When Haruka didn't answer and just stared at him, Sora puffed out his cheeks as his brows furrowed in frustration at his brothers. Sora poked Haruka's cheek for a bit then started to pull it making him do stupid faces. He got frustrated that Haruka didn't do anything but look at him, "Haru~~ are you mad at me?" he asked sadly.

"...sora, no one likes hearing about one person for hours on end..." he said dryly at him before nipping his finger that tried to pull his mouth into a smile. Sora pulled his hand back and pouted at Haruka.

"I don't talk about-"

"Yes. You do." Haruka sighed out, "Sora you are going to lose that finger if you try to pull my mouth into a forced smile again." he warned when Sora's hand, not so subtly, reached for the corner of his mouth before he stopped and dropped it to his side. "This is going to leave a mark..." he sighed while eying his shoulder where a clear bite mark was. "Did you have to bite me?"

Sora shrugged his shoulders, then put their foreheads together while wrapping his arms around Haruka's neck. "so...your not mad at me?" he questioned hopefully.

"Sora its impossible for me to stay mad at you, let alone get mad at you..." Haruka answered with a crooked grin. Sora's face light up with a laugh. It was times like these where Haruka was absolutely happy. Alone time with Sora without him talking about kairi so much. Most people saw it strange that the two were so close, or disturbing, but they didn't care. Seeing as they have shared a bed, since that night he was found then taken into Sora's family, and practically everything else. Minutes passed by in comfortable silence, with only the sound of the waves and trees rustling occasionally. "...Sora." he mumbled as he felt Sora tracing the scar on his eye. He got a hum in response, "what is it with you and my scar?" he mumbled then cracked an eye open to look at him.

"...i dunno...It's just..." he trailed off with a shrug then glanced to his right "Huh?" he said lifting his head, much to Haruka's displeasure, as he smiled. "KAIRI! RIKU!" Sora yelled waving his hand at them as he turned the upper half of his body towards the bridge. Haruka cringed when he heard her name, then scowled when he noticed Sora's eyes brighten up with a faint blush dusting his cheeks.

"Speaking of the little..." he mumbled under his breath before he looked over to his friend and the extra. 'there goes our rare alone time of brotherly affection.' he thought in disdain. Then out on a calm face.

"Hey Sora! Haruka!" kairi greeted with a wave of her hand as she walked over. Haruka didn't so much as even glance at her direction, but he did mumble a 'hello', instead he rested his head on Sora's shoulder and stared at nothing. She furrowed her brows in confusion at seeing Sora practically straddling Haruka, with the later of the two shirtless and wet might she add, with a clear bite mark on Haruka's shoulder that was turning red. She also saw that Haruka had his arms around Sora's waist possessively, Sora didn't seem to care since he had an arm around Haruka's neck with a smile. "Whatcha' guys doing?" she asked after a bit.

"We were wrestling." Sora answered happily as Haruka continued to ignore her presence. "Right haru?" he asked while turning to his brother.

"Yup." he responded with a smile and a chuckle, he then turned to kairi with a strained smile plastered on his face. "so how's your day going so far kairi?"

"Fine haru~ although I had to wake up this lazy bum earlier and make him do his share of the work." she chided lightly while looking at Sora, who blushed and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Honestly Sora, you should really pull your weight around here."

"yet all you do is sit on your lazy ass and 'supervise' the progress." Haruka muttered darkly to himself, but it seemed that Sora heard him. Seeing as he turned towards him with a frown.

"Haru!" Sora hissed at him.

"What?" she asked with a tilt of her head, not noticing the growing agitation of Haruka because of the fake kindness he had on. "So are you guy's going to get up and help anytime soon? You know, before people start to talk?" she asked while eying how they sat. she was smiling and had giggled, but Haruka saw the mild look of disgust in her eyes. Just like the rest of the islanders that saw how Sora and Haruka were. Without warning Haruka got up from his sitting position abruptly, knocking Sora from his own sitting position, and grabbing his shirt he walked briskly past her. He couldn't take pretending to be nice to her any longer, god he just wanted to yell at her to go away, but that would get Sora mad at him. And he hated it when Sora was mad at him.

