What-If 3: Sora, Kingdom Hearts, Part 3

Heart-to-Heart conditions: Sora (any form), Mòrag, and Rex.

Location: Torigoth's Abble's Fountain

Sora was sitting on the edge of the fountain, looking at the rest of the group.

Sora: This place kind of reminds me of my home, though it's not quite the same.

Mòrag: What kind of place is it? Your home, I mean.

Sora: It's a nice place. I got to hang out with my friends a lot. But eventually, we got curious and wanted to see the other worlds, so a couple of my friends and I agreed to make a raft together.

Male voice: But then you fell asleep on the beachside instead of helping.

Recognizing the voice, Sora quickly got up and spun around to his left, seeing a man who looked a little older than him with gray hair that reached his upper back. He was wearing a white-and-yellow vest over a black double-zipper tank-top and blue baggy pants held up by a black belt, and he had a thick white band on his left wrist and yellow-laced white sneakers.

Sora: Riku?!

The man, now identified as Riku, walked up to the group.

Riku: Though it turned out that the raft would have been useless. Worlds aren't connected by oceans, just the sky they share.

Rex: So you're... one of Sora's friends?

Riku nods.

Riku: And you guys must be Sora's new friends for this world.

Mòrag: The others, maybe, but I don't add to the ranks of my friends easily.

Riku: Well, that's a surprise. But Sora has a knack for turning his allies into his friends, so I guess it's only a matter of time.

Sora: But how did you get here? This world is separated from the ones we know.

Riku turns toward Sora.

Riku: The Archsage brought me here. Told me I needed to keep you in check.

Sora laughs a bit while rubbing his head.

Sora: He might be right about that.

The two begin laughing together. As they stop, Riku turns toward Rex.

Riku: The Archsage gave me a special Keychain as well, which lets me act as a Blade for you guys. It's also what let me come here from the Land of Challenge.

Rex: So you're like Sora?

Riku: Kind of. I don't have Drive Forms like he does, and my Keyblade is a bit different as well. There are a few other things, too.

Rex: Well, if you want to come with us, we'd be glad to have you.

Riku: Thanks.

*To Be Continued*

Sora and Riku can now swap out with each other! What? You thought Riku would be his own Blade? Nah. How would it work? Glad you asked. A mini Riku icon now appears where Sora's element would have been displayed on the in-battle Blade Switch UI if he had one. When switching Sora's forms, you can choose to switch to Riku by clicking the left analog stick. You can switch back to Sora the same way you would change his forms. When switching to Riku, the mini icon changes to Sora, and all Sora's forms are put on cooldown, which you can see on Sora's mini icon. The vice-versa is also true. He'll also appear in Sora's form change list in the pause menu. As for his Specials, he has the same elements as Sora, except his light Special has a 50% chance of being treated as dark if both elements are available for a Blade Combo, otherwise it's treated as either light or dark. Like Sora, he has no defined element, so his Specials are weaker than average, and he can change into his Kingdom Hearts 3 form the same way Sora can. His Keyblades are Way to the Dawn and Braveheart for KH2 and KH3 respectively. Oh, and "Riku's Keyblade" is purely a Sword Tonfa reskin, instead of a hybrid like Sora's. Also, something I forgot to put in the previous part: though I listed Sora's forms as "Standard Form", "Valor Form", etc. on part 1, they would actually be listed as "Sora", "Sora (Valor)", "Sora (Wisdom)", etc. both in the pause menu form change list and as the actual names of each form. This is because each of his forms would be treated as a separate Blade in the Blade Album.