Been a while hasn't it? Well unfortunately this is because since November I have had probably one of the worst writers block cases... Not being able to think of a single idea or even think of a format to write it in. Sad, I know... But fear not! I am back! Sort of... With a Kingdom Hearts story for a change. It has always been one of my favorite video game series, and this particular story is about Vanitas, who is my favorite character besides Roxas! But BEWARE there are SPOILERS for the game if you haven't played it yet, so just a heads up! But otherwise, enjoy the story!

OH! I almost forgot! I want to give a big thanks to BeyondTheClouds for giving me some of the inspriration I needed to start writing again! Thank you :D

Bittersweet Desires

Chapter 1

Aqua looked across the battlefield of the Keyblade Graveyard at her target, the Masked Boy, the unversed leader, the one who sought to rip apart her beautiful friendship with Terra and Ven... Vanitas...

Both were panting and breathing heavily, it had been a very long fight, but neither of them had seemed to come out victorious. Suddenly, Vanitas spoke, his dark voice radiating through the black fiberglass helmet that rested atop his head.

"Aqua... Why don't you strike? Or has this battle become a long standing stare down..?"

She could almost feel his smirk under his foreboding mask. Aqua only growled in response, feeling that there wasn't much else to say to that sly comment, and readied her weapon to attack once more. She was indeed tired but she couldn't let up, especially against Vanitas. There was no room for mistakes, if she left herself open for even a moment he would surely finish her.

Then, he lowered his stance, and his keyblade, the Void Gear, disappeared. Though Aqua didn't even once consider letting her guard down. He placed a hand where his temples would be and sighed.

"Why... Why won't you see things the way I do for once?" he asked, in a tone that almost seemed genuine. She answered automatically, "Because I'm not a pitiful maggot of the darkness unlike yourself!" she screamed at him, completely outraged. He chuckled, obviously amused.

" 'Pitiful maggot of darkness' you say? Oh I'm hurt now Aqua..." He put a hand on his chest, as indicating a wound, his voice dripped with obvious sarcasm.

"Quit playing around!" Aqua demanded, quite forcefully to say the least. He then dropped the act and if she could see his face, she would imagine it would be written all over with seriousness.

"No Aqua... I want you to quit... To quit shutting your eyes away from the truth."

Aqua looked at him, deadpanned, not sure of what to say next. "Wha- what do you mean?"

He sighed again, "I mean, you don't know everything you think you do." He held out a hand and formed a sphere of swirling darkness within it, as if trying to show it off to her.

"The purest darkness... And the purest light... What do you think they were made to do?" He looked at her from under his mask, almost like if expecting an answer from her, "Destroy one another?" he rhetorically asked, "No. They're supposed to shadow one another. Without light, there would be nothing to shadow the darkness, and without darkness... Well, there would be nothing to balance the light. Two separate elements, two separate users. One no different than the other. Darkness and the term "Evil" are two different concepts." he paused, awaiting her response.

Aqua always knew that darkness and light balanced both complimented each other, however, the way she was taught... The darkness was something that was destructive, and had to be eradicated from the world at all costs.

"You need to understand Aqua," Vanitas went on, "That we users of darkness, aren't any better or worse than the wielders of light. We're just as human as anyone else..." he dipped his head against his chest solemnly.

Aqua shook her head defiantly, "No..." she started, "The darkness is evil! It's destructive and it murders people! How could you even consider that to be right? You aren't human, you're a monster! Just like the rest of them!" she screamed at him, completely outraged. Pointing her keyblade in his direction, she gathered light to the tip of her weapon and aimed it dangerously at him. Vanitas looked up, noticing her drastic course of action.

"Hmm... I guess not..." He mumbled, sounding slightly disappointed. "I hoped that I would somehow be able to reason with you. But I guess I was wrong to think this. I'll have to finish you off here and now then!"

Mimicking her movements, Vanitas once again summoned his weapon and formed a huge sphere of darkness at it's tip, and charged forward in her direction. Aqua did the same, until metal clashed upon metal, as the two weapons met. The spheres of the both darkness and light mingling with each other as the two keyblade bearers attacked one another.

Suddenly, the concentrated orb containing the two powers seemed to grow larger, expanding as each second passed. Aqua quickly took notice to this and reflexively fell back, mere moments before it exploded. Though the force form the blast was enough to send her flying backwards into one of the keyblade graveyards many cliffs. Rubbing her head tenderly, Aqua looked up to see if Vanitas had gotten out of the explosion. Obviously she has assumed wrong when a piercing scream that no doubt belonged to the masked teenager, was heard from inside the swirling vortex. It was getting brighter than Aqua's eyes could manage. Involuntarily shielding them, she could do nothing but lean away as warmth crept up on her from all sides.

When visibility was enabled again, Aqua immediately opened her eyes. The light had faded along with the explosion, leaving only a wide crater to scar the land with it's mark. Getting to her feet, and after brushing off all the dirt and various types of debris off of her clothing, Aqua surveyed the land, looking for any signs of Vanitas. Easily sliding down the slope of the crater, she continued to look for the objective of her search, gently treading over the scorched earth. When her field of vision just happened to wash over the center of the crater, she found what she was looking for. A crumpled red and black heap was lying there. Oblivious to anything else, she ran towards it.

Shock was the least amount of words Aqua could use to express her reaction at the time. The masked boy's body suit was lying in the dirt, though she saw no signs of Vanitas elsewhere. Could he have been incinerated in the explosion? If not, did that mean that Vanitas was out somewhere... Without any clothes on...? Blushing slightly, Aqua pushed the thought from her mind. Until a loud frustrated wail sounded out... Wait, a wail? Once again, the noise erupted, clearly coming from Vanitas' body suit. A cry that she could of sworn belonged to a child.

Ooohh first story in a while and I already left you with a cliffhanger! Haha poor Van... I kinda feel bad for him, getting chewed out by a woman XD... Please review! That would make my day!