"So, you don't know how you got there?" Miyu asked.

Sora shook his head.

"How did you eventually find Riku and Kairi?" Miyu asked.

"W… I just… um…. Actually, Riku found us… a couple of times… We kept getting separated," Sora explained with a slight laugh. "And we just eventually tracked down Kairi."

Their mom frowned, "Who's 'us' and 'we'? did you run into Kairi or Riku first?" she asked.

"Uh…." Sora stammered. "Well, um… I actually ran into Riku and Kairi around the same time… I had met these two friends… Donald and Goofy, who were looking for their…friend… so we were looking together," Sora explained, stumbling over his words. I've really got to be more careful how I word things.

"Oh… did you find their friend?" their mom asked.

Sora nodded. Can we please talk about something else now? he hoped, not wanting to talk about it anymore. He was afraid that he was going to accidentally say something that would have a chain reaction leading right into other worlds, Heartless, Nobodies, and Organization XIII.

"Where are Donald and Goofy now?" their mom asked.

"Home," Sora answered.

"Traverse Town?" she asked.

Sora shook his head, "No, but it's far away too."

"Where?"

"Uh…" Sora hesitated. "Disney…" he stopped himself. He didn't know how they would react if he told them that they lived in a castle; so for now, it was just going to be called Disney instead of Disney Castle.

"Never heard of it," their mom commented.

Sora shrugged, "It's pretty far away," he replied.

Miyu gave him a curious and unbelieving look, but remained silent.

Can we please change the subject now? Sora complained to himself.

His mom noticing his growing discomfort, decided moved to another subject… dinner. "Miyu, why don't you go upstairs and get changed out of that school uniform, then we'll go out and grab some dinner," their mom suggested

Miyu nodded, "Ok," she replied, before heading for the stairs.

"So… where are we going?" Sora asked, wanting to stay off the other subject.

Just as his mom was about to answer, there was a knock on the door.

Sora turned in the direction of the door. Who could that be? he wondered, as his mom got up, went over to the door, and opened it

"Ren!" his mom said in surprise.

Ren? Who's Ren? Sora wondered, not remembering anyone by that name.

"I completely forgot!" his mom added, opening the door all the way. "Um… Ren this is… this is Sora," she said, gesturing to him.

"Hi," Sora said with a smile, still wondering who this guy was.

The man looked at him in surprise. "Hi."

"Sora, this is Ren, he's…" she stammered.

"A friend," Ren finished her sentence for her.

"Um… Sora, we'll be… um… I've just got to… we'll be a minute," his mom said, gesturing to the kitchen, before they both disappeared through the doorway.

Who is that guy? Sora wondered.

"When did he get back?" Sora heard Ren ask.

Sora smiled, They should have picked a room further away if they didn't want me to hear them… he thought.

"A couple of hours ago," his mom replied.

"Do you know what happened? Why he left?" Ren asked.

"He… he's talking about towns I've never heard of… he's being very vague. I don't…" she paused, "he says he doesn't even know how he got off the Island. And he does not want to talk about it. I don't know what to do… he's been gone for a year and a half… I… I don't want to push him but…"

"Who was at the door?" Miyu asked, coming down the stairs.

"Some gu…" Sora started, turning in her direction, but trailed off when he saw her, she had definitely out grown her pink bow phase. Instead of the white dress and pink bows, she had on a black and blue spaghetti strap shirt that was tucked into dark-blue jeans, she had a double chain necklace, double chain belt and a chain around her right wrist.

"What?" Miyu asked, noticing his surprised stare.

"Uh… nothing… you just look… different," he replied. "I guess you outgrew your pink bow thing, huh?"

Miyu smiled, "Yeah, like a year ago," she replied, walking over to the couch and sitting down next to him. "So… who was at the door?... and where's Mom?"

"Some guy named Ren, and they're in the kitchen," he answered.

"Oh…" Miyu replied.

"Who is he?" Sora asked.

"Um… well… um… maybe Mom should tell you…" Miyu stammered.

"Miyu… who is he?" Sora repeated.

"I really think Mom should tell you…" Miyu commented.

"Miyu."

"Mom should reeeallly be the one to tell you," Miyu insisted.

Sora gave her a slightly annoyed look.

Just then their mom and Ren came out of the kitchen.

"I've gotta run, but it was nice meeting you, Sora," Ren said, with a genuine smile.

Sora nodded, "You too," he replied. Who is he? He didn't like not knowing things, especially things everyone else seemed to know.

"I'll call you later," Ren said to his mom, before heading for the door and leaving.

Sora turned to his mom, "So… who is he?"

"A friend," his mom answered,

"But who is he?" Sora repeated.

"Sora," his mom said in a tone that meant drop it, she was apparently not in the mood to talk about it. "Let's go get some food."

"Fine," he replied. But, I'm gonna figure it out.

"Sit," Biggs ordered Riku, referring to an empty bench near the doorway inside the police station.

Riku sat down and watched as Biggs's partner walked away; Riku guessed he was going to talk to someone in charge or someone who would tell them what to do with him, what room or cell to take him to.

Riku sighed and looked down at the handcuffs; they were starting to bother the deep cut under the bandage on his left arm/wrist.

"Don't even think about it," Biggs warned him.

"I wasn't," Riku replied, not even bothering to look up. And this was starting to look like it might actually turn into a good day, Riku inwardly complained, resting his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands; his body was achy and exhausted, his arm was irritated, and his back was sore...but what really bugged him was that he got arrested for going home.

