A/N: Hey guys. This chapter will finally have Ruby meeting Ventus. I thought about introducing them to each other in the previous chapter, but I didn't want to rush things. However, I think progress has been kind of slow, sorry about that. Without stalling any further I give you chapter 4. By the way Aqua and Terra just met Ventus. Also the outfit Ruby will wear is the exact outfit that I found online, so I take no credit for it. So if you wanna check the drawing out to know how Ruby looks like then look up .com RWBY-Ruby Rose-KH3 outfit.

I don't RWBY or Kingdom of Hearts.

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"I wonder how that boy lost his memories. It must be so sad to not know who you are." Aqua was talking to herself as she walked along the beach shores. She was recalling the event that occurred a few hours ago to the young boy named Ventus. Aqua looked towards the sun and noticed it would be getting dark soon. She had to return to Ventus's side to watch over him for the evening.

As she began to walk back to the castle, she noticed something red getting washed up on the shore. She jogged towards it out of curiosity, and as she got closer she was shocked to see it was a person. She kneeled next to the girl to check if she was still breathing. Luckily she was, but barely.

Aqua hurriedly picked up the girl bridal style and ran to find either Terra or Master Eraqus. She ran for a few minutes before she found both Terra and Master Eraqus.

"MASTER! I need your help," Aqua exclaimed. Master Eraqus and Terra ran towards Aqua when they noticed the small girl in Aqua's arms.

"What happened Aqua," Eraqus asked Aqua.

"I don't know. I found her washed up on the shore," she responded.

"She's in a critical state. I need to treat her immediately," Eraqus said as he took the girl in red from Aqua into his arms, and walked off.

"Is there anything we can do" Terra asked.

"Not right now, however you both can check on Ventus for now," Eraqus told them. They both nodded and made their way to where Ventus was recovering.

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A few days have past since the two youngsters have arrived on Land of Departure. Neither one has awoken from their slumber and it was beginning to worry both Aqua and Terra. The girl and Ventus stayed in separate rooms, while Terra spent most of his time watching over the girl; Aqua looked after Ventus. They didn't want to overwhelm the teenagers when they woke up so Master Eraqus was the one who assigned the rooms and who would be watching over whom.

Not once had either of the young teenagers stirred. They laid in their beds motionless. To a passerby it would appear as if they were dead.

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In Ventus Room:

Aqua sat in a chair staring at Ventus, wearing a sad look.

"Why won't you wake up Ven?" She asked him. She began to walk out of the room to take a break and grab something to eat. Suddenly Ventus began to stir and he groaned slightly. Aqua heard the groan and turned around in time to see him open his eyes.

"Master Eraqus! Terra! Ven woke up!" Excitement and joy filled Aqua.

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Meanwhile…

Terra stared intently at the young girl, while sitting on a chair next to her bed. After several moments of staring at her face he looked at the nightstand next to her bed. There, on top of the nightstand, sat a box that Terra found on the beach shore.

The day the girl arrived, Terra went to the seashore to see if there was anything that could provide insight of who the girl is and where she came from. The only thing he found was the box with a white rose on top of it. He concluded it must belong to the girl because it was at the spot where Aqua found the girl.

"Tch," he looked away from the box and closed his eyes. His worry was increasing every second. Neither youth has awaken and he had so many question he wanted answered, especially towards this young girl. To make matters worse, he wanted to open the box and find out what was inside, but he didn't want to invade the young girl's privacy.

He began to stretch his stiff muscles, when out of nowhere he hears Aqua yell his name. He quickly got up from his chair and ran next door. The sight before him brought him a wave of relief and happiness. There sitting up on the bed was Ventus.

"Hey there Ventus. How are you feeling? Do you need anything?" Terra didn't want to ask too many question in fear of Ventus hurting Ventus again.

"I see you're finally awake, Ventus," Master Eraqus said before Ventus had a chance to respond to Terra's question. Ventus turned his head to Eraqus and began to slowly get off the bed. However, when Ventus tried to walk towards Eraqus he fell to his knees. Terra was the first to react and helped Ventus back onto the bed.

"You should take it easy," Terra told Ventus.

"I concur. You need rest to regain your strength," Eraqus said. Ventus turned his head away from everyone in the room to stare out of the window. Terra stared at Ventus for a few moments before he remembered that he was looking after the little girl in red. Thinking it was best to check on her, he began to walk out the door.

