Kingdom Hearts/Ships

= AkuKai = 

AkuKai is the het ship between Axel and Kairi from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Canon
Axel first met Kairi when he went to visit her on the beach in Destiny Islands. Sora was busy traveling the worlds so Organization XIII was going to kidnap her and use her as bait to fuel Sora into destroying more heartless and possibly re-releasing Roxas. Axel decided to prevent this and arrived to try and convinced Kairi to leave with him. He even commented that he already felt like they were friends but she did not trust him and followed Pluto instead.

Kairi managed to escape to Twilight Town were she sought refuge. However, Axel later arrived there in a corridor of darkness and took Kairi away by force. It turns out that Axel just wanted to make sure that she was safe from the rest of the organization but Saïx eventually intervened and captured Kairi. Axel later met Sora and explained what happened. He sacrificed his life so that Sora could make his way to her and asked to apologize to her on his behalf.

Fanon
AkuKai has a small amount of popularity in the Kingdom Hearts fandom. Kairi is shipped with nearly every member of Organization XIII and Axel is no exception. This ship is mainly based around the fact that Axel attempted to befriend Kairi on the beach and prevent the organization from capturing her. The fact that he felt sorry for taking her by force also showed signs that he had a heart which many fans liked.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Axel/Kairi on FanFiction.Net
 * Axel/Kairi on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Lea and Kairi are now training together under Yen Sid due to discovering their abilities to wield a keyblade.

= Axelsa = 

Axelsa is the het ship between Axel and Elsa from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Fanon
This crossover ship started long before Kingdom Hearts III was released, and revealed that Frozen has been added to the ever growing KH universe. That is why Axelsa is considered a KH ship as well as a cross ship. Most of the ship's support comes those who feel drawn to "Fire x Ice" couples. Lea's Axel persona is mostly featured in the ship, even though some have argued that Lea and Axel have been shown to be the same person than two separate people.

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= NamiShi = Fanon

NamiShi is the femslash ship between Naminé and Xion from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Canon
Naminé and Xion's first interaction occurred towards the end of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days when Xion went to Naminé so she could properly return Sora's memories that she inadvertently captured. It is noteworthy that when Xion first learns about Naminé from Riku, Xion immediately asks: "What is she like?"

During the ending cinematic for Kingdom Hearts III the two can be seen on the beach at Destiny Islands looking for seashells together.

Fanon
NamiShi has a decent amount of popularity that has grown over the years. On AO3, it is the most written femslash ship for both Naminé and Xion.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Xion/Naminé on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Both girls come from Castle Oblivion, even though they were "born" under different circumstances.

= RiElsa = 

RiElsa is the het ship between Riku and Elsa from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Fanon
Much like Axelsa, the ship between Riku x Elsa began long before Frozen was added to the Kingdom Hearts universe, through KHIII. That is why RiElsa is somewhere between a KH ship and a crossover ship. The only other female Disney character that Riku has been shipped with so far was Maleficent, but the age gap between them has people ship them as friends. That is what makes RiElsa unique among Riku het ships, since his friend Sora is mostly the one to be shipped with the Disney characters that have appeared in the franchise.

Those who wanted Riku to visit the KH world of Frozen, have centred around the same common idea that is mostly based on Dream Drop Distance. By having Riku be part of Elsa's story after she ran away from Arendelle, while Sora joins Anna in her journey to find Elsa. Seeing Elsa cut herself off from those she wants to protect and the darkness coming from her fear, Riku saw himself in her and wants to ensure that Elsa doesn't make the same mistakes he had made. Along with wanting to ensure that she doesn't fall into the darkness, like his enemies would want her to. Even though this didn't happen in the official KH3 game, some fans had liked the way that Sora had paralleled Elsa with Riku.