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Chapter Four. We're finally at the events of Kingdom Hearts. Sora's wearing his regular red outfit for now, but I'll change that later. As for how he met Kairi, it wasn't any different. She just tries to avoid his house for obvious reasons. Also, I'm gonna start putting thoughts in italics. It's much easier that way. Once again, I own none of this stuff.

I do not know how to do lines.

Seven years. Seven years the Tsviets had been living on the Islands. It had been peaceful for them. It had been fun for the kids. It had been harrowing for the adults. Seren decided that her training partners would not be limited to the Tsviets and would often attack random islanders, sometimes in their sleep. As a side effect, most of the islanders were now pretty good fighters. This isn't about Seren though. It's about Sora, who was currently sleeping in his room. Well, maybe sleeping isn't the correct word to use.

Sora rolled over and pressed his pillow over his head. Kyo was having a shouting match with Zakuro right next door and he was trying to sleep. It sounded like Zakuro was accusing Kyo of something or other. From next door, he heard a door slam open. Sounds like Ed was tired of the noise. Too bad he would just add to the noise.

"Will both of you shut the * insert several swear words * up? !"

Sora at this point decided that he wasn't going to get any sleep and just got up and left his room. He briefly noted that the three angry Tsviets had gotten into a fist fight and Rosso was happily watching them. Well, probably only Zakuro. Sora just yawned and made his way to the kitchen where Kimihiro was making breakfast and Chris was reading a book. Kimihiro gave him an understanding look and handed him a piece of French toast to eat.

"Those three wake you up?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah..."

"It'll probably get broken up in a few minutes," said Kimihiro.

Sora sat at the counter and his head hit the counter. "I still don't know what Weiss was thinking when he decided I got the room between theirs."

"True, it was one of his rarer...harebrained ideas," agreed Kimihiro.

He slid an omelet in front of Sora, who started eating it without checking what was in it. "I was hoping to get plenty of sleep today so I could go the island with Kairi and Riku."

"Be very careful when you build that raft," said Kimihiro suddenly.

Sora nearly choked. "You said you weren't gonna read anyone's mind anymore!"

"I didn't."

"But you just-"

Kimihiro let out a sigh and suddenly looked very tired. "I...had a bad dream." Chris closed her book and walked off. When Kimihiro had a bad dream, it usually meant something was going to happen. It was usually small, but sometimes it was huge, and it was best to be prepared. "You might want to pack that suit Seren made for you for the next few days. Your knives too."

"Okay..."

Seren had been making bigger copies of his uniform as he got older. Kimihiro had been quite happy with this. It meant Sora was actually going to grow up physically and wouldn't be stuck as a kid for the rest of his unnatural life.

Kimihiro suddenly started coughing. It lasted for a good minute and he had to lean on the counter while Mugetsu came out to try and comfort him. Sora gave him a concerned look. "You okay?"

"Yeah." He moved his hand away and winced. It was covered in a disgusting black liquid. He probably had some around his mouth too. He quickly wiped it off. "That's been happening a lot more often lately. I think it's getting worse."

Sora frowned. "But Chris said you have at least 10 years."

"Yeah, but that was 7 years ago. I only have 3 left, and Chris never said what sort of condition I'd be in as my time lessened, although I would expect to get worse." Sora was rather silent at this. He still didn't like the idea of Kimihiro dying. He'd have to face it eventually, but he was planning on putting it off for as long as he could. "You should go. You don't want to keep your friends waiting."

Sora gave him a 'This isn't over yet' look and ran off. He did want to work on his raft after all. A few hours later found Sora sleeping on the beach. This happened pretty often. That's what happens when your room is between two loud guys. After a little while, Sora blinked awake wearily. That had been a weird dream. Maybe Kimihiro was rubbing off on him. He hoped not. It sounded like Kimihiro had really weird dreams. And they usually meant something or other. Yeah, way too troublesome... A red-headed girl popped into Sora's vision.

"Sora you lazy bum!"

