Editing Destiny Islands

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The {{nihongo|'''{{a|Secret Place}}'''|秘密の場所|Himitsu no Basho}} is a cave hidden behind the island's waterfall, which the kids visited during their childhood. Sora and Riku first discovered it when they were young children. There is a shut door at the end of the cave which is actually the [[Keyhole]] of the world. The cave's walls are covered in chalk drawings, including drawings of [[Donald Duck]] and a {{ff|Chocobo}}, as well as Sora and Kairi sharing a paopu fruit.

The remnants of Destiny Islands is accessed deep within [[End of the World]], in a room named {{nihongo|'''{{a|Homecoming}}'''|想い出の島|Omoide no Shima|lit. "Island of Memories"}}. The area looks identical at first but quickly breaks apart. During the first battle against [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], the island is seen floating in the sky with the beach broken into pieces, and the trees being torn into purple spiky forms. After the first battle the trees tear open and a huge purple arena can be accessed within it.

The Destiny Islands are reconstructed twice through memories at [[Castle Oblivion]]; once during Sora's story and again during Riku's. The world can mainly be explored through boxed-in areas inspired by the island, but the '''Seashore''' and '''Storm-tossed Island''' are visited in cutscenes. The latter area is also arena to battles against [[Darkside]] and [[Zexion]].

[[File:Destiny Islands Mainland (Art).png|thumb|right|Artwork of the mainland.]]

In ''Kingdom Hearts II'' the main island where all the worlds residents live is shown in bigger detail. A fairly large town with huge mountains can be seen in the distance from a long clay path called {{nihongo|'''{{a|Ocean's Road}}'''|本島:海に続く道|Hontō: Umi ni Tsuzuku Michi|lit. "Main Island: Road to the Sea"}}. By the hillside there are a few electric towers spread across it. Kairi and Selphie are also seen in their school uniforms, revealing they have schools on the main land as well. Closer to the beach are a lot of smaller houses with oak trees growing evenly between them. Down by the {{nihongo|'''{{a|Shore}}'''|本島:海岸|Hontō: Kaigan|lit. "Main Island: Coast"}} is a dock where a lot of palm trees (similar to the ones on the smaller island) grow. The smaller island is also easily seen from the Shore.

 

Although the Small Island's miniature islet is depicted as facing the open ocean and the setting sun, the scene in which [[Kairi]] stands on the beach of the Main Island depicts the Small Island in the opposite position, with the miniature islet facing the Main Island and the Cove facing the setting sun. However, if this was its correct orientation, the Main Island would have been visible from the islet's paopu tree, while the view from said tree is simply endless ocean and an unobstructed view of the setting sun.

Castle Oblivion's reconstructed version of the {{nihongo|'''{{a|Storm-tossed Island}}'''|嵐の浮島|Arashi no Ukishima|lit. "Floating Island in the Storm"}} can be accessed twice during the game. First through Zexion's [[Absent Silhouette]] battle, and again during his [[Replica Data]] fight. The Storm-tossed Island is the only playable area of Destiny Islands in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.

In ''Kingdom Hearts coded'' a data version of Destiny Islands is explored. The world is for the most part quite similar to its appearance in the first game, though only the Seashore area - now just called {{nihongo|'''{{a|Destiny Islands}}'''|デスティニーアイランド|Desutinī Airando}} - and the {{nihongo|'''{{a|Secret Place}}'''|秘密の場所|Himitsu no Basho}} can be accessed. These areas are now invaded by various types of the [[Bug Blox]]. Once again the {{nihongo|'''{{a|Storm-tossed Island}}'''|嵐の浮島|Arashi no Ukishima|lit. "Floating Island in the Storm"}} serves as battle arena for the Darkside encounter.

Destiny Islands appear very briefly as part of the tutorial for ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''. The only playable part is far out on the ocean<!--add ingame name for area-->, where Sora and Riku fight [[Ursula]] from their broken raft.

When Sora awakens from his [[Dive to the Heart]], he meets up with Kairi and Riku. Now teenagers, the three plan on building a [[Highwind (raft)|raft]] and to set sail across the sea to find other worlds away from the island. Destiny Islands is a small world, which often leads to the boredom of its inhabitants, especially Riku, who desires to leave the islands and see the other worlds out there. Riku says his desire is thanks to Kairi, who herself came to the Islands from [[Radiant Garden|another world]].

As part of their [[Mark of Mastery exam]], Sora and Riku are sent back to the Destiny Islands before it was swallowed by the darkness and became a [[Sleeping World]]; additionally, they were reverted to the age they were when their world was destroyed, so they could relearn old and new skills. Avoiding their past selves, they decide to take the raft out to sea before the [[Heartless]] arrive. Once the storm arrives, the raft's sail is broken off by powerful winds, leaving Sora and Riku stranded in the middle of the sea. To their shock, [[Ursula]] emerges from a dark corridor within the water as a giant, mentioning that "[[Master Xehanort|someone]]" told her where they were. They manage to defeat Ursula, but the currents pull them underwater, where they open a Keyhole to the [[Realm of Sleep]]. Above water, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]] watches; he later reveals to Riku that Riku subconsciously noticed the danger he posed and entered Sora's dreams to keep his friend safe from [[Nightmare]]s.