Author's Comment: Konbanwa! I'm sorry for a late update. From now on, my goal is to finish this story till the end. You guys don't mind if it's long right?
Vanitas: I mind!
Ventus: Yeah!
Author: 3: Assholes.
Ventus: Well, it depends actually. As long as you don't make this story end tragically.
Author: You have my word! No sad endings!
Vanitas: -shrug- Right, now go on with the story!
Ventus: And leave reviews!
{ Chapter 7 – Warmth ;
He ran towards his loved with with Xion's hand attached to his. The blonde ran with her and skipped from ground to ground that were suddenly crumbling down. Xion let out a scream of fear as Ventus held her close and ran as fast as he could towards the beautiful Vocaloid and her company. He leaped from one plate to another until he finally landed next to the man that was trying to revive Miku.
"How is she?" the blonde asked, throwing all the introductions aside.
The man looked up as Ventus puts a frightened Xion down gently, he smiled slightly, feeling warmth coming from the boy. He stood up and Xion watched as the locks of his blue hair were wiped out of his eyes. He looked so calm and gently at first, but Ventus realized that his eyes were showing how panicked he is deep inside.
"She's alright, she's surviving because of…" he replied as he looked up at the top of the tower.
Ventus watched the direction of the man's eyes and sighed to himself. He reached into his pockets and took out the starshard that's been glowing for a while now. The blond closed his eyes and focused. How can he stop Vanitas? How can he stop someone who's giving their all to…
Miku needs to wake up.
The Vocaloid didn't even budge one bit. The man sat down next to her once again and rests his palm on her chest, trying to focus all of his powers to revive her. He started to sweat in frustration—Ventus knew then that he's starting to get weak. He looked up at Vanitas whose eyes were fluttering and didn't even notice his own presence.
Miku started to breathe. The man started to give up and his hands were shaking. The ground was crumbling even faster.
"Every heart doesn't know what to do when they're torn between the choice of giving up or not to give up," the man said softly and hoarsely, his smile starting to fade and turning into a frown. He started to pant.
Xion's watching the whole scene and started to get even more scared. She put her hands together in a sign of prayer and held it close to herself. Please, please help us…
The black haired girl slowly closes her eyes and cleared her thoughts, making the fear that she feels disappear. She started to pray to the distant million stars.
"Who are you, really?" Ventus asked quietly.
The man smiled once again. "I'm Kaito…" He replied and bow his head down in respect. "Miku's my lover."
Ventus smiled deep inside, he knew there was hope! "Wake her up," he said simple.
Kaito started at him with confusion. "How's that possible? She's too weak to even open her eyes."
He started to climb from the tower. "If she hears your voice, then she'll wake up. It's all for love, Kaito."
"Where are you going?" the man asks worriedly.
"To stop this world from fading," he said as he quickly climbs in inexplicable speed.
Xion continued praying and sat next to Miku who was breathing heavily. Kaito sat down next to Xion then started to shake his lover gently.
"Miku, wake up please…" he said softly. "We need you."
Silence filled the world. A beep was heard on the megaphone as Ventus finally reaches to top of the tower where Vanitas is.
"K-Kaito-kun…"
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Ventus drops when he finally faces the raven haired boy who's half fading. Vanitas slowly looked up and smiled weakly. "Is he gone…?"
Tears started to fill his eyes and clings unto Vanitas' shoulders as if his life depended on it. "Y-You're such an ass!" he cried. "W-Why… You knew…"
His enemylaughed weakly. "Hey… If it was the only way to help Xion and you defeat the joker… It's—" he coughs. "I-It's completely fine…"
He shook his head viciously. "NO! It's not okay! Vanitas, you knew you were going to disappear! I don't want you to! I told you not to leave me!"
Vanitas sighed. "I won't leave you…" he said quetly. "I don't want to leave you…" he paused and thought very deeply.
"…but I don't want you getting hurt either. Not in front of my eyes, not if I'm around. I don't want anything bad happening to you. I only I can do those things. I only I c—" then he falls down like an empty body, Ventus was there to catch him just in time.
