Me: PART TWO OF THIS STORY UP! And I got... One review... From Kanarah J. YAY! A review!

Sora: I thought you told me that you hated that review-

Me: Covers Sora's mouth Through teeth Yes I do, but have you READ the review?!

Sora: Actually, no I haven't read it... What does it say?

Me: Sighs Shows Sora the review

Sora: 00 Why she hasn't been suspended from school yet is a good comment... Hey! And what the heck is wrong with the name I gave her?! It's Japanese for Love Beauty, and it sounds just plain fine to me, got it?!

Me: - Kairi named her, didn't she?

Sora: Uh... May-be. I know I named Takeshi, that's for sure... But who cares? Like the name Manami or not, don't give a f.

Me: 00 Wowza. And this is why the story is rated K+... BTW, READ AND REVIEW OR I'LL HAVE TO BEG! And all reviewers get a Sora cookie! Holds out jar of cookies, smiling - Curse my niceness... Sora cookies...

Chapter 2

Manami awoke moments before dawn the very next morning. She quickly took off her pink panamas and then changed into a full black ninja attire.

She slowly reached for the sword in her closet, stepping out of her room so that she didn't awaken her sleeping brother on her bed. She slowly tiptoed past her parents' room and then walked downstairs toward the front door.

"It's six A.M. Time for my training with him. I've got precisely three hours before Mom and Dad wake up, so I better move quick.." She whispered as she saw the sun rise from the living room window. She smirked and then left the home.

Sora had suddenly heard a door close from his living room right below him and shot up from his slumber. He stood up from his spot on his bed and drew his Keyblade, terrified by hearing a door close.

"Who's there, what's wrong, what?!" Sora exclaimed angrily. Kairi slowly awoke, hearing her husband's angered voice.

"Sora...? What's the matter..?" Kairi muttered, sitting up.

"I just heard the door close from downstairs, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the wind that did it." Sora said angrily.

"Are you sure?" Kairi asked.

"It's a warrior's instinct, Kairi. I know that wasn't the wind that shut the door... Someone just tried to come into our house... Or try to leave from the house. I really don't know which one they did." Sora said, looking around the room with a look of determination on his face.

"Sora..." Kairi whispered.

"I'm gonna go check. You can go check on Takeshi and Manami while I'm downstairs. Call for me if something seems out of place, alright?" Sora said.

"Alright." Kairi said, getting out of bed.

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Manami walked along the play-island beach, waiting for the one she wanted to show up. The one she had trained with for months.

"Hello there, Manami." Someone called. She turned to see a man with long silver hair and light blue, practically aquamarine eyes, smiling down at her. He was around her age if not about a year older than Manami was.

"Hello, Sitoru." She said, smiling widely. "Ready for another session?"

"That I am." Sitoru said, smirking evilly.

"Alright!" Manami said, drawing her sword. "I won't go easy on you anymore!"

"Bring it." Sitoru simply replied.

"Hey, Sitoru, are you gonna watch the first full moon tonight? My father said that something always happens during a full moon, and I wanna know if he's right or not." Manami said to Sitoru, defending his attacks with her sword.

"Oh yes... Something really interesting should happen tonight." Sitoru said, giggling evilly as he stared over at Manami.

Manami smiled and then continued to fight Sitoru, the two teens having a grand time during their daily training session.

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Kairi walked into Manami's room, looking around the room. She looked over at Manami's bed and there laid Takeshi. Kairi walked over to Takeshi's sleeping form and gently shook him awake.

"Takeshi! Takeshi, darling, please wake up." She called. Takeshi's blue eyes slowly opened as he stared up as his mother.

"M-Mommy..." Takeshi muttered, sitting up in Manami's bed a little. Kairi picked him up and held her son in her arms. She hugged him tightly.

"I'm so glad you're safe..." Kairi whispered.

"Safe from what?" Takeshi asked nervously.

"Never mind that right now. Where's Manami?" Kairi asked Takeshi.

"I don't know... The last thing that I remember, she told me that I could sleep in her room last night. Then I fell asleep. Where'd daddy?" Takeshi said.

"He heard the front door close and then he went downstairs to see what had happened. Wait, if she's not here... That would mean that Manami was the one that ran off and caused the ruckus downstairs! Sora!" Kairi called, running downstairs, still carrying Takeshi safely in her arms.

Sora looked around the living room cautiously and then saw a small footprint resting on the floor. It was a dirt spot, so he could tell clearly. He stared down at it.

