Hm, it's been awhile hasn't it? Oh well, better late than never.

Okay, I actually really like this chapter. It was fun to write. I admit, there's not a lot of dialogue at first, but try to bear with me and actually read everything. I know some people just skim over parts that aren't dialougue. Don't do that. Please read everything.

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Explanations of a Demented Kind

Tick.

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Tock.

Sora drummed his fingers against his pant leg, his eyes cast downward as he fidgeted nervously. Kairi sat on his right side, her hand in his. She had changed clothes and was now wearing blue capris and a white tank top. Riku sat on Sora's other side, arms folded across his chest and eyes far away. He had also changed, into black jeans and a dark gray t-shirt with a black jacket overtop.

Tick.

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Sitting across from them were Yamato and Mari Mey, Kairi's father, Kaito, and Riku's mother, Lora.

Also in the room were Donald, Goofy and King Mickey, all three of them soliciting odd stares from the parents of their comrades.

The tense silence continued to fill the room.

Sora stifled a sigh and leaned back on the couch, trying to keep from tapping his foot on the floor. What were they waiting for? They were all here weren't they? The three of them –Sora, Riku, and Kairi-, their parents, and the odd animal visitors. Everyone that was needed to tell the story.

So why wasn't it being told?

Why were they all sitting here, being uncomfortable?

When his Dad had confronted them after the triplets and Fawn had disappeared, there had been lots of blushing and half mumblings from Sora, stony silence from Riku and weak, apologetic smiles from Kairi. It was the King who finally stated that: "Perhaps it's just about time for the Keybearers to tell their parents the truth."

That had led to more questions from Yamato and Sora had hesitantly began to explain when Goofy had logically suggested that maybe they should wait for all the parents before they began the story.

And so here they were.

They had met at Kairi's house, since it was the biggest and were now in the living room, spread out among two couches parallel to each other. The King and Goofy were standing, while Donald was sitting on a chair.

Riku and his mother had been the last to arrive and when they had Sora had expected the long conversation to begin.

Tick.

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It hadn't.

Instead, they were all staring at each other awkwardly. It was almost like they were all afraid to start the tale, afraid of what might come up. Sora knew he was afraid. He didn't know where to begin explaining about Heartless and Hearts and Nobodies...and Roxas...especially Roxas.

Whaddya mean especially me?!

You try telling your parents about the little voice in your head!

Me no has the parents, but I see your point.

Sora stifled another sigh and looked at the clock on the wall.

They had officially been sitting in silence for fifteen minutes.

This was getting annoying.

"Uh..." began the Keybearer, blushing as all eyes turned on him. "I mean...."

"Yeah, you're right Sora, we should just start this thing and get it over with," concurred Kairi, finishing Sora's unformed sentence.

Riku didn't say anything, merely clenched his fists. He wasn't exactly proud of his part in most of this story.

Mr. Mey stiffened and Mari squeezed his hand reassuringly. Lora looked frazzled, but smiled at her son reassuringly. Kaito was as stiff as a board, glaring at his daughter.

"I agree! This silence was getting kinda awkward fellas!" said King Mickey cheerfully. All the parents immediately turned their gaze towards the mouse.

"Yes, you should start the explanations," said Yamato, glaring at Mickey, "And you should start with just who, and what, the f(oops!) are you!"

"Dad!" said Sora at the same time Mari exclaimed "Yamato!"

Mickey winced at the foul word, but waved a hand airily. "It's alright folks. I'm guessing you're kinda confused," said the King cheerfully.

" 'Kinda' is an understatement," growled Kaito, never taking his narrowed eyes at Kairi, who gazed back at him with tired eyes.

"Well, I'll start with explaining about a little creature called a Heartless," said the King.

"Heartless?" echoed the parents.

"What's that?"

"What do you mean a 'Heartless'. That's an adjective!"

"You're making no sense, a creature without a heart? It couldn't function!"

"I'm sorry, I don't understand."

Sora facepalmed and Riku sighed as he looked up in exasperation.

"Maybe," growled Kairi, "You should let him explain."

The parents all fell silent as they turned to look at the scowling girl.

"Thank you Princess!" said Mickey cheerfully.

"Princess?" growled Kaito. The mouse smiled and winked at Kairi's adoptive dad. "Don't worry, I'll explain everything!"

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The explanation took a long time.

