#if Riku knew there was more than one possible keyblade then it wouldn't work!!!

[displacer-beasts]

Character: says false information (because they are lying, were lied to, or are ignorant of the truth)

The actual truth is later revealed

Fandom, who for some reason can't grasp the basic concept that characters don't have 100% of all information all the time:

"look at this ret con 😂😂😂"

"why did they say this when 2 games later it was changed???"

"meme about how dumb character is for not knowing this"

"OH LOOK A PLOT HOLE"

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Building Home - A Destiny Trio Fic for Kairi Day

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62454826

Summary: So, either when we saw young Xehanort on Destiny Islands at the end of KHUX or beginning of Dark Road (I forget which it was), they showed the paopu tree, but it somehow looked like the tree was backwards to me and maybe a few others on Tumblr when I brought it up. BlueRosesBurnBlue was able to show me that that wasn't the case, but I decided to write a story about that whole thing here for Kairi Day.

What if Sora got a picture of Destiny Islands' past--through the phones from TWEWY that can take pictures of the past, via one Sanae Hanekoma--and he became convinced that Xehanort had flipped their beloved paopu tree for nefarious reasons, and that they needed to figure this out? And what if there was more to Sora becoming so adamant about this than just in need of figuring out that question?

@bluerosesburnblue

Kairi's PoV

"I don't know about this theory of yours…" Riku was the first to bring up the obvious, as the three of them stood standing in the secret place and he stared at a strange picture of their beloved paopu tree that somehow seemed to be flipped (Kairi still wasn't sure how Sora had gotten his hands on this photo).

And a part of her was definitely glad that Riku had said what he had, because ninety percent of her thought that there was nothing to Sora's theory, while maybe a ten percent did because of Sora's far too good convincing story skills (even if most of it was silly). That was why she hadn't spoken up herself yet.

"Riku, the paopu tree, from years ago, somehow looks like it's going in the opposite direction!" exclaimed Sora.

"Yeah, I'm seeing that," deadpanned Riku, clearly not impressed (though Kairi sympathized with Sora here. It was hard whenever Riku used that tone with someone), though to his credit, he was still very much examining the evidence. "So?"

"'So?' Who do we know who lived here before and messed with our destinies?! Xehanort! He must have altered the tree to somehow change stuff about us… or at least our Play Island. For some reason. We know he time traveled!"

"Yeah, but how would changing the tree on the island—and I'm not even sure that's possible—affect us?" Kairi finally spoke up. "Could-could the picture be wrong somehow?" Kairi had to ponder, though she hated that she felt like she was betraying Sora in doing so. But Riku mouthed a small "thank you" her way as soon as she had done so.

"Oh, c'mon, guys," Sora said with a roll of his eyes. "Master Yen Sid said Xehanort was one of the best Keyblade Masters in the world: one who clearly knew way too much magic—including time travel!—who loved messing with our fates! How wouldn't he find a way to use changing the palm tree against us?"

"What, do you think him swapping the island might have swapped who we are?" inquired Kairi.

"Yeah!" Sora nodded enthusiastically, even going as far as to grab both of Kairi's hands in his own, now that she seemed to be humoring him a bit now. She could just imagine Riku rolling his eyes in the background. "Like, maybe instead of you hitting really hard like you do—and somewhat recklessly throwing yourself into things. Ehehe—you were originally more of a glass cannon like Aqua. And I… well, I guess maybe I could have held the Keyblade differently, than like a baseball bat? Maybe I even used a shield like Goofy. And Riku-"

"Wasn't so graceful, but the tank of our group?" Riku finished Sora's thought—as the trio took that moment to all take a seat in the secret place, upon realizing that this wasn't going to be the short conversation they had maybe assumed it would be when Sora had flagged them down in the hot heat, and that they had better sit down and hash this all out. "Those are some… pretty detailed and specific guesses, Sora. And again, with no proof. I mean, hey. Don't get me wrong. If Xehanort actually did some wrongdoing here and we can correct it without radically changing our lives, I'm all for it. But Sora, until you can prove that… I feel like you're on a crazy ride with this, my guy."