"Manami... This is her footprint." Sora said. "Did she-"

"Sora!" Kairi called again, running into the living room with her husband. Sora stood up and saw Kairi, Takeshi in her arms.

"Did you find anything?" Sora asked.

"Manami's gone missing! She wasn't in her room and Takeshi said that he didn't see her since last night!" Kairi exclaimed.

"What?!" Sora exclaimed. The he grew angry at this statement. His daughter just left without any warning? That was so unlike her... "Wait at home with Takeshi, Kairi! I'll go off and look for Manami! She's bound to be somewhere on the island!"

"Okay." Kairi said. Sora quickly opened the front door and instantly raced towards the one place where he thought that Manami would be.

That would be her favorite place on the Destiny Islands. The Play Islands.

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Manami sat down in the sand after a long day of training. Sitoru sat down next to her, still gripping his blade tightly. The sun was just about to rise now, and the two teens wanted to watch the scene together.

"This is so beautiful..." Manami said to herself.

"Manami Hikari!!" An angered male's voice called out. Manami easily recognized this voice and jumped up from her spot on the ground. She looked around, and then she saw her father coming closer.

"Oh crap, it's my dad! I'm dead!" Manami exclaimed. She looked over at Sitoru. "He can't see you here! You have to hide!"

"I'm already on it!" Sitoru said, running towards an area that Sora and Kairi called 'The Secret Place'. As soon as Manami had turned away from him, Sitoru suddenly opened a dark black portal. He glanced back. "Heh. Manami, you're a fool to trust me." With that, Sitoru stepped through the dark portal.

"Daddy!" Manami called out to Sora. Sora heard this, ran towards where his daughter was and then she hugged him. "Hi."

"What're you doing here? You know not to be out so early!" Sora said angrily. Then he glanced over at the medium sized sword resting in his daughter's hands. "And... What're you doing with that sword?!"

"Father, I can explain!" Manami shouted. Sora glared down at her and then grabbed her by the hand, pulling her away.

"There's no need for you to explain why you're wielding that sword, Manami! Now, we're gonna go back home and have a long talk about what you've done and why." Sora exclaimed angrily.

"But dad-!" Manami exclaimed.

"No buts!" Sora said angrily. This was one of the first times Sora had ever yelled at Manami like this, but he was a father. He knew when and when not to punish a child.

Manami sat in her father's boat, completely angered at Sora throughout the entire ride. Manami and Sora said nothing to each other during the ride, and this began to worry Sora. Maybe he really was too hard on her.

"Hey... I'm really sorry about the way I acted earlier. I didn't mean to make you angry at me. I mean, I know I'm your father, but... I've never been so mad at you before. And I mean what I say." Sora said. Manami sighed.

"Why are you blaming yourself for that, daddy? You're not the one that snuck out of the house, carrying a sword with you along the way." Manami said, rolling her eyes. Sora glanced down and then thought about what Manami was saying.

"Actually..." Sora began. Manami turned around for a second, and then Sora sighed. "Never mind... I can't explain it to you right now. It's not the best time."

"What do you mean?" Manami asked.

"Never mind, I said!" Sora said.

"Aw, c'mon, dad! You can tell me!" Manami said jokefully.

"Later, I promise." Sora said, kissing his daughter on the forehead.

"Alright." Manami giggled a little and then stared up at the sky, smiling widely. Moments later, Sora and Manami arrived on the mainland and she had fallen asleep. Sora smiled at the sight and lifted his daughter out of the boat.

"I wish I could tell you the truth so soon, Manami. But... I don't know what's more terrifying. Me telling you the truth of your mother's, and my past... Or you and Takeshi having to learn about the dangers you two might have to face in the future." Sora said. Manami heard not a word her father said as she slept peacefully in his arms. Sora smiled. "Oh well... I guess we'll just have to find out for ourselves."

Sora walked into his house, where he found Kairi asleep on the living room couch, Takeshi lying right next to her. He could only smile. He walked upstairs and set Manami in her bed, kissing her on the cheek and then closing the door behind him. He then walked back downstairs.

"Daddy..." Takeshi muttered, waking up slightly. Sora walked over to him and put a hand on his head. Takeshi smiled and then went back to sleep. Sora sighed and then sat down on the second couch, dozing off himself.

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Sitoru arrived from his portal of darkness into a massive realm of emptiness. He walked into a large castle, stepping towards a throne.

