A/N: I'm sorry for the late update! I was surprised to receive so many reviews xD. Just read this chap, and I'll tell everything in the end.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I do own Raven.

Finding you

Chapter 29: A New Journey

It would be today… all things are packed, I just need to take them to the hangar. Cid will take me to Destiny Islands, and there he'll pass the vacations he needed. Like that, I'll be able to return to Disney. I stare at the sun rising in the horizon… the last sun I'll see here. I inhale the soft breeze, closing my eyes savoring it. With one last glance to the sun, I turn my back at the scenery and walk inside my room. I grab my things, and walk to the hangar.

I thought a lot during night… to leave or not. I realized that it was better for me to leave. I know I'll never find him in Destiny Islands, and there I won't be waiting for anyone… not anymore. I have to go on with my life no matter how much I wanted to help him. I'm tired of waiting, when he doesn't want me to wait or help him… I'm just too sick and tired of doing the same thing for seven years.

In the corridors, the Disney maids walked busy to each room, cleaning it. All doors were open except one. I slowly walked to the closed door, and stared at it. A maid that was passing nearby noticed I was staring at the door and asked making a small bow.

"May I help you, your highness?" I stared at her surprised by the way she addressed me, and said with a smile.

"Don't call me that, I'm really not different from you or anyone else." She rose her head and showed her youthful features. She was probably younger then me, and held surprise in her stare. "But I'd like to ask you something."

"Anything."

"This room… belongs to who?" She stared confused at the door, wondering why I wanted to know that.

"That room belongs to the Keyblade Master, princess… he never wanted us to clean or to put it in order." It seemed I was guessing…

"Can I go inside?"

"Asking me permission when you are my superior? You must not know your importance to everyone in the castle, princess." I smiled with her statement and replied.

"Well, tell everyone that I'm not that important. I like to be treated like everyone else."

"But the King said…"

"Ah, King Mickey. It could only be him… I know he calls me all those things but you shouldn't mind about that. Just call me Kairi, that's fine."

"As you wish, princess Kairi."

"Not princess, only Kairi."

"As you wish, uh… Kairi."

"That's more like it." I replied with a smile. The maid walked to the other room she was cleaning, and I entered his room. Dust was everywhere, his clothes were scattered on the floor… it's just like him. The room was small, between the bed was two windows and a small desk that was leaned against the wall beside the bed. I went to his desk and I saw many papers scattered through it. He never was the kind of person of readying many things, but his desk showed he was quite busy. I read one of the papers and read 'Ansem's Report'. I read it and it seemed it was many theories about the heartless. I went outside looking for the girl that spoke earlier, and there she was cleaning the corridor's floor. She noticed I was staring at her and quickly joined me.

"Do you need any help, your highness?" she asked smiling at me.

"It's Kairi." I said in a sigh, while she apologized in a low tune. "Anyway… I need some help to clean the room."

"Are you sure, princess! The keyblade master never liked when we cleaned his room!"

"You don't have to worry about that, I just need your help." She stared at me and room unsure, and finally gave in to my request.

"Alright… I'll do it."

"We'll do it." I said giving her my hand. "By the way, what's your name?"

"Sayo, your highness." She replied shaking my hand.

"I'm pleased to meet you, Miss Sayo. Now… let's get to work." We did everything very quickly, I had to hurry to get to the harbor soon. As I was cleaning his desk, I saw many photographs scattered through it. One of them was extremely old, with dust all over it. I cleaned it and saw… that picture had at least 8 years… I remember Selphie taking this picture. I smiled at that picture… Riku and Sora were right at my sides, with cheesy grins, while I was embarrassed in the middle. Sayo notice I was busy with something, and came to my side. I stared at her, and the moment she felt my gaze over her, she quickly returned to her previous spot.

"I'm sorry princess, I didn't mean to meddle."

"It's alright Sayo, it's just a picture…" She stared at me curious, and asked.

"You knew the Keyblade Master?"

"Yes… we were great friends…" I said staring at the picture.

"Were friends?" She asked with her curiosity raising, gaining courage to ask.

"It's been a long time since I saw him…" I placed the photography in a drawer and said. "Well… I have to hurry up! Let's finish this!" She nodded and kept cleaning. When we finally finished, we stared at the room proudly, knowing we did a great job cleaning that room. "Well… Thank you for your help, Sayo. I really need to go now."