"Are there any spells we could use to try and figure any of this out?" Kairi suggested, because as amazing as her training with Aqua, and recent journeys, had been, she knew that there were still things in certain worlds that Sora and Riku had seen that she hadn't.

"Yeah, there's an unveil spell that Sora and I have both learned," Riku finally relented. "But why don't we go see Master Yen Sid and see if there are any stronger variations of it that he knows of. Or, if nothing else, if he can do the spell for us, so we don't mess it up."

"Yes, sir!" Sora grinned. And both Kairi and Riku had to chuckle at his cute reaction.

And so, with their plans set, they all three headed towards Sora's gummi ship to make their way to the Mysterious Tower.

…

It was when Kairi was writing in her diary, as she waited for the gummi ship to hopefully get all three of them to the Tower on autopilot (as Sora seemed very keen on chatting), that Kairi found herself very curious about why Sora was so gung-ho about all of this. "But why do you want to know so badly about this, Sora? I hate to say it… but isn't sometimes a “no” answer the better one? What if we find out something we can never forget? Like without Xehanort's meddling, that the three of us would have never been friends. And that if we had met at all in such a scenario, we wouldn't have even liked each other?"

"I get the feeling this might be tied to how you, apparently, so angrily told Xehanort off for messing with your fate, Kai: which lover boy saw through the power of the paopu fruits you shared," Riku snorted.

Kairi had thought that Sora would deny that answer—because as far as she was concerned, there was no way that that could be any part of the truth—but he surprised her when he looked at her and Riku in turn and admitted, "That is some of it. The way you reacted then, Kairi… you were so upset. And you had every right to be. So now that I've discovered this photo from Joshua of all people… well, how can we not look into it?"

"As much as I appreciate things Joshua has done for us, according to Neku, Josh isn't always the most trustworthy person," Riku protested, with his arms crossed over his chest. "…But," he allowed, with a small smile starting to spread out across his face—as he lifted Sora's face up, that had just fallen down with what he thought was discouragement. "You do make a good point with all of this, Sora, so we'll check it out. And even go to Shibuya, if we have to."

"And we may have to," Kairi found herself agreeing. "Because isn't that where you got the new app for your gummi pho—no, just phone—that takes pictures of the past? We may need to get these phones and apps ourselves. Especially if it turns out we need to go back to the Island and take more pictures."

"Definitely a thought," Sora agreed with a nod.

But before any more could be said by the trio on the subject, the gummi ship had lurched to a stop at their destination, causing Sora who had not been sitting in his seat to crash into Kairi, to which Riku tsked.

Under other circumstances, this could have been a romantic moment, like some books Kairi read made such an instance out to be, Kairi thought. But this was not that. The left side of Sora's body had crashed roughly into Kairi's right, and his jaw in particular had smacked into her cheek. It was painful for her, but she imagined it had particularly hurt Sora as she heard his teeth grind.

"Riku? Some help here, please?" Kairi ground out.

"I've got it," Riku promised, with what sounded like the air of an amused older brother in his voice. And not long after that. Kairi saw the glow of a green "cure spell," and instantly felt her muscles feeling better with it, and Riku helping Sora off of her.

Then, without much more preamble, the three of them left the gummi ship and began their march towards the tower.

…

"Hmm," Master Yen Sid said, stroking his beard as he examined the picture Sora had laid out in front of him on his desk. "It's true that Master Xehanort was far too crafty for his own good—and we now know time travel is one of the ways in which he managed this—but if he had planned something by changing your island, I would hope that those plans have dissipated when he was finally defeated."

Kairi had imagined that Sora would counter Yen Sid's argument like he had with her and Riku, but instead he seemed to shut down right away, which took her aback.

"So… does that mean that you won't give us a spell to even check this out, then? Or even look into it yourself?" Sora asked, with his head down, not even deigning to look at the aged Master, it seemed.