"Ah, Sitoru... So you have returned to me, just as you inferred." A woman's voice called out to the young boy. Sitoru glanced up and saw a woman wearing a black robe. "Have you any news to report on the Keyblade master's daughter?"

"Yes, Mistress Maleficent. The girl knows nothing about her father's past life, and there will be a first moon on the islands tonight. I seek this as the perfect opportunity to steal her away and bring her to you." Sitoru said.

"Very good, my child." Maleficent said, smiling evilly. "Once that pathetic girl is out of the way, then the wretched Keyblade holder will have to come running after her. When that happens, he will meet his demise fighting for the girl's life."

"What will happen to the Keyblade master?" Sitoru asked.

"You will know soon enough, my child. Now, prepare yourself for your mission. You've manipulated the young girl, but now is the time for you to finish the job and bring her into this realm."

"Yes, Mistress Maleficent." Sitoru said, leaving the throne room. A spark of evil gleamed in his eyes. Sitoru froze for a moment, and then he thought about if he should really do this to his only friend.

Maleficent took Sitoru away from his home world long ago when he was very young to his wishes, and now he was forced to obey her orders because she had granted his wish. He didn't remember anything about his old home. Not even his family.

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"Manami! Manami, wake up! It's almost time for the first moon to appear!" Takeshi exclaimed, shaking his sister's sleeping body. Manami slowly opened her eyes, staring over at Takeshi. "Finally!" Manami sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"What do you want...?" Manami muttered.

"It's almost time for the first moon to appear! We got three hours to prepare for tonight's event, so wake up!" Takeshi repeated.

"What?! Already?!" Manami exclaimed, leaping out of bed. She looked over at her clock, which now read six forty five PM. She put her hands on Takeshi's shoulders. "Takeshi! How long was I asleep today?!"

"All day?" Takeshi replied, shrugging. Manami's eye twitched as she stared down at Takeshi. Her grip tightened. "Manami...? You're kinda... Hurting me."

"All day?! Wait a second, where's mom and dad?" Manami asked.

"Downstairs, waiting on me to bring you down there with me. They wanted to talk to us about something before the first moon." Takeshi said, grabbing Manami by the hand and walking downstairs with her.

Manami sat down on the couch in between her parents and then Takeshi sat down next to Kairi, smiling widely.

"Hi!" Manami said.

"Hello sleepyhead." Sora greeted jokefully.

"Have a nice sleep, Manami?" Kairi asked.

"Yes ma'am. It was relaxing." Manami said, smiling widely. "Takeshi told me that you guys had something you wanted to tell us. What was it?"

"It's a long story…" Sora began.

"Like what?" Takeshi asked.

"It all started when your father and I were just a little bit older than Manami, living here on the islands. Your father, our best friend Riku, and I were planning to go see other worlds using a raft. However, the night before we planned to leave, a dark storm began, and we all wanted to know what was going on." Kairi began.

"Riku disappeared using the darkness to leave the islands, and I was left with a mysterious weapon called the Keyblade. When that happened, I came to look for your mother in the Secret Place. I found her, but when I did, she…"

"I lost my heart and my heart ended up within your father's." Kairi finished.

"After that had happened, I vowed to find her and Riku… But I had some help." Sora said, smiling.

"Help from whom, dad?" Takeshi asked.

"I arrived in a world called Traverse Town, and there I met two of my best friends Donald Duck and Goofy. They needed me to help them find their missing king, Mickey. We stood together as a team to fight creatures called the Heartless until I met up with Riku again, only to find out that he had turned to the darkness." Sora said.

"Why did Riku turn to darkness in the first place?" Manami asked.

"Well… Riku the very same reason why I aided Donald and Goofy. I really wanted to find out where Kairi was. Only, he had his own help. A dark witch named Maleficent. Riku nearly killed me, but I overpowered him using my strength of heart." Sora said, smiling. "When I finally did find Kairi in a world called Hollow Bastion, she couldn't wake up because she lost her heart. That's when I found out she was within my own heart, and the only way to save her was to sacrifice myself. And that meant death. I stabbed myself with a Keyblade that unlocked people's hearts and Kairi's heart was restored from there. Then I fell into the darkness."

"How could you do that?!" Manami exclaimed.

"I love Kairi. I would do anything for her, even die…" Sora said.

