A/N: It's been a while (obviously) so if you can't remember what happened, visit the Dear Diary website (link located on my profile) and go to the Dear Diary sections because it has a quick review on what's happened in every chapter since Dear Diary to Dear Diary 3 chapter 12. Or if you've reread it all and this is where you've left off… well here it is!

Chapter 13- A Whole New World

It was already the second week of February and it Sora and I were getting ready to see his parents that lived on a few islands away. The sun was bright without a single cloud in the sky as the cool winter breeze lapped at the water anxiously. As we gathered all of our stuff at the boarding dock the next day, all I could think about was when Sora moved away three years ago.

"So you're really leaving." I looked around, examining his walls that were once covered with posters.

"Yeah. I sure am going to miss this place," Sora said.

"So where are you moving to anyways?" I asked him.

"Three islands away." I looked away.

"This really sucks." The words quietly came out.

"Well, let's let my parents take care of all these things. Let's go out," Sora said taking my hand and pulling me outside. We walked hand in hand together down the sidewalk. Sora took me out to eat brunch. After it was over, we went out to the beach where I had asked him out. I stood along the shoreline, with my hands behind my back, just staring. Sora walked down the shoreline a bit, with his hands in his pockets. I think he was in deep thought too. Sora turned back around and walked up to me. I looked at him.

"I don't want you to go. I'm going to miss you too much," I said.

"I'm going to miss you too. Even though I'm gone, I don't want you to sit around constantly thinking about me. I want you to find someone," Sora said. I looked down and slowly nodded. 'I don't want anyone else but you.' He wrapped his arms around me. I felt his cheek against mine. He was so warm. "Can I have this dance?" His breath tickled my ear. I nodded. He pulled away from me. Sora placed his arms around my waist as I placed my arms around his neck.

We started to sway back and forth. I guess our music was the sound of the waves crashing along the shore, along with the birds. This was so depressing. I couldn't believe this was the last bit of time I was going to spend with Sora. After a while of dancing, we sat on the dock.

"So are you excited at all?" I asked.

"Not really."

"I just realized something," I stated.

"What?" Sora asked.

"We still have two weeks of school left. You're not going to be here."

"Nope. My summer is getting started early." I sighed.

"I still can't believe you're leaving." Sora put his arm around me.

"As long as you're wearing that ring, we're destined to keep our promises," Sora said. I nodded looking at my ring.

Me, Namine, Cloud, Riku, Amanda, Selphie, Tidus and Wakka, not forgetting Princess as well, were all on the shore where there boat was taking Sora and his family away from us. They were loading all of the things onto it. Sora stood in front of us with his hands in his pockets.

"I'm going to miss all of you," Sora said looking at each and every one of us. He went down the line saying goodbye to everyone, starting with Wakka. I was at the end of the line, with Princess in between Nam and me. When Sora got to Princess, he bent down and hugged her. Sora faced me. We both stood there for a bit. Sora wrapped his arms around me. I hugged him too. I once again started to cry like a baby. Sora pulled away from me, and put his hand under my chin to pull my face to his. We kissed. I didn't want it to end. He pulled away slowly.

"Goodbye Sora," I choked out.

"Bye Kairi. I love you." Sora turned around and started to walk up the dock to the boat that had just let out a whistle to know that it would be leaving soon.

"I'm so excited to see my parents again," Sora said eagerly as he handed his bags off to a loader for the boat. Roxas and Namine were there to drop us off and see us go. I smiled lightly trying to shake the memory out of my mind. This time it was going to be different. I was going to be with Sora and we were sticking together.

Namine grinned at us, "you're so lucky. You two definitely need this though, especially after what happened with the whole Shawn thing at work."

I rolled my eyes but nodded, "tell me about it. I'm excited too." I looked at Sora. "And it's even better that we're going together this time compared to you just leaving."

Sora pulled me into him for a hug. "Never again."

The whistle for the boat let out some steam warning us that we had about five minutes to board. We said our farewells to Roxas and Namine and started up the dock. "Be safe you two!" I heard Roxas call. I glanced back to see him winking. Leave it to Roxas to even bring it up.

Sora just laughed and pulled me along. "Let's go."

