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Quote of the chapter, "You'll be walking down the street and be like, hey, I know what subordinate clauses are!" – Mrs. Waller, my 7th period English teacher that when no one is paying attention she'll say the weirdest things. I kinda hate her 'cause she gives us the most boring writing prompts. Like "The internet is full of information." Really? (And by the way I apologize ahead of time for the foul language in this chapter. Kinda glad I rated this T now.)

Aqua & Ventus

D.I. Heights' Police Station

"Hey!" Ven called out to Aqua who had just slammed the door of her car that was scheduled for repo.

"Hey, Ven."

"Hey, Aqua." said a voice behind the bushes. A metallically-clad foot stepped out into the honey light of the lamppost.

"You…" Aqua whispered spitefully as she summoned her keyblade, "Don't take another step closer!" she shouted passionately.

"Listen, Aqua, I-" In the middle of his sentence a girl also came out of the bushes. She ran and hugged Aqua's leg.

"Molly?" she asked gleefully seeing that her cousin was all right, then she stared up at him with a disdainful expression, "What are you doing with a low-life like Terra?"

"Aqua, you don't understand-"

"I understand plenty!" she thrust the keyblade farther in a threatening manner as anger itched the ends of her words, "Don't you dare come back here asking for forgiveness! What you did to us – what you did to Ven? You filthy bastard."

"I take full responsibility for the situation. I offer my humblest apologies, to both of you."

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't slice your head off right now!" she lined the blade up to his neck. Ven was frightened; Aqua never looked at anyone with that hatred before. In fact, she never looked at anyone with any sense of hatred in her eyes. Aqua was kind hearted, right? 'Guess not after what Terra did.

"Because I saved Molly. And right now if you don't help me, a lot more people are going to die."

"Why?"

"A man named Xehanort did something to me. It gave me an ability, but I can't control it. There are a total of six of me running around killing people Xehanort sees fit. I want to stop him and clear my name."

"Please, it's going to take a lot more than catching a killer to clear your name."

"Aqua, you seem to be doing all the talking. Why don't we see what Ven wants to say?"

They both turned toward Ventus.

"What were Aqua's exact words that night again? Oh, wait, now I remember: Leave. Leave and never come back." Now it was Aqua's turn to be frightened. Sure Aqua got mad sometimes, but Ven? Ven was an angel, a saint, and that's what Terra wanted to use to gain Aqua's trust, but now he was going to have to earn both of their trust. Terra did the only thing he could. He knelt down on his knees, his head facing downward and begged,

"I'll do anything you want. Anything to gain your trust back. I know I did something terrible, but that was in the past. This is the present, is it not? If you won't help me for me, help me for them, the people who are going to end up dead if I don't fix this." Aqua turned to Ven,

"It was your life he ruined more, it's your call." A twisted smile played across Ven's lips. He was going to be especially devious for this request. He did say anything right? He was going to make him hurt and pay for everything that had happened. The murder, the lies, and most importantly the betrayal that went along with it like a cherry on top. The next words out of his mouth were the most surprising,

"Alright, we'll help you. But afterwards you have to be me and Aqua's bitch until we tell you we forgive you." Without hesitation Terra replied,

"I'll do it." Ven's smile went down a little, his satisfaction gone. He was counting on Terra to have a hard time swallowing that big pride of his, but then again, he wasn't the only one out of character.

Sora & Roxas

Amity Park, D.I. Heights' pavilion, third bench on the right

"Sorry, again, about that."

"It's okay. I just want to know why you did it in the first place."

"It was- uh, well, I thought that- that- uh…"

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me. But I have something to tell you."

"What?" Roxas asked, shifting in the bench seat they shared as they ate the sandwiches they got from Quiznoz.

"Something weird is happening to me, Kairi, and Namine."

"What is it?"

"Well, me and Kairi can heal and Namine can draw the future. Now before you say that sounds crazy just know that-"

"No. That doesn't sound crazy."

"Why did something happen to you?"

"Well…" he chewed it over (the sandwich and the idea of telling Sora). He decided he would tell him the truth…sort of, "My family used to live in Twilight Town a couple years back." He gulped down a large portion of the sandwich.