Sora jumped slightly as Kairi's sudden appearance. "Oh come on! Zakuro and Kyo woke me up again! And then Ed started yelling at them!"

"Can't you just ask for a different room?"

"You'd think that, but it's not that simple. Weiss doesn't like moving us around."

Riku's voice suddenly cut in as he walked up with a log. "Are you two gonna leave me to do all the work myself? Honestly Kairi, you're just as bad as him."

Kairi grinned. "Heh, so you noticed."

In the years since Sora had arrived, Riku had somehow ended up training with him and the rest of the Tsviets, even Seren. Because of this, some of the Tsviets consider him crazier than them. It had paid off though as he was now quite muscular and strong. Sora didn't look very muscular, but it was mostly a side effect of his earlier mako treatments.

"Here," said Riku as he tossed Sora the log he was holding. Sora caught it easily. Sora turned back to Kairi.

"Well, if you got something for me to do with the raft, then tell me what to do," he said.

"We need some more supplies to build it, said Kairi, "We need three more logs, some rope, and some cloth for a sail."

"I can get that stuff. I'll bring it back here once I get it all."

They weren't that hard to find. There were some toppled trees on the island that he cut up a bit for the logs. Then he found some cloth and rope in the rafters built on some trees. He hurried back to Kairi with the procured items.

"I'm back!"

"You found everything?" asked Kairi.

Sora nodded. "Yeah."

Kairi smiled. "Great! We can finish building the raft now."

The three kids spent the rest of the day building the raft. As evening came around, they decided it was complete. They looked at it with pride as they thought about where it would take them.

"Hey, do you guys wanna come over to my place for dinner?" asked Sora. Kimihiro was the best chef on the island. Everyone said so. Unfortunately, while he did have something of a part time job making food for people, he mostly cooks for the Tsviets. Thing is, dinner could sometimes get violent with them.

"Uh, no thanks," said Kairi, "Kimihiro makes good dessert, but it's just not worth it."

"I think I'll give it a try. I haven't eaten with you guys in a while," said Riku. Sora grinned. Having someone over to his house was a very rare occasion. He was always happy when someone came over. Roughly 10 minutes later, they walked into the house. Riku blinked a couple of times.

"Seren didn't attack us."

Sora laughed nervously. "Kimihiro had a bad dream. She's probably making a cache. She does that every time he has one."

Riku gave him a questioning look.

"It means that something is going to happen, usually bad," Sora explained.

"Oh."

With that, they made their way to the kitchen where Kimihiro was cooking dinner. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Riku.

"A guest?" Sora laughed nervously. "Don't worry about it. It's early enough that I can throw in enough for him. How'd your raft building go?"

Riku spluttered a bit indignantly. "How did you-"

"I had a bad dream."

Sora frowned. "You don't think something's gonna go wrong, do you?"

Kimihiro frowned. "I don't think so. I saw a bunch of random images. That was one of them. I also saw a mouse person type thing, a man in a cloak, some odd people at a table, a dragon, some odd town, a castle, and some doors that gave me just an odd feeling. Other than that, my dream was completely black. Last time something like that happened, a spider ate my right eye."

Riku blinked. "But you have both your eyes."

This was followed by an awkward silence. Sora decided to break it. "So, what's for dinner?"

"Well, I made a bit of sushi with a side of corn muffins and succotash."

"Succotash?"

"Lima beans and corn." Riku was tempted to ask where Kimihiro learned all these dishes no one had heard of but decided not to. Kimihiro's explanations were usually pretty weird. At that moment, Zoro walked in. He raised an eyebrow.

"We got a guest? That hasn't happened in a while." He reached into the fridge, pulled out a bottle of tequila, and took a swig of it. Kimihiro twitched slightly at this.

"Yeah, so you guys had better be on your best behavior."

Zoro shrugged. "I'll go tell the others then."

He left, still with the tequila.

"Anything we can do until dinner is ready?" asked Riku.