After Sora asked the question, there was a pregnant pause. And Kairi knew they all could have heard a pen drop, if any of them had had one on hand. Finally, Master Yen Sid said, "No, Sora. I will not. You see-"

But Sora did not wait for what was to be seen, because before Kairi could even blink, Sora held out his hand and summoned what looked like all of the junk in Master Yen Sid's room to hand and used it to make a motor bike! (1) Then, he called forth his Keyblade, unlocked the Lanes Between, and suddenly he was gone.

"You couldn't have been nicer?" Riku demanded whirling around on Master Yen Sid.

"You will find, Riku, that I think the issue is Sora is the one who isn't being 'nice' here, as you put it. There's much he hasn't let go of."

Kairi thought maybe she understood what Master Yen Sid was talking about… both Riku and her had had a version of Xehanort living in their hearts. And as horrible as those situations had been, it had strangely allowed them to make peace with certain things. Sora had never had that chance.

"Why do I feel like all of this is my fault?" Kairi despaired, remembering what Sora had said about partly being inspired in this whole endeavor by seeing her bawl Master Xehanort out while she'd been dreaming. He'd seen that… but he'd never seen her reluctantly forgive him within her heart.

"It's not," Riku was quick to assure her. "But if Master Yen Sid is right here… you may be the one person who can reach Sora now. Go to him, Kairi."

Kairi was about to protest that surely Riku could, too, because he'd dealt with Xehanort in his own heart, and had somewhat let their past go at the Keyblade Graveyard, she had heard. But just as she was about to say it, she knew that Riku was right, and it really had to be her.

She was the one who had dealt with all of this the most recently, after all. And according to Sora's own words, it was in protecting her own honor that his feeling of outrage at the picture had been doubled.

She also wondered if, deep down, Riku would always somewhat resent Ansem—and who could blame him?—whereas she could now look at Xehanort with pity for the youth who had lost himself.

"Alright," Kairi relented. "But know that I'm bringing our boy back before you even know it." And Kairi snuggled up in Riku's embrace in a quick hug, before summoning her Keyblade, armor, glider, and heading off to Shibuya.

…

When Kairi had ended up in Shibuya, she hadn't known where to go. She'd never been to the world, after all. Because of their connected hearts, she could somewhat sense Sora--so she somewhat followed that trail—but she also asked some kind locals for advice, and a lot of them told her that people liked to hangout at the café on Cat Street, so that's where she headed.

And the moment she entered the comfy looking place, that at once looked like it could fit in on her more rural home of Destiny Islands, but also as though it were a few decades ahead of it, she was at once met with a very repentant angel. "Miss Kairi, I'm so sorry I gave Josh that phone to give to Sora. Usually, my apps are spot on, but that one made a mistake. You guys' paopu tree roots were all twisted when it was first planted—but it grew out of it—nothing happened with it when it was fully grown. It's honestly an easy mistake to make... And I wasn't in my right mind when I installed the app, so…"

Ignoring for the moment that this tall brunet, with a serious case of five 'o clock shadow and hipster glasses seemed to somehow know who she was, Kairi zeroed in on the relevant bits of news here. "So, you're the one who invented the phone. Who are you?"

"Sanae Hanekoma, angel barista extraordinaire. If you're looking for some serious tasty beans, kid, then you-"

"Wait. You say the picture Sora took was wrong! Then that means-"

"Uhh, yeah,” this Sanae Hanekoma said scratching the back of his neck now, as he avoided looking at her. “That's kind of the main issue here. The Keyblade's chosen one doesn't seem to be taking that knowledge very well. If I were you, I'd-"

"Where is he?!" Kairi demanded, having to use sheer will to keep her Keyblade from appearing in her hand, as it reacted to her emotions. But Mr. Hanekoma seemed like a nice guy, if not just a little over stressed after whatever had apparently happened to him.

