Hey everyone,
So I know this story hasn't been posted until the minute it was finished, but I just want to let you all know something. This was, originally, called A Home For Our Hearts, because I was planning to continue where Never They Cannot left off and set Sora and Riku off on their journey. But the preparations for that took a life of its own and this is the end result.
Now this will be the final chapter of this story and after that I will create another one, indeed called A Home For Our Hearts, where Sora, Riku and maybe a few others will travel between worlds finding themselves a new place to stay. Why others? Because I also have plans for Sora and Riku's mother as well as Wakka, Selphie, Tidus and Kairi.
So let's have fun,

Venquine1990
PS. I deleted Corona and Arrendelle, because of the whole "World Order, keep the other worlds secret" thing that played such a vital part in KH3.

Chapter 05
The Going-Away Party

Riku's POV

The battle was a huge success and everyone in Jessica's little posy left Sora and me well-enough alone after that, allowing us to make our final preparations, including buying ourselves various outfits for the various worlds we'd travel to, without bothering us. There were still one or two looks of longing send my way, but I ignored them and so did Sora, which I rewarded him for with a peck.
At five o'clock on the following day did Lea, Mickey, Donald and Goofy come to our island and we all welcomed them with open arms, Wakka a little apprehensive at the sight of humanoid animals, but Pluto quickly made him feel better by jumping up at him and licking his face. After that it was off to the restaurant for our going away party.
Sora and the others had insisted that I change again as they thought my outfit perfect for the occasion, something I didn't really understand, but I know it makes Sora happy so I complied. Sora, in return, had asked me to choose his outfit and I asked him to put on his old outfit from when we were going through the worlds to put a stop to the original Organization XIII.

We had gone to the restaurant and there I found out just how far my mum had gone to give us a brilliant going away party. The room she had reserved had a brilliant view over the rest of the island, there was a table big enough to two groups the size of Organization XIII and there was even a loveseat specifically set for Sora and me to sit on together.
Everyone is enjoying themselves while Kairi explains to Donald, Goofy, Mickey and Lea what happened the other day. "So these girls thought they could break Sora and Riku apart by angering Sora and then thought it okay to call Riku a freak in Sora's presence? Are all teens on this island, bar you lot, brainless or something?" Donald asks at the end of it all.
I laugh and shrug as I say: "Hey, I don't mind. It got me some good sparring time and more private time with Sora. Win-win, if you ask me." Sora turns a little red at this, but I just happily pull him closer on the seat and ruffle my nose in his hair, which I am sure he messed up on purpose cause it makes him look even hotter to me.

Donald rolls his eyes and takes a bite of the snacks laid out on the table as Mickey says: "Well anyway, Mss. Lenora, I got that save point installed in your garden as you asked and the Gummi ship will stay afloat just outside of your world's orbit. If you ever wish to learn how to ride it, just let me know and I will send Donald to teach you."
This confuses me, but Sora's mum thanks the king. "Wait, what's going on here?" Sora asks and his mum answers: "I asked Kairi to get Mickey here. I know you guys will come visit whenever it's Christmas or one of our birthdays, but I'd like to return the favor from time to time. So I asked Mickey if he could have someone teach me how to ride the Gummi Ship."
This actually annoys me and I turn to Sora, who rolls his eyes and says: "Riku, you got me all wrong. I'll be steering the ship for our first few trips to other worlds and once you've observed and learned from how I do it, I'll let you try it from time to time. I never said you couldn't do it throughout the entire journey, just not at the start of it."
I feel shocked at this, but then smile and realize that I should have seen this coming. "Speaking of the Gummi ship, Lenora, I think those lessons might have to start sooner than you first intended." Sora's mum nods at this and Wakka says: "Yeah, the sooner you get that flying under control, the sooner we can leave this joint." Shocking Sora, Kairi and me as well as our friends.

"Wait, what do you mean, leave this joint?" Sora asks and Tidus rolls his eyes as he says: "We've been getting sick of Jessica and her posy for years. It's why we stick together so much and seclude ourselves to the Play Island. But that's just getting boring and Wakka and I both have dreams of working in certain stores. But with the mall being their territory, that's just impossible.
So, after hearing a bit more about your stories, we felt the best thing to do is pack up our own stuff and just leave, head for Radiant Garden or Twilight or Traverse Town, cities that have shops in them, you know." Sora and I share a look at this and Kairi says: "Well, they – they were planning to set me off in Radiant Garden. You could, possibly, come along too, but you'd need to be packed tomorrow."
"We were hoping you'd say that. We've been packing all of our stuff up all day. We're ready when you are." Sora and I share a glance at each other and I mutter: "A few more passengers to set off before we start? I guess there's no harm in that." And Sora nods, making Tidus, Wakka and Selphie cheer and thank us.

