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The door vanished and Ventus looked around. Everything was dark, depressing, and seemed to be radiating evil and danger.
Seconds after Ventus arrived, a single massive creature stood out of the ground in front of him standing easily twenty feet tall and completely black with tentacles wrapped around its head and a set of glowing yellow eyes. The creature reached for Ventus and he summoned his keyblade slashing the hand when it was in range. The creature roared in pain then reached for him with its other hand just as a suit of familiar armor and keyblade appeared in front of him out of a sphere of light.
"That's..." Ventus began but stopped when the armor shot through the air to the creature's shoulder then slashed its throat killing it.
Then, the armor flew back landing in front of him and simply standing there.
"So, are you going to just stand there?" Ventus asked receiving no answer. "Can you lead me to Aqua?"
The armor cocked its helmet to the left then straightened it before shaking it slowly. Ventus sighed looking down for a moment before Wayward Wind began to glow. The light condensed to a single spot the size of his fist then left the keyblade forming a floating sphere that then began to float away. Suddenly, several creatures similar to the giant one formed. These seemed less muscular and more chubby and had no tentacles around their head, only two jagged antennae. The armor instantly sprang forward attacking the creatures with the keyblade that Ventus knew all too well. Ventus moved to help the armor in destroying the creatures and they all disappeared easily, and they were finished within thirty seconds. Then, knights began to appear, all exactly alike and all exactly like the one he had killed when he first left the castle.
"Shit," Ventus said readying himself as the sphere continued to float away.
The knights all ignored him and the armor and dashed after the sphere. The armor instantly began destroying them and Ventus helped but the knights still got past. Ventus and the armor chased them but the one in front caught the sphere and slashed it destroying it. Ventus and the armor quickly finished the knights and Ventus stopped with the Armor at his side.
"Great," Ventus said. "Now how do we find her?"
The armor looked at him then raised its keyblade pointing it at his heart. He looked down at it then back up at the armor just as it flipped the keyblade over holding the hilt out to him. He understood and took it, then the armor shot into it and it glowed for a moment then it was simply a weapon. A magic weapon that could unlock just about anything, but still just a weapon.
Ventus sighed and looked around. According to the armor, he could find her by following his heart. The problem was, his heart hadn't exactly been the most reliable thing in his life. It was extremely fortunate that his heart was telling him loud and clear to start running straight ahead and not look back for any reason until he found her. Otherwise, he would have given up hope.
He began running straight and less than a second later, there was a massive feral roar behind him followed by several high-pitched screams. They weren't human screams, however, they were all more unsettling than the roar had been. He wanted to look back, to know what was chasing him and how far away it was, but he pushed himself harder. He focused on sprinting forward. He had to find Aqua. Of course, his heart was saying nothing about attacking. He grinned and sent a single Aero Spell over his shoulder and heard another scream as a heart sailed past his head before fading. Two more Aero spells quickly followed, followed by two screams.
Just as a beach came into view, two massive creatures leapt in front of him. One was a massive canine with blue fur but a reddish orange mane, red claws, three per foot, one of which was a thumb on each forefoot. Blue thorns wrapped around its body and it had chains on its wrists and ankles. The other creature was even more intimidating. It was larger and more muscled. It had six spikes of fur coming off the back of its head, three per side and three spikes running down its back, all nine were a bright pink and its body the same shade of black as the other. This one had a tail tipped in the same shade of pink with four purple spikes that matched its feet and the five claws on the front two and three on the back. It also had chains on the front two feet and glowing yellow eyes as well as glowing blue lines on the sides of its head and at the base of the spikes of its back.
The smaller of the two leapt at Ventus and he dropped to his back and slashed the creature's two front legs making it release a very high-pitched scream. Then Ventus flipped onto his feet just in time for the other one to swat him aside with it right forefoot. Ventus stood just as an army of knights rose out of the ground around him.
"I can't win," Ventus said wearily readying himself with both keyblades.
The knights numbered in the hundreds but he was more worried about the two massive beasts that were standing a short distance from him waiting for him to make his move. He held his own keyblade backhand and the other normally in his left and held it in front of himself horizontally. When one knight stepped toward him, everything charged, including Ventus and the two beasts. He began spinning and slashing through the knights and within seconds the two beasts caught him and began swinging and snapping at him. He dodged their attacks slashing them when he could but most of the time he was simply killing knights while blocking and dodging any and all attacks directed at him. Finally the two beasts backed off and the knights withdrew as more began to rise. Ventus took the opportunity to hit the circle on his pauldron activating his armor which covered his body instantly including his helmet and he readied himself again.
The knights now numbered around one thousand or more and with the two beasts it might as well have been ten thousand. The knights parted and the smaller of the two beasts began walking directly toward him. Ventus crouched lower and readied himself. Just as the creature leapt at him, Ventus launched a fire spell at it. The spell hit and the beast shot backward crashing into the other but the other hit it upside the head and it rolled over charging at Ventus again. Ventus ran back at it jumping over it and slamming both keyblades into its face sending it shooting back at the other beast. The larger beast caught the other by the throat in its mouth then crushed it and the beast exploded into a cloud of darkness, its heart floating skyward.
