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Ch.10 Separation

All four of us stood around the edge of the ring, Keyblades at the ready while the Unversed, the Trinity Armor, looked at all of us. Then its body turned dark and it brought its arms in before firing a large beam. It spun around in a circle to hit all of us, and we had to dodge, slide and cartwheel around the edge of the rings to avoid any damage. Once it stopped I charged forward, casting Blizzaga and following it with Blitz, targeting the legs. The ice crystals cut it multiples time and covered the cuts in ice, which shattered into razor shards when I hit it three times with Blitz.

Then the Armor groaned split apart, turning into four separate pieces. The head shot upward like a rocket into the sky, but the arms, legs and wings remained on the ground. Terra went after the legs, Aqua the arms, while Ven and I attacked the wings. I used Spark Raid again and threw my Keyblade, the length of it covered in electricity. When it hit the electricity traveled throughout its body, causing to jerk and spasm before Ven cast Tornado, catching and spinning it a twister of F5 level wind.

Meanwhile Terra used Sonic Blade and charged the legs back and forth while Aqua fired on the arms with Triple Firaga. The head stayed firmly out of reach, but the other three parts moved to the edge of the ring and fired beams that hit each other in the center, and slowly moved around the edge to try and hit us. The four of us kept running to avoid it, and Ven said "We need something big to knock this thing off its game. What do you think?" I thought about it and tried to come up with a plan, but then an idea hit me.

"Tell me, what Shotlock do you have equipped right now?" I asked. "Absolute Zero, why?" he replied. Without answering I called "Terra, what Shotlock do you have?" "Thunderstorm!" he called, and when I asked Aqua the same thing she said Flame Salvo I smiled. "Everyone, use your Shotlocks all at once!" They nodded, and all four of us focused for a moment before firing. All three of their elemental attacks hit the pieces while my Meteor Shower dealt non-elemental damage.

The combined assault destroyed the legs and halfway killed the wings, the other half done when we managed to fire at it some extra barrages. When that happened the arm and head came back together, charging for a second before unleashing its huge beam attack again. It spun around and then it seemed to focus on me, keeping the beam near me and aiming at me as I tried to run. "Give me a break!" I called, continuously cart-wheeling to avoid being hit.

Terra did just that and used Firaga, hit the Trinity Armor on the back of the head. It stopped and turned to look at him, and that gave me enough time to run up and cast Mine Square. The magical explosives hit it as soon as they were laid, and the Armor groaned in annoyance. It split apart again and he two remaining pieces began spinning around, firing laser in random directions. A barrage of them hit me, forcing me to cast Curaga and heal myself.

Ven cast Tornado again, but this time around the wind didn't affect them, but Aqua had other ideas and cast Triple Firaga. The trio of fireballs hit the twister and caused it to catch fire, and abruptly Ven's tornado turned into a flaming tornado. The sweltering heat hit the arms and caught it in its embrace, Terra turning the heat up further with his own Firaga. I used Mine Square again, the explosions adding to the heat further, and the metal of the arms actually began melting.

Then once the wind faded Aqua used Triple Blizzaga, while Ven used Freeze Raid, Terra used Blizzara and I cast Blizzaga. After the heat of the burning tornado caused the metal of expand, the freezing cold from all four of our spells made it contract, and the arms shattered like a broken vase. Now it was just the head, and it realized that too. It kept spinning, only this time fireballs shot out instead of lasers.

It didn't let up, immediately firing its large beam and going back to lasers right after. Now that the head was on its own it was in no mood to die, and fought so hard there was no chance for us to hit it back. It continued like this for a while, until Terra called "We need to do something before this gets worse. Now!" We kept running until Ven called "I got it! Guys, what are you most powerful moves you have with you right now?" Terra said Sonic Blade, Aqua said Triple Firaga, and I called Spark Raid.

He was silent for a moment before smiling, saying "Aqua, use Triple Firaga on Terra! Terra, once it hits you use Sonic Blade!" They, and I, looked at Ven like he was crazy but nodded and Aqua shot a trio of fireballs at him. When he charged at the armor the fire wrapped around him, and Ven used Tornado to pick Terra up and lift him into the air. "Dexal, charge up Spark Raid and give your Keyblade to Terra!" I nodded and did so, electricity crackling along its length as I jumped and handed Terra my blade.

Now he had two Keyblades, one wrapped in fire and the others in lightning, with gale-force wind swirling around him. The tornado moved until the armor was right in the eye of it, and Terra jumped down and hit it with both blades, fire, wind and lighting hitting it all at once. The armor slammed down onto the ground and Terra tossed me my Keyblade. Ready for one final strike, we all charged forward. Aqua called "Terra!" who said my name. I called out "Guys, now!" and Ven said "Got it!"

Aqua jumped and gave it a huge horizontal slash, while Terra, Ven and I hit it with three attacks all at once. The armor groaned and we all landed on our feet. It fell to the ground and smoldered, burning and melting away into darkness. I smiled in victory, and once it was gone we ran up to each other. "Got 'em," Terra said, and I added "Like clockwork." "We make a great team," Aqua told us, and Ven said "Sure do!"