"I think he's heading towards the Shibuya River to chew J out for giving him the phone. It's a sewer not far from her- Hey!"

"Shibuya River, got it. Nice meeting you!" And thus, Kairi was running all over Shibuya again, but this time she was hoping Sora wouldn't do anything stupid.

…

Thankfully, it didn't take her too long to find him. He was sitting slumped down in front of the entrance to the stinky sewer as it rained, holding the picture just in front of him.

But as Kairi got closer to Sora now, she could tell that at some point since she had seen him last, he had in pencil tried to draw a young Xehanort sitting on their tree—even if the rain was trying to erase it.

"It's hard to believe, isn't it?" Kairi asked as she kneeled beside Sora now. "But once upon a time, Xehanort was just a boy who lived on our island—who probably did sit on our tree, just like that—and had a destiny not too different from ours."

"And I… hate him," Sora finally admitted now, with a grimace on his face, as well as rain sliding down it that made it look like he was crying. "Though I- I'm trying not to now. But the fact that I do- Kairi, what does that make me?" Sora asked his girlfriend, as he looked up at her with real fear in his eyes.

But Kairi could only see the same boy with an open heart, who she had told not to change all those years ago (a boy who hadn’t)—as she pushed his bangs back from his face and sat down beside him. "Someone who's honest, and doesn't let his fears define him, but rather faces them. And someone who is still willing to give chance after chance to someone even like Xehanort.

"And you know… we’re now aware that reincarnation is possible through Kingdom Hearts… maybe one day in facing your fears like you are now, you're overcoming them. And maybe one day, you'll meet Xehanort again. A new Xehanort. But now you won't see him as someone worthy of hate, but of friendship. If anyone could do that, it would be you, Sora."

"Heh. Thanks, Kairi," the Keyblade's chosen said blushing, as he stood up now and pulled Kairi up with him. And then she was taken aback once more for the day as he took the moment to peck her on her cheek.

It seemed that she might have her romantic moment, after all.

“Sora, what was that fo-” Kairi started, with her hand covering up where Sora’s lips had touched.

But before she could dwell on it too much, Sora was swiftly changing the subject. And as Kairi smiled softly, she decided that that was probably the best. For now. "Let's meet up with Riku and go home… but let's use your way, with the armor and everything. I'm done with things being broken today. I want to build." (2)

Now it was Kairi's turn to flush as she took Sora's hand, while she prepared to summon her Glider.

What she said now was something she had said about two years ago, but that time it hadn't stuck. This time, in her heart of hearts, she knew that it would and she and Sora and Riku would never be separated again, no matter what they faced together. "Yes, let's go home."

Author's Note: (1) Sora is using his “Scrap and Build” technique here, as seen from the KHIV trailer.

(2) Though there is, of course, a “build” part of Sora’s “Scrap and Build” power, here he’s saying he wants Kairi to take them back to Riku with her glider (which I’m guessing in this story, Sora never learned how to make), because he’s basically recognizing how Kairi is one who always builds and fixes things here (as she just helped him to do, in repairing his view of Xehanort), as a Princess of Heart and who he always views as home, to be honest. I hope you all enjoyed it. Happy Kairi Day!

Edit: Mr. H has recently gone through Neo TWEWY. That’s his deal.

[rosewritesfanfics]

Helpless

Sora x reader

CW: blood, injury, possible character death (not Sora don't worry)

He had worked so hard to keep you out of this. He had tried so hard to keep you safe. When heartless began to to appear in Quadratum, with Riku showing up only a few weeks later Sora knew he had to distance himself. It hurt him immensely, but much of his guilt came from the way he was treating you. Sora, alongside your longtime friend Strelitzia, had completely ghosted you. He didn't care what he had to do to keep you safe. Even if it made you hate him, at least you'd be ok. But one time he almost bumped into you while walking, and he began to have regrets. You hadn't seen him, but one look at you was enough for Sora to realize that maybe they should have given you some kind of warning. You seemed tired, more depressed, and who could blame you? You'd been friends with Strelitzia for years and built a close relationship with Sora, only for both of them to abandon you at the same time. But it would be ok, he'd explain everything to you when this was all over. Or at least, when heartless ambushes were less frequent. All of it came crashing down once he saw just who had gotten caught in the crossfire of the latest attack.