"Where are you going, Terra" Eraqus asked him.

"There's something that I need to check up on at the moment. Don't worry I will be back soon" Terra replied, careful not to mention the girl in red. All three occupants watched him walk away, only Aqua and Eraqus knowing where he was going.

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"Uuuhhhh…" Ruby groaned as she slowly woke up from her deep sleep. She sat up in her bed and stretched her stiff body. When she was looking done, she looked around the room. Alarm bells were ringing in her head. She didn't recognize where she was.

She jumped off the bed, but her legs gave way and she fell hard to the floor.

"Ouch," she hissed in pain. Ruby tried to get up from the floor, but her body was too weak. Out of desperation, she began to crawl towards the door. There is no way I'm staying here. I don't know where I am and I don't know who brought me here. What if they are some evil villains planning to use me for some diabolical scheme? OMG, what if my...family is looking for me? Do I...Do I even have a...family? Ruby sat on the floor Indian-style, with a pensive look. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice the sound of the door being open.

When Terra entered the room, he was startled by the fact that the little girl was sitting in the middle of the room. He was about to approach, but he noticed the girl didn't react when he entered and she looked lost in thought. He didn't want to startle the young girl, so he waited a few moments to see if she would notice him. Unfortunately, the girl was in the same state since he entered.

Unsure of what to do, Terra decided it was best to approach her slowly. However, when he took his first step the wood floor made a creaking sound. Terra internally cringed and he looked up to see the girl staring deep into his eyes. Big silver eyes stared deeply into blue eyes.

Ruby's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a loud creak. She turned her head towards the sound and there she saw a tall young guy, although he was clearly older than her, and he was dressed quite oddly, yet it fitted him well. His hair style was peculiar as well since he had brown spiky hair that was pointing in a vertical fashion. Ruby was very wary of the stranger and began to slowly crawl backwards, away from the young man.

Terra noticed she was slowly backing away from him. He also noticed that she had a slight grimace, mostly likely pain and discomfort from not using her muscles for quite some time. When the little girl's back hit the bed, she winced for she had nowhere to go. Terra could see the fear and confusion in her eyes. He decided it'd be best to introduce himself and give her some space, so he took a few steps away from where he was standing with his hands in the air.

"Hello there, I'm Terra. Don't worry I'm not gonna harm you," he said softly to her with a warm smile, and he crouched down to a squatting position. The little girl looked at him with caution, but replied, "Hi..."

"What's your name," he asked. The little girl frowned at him and turned her head away from him, shadows covered her eyes. She bit her lip, refusing to respond and the two of them stayed in the same position for a few moments, but it felt like an eternity. Terra frowned slightly and rose up. He took a step towards her and the girl's attention returned to him. Terra could clearly see she was tense and ready to react if he tried anything.

"Don't worry, I just want to help you back on top of the bed," he told her. The little girl nodded her head. Terra picked up the girl from the floor bridal style. He noticed the girl was very tense and was avoiding looking at him. He set the girl back down on the bed. She settled herself inside the sheets.

Terra sighed and sat down on the chair he was sitting on earlier. There was complete silence in the room for several minutes until Terra heard the sound of someone's stomach growling. He looked at the girl and notice she had a bright red blush, while tightly holding her stomach.

Ruby looks up and sees that Terra has a small smile. She puffs out her cheeks and glares at him. Terra raises his eyebrows and decides to get her food. He gets up from the chair and walks toward the door, but before his hand touches the door he asks her, "Is there anything you are craving to eat?"

Ruby blushes before responding, "Nothing, except…" Terra was unsure of what she said because she was mumbling softly.

"What was that," he asked her, making direct eye contact with her.

"I said...I said I want cookies," she told him, trying to avoid staring him in the eye.

"Okay, I will be back as soon as possible," with that said, he walked out the door.

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Running through the halls, Terra was not paying attention to where he was going, therefore not noticing Aqua in front of him. He ran headlong into her and both fell on the floor, but due to Terra's reflexes, he was able reposition themselves so Aqua fell on top of him.

Terra made a small grunting sound when he hit the floor, while Aqua made a squeaking sound. When Terra opened his eyes, he was staring deep into Aqua's eyes and the both of them blushed, noticing that their faces were very close to each other.