Then he pulled something out of his pocket and said "Oh yeah! I got you these tickets!" once he pulled them out my eyes widened, and Aqua asked my question for me by saying "What are they?" "Lifetime passes to Disneytown. He said… he to take two grown-ups," Ven said. "You mean us?" Aqua asked, and she and Terra laughed. "What about you Dexal? You get a card?" Terra asked. I smiled and pulled it out. "Yup, I'm grown up enough to have gotten mine before you two."

We all laughed, but then it faded and Aqua said "Listen Ven, we need to get you home." "Don't worry Aqua, that guy in the mask is history. He'll never bad-mouth Terra again," Ven said confidently. Terra and I both gasped, put our hand on his shoulders. "You saw the boy in the mask?" we both asked at the same time. He looked at us, and hesitantly replied "Yes?" I scowled, and Terra said "Vanitas…" We pulled back, and Terra said "Ven, you let Aqua take you home." "This is too dangerous for you," I added.

"No way! I want to go with you guys," he said. "You can't. We have a dangerous task ahead of us," Terra said. I blinked and looked at him. "What are you talking about?" I asked. "What exactly is this dangerous task Terra?" Aqua asked. "It doesn't sound like what the Master told us to do." "It might be a different route, but I'm fighting the darkness," he assured us. "I'm not sure. I've been to the same worlds as you and, I've seen what you've done. You shouldn't put yourself so close to the darkness Terra." I nodded in agreement.

"Listen to yourselves guys! Terra would never-" Ven began, but then Terra said "You mean you've been spying on me?" I froze. "Is that what he said to do? The Master's orders?" Terra asked, beginning to anger. "He was just…" Aqua said, and I said "We were only…" "Guys…" Ven said sadly. "I get it," Terra said, now definitely angered. He turned and began to walk off, and when Ven tried to stop him he yelled "Just stay put! I'm on my own now, all right?"

"Terra, please listen! The Master has no reason to distrust you, really! He was just worried!" Aqua called after him. But he didn't say anything, and left. "You're awful guys," Ven said, and lowered my head. "So now you know the truth. But the Master loves Terra, and you know that too," Aqua said. "Were you also ordered to take me home?" he asked, and now Aqua lowered her head as well. "Aqua, Deiru, now that you've become Keyblade Master, you guys have let it go to your heads," he told us. He said "I'm gonna go find Terra," and ran off.

I pulled out my Wayfinder and looked at it, the red metal glinting in the sun. Aqua looked at hers and said "Terra… Ven…" I looked over and placed a hand on her shoulder. "We'll fix this. Trust me," I reassured her. She smiled sadly and I did too. "I'm going to look for Terra as well," I said, and ran off.

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After that incident I left to end up in the aqueducts, but I was unsure of where to go. I had to figure out where Terra went, but in truth I had no idea where he had gone. Deciding to back the way I came, I left the Aqueducts and tried to make my way back to the town square. As I passed through the market I saw an old man with a long beard that reached his feet, a blue robe and hat. I didn't know him, but when he saw me he said "And here's guest number 4. Good grief, so many guests all on the same day."

I looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" I said. "No need to ask, I already know. If you wish to awaken the powers within you is on the shelf, just inside," the old man said, before turning and walking into his house. Confused to no end I walked inside, finding the wizard sitting by a table reading a book. I looked around until I saw one on a shelf, which I walked over to and opened.

When I did there was a bright light, and images flashed in front of me. A bear eating honey from a jar, a tiger bouncing on its own tail, those two and a group of other animals walking through a field to a hill where in sight was a huge moon. The images faded, and I felt my mind had expanded, things now in sharper focus. "Interesting," I said, and the wizard at the table nodded. "A truly strange book, and I am most fascinated by it. But you may feel free to keep looking if you desire."

"I'm done, but I have one question. You said that I was the fourth guest you had. Who were the other three?" "Well, first there was a young man with dark hair, the one who gave me the book after he thought I dropped it. Second was a younger boy with spiky blonde hair, followed by a young blue-haired woman who appeared shortly before you did," the old man told me. My eyes widened; that sounded like Terra, Ven and Aqua." "Do you have any idea where any of them went?" I asked.

"Both of the young men left a while ago, but I believe I saw the woman going in the direction of the town square." I thanked the man for telling me and ran out, intent on finding Aqua. I reached the square, but when I did I froze. Aqua was standing in the center talking to someone, who I saw to my anger was Vanitas. "I'll be asking the questions here," he said. "I mean after all, why shouldn't I? Of the two of us..." he drew his Keyblade. "I'm the only one that's walking out of here alive."

Aqua glared at him and drew hers, saying "Guess again!" "Vanitas!" I called, summoning my weapon to stand beside Aqua. "Dexal, so glad to see you," he said sarcastically. "Great, the more of you there are the more pain I get to deal." I growled and tightened my grip on my Keyblade, just as he charged forward.

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Ah, here's the beginning of another battle, Aqua & Dexal vs. Vanitas! Stay tuned to see more!

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