His attack missed, and he skidded to a halt before his momentum brought him into a wall. Sora spun around back towards where he thought Lea could be by now, out of the smoky cloud but still rubbing at his eyes.

Unfortunately, Lea's fire wheel attack was very large and hard to miss. And since he was still trying to clear out his eyes, he didn't see it coming soon enough to try and dodge. The flames hit him hard enough to knock him over. His fur was still smoking as he stood up again slowly, shaking out his head. That knocked out a lot more of his energy than he would have liked.