By the gods, this scene always pissed me the hell off.
Sora, you poor kid, I became your fan just cause of this one scene.
Riku, I started hating you cause of this scene, you f-ing jerk!
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is not mine and neither are the characters. Anyway, the Beast belongs to Disney. Fun Fact: He actually doesn't have a real name!
That's right, the Beast was never named.
Interesting what details get overlooked, huh?
You were just the delivery boy. Sorry, your part's over now. Here, go play hero with this.
Sora stares at the wooden sword in pain, remembering the day that he and Riku had spent making it and another sword. He chokes back a sob as he remembers that far-off day and he wishes bitterly that he could go back to it, back to the days that Riku was his friend. He also wished that Donald and Goofy hadn't abandoned him. What was he supposed to do now? He was all alone now.
He had only made it this far because of his friends.
As he's just about ready to give into his despair, he suddenly hears a series of lumbering, pained footsteps nearby. The mysterious creature's long black nails click awkwardly against the cobblestone path as he stumbles forward. Sora looks up at him in mild surprise, watching him as he collapses to his knees. He seemed to be injured from Riku's attack.
Even so, it was continuing.
Sora immediately gets up, leaving behind the wooden sword as he runs to the creature's side, carefully putting a hand on its shoulder. He feels the somehow silky and soft fabric of the creature's purple cape but quickly disregards it.
"Hey, don't move. You're hurt." Sora tells it cautiously. It gives him a glare, quickly unnerving the normally hyper and cheerful Keybla… boy.
"Why... Why did you...you come here? I came to fight for Belle." The creature says bluntly, forcing himself (the deep voice coming from his throat could only belong to a male) to stand up on his hind feet. He holds his head up proudly and continues his speech, "And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I'm here." The Beast stammers out, walking forward, determined to fight on. Without saying anything, Sora turns around and picks up his old wooden sword calmly. He figures that it's better than having no weapon at all.
"Me too. I'm not gonna give up now. I came here to find someone very important to me." Sora says in a determined voice, his sapphire eyes burning with anxiety for both his beloved friend Kairi and for Riku, Donald and Goofy, the friends who had supposedly betrayed him. Even now, he was still worried about them. They were his friends, his power, and his reason to keep on fighting, even if he didn't understand their friendship very well.
The creature bows his head to him, a faint smile on his lips.
"My name's Sora. What's yours?" Sora asks calmly, holding his gloved hand out to him in greetings. Silently, the creature puts a heavy paw onto the young boy's hand, clasping it tightly.
"I am the Beast." He states simply, turning to the rising waterfalls in order to look for a way off their platform and into the Castle.
Sora smiles.
Maybe he wasn't alone after all.