"Nice friend," Ventus said looking around as all of the knights suddenly began to pick their feet up about and inch then put it back down and raise the other so quickly that it looked like they were vibrating and sounded about the same.
Suddenly, they were all blurring toward him. He began to move instantly blocking slashes and stabs and hitting the knights with both keyblades as well as any and every spell he knew. After about fifteen minutes, he felt something pull at his shirt and heard it tear at the same time that his body went numb. He stumbled toward the tip of a blade but slashed it aside then killed its owner and looked back to see a piece of his armor hanging on the remaining beast's bloody claw. He kept himself moving slashing and killing as many knights as he could and as fast as he could. Finally, the beast's tail whipped out of the swarm of knights tripping him and the knights surged instantly. He blasted the nearest one with an Aeroga spell and the explosion of wind destroyed several dozen knights and the rest stopped as the beast stepped out of the swarm and began to walk slowly toward its meal.
Just as it neared him, a Firaga exploded on the side of its face sending it flying over the knights before a familiar keyblade wielder stepped between him and the bulk of the knights. She took a defensive stance and he reached up gripping her arm and pulling himself up just as the soldiers all charged. Once up, he held out both of his keyblades and began spinning and firing Aerogas out of the tips of them as fast as he could until the knights were all dead. He dropped to his knees and the beast instantly pinned him to the ground hitting Aqua aside. It raised its other foreleg and swung downward but Ventus slashed the leg pinning him then rolled out of the way of the other then stabbed the beast in the chest. It smashed him away and he lost his grip of Wayward Wind leaving it planted in the beast's chest. He pushed himself up as a single knight rose and the beast charged at Aqua. Ventus moved to fight the knight with the keyblade he had managed to keep and it matched him blow for blow growing blacker each time their blades clashed. Suddenly, it became a sphere of darkness before forming a copy of Ventus down to the keyblade in his hand.
"Right," Ventus said as his helmet disappeared because he wanted to be able to breathe easier.
Ventus charged and the shadow version of him matched him. Their blades clashed and it instantly spun past him. He blocked the slash then dropped trying to trip the shadow but it jumped over his leg and swung at him. He blocked it then rolled away from it and stood thinking quickly.
"It's me," Ventus said. "Can't be him then."
He flipped his keyblade around and stood straight praying he could pull it off. He heard Aqua fighting behind him and knew she was loosing and he had to hurry and finish the fight.
When the shadow dashed forward, Ventus covered the ground around himself with fire traps and the shadow detonated all of them when he stepped on one. The explosion sent it flying but it righted itself just in time for Ventus's Firaga spell to hit it in the face and blow its upper body to shreds.
He turned toward Aqua and the beast just as its tail swung around wrapping around her and stabbing its spikes into her torso then slamming her into the ground. It ripped its spikes out throwing her away and Ventus blasted it with an Aeroga. He also charged at it and slid under it grabbing Wayward Wind then standing between it and Aqua. It crouched growling and then charged. Ventus only had enough energy for one more spell and needed to heal Aqua. He looked to his right and saw Master Keeper laying on the ground a short distance away. The beast saw what he was looking at and charged at him before he could get yet another weapon but he simply spun slashing it several times then rolled to Master Keeper and picked it up throwing it at the beast. The beast caught it between its teeth then threw it away. It sailed into the distance and off of a cliff then the beast turned back to Ventus.
"Damn," Ventus said. "Alright. Let's try this then."
The beast charged at Ventus and Ventus charged back. Just as the beast roared, Ventus leapt down its throat and began slashing and shredding his way down its throat. Then, the beast dissolved into a cloud of darkness and Ventus rushed over to Aqua, suddenly aware of how lightheaded he had become from blood loss.
"Wake up Aqua," Ventus said as he used Curaga to heal her wounds.
She groaned ad sat up looking around and seeing him then his wound.
"You're hurt," Aqua said.
"I'll live," Ventus said. "Here, this belongs to you."
He handed her Rainfell and her armor shot out of it covering her before retracting into her shoulder guards.
"Thank you," Aqua said before using a Curaga on him and healing his wound as well as repairing his armor.
"Thanks," Ventus said.
"How are you awake?" Aqua asked.
"Long story," Ventus said. "Come on. Let's get home and have Mickey tell you."
"Alright," Aqua said. "How?"
"Not a clue," Ventus said.
"Ven," Aqua said. "Thank you for finding me."
"Of course," Ventus said. "I'd find you anywhere. I'll always be here for you."
"Well I don't know about you being here for me," Aqua said grinning. "I think that you being in the Realm of Light for me would be much more helpful."
"Funny," Ventus said. "Let's just find a way home, okay?"
"Just follow your heart," Aqua said. "Eventually it will lead you to what you want most."
"That won't help much," Ventus said. "Besides, it's your turn to lead."
Aqua smiled then closed her eyes for a moment. Seconds later, a column of blinding light appeared in front of them opening into a large rectangular doorway. On the other side, Aqua and Ventus could see Destiny Island.
"Ready to go home?" Aqua asked.
"Yes," Ventus said smiling. "Home."
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