When Sora first woke up in this reality, he'd quickly become overwhelmed. Everything was different here and he had felt exhausted due to the lack of magic. At first he couldn't even summon his keyblade, and he had no connection to any of his loved ones. He had no idea where to go or what to do, and for a while he just roamed the city aimlessly. Strelitzia was there and tried to help him the best she could by setting him up with a job and an apartment. But nothing she did could help with the pain of losing everyone.

Then he met you, and for a year it'd been almost perfect. You helped him adjust to this world and had become his closest friend. It all started his first day at the job Strelitzia got him. It was at a small coffee shop as a barista, and it's how he met most of the people he knew here. You were a regular, and over time you started to talk. Sora had memorized your order, and began leaving you short messages written out on a napkin or your cup. Eventually Strelitzia bought him a cellphone, and he'll never forget the way your eyes lit up when you saw his number scribbled next to the words "call me". The following months were spent hanging out at each other's apartments, watching movies, getting dinner together, so many different activities he hadn't had the free time to do in years. He was surprised at how much he enjoyed the domesticity. He still itched for adventure, and to get back home, but now he wanted that to include you. Sora started viewing spending time with you as that new adventure, an escape from everything else.

You'd also supported him emotionally more than anyone else ever had. He loved his friends, but before you no one had ever truly listened to him before. You held him when he cried, and didn't force him to wear a fake smile. He was allowed to be angry, he was allowed to be sad, it wasn't out of place here. You didn't need him to be happy all the time. He had a hard time accepting you even believed him, but your only concern was how he felt. Granted he was first able to summon his keyblade again in front of you, but still. At the same time, you confessed how being around him just made you happier, how much brighter your world had been since he entered your life. It made leaving you hurt all the more.

He knew how he felt about you and was trying to build himself up to confess when the attacks started happening. Riku opening up that portal to Quadratum allowed darkness to seep in too. Heartless began appearing left and right, and he wanted to keep you as far away from it as possible. You were safer away from him, his connection to the keyblade would only draw them toward you if he stuck around.

Lot of good that did. If he had been there and able to protect you, maybe you wouldn't be bleeding out on the ground. The darkside had sent debris flying towards you, which had buried you until the fight was over and he'd been able to dig you out. Even that took too long in his opinion, as when they finally found you, your skin was pale and you were nearly unconscious. Some of the rubble had torn into your side, and blood was everywhere. He'd never felt so hopeless, so useless. You weren't like him, so his cure spell had no effect and he couldn't heal you. Sora tried to keep pressure on the wound like he was told, but if help didn't come soon you weren't going to make it.

"Sora, talk to them, you have to keep them awake." Strelitzia explained. At least she knew who to call and what to do. But even she seemed anxious about your condition, which only scared Sora more. He had only seen blood once before when you had accidentally cut your hand, and that had been a minor amount compared to the wound you had now. If Strelitzia, who'd been exposed to Quadratum for years was nervous, than just how hurt were you? Sora could feel and see the blood beneath his hands, no matter how much pressure he applied it just wouldn't stop. It'd been a struggle, the first time he tried you'd screamed and Sora flinched back. But no, apparently to help he had to put you in more pain. Sora could feel your shallow breathing, faint but still there. It was a small comfort, one that gave him enough focus to help you.

"Hey, sweetheart, can you hear me? You don't have to talk, just open your eyes, please." His voice cracked as he said the words. Despite how tired you felt, you managed to open your eyes halfway. Sora felt mildly relieved, thank god you could still hear him.

"Sora?" Your voice sounded weak. Sora quickly shushed you, not wanting you to waste your energy.

