Editing Sora's Heartless

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Late in ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'', [[Sora]] becomes a [[Heartless]] for a short time, before being restored to his human form. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]'', '''Sora's Heartless''' becomes a separate character, a digital entity created from the [[Jiminy's Journal|journal]] record of Sora's time as a Heartless. This Heartless serves as the main antagonist of the game and the source of the [[Bug Blox]]. Unlike other Heartless, Sora's Heartless held onto its feelings, memories, and selfhood, and this unique trait is commented on by others.

[[Ansem the Wise]] noted that Sora was unique for being able to regain his human form without first having to destroy his [[Nobody]] counterpart [[Roxas]]; he theorized it was because of the immense love Sora had for others that allowed this normally impossible occurrence.{{?}}<!--cite to journal--><ref name="Famitsu">'''''Famitsu'' Interview'''; '''Interviewer''': "Is AntiForm originated from when Sora got turned into a Heartless?" / ''' Tetsuya Nomura''': "Story-wise, yes. Drives are very strong so AntiForm exists as a side-effect of using too much power. System-wise, I wanted to create something strong but troublesome." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Famitsu-2006-Nomura-Interview-2569 Translation by KHInsider].</ref>

After Sora, Donald, and Goofy track Riku down to the Great Hall, they learn that he has used the incomplete [[Keyblade of heart]] to summon the Keyhole of Hollow Bastion. He reveals that Kairi's lost heart has been within Sora all along, and that it must be released in order to complete the Keyhole.<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''''', '''Riku''': "It's no use. That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up...The Keyhole cannot be completed so as long as the last princess of heart still sleeps...Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. It is time she awakened...But first, you must give the princess back her heart...Don't you see yet? The princess's heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!...So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the Keyhole with your power. Open the door, and lead me into everlasting darkness!"</ref> He attempts to release Kairi's heart by using the Keyblade on Sora, but Sora parries at the last second, and he eventually defeats {{ns|Game|Riku#Riku (Keyblade)|the possessed Riku}}.

Despite this, Kairi is still catatonic, and Sora is unable to seal the incomplete Keyhole. In order to save Kairi, Sora turns Riku's Keyblade on himself. This releases Kairi's heart from within Sora, reviving her, but this also completes the Keyhole and casts Sora into darkness, transforming him into a Heartless, and also producing his Nobody, [[Roxas]], as well as Kairi's Nobody, Naminé. Sora transforms into a [[Shadow]], as he does not have that much darkness in his heart, just as Kairi awakens, and the Heartless rapidly emerging from the Keyhole force Kairi, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] to flee.  

As a Shadow, Sora follows his friends through the Lift Stop to the [[Entrance Hall]], where he sees them being overrun by other Shadow Heartless. He rushes to help his friends, and though Donald tries to attack him, Kairi recognizes him and embraces him. Her light and heart return Sora to his human form, and Sora later states that while he was a Shadow, he nearly forgot everything.  

One year later, [[Roxas]] dreams of when Sora was turned into a Heartless, as well as when Kairi restored his body. Not long afterward, Roxas reunites with Sora, and Sora reawakens as a complete being. Although he is whole, his time as a Heartless and the magic of his new clothes allow him to periodically assume the Heartless-based [[AntiForm]].{{?}}<!--cite to journal--><ref name="Famitsu">'''''Famitsu'' Interview'''; '''Interviewer''': "Is AntiForm originated from when Sora got turned into a Heartless?" / '''Nomura''': "Story-wise, yes. Drives are very strong so AntiForm exists as a side-effect of using too much power. System-wise, I wanted to create something strong but troublesome."</ref>

As a symptom of the secrets that were hidden within Jiminy's Journal, a digital version of Sora's Heartless comes to be and, like Data-Sora, it evolves into something more than a simple facsimile. To that end, the Heartless absorbs both the [[Bug Blox]], which spread throughout the Data Worlds, and the minds of the slain digital Heartless, increasing its power exponentially.

==Appearance==

In his Shadow form, Sora can only jump and run. He can no longer activate lift nodes, and unlike other Shadows, he cannot perform lunge attacks. However, if Sora falls too far in the [[Hollow Bastion#Lift Stop|Lift Stop]], a lift node will automatically activate to bring him back up to the correct floor.