CHAPTER 15.14: Sora's Chain Of Memories Part 14

[Play Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

Naminé: Everyone, you've all done so well with restoring the 13 memories. Now, is the time. Time to restore the final memory of the final set.

The group looked at Naminé with anticipation. They've practically seen it all. They've seen what darkness can do to hearts and worlds, they've fought Heartless, Nobodies, Riku, Roxas, Ansem, Xemnas, and finally Xehanort. What could the final memory be? Is it something simple? Or is it the most difficult memory out of all the others? Luz was the first to ask Naminé:

Luz: What do we have to do?

Naminé looked at the group with a smile.

Naminé: It is quite simple.

The memory frames show an image of a young Sora on Destiny Islands.

Luz: Back to Destiny Islands? Cool.

Naminé: Yes. This memory...is the most important of them all.

Eda: How so?

Naminé: This is the memory...of where Sora and Kairi first met.

Luz took a long gasp while holding her hands together with sparkles in her eyes.

Luz: *excited* Really?!

Eda: *chuckling* No way.

Amity: The day...they met.

The three turned to Inner Sora with smirks.

Luz/Eda/Amity: Ooooh~.

Eda: Did the feelings start there, kiddo?

Inner Sora (KH3): *gulp* Of course not!

Luz/Eda/Amity: Uh huh.

While the bare minimum teasing goes on, Gus and Willow were just in their thoughts.

Gus: Since Sora's good at making friends wherever he goes, I wonder how he managed to do that with Kairi? What do you think Willow?

Willow stood there in absolute silence with a soft smile on her face.

Gus: Willow? Are you ok?

Willow: Huh? Oh. Yeah, I'm fine.

Gus: You sure? You looked like you zoned out for a bit there.

Willow: ...I'm fine, Gus. Don't worry.

Gus: ...Ok. Just wanted to be sure.

Willow: Thanks.

Willow looks at Inner Sora.

Willow: *thinking* Should I tell him...? ...I don't know...

Back with the others.

Inner Sora (KH3): Seriously, girls. When I first met her, we were just...

Luz: Just what?!

Amity: Tell us!

Inner Sora (KH3): Actually...I don't remember.

Luz: What?! How can you not—

[Pause Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

—RECORD SCRATCH—

It was then that they remembered that since the memory isn't repaired, of course, Sora wouldn't recall the memory himself.

Luz: *sheepishly* Oh right. Forgot. Gotta fix the memory, hehe.

Naminé: *sweat dropped* Yes.

[Play Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

Luz and the others turn to Naminé.

Luz: Oh yeah. Naminé, how do we fix this one?

Naminé: Not "we". You.

Luz: Me?

Naminé: Yes. As I've said, this memory is of the day Sora and Kairi first met. To repair this memory, you must enter the Secret Place located next to the waterfall and simply carve a picture of Sora and Kairi.

The others were pleasantly surprised to hear that.

Luz: That's it? Just draw Sora and Kairi? Great! Easy peasy!

Eda: And the best part is, no more fighting crazy bad guys, Heartless, Nobodies, whatever.

Gus: Finally, something easy!

Amity: After this, Sora will be alright.

Naminé: Exactly.

Gus: Sweet! This also means we'll get to see Sora on the outside very soon! Right, Willow?

Willow stood in silence, which the others notice.

Luz: Willow? Are you ok?

Willow turned to the others and notices Inner Sora looking at her with concern. She quickly, yet subtly, adverted his eyes.

Willow: Yeah. I'm fine. And yeah, it would be fun...no worries at all.

Luz frowns a bit.

Luz: Willow. I've been noticing that you've been feeling off ever since we came here.

Willow: What? Oh no, it's nothing. I was just thinking about...something.

Luz: Such as?

She knows that Sora's memories are almost completely repaired, so there shouldn't be any more wasted time. She also didn't want to talk about her feelings right now. Still felt a little hurt about Sora and Kairi and getting into it with anyone, especially Luz was the last thing she wants. Not that she has ill will towards Luz. She does appreciate her concern, but her persistence is a bit of a deterrent at times. She was about to come up with an excuse to give to her. But Eda interjected.

Eda: Alright, enough jibber jabber! Luz, you heard Naminé. Go be artistic!

Luz: Oh, right. *turns to Naminé* I'm ready to go!

Naminé: *nods* Hm.

Luz nods before turning to the rest of the group.

Luz: Ok, guys. I'll be back soon.

Inner Sora (KH3)/Gus/Amity: Yeah.

Luz turns to the memory frame and enters through it. Now that she has begun her final memory quest, Gus asked Naminé a question regarding Sora's memories.

Gus: Naminé, can we watch more fun memories of Sora's?

Amity: Oh yeah. I want to as well.

Inner Sora (KH3): Hmmm. Oh! Naminé, show them my time in Twilight Town's bistro.

Gus/Amity: Bistro? What's that?

Inner Sora (KH3): A bistro is a fancy restaurant. It's there, where I learned how to cook.

Gus gasped in excitement.

Amity: Wait. Do you know how to cook?

Inner Sora (KH3): Yup. Trained by a pro chef.

Amity: Wow.

Gus: I remember you bringing that human food when you and Luz first came to Hexside. It looked delicious.

Amity: ...Wait. I remember seeing that and...

Inner Sora (KH3): You went little nuts over it.

Amity: ...Right. I did.

Inner Sora (KH3): Hey. *softly ruffling Amity's hair* That's water under the bridge, now. *chuckles*

Amity leans on Sora's shoulder with a soft smile.

Amity: I know.

Inner Sora pats her head as Gus realizes what he just did.