"You don't have to talk, just focus on staying awake ok? You'll make it through this, I promise." He'd never sounded so scared before. You fought to stay with him, but you could tell there wasn't much of a chance. Sora could also tell you were slipping, but he couldn't let you leave without you knowing how he felt.

"I'm sorry I haven't been around, I thought staying would make you a target, that I'd put you in danger." He rushed through his explanation of where he'd been, he could explain the details later when you were safe.

"I know this is really bad timing, and you can scold me when we're out of this, but you need to know that I love you. I'm sorry it took you getting hurt to get the words out, but you'll have plenty of time to be mad at me later alright?" Plans of telling you by your favorite spot in the local park were long forgotten. "It's ok if you don't feel the same, I just needed you to hear me say it before-" Sora began to breakdown sobbing, unable to admit that it wasn't looking good for you.

You weren't about to go without letting him know about your feelings either. You fought against the tiredness to press your hand to Sora's cheek. His head shot up, Sky blue eyes meeting your own. You moved your thumb to wipe some of his tears, but it did little to help with the amount still falling.

"Sora" you started, wincing as you spoke. "I feel the same way, I love you too." You smile as best you can, and if you weren't so numb you might've laughed at the shock on his face. Tears of your own continued to fall, it just wasn't fair. You didn't want to leave him, you wanted to stay, you wanted to show him how much you loved him. You wanted more time.

Paramedics finally were in sight, and Sora felt hope for the first time since he watched you get hurt. Strelitzia was quickly guiding them towards you as Sora waved them down. He even smiled a bit, you were gonna be ok! As he turned towards you though, his hope shifted to panic. You'd fallen unconscious while he was distracted, and he couldn't tell if you were breathing.

Before Sora could check on you, your body was pried away from him. He tried to go after you, but two pairs of hands held him back. He couldn't think clearly, he just knew you were being taken somewhere else. He fought as hard as he could against Strelitzia and Riku's grip, he needed to get to you. It took all their strength just to keep him there.

He cried and begged for them to let him go until his voice was hoarse, eventually giving up and falling to his knees. All that he could feel was grief, more powerful than any darkness he'd faced. You could be gone, and he wasn't there. He'd never hear your voice again, never see your smile, never get to create the type of relationship you both so desperately wanted. The dread and sadness that gripped his heart were made more painful by his inability to feel your connection like he normally would. Wailing finally registered in his ears, and he realized it was his own pained cries.

Riku sat next to his old friend, placing an arm around his shoulder. Sora leaned into him, cries becoming muffled by his shirt. Strelitzia crouched down and placed a comforting hand on his back. No words were exchanged, what could they even say? There was no guarantee you'd be ok. Eventually, they'd leave and Strelitzia would guide them to the hospital you'd been taken too, and they'd figure it out from there. For now, all Sora had the strength to do was mentally plead with the universe to let him see you again.

[nadziejastar]

If BbS V2 really was what you theorized they might have been better off planning it as a series of shorts. A game about filling in the gaps of other games was probably a very hard sell for executives, regardless of how much the overall saga would benefit from it. With shorts it would be perfectly normal to jump around, there wouldn't have to be a flimsy excuse to shoehorn in Disney worlds if they weren't necessary for the story, and it might even be cheaper if 2D animation was acceptable.

— So what will it be?

I can’t say that quite yet, but it will be more “official” than a side story. I actually told the producer this recently, and he said “…what?” It’s the mystery KH. (laugh) Of course, I am also thinking about KH3.

— In an interview in the KH Days Ultimania, you said ‘I’m thinking of a mystery KH that made the producer go “what??”‘. Was that KH3D?

No, it wasn’t. I originally planned to make that after KHBBS, but we ended up making KH3D and the project was stopped. It’s a shame, but we won’t be starting that project again.

I think you are correct. The premise of the game seemed very weird and that’s probably a big reason why it got cancelled. But the story still really needed all the loose ends tied up in some way. FFXV got a short animated series called Brotherhood. I totally think KH3 could have benefited from something like that to fill in all the blanks. And fans would love seeing a 2D animated version of KH. I know I would.

