Hello. Hope you had a good Valentines day.
He held his mother as she sobbed. Her tears continued for a few minutes, then she pulled away to look at him, and noticed that she was no longer taller than him, because in order to look him in the eye, she had to tilt her head upward, or stand on her tippy toes. "Look at my baby, he's gotten so big." She said looking up at him and cupping his face, still sniffling. "Yeah, you can no longer call me shorty." He said chuckling. She smiled and hugged him again. "Where's Riku?" Came the voice from behind her. Tomoko no longer had the look of surprise on her face, but a look of worry and sternness. "You went with him didn't you? Both of you ran away didn't you? So where is he? Where's my son?" His mouth went from a smile to a frown, and when Tomoko noticed this, her face became even more worried. "He isn't is he?" She asked, questioning if he was dead. He shook his head, and her face relaxed a bit more. "Then where is he?" "I..uh...I think all of us need to sit down, and I need to tell a very long story, and explain a lot of things" This was about the time when Donald and Goofy caught up. "Sora, is everyone ok?" Asked Donald. "Yeah, everyone is fine." He turned to look at Donald and Goofy, and then his mother. "Mom, Tomoko...this Donald and Goofy. Donald, Goofy, this is my mom and Riku's mother." He said introducing them. "Hello." They said to each other. The look of surprise that were on Tomoko's and Saki's faces returned. They weren't expecting to see a talking, clothed, two legged duck and dog come up and be introduced to them. Saki moved closer to her son, and began talking under her breath. "Honey...what's going on?" Sora began "If we could all go to my house, I will explain what has been going on for the past year." They all nodded, and began walking to Sora's house. When they got in the house, they all went to the living room, and sat on the couch. Sora began "Everything I am going to tell you, you are not going to believe. But just please try to be open minded, and I will even show you proof about what I tell you. And can I please have no interruptions?" The two mothers nodded. "Ok ..." He continued on, and about a dozen times, he saw the mother's faces shift from an expression of surprise, to a expression of worry or concern, and back again. By the time he was done, his mother had a face of astonishment, and he turned to look at Tomoko. She had her head down, so you couldn't see her face, but you could see the tears drip on her lap, and see her hands clench into fists. "I'm sorry." Sora finished. Tomoko jolted up, and glared at him with tears in her eyes, and began in a cold voice. "Your lying. How do you expect us to believe something like that? Huh? Tell me the truth. Saki, you better make your son shut up this nonsense before I have to beat some sense into him." Sora began in a softish voice, trying to calm her down, and reason with her "Mrs. Tomoko...I know that this is hard for you, but come on. When was the last time you saw a talking duck and dog?" She began to shake her head in denial, and began screaming at him. "YOUR LYING. They're just some sick fuckers in costumes. And what's this nonsense about a keyblade, and heartless, and Kairi being a godly princess?" At this, Sora stood up, held out his hand, and the keyblade magically appeared, so that he had proof. Tomoko, who was becoming more and more frantic, finally gave into her dizziness and stress, and fell to her knees. Saki went to her side, and tried to comfort her. Sora offered Tomoko his hand, and she just looked up at him. "I still don't believe you. Until I see Riku with my own eyes, and see him as you say he is, then I won't believe what you say about him. Until then, I'll believe everything else. I refuse to believe that Riku would attack his own home."