Aqua quickly got up and began stuttering, "Ah. So...sorry Ter..Terra...I didn't see you there. He...here let me help you up." Aqua gave him her hand, which he accepted. Of course, Terra had a small pink blush.

He scratched the back of his neck as he told Aqua, "Don't worry about it. Besides it's my fault since I wasn't watching where I was going. I was in a rush to get some stuff."

"Like what," Aqua asked.

"Hmm… Oh, I was getting some food for that girl I was watching over because she finally woke up. I should get on my way and get her food. However, do you mind telling Master Eraqus that she finally woke up from her slumber," Terra told her as he began to walk away towards the kitchen.

"Of course I will. Master Eraqus will be happy to hear that she is finally awake. Oh, what's her name," Aqua asked.

"I don't know yet. She hasn't said much, which is understandable since she doesn't know who I am. She is very hesitant to trust me, but I am determine to find out more about her. Anyways, I really should get going," with that said, Terra went off running away.

"I hope you succeed Terra," aqua whispered to herself, as she held a hand to her heart.

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"UGGHHH," Ruby groaned, for the past few minutes she has been trying to remember anything about herself, but alas she couldn't. She couldn't even remember her name. She was trying really hard to remember, but everything was hazy, and if she tried too hard then she would have a horrible migraine.

"DAMMIT...why is this so frustrating," she asked as herself. She wanted to cry. However, she tried extremely hard to keep the tears from falling because that boy Terra would return soon. Ruby rubbed her eyes, but it didn't help. Her frustration became overwhelming.

"I can't stay in this bed anymore." RUby jumped off the bed, yet her body, especially her legs, was still weak so she fell roughly onto the floor.

"ARGH. I forgot my body is still weak," she shouted to herself. She tried to herself back on the bed by using the support of furniture around her, but failed. Ruby gave up and decided to lay on the floor until Terra came back to help her. After a couple of seconds, she began to cry.

"I'm so stupid...I'm useless...I'm weak…" as she whispered these words to herself, she curls her body into a small ball.

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In the room next to hers, Ventus hears a loud thud and other loud noises. Out of curiosity, he slowly got off his bed.

Ventus felt slightly weak, but his body was recovered enough, to allow him minimal movement. Therefore, Ventus was determined to find out what was making all the commotion next door. He peaked his head out the door, to check if anyone was around, luckily there wasn't, and walked towards the room next to his.

He was slightly hesitant to open the door, so he put his ear on the door to see if he could make out what was making all the noise. He heard some sobbing. The sobs he heard, encouraged to see who was in the room, so he could help the person.

When he opened the door, he was shocked to see the person on the floor. He ran to her and asked, "Hey, are you okay? Let me help you up." The person picked up her head. Ventus was shocked to see the girl's flushed face and red, puffy eyes. He crouched down to help her up, but once they made eye contact with one another, Ventus couldn't look away.

Ventus just stared at her fascinating silver eyes and she stared at his deep blue eyes. After a while of just staring at each other, Terra finally entered the room. He was surprised to see Ventus in the girl's room, and to see the girl was on the floor again. Terra had a small smirk when he saw how they were looking at each other.

"Am I interrupting something," Terra asked. Ruby was the first to break out of the trance, as she blinked a couple of times. Once she realized she was staring into this unknown guy's eyes for the past minute she blushed heavily, and made a small squeaking sound.

It took Ventus a couple of seconds to notice what was going on between him and this other girl. Ventus began to obtain a slight blush as he realized she was moving away from him.

"Heh, sorry about that...um…" Ventus still didn't know her name. He would have asked what it was, but she looked away from him, as if she was ashamed. The room was filled with an intense silence. Terra observed from the entrance, unsure how to break the uncomfortable silence.

"Excuse me, Terra" Master Eraqus tapped his shoulder. Aqua was behind their master. Master Eraqus continued when he had Terra's full attention, "Aqua tells me that the child you were looking after has finally awaken. I came to see how she was doing."

Terra stepped aside to allow Master Eraqus passage. When he entered, he was slightly surprised to see Ventus, and so was Aqua.

"Ventus? What are you doing out of bed? You are supposed to be resting," Aqua said when she saw Ventus.

"Don't fret Aqua. It appears the young Ventus came to help…" Master looked to the young girl, hoping she would say her name, but she looked towards the floor. The girl was slightly shaking, and one could see several tears falling from her face.