Sora and I sat in the middle floor of the boat for the duration of the five hour boat ride. I worked on my next story for the Speak writing competition while Sora worked on some paperwork for D.I.F. Sora nudged my shoulder and pointed out the window. All I could see was hundreds to thousands of tropical trees. It flourished with greenery and bright, brilliant colors as couple tall skyscraper buildings dared to peak above them. I knew it was part of the Destiny Island chain but this island was definitely more for the adventure seekers with its wildlife scenery instead of the opportunist. The boat let out a high pitched whistle to let us know we would be docking soon. Sora stood up eagerly.

"You're excited, aren't you?" I asked standing next to him.

"I can't wait to see my parents," he grinned pulling me toward the doors. We walked out into the balcony and I was instantly hit with warmth. It was much warmer than the main island. Sora peered over the railing to see the loading dock with quite a few people waiting for us to arrive. He squinted hard until two people waved their arms in the air. He began to wave back like no tomorrow. I began to laugh as I, too, waved at his parents.

As soon as the walking plank was settled onto the dock, we bolted down the ramp. Mr. and Mrs. Hikaru pulled us into a hug.

"Oh, how I've missed you…" Yuri, Sora's mother, said wiping a tear away from her face. Sora pulled back and put his hand on her shoulder.

"I've missed you too, mom." Sora smiled at her. Her dark brown hair was pulled back and her green eyes softened as she pulled her son into a hug again.

Ryuu, Sora's dad, patted his son on the back. "Glad you two could make it." Sora looked extremely similar to his father with the same crazy brown hair and sapphire eyes.

I smiled at the family reunion. "We wouldn't pass up spending time with you guys," I replied.

Ryuu put his arms around Sora and me and began to guide us. "Let's go get your things and then head home. We have a very big surprise back at the house." I looked at Sora who shrugged.

For the car ride to the Hikaru's home, I stared outside at the breathtaking scenery while Sora and his parents talked. It looked like all the houses were nestled safely behind all the shrubbery and trees. It almost seemed as if no one even lived on this island since there didn't seem to be any sign of a town or real neighborhoods around. About fifteen minutes into the drive, we pulled up to a tall wall of well-groomed bushes and a large metal gate. It slowly opened and we drove forward down a small dirt pathway.

"We're home!" Yuri cheered. I examined the two story home in awe. It wasn't a mansion but no way was it small either. The white home was covered with windows that out looked the ocean on the other side.

I turned to look at Sora who was smiling wide, "you left this to come back to the main island?"

He leaned in and kissed my forehead, "just for you." He hopped out of the car and I shook my head. I followed Sora to the trunk where his mother and father were, helping us unload our luggage. Sora looked up the curved driveway. "Whose cars are those?" I looked to see three more cars parked.

"That's part of the surprise," Ryuu smiled leading the way up the stairs. His parents looked extremely anxious. We walked up the stairs to the balcony and walked inside. The floors were a polished hardwood that reflected the light from the sun and ocean that was easily seen though the large glass doors across the room. The house almost seemed like a fancy hotel. "We're back!" Ryuu called into the empty house… or so we thought.

I heard footsteps coming from one of the rooms. Three people came from around the corner smiling. Two of them were holding hands while the other one…

Sora shook his head, "Roxas?"

Yuri came over and put her hands on mine and Sora's shoulders. "That's not Roxas."

The blond haired kid that looked identical to Roxas stepped forward, "my name is Ventus."

I started laughing, "Roxas, what are you doing here?"

He shook his blond head and stared at Sora and I with his deep blue eyes that matched Sora's so well. "Really, I'm not Roxas. I'm Ventus."

Sora turned to his mom, "what's going on here?"

The girl with blue hair that went just below her chin waved while her other hand was occupied with the hand of the tall guy with brown hair. Her voice was soft, "my name is Aqua and this is Terra."

"Sora," Yuri stood next to him. "Aqua is a young lady that works with me at the elderly homes, Terra is her boyfriend, and Ventus… there's a reason he looks so much like your cousin Roxas."

Ryuu put his arm over Ventus's shoulders. "Ventus is your cousin. He's Roxas's twin brother."

Sora looked confused. "How haven't we known about Ventus before?"

Ventus looked at Sora, "my parents put me up for adoption when Roxas and I were born."

"How come no one told us this before?" Sora said looking at his parents. "Does Roxas even know?"

Ventus shook his head, "no, my bother doesn't know. One of the reasons I knew was because I never looked like my brother, Terra."