Gus: Oh. Sorry about that Amity.

Amity: No need, it's alright.

Gus turns around to Willow and Eda.

Gus: You guys wanna see Sora learning how to cook?

Willow: I—

Eda: Hang on a sec. Before we watch, just gotta talk to Willow for a bit. Come on, kid.

Willow: Wait, what?

Eda gently pushes Willow forward to get her to move.

Eda: Don't worry, we'll be quick. Don't start without us!

[End Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX -Missing You- Extended]

Eda said as she got Willow to follow her to a spot far enough from the others. Eda looks back to see the distance between them and the others and proceeds to talk to Willow.

Eda: Alright, kid. How are you feeling?

Willow: W-What do you mean?

Eda: *sigh* Look. I've been around for a long time. I know that look in your eyes. You've had the same look ever since we learned about Kairi.

Willow was surprised. "She knew?" "How?" she asked herself.

Eda: Don't worry, I won't say anything to the others. And talking it out could help a lot. I'm saying this because...I've been there.

Willow pauses for a moment but then decides to talk about her feelings to Eda.

Willow: Well...

Eda: ...

[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX -Missing You- Extended]

[Cut to Luz on Destiny Islands]

Having entered the memory frame, Luz finds herself in front of the waterfall. The first thing she noticed was the fact that there is color everywhere. She then looked around in awe of Sora's tropical homeworld, amazed that the island is in a calm peaceful state, full of life.

Luz: Woah. The first time coming here in the memories, it was all burnt to a crisp and lifeless. But now, seeing it like this, it's so beautiful. But how?

Naminé: There is damage to this memory, but it is only minor. The entrance to the Secret Place is right next to the waterfall, to your left.

Luz turns her head to find the entrance, a hole in the wall.

Luz: Gotcha.

Luz gets on all fours and crawls through the entrance.

Luz: Huh. A little dark in here.

[Cut to Willow and Eda]

[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX -Missing You- Extended]

Eda: So, you like Sora... But of course, he likes Kairi.

Willow slowly nods with small tears in her eyes.

Eda: *sigh* Oh boy. Yup, definitely been there before. Sorry to hear that.

Willow: Even though it's been a little over a month since I've met him, he was just...so nice, compassionate. He became my friend, he made feel validated with my plant magic, he defended me from Amity when she was being a total jerk, kept me safe from danger...and there was that time when he helped us fly with Tinkerbell's pixie dust.

[Cue flashback]

[Sora noticed the others flying all wobbly-like and told them that the pixie dust doesn't last long and said they should land now. All but Willow did what he said. Willow then felt her pixie dust wear off.

Willow: Oh no.

Willow screamed while falling, but Sora managed to catch her with his arms, holding her like a bride. The two slowly descended to the ground. Sora looks down at her.

Sora: That was close. Are you ok?

Willow was a bit in awe and blushed.

Willow: Y-yeah, thanks for catching me.

The two landed, and Sora put Luz down on her feet.]

Eda: Yeah, sounds about right. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if literally every girl his age in the entire Isles falls for him at this point.

Willow: Lots of girls at Hexside already have.

Eda: Figures.

Willow: But now, I know he likes Kairi. A girl he seems to have known since childhood. Meaning, he won't feel the same toward me.

Eda: *sighs* I know...and that hurts.

Willow: ...I know I have to accept this and move on. But what I'm confused about is what to do beforehand. Should I keep my feelings to myself or tell him? I don't want to make things awkward between us or possibly ruin our friendship. But at the same time, I feel like bottling it to myself would eat me up.

Eda: Follow your heart.

Willow: What?

Eda: It's something Sora once said. "May your heart be your guiding key.".

Willow: "May your heart be your guiding key."?

Eda: Yup. Listen to yourself and do what you really think is right. In other words, whether you tell him or not, it's ultimately up to you. Either way, whatever you decide, you've gotta accept it. I think if you told him, you'll have closure. And I doubt he'll feel any ill will towards you since he's got a heart of gold. But again, it's up to you. Follow your heart.

Willow thinks about Eda's words and Sora's quote. Following her heart to do what she thinks it's right. She then concludes.

Willow: I'll think about it more. But, thanks, Eda.

Eda: No prob, kid. Now, let's get back to the others. I wanna Chef Sora in action.

The two walk back to the others.

Willow: Oh yeah, he learned how to cook in that memory.

Eda: Hey, you ever tried his cooking before?

Willow: Actually...no, I haven't.

Eda: Well, you've gotta. His stuff is just... perfection. Maybe he'll give you a sample if you ask him.

Willow: Hmm. Maybe I will.

They made it back to the others, ready to watch the memory.

Eda: We're back, let's the master chef in action!

Gus: Yeah!

Naminé: Alright, here we go.

The memory of Sora learning how to cook in Twilight Town's bistro begins to play as everyone watches.

[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX -Missing You- Extended]

[Cut back to Luz in the Secret Place]

Luz: Huh. A little dark here.

[Play Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix -Treasured Memories- Extended]

Luz stands on her feet and activates a light glyph to get a better view of the cave. Walking through the path, she reaches the bigger space. She sees the cave's walls covered in chalk drawings and sees the large door that opened when Kairi disappeared into Sora's heart during the island's destruction. However, she also noticed the cave seemed covered with tiny embers. Luz believes that these embers are the minor damage that Naminé mentioned earlier. It was then Naminé spoke.

Naminé: Right next to the door, there's a space on that cave wall to the bottom. It is there where you draw Sora and Kairi. On your left is where you draw Sora. On your right, is Kairi. Look around for a rock to carve the drawings.