"Hm...You could go find Ash. He's always difficult to find."

"Isn't he usually invisible?"

Sora nodded. "That's why we always have so much trouble finding him. The only one who can see him while he's like that is Kimihiro, and he's cooking."

After searching for Ash for about an hour, they found him sleeping in the wall of the computer room. By then, Kimihiro had finished cooking and it was time for dinner. No one was behaving themselves. Either they ignored Zoro or he hadn't actually told them.

"You know, I think you're the only person who ever comes over for dinner," said Weiss.

Ash frowned. "What about that redhead a few years ago?"

Sora rolled his eyes as he remembered that event. "You guys scared Kairi. She won't come over now."

Ed grinned. "Then this guy must be the craziest guy on the island."

Sora wanted to point out that several Tsviets were crazier, but decided not to so as to avoid being beat up. Riku decided to say so though. "I don't know, I think that most of the people in this house are much crazier Ed."

"It's Elric!"

Kimihiro palmed his face. This was not a good sign. Zakuro decided to ask a question. "What's the big deal anyway? If you don't like 'Ed,' why not just go by Edward instead of Elric? If you're trying to make yourself seem older, it's not working."

Ed narrowed his eyes. "Are you saying I look like a kid?"

"Of course you do! The mako in your body makes you look just like a little kid!"

"WHO YOU CALLING A SHRIMPY ANT WHO'S TOO SMALL TO EVEN SQUISH!" Yep, that had done it. Ed threw a fork at Zakuro. She ducked and it nearly hit Ash, who turned intangible so that it landed in Sora's hair with an indignant 'Hey!' from the brunette. Zakuro threw her empty plate at Ed, but he blocked it with his right arm. A normal plate would break, but Kimihiro had managed to get nigh unbreakable plates from somewhere. Instead it bounced off and landed on Zoro's shirt, smearing remains of food all over it. Zoro twitched. Then he jumped on the table and attacked both Ed and Zakuro. It degenerated into a brawl. Seren grinned and joined in. Then Kyo did too just so he could get a hit in on Zakuro. The table couldn't take the weight and collapsed. Kimihiro's eyebrow twitched and he rubbed his temples.

"There goes another one..."

"I guess dinner is over then," said Weiss.

"But I didn't get to finish Kimi's yummy food!" complained Ash.

"Then eat faster," said Nero.

"Easy for you to say! You eat so fast that no one can even see you take off your mask!"

"As intriguing as your conversation is, what do we do about them?" asked Azul while nodding at the bickering group.

"Let them fight. I think I might join in myself," said Rosso.

Kimihiro snapped. "If you don't stop fighting now, none of you is getting any dessert for a week!" That made them stop. Kimihiro's desserts are heavenly. "And no dessert tonight for destroying another table!" This was met with several groans. Riku chuckled nervously.

"Maybe I should leave now."

"You sure?" asked Weiss. "We'll be doing evening training in a bit."

Despite being on a peaceful island, Weiss decided to keep up their training sessions. This was done partly so everyone could keep their edge and partly to pacify Seren. Riku knew better than to take Weiss up on this offer though, especially with the grins certain members were giving him that said they would go straight for him. "That's okay. I should probably be getting home soon anyway." He left as soon as Kimihiro had given him some chocolate ice-cream with marshmallow fluff swirls.

"Actually, that wasn't as bad as the dinner disasters usually are," said Sora.

"I know, but they're still not getting any ice cream." That's Kimihiro for you. The next day found Riku and Sora arguing over what to call their raft.

"I think it should be called the Masamune!"

"What kind of name is that? The Highwind is way cooler!"

Kairi rolled her eyes. "You guys are at it again? How're we gonna solve it this time? Race, spar, how long you last in a fight with a ticked off Seren, see who can steal more of Zoro's drinks before being disembowled?"

"We can't do the last two if we want to sail anytime soon," said Sora. Despite the fact that Chris could heal them, if they did something she thought was stupid, she'd only heal them enough to keep them alive as punishment.