"That's it?" There was a pause, "You know my mom used to live in Twilight Town. That's where – where – my mom and dad…well-" tears began to form from the base of his eyes, "It doesn't matter what they did. My mom's a widow and my dad's long gone." He wiped away some of the tears, "Sorry." "Actually…" Roxas sighed, wishing his own dad had left because he was going to kill him after he told Sora, "An eclipse happened that day. My whole family obtained abilities."

"Really? What's yours?"

"I'm a speedster, my mom can bring people back to life as well as kill them, and my dad can – actually, I'm not too sure what he does." He then added under his breath, "Because he's too busy ordering the rest of us around to actually do anything."

"Hmm…so that just happens to everyone during an eclipse?"

"Not everyone. Just a select few are gifted with such amazing gifts. The sad thing is, some abilities are genetic so say if you and Kairi get together," at this part Sora blushed vividly and smiled like an idiot, "Your child could have a gift, but if he were to turn out…evil, then we got a problem on our hands."

"I get it."

"Hey, guys!" calls Namine from across the path, in a second she's sitting in between the two boys.

"Whoa, Namine, what happened to your face?" Sora asked bluntly, pointing at a five inch slash mark running vertically down her cheek.

"What?" she felt her cheek, "I don't know."

"Perhaps you know how you got here then?" Roxas supplied

"I – I don't…I don't know." Namine toppled into Roxas's arms as she fainted.

Xion & Riku

147 Providence Dr

"Ah! Ah! Ow!" Xion cried, "It burns!" What ever ailed her was creeping up her neck, not letting her move, now anything from the chin down. It felt like freezer burn inching up with fire, then tingling, then numbness. The numbness was the worse part. It was just torture. Pure torture. It was also torture for a certain big brother to watch his sister suffer like that and not even be able to help her. He always helped her, even when she could do it herself. Now she couldn't and neither could he. A knock sounded from the door and Riku opened it. It was Yuffie. Xion groaned; talk about adding to the pain!

"Riku are you ready?"

"Ready for what?"

"Our two year anniversary, please tell me you didn't forget!"

"No it's just that Xion is…sick and-"

"I'll take it from here, Riku." Xion called from the couch, a smile creased her lips, "Yuffie, go out to your car, drive away and then spray paint the principle's office and sign your name, date and all."

"Are you insane? There's no way I'm –" her feet began to turn and her legs moved, "Hey, wait! What's going on!" she yelled as she got in her car and drove away, probably heading to the school to spray paint the principle's office.

"You didn't have to do that, Xion."

"Sorry. It's the illness." she lied.

"That's okay. Honestly, I didn't have any other way to get out of that. She doesn't really care if you're sick or not. She kind of hates you as much as you hate her." A ding came from the kitchen. "That's the soup." He plucked it off the stove and propped it up on the table. He poured into a bowl and set it next to Xion.

"AHH!"

"It's getting worse, isn't it? Can you still open your mouth?"

"Yes."

"Alright, open up." She followed his command and he gave her the soup. Xion felt weird in that vegetative state. She really hated having to be fed, like she couldn't do anything. It might be her body that was down, but it was her mind that felt the pain and the degrading way of eating.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

"Is that the people for the party?"

"What party?"

"The party you always throw when dad's away."

"Are you kidding me? I wouldn't throw a party knowing you were– well, like that." He opened the door. It was the maid again.

"Hey, Aqua, I didn't know you had a night shift."

"Yeah, well, I hope you don't mind, but I need more hours. Two friends of mine are staying over my house for an indefinite amount of time and I can barely support myself, so…"

"That's fine. Come on in."

"Aqua?" Xion asked. "Yes?" she answered. "You're friends with Ven, right?"

"Yeah."

"There's a green letter upstairs in my left drawer of the dresser, would you mind giving it to him?"

"Sure."

"Thank – AHHH!" she screamed, "AHHH! It– it's seeping into my head I–" then her mouth closed. Riku ran to her side. He watched as her eyes iced over and her pupils disappeared from sight.