Riku leaned back resting his head on the wall behind him and closed his eyes. All he wanted was to relax, to stop looking over his shoulder every five seconds, to not worry about what's around the corner… to just… relax.

Riku sighed turning back to Biggs, "you woke me up."

"Huh?" Biggs replied, with a slightly confused look.

"Before, that's why I attacked you. I had been sleeping and when I saw you, the only thing that registered was that you had a gun and it was aimed at me," Riku explained. "I wouldn't have attacked you if I had known who you were. And if I really were this other guy, would I have been so quick to let you go?" Riku asked.

Just then the other officer came over, "Ok, we're supposed to take him to…"

Biggs pulled the other officer aside. "Wedge, I'm starting to think we have the wrong guy…" Riku heard him say quietly to the other officer.

Riku suppressed a smile, good hearing is a very handy thing to have, he thought.

"Are you nuts? That guy attacked you! And you know the description of The Ghost, long white hair, do you have any idea how rare white hair is?"

"Yeah but… what if he isn't The Ghost?"

"And a neighbor saw someone fitting his description break into the house."

That explains why the police were there, Riku thought.

"Either way he broke into that house, now come on," Wedge stated, before walking over to Riku. "Come on, let's go."

Riku slowly turned in his direction, before getting up.

"This way," he said, before they both ushered Riku to the other end of the main room.

Just as they were about to leave the room and head into the hallway, Riku heard a familiar voice… a voice he hadn't heard in two years. Riku stopped dead in his tracks and slowly turned in the direction of the voice; at the other end of the room, by the front desk, there he was, a man he thought would never see again.

"Dad?" Riku said in surprise his voice barely above a whisper.

"Hey, let's go," Wedge urged, sounding rather annoyed.

"That man, the one by the front desk, did you call him in here? Because of the break-in?" Riku asked.

"Why?" Wedge asked still sounding annoyed.

"Because that man… is my father," Riku replied.

"Sure he is."

"All you need to do is ask him."

"You mean to tell me that you're Yori's son? That guy owns and runs Y&A Enterprises…" Wedge objected.

"I know," Riku replied.

"There is no way you're his son," Wedge commented.

"Prove it, ask him," Riku urged.

Wedge shook his head, "first we get you into holding… then we'll look into it," he answered.

"I'll ask," Biggs said.

"We've got to get him to…"

"It'll take like two seconds, I'll be right back," Biggs reassured, before heading over to the front desk.

This wasn't exactly the reunion he had hoped for, but it was better then spending who knows how long here.

"Excuse me," Biggs said to Riku's dad. "I just need to ask you a few questions regarding that man over there? Do you recognize him?" he asked, pointing to Riku.

Riku's dad turned to Riku and his eyes widened in obvious surprise. "Riku?" he asked, "W… How… When did you find him?" his dad asked.

"Excuse me? Find… him…?" Biggs asked, but Riku's dad had already started walking over Riku.

"Dad," Riku said, feeling just as happy as he was nervous to see him again.

"Riku," his dad said with relief, before wrapping his arms around him and gave him a tight hug, causing Riku's back to stiffen in pain as he did.

"Where have you been? What happened?" his dad asked, as he let go.

"Uh…" Riku stammered, looking at the two, now somewhat confused, officers "Can we talk about that later?"

"I… take it that this is your son?" Wedge asked.

"Of course," his dad replied.

"See?" Riku commented, to the officers.

His dad gave him a questioning look.

"We had a liiittle misunderstanding," Riku commented, raising his hands slightly, showing him the cuffs. "Can I get these off now?" he asked.

"What's going on? Why do you have handcuffs on?" his dad asked.

"When I went home they thought I broke in and that I was someone called The Ghost," Riku explained.

"What would make you guys think that my son was that… crazy robber?" his dad asked, staring at the two officers.

"As he said it was a misunderstanding," Biggs replied.

"Misunderstanding?… get those handcuffs off my son," his dad said, in his protective and authoritative voice.

Biggs immediately grabbed his keys and uncuffed Riku.

"Can we go home now?" Riku asked, wanting to get out of here as soon as possible.

His dad nodded, "Let go," he said, before they headed for the door.

As soon as they were outside and a couple of feet away from the station his dad stopped "What happened? Where have you been?" he asked.

"I…" Riku hesitated, as he stopped and turned to face him, he had no idea what to say. "I've… been around," he replied, knowing full well his dad was not going to like that answer.

"Around? Around? You've been gone a year and a half and all you can say is 'around'?" his dad asked. "Where have you been? What happened?"

"I…" what am I going to tell him? He wondered, looking at his father. "I had some things I had to do," Riku replied.

"What 'things'? You're sixteen years old you were fifteen when you left, what could you possibly have to do that would take a year and a half?" his dad asked.

Riku shook his head, "Nothing I say is going to be good enough for you," he commented.

"What? Why would you th…" his dad started.

"Dad… can we please not talk about this right now?" Riku asked.

"You've been gone a year and a half, Riku…"

"Don't you think I know that?" Riku asked. "This isn't exactly easy for me either," he commented. "Can we please just go home?" Riku asked, he didn't want to talk about this and especially not in the police parking lot.

His dad sighed, "Fine, but we're talking about this later," he informed.

"I know," Riku replied. I just hope then I'll have answers.