As Arthur and Aerith walked around, Aerith said "so… You're not from around here… What's your connection to Sora?". Arthur looked confused, but blushed when Sora was mentioned "none!" He answered a bit to quickly, Aerith wasn't having it "Oh really? I'm not convinced, come on, you can tell me" Arthur was unaware of what it was, but he felt comfortable. "I wanna be a hero just like him! And make him proud!". Aerith giggled and it was as if they shared a familial bond for a moment "I'm sure Sora will really like you, he likes everyone". Arthur kept silent, as he was dreamily staring off into the distance thinking about how Sora would look up to him. Aerith and Arthur went to the bailey, but found nothing, they left for the town square but encountered what sounded like fighting. Aerith and Arthur hid behind a nearby building "come on Donald! Heal!" "Well I'm sorry but I can only do so much!". Aerith gasped "It's Sora!". At the first mention of Sora, Arthur rushed out from where they were hiding, all the while Aerith was demanding he not move one more inch. Sure enough, it seemed they were getting overwhelmed. Arthur noticed a duck, a dog and Sora focusing on big bodied creatures, so they never noticed a sneaky heartless coming up from behind, ready to hurt Sora, Arthur wasn't having it. Just as they defeated the bog body duo, the heartless made its move, but Arthur struck back just in time. Sora was left unharmed, and at the sound of the heartless puffing back into nothingness, he turned to see Arthur, their eyes met for the second time. Arthur felt held in a firm grasp, as hey they stood there, not moving, Arthur couldn't help shake the feeling he saw those gorgeous blue eyes, the ones that captivated everyone and everything looking back into them. Sora was confused, he had never seen this boy before, but felt attached to him for some odd reason, like it was his duty to protect him, or was it the other way around? Suddenly, Arthur snapped out of it, and he fell backwards, fainting on the ground. Sora shouted "Woah, are you okay?!".
"Arthur" … "Arthur?" … "ARTHUR!" That made the boy jump, he was staring into space "yes? Come on, shouldn't you be training?" The young friend giggled in response "no, why would I? Why would I want to be anywhere else?" Arthur smiled and said "too bad I won't be as valuable as training when you're in a fight". The two laughed the comment off and Arthur continued "you're destined for greatness, whenever I look into those eyes, I see a boy who could take on the world and have some time to eat lunch!" Arthur laughed, as did his companion, but Arthur got serious "I know we've been laughing… But there's going to be a point where you and I have to come apart, I just know it… But I know you'll do just fine, you always have, and you always will, you always were something else… Ventus".