"So fellas, what will be your first destination?" Mickey asks and while Sora takes a sip of his drink, do I say: "We've been working on a few lists, one of worlds we want to visit just to visit them, one of worlds we'll avoid at all costs and one of worlds that have good potential when it comes to becoming our new home. Though we plan to visit those on the first list first."
"Makes sense. What are those?" Goofy asks and Sora happily replies: "Oh, you know. The Pride Lands, Atlantica, Halloween Town. Worlds like that.""Oh, so you mean worlds where you change form, huh?""Then why not the world where we become toys, Sora?" Donald asks, shocking me and Sora shrugs as he says: "Heh, I guess that one slipped my mind. I'll put it on the list."
He pulls a notebook and pen out of his pocket and opens it to write this down. "You keep the lists on you?" Kairi asks and I answer: "You can never be too prepared." Making all of our friends nod and making both my and Sora's mum smile in pride at us. Mum's grin then turns into a cheeky smirk, which makes me wince in concern and she asks:

"So, onto another topic. I heard from Lenora that, on the day you told both of us you were planning this, you had Lenora's home all to yourself. How did that feel?" Sora turns red, but I make sure to keep my head cool and say: "I showed Sora what it is I like about him, proved to myself I can still summon this outfit and then we spent time just chilling together. Nothing much."
Mum sighs and frowns at me, but I just smirk back at her as I think: "Nice try, mum, but I know your tricks better than that. I'm not going to spill private stuff like that on a public party like this." Yet then suddenly Sora and I hear commotion coming from behind us, making us both turn to look around the two sides of our loveseat.
"I told you, I'm invited. Riku personally asked me!" I hear a voice on the other side of the door scream and moan as that has to be one of the girls who still looked at me longingly earlier. "Miss, all the people who are on the invited list are already inside and Mss. Renate specifically told me to keep girls who just want Riku for his looks out of the room. And your outfit proves you to be one of those."
"I don't even want to know." I moan to myself, only to feel Sora cuddle up to me again. I smile at him and whisper: "Not that it matters. Whether she looks gorgeous or slutty, I'd still only have eyes for you and you know it." Sora's smile widens at this and I think: "And no matter what world we travel to, I'm going to make sure he remembers that."

"So, Sora, what about the other lists? What worlds are on those?" Goofy asks a few minutes later, after the doorkeeper finally got that annoying girl to leave and a group of waiters came in to serve up the next course of the meal. Sora puts his fork down and pulls out his notebook again as he says: "Well, to be honest, the bad list had a few really obvious ones on them, but we decided to skip those.
We'll also definitely be avoiding the World that Never Was, The End of the World, though I doubt that still exists, The Grid or the Keyblade Graveyard – for obvious reasons. We also had Symphony of Sorcery and the master's tower in mind, but those are just as obvious, so we just didn't write them down at all. And like with that other one, I'm not even sure Symphony still exists."
"Makes sense, it was a world created by the Organization making you travel back in time, after all." Kairi says and Selphie asks: "What about the good list?""We have Twilight and Traverse Town on that, along with Agrabah, the Land of Dragons, Radiant Garden, Beast's Castle, Olympus, Port Royal, Neverland, the Land of Dreams and the Enchanted Dominion on there."
"Wow, that's quite the list. Do you have any worlds that you prefer over the others on that one?" Lea asks and I shrug as I say: "Sora and I agree that Twilight and Traverse Town alongside Radiant Garden all have a bit of our preferences, though we don't want to make any final decisions until we've visited them all. There is still the chance that the others might happily surprise us, after all."

"Though we will definitely be visiting the worlds on the first list first. And I'm calling it here, Riku, Halloween Town has priority." This confuses me as I had expected it to be the Pride Lands, seeing the immense change that would cause upon our forms. "Hey wait, Atlantica is on both your visit and your good list. How's that?" Selphie suddenly asks and I realize she's right.
"Well, I really want to see what Riku looks like when underwater, but I also want to see if perhaps there is a spot for us in Eric's kingdom. Or maybe, if the other worlds actually don't meet up to our expectations, just going to live in a world where we can perform in fun and awesome shows just felt like a good idea. So I put it on both lists."

For the record, I know NO ONE enjoys the Atlantica music levels, but they're the players, not Sora, who does voice his enjoyment multiple times throughout the level.