"V-Vanitas…?" Ventus choked his words, tears started to fall down his cheeks as he shook the boy's frail body. There was no response.
Vanitas started to turn pale, and he looked so peaceful that way, but Ventus didn't want that. That meant that he was never going to wake up, ever again. No, he doesn't want that. They just wanted to eat something because of this unexpected change. Now he's about to lose the person that only understands him because everything's different. No. He can't leave. He can't leave just like that.
Ventus screamed in grief and cried. Holding Vanitas close to him. He started to become pensive of his enemy. Why is he started to think of him differently?
He started to remember how they were before. He wanted to merge with Ventus so that the keyblade will form. He started to remember that Vanitas wanted to kill him so bad.
But he had a change of heart. And pain of guilt started to strike through Ventus' heart. He also wanted to give each other another chance.
He screamed Vanitas name over and over again, even if he knew the boy won't respond. The star started to glow from his pockets and Ventus stopped crying for a moment and took it out. Letting it shine and direct the light straight through Vanitas' heart.
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She was finally awake, and tears of joy filled Xion and Kaito's eyes. The Vocaloid stood up as quick as she can and flew towards the crying boy and the strong light that was shining through Vanitas' heart. Miku smiled, and patted Ventus' head.
"He'll be fine," she said with a hopefully smile. The blonde boy looked up, his eyes were all cried out and sparkly from the tears that were falling from his cheeks. Miku sat down next to him and played with Vanitas' hair.
"He was willing to give up everything for your freedom," she told Ventus who was quietly listening, watching as she caress Vanitas' face. "He said he just wanted you to be happy this time."
The blonde cried and hiccups. He gave a small pout at the now sleeping Vanitas. "Stupid… It won't be the same without you now…"
Miku looked at Ventus. "Do you like him?"
A blush creeped over Ventus' cheeks from the sudden question. "W-Why are you asking me that all of a sudden!"
She chuckled. "No boy ever cries that way when they lose a good friend."
There was no point hiding how the blonde boy truly felt. Ventus smiled to himself and stared at Vanitas.
"There's no use hiding it now, huh?" he said to himself. "The truth is, I really like him."
"He might be mean, and annoying. But he's wise. He's really nice deep inside and very caring…" he said quietly. When he looked at Miku to ask about Kaito, she was no longer there, but he looked back down to see two pair of golden eyes stare back at him.
"Deep inside, I'm really nice and very caring?" he asked the blonde boy who was blushing like crazy.
"Y-You heard that?" he asked loudly which made Vanitas twitch.
"No," he said sarcasticly. "I heard a very stupid boy confess his true feelings about this very cool guy."
"STUPID!" Ventus screamed through his ears.
Vanitas laughed softly and snuggled through Ventus' chest. They stayed still there for a moment until Vanitas closed his eyes once again.
"You're warm…" he said out of nowhere. The blonde nodded. "You're warm too," he replied, hugging the other boy.
"I'm sorry," Vanitas apologized quickly. Ventus blinked and raised his brows, "For what?"
"For making you worry, and leaving you just like that."
"It's alright… You're here now, that's all that matters."
"Did he really… you know…"
Ventus blinked twice. "Who's he?"
"Axel."
The blonde boy shivered from the thought of the joker. He silenced for a moment and paused before he let out a big sigh. "Yeah… He really did."
"Why didn't you fight back?"
"He had the starshard."
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Miku jumps back to her place next to Kaito where he and Xion finish their chatting. The blue haired man looked down to his lover, since he was taller, then to Xion who was trying her best to smile inspite of losing the one she truly love and she never got to tell how she truly felt.
"Do you wish he'd return?" Miku asked softly to the young one.
Xion nodded, holding back her tears because she knew the pain would be unbearable.
Kaito smiled sadly, and Miku walked towards the young girl who covered her eyes with her hands to prevent herself from crying. The Vocaloid held her close to her chest then Xion started to cry hard once again.
"I didn't get to tell him I love him!" she screamed.
Miku closed her eyes in sadness and cried also, feeling the grief and pain that the girl is also. She tightened her grip and comforted her, giving her strength and warmth. This world was cold enough for old of them.