The first point, the Heartless, took so long to get across that Riku fell asleep while the King tried to explain to their parents what a Heartless was and how it was formed. Mari couldn't understand how it was anatomically possible to be without a heart, Yamato thought the whole thing was stupid and didn't make sense, Kaito fumed about how darkness wasn't something you could fall into and turn into some googly eyed creature as a result. Only Lora seemed to have a grasp on what the mouse king was saying and she patiently broke it down so that the other adults could wrap their head around it.

Next, worlds falling into darkness.

At this point, Kaito all but plugged his ears, completely against considering Darkness as some corporeal thing that could swallow worlds and people. Here, Kairi shouted out her father to 'shut up and open your goddamn mind for once!' This exclamation by the normally soft-spoken red-head shocked all the parents into silence, giving King Mickey enough time to adequately explain the concept.

What had happened on Destiny Islands on that night two years ago.

Here, Sora and Riku hesitantly took over the story, skirting nervously around the details. Sora tried not to go to deep into Riku going with the darkness, while Riku tried to sugar coat the fact that the three teens had actually been planning to run away. Their explanation could be summarized as something along the lines of:

"Heartless appeared, darkness was everywhere, Riku discovered that the darkness could move somewhere else, so he followed it to see if he could get help (fabrication by Sora). Sora was looking for Kairi, Kairi got kidnapped, Sora got attacked by Heartless, couldn't fight them, Sora found a key, could suddenly fight them, Sora fought a giant black blob of doom (here King Mickey corrected him. 'It wasn't a black blob of doom. It was a Darkside') and then got sucked into a black swirling vortex."

The parents all had the same expression of 'WTF?' on their faces.

Yamato then asked just how this key could enable his fourteen-year-old goofball of a son to fight these big bad Heartless.

Thus, began the explanation of the Keyblade.

King Mickey, Sora, Riku, and Kairi all summoned their blades, causing the parents to jump in shock. Only Yamato had had seen these before, and it had only been Sora's. Seeing the Golden Kingdom Key, Oathkeeper, Oblivion, Way to Dawn, and Blossoming Light before them was a bit much to take in.

King Mickey went on to explain how the Keyblade was unique, only to have Kaito point out, "If it's unique, then why the hell are there five of them?" This caused Donald to lose his temper and explode into a flurry of duck-esque fury. Kaito had hinted darkly at having roasted duck for dinner.

The parents had understood that the Keyblades were weapons that could destroy Heartless, and that all of their children had them. Simple enough. Onto the next point.

Sora quickly explained his meeting with Leon, Yuffie and Aerith in Traverse Town and how he had met Donald and Goofy. He then went on to explain the rest of his adventures, trying to downplay the danger, but instead, highlighting all the amazing things he'd seen and the friends he'd made.

When it came to his encounters with Riku, Sora basically lied. As far as he knew, Riku was nowhere to be found. Riku didn't really know what to say, and the silver-haired warrior decided that he'd tell his mother the truth when they got home. He didn't really want the other parents to hear all about his mistakes.

Of course, the two of them hit a snag when they got to the Hollow Bastion confrontation.

"Er....." stammered Sora, "Er......"

"Well, what is it! What happened next!" snapped Mari uncharacteristically, thoroughly enthralled –as well as horrified- by her son's story.

"Oh! I know!" said Goofy suddenly. "When we got there, we met Riku, and he was-," Both boys winced, "-hypnotized! That man, Ansem, had hypnotized him!"

God bless you Goofy, thought Sora with a sigh.

"So Sora was forced to fight Riku," continued the knight. "Right Sora?" Sora nodded hesitantly and picked up the story.

And of course the awkward part.

"Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean Kairi's heart was inside you?" growled Kaito, glaring at Sora with 'you better not have done anything unfit to my daughter you spiky-haired bastard' written all over his face.

Sora sweatdropped. "I don't really know all the details myself...." he said uncertainly.

"But, wait, if Kairi's heart was inside you....how did you get it out?" asked Lora.

Silence.

Sora sighed and nervously rubbed the back of his head.

Ooh boy....he thought as he sighed and began to tell the tale of how he'd given up his own heart to save Kairi.

"YOU DID WHAT?!!!!!" screeched Mari, leaping to her feet.

"You impaled yourself with a sword!" bellowed Yamato, quivering with rage. Sora let out a sound resembling, 'eep!' and hastily muttered something along the lines of:

"It'sfinebecauseIhadtoandKairirisaPrincessofHeartandweneededheranditwasn'tthatbadandI'mfineandKairisavedmewithherlightsoit'sallokay!"