Luz: Ok.

Luz looked around and immediately found one. She picks up the rock and begins to draw Sora first.

[End Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix -Treasured Memories- Extended]

[Cut back to the group watching Sora's cooking memory]


In the memory, Sora was seen with a rat on his head and prepping entrés, potages, poissons, viande, and desserts for a dinner rush. They went from cracking eggs, to flambéing, to cutting vegetables, to grinding peppers. After the final dish was sent, the two had their celebratory moment with Sora spinning around fist pumping.

Memory Sora (KH3): Alright! *looks up to the rat* We did it!

The rat points his finger at Sora with a wink.

[Play Kingdom Hearts 3 - Afternoon Streets - Extended]

After all, was said and done, Sora, with the rat on his head, Donald, Goofy, and another duck wearing a blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats, was walking outside of the bistro to see happy customers eating their food.

Memory Sora (KH3): Hey, Little Chef! Your bistro turned out to be a big hit.

The rat, now known as Little Chef, nods in agreement.

Goofy: Yeah, everybody in the whole town loves it.

Donald: Good idea, Uncle Scrooge!

Scrooge: Aye, naturally! But, to be perfectly honest, I'm actually a wee bit surprised myself.

Goofy: Gwarsh, Uncle Scrooge, I thought you had this all planned out in advance.

Memory Sora (KH3): Wait, didn't you?

Scrooge: Oh, I had the business side of it planned down to the finest detail—the open-air theater, the flyers, the promo data...the whole kit and kaboodle. But that wasn't enough. It was Little Chef's commitment to his craft, and his desire to put smiles on everyone's faces that made the bistro a success. A heart that cares that much is like a giant magnet. It grabs you and pulls you right in.

Goofy: That must be why we like hangin' around Sora. Don't ya think so, Donald?

Donald: *nods* Yeah!

Scrooge: Aye. *looks at Sora* And perhaps why Little Chef took such a shine to ye in the first place.

Sora and Little Chef look at one another for a moment before Sora lowered his arm and opened up his palm to Little Chef to low-five one another.

Scrooge: Folks are hungry for connection, so you lands keep 'em well fed.

Memory Sora (KH3): Sure thing. Right, Little Chef?

Little Chef points his finger at Sora with a wink in agreement.

The memory ends there as the group was in awe and a bit confused about what they had seen.


Eda: So, lemme get this straight...a rat, a LITERAL rat trained you to be a chef and Donald has an uncle who's considered the richest duck in all of the worlds?

Inner Sora (KH3): Considering he understands what I say, I like to think he's just like Donald, Goofy, and Uncle Scrooge. Magic. And yeah, Uncle Scrooge is the richest duck in all of the worlds.

Eda/Amity: How rich are we talking here?

Inner Sora (KH3): From what Donald told me, his net worth is estimated to be around over three hundred quadrillion dollars. Scrooge even once said that he would be broke in 600 years if he lost one billion dollars a minute.

The others dropped their jaws in shock and amazement.

Eda: Oh...

Gus: My...

Willow: Freaking...

Amity: Titan!

Eda/Gus/Willow/Amity: HE REALLY IS THE RICHEST DUCK IN ALL OF THE WORLDS!

Inner Sora (KH3): Yeah, I was surprised too.

Eda: That's WAY beyond the Bat Queen's net worth! Heck, I should have that kind of cash!

Amity: *thinking* That's WAY beyond my family. If they knew about this...*shudders*

Gus: Man...just man! Like, what does he do to get that rich?!

Inner Sora (KH3): He said he was an "Adventure Capitalist". Not exactly sure what that means, but he basically said he hunts for treasure and uses said treasure to make business deals.

Eda: ... *whispering* I wanna meet him SO bad~.

Willow: With that amount of money, anyone would be set for life, maybe beyond that.

Everyone nods in agreement.

[Play Kingdom Hearts 3 - Afternoon Streets - Extended]

[Cut to Luz finishing up her carving of Sora]

[Play Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix -Treasured Memories- Extended]

Luz: Just a little more aaaaand...done!

Luz took a minute to admire her work.

Luz: Hmph. Not too shabby. Naminé, how'd I do?

Naminé: Perfect. All that's left is Kairi.

Luz: Right.

Luz was about to begin carving Kairi's picture when she realized something.

Luz: Wait... Naminé? *began to get sheepish* I...uhh...sorta don't remember what Kairi looks like...

Naminé: Don't worry. I'm sending you a mental image.

Luz instantly saw the image of Kairi's drawing in her mind and immediately began carving.

Luz: Soon... Soon Sora will be ok. And we'll see him on the outside. *thinking* Kairi...based on Sora's memories, you are no doubt a nice person. And Sora cares about you so much that's he willing to risk his life for you. I remember him saying that King Mickey warned him that using the Power of Waking could trap him outside of both your home. And yet, he's stilling to risk it to save you. You must be the luckiest girl in all of the worlds to have someone like that your whole life. *sigh* I hope I meet that special someone willing to care about just as much~. Someone cool, brave, aaaaand willing to look past my quirkiness.

[Cut to Amity with the others]

Amity sneezes, which the others notice.

Eda: You good there?

Amity: Yeah. Strange, for some reason, I can't help but feel like someone's talking about me.

Inner Sora (KH3): You don't say?

Naminé: There is a legend of that.

Gus: In any case, Sora. Do you think we can try some of your cooking sometimes? The stuff you made looked so good.

Inner Sora beamed a bit.

Inner Sora (KH3): Oh! I'm glad you brought that up. Amity, Willow!

The two looked at Inner Sora.