"It was a pleasure to help you, Kairi." She said. Right after, her face was all red while she turned her gaze to the floor. "I'm sorry you're highness!"

"Just when I thought you finally decided to call be by my name! There's no need to apologize." She looked up giving me a small smile and said.

"Alright… I'll remember it."

"Well then… I see you around." I said grabbing my luggage. She stared at me confused noticing I was leaving the corridor with luggage, while I walked smiling… that room brought many memories. I slowly walked with my bags in hand, going through the large corridor that led to the hangar. Once there, all gummy ships were in line, but no one was there. I left the bags at the entry, and left. I walked to the outside, where I'd meet Riku. I slowly walk, watching at the paintings that accompanied me through the corridors. Once outside, I see the sun already above the trees. Riku wasn't there… he was probably still asleep. I decided to wait for him at the door way, as I stared to the scenery.

Once more, I smelled the zephyr that took the nature's perfume to an unknown direction. Far from me, was a silhouette that I couldn't recognize. It was probably Riku that was already waiting for me. I stood up, and walked in his direction. As I walked, I stared at the forest's edge, not paying attention how close I was from him. When I decided to turn my gaze to him, I instantly stopped. I was only a few meters from that form, with eyes widened… the last person I expected to find was there.

His gaze slowly turned to me... it brought shills up my spine. He stared at me as well, with a guilt and doubtful gaze, like he didn't know what to expect or to say. I could feel my eyes burning, as I took my hand to my mouth, not knowing what to do. I wanted to run, but at the same time… I wanted to know… why was he there? I took a step backward, not knowing what do or what I was doing… I was panicking, afraid of him. His hand raised, and with his pleading stare, he spoke.

"Kairi, wait!" his voice ringed in my ears, along with the other voices that hunted me… leave me alone! Go away! Just get away from me!

I hate YOU!

I didn't know which words to follow… the ones I wanted to ear, or the ones I wanted to forget.

"Kairi, please…" he said as he tried to get up, but his arms wouldn't let him support his weight. Even though he was in pain, he crawled with all the force he had, and neared me. I remained static, not knowing what to do… I was still in shock. When he was right beside me, his gaze locked with mine and I saw what didn't see yesterday… the coldness remained, but he was there… I saw him for the first time in ages. He saw the sadness in my stare, and that made guilt invade his features, making him turn his gaze to the floor as he sat.

I noticed he had no bandages, and he was wearing the black clothes he was wearing when I received the Holy Staff. Like this, it seemed all he wounds were healed… but, were they healed? Not knowing what I was doing, I slowly sat beside him but my gaze always adverted his. We remained in silence, only a few feet away from each other. I was still afraid of him… even though I found him, I was still afraid of the coldness in his stare and I didn't dare to speak. Once in a while, I felt his piercing gaze on me, making the tension grow even more.

"I heard you were leaving…" He said unsure. He didn't know what else to say as well… I found in his voice and actions that he realized what he did, and he was trying to fix things up. But I was still afraid… not knowing why, I was still afraid. "Riku spoke to me yesterday…" I knew he had something to do about this… no wander Sora was out here alone.

"He did…?" I replied surprising him. He wasn't expecting that I'd reply so soon, neither was I. I sensed his stare on me, knowing he was analyzing me. I didn't know what else to say or to do.

"You're so… different." He said still looking at me.

"The same goes for you…" I replied unsure. He let out a low chuckle and asked.

"How long has it been?" How long…? I didn't know if I should reply they were seven years or seventy…

"Too long…" He felt uncomfortable with my answer as the tension raised. "It was seven years…"

"Seven years…? It seemed longer…"

"It sure did…" The silence between us returned, making me feel uncomfortable.

"So… how long have you been around?" He was desperate, he didn't know what to do, what to ask… after all, it was seven years and our last encounter wasn't that pleasant.

"Two months or so…" he took a deep sigh, and asked.

"Why are you leaving then? You've been around for such a short time…"

"A short time? I think I've been here too long…" I said finally turning my gaze to him. I could see in his face that he was trying to say something, he just didn't know how to say it. "And the reason why I'm leaving… you should know that better then me…" I know that it wasn't the right thing to say, but I'm just sick of everything… I'm sick of blaming myself.

"Can you forgive me…?" I wasn't expecting to hear that so soon. I didn't reply to him, I simply let my gaze land on the forest's border. "I know I did many things wrong… I wasn't on myself. I know I didn't fulfill what I promised seven years ago… my fault, I guess." At the moment, I felt my eyes burning, with the tears threatening to fall.

