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

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.

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= YoSora = 

YoSora is the slash ship between Sora and Yozora from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Canon
Sora first discovers Yozora's existence in the Toy Story world, during which he believes the latter is merely a fictional character from a video game referred to as Verum Rex though he appears first in an advertisement for the game. The Nameless Star tells Sora more about Yozora in the Final World, that his heart has been replaced with that of another and that he is not quite himself but that if he was he'd dearly miss her.

Riku begins having dreams about traversing Shibuya in search of Sora and feeling that he's being watched by someone from afar atop a skyscraper (that someone being Yozora himself who in fact is real) after Master Xehanort's defeat, which he recounts a year later to the Radiant Garden group.

Sora comes to in a night-time version of the Final World, after checking that he's not fading away again he gets up to his feet and begins calling out to someone in a desperate attempt to get help. Yozora responds and begins inquiring as to Sora's whereabouts in said realm, when they meet face to face Sora recognizes him from Verum Rex and muses to himself that the Nameless Star mentioned him in a roundabout fashion without referring to him by name, adding that Yozora must be real after all. Yozora expresses confusion that Sora can recognize him with the fake body he's currently stuck in before brushing it off and proceeds to claim that he's been tasked with saving Sora, but suddenly questions whether the person standing before him is actually Sora at all before changing the Final World to Sora's Station first and then into Shibuya atop the 104th building as he summons his sword & crossbow while telling Sora he went through several trials while traversing the Final World. After a long, arduous and fearsome battle Sora manages to defeat Yozora. Yozora begins fading away into light particles while stating that his powers aren't needed yet, when Sora asks what does he mean Yozora smiles and replies with a "never mind" before fading away in a pillar of light as Sora awakens again in the daylight version of the Final World. Yozora awakens from his slumber in the backseat of a limo with the driver referring to him as Commander, Yozora and Sora both wonder if their encounter was merely a dream and state that nothing of what happened makes sense to either of them.

Fanon
YoSora is a recent pairing, with an extremely small group of followers shipping the two together in an amorous fashion. There is also some overlap with members of the Soriku pairing sub-community.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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Trivia

 * Should Sora lose to Yozora instead, Sora gets turned into a crystal statue while Yozora promises to save Sora.

= Zaqua = 

Zaqua is the het ship between Zack and Aqua from the Kingdom Hearts fandom.

Canon
Zack and Aqua met at the Olympus Coliseum. Aqua was talking with Hercules and Phil and learned that Zack fought against Terra in the tournament. He explained that Hades was exploiting him and causing him to be covered in darkness until Terra saved him. The two later fought in a match and Aqua won. Zack was still cheerful after their match and undaunted by his loss. However, he got upset when Hades appears and asked Aqua to get revenge for him and Terra.

Aqua fought against Hades in a match while Zack cheered for her in the stands. Hades brought an Ice Colossus and claimed that having a back-up was allowed so Zack immediately came to Aqua's aid. However, she told him to let her take care of the battle alone. Aqua ended up winning and the two left the coliseum together. Afterwards, Zack asked her on a date in order to celebrate her victory. Aqua immediately became flustered and explained that she was on a journey. Zack then promised that they would go on a date after he became a true hero and left. Hercules then arrived that noticed that Aqua was blushing.

Fanon
Zaqua is a rather popular Kingdom Hearts ship. It is not quite as popular as Terraqua is still a very popular ship, especially for one involving Aqua. While Zack had Aerith as a love interest in the Final Fantasy series, the two are not known to have even met in the Kingdom Hearts series so many fans feel that it still works out. Many were amused when Zack decided that he and Aqua would go out on a date and found to be obvious that Aqua may have liked him a little.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Aqua/Zack tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Aqua/Zack tag on FanFiction.Net