Terra & Ventus

D.I. Heights' Apartment complex

"Alright." Ven said as they entered Aqua's apartment, "Know one thing and one thing only: I'm going to make your life a living hell. Just like what you did to mine. No mercy. Consider everything stripped from you and hung on the wall for every one to see. Not one ounce of happiness shall be left after I'm done with you. And if you actually do survive this, then I will forgive you, but I doubt that. I sincerely do. Now," he turns around to face the short corridor, "want a tour?"

"Okay." Ven eyed him. "Yes, Master Ven." He eyed him again, "Yes, Master Ventus."

"Good. Now, there's Aqua's room, the kitchen, my room, and this will be yours." He opened it up to a plain and white room. Not a single piece of furniture could be seen. It was all barren.

"Good. Now that you're acquainted with your room, we can start. Come on." They walk over to the living room and Ven sits down on the couch.

"Footstool."

"What?"

"You heard me." Terra crouched down on the floor as Ventus put his feet on his back. This sure wasn't the old Ventus Terra remembered. What had happened to that goofy little kid with the innocent smile he once knew? Oh wait, he happened. He couldn't have imagined what he had put his once good friend through. Revenge was sweet for Ventus now. This relationship was going to get a lot worse before it got any better. Terra's back was killing him.

"That's enough." Ventus finally said. "Now one last thing." He followed Ventus to his new room.

"Stand in the corner." He did. "Now stand still." He realized what Ventus had meant, he was holding a bat. He began to strike him with it. Painful beat after painful beat, Terra knew he deserved it.

Ven knew it was wrong. He had been craving that twisted, painful, moan from Terra he was expecting. For two years he had been waiting for a day like this, the day he would make Terra regret he had ever messed with Ven. He wanted him to cry, cry like Ventus had years ago, cry like Ventus always did, every day for two years. Not only had he lost his best friend, but he also lost his father.

But here was Terra, not saying a peep, taking all of the crap. Why did he have to ruin this moment for him? He just wanted to hear Terra cry, Terra, the tough jock he always used to look up to. Now he looked down on him, holding a bat. But what if Terra never gave him that satisfaction? Would he forgive him? Of course not, that thought had ever crossed his mind.

And then, as if by magic, Terra released a single a tear. But something in his eye, something Ven knew from being his friend once was that he never cried over pain. Never. There was another reason Terra was crying. Was it because he wanted to get out of the beating sooner? Was it because he feared he'd die from his old friend over beating him? Or was it because he really did want forgiveness? Either way, Ventus felt good. He dropped the blood-soaked bat and let it rattle to the floor as he left Terra a beat up, crying mess, piled up on the floor. Kind of the way Terra left him.

Three hours later.

There was a knocking on Terra's door. It was Aqua and she was carrying a tuber ware full of something that smelled delicious.

"Hey. I see Ven got to you."

"Yeah."

"You deserve it, you know."

"Yeah."

"And you surely don't deserve this," she pulled a chicken leg out of it and tossed it to him as if he was a dog, "Ven told me to let you starve. I told him that you'd die and then he started laughing. It was scary. I've never seen him like this. He wants to kill you. He really does. And I want to trust you. I really do, but I trust Ven more than you. And you remember what he was like before; a perfect ray of sunshine, he was pure and sweet and innocent. I just want that back."

"Believe me, I do too." She slapped him,

"Then you wouldn't have left and killed his dad you douche bag!"

"Sorry."

"You should be; Ven is practically driving himself insane thinking of ways to torture you. You scarred him deep. It's going to take awhile for those wounds to heal."

"I know," a single tear rolled down his cheek, "I know."

AR

Hey, it's 2:00 A.M and I'm tired and maybe if I had gotten a review I would be able to add some Vanitas and "Roxas's Dad" who's identity would have been shared. And I nearly killed Xion this chapter, you better be glad I didn't or everyone else would end up dead and Vanitas and well, my other villain would have won. And I don't want to live in a world were Vanitas wins. You guys know what I want :P I do reply to reviews, but there has to be reviews to reply to.