"You still remember that…?" I asked with my voice breaking as emotions took over, even though I didn't know what they meant.

"It was what kept me alive…" He replied with a small smile on his features, a smile that for a long time wasn't shown. I rubbed my eyes to stop the tears before they fell, and stared at him. He seemed hopeless staring at his feet, he didn't know what else to say. Once again, silence created the barriers between us, as my stare returned to the trees. I just wanted to leave… to run away from there. Now that I decided to go away, to go on with my life, he returns… but I'm so hurt and afraid of his returning…

"Kairi…" I stared at him once he called my name, and heard him. "I'm sorry I wasn't in myself… I just want you to know that everything I said that night… I didn't mean that… not a single word. Now I'm conscious of what I did, and I'll be sure that nothing like that will ever happen… I never meant to hurt you… only to protect."

"I know…" I said trembling, turning my gaze away from his, letting the tears flow freely down my face.

"You're free to leave if you want… I know that your will to stay isn't that enthusiastic." He stared at me unsure, knowing why I was hiding my face from him and said. "I just want to ask you something… will you forgive me. Just say, yes or no…" I didn't reply to his question… I didn't know why he did all those things that night, it was unfair to accuse him. But at the same time… I was so sick and tired of waiting for him… of being away from him because he didn't want me to be there when he needed… because he didn't believe me. "Kairi?"

"I can't answer that…"

"But I'll take any answer… yes or no, I need to know."

"I'm sorry I can't… I don't know…" He sighed knowing he wouldn't get a reply.

"I see… you're going to leave?" Why now? Why did you have to come and make me ponder about my decision… when I was determined to leave you behind, no matter how much the sacrifice I'll go through?

"Maybe…" I replied unsure. I felt his piercing stare on me, and he asked.

"Kairi… are you afraid of me?" He saw right through me… I was surprised that he was able to see it no matter how much I tried to hide. I didn't dare to let my gaze meet his… I was afraid of what I could see there. "After what happened, I understand. I changed a lot, and you can see it perfectly." He said everything that was troubling my mind… his changes were clearly visible… but so were mine. "I understand your will to leave… I just don't want to see you like this anymore… I can't stand to see you like this."

I couldn't stand it anymore… I didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to do… he was so different from the other night that I couldn't say he was the same Sora. I stared at him, letting him see my red eyes from crying. His stare softened when he saw me, and he quickly adverted my gaze feeling guilty. I was so confused… I didn't know if I should listen the words he said that night or the ones he just said… it was hard after what happened… after all he said he hated me… he said… he killed me…

"I never meant to make you cry Kairi… and I know I'm the one responsible for making you cry… just please stop crying… I care too much about you to see you like this." I just couldn't stand it anymore… I was so confused. I wanted to jump in his arms, forgive him, help him… but I was so afraid. "So… you're that frightened?" How was he guessing my thoughts?

"Yes… I am…" I replied in a low tune, not knowing if it was the right thing to answer. His gaze remained lock in the floor with my answer.

(3rd pov)

Sora only now realized what he did. He didn't know how he was able to do such a huge damage in a night… in a few minutes. He saw he changed her… she had reasons to be changed. And now she was afraid of him… afraid of what he could do to her. She was so hurt inside that he felt sick with himself… how could he do such a thing to the one he loved the most? To Kairi…

He dared to stare at her face, and saw her crystal tears flowing down her beautiful features that matured significantly along these years. The urge of holding her in his arms, to clean her tears was hard for him to handle, but he could do nothing… she was too afraid. Even knowing her fear, he tried to near her moving closer for a few inches. His arm slowly raised as he tried to reach out for her, but he couldn't… he stopped his hand in air, as guilt made him remain static. His hand was just a few inches from her shoulder, and for him it was a sin to touch it. He messed everything and now it was impossible to mend. How could he let this happen?

Lost on his own thoughts, he didn't notice her gaze on him. She was staring at his hand when he realized her attention on him. She saw he was too close… she slowly moved away, but her gaze kept in his hand. She stared intently at it, like she found something completely new there. She wanted to stare at it, trying to find out… to find if he was really there… to give a chance. Her hand stopped inches from his. She stared confused with him, not really knowing what she was thinking for sure. She slowly backed away, letting another flow of tears roll down her face.