Inner Sora (KH3): Listen, for everything you've done for me and my memories, I want to do something nice for you all. So, as thanks, I want to invite you all over for breakfast and lunch.

The three got excited.

Gus: Really?!

Willow: Sora, you don't have to do that—

Inner Sora (KH3): No, no. I insist. It's the least I could do for all your help.

Amity: That's very nice... but we wouldn't want to impose.

Inner Sora (KH3): Nonsense. ...Actually, there's another reason why I want to do this.

Amity/Gus/Willow: Hm?

Inner Sora (KH3): Nothing serious, I just want all of us to hang out together. When I first came here, all I thought about was finding Kairi and bringing her back, in and out. But I didn't take account into making friends here. When I first met Eda and Luz, I joined them to start hunting for clues on Kairi, which led me into that Conformatorium. It is there, where I found a clue that Kairi was indeed there. *summons Kairi's lucky charm* This is the lucky charm that she made me for, well, good luck. It was thanks to Luz that I have it. She found it. The charm is also a symbol of a promise that I want to always keep. A promise that I would always come back to her and give it back. And since that night, I've held hope to find her soon. As time went on, I eventually met all of you. Even though Kairi is my main priority, I enjoyed getting to know each of you and becoming friends with you all. And...well...I know that once I find Kairi, we'll have to leave eventually. So, I want to be able to spend as much time with you guys as much as possible. That is if you want to.

Once again, Gus, Willow, and Amity felt moved. They each remember their first time meeting Sora. For Willow, the reasons she told Eda why she had fallen for Sora were still true. He made Willow feel like she was worth something. Giving her validation and compassion. For Gus, he thought about his earlier days in Hexside, where he didn't have any friends. And every time someone hangs out with him, he finds out later that it was for selfish reasons. But with Sora, he can see that Sora is a person who genuinely cares about others, nothing like the people he's encountered in the past. For Amity, even though they started sourly, was glad she met him. From her perspective, Sora wasn't a hateful person in a sense. Otherwise, he never would've had that talk about her, he never would've tried to reach out to her...he never would've even cared about her in the first place. It took one conversation to make her see a new perspective on life, reflect on her life and gave her the chance to make positive changes. Heck, if it wasn't for Sora, she would still have very likely stayed the same as she was before his arrival. Although would that have been the case? Considering that Luz, a girl whose heart could be just as golden as Sora's, who's to say that she couldn't do the same for Amity? With all these thoughts processed, they smiled at the Keyblade Wielder.

Gus: Sora. I don't know about these two, *points his thumbs back at Willow and Amity* But I'd be happy to hang out with our buddy.

Amity: *to Gus* You're joking, right? *to Sora* Of course, I would love to hang out with you as well.

Willow stood there in silence with her eyes closed and her head lowered, which the others noticed, especially Eda.

Eda: *thinking* What does your heart say, kid?

Willow then raised her head and opened her eyes with a smile.

Willow: Of course. Friends should always hang out together.

The other teens smiled and cheered at her response.

Inner Sora (KH3): Great! We'll do it this Saturday! Oh. *turns to Eda* I forgot to ask. Eda, is it cool that they—

Eda: Oh, yeah. They can come. Besides, you ain't leaving me out of your cooking.

The others laughed a bit as Inner Sora turned to everyone.

Inner Sora (KH3): Sweet! We'll have a great time!

Gus/Willow/Amity: Yeah!

Naminé smiles at Sora. Once again, she's seen Sora being able to connect to so many people's hearts.

Naminé: *thinking* I can't wait to relay all of this to you, Kairi.

[Cut to Luz finishing up the carving of Kairi]

Luz: Aaaaand done!

Luz backs up a bit to admire her work once more. She sees both carvings of Sora and Kairi smiling at each other. Tears started to well up, but she wipes them away immediately.

Luz: ...It's over.

Suddenly a voice speaks to her.

?: Wow, you draw well!

Luz then turns her head to her right and is surprised to see Sora. Young Sora to be exact. She instantly smiled and couldn't help but internally coo.

Luz: Oh, thanks.

Young Sora: Oh, hey. Before I forget, what's your name again?

Luz: Oh, I'm L—

Naminé quickly interrupts.

Naminé: No. Don't say your name. Say her name.

Luz: *to Naminé* Oh, right.

From Young Sora's perspective, he sees a young girl with tan skin, purplish-brown short hair with braided pigtails, and hazel eyes. She also wears a white apron-like shirt with blue flowers and a blue line across the chest, a pink skirt with a white line on it, and large, white shoes with pink and purple lines on them.

Luz: My name is...

Suddenly, Young Sora sees the view of the girl change from her current appearance to a girl with red-auburn hair, blue eyes, and a pale complexion.

Luz: Kairi.

Young Sora: ...Kairi. *chuckles* Got it! Kairi!

Suddenly, the familiar white light engulfed everything and Luz found herself back with the others, to their surprise.

[End Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix -Treasured Memories- Extended]

Group: Luz!

Luz: Guys!

The teens group hug as Naminé approaches them.

Naminé: Very well done, all of you. All the memories are restored.

The group took a second before loudly cheering.

Group: Alright! We did it!

They kept cheering, knowing that they'll be able to see Sora very soon. After calming down, Naminé brings forth the memory frame.

Naminé: The memory of the day Sora and Kairi first met is ready to be viewed. Are you ready?

Group: Yeah!

Inner Sora steps forward.

Inner Sora (KH3): Then let's watch.