"Sora would have an unfair advantage in the race," said Riku. This was true. They were both pretty fast, but because of his mako treatment, Sora could jump from the beach onto the little cliffs they usually included in races.

"Looks like you guys get to decide with a spar."

The two grinned at each other.

"Okay, if I win, I get to be captain," said Sora.

"If I win, I get to share a paopu with Kairi," said Riku.

"Wha-Huh? !" That had caught Sora off guard.

"Okay, and go!"

Riku jumped forward with a downward strike. Sora jumped back while pulling out his own wooden sword. He'd wanted wooden daggers, but Seren had gone on a tizzy about how he should learn how to use another weapon so he made do with the sword. Sora jumped forward with a stab that Riku parried. Riku kicked at Sora. Sora caught it and tried to hit Riku in the head with the hilt of his sword. Riku bent his head back enough to avoid this while wrenching his foot out of Sora's grip. He crouched while swinging his sword at Sora's legs. Sora jumped over the swipe and brought his sword down onto Riku's head. Riku rolled out of the way before it could hit and managed to land a hit on Sora's side.

"Riku got the first hit!" shouted Kairi. "He wins!" That was how they did their spars. It would take too long if they did it until they got a certain number of points or were unable to fight.

"Aw man..."

"Highwind it is then." Sora pouted at Riku. "What? Is it about the paopu? I was joking. Don't worry about it."

"You know, you could include me if you want to share paopus." Kairi had a very good point there so the boys wisely dropped the subject. "Okay, today, we need to collect provisions." She gave Riku his list first and he went off to find his items. "Sora, you need to get a seagull egg, three fish, two coconuts, the yellow ones not the brown ones, three mushrooms, and fill this bottle with some drinking water, but make sure it's not from the ocean!" She handed him a bottle that looked like it would hold about a pint. He made a note to bring a couple of much larger bottles to fill with water. He didn't think that a little bottle like this would hold enough water for them. Sora then went off to find said supplies.

Sora's first stop was the coconut grove. He climbed up the trees until he found a couple of coconuts that were still yellow. As a plus, he also found a seagull nest and got the egg. He dropped the coconuts and egg off to Kairi and made a stop at the spring to fill the bottle. Sora looked at the entrance to the Secret Place. "Maybe there's some mushrooms in there." He crawled in and looked around. All over the walls were carvings of pictures. Sora walked all the way to the back where there was a door with no handle or keyhole. It was just there. There was a mushroom growing in front of the door. Sora grinned and picked it up. Then he looked at a picture of him and Kairi. They'd carved it when they were younger, not too long after she came to the island. Sora walked over to the picture and started carving an addition to it. After a few minutes he paused. Then he whirled around pressing his daggers against the neck of the cloaked man who was standing there.

"That's not very nice."

"Who are you? You're not from these islands. How and why are you here?"

"I've come to see the door to this world."

"What?"

"This world has been connected."

"What are you talking about?"

"Tied to the darkness...soon to be completely eclipsed."

Sora frowned. Eclipsed? Did this guy mean this world was going to disappear like the one he used to live on? "Are you saying this world is gonna be destroyed? Are you from another world?"

This got a chuckle from the man. "You do not yet know what lies beyond the door."

"That's a yes?"

"There is so very much to learn. You understand so little."

"Yeah? Well, just you wait. We're gonna go out there and learn what's out there!"

"A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing."

Sora's eyes darted toward the door for a second while wondering if that was the door that the guy was talking about. Then his eyes returned to the man, or, at least where he had been. Sora quickly whirled around. No one was there.

"Okay..." "Man, that's not good. I'm definitely gonna have to tell the others about that. Where'd he go anyway? Does he have some kind of teleportation ability like Nero? Or turn invisible like Ash? Darn it, I need to talk with them about this." Sora decided to just leave for now and worry about it later. Besides, he still needed to get some mushrooms and fish. After some searching, he found another mushroom behind some large rocks and on a patch of grass. Sora gave these to Kairi and went to catch the fish. This was actually pretty easy. He just stabbed the first three fish he saw with his daggers. Riku seemed amused by this.