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Vanitas stood up slowly with Ventus' support. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asked softly.
"God, Ventus, you've asked me that for the 10 millionth time. Yes, I'm okay. Chill your beejezuus," he growled to the blonde.
Ventus' releases the scowling boy and grabbed his key blade that was darted at the top of the tower, once he got a hold of it. It disappears from synchronization. After that he started spacing out and looked at the sky then down to the deformed land that this Cyber World turned out to be. Vanitas sighed to himself then tugged Ventus' shirt.
"Is there a way to put everything back to how they are?" he asked the blonde boy softly as he looked at Xion crying her heart out on Miku.
The blonde boy thought for a while and closed his eyes, frustrated. What should he do? He's too weak, everyone was weak. When the joker disappeared, the control of capability to keep the world into balance started to vanish. Miku was only starting to get her powers back. The starshard disappeared all of a sudden.
It was all up to him and Miku.
But he doesn't know what to do.
Vanitas out of nowhere, held his hands for supoort. He looked up to a pair of golden eyes and smiled slightly.
"You're not alone," he said, looking away.
Ventus chuckled and held his hands in return. "I know."
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The two boys finally reached the bottom of the tower where the rest of the gang were at. Xion finally stopped crying but her eyes were so puffy and red that she still has herself buried in the Vocaloid's chest, not wanting the boys to see her crying.
"Is she okay?" Ventus said, acting as if he didn't see anything earlier along with Vanitas.
Miku nodded and flashed a smile to the two boys. "Ventus,"
He looked up to the beautiful woman smiling straight at him. "Can you do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"Help me restore my world back to how they are."
"I don't know how though—"
"Are you really that blank headed right now, Ven?" the black haired boy smacked his head. Then Ventus looked down sadly.
"Yeah. I am. I don't know what to do. I don't want to disappear."
"You're not going to disappear. I won't let that happen, you just have to believe that you can do it. You're not alone."
Ventus remembered what he said earlier and he smiled. Vanitas did so much for him, and it was his turn to repay him. He tippy toed and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you."
Vanitas panicked as his face started to turn faded pink. It took him a while to realize what just happened, and when he did, he took a step back away from the blonde boy.
"W-What, what—what was that for?" he screamed.
The boy, obvlious, to the answer waitied until Ventus laughed. "I just said thank you didn't I?"
"I WILL KILL YOU. Damnit."
Kaito watched as Vanitas screamed to Ventus' ears and grinned. He walked towards Miku who was patting Xion, she now stopped hiccupping. The black haired girl rubs her eyes then looked up to the two. "Will you help us?"
Kaito and Miku looked at each other and nodded. "We need to restore our world anyway. I want my people to know how sorry I am."
"Ventus. Vanitas."
The two boys stopped arguing and looked at them.
"Shall we start?"
"I don't know how though—" Ventus said.
"Don't worry about it," Miku laughed softly. "You just have to lend us your starshard. It's not a big deal."
Ventus nodded hesitantly, "I don't know where it is though…" he answered quietly.
Vanitas flinched in pain as he grabbed his chest tightly. He drops to the ground and everyone turns to him, and started to panic. The blonde boy dropped next to him and supported him. "What's wrong Vanitas?" he asked worriedly.
The boy smirked painfully, "I'm alright," he said then flinched once again. "Y-You'll find that starshard soon. I'm just t-tired Ven…"
Just then, Vanitas started to fade slowly. He squints his eyes in pain and held unto his chest more tightly, trying his best to breathe. What's happening to me? Vanitas thought to himself. Did I—use all of my powers…? He thought.
Then he passed out on Ventus. His figure was still fading.
"We need to find that shard, and quick," Miku said as she started to glow.
Ventus started to cry once again. "Don't… Don't leave me… Hang in there please…"
He held the boy's hand then his eyes widened. The boy's body was empty as a shell. Just like what happened when he and Vanitas were fighting over the keyblade. Just like Terra and Aqua…
There was no warmth in him.
A.C: I wonder what will happen to Vanitas. Will he die like Terra and Aqua? Hmmm. Even I don't know what will happen! Haha, see you till next time!
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