They then went on to explain how Riku had 'fought free of the mind control' and given them time to escape. How Sora, Kairi, Goofy and Donald had retreated back to Traverse Town and met up with Leon and company, before Sora and his aids had headed back to Hollow Bastion to face off against the evil Ansem once and for all.

Sora didn't go into details about the fight, just that it had been something of a draw, and that Ansem had finally been defeated by light. Unfortunately, in order to stop darkness from consuming the light and Heartless to run wild....

"You got locked behind the door!" said Lora in horror, staring at her eldest son. Riku smiled sheepishly. "Well, King Mickey was with me...." he said, shuffling nervously.

"So after that the worlds began returning to normal, and I saw the spot where our world was reforming.....Kairi was there. So we said goodbye and the worlds separated and I went off with Donald and Goofy to find King Mickey and Riku," said Sora, exhaling as he finished the first large portion of the tale.

"Wait...." said Kaito. "So....that's when Kairi came back to the islands? That was a year and a half ago! Are saying that whole mess of craziness only took six months and we've still got another eighteen months of insanity to sit through?!"

Silence.

"Uh....yes," said Kairi with a smirk. She liked this half of the story better as she was less of a damsel in distress.

"I need alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol," muttered Yamato.

And so began part two.

Of course, there was the little issue of Sora not remembering what he had been doing for the first six months of this portion of the story....

"Wait...what? You were just....just asleep? That's all? You can't remember?!" growled Yamato.

"S-sorry! I swear I have no idea what happened! There was....we were walking towards this castle and then.....I dunno, we were waking up in these pod things and six months had gone by!" said Sora, flustered.

Nobody noticed Riku whistling innocently, while Kairi puzzled over why Namine was sending guilty vibes all over the place.

Ooh! Me! Me! This is my part of the story! Can I tell it? Pleasepleaseplease?!

Sora winced as Roxas pleaded to be let out.

"Um...." began the Keybearer, "Well, a portion of this story happened to a different person while I was still asleep so...I guess....that person....should tell it...." he said slowly.

Riku immediately understood who Sora was talking about and stifled an uncharacteristic giggle at the reaction they were sure to bring. Kairi blushed and smiled at Sora.

"Yeah, while....that person is talking I'll have...my person come out too," she said with a smile. The brunette smiled back.

"What are you talking about?" growled Yamato. Sora took a deep breath. "Roxas?" he said out loud, in more of a squeak than an actual word. Sora glowed blue for a few moments, before a blonde, spiky haired teenager slid out from him.

Mari screamed, Yamato and Kaito swore, and Lora gasped.

"Hi," said Roxas calmly, reverting back to the calm, collected teenager he was first known as.

Then, Kairi glowed gold, and Namine slid from her, hands behind her back and hair falling in front of her face in a rush of gold.

"I'm Roxas," said Roxas with a smile, "and this is Namine." Namine blushed and went to stand beside her boyfriend. "We're Sora and Kairi's Nobodies," she said softly.

Silence.

"WHAT THE F(oops!) IS THIS! WHAT THE F(oops!) ARE YOU THINGS! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM! WHAT THE F(oops!) IS A NOBODY!!!" bellowed Yamato, pointing an accusing finger at the two blondes.

Namine hid behind Roxas slightly, while the boy narrowed his eyes.

"My goodness! Do you kiss your mother with that mouth! There are children present! It's a wonder poor Sora over there didn't grow up with the vocabulary of a sailor! And then where would I be! I happen to pride myself on my vocabulary-,"

By vocabulary does he mean his various insults? Or his Spanish and Japanese? Thought Sora.

"-and I don't want it sullied by having to constantly being around cussy Mcswear swear! So please, compose yourself! Before I have to pin that mouth of yours shut with Oblivion!" admonished Roxas, soliciting astonished stares from the parents, and amused ones from Riku, Kairi, Namine, Donald, Goofy, and Mickey. Poor Sora just looked exasperated.

"Wh-wh-wha?" stammered Yamato, slightly flustered from the good telling-off he'd just received. Roxas smiled. "Have we stopped putting the censor monkeys into overdrive? Good! Now I can explain what a Nobody is and some of the stuff that happened while Sleeping Beauty over here was power-napping," he said with a wink at his Other.

And so began Roxas's tale.

Roxas did a pretty good job of explaining Nobodies, even getting sympathy from Lora and Mari after the whole revelation of not having a Heart.

"It...it's hard," sniffed the blonde boy, "But I keep going. I...I know I don't have a heart....and I suppose I shouldn't feel but, I try....and I just keep moving forward..."

