AN: When I started this I had no intention of adding any humor, yet when I was trying to figure out how Ven would find Vanitas humor came to mind. Hopefully you don't mind a spice of humor.

After Aqua had left him Ven decided that if they would not let him help them out, then he would work on fixing the problem that he could. He needed to see Vanitas again. He knew that it was safer to just leave him be, but he still wanted to try and find the goodness deep within his eyes. Besides who knows who else might get hurt if he didn't do anything. The problem was that Ventus had no idea how to find Vanitas. It had always been Vanitas coming to him, not the other way around.

He checked some places blindly since he had no real info to go on. What did he even know about the guy besides the fact that he wielded darkness and liked kinky sex? It wasn't like Ven knew the location of any brothels. He returned to the world's he had previously visited and asked if anyone had seen him. Of course no one had.

Then a thought struck him. The guy was a fighter, so maybe he would be honing his skills at the Coliseum. Ven signed up and set about battling. The battles began easy enough, shooting barrels within a certain amount of time, killing some enlarged flies. Then things picked up with handfuls of unversed and heartless at once. Finally, he made his way to the semi-finals. Contestants had to wait behind the scenes while the rest of the contestants were weeded out. There was only one other contestant already chosen. The boy had black hair and a friendly face.

"Hey there," he called waving Ven over. "So you made it too? You must have some nice moves. I'm Zack by the way."

"Nice to meet you. You can call me Ven. You haven't seen a boy about our age wearing a black and red body suit and a helmet have you?"

"Can't say I have. I don't mean to pry but why are you looking for this guy? Is he a friend of yours?"

"Not even close."

"Woah, you guys aren't, well you know."

"What are you talking about?"

"Are you dating this guy?"

"No!" Ven cried automatically. Where had he gotten that idea?

"Hmm…" Zack scrutinized him. "I can see why you'd be taken, you're a pretty nice catch."

"Wait, what? What are you talking about." Ven blushed. "I am a guy you know."

"I know. So." Zack gave him a blank stare as if he were an idiot.

"Anyway, we aren't dating."

"So you are single then?"

"Um…"

"Wanna date me then?"

"What?"

"Do you wanna date me?"

"We just met, so no."

"Aw, come on. You know I'm strong," here he stood flaunting his muscles, "since I made it here and you obviously thought I was worthwhile since you decided to talk to me."

"How could I have refused with you calling me over so enthusiastically?" They both laughed.

"You're not have bad Ven. Too bad we will probably have to fight in the finals."

"Yeah."

It turned out that only one more finalist was chosen. Zack was called to fight him and won easily. It was down to just the two of them. Ven was disappointed that he hadn't found Vanitas, but his pride wouldn't let him drop from the tournament. They entered the ring shaking hands before taking battle stances. The alarm sounded and they dashed at each other. Sword and keyblade hit repeatedly in a stronghold. Jumping to the side Ventus shot a firaga knocking Zack out of his guarded stance. While he was still shaken Ven performed a cyclone attacked striking him with fast slashes. Zack was harmed, but he still retaliated. Ven barley dodged a strike to his cheek. Yet again their blades clashed shaking from the impact. They called each other's names focusing all their energy into pushing forward. After what felt like forever, Zack was pushed back. Noticing, Ven took the advantage pushing his keyblade at an angle resulting in Zack's sword falling from his grip.

"Got cha," he said smiling.

"Well that's life." Zack shrugged. "You did good. My previous offer is still on the table."

Ven took note of the glim in his eye. He was amazed at how fast they had become friends. "You wanna know a secret? Me and that guy aren't dating…yet."

"That hurts. You would pick him over me?" They both laughed. "Well, Ven, I'll see ya."

"Yeah see ya."

That had been a nice adventure, but it had not brought him anywhere closer to his goals. Out of options Ven resorted to heading back to the Keyblade Graveyard. The place unnerved him since it had almost been his graveyard. Regardless, he figured that it was as likely a place to find Vanitas as any. Seeing no sign of him Ventus gave up.

"Where the hell are you Vanitas? Vanitas!" He yelled loudly throwing his arms up in irritation.

"You called maggot?" came a voice behind him. Ventus signed in relief. Now he just needed to figure out how to handle the situation.