Readers: (sharpening knives)

Me: (hiding in One Piece corner)

Sora: YOU HAVE A ONE PIECE CORNER NOW!

Me: Well it's not MY fault! I've just been caught up...

Digi: (Whistles and fails to look innocent)

Riku: Yeah, caught up writing One Piece one-shots!

Kairi: And reading the manga.

Sora: And looking at pictures.

Me: Alright, ALRIGHT! I'm sorry! I'm updating now, okay?

All: (glares)

Me: (huffs) Fine, don't believe me (walks away)

Readers: WAIT, YOU STILL HAVE TO UPDATE! (ties to chair)

Me: But I wanna download OP subs!

Sora: Kingdom Hearts now, One Piece later!

Me: Fine, fine (rolls eyes). Here's your chapter, readers!

Digi: (cackles insanely in background)

Sora's House

The young man's eyelids opened slowly, light fluttering through his open window to meet his azure eyes. Pushing back the covers, he stretched out his legs with a large yawn, and then plopped right back down again.

The last week had been a dream and every morning when he woke up since then, he was afraid he'd be back in Disney Castle. But after a few minutes, he'd fall out of the bed in surprise when A. he realized it wasn't a dream and B...

"BWING BWING BWING!"

Sora, who had been stretching out his wings, jumped in surprise. His wings, on their own, shot down in defense which sent him sailing up...

...right into the ceiling.

"OUCH!" Sora yelled, rubbing his head furiously and he slammed back down onto he ground. He opened his clenched shut eyes to see his little sister rolling on the floor in a uncontrollable fit of giggles. Sora had dubbed her "The Alarm Clock" since every morning without fail, she'd sneak into his room and make large ringing noises. It never failed to wake him up, at least.

"Sora, did you fly into the ceiling again?" His sleepy mother yawned as she walked into the room, pink bathrobe wrapped around her.

"It was all Nary's fault!" Sora cried, pointing at the little girl who had an angelic expression already prepared.

"Yes, I'm sure it was dear," she said half-heartedly. "Now come on, breakfast is almost ready." She shut the door behind her as she left.

"Now look what you did!" Sora pouted. Nary just blinked innocently at him before glomping him.

"Sowa's awake!" she cried happily, arms tight around his neck and face buried in his wings.

"Yeah, yeah, Sowa's awake," he chuckled, rubbing the mass of brown hair on her head.

"Good thing too, you lazy bum," a voice drawled from his window. "It's almost eleven." Yeah, Sora's family were late sleepers.

Sora raised an eyebrow at his best friend. "Just because you've been getting up early doesn't mean I have to."

"I say it does," he said smirking. Then his eyes grew a bit darker.

"What's wrong?" Sora asked as he ushered his little sister from his room with orders to tell his mom he was going out for breakfast instead.

"Do you know what day it is?" Riku asked.

"Ummm, a sunny one?" Sora asked hopefully, wincing as the sun shifted its position form behind a cloud to glare into his eyes.

"No, it's a Friday," he replied icily.

"Hey, what's eating you?" Sora pouted. Riku wasn't the friendliest person you'd ever meet, but he was never like this. Unless something was wrong.

"Sora, it's been a week."

A ton of bricks flying at your head may have had less of an impact then the realization that hit him.

"What!" Sora yelped. "It can't be! It's only, it's only..." he checked his calendar, "...Friday."

RIku allowed himself a brief chuckle. "Yes, like I said, it's been a week."

"But I can't go back there!" Sora exclaimed. "I belong here!"

"Don't try to convince me of that, I already know that," Riku said sadly. "But the Pilot said he'd be coming here Friday morning and..."

"I'll hide!" Sora concluded. "I'll hide in a place where they'll never find me!"

"Damn it, Sora, you're just proving their point!" Riku growled.

"Oh yeah, and what's their 'point'?" Sora snapped right back.

Riku's sighed heavily. He lifted himself off the tree branch he'd been standing on and sat down on the windowsill. 'They told me you wouldn't want to come back."

"Who doesn't know that?"

"I'm not done yet," Riku aid calmly. "They also told me you need to come back, whether you like it or not. You need to finish your training and if this trip gets in your way, they won't let you come back."

"Trip?" Sora repeated. "TRIP! They're acting as if this were some vacation spot! As if it's an award or being a good little boy. What don't they get! This is my HOME!"

"I KNOW!" Riku informed him. "And they know it too!"

"Whose side are you on, anyway?" Sora snapped.

Riku blinked. "Yours."

Sora ignored that. "Do you want me to go back!"

"No, of course no-"

"You just wanna get me outta your hair! You ant me to go back to that stupid castle and be the damn King? Well what if I don't want to!"

"Sora, not this again..."

"Yes this again!" Sora roared. "The way you're acting, it's as if you don't want me here anymore! You want me to leave! Well here's some news for you Riku, I won't go-!"

Sora was cut off abruptly when he felt a sharp sting on the side of his face. He rubbed his sore cheek, the place where Sora had hit him, staring into his best friend's blazing green eyes.

"Don't you ever say that again, hear me?" Riku hissed, grabbing the brunette by the shoulders so Sora couldn't break eye contact. "I know you're going through some issues right now but do not force them on me!"

Sora blinked. "I'm sor-"

"Don't apologize," Riku ordered. "Mean it."

"I'm... just a bit angry," Sora murmured. "I don't want to go back there. This place is my home."

