Author's note: Seems I am continuing this story, for I am having severe writer's block on Broken and Betrayed. But whoa. Ven's at Radiant Garden, let's see what happens. :)

Disclaimer: Dude, I'd kill to own Kingdom Hearts.

The wind whipped through his hair as he glided around Radiant Garden before deciding on a place to land. He noticed a large clearing around a rejected castle. "Where Sora defeated the thousand." He noted to himself, before getting off of his vehicle, and transforming his key into its original form.

Ven made his way into the castle, figuring he would check it first. The thing is though. He didn't even know what he was looking for. No one had seen this guy. No one would know they had him until he revealed himself to them. Or until someone got killed and these little cameras they had snapped a picture of him. That would be when they knew which of the warriors of light he looked like. The blond pondered. He walked through the endless corridors of the castle, occasionally running into a heartless or unversed, but nothing quite too serious. He took out the vermin expertly, with a type of grace only one would had received the mark of mastery should be able to accomplish. Aqua was a master, but she didn't deserve it. I deserve it though.

He eventually ended up leaving the castle, empty handed. No sign of this mysterious killer, or anything of that matter. Sora pretty much cleaned the place out when he was here not too long ago. Ven made his way into town, thinking of how all the people who were chosen by the keyblades had been teens at the time. Saving the World, one adolescent at a time. He snickered at the thought.

He made his way into the main plaza of Radiant Garden. He saw Sora's friends, Yuffie, Leon, and Aerith. He waved to them, having met them once before. Ven approached the group, wondering if they noticed anything strange lately.

"Hey, I'm Ven. If you don't remember." The shortest girl, who appeared to be a ninja, smacked him across the face.

"How could you leave Sora?" She accused, waving a finger in his face.

"Whoa! I didn't. I've been sent on a mission. Wait, what do you mean leave?" Ven jumped back a few steps to avoid her in case she attempted to slap him again.

"His best friends have a habit of leaving him, is all I mean, like Riku." She pointed out. The tall brooding brunette said something next.

"What's your mission?"

"Well, I'm looking for someone. I don't know what he looks like, but I do know what he leaves in his path, and that's death. Death the good guys, to the light." Ven explained.

"This isn't right." Aerith spoke up. "The Light and the dark should be in balance, but the disturbances I have been sensing prove what you have said to be facts."

"I haven't seen anything strange. Have you guys?" Yuffie asked, looking to her friends.

"It's not what I've seen, but what I haven't." Leon announced before breaking into a sprint through the town. Ven and the others followed closely behind him. He stopped in front of a building and knocked loudly on a door, "Cloud! Cloud!" He shouted, "Open up!" before busting the sorry wooden entrance open. They ran in inside behind him, to find a hooded figure, hovering over a lifeless blond boy.

Cloud's body was flawed by a pool of blood seeping out of a hole in his chest, where he had been stabbed. It looked like some weapon had been stabbed into his chest and turned violently, assuring death. The cloaked figure quickly escaped out a window.

"You guys, check and see what you can do for Cloud, I'll get this murderer!" Ven shouted, almost positive there was nothing to be done, before thrusting himself out the window of which the culprit had gone. He got up on the roof to look around, but the guy was long gone. He was then grabbed from behind, a hand covering his mouth and other pressing a blade to his throat.

"Shh.." His attacker whispered into his ear. "I don't think I'm going to kill you. You're just a little too pretty for that, aren't you."

Ven was freaking out, trying to yell for help, but the gloved hand muffled his cries. The blond tried to maneuver himself out of the attacker's embrace, but was punished by the blade pressing into his skin. The sting was followed by a wetness dripping down his neck. After this, he stopped. And the blade's pressure was released slightly, no longer on the shallow cut he just received.

"Done now?" his assailant asked. "Because I got bored."

Ven nodded, as much as he could, afraid the blade would cut into him if he move too much.

"Now, I'm going to move my hand, but you're gonna be real quiet." The voice encouraged. Ven nodded, he was in no hurry to die, he just wanted to start over. The attacker removed his hand, still having the blade at his victim's neck, and replaced it with a cloth. Ven inhaled. The scent he knew from somewhere. Then he figured it out.

Oh snap. It's chloroform. He thought, before his world faded into darkness.

Sora patrolled around the island, wondering what exactly he were to do if he met this mysterious killer, or what he was to do if Ven never came back.

Ventus was one of his best friends and since Roxas had disappeared so long ago, it was like the only piece of his other he had left. The two weren't related or anything just had an incredible resemblance. Roxas was like Sora's brother, by far his best friend, even beating Riku, and Ven looked like Roxas, so he immediately sought out to be the boy's friend.

What started out as just a replacement, turned into someone Sora didn't know if he could live without. But that's life for ya.

He made a sharp turn around a tree and ran smack dab into someone. He collided with the girl, almost sending the both of them tumbling to the ground. "Sorry! He shouted as he steadied himself and the girl. "I just zoned out a minute." He looked up at the girl he almost pummeled and realized he knew her, the auburn hair he could recognize from anywhere. Kairi. And all those feelings of hurt and betrayal began to rise to the surface. Maybe he lied about it being okay to Ven, but he knew that's what he needed to hear at the moment to keep going, so be it. Kairi and Sora were friends still but not nearly as close as they were before she broke his heart. Okay, maybe not friends, more like acquaintances.

"Hey Sora," She spoke; the high pitched voice was suddenly too much for Sora's ears to handle. He fought back the urge to place his hands over his ears, to tone out the sound altogether. But Sora didn't, he was just too nice. My fatal flaw.

"Hey Kairi, sorry about that, like I said, I zoned out." He apologized, when he really wanted to kick sand in her face.

"It's okay. I haven't seen you in awhile anyway." She looked down at her feet. "I've missed you." Her eyes returned to his.

Sora wanted to shout, 'You're the one who gave me up, when you chose Tidus over me! Screw you!' But instead, his voice spoke, "I missed you too."

Author's Note: Well, Poor Ven. The killer's got him. I'll be giving subtle hints to who the evil guy is throughout the story. Maybe you guys could guess. It could be fun. Yeah, I'm going to stop talking. :P So what do you guys think. Review for the lovely Ventus, because he is Oh SO Lovely. ;)