"Kairi?" He called her name hoping she was listening to him. She closed her eyes trying to stop her tears, but she couldn't. He decided to gather up the courage to help her, to put his guilt aside and do what he always longed to do… to protect her. His hand slowly neared hers, and he let the tip of his fingers touch it. His heart jumped with the touch as well hers. Her eyes widened as she stared at him, and found a surprised Sora. He swallowed an affront, trying to face her and not to give in to her stare. He let his arm move freely, so his hand could intertwine with hers. His hand slowly modeled into hers, as she stared confused at his actions. Her gaze left their hands and moved to his smiling face. "Kairi… believe it or not… I came back to you…" Those were the words that she longed so much to hear. She squeezed his hand, and quickly jumped to his arms, crying like she never cried before. Sora held her close to him, no matter how much his members complained with pain with her impact. He simply smiled holding her close to him, leaning to her touch.

She kept mumbling to his chest, but he wouldn't understand a thing, her sobs wouldn't let him understand. She felt relived… she felt he was there. She felt like she knew him for years, he wasn't a foreign like before. He was Sora… the new Sora she met, but at the same time, the old Sora that she fell in love. She squeezed him in her arms, feeling him for the first time in seven years. The weight in her heart was lifted, she felt like there was nothing in the world to care about… she was home… home is where our heart is… her heart was in his, no matter what.

Sora just wanted to hold her close to him… to make up for the lost time. He leaned his head against hers, feeling the smell of her long hair. He just never forgot that scent she had… it was too hard to forget. Finally after all these years of agony… he was feeling happy. An happiness he expected for so long, and thought it was lost. He was found by it… and he couldn't be more thankful for that. Her sobs weren't as strong as they were before, and she slowly moved her head to stare at his face. She found him smiling at her, a smile she longed to see. She smiled back at him, knowing that there weren't words to describe all the emotions they felt at that moment… a simple stare was enough.

She slowly left his arms even though it wasn't her will, and kneeled in front of him, staring at her hands on her lap. Sora simply admired her beauty as she moved away from him, instantly feeling the lack of warmness of her embrace. She cleaned her tears and stared at him.

"It's been so long… that's hard to believe." She said in a low giggle, letting some tears slide down her face. When she was about to repeat the process, Sora held her hand. She stared at him confused, and saw his free hand coming to her face. His fingers burned in her skin as he cleaned her tears. She leaned to his touch, and with her free hand she held his tightly. "I'm glad you're back."

"So am I…" Kairi's tears of joy kept flowing down her face, as Sora smile widened. "What a crybaby…" He chuckling said as he cleaned her tears.

"I can't help it…" She replied giggling as more tears fell down her face.

"What are you doing down here Sora? You're in no condition to leave the infirmary!" Screamed Aerith making them jump. When she finally reached them, she bent down panting. She rose her head and noticed Kairi was there. "Kairi…?" Her confused gaze exchanged from Kairi to Sora, trying to understand the situation. Her eyebrows raised as she straightened up and asked. "I hope I didn't interrupt something."

"No, not at all." Sora replied smiling. "I'm sorry I ran away from the infirmary once more, I couldn't help it." When Aerith heard that, she realized that Sora wasn't like she thought he was.

"I'm glad you did… it's an excellent sign of improvement." She said running her hand through his hair, making it messier then it already was. "Come on, we'll have to take you up." She said giving him a hand to stand up. Kairi instantly helped pulling him up, supporting his weight for him. "How did you come down here? Your legs aren't healed yet."

"Well… it took two hours to crawl here…"

"To crawl!" Aerith exclaimed shocked as Sora smiled slyly and Kairi sighed smiling. "I can't believe you… you're crazier then you were before for sure!" Sora chuckled slyly even though his body was in pain with every movement he did. He didn't mind… it was his last chance to speak to Kairi, and to sort things out. Once upstairs Sora launched himself to the bed, feeling the relieve of using no muscle. That small walk made him tired, and prove of it was the sweat rolling down his forehead. Kairi noticing that grabbed a piece of scarf to clean his sweat as he remained with his eyes closed, panting.

"I'm going to warn Riku, okay? I'll be right back…" Kairi said in a whisper as Sora nodded. She slowly walked away from him, not letting her eyes land anywhere else but his form. She was worried… he did all that effort and now she felt he was in pain, but there wasn't too much she could do. She opened the door, and with one last glance to his smiling face, she closed the door. She ran to Riku's room, anxious to tell him the good news, and knowing he had something to do about that, she wanted to thank him. When she reached the room, she opened the door without thinking…

"Riku, I knew you had something to do– oh my!" The first thing she saw was topless Riku and someone below him under the covers. She closed the door with the same speed when she opened it.