"If we run out of food, you're the official fisherman," said Riku.

"Fine by me. As long as I can see them, I can catch them," said Sora.

"Well, that's everything," said Kairi. "So, we're leaving tomorrow, right?"

"Something might come up," said Sora. This got the two to look at him weirdly. "I ran into a guy in the Secret Place. I didn't recognize him, and he said some things that made me nervous. I want to talk about it with Nero."

Riku frowned. "We're supposed to leave tomorrow."

"I know. He can probably handle it without me, but, well, you never know." This got a sigh from the other two.

"Sora, how come you stay with them? Most people would've left by now," asked Kairi.

Sora smiled. "They're my family. I guess that seems kind of strange to you guys, but it's the truth."

This got a shrug from Riku. "Whatever. I'm gonna go on home now. Meet me here tomorrow morning so we can set off nice and early." He walked off. Kairi turned and looked off towards the horizon where the sun was setting.

"Sora? Wanna watch the sunset with me?"

Sora blushed slightly. "Sure!"

They went to the end of the dock and sat down just watching the sunset. Kairi suddenly spoke up.

"You know, Riku's changed."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Well..."

Sora tilted his head. Kairi seemed to be thinking pretty deeply. "You okay?"

Kairi suddenly gave him a big smile. "Sora, let's take the raft and go-Just the two of us!"

Sora's eyes widened in surprise. That was really out of character for Kairi. "Huh? !"

Kairi giggled. "Just kidding!"

Sora let out a mental sigh of relief. He honestly didn't know how to respond to that. "I don't know what's gotten into you. You're the one that's changed."

"Maybe..." She turned back to the sunset. "You know, I was a little afraid at first, but now I'm ready. No matter where I go or what I see, I know I can always come back here, right?"

"Of course!"

Kairi smiled. "That's good...Sora, don't ever change." Sora raised an eyebrow. That was something that no one could promise. Kimihiro had beaten that knowledge into his head. "I just can't wait. Once we set sail, it's gonna be great..."

"Yeah...We should probably get home. It's probably about time for dinner."

"Yeah..."

The two rowed back to shore and went to their respective homes. As soon as Sora was done making sure Seren wasn't going to attack him out of nowhere he started calling for Nero. "Hey! Nero! I need to ask you something! Where are you?"

"Behind you."

Sora jumped and spun around. Nero was there all right. He must've teleported there when Sora called his name. "Don't do that!" "I guess some things really do never change."

"You're the one that wanted to ask me something. What is it?"

"Ah, right. Something weird happened today on the island." Sora quickly explained his run in with the cloaked man and what he'd said. When Sora was done, Nero had a thoughtful look on his face, although most people would have trouble seeing that because of his mask. "Is it bad?"

"It could be. The Darkness may be encroaching on this world now as well." Sora's heart dropped. He'd come to love this world and couldn't stand the idea of it and the people who lived in it disappearing. "I haven't sensed this though, so it may still be a ways off, unless someone does something that causes it to speed up. I'll have to check. Stay close to the others until then."

Sora winced. "Great, I guess I'll have to convince Riku and Kairi to wait a few days then." He sighed and decided to just go to his room for now. He needed some time to think about what to do.

An hour later and Sora still didn't know what to do. He sighed and looked out the window at the growing storm. Wait a minute. Storm? ! "The raft!" He promptly jumped out the window, ran towards the dock, and rowed to the island in record time. Sora saw a dark sphere in the sky. "I guess Nero was a little off..." His eyes went to two boats already there. "I guess Riku and Kairi had the same idea." He started walking to look for the two when several small, dark, very familiar figures appeared around him. Sora's eyes widened. "You!" He pulled out his daggers from their hidden sheaths and quickly tore the shadows apart. They kept coming though. Deciding, that he wouldn't be able to get rid of all of them, he started dashing while slashing any that got too close to him. "If these guys are here, then that means that this world is disappearing! I have to find Riku and Kairi before that happens!" He saw a flash of silver out of the corner of his eye. "Found him." He jumped onto the piece of land Riku was standing on. "Riku! Is Kairi with you? !"