[Play Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Destiny Islands Theme (EXTENDED)]

The group huddled as the memory began playing. It starts with Young Sora waking up very early in the morning and walking outside to see the sunrise. Much to his surprise, however, he sees a giant metal vessel of sorts in front of him. Suddenly filled with awe and curiosity, he immediately dashes towards the vessel and inspects it until he hears the sound of a mechanism of sorts activating and sees the hatch door in front of him an opening. To his surprise, he sees a young girl wearing a white apron-like shirt with blue flowers and a blue line across the chest, a pink skirt with a white line on it, and large, white shoes with pink and purple lines on them.


This surprises the group as they immediately noticed the appearance of the girl is completely different from Luz's.

Eda: No way.

Gus: So, THAT'S Kairi?

Luz: Yup. That's her. Willow and I saw her in Sora's photos.

Amity stood in silence with a small smile, seeing Kairi's actual appearance at this moment was a clear indication that Sora's memories are truly restored. Willow does the same.


Back to the memory, Young Sora helps Young Kairi out of the vessel.

Young Sora: Hey, are you ok?

Young Kairi stares at Young Sora for a bit before answering.

Young Kairi: Mmhm.

Young Sora: Good.

Young Kairi: Who are you? Where am I?

Young Sora: I'm Sora. And this is Destiny Islands, welcome. What's your name?

Young Kairi looked around to take in the scenery and seemed to have calmed down, she turns to Young Sora.

Young Kairi: I'm Kairi.

Young Sora: Kairi...*chuckles* That's a nice name.

Young Kairi seemed a bit surprised to hear that. No one's ever complimented her name before, as far as she remembers.

Young Kairi: Mm...thank you.

Young Sora looks at the vessel

Young Sora: That's a cool-looking spaceship. Oh! Where'd you come from?

Young Kairi looked down with a slight frown, trying to remember.

Young Kairi: I...I don't know. I can't remember. All I remember was my Grandma and a knight fighting scary monsters.

Young Sora seemed to be intrigued by that.

Young Sora: Monsters? Hmph. If there are monsters around here, then we'll just beat 'em up.

Young Sora then shows off his wooden sword and thrusts it toward the direction of the water.

Young Sora: Hyah!

Young Kairi didn't know why but seeing and hearing this spiky-haired boy who she had just met suddenly felt comfort. It was then where Young Sora had an idea. He turned around to the redhead and gave her his wooden sword.

Young Sora: Here, take this.

Young Kairi: What? Isn't it yours?

Young Sora: Don't worry, I can always make more. Plus, you'll need it to train, that way you can be strong enough to fight the monsters.

Young Kairi: *hugging the wooden sword* T-thank you. But...I don't think I can fight them by myself if they come here, there were lots of them.

Young Sora: Lots? Hmph. Well, you won't have to. If they do come here, I'll fight with you!

Young Kairi: R-really?

Young Sora: Yeah! And my other friends can join in the fight, together...*fist pumped* We'll be unstoppable!

Young Kairi: Thank you...

Suddenly her stomach growls.

Young Kairi: Ohh, I'm hungry.

Young Sora: Ooh, we can't fight monsters on an empty stomach. Follow me, I'll ask my mom to make an extra plate for you.

Young Kairi: A-are you sure?

Young Sora: Sure I'm sure. My mom's super nice. Oh! I'll ask her if she can make pancakes, with eggs...and bacon~. You'll love it!

Young Kairi stares at Young Sora for a bit. With each passing second, she feels more comfortable around the boy. To her, Young Sora seems like a happy, silly, yet brave boy.

Young Sora: Come on, follow me.

Young Kairi: Ok.

The two run off toward Sora's house.


The group stood there in silence. They didn't know what to say. First of all, it was a surprise to see that Kairi had lost her memories upon arriving at Destiny Islands. Second, she had arrived in a small vessel from another world. Third, she only remembers her grandmother and a knight who fought monsters. At that point, they assumed it was the Heartless. And finally, they felt their hearts melt at the sight of Young Sora, being his happy-go-lucky self, doing his best to comfort and be friendly to Kairi. They can tell he made her feel safe.

Inner Sora (KH3): *smiling* ...

As everyone continued to watch the memory they find that Sora's mom, being the kind woman she was, did accept his request to make us the breakfast he wanted. Of course, Kairi loved it. After they ate, Sora took his mom outside to show her the vessel. She was shocked, to say the least. Later, a man, Sora's dad, showed up and was also surprised and curious about the vessel. Sora asked his dad to row him and Kairi to the play island while they see if they could figure out how the vessel works. Kairi and Sora played throughout the whole day. They played tag, practiced a little with their wooden swords, raced, and whacked the coconut trees for snacks. It was fun. As the sun began to set, Sora took Kairi to the Secret Place of the cave. He showed her all the drawings that were made in the cave. It was then that they decided to add more by picking the empty spot next to the door and drawing each other. To say that they had a great time together that day was an understatement. Sora's dad later came by to pick them up. But the moment he did, a meteor shower happened. Sora begged his dad to let them stay a little longer just so they could watch it, to which he agreed. Kairi was really in awe of the meteor shower, to her it looked like the stars were racing each other. It was like that for Sora too. They even both made a wish to the stars. Eventually, when they made their way back to the main island, the other folks came up to the vessel as well, and nobody panicked. But they also didn't know what to make of it. The mayor of their home then showed up and asked the guards to take the vessel to a more secure area, away from the people for safety. After this, the mayor offered Kairi a place to stay in her home. She was a little nervous at first. But Sora assured her that it'd be ok. The mayor was a nice woman and she'll be ok with her. After they said good night to each other, Kairi went to stay with the mayor. Kairi was officially adopted by the mayor sometime after. And ever since then, KaSora and Kairi would always hang out and had fun together. That is where the memory ends.

