Sora

**Sora** is the main protagonist of *Kingdom Hearts NEO*. He lives on the Destiny Islands with his best friends Riku and Kairi, and all three of them dream of venturing from Destiny Islands to find out what lies beyond. His home was consumed by darkness, sending him on a journey to many worlds across the Realm of Light. An upbeat youth, he travels with his new friends Goofy and Donald Duck in search of his missing friends, and uses his newly acquired weapon, the Kingdom Key, to put an end to the threats that destroyed his world.

## Appearance

Sora has spiky brown hair and sky blue eyes. He wears a Mickey Mouse style outfit containing a red jumpsuit with puffy shorts and a zipper that runs down the entire front. He wears a black and white jacket over top, large yellow shoes, white fingerless gloves with yellow and blue straps holding on a silver circle plate, a blue belt with chains hanging off, and his signature silver crown necklace.

## Personality

Like most typical heroes, Sora is brave and heroic, impulsively risking his own life for people he doesn't know and is loyal to a fault. Despite everything that he has endured throughout his journey, Sora retains his upbeat and optimistic attitude. He shows little tolerance for cowardice and selfishness.

Sora is quite competitive and childish. He often competes with Riku over numerous things, like racing across the islands, and is the first to jump when there's a contest.

## Relationships

### Kairi

Sora has a crush on Kairi ever since she arrived on Destiny Islands. They drew each other on the cave in the secret place, and Sora even saved Kairi's life once. He wholeheartedly supports Kairi's wish to return to her original home. He also was upset when Riku stated that, if Riku wins the race for their raft's name, he will share a paopu fruit with Kairi. He got even more upset when Jasmine yelled to everyone that she's not just a trophy to be won, as those words made Sora feel as if he took Kairi for granted in that race. His most romantic action is his addition to his and Kairi's drawing of her, which has Sora give Kairi a paopu fruit.

### Riku

Sora and Riku used to be best of friends, until they were separated from Destiny's Island. When that happened, Riku became so obsessed with saving Kairi that he was willing to believe Sora betrayed him and Kairi, when it was not the case. The truth is that it was Riku who betrayed Sora.

### Donald and Goofy

Sora, Donald and Goofy are great friends. While they have some feuds at times (like in Deep Jungle or when Sora tried to convince Riku to come with him), they remain together through thick and thin.

## Biography

Sora was born on Destiny Islands. He grew up with Riku as his best friend and rival. When Kairi arrived on Destiny Islands, Sora quickly befriended her. When Kairi came up with the idea of building a raft to see other worlds, Sora became a part of it right away.

However, on the night before they were supposed to set sail, the Unversed attacked Destiny Islands. Sora was shocked by how Riku was trying to "embrace darkness" and the fact Kairi was looking ill. He also gained a weapon called "Kingdom Key" in the process. Upon the destruction of Destiny Islands, Sora ended up in Traverse Town, where he met Squall, Rinoa and Yuffie, who explained to him about the Unversed (who they call Heartless), the Kingdom Key (which they call Keyblade) and a person named Gnosis. He later meets Donald, Goofy, Metallix and the enigmatic Master. Donald and Goofy were ordered by their king to find the Kingdom Key, so they had to team up with Sora. Metallix and the Master have their own enigmatic agenda. Hoping they could help him find Kairi and Riku, Sora teams up with Donald, Goofy, Metallix and the Master.

After proving Alice as innocent and befriending Tarzan, they arrived at the Coliseum, where heroes were training. There, Sora met Sally Acorn, who offerred to train him, Cloud Strife, a mercenary who entered the Coliseum in hopes of finding a friend, and Hercules, the Coliseum's greatest hero. Hercules encouraged Sora to find out what it takes to be a true hero.

When the group returns to Traverse Town afterwards, they meet Riku, who was also searching for Kairi. Riku shows a surprising affinity for the Kingdom Key, taking it from Sora right from under his nose, before returning it at will. Sora and Donald argue about whether Riku can travel with them, but Riku disappears. Satisfied with the knowledge that Riku is fine, Sora resumes his quest to find Kairi, unaware that Riku is slowly being turned against him by Maleficent and her mysterious superior.

In Agrabah, Sora befriends Aladdin, a thief with a heart of gold. At a beggar's proposal, they go and fetch a lamp, but Aladdin was buried alive because his pet monkey, Abu, couldn't keep his hands to himself, and Sora himself ony escaped thanks to Metallix. Later, Sora meets Jasmine, who was supposed to get married to a prince. The next suitor, Prince Ali Ababwa, was actually Aladdin, who used a Genie to become a prince. Unfortunately, as Aladdin exposed the grand vizier of Agrabah, Jafar, as one of Maleficent's allies, Jasmine was kidnapped by Riku and Aladdin was stripped of his princehood. However, Aladdin manages to trick Jafar into becoming a genie himself. Despite wanting to come help Sora save Jasmine, Aladdin couldn't, since the Gummi Ship was already crowded as it was. However, Aladdin did give Sora the Genie's lamp as a summon, as a token of gratitude.

Sora later met Pinocchio when the Gummi Ship was swallowed whole by Monstro. There, he learns that Riku betrayed him because he thought that making new friends is a bad thing. Sora also learns that Kairi lost her heart. The Master leaves them so Sora could save Pinocchio and Geppetto.

## Trivia

* Although Sora doesn't know it, Kairi's heart rests within him.