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First Friend

For the KH3 Countdown Challenge. 

Day 9 - Friendship

It was kinda funny how Sora had never really met his first and oldest friend face-to-face before.

Sure, he had vague, fuzzy memories of talking to Ventus as a kid, but that was different from actually, you know, talking to him. Out loud. In person. Face-to-face. Like how most normal friendships went.

To be fair, though, most of Sora’s friendships were anything but normal these days. How many people had been hanging out inside his heart before he’d begun this rescue mission again? Sheesh, he really could start charging rental space like Donald had suggested. Bunch of freeloaders.

Not that he ever would. They were his freeloaders, and he would give them shelter for as long as they needed. It was the least he could do after Xehanort had ruined their lives. Ruined the lives of his beloved friends that he was determined now more than ever to restore.

And that meant it was time to return Ventus to his rightful body, and that thought both excited him and scared him. Ventus had been with him ever since he was a baby. What kind of person would he be without him?

“What will Ventus think when he sees me?” he couldn’t help but ask.

Because Ventus was this… well, this legendary figure, almost. With him since the day he was born. A Keyblade wielder long before he’d become one. A hero to be admired from afar, even while, ironically enough, he rested inside Sora’s heart.

How was he supposed to approach that reintroduction? Sure, maybe he should be more worried about the fight that was probably gonna happen if he wanted to save Ventus’s body and restore his heart. Getting back each and every one of the people Xehanort had stolen from him hadn’t been easy so far, and Ventus wasn’t about to be an exception.

But for whatever reason, he was more nervous about seeing Ventus face-to-face for the first time than he was about the upcoming battle.

Aqua patted his head and smiled, like she always used to pat Ventus’s head. She’d smiled a lot after her rescue, really.

“He’ll be thrilled to see you, I’m sure,” she said. “And Sora?”

“Yeah?”

“Call him Ven. It’s what all his friends do.”

Sora returned her smile. “Okay.”

uh so i finished the Azure Moon route on my first ever play through of my first ever fire emblem game and i'm not playing anything else cause i'm obsessed with these two

kingdom hearts stacks… it’s what best friends do!

[alt: three coloured digital drawings. one: riku, grinning, holds kairi in a bridal carry, who in turn is holding a laughing sora the same way. two: xion riding on roxas’s shoulders, who’s riding on axel’s shoulders. three: aqua triumphantly hoisting a smiling terra in a fireman carry, who has a giggling ventus slung over his shoulder in turn.]

Final Fantasy XVI - Awakening Trailer | PS5

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LU Theory

Look at Warriors expression here, that's more then just concern. He's thinking. The moment Sky mentions that "there was something about the weapon" he looks down at Twilight's wound. The shadow has been observing and then targeting the heavy hitters of the group (especially warriors himself) while passing over some of the others.

It's clearly targeting those it deems the most powerful as it has only drawn its cursed sword against certain members of the chain. However it kept failing when fighting Warriors. Time was too strong. And with the Master Sword, Sky can dispel it's cursed attacks.

HOWEVER it finally managed to land a hit on Twilight. Twi doesn't seem to have been the shadows first choice as it's skipped over him in the past [X] but it was either reveal its secret powerplay by shapeshifting or get mauled by a wolf so...

Anyway, back to the first point with Warriors observing Twilights wound. I bet you he's checking for black blood. He's seen that this shadow has been infecting monsters and can take their form. So what if his friend is now infected?

What if he becomes another vessel under Dinks command.

Dun Dun DUUUUUN

DARK TWILIGHT

(AKA: Wild and Malon are gonna be pissed)

Xion and Naminè

Xion and Vanitas were in the organization together, albeit a short amount of time, but they… might have known each other? And who else to better understand how a broken piece of Ventus feels than a broken piece of Sora?