[End Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Destiny Islands Theme (EXTENDED)]


[Play Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

Luz, Amity, and Eda cooed to that story, much to Inner Sora's slight embarrassment. The three turned to Inner Sora.

Luz: *tears in eyes* That is THE MOST romantic origin story I've ever seen.

Amity: I agree.

Eda: *ruffling Inner Sora's hair* You sly boy, you!

Inner Sora, flustered, stammered a bit to say something, but couldn't. The girls teased Sora a bit with giggles.

Gus: Wow... just wow.

Willow: Yeah. Sora really is the sweetest guy around.

As the light-hearted teasing continues, Naminé approaches the group.

Naminé: Everyone.

They all turned to her.

Naminé: You've all done well. All the memories are successfully restored.

Luz: Sweet! I guess this means we'll all see Sora on the outside now, huh?

Naminé: Not quite yet.

Luz: Huh?

Naminé: Remember, once all the memories are restored, the rest of the memories will repair themselves automatically. Meaning, the images of Luz in place of Kairi are correcting themselves now as we speak. In addition, Sora trusts and wants you to learn everything about him.

The group was slightly confused until Luz asked.

Luz: So, when you say everything, you mean LITERALLY everything?

Naminé: That is right.

Naminé floats towards the center of Sora's heart with Inner Sora following her.

Naminé: Sora wants to share everything, not wanting to keep secrets from you, his friends. If you'll all join me and hold hands, we can begin.

Inner Sora (KH3): It's as she said, I have nothing to hide. All I ask is that you keep what we've learned here today between us. This information would cause a worldwide panic if this gets out. Even if they already knew about the human realm, it's best to keep this between us.

The group understood.

Amity: I promise I won't say anything.

Gus: I promise too.

Willow: I promise too.

Eda: Definitely know how to keep secrets, so I promise to.

Luz: I promise too. Count on it.

Inner Sora (KH3): Thanks, you guys.

Naminé: *smiles* Everyone, join hands.

In the center of Sora's heart, everyone lined up in a circle. Clockwise, we have Naminé, followed by Eda, Luz, Gus, Willow, and Amity. As each member held hands, Willow and Amity looked at each other and then at their free hands. Unlike before, there was some hesitation. But now, the two smiled and accepted each other's hands far quickly, sharing a nod. Each member is ready.

[End Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

Naminé: Let us begin.


[Play CHIKAI (KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version)]

Naminé used her magic to link everyone's minds together and began to relay every single one of Sora's memories to each of them. As this was happening a white light began emitting from the ground, slightly surrounding the group as their eyes glowed purely white. The group sees the beginning, Young Sora racing with Young Riku across the play island, meeting Aqua, to allowing Ventus's heart inside Sora's. Eda shows a slight reaction to seeing those memories again. The group sees the memory of Sora first meeting Kairi again, to which Luz reacted with a smile. The group also noticed the image of Luz fading away and replacing it with Kairi, meaning the memories were indeed correcting themselves. The memories of Sora's first adventure begin. From his time helping with the raft, trying to save Riku from the darkness, trying to catch Kairi who ended up in his heart, battling the Darkside, meeting Donald and Goofy, venturing through all the first worlds, battling each villain residing in said worlds, battling Maleficent, battling Riku, sacrificing himself to save Kairi, defeating Ansem, closing the door to Kingdom Hearts with King Mickey, and departing from Riku and Kairi. The group had a lamented-like feeling for a brief second. From there, Sora's memories of his second journey began flooding in, ones the group has never seen before. It starts with Sora, Donald, and Goofy entering the castle that Ventus has secured away in, followed by his seemingly noticeable battles with Axel, a blonde female Organization XIII member, Riku again in his possessed form with Naminé being scared behind him, seeing Naminé fading into Luz then into Kairi, to battling and defeating a long rose-pink hair and what seems like a giant Nobody attached to him, pinky swearing with Naminé and sleeping inside a pod of sorts. The group became intrigued by these memories and surprised that this happened right after his first adventure. Gus especially was intrigued by the Castle Oblivion had operated. More memories began flooding in, but these memories were unexpected. It starts with Roxas meeting Xemnas outside a mansion, being led into a room full of Organization XIII members sitting upon tall thrones, meeting Axel, meeting Xion, being friends with them, eating ice cream with them on a rooftop, confronted by Xion, walking past Axel, lamenting Xion in her final moments, defeating Axel, meeting a mysterious red-cloaked man, and finally seeing Sora for the first time. They couldn't believe the kind of life Roxas lived. In the end, they concluded that he, like many others, was a victim of Xehanort's plans. Sora's memories of his third adventure began next as it starts with him, Donald, and Goofy entering Twilight Town, meeting Hayner, Pence, and Olette, meeting Master Yen-Sid, journeying through the second worlds, battling the 1000 Heartless, battling members of Organization XIII, taking the fight to The World That Never Was, reuniting with Riku and Kairi, who faded from the image of Luz, teaming up with Riku to defeat Xemnas and reuniting with everyone back on Destiny Islands. The group enjoyed the memory of Sora reuniting with Kairi and Riku in The Castle That Never Was. The next memories are of Sora taking their Mark of Mastery exam administered by Master Yen-Sid, journeying through the sleeping worlds to unlock the Keyholes, battling each villain that stood in his way, meeting a young version of Xehanort, being ambushed and captured by Organization XIII, woken up by Riku, congratulating him on earning the title of Master, and traveling to Traverse Town to hang out with Meow Wow and the other Dream Eaters he's befriended. The group was a bit creeped out by the idea that worlds halfway restored from the darkness would fall into a sleep-like state, but was glad that Sora restored them regardless. The memories of his last adventure began with Sora, Donald, and Goofy journeying through the third worlds to regain his Power of Waking, keeping an eye out for Terra, Aqua, and Ventus, battling each villain in their worlds, thwarting previous Organization XIII members, saving Aqua in the Realm of Darkness, using the Power of Waking to restore Ventus, saving all his friends from falling to the Demon Tide, saving Terra from the Xehanort's clutches, defeating each member of Organization XIII one by one, seeing Kairi being struck down by Xehanort, venturing into Scala Ad Caelum with Donald and Goofy, defeating Xehanort once and for all, and departing from the Keyblade Graveyard to follow Kairi's heart by activating his Power of Waking. The group indeed thought this adventure was the most perilous of them all. But those thoughts were cut short when more memories began relaying through their minds. These memories surprised the group as these are the memories of his time in the Boiling Isles. From meeting Eda, Luz and King, battling Warden Wrath, letting Luz hold his Keyblade which gave her the power, battling Adegast, meeting Willow and Gus at Hexside, battling Amity in the hallway, battling the Heartless, witnessing Eda cursed form, explaining his story to Luz, Eda, and King, meeting Lilith, battling Amity again at the Covention, battling Darkside with Eda and Willow, meeting Edric and Emira, battling Otabin, befriending Amity, at last, the body swap incident, introducing his summons, dealing with Mattholomew, the encounter with the Bat Queen, Teaming up with Eda and Lilith to battle the Demon Heartless, Luz's training in The Knee with the battle against the Heartless Slitherbeast, the first day at Hexside, the carnival incident with Tibbles, introducing Genie and Tinkerbell, the moment his memories were damaged, and finally the group working hard together to restoring the memories. The group felt nostalgic even though these memories happened throughout the month that Sora and Luz had arrived in the Isles. And finally, they saw something they didn't expect to see, everything faded to black as 2 streaks of sparkles spiraled into each other, creating a flash of light, revealing what seems to be framed portrait of everyone. Sora in the middle, Luz to his right, Willow to his left, Gus on Luz's right, Amity on Willow's left, and finally Eda behind Sora with King on her left shoulder. The image depicts them enjoying each other's company with different smiles.

