Riku was sitting on the couch in his living room while kairi was pacing around his house nervously.

"what if he's in trouble? What if the heartless attacked him?" "what if he succumbed to the darkness?"

"relax kai, im sure he's fine" sora had only been gone for a day, and kairi was already worried.

"but what if? What if?..."

"kairi, this is sora we're talking about. he's okay" his words reassured her, but she was still worried.

Maleficent had promised her revenge, maybe this was a trick, a way for her to turn him into a heartless again.

"who's okay, riku?"

riku heard the voice of his father entering the house. He had told his father the story of both his and sora's journey, but he didn't believe him, he simply said "you're a little to old to be making up story's"

"sora's mother said he didn't come home last night. Do you two know where he is?"

riku and kairi knew they wouldn't get away with lying, riku's father was a tall and intimidating man who looked nothing like his son, the only way you would know if they were father and son was if they told you they were and even then, it was still hard to believe.

"dad, I-"

"let me guess. Sora set out on some magical quest to save the world from evil, right?"

riku put his head down in shame. Riku's father gave a small chuckle.

"i guess I have to do this" he said. Both riku and kairi looked at him questionably.

"come with me, i've got something to show both of you"

the two followed him down into the basement of riku's home. He had never been down here before. He didn't even know they had a basement. His father flicked a switch on the wall and the lights of the room turned on, a bunch of old portraits and display cases were placed against the walls of the room.

"what is this place?" kairi said.

"i assume you both know what Keyblades are?"

"our family comes from a long line of Keyblade wielders, it goes as far back as the first Keyblade war, ever since then, our family had sworn to use these powerful weapons to protect the worlds from danger." "however. I have abandoned my keyblade years ago, which is why I said I didn't believe your story, but I do believe it, I didn't want to force the Keyblade on you, like my father forced it on me"

"dad...was mom a keyblade wielder too?"

"yes, yes she was. We both trained under the same master. Our home world was destroyed by dark creatures, long ago. I don't know what happened to your mother, or your sister. But if their still out there"

"you have a sister, riku?" kairi said.

"i want to find them" he said to his father.

"i won't stop you, riku"

he smiled. If his sister and mother were out there then maybe he could find them.

"i'm going" he said. His father smiled at him. "be safe" he said.

"riku, if you see sora, give him this" kairi placed her lucky charm into his hands. she made it out of seashells she found on the beach when she was a little girl.

"i'll find sora too, I promise." he said to kairi.

Riku held his hand out and a portal of darkness opened, riku stepped through it and began his search

AN: this chapter was going to be a lot longer. but i decided to cut it in half for now.