The biggest issue the series had was that it was spread out across so many different handhelds. But the HD collections solved that problem. If the shorts were included in the HD collection, or made freely available, it could have worked really well. It’s no worse than making so much of KH3′s plot tie into Union X, which is less accessible than Brotherhood, for example.

A game about “blank points” was probably just too weird from a gameplay perspective, which I understand. I also agree about the Disney worlds. That also seemed like it might have been an issue. KH games suffer when the Disney worlds aren’t incorporated well. This isn’t an issue in games that feature new worlds like KH1, KH2, KHBBS, or KH3D. Even Days was mostly fine IMO. The worst offenders were CoM and Re:Coded which felt like the Disney worlds were just obligations and their plots were tired rehashes. KHUX Disney worlds were also very strange, too. Even 3D was weird since it used sleeping worlds. Stuff like that is why the series gets lambasted as being too confusing/convoluted.

— What about the missing 0.3?

We thought to tell the story of 0.5 with all three characters, but instead we decided on 0.2 with a focus on Aqua.

Honestly, I can’t even think of how Disney worlds would be incorporated into a lot of the “blank points” story. Nomura said KH0.5 was supposed to feature all of the wayfinder trio. Does that mean they would be playable? I dunno. Aqua was in the Dark Realm. That was a very unconventional world. It had Disney-themed locations, but it’s still not technically a Disney world. Story-wise, it was also unconventional, since she just spent all that time talking to herself until she briefly teamed up with Mickey.

I have no idea what Nomura planned to do with Ventus. Dream world? Or flashbacks to how he met Xehanort? Or he just wasn’t gonna be playable? Then there’s Terra, who was living as apprentice Xehanort and possessed. I don’t see how that functions gameplay-wise, unless it was something weird like you playing as the Lingering Will or something. There was the whole subplot of Namine communicating to the Lingering Will, which was poorly handled.

— Which worlds did Pluto travel when he had that letter?

I can say that he appeared in worlds that do not appear in the game [KH1]…. well, other than the current worlds, there are other worlds that the Heartless erased. The End of the World did not exist at first and is a world that is made up of erased worlds put together. Also, there is that place the door to Kingdom Hearts appears. At first that was another world, so that means that Sora and the others are now residing in that world which returned to what it once was.

— After debugging Traverse Town, the King says to Sora, “That day, your travels began here. Also on that day, I was here too.” Does that mean that the King was in the same place at the same time as Sora adventured into Traverse Town in Kingdom Hearts I?Seems so. What he was actually doing becomes the previously mentioned “blank time period”, but in this title, it’s implying that the two crossed paths in the same place.

Mickey probably would have been playable. In Blank Points, we saw him in the Dark Realm, and his blank period in Traverse Town was something Nomura specifically said he wanted to show. I guess he might have visited Disney worlds with Pluto and we could have played in those? I don’t know if that world that was shown in the end of KH1, the grassy place with the crossroads, was supposed to be important. It sounded like Nomura wanted to explain why Pluto was there with Mickey’s letter, though.

— About the World of Darkness and such, you haven’t gone into detail. Could you possibly talk about some of these things? Does the beach at the beginning and end of KH II have some connection to the World of Darkness?

Presently there are 4 main untold stories to consider: “the period of the King’s absence”, “the period of Riku’s absence”, “Roxas’s time in Organization XIII” and “Xehanort’s past”. In this case, the story of “the period of the King’s absence” is set in the realm of darkness. I am examining a way to tell these 4 stories so I might be able to find a way to tell them soon.