"When he did die, I was forced to work with Donald and Goofy to escape. As much as I knew I couldn't leave behind my best friends, I knew I had no other options. That was until a Heartless appeared… And I immediately knew it was Sora. More Heartless came after me, and I had to protect him. When I called out his name and grabbed hold of him, everything went black. When I opened my eyes again, I saw him... Hugging me… I had resurrected him and I didn't even know it." Kairi said.

"After that, we all returned to Traverse Town, and I told Kairi that I had to go and look for Riku. She wanted to come, but I told her it was too dangerous for her to go." Sora told them.

"Then I gave Sora my good luck talisman." Kairi said, showing her children a small thalassa shell carved into a star. Manami stared at it with wide eyes.

"You made it out of thalassa shells, didn't you, mom?" Manami asked.

"Yes. And Sora promised that he'd return it to me. And then I said to Sora… 'Don't ever forget. Wherever you go, I'm always with you'. We'd never be far apart… For our hearts were connected." Kairi said.

"Our hearts are connected…" Takeshi whispered.

"All the people that had tied to the Keyblade were connected to my heart too. Mainly because they were all… My friends." Sora said.

"What happened next?" Manami asked.

"Then we were all separated again and Kairi returned here while I went with Donald and Goofy to look for Riku. Along the way, I somehow fell into a deep sleep… Then I woke up a year later in a world called Twilight Town. After that happened and I got more information of what had happened during that year I was gone from a wizard named Yen Sid, I went back to look for Riku…" Sora said. "I fought off the Heartless, the Nobodies, and even a group of Nobodies called Organization XIII."

"What exactly is a Nobody, dad?" Manami asked.

"A Nobody is an empty shell that is left behind when someone with a strong heart and will becomes a Heartless, whether their evil or good." Sora said.

"You just said that you became a Heartless in order to restore mommy's heart. So… Do you have a Nobody too, daddy?" Takeshi asked.

"Yeah, I do. So does your mother. Their names are Roxas and Namine. Roxas is a Keyblade wielder like I am, and Namine is a witch with power over the memories of those aligned with me. They called her the white witch." Sora said.

"Even us?" Takeshi asked.

"Anyone connected to Sora's heart can have their memories altered, Takeshi." Kairi said, smiling. Takeshi's eyes gleamed with curiosity. Manami only rolled her eyes.

Who'd want to alter memories? As useful as it can be, it just sounds so stupid… "Keep going, I wanna hear about more than the white witch." Manami said.

"I went off to look for Sora from the islands when he and Riku didn't come home. And after we all reunited at the World That Never Was, we all came back home together. We even met up with Roxas and Namine to become whole again, but we were separated again. Working together, Sora and Riku bravely fought off the one who separated us, Xemnas, and they came home through the door to light. And Sora fulfilled his promise to return my good luck talisman." Kairi finished.

"Wow. And then you two ended up together and eventually gave birth to me and Takeshi into the family, right?" Manami asked.

"Exactly, my princess." Sora said, kissing Manami on the cheek. Manami smiled widely and then sighed. Sora's smile faded into a frown. "What's wrong?"

"You became the Keyblade master… You were a warrior when you were my age. Does that mean I could end up becoming a warrior too?" Manami asked.

"Hm… I really don't know if you can just like that, Manami. I'm guessing it depends on strength of heart. Riku could wield the Keyblade for a while, but my heart proved to be stronger than his, and I regained the Keyblade from him." Sora said.

"So, courage comes from the heart?" Manami asked.

"Yep. That's all you'll need. That and believing in yourself, as well as what you would fight for if you did fight. You can fight for your life just to live, or you can fight for your friends like I had to… You could even fight just to prove yourself some worth." Sora told Manami. Takeshi smiled and then climbed onto his father's lap.

"Strength of heart matters either way it goes, though. Is that correct, daddy?" Takeshi said, smiling still. Sora nodded, smiling back. Manami turned her head slightly and looked outside of the window, than she gasped.

"Takeshi! It's sunset! We have to go get ready to watch the first moon tonight! C'mon, let's hurry!" Manami said, grabbing her younger brother by the hand. The two ran upstairs and prepared for the occasion.

Me: Like I said earlier, read and review! Hope you enjoyed! And post a review if you have any more comments on the story, like how to make it better!

Sora: Yeah! So, are you gonna-

Me: NO I WILL NOT CHANGE HER NAME! I LOOKED HARD AND FAR FOR A GOOD JAPANESE NAME AND I WILL NOT CHANGE IT NOW!!

Sora: 00 Your choice, my heart.

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