Mari and Lora were almost in tears, Kaito and Yamato looked ashamed, Riku and Sora looked like they were going to die of laughter and Kairi and Namine looked extremely un-amused.

Roxas went on to explain his confrontations with Axel in his Twilight Town, meeting Namine, the revelation about his existence, and finally returning to Sora.

"So...wait. You're a part of Sora? Like, literally a part?" asked Lora. Roxas nodded and smiled. "Yup! We're....sort of the same person....well, not really. We're actually very different. I'm not sure about the whole thing myself..." he said with a shrug.

Roxas didn't say much about what had happened before Twilight Town and Riku acknowledged the blonde's omission of his brutal capture with a nod. Roxas stuck his translucent tongue out at the silverette in reply.

The tale was picked up again and transferred back to Sora.

This time around didn't take as long. The world's were mostly the same, with only a few new ones, and the parents had a decent grasp on the concept of Heartless and Nobodies. The explanation of how tough Organization XIII was had gotten a disbelieving snort from Kaito, who couldn't quite take them seriously. Maybe it was their strange names or the way Sora described them. For some reason, Kairi's father couldn't consider them credible villains.

"I can't believe a bunch of pansies caused so much trouble!" he chortled.

"Hey! We're not pansies! Asides from Marluxia and Demyx. They don't count. The rest of us are awesome! We kick ass okay?! We pwn the world!" said Roxas angrily.

Silence.

"Um....I'm just going to wangst over here. You know, depressed teen without a heart..." said the blonde with a melancholy look on his face.

And the story went on.

Kairi told her point of the story well, explaining how she'd felt like something was missing, her departure, kidnapping, and experiences with Axel and Saix. She tried not to go to much into Axel though, noticing Roxas stiffen every time she mentioned his name. When it came to telling the tale of the pyro's sacrifice, Sora tried to get through it as quickly as possible, brushing off his parents questions on the subject.

At the climatic reunion at The World that Never Was, Riku took up the story. The silver haired warrior, tired of dancing around the truth, decided to be honest, and explained how he had taken on Darkness to be strong enough to help Sora. Riku had expected to be reprimanded, but was surprised when Mari Mey thanked him profusely and Lora hugged him, saying how she 'just can't believe how mature you've gotten. How responsible. My sweet boy.'

They didn't delve too much into their reunion (Sora didn't want his dad to know he cried) and briefly explained their meeting with Namine and Roxas. Kairi had found meeting her Nobody exciting, while Sora had found it downright creepy.

Riku and Sora rushed through the next events, sensing the story's end nearing and wanting to just finishing the bloody thing already. Sora highlighted Riku fighting off the Darkness and discovering Way to Dawn, while Riku, being the cool, calm, wangsting teen he is, brushed it off.

Next came the separation of the boys from their teammates and the final battle with Xemnas.

By this time, the parents were fully into the story, and Yamato, Mari and Lora actually exclaimed aloud when they heard of their boys being separated from their comrades.

"What the F(oops!)! Are you serious! You're finally all together and the door F(oops!)ing closes!"

"I don't get it! why didn't you just run faster?! I don't get why these things happen to you Sora, why can't that Leon person, or that Cloud guy handle all this hoopla? Is it really necessary for two teens to have to go through all of this?"

"Oh Riku, you can't stay out of trouble can you? I can't believe the door closed on the two of you!"

And so on.

Finally, they came to the end of the story, with the boys arriving home and reuniting with Kairi, Donald, Goofy, and the King. King Mickey once again took up the story, speaking of how he had asked the teenagers to remain silent in an attempt to ward of enemies and to stop widespread panic. I mean, who wants to know their entire world disappeared? Better that everyone just thought it was a freakish storm that caused three teens to have amnesia.

And that was that.

Mostly.

"Okay. Wait, wait, wait. But that doesn't explain anything about those three Yahoos who attacked the town today! Were they, whatchamacallits, Nobodies?" inquired Yamato. All eyes, turned to Sora, who sweatdropped.

"Er, I don't really know a lot about them," he began nervously.

And, blushing the entire way, Sora spoke of his encounters with Fawn. He tried to leave out the whole 'seduction' part of their meetings, but Roxas (dear, dear Roxas) wasn't having any of it.

"Aren't you forgetting something Sora?" said the Nobody after Sora had briefly explained his meeting with Fawn in the cave. Sora blushed a deeper scarlet and glared at his Other.