"Shit!" She heard him mumbling along with a large bump in the floor. Kairi was leaned against the door, feeling her cheeks burning hot with embarrassment. A few seconds after, Riku opened the door scratching his head still topless, looking for her.

"Nice timing…" He said in a sarcastic way, but at the same time, embarrassed with the whole situation.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! I didn't know that Raven was with you!" Riku chuckled with Kairi's attempts to explain herself as he closed the door and said.

"It's alright, nothing was really happening in there. Raven is too sleepy today and she didn't wake up yet." Kairi sighed in relieve, even though the situation was still embarrassing. It was then the door suddenly opened revealing a grumpy Raven.

"Why so much noise in the morning?" She asked calmly, even though her expression of a perturbed sleep remained.

"I was trying to wake you up, Kairi gave me an hand." Riku replied smiling. "By the way, what did you want to tell me, Kairi?"

"Oh, right!" Kairi exclaimed remembering the meaning of her presence there. "You know… why all of the sudden I found Sora where I was supposed to meet you?" Riku's grin widened as Raven stared at both of them confused.

"How should I know?" He asked playfully.

"Wait a minute…!" Raven said rubbing her eyes. "Does this have anything to do with that idea? The one that is having absolutely no idea of what you were going to do?" Kairi was now the one staring at them confused as she waited for Riku's reply.

"Yes, it's about that." Raven then stared down trying to remember what happened the night before.

"I'm going to think about it…" Raven said walking inside the room, while Kairi stared at her confused.

"She's always like this in the morning?"

"When I'm the first to wake up, yes. Anyway, did Sora talk to you?"

"Yes, he did…" Kairi replied smiling.

"Well, well… it's been a while since I saw that look on you." Riku said smirking. "Well, if he spoke it's a good sign." Surprising Riku, Kairi embraced him and whispered to his ear.

"For whatever you did… thank you." Riku smiled, embracing her as well, as he felt her hot tears falling on his shoulders. "Thank you so much…" She said with her voice trembling with emotion.

"Now, now Kairi. It's no time to cry now… he still needs your help." Riku said breaking the embrace, keeping his hands on her shoulders.

"I know… I just can't help it." She replied as she cleaned her tears with a smile on her features. "I'm going back to the infirmary."

"Go ahead, I'll join you in a few minutes." He said entering the room. Kairi ran to the infirmary, she didn't want to lose more time then she already lost, so she ran as fast as she could. When she finally reached it, she found Sora still on his bed with his eyes closed, while Aerith was staring at him leaned against the wall.

"I think he didn't sleep too much last night, he fell asleep." Aerith informed. Kairi slowly neared his bed, and sat in the chair beside it. She slowly moved her hand to his hair, moving the locks away from his face. "Relieved?" Kairi stared at Aerith knowing that a reply wasn't needed. Aerith smiled and walked to the room's entry. "If you need something, call me. I'm going to get some air."

"I guess you're relieved as well…" Kairi said before Aerith left.

"Who isn't?" And with that last reply she left the room. Kairi's gaze returned to Sora while she sighed, placing her hand over his. Now that everything was over, now that there were no boundaries… she could be at peace with him. She knew that there's still a long way until things are as they used to be, or at least, acceptable… after all, people do change after seven years. She leaned against the chair sighing heavily, staring at the ceiling, but her hand remained in the same place. It was incredible how a few words can take such weight away from her chest… to keep her fear away. Even though she was fine now, something was still bothering her… the coldness in his stare still brought shills up her spine, and she still didn't know how to deal with it. It's one of those things that are hard to change… what he went through was truly hell to change him like that. The door suddenly opened interrupting her thoughts, and Riku and Raven entered along with Aerith.

"He's already asleep?" Riku asked in disbelief. "Now that's what I call lazy." Riku and Raven stood beside Kairi, while Aerith went to the other side of the bed. Aerith pointed to a recent bruise on Sora's face and asked.

"Do you have something to do about this? Sora told me he did this when he fell from the bed, but he also told me that you two had a little chat last night." Everyone stared at Riku waiting for a response, while he stared at Sora's bruised cheek like he didn't know what happened.

"I thought that the idea was to convince him, not to beat him up." Raven said frowning. "What did you tell him last night?"

