Title – Home at last

Author – Brittany McLean

Summary – It's been two years since Sora has been gone. But now he's back. How does Kairi and everyone cope? Will it be the same? Or will there be more darkness to fight.

Rating – PG – 13 right now

Disclaimer – I own nothing, Kingdom Hearts belongs to Disney and Sqauresoft.

Author's Note – Thank you to my reviewers!

Sora opened his eyes to a room full of sunlight. He sat up straight in shock. He would have figured he would be somewhere else when he woke up. But… here he was, inside his room, bathing in a ray of sunlight. He pushed his soft sheets off of his legs and walked out of his room to smell coffee.

Was he really home? He remembered waking up to this smell every morning. Oh how he hated it, and now… he loved it.

Slowly he walked down the stairs to hear noises coming from the kitchen. His heart was beating so loud and fast he swore his mother would hear it. His body was shaking but still he walked towards the kitchen.

He stopped at the door way to inspect the kitchen. Everything was the same except new things here and there.

'Oh my god…..' Sora thought silently, 'I am home.'

He stepped back a little when he saw his mother walk across the kitchen. His beautiful mother with her long brown hair, and sapphire blue eyes. He examined her face and felt pain. She was no longer the smiling cheerful woman anymore… her face was filled with sorrow. She looked as if she has aged five years instead of just two.

He took a deep breath and walked into view of the kitchen. His mother still did not notice him so he made a noise. She turned around and turned paler then he thought possible.

She started to breathe faster and stare at him with big eyes.

"Mom?" Sora asked walking up to her slowly.

She raised her eyebrow at his voice. His voice was deeper but it was still her son's.

"Oh Mom!" Sora cried and ran into his mother's arms.

She stood there in shock. Until finally she began to cry. Grabbing onto her son as if to make him stay and never let him go. After what seemed like an eternity to Sora his mother released him and examined her son.

"Well… you're taller then me now. Oh look at you… your broad shoulders, toned muscles, deeper voice; your baby fat on your face is gone now." She said pinching his cheek.

Sora blushed lightly and laughed, "It's been two painful years away from everyone. I don't know if you'll ever understand how painful it was to be gone everyday away form everyone."

"I know baby, I know. It was so painful having you gone," She began to tear up again, "I never knew if you were going to come home again. I always wanted to believe you were… but it was so hard."

"I'm home now. And I don't know if I'm leaving again or not. But I don't want to think about that right now. For now I just want to enjoy being home."

Sora and his mother spent the morning together, talking about Sora's adventures. She gasped here and there but kept silent. Finally she hugged her son one last time before heading off to work.

Now Sora walked around his house reminiscing on everything down to the very last detail in the house. After a few hours he got cleaned, dressed, and ready to go out looking for people.

Looking at Destiny Islands during the day was amazing. How he missed this view. He used to walk across the beach everyday with Kairi or Rikku or even both. Or he'd go by himself mostly. After being away on that grand adventure he'd learned to love his home no matter what. It was amazing seeing new places but nothing was like Destiny Islands.

He stopped short and stared at a young girl staring out at the ocean near his secret place. He examined her. Mid length red hair, long legs, toned body, nice sized breasts. She was a beautiful girl especially since she looked like….

'Kairi?' Sora thought. He was too busy checking this girl out for him to notice that this girl could be Kairi. He walked closer to see who this mysterious girl is.

Slowly he walked up to her. She seemed to be in deep thought and didn't notice him. He didn't want to scare her so he made a small noise to get her attention.

Kairi turned around thinking it was Selphie.

"Selphie, I told you….." She stopped talking in mid speech and pressed her hand to her lips.

"Kairi…."

"S… So… Sora?"

"You look like you've seen a ghost." He said quietly coming closer to her.

"Is…. Is this you?"

"I should hope so."

Kairi had the hugest smile he's ever seen on her face. She stroked her hand across his cheek to his lips, back up to his forehead and up to his hair. It was like she was memorizing his face.

"I'm home now. I promised you I'd be back." He took her hand that was on his face into his own.

"Oh Sora, it was awful with you gone. I thought… I thought you were never coming home. I was starting to feel guilty about the thoughts I was having about you."

"Thoughts?" Sora said jokingly.

"Hehe, silly, thoughts about you breaking your promise. I was angry, and hurt, I felt like you didn't even remember me anymore."

"Oh Kairi, I thought of you every single day. Hell I began to wonder if you still thought of me. When I first got taken away from you I felt like we were still connected, but as time went on…. So did you."

Kairi didn't say anything instead she let her tears fall and wrapped her small arms around him. Feeling every breath he made, savoring his warmth.

Sora was much taller then she now. Kairi had grown into a beautiful young woman as Sora has grown into a young man. No longer the children. Two years were stolen from them and now it was time to make up for that lost time.

"I missed you like crazy." Kairi muttered into his now wet shoulder.

"I missed you like crazy also."

She wiped off her tears and looked at him.

"What?" He asked.

"Nothing…. I just can't believe your home." She let go of him and walked to their secret area.

Sora quickly followed after her.

"Wow… you sure did keep it clean."

"Hehe, well when you get bored and have nobody to draw pictures with it gets kind of boring."

"I know what you mean." he walked over to the drawings on the wall, trailing his finger over them lightly, "This one was awhile ago. Shortly before I left. Selphie kept talking about Papua fruits. So I drew this…. I really wanted to share one with you….. hey…. You drew this!" Sora exclaimed noticing the new drawing of her handing him a Papua fruit also.

Kairi blushed deep red and turned away, "When I returned to Destiny Islands alone I came here. I saw this drawing and cried. I drew mine while I was crying." She turned to face him, "That's how much I missed you."

Sora smiled his cheesy smile and came up to her taking her hand in his hand, "We have the rest of our lives to make up for our lost time."

Kairi smile back and hugged him tightly, "We do have the rest of our lives." She whispered dreamily.