"The door has opened..."

Sora blinked. Where had that come from? That was what the man from earlier said, and Riku had barely reacted to Kairi's name. Sora suddenly felt worried. "Are you okay?"

Riku turned to look at him. Sora froze at the look in his friend's eyes. He'd seen that look before. "The door has opened Sora! Now we can go to the outside world!"

Sora gulped. Did Riku have something to do with that orb in the sky? "Riku...What about Kairi?"

"Kairi's coming with us!" Sora jumped with the ferocity of that statement. Now he knew something was wrong. "Once we step through, we might not be able to come back. We may never see our families again. There's no turning back, but this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us! I'm not afraid of the darkness!" Then a shadow surrounded Riku and started crawling up his body while he held his hand out to Sora. Sora was frozen for a second before leaping forward.

"No! Riku!" He tried to grab Riku's hand, but something was holding him back. He wasn't aware the darkness was crawling up his body as well. "You can't be like him!" It was up to their chests. "You can't!" Only their heads were uncovered. "You can't!" Then Riku was gone and Sora was all alone in the darkness. Almost immediately, a speck of light appeared. Then it suddenly got bigger until the darkness had completely disappeared. Sora promptly found himself back on the islands holding the oddest weapon he'd ever seen. It looked like a giant silver key, but it had a black handle and what looked like yellow hand guards. Coming off the end was a silver chain that ended in a large circle connected to two smaller circles.

"Keyblade...Keyblade...Keyblade..."

Sora jumped. That was the voice from his dream the other day. Sora looked around but didn't see anyone, just his daggers. He must've dropped them when he tried to grab the now missing Riku. "Riku..." His thoughts were interrupted when more of the shadows appeared. Sora lashed at one with the key and was surprised when it was beheaded and disintegrated. "Weird, this works better than my daggers." Sora grabbed his daggers anyway and stuck them in his belt while he went looking for Kairi and destroyed any shadows that got too close to him. "Okay, where would Kairi go? She's not really a fighter, so she'd try to avoid them...Oh no! What if she went to the Secret Place? ! She'll be cornered!" With that thought in mind, Sora ran to the Secret Place as fast as his legs could carry him. To his surprise, none of the shadows were there, but Kairi was. She was standing in front of the door with her back to him. Sora frowned. The door now had a keyhole for some reason.

"Kairi?"

Kairi slowly turned around. Sora winced. Her eyes looked empty. "So...ra?" She reached out to him just as the door blew open. A strong wind rushed out and pushed her towards him. Sora opened his arms to catch her, only for her to go right through him. Then the wind hit him and sent him tumbling. He rubbed his head and stood up. He blinked. He was on a piece of floating land, closer to the dark orb in the sky than he would've liked.

"What happened just now? Why'd Kairi go through me? And how'd I get here?" His thoughts were cut off when a giant shadow with snake like hair and a heart-shaped hole in its chest appeared. Sora's eyes widened in shock. "This thing is from my dream! What's going on here? !" It punched the ground, but Sora jumped to the side. If he jumped back too much, he'd fall off the piece of land. The large shadow's punch went into the ground and caused a puddle of darkness to appear where several of the smaller shadows spawned. "This thing is just like my dream..." Sora looked at the key in his hands. "Maybe I can beat it the same way!" He ran towards the arm in the ground and jumped onto it, running towards the head. It made a swipe at him with its free hand, but Sora jumped over it and swiped at it with the key. It let out a screech of pain as Sora used the injured hand to jump onto its shoulders and make a cut into its neck. Then he jumped into the air and brought the key above his head. "Get out of here!" Then he brought it down on the shadow's head and let gravity do the work as he cut it in two vertically. As the pieces started to disappear, Sora felt himself get picked up. His eyes widened as he started going towards the orb. "This is so not good." And then he blacked out.