Everyone nods and mum sighs as she says: "Sounds like you guys really got everything set. I'm sure going to miss you guys, but, like I said, you've outgrown these islands. They've just become too small for you. You boys need a place of your own, one where you can have all the room to be yourselves and train to keep your full potential and build your own futures together."
I smile at her, a bit of pain entering my heart as I can tell that the woman is having trouble letting go, even though she admitted to all this herself and whisper: "I wish dad could be with us.""I do too, Riku. But I haven't seen your father since the Islands were lost to Darkness. His heart must have just not been strong enough to survive."
This shocks me as I had no idea about any of this, having completely missed the fact that dad was still around before the door was opened and I lower my head, a new sense of guilt overtaking me. But then Sora hugs me close and whispers: "Stop. Just think of it this way. Now all those times that you beat Ansem's sorry butt were even more meaningful. They avenged what he did to your dad."

"That actually reminds me, Sora. In all the years I've known you, I never once saw your dad." Kairi says and I shrug as I say: "I can't answer that. I never knew my dad. I mean, I have one memory of him, but that was of when I was really, really young, maybe two or three years old. It was of him putting me in this new crib, but else – nothing. I don't know what happened to him."
Mss. Lorena sighs and mutters: "Sora, there – there is a reason for that." We all turn to her, mum putting a hand on top of hers and me pulling Sora closer as I worry for what he might learn. "Your father – was banished to the island on the very edge of our world. He was found to be putting all kinds of illegal drugs and herbs in our furniture, even a few that could kill us just by breathing them in.
I – I'm sorry I never told you. I was told he died on the island a few years before the darkness overtook our world. Part of me feels glad for that, as he apparently tried to escape it a time or two, but another part of me wishes he had lived until then. I believe he would have turned into a Heartless then, which would serve him right."

The woman mutters at her son, who is sitting stiff as a board next to me and I myself am trying not to tighten my grip on his side too much as I don't want to hurt him in my anger over what his father did all those years ago. "Wow, and I thought my mum sucked." Tidus suddenly says, leaning back in his chair and frowning.
"What do you mean?""Stupid witch left me with dad not five minutes after I was born. I still don't know where she went off to after that, but that and I never saw her again. And to make matters worse, she had ownership of the house, so when she vanished and was considered dead, dad had to leave the place and find a new one, all the while trying to take care of little one-year old me. Seriously."
"Well, that confirms it." Lea growls and we all turn to him as he says: "No matter how close to the Light a world may be, there is still a strong chance of darkness being in the hearts of those living on it. I know I got that proven to me at young age, when Xehanort pulled his little trick with our world and I've kept it memorized since, but this beats that by a landslide."

"Agh, enough about this. This is a party, we're supposed to be happy!" Donald shrieks and we all look at each other before starting to laugh, all of us obviously feeling bad for ruining the mood like we did. "You're absolutely right, Donald. Though I do wonder one thing, Sora. Why isn't Disney Castle on your list?""Yeah, what's up with that?" Donald asks angrily and Sora looks startled.
"I – sorry guys, I don't – I don't know why I forgot to put it on the list. Give me a moment." And like with the world where they became toys, does Sora write this one down too. "Great, that just made your list even longer. How long are you going to be gone this time?" Kairi asks, but I can tell that she's just joking. Sora and I laugh and shrug as I say:
"That depends, really. Maybe we'll find our niche right in the first world after we traveled to the worlds we just want to visit, maybe it'll take us all the way through the list before we do." I then cross my arms and close my eyes as I say: "And who knows. Sora and I doubt that, even now, we've seen all the worlds that are out there, so we might find a new one that we like. It's possible."
"Wait, you guys still think there are other worlds out there?" Wakka asks astounded and Sora nods as he says: "Sure, I mean, I can summon some guys that I have never seen in any of the worlds we've been to, like Dumbo and Ralph, so there have to be more worlds out there, right? And to be honest, part of me just wants to go and see them."