[End CHIKAI (KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version)]


The relay of Sora's entire memory is complete, the glows from the floor and eyes fade as the group let go of each other's hands. They each stood in silence, taking the time to process everything again. However, what they didn't need to process was the very last thing they saw, which gave them the warm fuzzies. While this was happening, Inner Sora approached Naminé.

[Play Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

Inner Sora (KH3): Is it done, Naminé?

Naminé: All the memory are completely restored to their original states.

Inner Sora (KH3): Great. Although, it kinda stinks that I had to forget Castle Oblivion and you, so I'm glad to remember again. It certainly does fill in SOME plot points for me.

Naminé softly giggles.

Naminé: I'm sorry I had to make you forget. But it was the only way to restore your original memories and Kairi the first time.

Inner Sora (KH3): I know. Despite you being held by Organization XIII against your will, you still wanted to help me anyway. ...Which reminds me...

Inner Sora approaches Naminé and looks her in the eyes with a friendly grin.

Inner Sora (KH3): Thank you, Naminé.

Naminé smiles at Sora.

Inner Sora (KH3): Oh, *chuckles* I just remembered another thing.

Naminé: What's that?

Inner Sora (KH3): That other promise...the one where we will find each other again and be friends for real. I think that's one ALSO kept. *gives Naminé a thumbs up and a wink*

Naminé: *giggles* You're right. And hopefully, someday, we'll find a way to interact for real as well as the others.

Luz: I agree!

Inner Sora and Naminé turned to Luz and the others.

Luz: And it should be possible, considering that Roxas and Xion are in those replica vessels, that Ienzo guy should be able to make another one for Naminé, right?

Eda: I still can't believe there's a way to save someone even if they lose their heart or... bodies...

Eda suddenly went into deep thought about an older man she knows.

Eda: *thinking* I wonder if it's possible...

Luz: It should be, right?

Inner Sora (KH3): Right. It should be. In fact, note to self: Call Ienzo.

The others giggle a bit at that.

Naminé: I appreciate that. I really do.

Amity: I can't believe that you're Kairi's Nobody.

Gus: Oh yeah, now that's a plot twist.

Naminé: Yes, I was born right after Sora's sacrifice.

The group winced a bit.

Naminé: Yes, I know. Not exactly the best way to be born. But, regardless of that, I wouldn't have met Sora, Kairi, and you guys. So, I'm thankful for that.

Luz: Aww.

Inner Sora (KH3): In any case, everything's A-OK, right?

Naminé: Yes. And with that, it's time for you all to return to the outside. Sora's waiting.

Luz: Oh yeah. Time to go. But wait a sec, Naminé. How did you get here?

Naminé: I was with Kairi the whole time since the Organization's defeat in The Castle That Never Was. I also share a link with Sora's heart. When his memories were being damaged, I immediately sensed the agony in Sora's heart, as did Kairi. So, Kairi released my heart so that I may travel to Sora's to help him.

Luz: Wait! Kairi released you? That must mean you know where she is! Can you tell us?!

The rest of the group asked the same thing.

Naminé: Sora has the location in his mind. He will tell you on the outside. For now, I must return to Kairi. And don't worry, I will relay every that's happened to her. She'll know that Sora is safe and that he'll be coming very soon.

Luz: Not quite.