Master Eraqus facial features softened as he crouched down to her. He soothingly rubbed her back, as he asked, "My dear child, tell me what's distressing you?"

Ruby rubbed her eyes and tried taking a few deep breathes to calm herself down. She looked up at Eraqus and told him, "I...I don't know what's my name. I don't know where I'm from or where I am now. I don't know who my family is or if I even have any family... I don't know who I am…"

Master Eraqus rubbed his goatee and took a deep breath, "I'm sorry to hear that."

"You're just like me," Ventus exclaimed. Everyone's eyes shifted to Ventus, who just blushed a darker shade of pink. Ruby giggled and everyone's gaze shifted to her. Ventus blushed even redder, making him look like a tomato.

"Sorry," Ruby laughed. Her tears of frustration and sorrow became tears of joy. She clutched her gut. Everyone looked at her as if she had lost her sanity. It took a few moments for Ruby to compose herself. She noticed the looks they were giving her and she thought it was best to control herself. "Sorry. That was too funny and I really needed a laugh with everything going on. Not knowing who I am and waking up in unknown place where nobody knows who I am either. It's been a stressful day and I needed the gift of joy..." She said with a small blush, realizing she was rambling.

Everyone shared a small smile hearing the girl's words. "That reminds me. I think this belongs to you," Terra told the girl while holding out a box to her, "I found on the beach, near the place where Aqua first found you unconscious." Ruby rose an eyebrow at him. She was extremely confused as to why she was found on the beach unconscious. Everything was completely confusing, but she took the box from him nonetheless and opened it to see what it held inside.

In the box was a white rose, wrapped around the rose was a red ribbon and attached to the ribbon was a note. On the note, written in a pretty script, was her name and inside the note was a necklace. Her eyes were watery as she whispered out, "Ruby…" Everyone stared at her and Ventus approached her, asking, "Is that your name?"

"I think so," she said.

"I like it. It suits you well," he said to her with a big smile. He looked over her shoulders and saw the note. "You should open the note and read it."

Ruby looked up at him and nodded her head slightly. As she read the note, her eyes became watery. It read: Dear Ruby, I said it many times before but I truly am sorry. Follow your heart in times of trepidation. You are never alone for we are always with you. Love, your family.

Small tears fell onto the note and Ruby rubbed her eyes as she smiled. Eraqus decided they should leave the girl alone for awhile. He turned to his pupils and gave them a look, signifying they should take their leave. Eraqus walked up to Ventus and laid a hand to his shoulder. Ventus looked up to Eraqus and immediately understood what he wanted. They both walked out the door leaving Ruby alone.

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Ruby didn't even realize that they left. She was preoccupied with looking through the items within the box. As she looked at each item in the box an image of a person appeared in her mind. The first thing she examined was a black ribbon. An image of a pale girl with long ebony wavy hair appeared in her mind, she also had cat ear and cat-like amber eyes. The next item was a blue sash. A pale girl with white hair in a side ponytail appeared in Ruby's mind. She had ice blue eyes and a scar over her left eye. The next item she pulled out of the box was a purple bandana. The person who appeared in Ruby's mind was another pale girl with lavender eyes and long wavy blonde hair.

Ruby was unconsciously smiling as each image appeared in her head. She had no idea who they were but the image of each person filled her heart with warmth. The last thing in the box was an outfit and a medium-sized baggie filled with cookies. The cookies brought a bigger smile to Ruby's face and her stomach growled, craving to have something enter her stomach. She opened the baggie and immediately stuffed her face with the cookies. She was so happy, that she almost forgot where she was. She looked around to see if anyone was in the room so she could share a cookie, but saw nowhere there.

Ruby got some her strength back and decided to go explore. She was dressed in tattered clothing and decided she should change to other clothes. The only clothes available was the outfit in the box, so she quickly changed into the clothes. Ruby really liked the outfit. It consisted of a pair of black laced up boots that went up to her shins. The boots had two yellow buckles. With the boots, she wore a long- sleeve, light gray shirt, with dark gray long fingerless arm warmers. On top of the shirt is a black pinafore. Over the black pinafore, she wore a red short-sleeved hooded jacket over a gray and black short-sleeved jacket with the zipper open. She also has her red cape attached to the hood of the red jacket. In addition, she wore a red skirt with a large black-colored print of her rose emblem on the side of it, and the inside of her skirt is black. She wore pitch black stockings with holsters on each leg on her thigh. She chose to wear the black ribbon over her right arm warmer, the blush sash over her waist, and the purple bandana on her left leg on top of her boot. To complete her outfit she wore a sterling silver chain necklace with a rose pendant.