"Men's talk, no women aloud." He whispered to her.

"Whatever…" She said crossing her arms. Sora hearing too much noise slowly opened his eyes. He stared surprised at the amount of people in the room, letting his gaze land in each person. Kairi felt his hand tightening around hers, making her smile.

"He's awake!" Riku said patting Sora in the back. "I guess you didn't sleep too much last night, uh?" Sora smiled at his friend and replied.

"I had a lot to think about…"

"Along with that bruise, uh?" Aerith asked suspecting of something.

"I told you, it was when I fell…" Sora said trying to defend himself.

"See? I had nothing to do about it!" Riku quickly had. Aerith stared at both not believing a word they said, but she knew they wouldn't assume. "Anyway… I'm glad you thought on time."

"I guess he had no other choice or another bruise would appear on the other side of his face." Raven said making Riku frown.

"Well… I'm going to warn the others about the good news." Aerith said leaving the room. Raven bumped Riku's arm with her elbow, and pointed at the door making a signal with her head.

"What?" He said complaining while she rolled her eyes. He then realized what she meant and said. "Well… I guess you have a lot to talk about… we're going to join Aerith." He said smiling at them while they left to the doorway.

"You could be more discreet you know?" Raven whispered as they left while Riku sighed impatient, leaving the room. Kairi's gaze left them, landing on their intertwined hands. She didn't know what to say or what to do in that situation… there were so many things to tell… but so hard to show.

"You're not going with them?" Sora asked surprising her.

"No… they'll probably come here." She said in a low tune, still with her gaze in their hands. Soon her gaze traveled to his arms filled with scars of his years of torture. Finally her gaze reached his, and she notice he was watching her. Since he arrived, she never seen a stare like that… that showed… emotion. "Is there something on my face?" She asked playfully, making him turn his gaze to the ceiling with embarrassment.

"No, nothing." He said. He yawned closing his eyes and Kairi asked.

"I guess you're tired, uh?" His gaze returned to hers once more, and he replied.

"Just a little bit…" After he said that, the silence returned as they're stare remained locked. There was no words to exchange at the moment… the silence wasn't uncomfortable, it somehow was their communication. "It's been… so long." He said as his thumb caressed her hand, making her stare at it. She didn't mind… she didn't feel uncomfortable. After all those thing happened between them, it seemed they were closer then before… her free hand joined his, charring the same care he had for her. "I missed you…" he said in a whisper. Her surprised gaze quickly went to his teary eyes. "When I thought you were gone… I freaked out… there was no meaning for me to live. All these scars… show how much I resisted so I could see you here… to be with you again." Kairi's stare softened as he spoke of what he went through, making her eyes teary of sadness once more. "It just doesn't make sense without you… and they knew that." Kairi now stared confused, wondering who 'they' were.

"Who?" She asked with her voice trembling.

"I don't know who they are… I never knew what they wanted from me. I first thought it had something to do with Ansem's fall but… I realized it wasn't, and I never got to know what it was. They tried to deceive me in many ways… they tried to confuse me with what they showed, but I always felt those images weren't real… until I really saw you…" Kairi only saw him twice in her dreams… and the second time was so real that she thought that that was the time she really met him…

"Was it… the Holy staff?" Sora smiled at her question, as small tear went down his features.

"Yes… I was surprised by the way you fought, but at the same time… you were going to give in." Kairi's gaze left his with his last words. At the time, she was wanted to give in… she couldn't stand going through all that… she regretted her coward actions… she knew she had to fight to get what she wanted… and now she got it. "Kairi… don't regret anything you did… you were amazing." He said surprising her, raising her gaze to meet his. "I don't know how you were able to wait for so long and to fight as you did… when I thought you were gone… and I was the one responsible for that… I couldn't stand living anymore… and that was true torture I went through… the last four days I've been there seemed four years." Four days after that dream, she went to the end of the world to save him… she went through Inis, and found his tortured body. "I didn't accept your death… but after what happened, I didn't accept you alive, knowing I was the one that…" He swallowed an affront, not sure if he was going to say what happened to him. He closed his eyes, letting more tears fall, while Kairi didn't know what to do. "I was the one that took your life away… with my own hands. They created false images in my head, they were able to brake through, and make me believe I killed you. That's why that night…" Once again he stopped as he spoke. Kairi knew he was going through a rough time, visiting unpleasant memories… memories that shouldn't exist.