I smirk at him at this and ask: "Really?""Well, not right now. Now I'm more concerned with just settling down and finding my own place, with you by my side, of course. But, I don't know, maybe we could make it a plan for the future. Like, if we plan to take a vacation or something. Would be nice, right?" Sora asks me and I nod, pulling him closer as I say: "Yeah, sounds great."
"I'm in!" Kairi yells, but Sora snaps back: "Not on our first holiday as a couple, you're not." Making the girl pout and the others laugh before everyone goes back to their dinner. And after a few more minutes, do I notice that Sora keeps throwing me an annoyed glance every now and then. I look at him and it takes me a minute to realize why, making me feel stupid.
Yet I don't show it, pick up my fork and move it to him as I whisper in his ear: "Open up." Sora's grin stretching over his face as he complies. And this time, I'm the one regretting that I am wearing my tight uniform as the moan that escapes him as he eats creates a bulge in my own suit. I work my hardest to ignore it and, with great reluctance, remember Sora's thoughts back on Sunday.
I suppress a shudder of revulsion, but the image does work and I happily grin as Sora actually returns the favor, allowing me a bite from his own meal. Like this, the two of us moving our forks to the other every few bites, do we enjoy the rest of dinner and the company of our friends. And when dinner's over, do we say goodbye to Donald, Mickey, Goofy and Lea, promising to see them soon.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow when you drop off Kairi, Wakka and Tidus, right? Keep it memorized." Lea says before using his Keyblade to shoot off. We then give a small wave to our mothers and Sora says: "We want to watch the sun set from the side island one last time before we leave. We'll be back in an hour or so." The two nod with a smile and we leave for shore.
We reach our favorite tree and jump onto it, cuddling close together as the sun is already halfway down into the ocean. "Riku, when your mum brought up our time in my room last Sunday, there was – was something I – I thought about. I just – I didn't want to mention it there, in front of her, our friends and my own mum." Sora suddenly says a few minutes later and I turn to him.
"Hmm, what's that?""I – I really enjoyed what we did back then and how we ended our fight the other day. I also still stand by what we said, our decision not to go that far until we have a home of our own, but – but I – I want you to make me a promise." I look at my own true love and suddenly notice that his hands are actually held together in his lap, really close to his hips.

Instantly I feel like I know what this might be about and I look up at him as he says: "If – if we reach another world where we can get another chance like – like that, I – I'd like it if – if we could do that again. You know, work up to what we hope to do when we finally find our own place, take it one step at a time and find out what we do and don't like. So that we'll be – you know, ready."
And while I had expected him to be talking about this, do I still feel shocked to hear Sora tell me something like this. "I – you want me to – to pleasure you?" I ask, a million and more images of how I can do that running through my mind at breakneck speed as I ask and Sora blushes as he mumbles: "Don't tell me you never dreamed of us doing such things."

Making me smirk at him and whisper in his ear: "Almost every night since I found out you loved me back – and many nights before then as well. But you do have to remember one thing, Sora. Lust, in some eyes, is a dark emotion and I learned that to be true. Meaning that my dark powers might strengthen my lust for you. Are you sure you want that?"
Sora's blush deepens and he whispers: "To – to tell you the truth, Riku – yes. I am ready. Because I want that. I want your darkness, your lust, all of you. I know I'm not ready yet, but I will be. And I want you to be there to help me get ready for that. Sure I – I could play with myself all I want, but – but it doesn't feel as if that would prepare me for it, not properly. I want you to do that."
He then smiles at me and says: "Or did you forget. You love me because my light calls out to your darkness and vice versa, you said so yourself. And you were right, Riku, my light does call out to your darkness, because it wants it almost as badly as I want you. It's one of the reasons why I love you so much. I mean, what is love if you're not physically attracted to someone?"

I smile at my boyfriend, loving his speeches the way I always do and nod as I say: "Alright then, come on, I have an idea." And I take his hand as I lead him back to the main island, back to shore and back to his home. We climb the tree to his room together and there I whisper: "I'll wait in the hall. Get changed." Leaving before Sora can do more than pull off his black vest.
I wait a few minutes and then reenter, smiling widely when I see Sora in a fully clothed night suit, long-sleeved shirt and night pants. I nod and ask: "Would you mind if I stay in this form? I don't feel like heading home and getting some of my own." Sora shakes his head, but I can see confusion showing in his eyes. I smile at him and move over to where he stands.
"Lie down." I whisper and while Sora's eyes widen for a fraction, does he comply. I make sure to wait until he has the covers pulled over himself and then lie down myself, pulling his covered body close to my own and giving him a peck on the lips as I whisper: "Sweet dreams, Sora." And I close my own eyes, allowing sleep to capture me as I hold my boyfriend close.

The end

Sweet dreams, you two.
So yeah, that's the end of this story. I didn't expect to write this and I definitely didn't expect for it to turn into something that focuses solely on the Islands and Sora and Riku preparing for the journey, but it felt right and now I have a clear path set ahead of me. And anyone who read this chapter closely will know that the sequel will start out with a startling discovery – for Riku, that is.
So, I decided to not just move Sora and Riku off the islands, but the others too. Sora and Riku's mums are going to learn how to command the Gummi ship so they can visit their boys once the two have a place of their own, Kairi is going back to Radiant Garden and Tidus and Wakka want to explore Radiant Garden, Traverse and Twilight Town to get their dream jobs.
I'm not sure what I have planned for Selphie yet and there might be more worlds that will end up on the three lists that Sora spoke off, but all of that will depend on KH III. Because of that, do I not see the sequel to this coming out until sometime in February, maybe even March, though that depends on how much and how fast I can put it all together; remember there are a lot of worlds on just those three small lists.
Hope you enjoyed,

Venquine1990
Hey Kiri, let me know what you thought of this, okay?