He shut his eyes tightly, feeling the familiar and un-wanted stinging in his eyes that meant the tears would soon be following. The hands slid off of his shoulders and next thing he knew, Sora had been locked into a tight embrace.

"It's okay," Riku murmured, hugging Sora tightly. "It'll be alright."

Sora wrapped his arms around the older males back and hugged him in return,
salty tears slowly rolling down his cheeks. "I don't want to go back. I want to stay here. With Kairi, my family, my friends..." he lifted his face up, "and you."

"I know," Riku whispered, pulling back slightly to look Sora in the eyes. "Everything's gonna be all right. Be strong, you can make it."

"What if I can't? Sora asked.

Riku smiled weakly, releasing the Keyblade master and giving him a weak smile. "I know you will. And honestly, have I ever steered you wrong before?"

Sora shoved him playfully in the shoulder before grinning back. "Not once."

Awhile Later

The three friends walked down the sandy shores of Destiny Islands together in a comfortable silence. Kairi was humming a little tune to herself, Sora was trying to make out shapes in the clouds, and god only knows what the hell Riku was thinking.

"So, what should we do now?" Sora asked. It wasn't as if he were bored, he could walk around forever. But not if that wasn't what Riku and Kairi wanted.

"I dunno," Kairi murmured, stopping her whistling. Looking to her boyfriend, she asked, "When do you think they'll come?"

Not needing an explanation as to what she meant, Sora said, "hopefully not for a very long time."

Riku sighed. "Do you think they'll let you come back every now and then?"

"Definitely," Sora said nodding his head. "I'm the King, remember?"

"Oh yes, how could we forget your majesty?" Riku said mockingly with a sneer, bowing low.

Kairi giggled as Sora tackled Riku to the ground in his fury, grabbing a nearby coconut and bashing Riku's head with it.

"Ow, that hurts!" Riku roared, grabbing the brunette's shoulders and pushing Sora off of him.

Sora was on his feet for all of two seconds before getting tackled tot he ground again by the other two. Next thing he knew he was having the living daylights tickled out of him as Riku and Kairi mercilessly attacked his sides.

"AH HA HA HA! St-HA HA -stop!" Sora's words were drowned out by more fits of giggles erupting from his throat. Ah, his one true weakness: he was extremely ticklish.

That Weird Place

It was almost time. It was getting colder. Oh so cold. Creeping, shriveling through the air with its icy scent that chilled you to the bone, wherever they walked.

Spiders that dared to climb the walls fell from frozen, shattered webs into the mans wake, legs scrunched up tightly beneath their dead bodies as they rolled in a knowing breeze, adding to the decay of the place.

It was almost tine. Nothing to stop anyone. Who could stop it? It was theirs to control. Everything was theirs to control. And soon, everyone would know it.

Soon, they'd have the last thing to control. To control everything in Fate. Everything. Including the Keyblades. Not that those weapons mattered anymore. They had something better.

They had something under their control that no one could go against.

And it was all theirs.

Everything belonged to Fate.

Because they were Fate.

And it was time to add in a new member.

Back at Destiny Islands

"OUCH!"

Riku and Kairi got off of him immediately as the brunette suddenly let out a yelp of pain.

"Sorry, did we hit something?" Kairi asked, concerned.

"No, no, not that," Sora muttered, rubbing his head frantically.

Come and find us, Sora...

"Who said that?" Sora exclaimed.

"I just asked if you were all right," said Kairi, her tone of voice saying she was a little hurt.

"No, no, not that," Sora assured her.

We're waiting for you...

"There it is again!" Sora said, looking around.

"Um, maybe you should go lie down?" Riku suggested.

"I'm fine," Sora informed him. That voice... or those voices...

You're not fine...

"Yes I am!"

You're scared...

"I'M NOT SCARED!" Sora bellowed.

"No one said you were!" Riku said, looking quite alarmed.

"What, you can't hear it?" Sora asked, confused.

Yes, hear what?

"That, there," Sora said. "Listen closely."

Kairi and Riku listened, but all they heard was the crashing of the waves and sound of seagulls.

"Sora, I don't hear anything " Kairi said, breaking the silence. "Maybe you should go take a nap or something."

"Don't worry, I'm good," Sora said, ignoring the voices that hissed:

Liar

"Are you sure you're all right?" Riku asked, narrowing his eyes.

Sora gave him his famous cheesy grin. "Yep!"

Hasn't your mother ever told you not to lie?

Kairi watched her boyfriend's concentrated expression before asking, "So, what were you hearing?"

"I'm sure it was nothing," he said. Pausing for a moment to make sure there were no more remarks, he continued, "It was probably just the wind."

"Yeah, sure," Riku said, still not looking convinced of his friend's sanity. "C'mon, we don't have much more time."

"Until what?" Sora asked, blinking.

"That," Riku said, pointing to the sky.

"Damn it," Sora murmured as he and his friends watched the Spectra Ship flying towards them.

Done

Me: I am so ashamed of myself I just want to die.

Digi: I'm not. I'm proud of the new One Piece loving Wish.

Riku: I'm ashamed of you too. In fact... (pulling out dragonblade)

Me: (cries)

Sora: (pats awkwardly on the back)

Me: (sniffs) You all have been waiting so long for this chapter and I disappointed you! I swear I'm gonna work three nights a week at least on this fic form now on . I will have the nest chapter out within the next two weeks, I swear!

Readers: You'd better.

Me: Review. Or throw heavy flaming desks at me. I don't mind.