Young Xehanort’s past was another blank period. Him visiting Disney worlds is…possible, I guess. The best candidate for visiting Disney worlds is Riku, though. Nomura said he wanted to cover Riku’s period of absence, which probably includes KH1-2. In KH1, he was a bad guy and in Blank Points, he was shown in Neverland. Monstro is another possibility and that might have been intended to connect to the Monstro subplot in KH3D with Dark Riku. We also saw Riku in Twilight Town watching Roxas and Xion, so his Days period is open. Then there’s his period of absence in KH2, which opens up those worlds. In the novels, we know Riku spent most of his time in KH2 with Namine and Axel, and he also kept an eye on Sora, like during The Land of Dragons and the Beast’s Castle.

I didn’t notify you but you might’ve already heard from Yen Sid-sama. I’ve come to train to become a Keyblade wielder. Until now, I’ve only been waiting for you guys to come back from your journey. Maybe with this I can at least help out a little.

The magician Merlin-sama can use magic that surpasses time. Here, we can forget about the flow of time. Isn’t it great? Lea’s training with me. He apologized to me over and over again. It’s alright, I’d say, but he’d keep on apologizing…

At first I was a bit scared but as we trained together we started talking to each other. I found out Lea also has a best friend he wants to save. I felt like, he’s not a person that I can bring myself to hate…

Sometimes….. He’d stare at my face, so I’d ask him, what’s wrong? “I don’t know, but I feel like it’s something I must recall”, he’d say…

Your journey is a journey that will help many people and the people you’ll meet from now on. I have a feeling these people you meet will also need your help. The journey might be hard but please stay as the cheerful and bright Sora I know. Because your smile, will save many hearts…..

Then there’s Lea and Kairi. I guess we could have played through their training and the world could be based on The Sword in the Stone? I figured that was what the forest area in KH3 was supposed to be, but I dunno. Then they could have flashbacks during their training. I think we were definitely supposed to get more scenes of Lea and Kairi talking to each other, where she learns that he has a best friend he wants to save. It was obviously referring to Isa. KH3D was all about Lea looking for him, and he summoned his Keyblade immediately after learning that Isa was a vessel.

It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see where that subplot was going. Lea was training to rescue Isa. Roxas being Axel’s “best friend” in KH2 was supposed to be a red herring—a pretty well-written one at that. People just didn’t pick up on it due to Roxas’s popularity bias. I doubt Lea would have told Kairi all the details of him and Isa being human test subjects. Like, she still didn’t understand why he didn’t wanna take off his black coat in KH3. But he’d tell her enough to know that he has a best friend who is a vessel and we’d learn what happened. It would have made their closeness in KH3 a lot more understandable if Kairi knew about his past. In his heart, he could tell that Kairi was Xion, too. And that’s how I’m gonna do it in my fanfic. :)

After KHBBSV2 was cancelled, Lea had no backstory anymore, so I guess we were just supposed to conclude that Lea was referring to Roxas in Kairi’s letter when he said he wanted to save his best friend. Which is just…dumb and insulting to the audience’s intelligence. Lea knew even in 358/2 Days that Roxas looked like Ventus. He said he kept it a secret from Roxas, so he obviously knew for a long time. It sounded like he realized it as soon as he met him, which is why he got so nostalgic for his childhood right after meeting Roxas.

Before he started his training with Kairi, he also knew that Ventus was one of the lost Keyblade wielders they were all looking for. Up until Yen Sid’s tower, Lea thought that Ventus was going to remember him as Axel. That’s how he was going to reunite with “Roxas”. He had no reason to think he needed to rescue “Roxas”, since that was Sora’s job and he was handling that. Of course he was referring to Isa in that letter.

Eh, I dunno. It’s possible we’d get to play as young Lea during his flashbacks in Radiant Garden. During the experiments, maybe he was tasked with Heartless clean-up duty inside the castle. He doesn’t have a Keyblade, though. Just his frisbees. It’d be unusual to have him be playable, but not impossible. If so, that opens up the castle, like the Hollow Bastion areas from KH1. All in all, the gameplay part of BBSV2 seemed pretty strange and the Disney worlds didn’t seem completely necessary, either. I think a series of animated shorts could have worked phenomenally well.