A/N: Hello my lovely little readers! Welcome to another Kingdom Hearts fic! It's been a little while since I posted one, actually, but this is by far the longest I've posted. This is - as I call it - a VenSor brothers fic; basically, I changed the beginning of BBS, made Sora's mother find Ven (with Sora two years old), and wrote from there.

As it's already about 70 pages, I figured I should probably put it into parts. Therefore, this is not a completed fic, but the first part of an unknown amount. However, this fic has pretty much consumed me, so I'll hopefully finish writing part 2 before I finish posting this.

Anyway, please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. It belongs to Square Enix and Disney.

The hooded man gazed at the figure wrapped in a white sheet. The boy lay on the tree, eyes closed as his body slowly died.

"It's a pity you could not take having your heart broken, but I suppose there is nothing else I can do. Farewell, failure," he murmured. He turned, waving his hand, and a black portal appeared. He glanced back at the boy one last time before stepping in.

It was a few minutes later when suddenly the boy relaxed, breathing deeply. His body healed itself, as his heart was repaired by another pure heart, though he did not awaken or move.

Keiko Harada followed her exciteable two year old son down the beach. He'd insisted that they go to the island that morning, and eventually she had agreed. He'd eagerly rushed through breakfast, allowed her to change him without a fuss, and didn't even wiggle when she put his shoes on.

"Here, Mummy! Look!" he cried finally, stopping infront of the oddly bent paopu tree.

Keiko raised her gaze before staring. A young boy lay wrapped in a blanket, eyes closed like he was sleeping peacefully.

"Oh my goodness! Are you alright?" she cried, hurrying over to him and lifting him gently off the tree. She set him on the ground, stroking his hair softly. "Sweetie? Come on, wake up," she murmured, worried that he was comatose or something.

Her son padded over, kneeling beside the boy, and reached out. He took his hand and smiled.

"Hello, nice to meet you!" he said happily.

There was a moment of silence, then the boy's eyes slid open. They were dark, empty, but as they landed on her son, they softened.

"You..You fixed my heart," he murmured.

"I'm Sora!"

"Hah...I'm Ventus," he whispered before falling asleep again.

Sora looked up at Keiko. "Mummy? Can we take him home please? Pleeease?" he begged her with large blue eyes.

Keiko sighed, then smiled. "Of course dear," she murmured, picking the boy up and heading back towards the boat, Sora padding alongside her.

It had been a week since the mysterious boy, Ventus, had been taken back to her home. He hadn't woken since, but Sora refused to give up hope, sitting by his side and chatting for hour after hour.

Keiko worried about her son sometimes. He wasn't a very sociable child, preferring to stay by himself and play his own little games. He had weird dreams sometimes, about hearts and keys and light. In fact, the day they had found Ventus, he'd woken up after a weird dream of him floating near someone's heart and helping them fix it.

Her ancestors had always had a strong light. Some of them had even fought in something called the 'Keyblade War'. She herself had never been able to use her light, and she didn't know if it was as strong, but she worried that Sora's dreams were premonitions of the future.

Keiko sighed as she finished washing up, placing the last dish on the side and deciding to make herself a quick cup of tea before starting on dinner. As she was just settling into a chair, her son came racing into the room.

"Mummy! Mummy! He woke up!" Sora cried happily. Keiko blinked then quickly placed her cup down, following Sora out of the room. They entered the guest room, and Keiko stared at Ventus. He was sitting up and gazing out the window with distant blue eyes.

As Sora ran towards him, he glanced down and smiled. Sora lifted his arms and Ventus happily obliged by reaching down and picking him up, seating him on his lap. Keiko gave a vague smile; the boy's eyes may have been empty, and his heart may have been broken, but he and Sora shared a very special connection.

She stepped forward and Ventus looked up at her, his face expressionless.

"Ventus, this is my Mummy! Mummy, this is Ventus!" Sora introduced, though it was hardly necessary.

"Please, call me Keiko," she replied, holding out a hand. Ventus gazed at it a moment in a bit of confusion.

"You do this," Sora said, reaching out and taking his mother's hand before shaking it. He drew back and smiled at Ventus. "You try!" he laughed.

Ventus considered, then reached out with his nearest hand.

"Your other hand, silly," giggled Sora, and Ventus blinked before swapping hands and taking Keiko's. He shook lightly, and she smiled.

"It's nice to meet you, Ventus. I hope you make yourself comfortable while you stay," she said.

Ventus gazed at her a moment then nodded, face still expressionless. Keiko gave a quiet sigh and looked at Sora.

"I'm going to start making tea, alright? Why don't you keep our guest company and I'll call you when it's ready."

"Okay!" Sora said happily, watching as his mum walked out before grinning up at Ventus. "That's my Mummy! She's really great!" he explained, and Ventus gave a vague smile.

A few months passed, and Keiko was settling into life with an extra boy in the house. Since her husband had died a year ago, she'd been struggling to get back into a good routine. Sora's cheerfulness was what kept her going. Now, with an extra mouth to feed, most would expect her task to become more difficult. In actual fact, it gave her more purpose.

She'd decided that Ventus couldn't really be any older than eight. She would have enrolled him at school, but despite the three months he'd been living with her, he was still rather out of it. The only person he really responded to was Sora, and he still had yet to speak. The only thing she had ever heard him say was his name back when she had found him.

Finishing breakfast, she headed up to the room that Ventus and Sora had ended up sharing. Originally they'd had two separate rooms, but Sora kept climbing into Ventus' bed at night, so she'd given up.

Knocking on the door, she peeked round the edge. The nightlight glowed brightly beside the bed, as did the various stickers around the room, though a little bit of sunlight streamed into the room through the curtains.

"Time to wake up, sleepy heads," she said.

Sora curled up slightly before yawning widely and sitting up, rubbing his eyes.

"Oh...mornin' Mummy," he murmured, before shaking Ventus. "C'mon Ven, gotta go get breakfast," he said, jumping off the bed.

Ventus' eyes slid open, and he sat up. He climbed off the bed and followed Sora, showing no signs of having been asleep only seconds earlier.

As they ate breakfast, Keiko glanced over at Sora. "Sora, honey, have you considered joining play school?" she asked.

Sora went quiet, frowning slightly. "No..I don't wanna. The other kids don't like me, and I wanna stay with Ven," he murmured.

"You can't be with Ventus all the time, sweetie," Keiko pointed out, though he'd managed a good job of it so far.

Sora shook his head furiously. "I don't wanna!" he repeated, stronger this time.

Keiko sighed. "Alright honey, it's your decision," she said, standing up and placing her bowl on the side. "I'm heading off to work now, I'll be back about four. Be good!" she said as she pulled on her shoes and headed out.

As the door closed, Sora finally let the tears he was holding back fall. He didn't make any sound, but the two tears dropping were enough to get Ventus' attention.

Ventus gazed at Sora in a little bit of concern. He touched the younger boy's shoulder, but Sora just quickly wiped the tears away.

"I'm okay Ven. Really. Should we head down the beach?" he asked, putting on a false air of happiness and smiling. Ventus nodded, but somewhere deep inside, it felt wrong to just drop the subject like this.

A/N: So, after rereading the wiki, I actually realised Sora does have a dad. I didn't actually realise, seeing as no mention (so far as I had known) of him had been made, so I just had him dead. That's hopefully the only oversight I've made, but I'll try to make sure I don't overlook any obvious details like that.

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