"Sora… you don't need to talk about this now." She said placing her hand on his shoulder as he closed his eyes.

"But…"

"There's nothing to explain… I understand." She said standing up, slowly encircling her arms around him surprising him. "The last thing you need is to talk about that… you really need to rest now." He tightened his grip around her, letting the tears flow freely. "Don't push yourself… take your time… I don't care how long I'll wait for you, just as long as you're here…" She whispered letting some tears fall, feeling his feelings as he tried to pull her closer to him. She knew she had a long way to go through… but now she had the courage to go through that way.

A/N: Well… what do you think about it? Yep, Sora finally arrived xD. But there's still something left to know! Anyway, I just hope you like it as much you liked the last one. What happened to delay this update were two things: no internet, and writer's block. Well receiving so many reviews was new, but it felt awesome! xD it meant that you really wanted to know what would happen in this chap, and I hope I didn't disappoint you lol. On with the special thanks!

Special Thanks:

TaKiDoNo13: I'm glad you do! The update came later then I expected for that I apologize! Thanks for your review, I hope I don't disappoint you!

Princess Kairi: Hey! Once again you're here! Thanks for the three reviews I really appreciate it! You know, you're right about that category thing, but I'll have to think over… I'm not sure of what will happen in future that's why I choose that category, I'm not even sure how this thing is going to end so… I'll just have to think a lot about that. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chap! I'm not really a Brian Adams fan, I really don't know most of his work xD I love music yet I know nothing about it, only play the instruments lol. About the KH2 info I appreciate it but I've been doing such an effort to not search KH2 info because I want to play that game and everything will be new to me… I'm glad that you even bothered to go here and send a review to tell me that, I was impressed actually I never thought that anyone would do that lol. I'm sorry but could you please not tell me info about it? Lol. It sounds strange I know, but I regretted when I saw things of the first KH, and when I played it most things weren't a surprise to me, that's why I'm making this kinda KH2 diet xD. It's like, thank you but no thank you, in a good way, okay? Don't misunderstand that, please! I need your reviews lol. Once again, thanks for everything, for mails, for reviews, for all your support!

thesrazrbladekisses Wow… you read all of this…? OO I'm amazed! I never thought that people would be patient enough to read almost 30 chapters! I'm speechless… really. Thank you a thousand times or something! I really appreciate the patience you had to read all this! I'm glad you like it, and thanks for your review!

Gabby: Wow… if you're like that for reading the first chap, I can't imagine the rest… I never thought that people would cry reading this fic… more like, laugh at it lol. Anyway, I'm glad you like it and… did you print the whole story? It was only the first chap right? Anyway, thank you so much for your review!

Lynne&Rebecca: yeah speling mistakes are such a drag… I try my best to correct, I read it over and over again… but the mistakes go anyway. I'm Portuguese and that doesn't help lol. Anyway, I'm glad you bothered to read all this! I liked to read your opinion, and I do my best to express in words what the characters are feeling. Thanks a lot for your review!

Misau: Aki ta a famosa cena xD. Bem... ja sabes, lame cm o crl e tal, o prox ta a meio por isso n falta mto xD. Tks pelo review!

Suma Susaki: Now this chap shows it all xD. Sora's back but we have to see how much he's back lol. So… how about that DDR thing? I'd like to know about that, I really don't have time to reply all e-mails. Anyway, thank you so much for your review!

Michelle: I guess you were the only one that realized what Riku was planning lol. That's great! I hope you liked this chap, and once again I thanks for all you support and reviews!

Heart of Dreams: Until you know if it will be a sad ending, it will take a few months… I hope, I don't want this to last another year lol. But you know, for what I observe, love is sad and it means sacrifice. It has it's good points yes, but it's the sacrifice that sometimes shows how much you care for someone. That's my theory lol. I guess you'll like this chap lol. Thanks for your review!

LiL aZn DrEaMeR: xD, that's truly a direct review lol. Here's the chapter you wanted, I hope you like it! Thanks a lot!

The Funky Bubbly Gurlz: That's no prob, you reviewed in this one! And here's what happens next, I hope you like it! Thanks!

Crystallynne: You don't need to wait anymore, here it is! Thanks for the review!

Kairi-emerald: I tried my best to update, and here it is! I hope you like it! Thanks for your comment!

Finished… that was a lot to write! By the way, there's another drawing! But this one you really need to see it! Go to my bio the links are there! THANKS FOR THE REIVIEWS! KEEP SENDING THEM xD