Once Ruby was all dressed, she poked her head outside the door to check if the coast was clear. Since she didn't see anyone she walked out the door and was about to walk down the corridor towards the stairs, but she a force pushing her towards the door next to hers. She opened the door and saw a sleeping Ventus on his bed. She would have left but his facial features portrayed that he was having a nightmare. He was also moaning in pain, as he tossed and turned in his bed.

Ruby slowly approached his bed, unsure what to do but she wanted to help him. She saw his forehead was covered in sweat. Hesitant, she whispered out his name, "Hey, Ventus." He didn't budge. Ruby's worry was growing, so with more courage she began to lightly shake him and said, "Hey. Ventus you gotta wake up. You're having a nightmare. Come on. Wake up Ventus."

Ruby was gradually shaking him harder and her voice was also raising. Eventually, Ventus began to stir from his slumber. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and quickly rose up. However, this resulted in him slamming his head into Ruby's head.

"OUCH!" they both shouted. Ruby fell on her bottom and began to sniffle, as tears threaten to fall. Ventus remained sitting up. They both were rubbing the bumps forming on their heads.

"Hey, are you okay…" Ventus trailed off unsure whether or not to call her Ruby.

"Ruby, and yeah I'm fine. Besides I should be asking if you're okay, since you're the one having nightmares and barged into your room without...permission," Ruby winced and blushed slightly. She jumped up off the floor and bowed her head in shame as she profusely apologized to Ventus.

"Don't worry about it, Besides...I entered your room without permission as well…" It was Ventus's turn to blush now.

The room was filled with awkward silence and Ruby shattered it by unceremoniously asking, "So, what were you dreaming about?"

Ventus was surprised and felt ashamed by the question. Ventus didn't want to tell a stranger what he was dreaming about so he told Ruby, "It was nothing…"

Ruby felt dumb for asking a person who doesn't her a question so personal, yet she could he felt distraught by the dream. She knew he wasn't going to tell about the nightmare anytime soon, but she wanted to make him feel better. She remembered she had cookies in her pocket, so she got them out and handed one to Ventus.

"Here you go. They're really good, I promise," she told him with a huge smile. He looked slightly hesitant, nevertheless he took it from her and ate it.

"Mmmm. These are really good," he told her, as a small smile appeared on his face.

"Here, would like to share the rest of these cookies," she asked him, holding up the baggie filled with cookies.

He nodded his head responding, "Yeah I would like that."

Ruby pulled up a chair next to his bed and they partook of her cookies. The silence between them was slightly awkward so Ruby broke it again, by asking, "Hey...remember how earlier today you said, 'you are just like me' what did you mean by that."

"Huh...Oh yeah, I meant that you don't have any memories about yourself...just like me." Ventus scratched his head. Ruby was unsure of what to say. However, as she finally thought of something to say, a knock interrupted them. Aqua entered the room and was shocked to see Ruby in the room.

"What are you doing here…"

"Ruby. My name is Ruby and I was just talking to Ventus."

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Ruby, my name is Aqua. I'm sorry for interrupting but Ruby you should return to your room. Terra will be coming soon and he will be worried if he doesn't see you in your room."

"Okay! Bye Ventus. Bye Aqua. See you guys later." As Ruby went to her room, she came across Terra. "Oh hey you must be Terra, my name is Ruby," she told him with a smile.

"Hello Ruby...what are you doing outside of your room. You should be resting," Terra told the young girl.

"I was talking to Ventus," she responded, scratching the back of her head.

"I brought you dinner," Terra said.

"Thank you, but I already ate a bunch of chocolate chip cookies and I'm kind of tired," she said with a yawn.

"Alright, I'll take my leave. If you need anything don't hesitate to ask. Goodnight Ruby."

"Goodnight Terra."

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As everyone laid in bed, one final thought entered their mind before they fell into a deep slumber…

Who is Ruby and where did she get her outfit?