My head was spinning. Terra cleared his throat, "my parents adopted Ventus just a week after he was born. He grew up knowing he was adopted so he wouldn't have to find out when he got older and it could make things worse. My parents knew the Hikaru's weren't going to be able to afford caring for twins. They were still too young to even really care for themselves. We moved from Twilight Town a couple months later and wound up here."

"Wait, wait, wait," Sora shook his head and put his hands up. "Let me get this straight. I have another cousin who looks identical to Roxas, and Roxas doesn't know about this and neither do I? How come you never told me about this?" He looked at his parents.

"I was in too much of shock that my younger brother even thought about giving up Ventus from the start," Mr. Hikaru said shaking his head. "I always knew he was careless but to give up a life was a bit extreme. However, like Terra said, Masuyo and Evany could hardly care for themselves let alone two newborns. It was the hardest decision on both of them, but they gave up Ventus to a better home where he could be taken care of while Roxas stayed with them. It was too heart breaking for the family so that's why no one said anything to you two growing up. It was better that way."

"So how did you figure out that you were the long lost family member…?" I asked unsure if I should even be a part of this new family discovery.

Yuri smiled, "well, I had been working for the elderly home for a while and so when Aqua started a month ago, I offered to train her. After a few weeks, I offered for her to come to dinner and invite her boyfriend and roommate that she was always talking about. When I opened the door that night and saw Ventus, I reacted the same way you two did," she said looking at Sora and I.

"I came to the door to meet our guests and noticed Ventus first," Ryuu said. "When I repeatedly asked him if he were Roxas Hikaru and he kept denying it, it started to come together. I looked up at Terra and asked him if he was related to the Akio's and he said he was Terra Akio. I mentioned something about his family and that's when Ventus asked if I knew his real parents, the Hikaru's. I mentioned that if he was talking about my brother Masuyo Hikaru, then yes. It was the craziest night."

I heard Sora take in a deep breath and sigh heavily. "Well, this will definitely take some time to get used to this," he turned to Ventus and held out his hand. "Welcome to the family, Ven."

Ventus smiled, "thanks."

"Next step… telling the Hikaru's," Terra said.

"So Uncle Masuyo and Aunt Evany don't even know yet?" Sora asked. His parents shook their heads.

"They're on their way to pick up Roxas right now and then they'll be arriving tomorrow morning," Ryuu said. Man, this was going to be interesting.

I think Mrs. Hikaru could sense the changing atmosphere so she insisted that Ventus help us to Sora's old bedroom. Once we got in there, I sat on the bed and stared at the Roxas look-a-like. "Wasn't it hard knowing you were adopted this whole time?"

"It was at first," he replied taking a seat in one of the chairs by the window. "But I'm glad that my parents just didn't give me away to some careless people. The Akio's were so good to me that I almost didn't want to know about my real family."

"Well Ven," Sora said patting his "new" cousin on the back, "I'm glad that you're apart of the family. I promise you'll be glad you are."

He smiled at Sora, "thanks."

"Let's go for a walk and get to know each other a little better? Maybe we can think of a way to break it to Roxas that he's not an old child after all," Sora said before looking at me. "is that okay?"

"Of course!" I smiled. "I'm going to explore this amazing house." Sora came over to me and kissed me before leading his cousin out the door. I looked around the large room that could have been the size of a master bedroom. There wasn't much in it but that was because Sora packed all of his things to move back to Destiny Islands. I walked out onto his very own balcony that had a perfect view of his green backyard and the endless ocean. I pulled out my phone to take a picture and send it to Namine, but noticed I had barely any reception- just like Sora. I closed my eyes taking in the sweet aroma of the salty sea.

I sat outside of my house on my doorstep staring at the moon. I sighed and clenched my cell phone tightly in my hand. I pressed a button for my screen to light up. It was 10:06 pm. I growled to myself and dialed Sora's number again. I pressed my phone to my ear and listened to it ring for the hundredth time. It rang twice then went to voicemail. I shut my phone angrily and slammed it on my porch.

"Are you okay?" I jumped; startled that someone was near me. Shawn put his hand up, "sorry if I scared you."

I looked at him surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Mind if I sit down?" he asked ignoring my question. I nodded, scooting over to make room for him. He sat down and gave me a half smile. "I saw you sitting out here and you looked kind of upset, so I just came by to see if you were okay."