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The woman that called herself Tenyo, seemed strangely familiar to Kairi. It wasn't just that she looked like the thirty year old version of herself, but the name and her presence just seemed familiar. She began "So your name is Tenyo. Can you explain why you're in my head?" The woman just smiled. "That is for me to know, and for you to find out." Kairi just stared at her in awe. She was standing here in front of one of her ancestors. And this was actually one of the eldest ones she had read about. Is this just a dream? Or is one of my oldest and most ancient ancestors just standing here and talking to me, and not looking a day over thirty five either. "No, I can assure you, this is no dream." Kairi then remembered when she had first heard Tenyo's voice. She had read her mind when she was frightened. That's when Kairi thought of something. "Hey. If you can read my mind, then does that mean that you can read my memories as well?" Tenyo just smiled again. "Yes. But I have been watching you for a very long time, so there really isn't any point in doing so." In some way this didn't surprise Kairi. But at the same time, it still did. "Then is there anything that you can tell me about my past? What my parents looked like? Who my friends were?" She was going to continue on, when Tenyo interrupted her." "Memories are like links in a chain. If you remember one thing, you will soon remember more. If I were to tell you any of the questions you just asked me, then it could lead to something that you are not yet ready or prepared to remember. I'm sure that over the years, you have found yourself attempting to dig into your memories. And at some point in time, you feel a sense of danger, fear, and pain that pushes you away. You are not ready to carry the burden that makes this misery." Tenyo said, with a frown and serious expression. "Although these are your memories, they are also very important to others as well. I'm sorry." Kairi had her head hung low in disappointment. What was so important about her that even she herself wasn't allowed to know? "Then why did you come here to see me?" "Because, you came too close to the truth." Tenyo then raised her hand, in the direction of her descendant. Suddenly, she felt even more light headed, and blacked out.
(Now we're no longer in Kairi's head.) Kairi just levitated in the air. Her eyes were closed. Her clothes and hair were moving about as if a slow and soft wind were in the room. She then opened her eyes, but they weren't a dark pool of blue anymore, instead they were replaced by soft purple eyes. She slowly descendant to the ground, and had a serious expression on her face. After she was firmly on the ground, she turned to see a mirror, and walked over to look at herself. She smiled softly, and admired how much her descendant looked like her. She ran her fingers through her hair, and momentarily remembered what it was like to have an actually body. She then remembered what she had come here to do. She walked over to the table that her great-granddaughter had sat at just moments before. She located the book of residents, and picked it up. She then walked toward a fireplace centered at the opposite end of the room, and tossed the book into the fire. She then walked over toward the table, sat down at the same chair that Kairi had been sitting at before, and rested her head on a book, and went to sleep. Until next time, Kairi.
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Sora was on the way to the island that he used to play on, so that he could seal the keyhole. His mother and Riku's mother had insisted on coming with him. Tomoko's eyes were red from all of the crying, but she had calmed down. Sora rode in the same boat as his mother, so that she would be closer to him, while Tomoko rode alone, and Donald and Goofy rode together. Saki leaned closer to her son, so that she could speak with him. "You won't reconsider staying for a little while longer?" He just smiled at her. "Sorry mom. But Tomoko and Kairi's parents want their kids home too." She grabbed his shoulder, and removed the clothe there, and saw the bandage from the wound in his arm. "It shouldn't be like this. Your just a boy, this weight shouldn't be on your shoulders." "It's ok mom. It'll all be ok." They had finally reached the shore, got out of their boats, and tied them to the dock. Sora had only taken a few steps, when he stopped. "Honey...what's wrong?" Saki asked. He felt him. He felt the darkness. He looked up, and saw the silver haired boy sitting on a palm tree, and made eye contact with him. Everyone else looked up to see what he was looking at. "Riku!" Shouted Tomoko. For the first time in a long while, she had smiled a very bright smile, and beamed up at her son. But her bright mood crashed, when he stood up and pulled out his dark keyblade. He jumped off the palm tree, and lunged at Sora. Sora blocked his attack with his key blade, and pushed him back. "Riku...are you nuts? Why are you attacking your home? This is stupid." Riku just lunged at him again, his face expressionless. Sora managed to block him a second time, and then pushed him back, and tried hitting his leg, so that he would only be unable to fight. But Riku hit Sora's blade out of his hands, but in the process, he also lost his own. Instead of going to get his blade, Riku burned Sora's wounded shoulder with a fire spell, thus causing a scream of pain and making him enable to move fast. Riku stood back, and held up his hand, and a dark ball appeared, and grew to the size of about a basket ball. Riku smirked and said "Her heart isn't big enough for the both of us." He was about to throw it, when his mother stood in his way.