Meanwhile, in a world full of survivors, an anthromorphic dog looked up into the sky.

"Look, a star's goin' out!"

His companion, an anthromorphic duck looked up as a star suddenly blinked out of existence. He frowned. "Come on. Let's hurry. Where's that key?"

"Hey, ya know, maybe we ought to go find Leon." The dog paused as he noticed the last member of the group, a regular orange dog suddenly run off. Had he noticed something? "Uh Donald, You know, I betcha that-"

The duck, Donald, cut him off. "Aw, what do you know, ya big palooka?" He continued walking away. The other rubbed his head.

"What do I know? Hmmm... Come on Pluto." He walked on after Donald, but the other dog, Pluto was too interested in his find to follow. It wasn't everyday you find a boy with an outfit that looks like your master's clothes unconscious in an alley after all.

I do not know how to do line breaks.

There's chapter four. Sora is now in Traverse Town. Should be interesting. There are probably a few things you want to know.

The fight scenes were short, I know. It's still early. Sora will have tougher boss fights as he goes on.

When I had the fight scene with Riku, I mentioned something about points. This requires a bit of explanation. I am a second-degree brown belt. When we spar, we use a point system. Different moves to different parts of the body get you 1,2, or 3 points. Whoever gets 8 points first, or who has the most points when time runs out, wins. It was a bit different here because Kairi wouldn't know how many points a move would be worth, they had no way to keep time, and it would take too long for someone to get eight points.

I'm aware that Riku is a difficult fight at this point for most people, but Sora is a Tsviet. He's much stronger this time around and about equal to Riku. Besides, Riku still won. As Riku said though, Sora is too good at the race for it to be fair. That's an advantage that he'll try to use later.

Sora attacked Ansem. Yes, that is a bit out of character, but he was raised by the Tsviets. Even Kimihiro and Chris would have that reaction. Sora is pretty much the same as the canon Sora, but this one is more mature and will not be quite as trusting of certain people.

I once read that Sora's first outfit was originally based off of Mickey Mouse's clothes. That's why Pluto is so interested in him, in my opinion.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, and my fun, an omake.

Omake: What About the Rest? Part I

Kimihiro blinked. He'd been about to serve dinner. Now he was standing on a beach. He even still had the ladle with him. He twitched.

"Now what? !" Mugetsu flew out of his clothes and rubbed against his cheek. Well, at least he was still there. Kimihiro took a quick look. This didn't look like any of the beaches on the islands. He walked over to some buildings and frowned. He didn't recognize the style. "Yep, definitely not Destiny Islands." That decided, he looked around until he found a path further into the island. Two minutes after starting down it, he was surrounded by some sort of orange wolves. He twitched. "Monsters. Great." He tossed a fireball that curved around and hit four and another one that was big enough to incinerate the other three. He dusted his hands off. "At least they were weak."

"Whoa!" Kimihiro froze and turned around. There was a group of men standing there gaping at him. They were wearing yellow baggy pants that looked similar to Riku's and orange vests. The leader had a ball and weird orange hair that went up at the front into a high curl. Kimihiro wasn't sure if that was supposed to be possible. "I was gonna help you, but you managed to take them out on your own! You a mage?"

"Yeah." It would probably be best to go along with them for now. "Who are you guys?"

"We're the Besaid Aurochs, Besaid's blitzball team."

"Oh, what's blitzball?" This got him a few gasps. "Oh great. Did I mess up already?"

"You don't know what blitzball is? Did you get too close to Sin?"

"...Probably." Honestly, he had no idea what that meant, but he might as well go along with it for now.

"Wow, you lucky you alive. Praise be to Yevon." Then they all did some weird hand movement and bow. Kimihiro twitched. This better not be some weird religion!