I put my head in the palms of my hands and sighed. I looked up and returned the smile. "Yeah, I'm just trying to get a hold of someone, that's all."

"How long have you been trying to get a hold of this person?"

I looked up at the moon. It had been a month since Sora had moved and I still hadn't talked to him more than a couple minutes. The reception was horrible on his end. I was starting to feel empty, but my feelings for him weren't fading. I looked at Shawn. His green eyes shimmered in the moonlight. He almost liked like Sora… almost. "For too long to put it simply."

He gave me a short nod. "I'm sure you'll get a hold of them soon."

I shook my head and cleared my throat, "so what made your parents want to move here?"

Shawn smiled, "I'm not sure really. Half of me resent them for it, but half of me is glad."

I sat and thought before speaking again. "Is there anyone you left behind that you would give anything to have back in your life?"

He looked down at his hands before looking back at me, "yeah."

"Hey, Kairi?" a voice called from inside of Sora's room. I walked back in to see who it was. Aqua was smiling at me, "oh there you are."

"Hi Aqua," I smiled.

"Would you like to help me set up the table for dinner?" she asked.

"Sure." I followed her down the stairs to the large dining room. I traced her steps into the kitchen just on the other side of the dining room wall.

"Mrs. Hikaru talks about you and Sora so much," she said handing me some silverware.

"Really?" I asked, again following her into the dining room and setting up the table.

"Yep. Ever since I started working with her, she always mentioned Sora and his fiancée. You two are just how she described you," Aqua tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled sweetly at me.

"Well I want to get to know you if you know so much about me," I smiled back.

She hummed to herself, "well, I'm twenty two. I've been dating Terra for nearly three years. He was my best friend for years but I was dating someone else so we never were more than friends forever. I graduated in 2007, along with Ventus and Terra graduated the year before us. I moved out with Terra and Ventus about a year ago to our own place and I obviously work with Yuri."

I laughed taking a handful of plates from her and walked back into the dining room setting them down on the table. I took a couple at a time and started circling the table placing a plate in front of each chair. "There's got to be more than that. How come you never went after Terra sooner? Especially if you knew you had something for so long?"

Aqua turned the corner, "you know how young love is. You think you know what you want but you never really do. I was kind of lost. I loved my boyfriend but I loved Terra. Gosh that makes me sound horrible."

"No it doesn't. I totally understand what you mean. High school is all sorts of confusing. How did your ex take you breaking up with him for Terra?"

"He never found out that I ended up dating Terra. They didn't really get along to begin with, so it made it easier when my ex moved away. I was heartbroken, don't get me wrong. Everything just played out better, that's all."

I smiled, "well that's good that everything all worked out that way. How long ago did you say this was?"

She put her hand to her cheek, "Shawn moved away right at the end of our junior year and I started dating Terra in the beginning of my senior year."

My heart stopped for a second, "what's your ex's name?"

Aqua replied, "Shawn. Shawn Johnson. He moved to the main island and that's why we broke up. We knew better than to try out a long distance thing."

I dropped the plate I was holding.

"Kairi!" Aqua ran over to me. "Are you okay? No glass cut you did it?"

I quickly snapped out of it when Yuri, Sora, and Ven came running in. I immediately bent down to start picking up the broken shards. "I am so sorry!" Everyone came together to help pick up the plate.

"Kai, what happened?" Sora asked putting his hand on my back.

I looked at him wide-eyed. "I-I I'm fine. Really, I am. I got a little woozy, that's all."

"Maybe you should go lay down for a bit. I'm sure that boat ride gave you a bit of sea sickness," Yuri said helping me upright.

"I'll walk you to the room," Sora said taking my hand. I followed him up the stairs. "Are you sure you're all right?" he asked again once we were out of ear shot from anyone else in the house.

"I just found out that Aqua and Shawn dated." Sora just stared at me.

"Are you serious?" he asked.

"Dead," I replied. We closed the bedroom door behind us once we got into the room.

"I just found out that Shawn is coming to the island sometime this week to look over some land. He's thinking about expanding D.I.F. here too," Sora said sitting on the bed.

"He's going to be here? His old hometown?" Sora nodded. "Aqua told me that Terra and Shawn didn't get along very well when Shawn was here."

"Shocker," he said rolling his eyes.