"No, I don't believe I am. I don't know what you're talking about," he hissed.

Roxas grinned, and did what Roxas do best.

Ruin people's lives with absolute joy and abandon.

"She did what?!" screeched Yamato.

"Sora! How could you?! We raised you better than to go tonguing with some random hoe of the street!" admonished Mari.

"Hate....you....," growled Sora, glowering at Roxas, who winked cheekily back.

Sora went on to explain his dream and how Fawn had warned him about the Night Order. The parents had been about to dismiss it as 'just a dream', but then King Mickey had recounted the events that had occurred in the marketplace earlier that day. It couldn't be a coincidence, especially since Fawn herself had appeared and protected the teens.

"And....I guess that's it. Everything that's happened," concluded Sora.

Silence.

"Definitely need alcohol....," muttered Yamato.

"But it's over right? The worlds are saved, those Night Order people are gone, and you can all stay home? It's over?" asked Mari worriedly.

"No," said Sora quickly, "It's not. We can't just leave it knowing that there's another world out there being consumed with Darkness. It's clear that Fawn's world is in trouble, and I wouldn't be worthy of the title Keyblade Master if I just sat back and let it crumble. I have to go and help her," he said passionately, his eyes burning brightly.

Kairi, Riku, Donald and Goofy all looked at their friend in surprise. They hadn't been expecting that.

"What?!" screeched Mari Mey.

"Y-you can't be serious!" spluttered Yamato.

"Actually...." began the mouse king.

"You just got home and now you're planning to go chasing after some tramp?!"

"Really Sora, you may have saved the universe or whatever, but you're still a kid! You have school starting for God's sake!"

"Now, Mr. and Mrs. Mey...."

"Why can't those Loud and Cleon and Yuffa and Tifie people handle it? I mean they're obviously older and more experienced..."

"I'll be damned if I let you disappear on us again!"

"SHUT UP!!!!!"

Everyone fell into a stunned silence as they turned to face the mouse, who had climbed on top of a chair.

"Thank you!" he said as all eyes turned to him. "Now, Sora's parents, I know you're worried about your son and you don't want him to go, but you have to understand, this is his destiny. The Keyblade chose him for a reason, and it chose him for a purpose. That purpose is to serve and protect the weak and the innocent. We thought we had saved all the worlds from Darkness, obviously we were wrong. There is another world out there that is in need of our help. Of Sora's help. I'm truly sorry that you'll have your son taken from you again, but this is his destiny and more importantly, it's what he wants to do. You need to understand that, and you need to accept it."

Silence.

"Um, same goes for you Dad," said Kairi unexpectedly. "Obviously, if Sora's going, I am too. After all, I have a Keyblade as well!"

And I need to make sure that raven-haired witch doesn't put her hands all over Sora, she included internally.

"Mom?" said Riku softly, turning to look at Lora hesitantly. The silver haired hesitated. "Riku....I....I don't...." she said nervously.

Kaito twitched and turned towards Yamato.

"Are you standing for this?" he growled. Yamato shook his head furiously. "No way! There's no way you're leaving us again!" he exclaimed.

"But Dad-," began Sora. "No buts!" screamed Mr. Mey.

"Same to you Kairi. I don't care what you say, you're still a little girl and I won't have you going off to fight some war," said Kaito firmly.

Kairi jumped out of her chair. "I'm sixteen Dad! And I'm a Keybearer and a Princess of Heart! You can't just-,"

"I can, and I will," growled Kaito, in a voice that left no room for arguments.

"Mom?" asked Riku again, this time with a note of challenge in his voice.

Lora winced. "I'm sorry Riku, but I can't afford to lose you again. What would I do without you? And besides, I need your help with the kids....what would they do without their big brother?" she said with a sheepish smile.

Riku glowered in return.

"You guys are staying," said Yamato with a note of triumph in his voice, "And that's final."

Ooh, the parents forbade the kids from going after Fawn! What'll they do?

Disobey the parents obviously.

This chapter was longer than I expected. Okay, so next will be a little lead up/filler chapter that will actually have some things that you need to know in it, and then CLIMAX! Or, rather, the start of the Climax. The Climax will probably be three or four chapters. Ooh, I'm so excited for the end of this story! I, personally, think it's an awesome ending.

Kays, you know the drill. Review. Review. Review! Tell me what you thought of the parents! Tell me what you thought of those explanations!

P.S., I realize some events that were explained aren't in chronological order. Blame it on Sora's brain that we all know was affected by some sort of falling object in his youth.

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