Naminé: Hm?

Luz: Sora won't be going for Kairi alone. I'm joining him.

Eda: And so am I.

Gus/Amity/Willow: So will we.

Luz, Eda, Inner Sora, and Naminé became surprised to hear that declaration.

Luz: You guys, too?

Gus: Yeah. Sora's memories are fixed. But I wanna stick by you guys through this too. It'd be nice to meet her and be friends.

Amity: I agree, it'll be nice to meet a friend of Sora's.

Willow: *nods* Mmhm.

Inner Sora (KH3): You guys...

Amity: And before you say "You don't have to." or "Are you sure?", we WANT to and we ARE sure.

Inner Sora (KH3): ...Thank you.

Inner Sora turns to Naminé.

Inner Sora (KH3): Well, that's settled then. Naminé.

Naminé: I'm undoing the mental link between us now.

[End Kingdom Hearts - Naminé [Extended]]

[Play Always On My Mind - Extended - Kingdom Hearts Music]

The group began to float toward the air as Naminé and Inner Sora follows. As they ascend, they noticed one of the four circles in Sora's heart depicting Kairi completely. Naturally, this brought smiles to the group. However, that was cut short when Inner Sora spoke to the group.

Inner Sora (KH3): Hey, guys.

They turned their heads to him.

Inner Sora (KH3): I wanna show you all something. Look down.

They did just that and widened their eyes and slowly gasped at what they were seeing. It was Sora's heart, but different. Instead of the four circles depicting Kairi, Riku, Donald, Goofy, and Destiny Islands, it was six circles depicting Luz in the center, Eda in the top right, Willow in the top center, Amity in the top left, Gus in the bottom left, and King on the bottom right. Seeing this filled the group with so much emotion, bringing smiles and tears to their eyes. This was a clear sign that he cares for his friends so much that sees them as part of his heart. For Luz, she thought about the conversation with Sora in her heart about how important his friends are to him. For Willow, she remembers her talk with Eda and has decided to follow her heart on her decision. For Amity, she was far more emotional than the others, seeing her face in one of the circles is proof to her that Sora genuinely does see her as one of his friends. She even began to cry a little, trying to wipe away her tears. Inner Sora, of course, comforts Amity. Eda, however, had enough.

Eda: Argh, dang it! I can't take it anymore! Let's get back home so we can see our Keyblade-wielding hero already!

Luz: *laughs* I agree! *fist pumps* Sora! We're coming home!

Everyone else cheered to that as a bright light began to emit from above.

Inner Sora (KH3): See you all on the outside.

Naminé: Goodbye, everyone. We will meet again.

[End Always On My Mind - Extended - Kingdom Hearts Music]

The group nodded in agreement as the white light engulfed everything.

[Play HIKARI (KINGDOM Tres Orchestra Instrumental Version)]

As the light subsides, the group found themselves back in the living room of the Owl House in the same way they entered Sora's heart. They looked to where Sora was sitting the whole time, only to find him remained in his peaceful sleeping state. He slowly woke up, yawned, and opened his eyes to see the group with a soft smile.

Sora: Hey, guys. *stands on his feet* I missed you all.

As soon as he said this, they all immediately charged in and the group hugged Sora with tears of joy and laughter.

Group: We missed you too!

The celebratory moments continued while King jumped on Sora's shoulder, trying to hug him.

King: Don't forget me!

Sora: How could I? Come here, little guy! Hahaha!

Sora hugged King while simultaneously petting his head. The teens wiped their teens away as they talked to Sora about everything he went through. They were some questions that did need clarification here and there, but it's safe to say that, thanks to Naminé, they now know everything there is to Sora. From his life to his character, to his heroics, everything. When everything has calmed down, Willow approached Eda, motioning her to lower herself to whisper something into her ear for privacy. While this was happening, Gus asked Sora if he could write about him for a journalism class. Sora was confused at first until Gus explained that his assignment was to write someone who was "interesting, accomplished, and noteworthy", and that Sora fit the bill. Sora was a bit flattered and agreed under the condition that they would work together to come up with a plausible story without revealing sensitive information, to which, Gus agreed. But first, Amity wanted to apologize to Sora again for causing this in the first place, despite the whole ordeal being completely accidental. Sora once again assured her that he has forgiven her and that he still sees her as a valued friend. The two embraced each other in a comforting hug with Sora thanking Amity for doing her part in restoring his memories and wanting to make things right. After that, Luz asked Sora for any idea on how their training would go. Which, he tells her that they have to do something important first before any training can be done, but they had to do it first thing Saturday morning. Sora then turns to Gus and asks him what time his journalism class is due, which Gus says it's the last class of the day. Sora then assured Gus that they'll make it in time if they woke up early and write through the free period and lunch, to which Gus agrees.

[End HIKARI (KINGDOM Tres Orchestra Instrumental Version)]

[Play Secrets of the Night(1:30)]

Back with Eda and Willow, one question was asked:

Eda: Are you going to tell him or not?

Willow: I...


NOTE: Aaaaand that's it! Sora's memories are completely restored. The next chapter is the epilogue and conclusion to this Memory Arc. Also, I kid you not, I wrote this the whole first weekend from dawn till NOT dusk! ...But till midnight. In any case, Willow's heart is in a bind. She liked Sora, but he likes Kairi. And of course, he doesn't know...oooooh boy. But this is where you guys come in. By the time you read this, I made a poll for YOU, the readers, to decide Willow's decision. Will she tell Sora her feelings or keep them to herself? Poll's on my Profile Page.

May her heart be her guiding key...

[End Secrets of the Night(2:07)]