"Aqua also told me that Shawn never found out that Aqua and Terra ended up together. When I first meet Shawn, the summer he moved in and you moved here, he told me that there was someone he would do anything for to have back."

"Aqua."

"Exactly."

"What do you think we should do? Keep everything on the down low when we find out that Shawn gets back?" Sora asked.

I shrugged, "it's not our place to say. I think we're going to need to worry about Roxas and his family meeting Ventus before we even consider getting involved with Aqua, Terra, and Shawn."

"Sounds like a plan." He kissed my forehead. "I'm going to go help downstairs. You get some rest and I'll come get you when dinner is ready."

I laid back on the bed. "I love you."

He smiled back before closing the door. "I love you, too."

Luckily for me, no one questioned the whole dropping a plate the night before. The Hikaru's, Sora, and I were at the docks waiting for the next boat to arrive with Roxas and his parents. They had no idea why they were on their way here but I was sure that they would be more than surprised. Ventus was back at the house with Terra while Aqua worked.

"There's the boat!" Yuri exclaimed pointing to the boat turning the corner.

"Roxas is going to die," Sora said putting his arm around me. It wasn't much longer until the boat came to a stop at the loading docks and Roxas and his parents were walking down to meet us. A woman with dark blonde hair and light blue eyes followed behind Roxas while a man with light brown hair and those Hikaru eyes walked behind her.

"Masuyo! Evany!" Yuri smiled embracing them. She turned to Roxas and pulled him into a hug as well. "Oh Roxas."

"It's so lovely here!" Evany, Roxas's mom, said taking in the scenery.

"I'm definitely going to enjoy some ocean time while we're here," Masuyo nodded rubbing his son's spiky hair.

"Dad!" Roxas said trying to fix his already messy hair. "So what are we doing here anyway?"

"Spending some family time together, duh," Sora said leading the way to the car. We ended up taking two cars, one for Roxas, Sora, and I and a second for the parents to talk about the real reason for a random visit. "We'll meet you at home!" Sora called to his parents as we climbed into our car.

"I thought you had a surprise for your woman over here," Roxas said peeking forward from the backseat.

"I do have one. But we can also have family time," Sora said eyeing his cousin from the rear-view mirror.

"What are you planning on doing for Valentine's day for Namine when you get back," I asked suddenly remembering it was the 14th all ready and realizing Roxas and Namine couldn't be together because of this surprise.

"Well, nothing super special because we just want to be together. Just go out to dinner and maybe go catch a movie," Roxas said staring out the window. I smiled reaching over to lock fingers with Sora's.

We didn't say much while we drove back to the Hikaru's home. We pulled up the driveway and parked in front of the porch. "Dang Sora, this house is nice." Roxas got out of the car and looked up in awe. I noticed the Hikaru's other car was here already which meant that they were with Ventus. Sora and I stood on the other side of Roxas as Masuyo and Evany stepped out with Ryuu and Yuri. Evany had tears in her eyes while Masuyo had his arm wrapped around her.

Roxas took a step forward, "mom, what's wrong?"

"Roxas, we have to talk to you about something," this was the first time I had ever seen Masuyo so serious which was so opposite of his personality. "Well, it's more like we have to introduce you to someone."

He shook his head, "what are you guys talking about?"

Ventus came appeared from behind the Hikaru's. Roxas's eyes widened. Evany put her arm around her son, "Roxas, sweetie, this is Ventus… you're twin brother."

A/N: (started September 11, 2011- ended September 17, 2011) WOW, it took me THREE years to even start another chapter for this story… I know a sorry won't even cut it. But I am sorry! A lot has happened in three years. I officially broke it off with that guy I always talked about in previous Author's Notes. I met someone so much better who is so much like the Sora I described in the first and second stories. And to top it off, I'm engaged to him! (insert huge smiley here)! We'll be getting married this coming up June (even more ironic. But yeah, like the story always has- it has come to life in bits and pieces. Example: My fiancé did work at Best Buy with his cousin just like Sora and Roxas did in Dear Diary 2.) But yeah, anyway… I will actually try working on this now that I have a general idea with where I'm going. The only bad thing is I can't remember what I had planned three years ago for Sora and Kairi's very special Valentine's Day. Go figure! I promise, I'll make it worth it though! Again, I'M SO SORRY! Thank you for those who haven't given up on me. It means so much!