"Hey Haruka." Riku greeted as he picked up the bag on the floor, then gave it to him as he came closer. "Why don't you have your shirt on?" he said while looking him up and down, "And wet." he said with a raised brow.

"Tidus took my boat, had to swim." he explained with a grumble as he grabbed the bag from Riku and headed towards the tiny island with the tree. He cast a few glances over his shoulder to see Sora and kairi now laughing and talking, he felt his irritation grow along with a pang in his chest, 'tsk'ing he turned back around and continued to walk. Riku trailing behind him, casting a brief glance at his friend, before sighing. "Now then, where is Tidus? I need to have a chat with him." Haruka said as he opened the door to the shed that led up to the bridge.

"I think hes up on the deck practicing his sword swinging." Riku answered as he gestured vaguely over at the area. Haruka hummed as he opened the door to the small bridge, crossing it and arriving to the tree. Riku watched as Haruka placed his still wet shirt to dry on the tree before sitting on the ground then opening the bag and taking out the items within. "So whats in the bag?" he asked while sitting next to him. Haruka reached in then held a Popsicle towards Riku, surprising him "oh. Thanks." he said while taking it and started to eat it.

"So, anything need to be done with the raft?" Haruka questioned after calming down while he got another Popsicle out to eat himself.

"Nope. We had Sora do your part since he didn't bother to wake you up."

"How did you know he didn't?" he questioned, Riku gave him a look.

"because when I mentioned where you were he looked guilty. Hes a horrible liar."

"...and what did kairi do?"

"...she supervised..." he answered with a sigh as he glanced at Haruka. Sometimes he found himself staring at Haruka for a long period of time, or looking him up and down, taking in his features, listening only to his voice. He would have to snap out of his thoughts when they always seemed to be of Haruka, when he was little he hated anyone who got too close to Haruka. With the exception of Sora since he was his brother and all. When he had asked his parents about this- they had assumed he was talking about a girl- they told him that he may be in love. Riku was confused by this, after all, Haruka was his friend! How could he like his friend? And he had only met him a few months prior.

"Does she ever do anything?" Haruka muttered as he and Riku both glanced towards the beach where kairi and Sora were currently talking. Sora was grinning like an idiot as kairi had her hand over her mouth chuckling at something. Riku saw the corner of Haruka's mouth turn into a sneer, showing his extra pair of canine teeth that were long and sharp. His eyes narrowed, and it seemed like his icy blue eyes glowed slightly, before looking back out towards the ocean. "Besides being a distraction to Sora..." he grumbled. Riku sighed.

"You seem really angry today." he pointed out, Haruka raised a brow at him in question to which Riku shrugged his shoulders. "I know you don't really like kairi and everything, but you have got to stop snapping at her. She's still Sora's friend...which means she ours."

"Riku-" Haruka groaned out in annoyance. But he was cut off by him.

"And since she's our friend then we have to show we...like...her. Remember it's for Sora." he said before going back to taking a bite out of his frozen treat. He heard a defeated sigh from Haruka and knew he won that argument.

"Did I ever tell you I hate it when you pull the whole, 'Its for Sora' trick on me?" he pouted with slumped shoulders. Riku laughed at this, then looked towards the sky while basking in the sunshine. Hearing Haruka get up from his spot he looked over to see him climbing the tree and plucking the star shaped fruit, he wondered what he was going to use it for. He came back down and sat, he looked it over for a few moments before glancing at where Sora was, now at the dock, then put the fruit in the plastic bag. He got back up again and stretched, moaning in delight when his back popped. "Now then, you said tidus was practicing his sword swinging?" he asked while glancing down at Riku with a smirk.

"Yup." he said popping the 'P', his eyes wandered to his shirtless chest briefly before looking at him with a raised brow. "Shouldn't you get dressed first?" Haruka only dismissed him with a wave of his hand before diving back into the water and swam towards the shore. Intent on getting to tidus to teach I'm a lesson.