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| Chronologically, ''Kingdom Hearts'' follows ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', takes place during ''[[Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-]]'' and takes place before ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'', as well as partially overlapping with ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. | | Chronologically, ''Kingdom Hearts'' follows ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', takes place during ''[[Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-]]'' and takes place before ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'', as well as partially overlapping with ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. |
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| ==Story==
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| [[File:The Outside World 01 KH.png|thumb|left|Sora, Riku, and Kairi ponder if other worlds exist.]]
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| The game opens with Sora saying he has been having weird thoughts lately and wondering what is real. In a surreal dream-like opening, Sora is separated from his two friends; a red-haired girl named [[Kairi]] and a white-haired boy named [[Riku]]. Sora finds himself guided by a mysterious voice in a [[Dive to the Heart|stained-glass void]], which foreshadows the events that will soon take place. He ends up being swallowed by a [[Darkside|monstrous creature]], and is awakened by Kairi on the beach of [[Destiny Islands]], revealing it was a nightmare. Riku motivates them to work on their raft in order to explore new worlds. Child versions of ''Final Fantasy'' heroes [[Tidus]], [[Wakka]] and [[Selphie]] also inhabit the island and are willing to training Sora so he can become stronger. While fetching supplies in a cave, Sora encounters a mysterious hooded figure in a secret cave who ominously speaks that this "world" has been connected and tied to the darkness. He accuses Sora of lacking knowledge and then disappears.
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| One night, the islands are attacked by darkness and [[Shadow|shadow creatures]]. Sora seeks out his friends, finding Riku first; Riku disappears into darkness, curious about what it contains. Soon after, Sora obtains a mysterious weapon, the [[Keyblade]], to defend himself. Using it to fend off the creatures, he heads for the secret cave, where he finds Kairi near a door. She turns to him, saying his name as the door behind her blows open. The ensuing blast of darkness sends Sora and Kairi both out of the cave. With Kairi nowhere in sight, Sora fights the creature from his nightmare, meaning it was more than a simple dream. A gravitational pull sucks Sora up into the sky and into a void as the islands are destroyed.
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| Meanwhile, King [[Mickey Mouse]] has left his world to deal with the increasing power of darkness and left instructions for mage [[Donald Duck]] and knight [[Goofy]] to find the "key". Donald and Goofy use a [[Gummi Ship]] to travel to [[Traverse Town]], where it happens Sora has also drifted to. Sora encounters the creatures again in the town, and eventually meets [[Leon]], a mysterious swordsman who explains they are Heartless, creatures that consume hearts, and that the Keyblade is the only weapon capable of defeating them. The king of Leon's home world, a man named [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]], is said to have studied the Heartless. Donald and Goofy are approached by Leon's ally [[Aerith]], who also tells them what they may be looking for. Soon after, Sora meets Donald and Goofy rather hastily, and the three work together to take down a large Heartless.
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| [[File:The Start of an Adventure 03 KH.png|thumb|right|Sora, Donald, and Goofy decide to search worlds for Mickey, Riku, and Kairi.]]
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| From there, they decide to travel together: Donald and Goofy to find Mickey, and Sora to find Kairi and Riku. The three travel to various worlds based on Disney films, finding that the Keyblade also locks "Keyholes", passages that the Heartless use to take the heart of the world. A group of villains, led by [[Maleficent]], seek out the seven [[Princesses of Heart]] to unlock the Keyhole that leads to [[Kingdom Hearts]], a repository of knowledge and power and the source of all hearts. This group now includes Riku, who is swayed by Maleficent's promises that she will help find Kairi. At the same time, Maleficent sows distrust in Riku, telling him that Sora has abandoned him and Kairi for new friends and the Keyblade. An increasingly antagonistic Riku manages to find Kairi's body, but her heart is missing.
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| Sora and his friends eventually arrive at [[Hollow Bastion]], the home world of Ansem and the headquarters of Maleficent. Riku takes the Keyblade from Sora, claiming that he was fated to have it all along and Sora was simply the "delivery boy". Donald and Goofy, taking their order to follow the "key" seriously, reluctantly leave with Riku. Sora calls on his courage and enters the Bastion anyway, then challenges Riku again, stating that his heart derives strength from his friends. His friends return to him, as does the Keyblade. Shamed, Riku flees and meets a cloaked man who goads him to give into the darkness.
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| [[File:The Dark Keyblade 01 KH.png|thumb|left|Riku, possessed by Ansem, showing Maleficent the Keyblade of heart.]]
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| Sora, Donald, and Goofy destroy Maleficent. They encounter a strangely-behaving Riku with a new Keyblade that unlocks hearts called the [[Keyblade of heart]]. He leads them to Kairi's living but unfeeling body; Riku then reveals himself as completely possessed by Ansem. The newly reformed Ansem explains that Kairi is the last Princess of Heart, and that her missing heart has been trapped within Sora's body since the destruction of Destiny Islands. Spurred to action, Sora defeats Ansem; however, he cannot seal Hollow Bastion's Keyhole because Kairi's heart is still in his body, thus the keyhole remains incomplete. Sora uses Ansem's Keyblade to unlock his heart, releasing both his and Kairi's heart, but turning him into a Heartless. Kairi's heart returns to her body, in turn completing the final Keyhole; she then returns Sora to human form by the strength of her heart. The group resolves to follow and end Ansem's plan.
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| [[File:A Light within the Darkness 01 KH.png|right|thumb|Ansem talks about his views on darkness to Sora on Destiny Islands.]]
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| By this time, Ansem has retreated to the [[End of the World]], the combined fragments of worlds taken by the Heartless. Sora and his friends pursue Ansem and eventually find him at the world's core, formed from the ruins of Destiny Islands. There, Ansem explains that Riku viewed his lonely island as a prison, and his yearning to be free made him vulnerable to the darkness. He gives a short sermon about the heart's connection to darkness before attacking, but is beaten back. He falls back to the abyss surrounding the [[Door to Darkness]], where he declares his intention to claim Kingdom Hearts for himself and merges with his battleship, the [[World of Chaos]], for one final sortie. Despite temporarily capturing Donald and Goofy, Ansem falls to Sora and desperately reaches out to Kingdom Hearts, begging it to empower him with its darkness. However, as the doors open, Ansem is shocked to learn that Kingdom Hearts is made not of darkness, but of light, and its power vaporizes him.
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| Beyond the door are Mickey and Riku, back in control of his own body. They help Sora and the others close the door, as there are many Heartless beyond it, but Riku and Mickey must remain inside to help seal it. Riku asks Sora to take care of Kairi. Mickey and Sora then use their Keyblades to lock the door.
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| [[File:Closing the Door 05 KH.png|thumb|left|Sora promises Kairi that he will return to her.]]
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| The destroyed worlds reconstruct themselves; Kairi is pulled back to the Destiny Islands, but Sora promises before separating they will all reunite some day. Sora, Donald, and Goofy resolve to find Riku and Mickey, though they are unsure of where to start. Luckily, [[Pluto]] appears, clutching a letter from Mickey in his mouth; he runs off with Sora, Donald, and Goofy in tow, ready for a new set of adventures. The silent narrator from the beginning of the game states in the final scene that Sora's destiny is to open the door to light. Meanwhile, Kairi finds a drawing in the secret cave of Sora giving her a [[Paopu Fruit]]; Kairi weeps in happiness and reciprocates the drawing.
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| One year later, and in [[The World That Never Was|a strange city]], [[Roxas|a mysterious boy]] wielding two Keyblades is confronted by Riku demanding to know where Sora is.
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