Chapter Nine: Neverland
He flew swiftly through the lane between, glad that his mission was near complete. It was apparently but one world left for him to visit. As he landed, he seemed to be someplace high. On a mountain, perhaps? There was lots of nature around him, trees, grass and what not. This was his time to say something, which had become like a catchphrase: "Ironic, Another forest… Hrhm, I really need to stop saying that line!" he said laughingly. But yet, it was not exactly correct. It was a mountain range, with grass and trees on it, thus not exactly a forest. He walked around, and saw a young man in green clothes flying around. He was surprised, that this person looked like a human, and as far as his knowledge went, humans can't fly. There must be a reason to it that gives him the ability to do so. "Hellooooooo!" Brenden shouted towards the youngster, hoping he would come down. It was good, because the boy flew down and landed in front of him. "Who are you? I've never seen you here before!" said the boy excitedly. This was a somewhat older boy, but he was rather cheerful and childish looking. "I'm Brenden… I'm new here." He answered. There was still a pledge to never tell anyone on a different world that there were other worlds out there. "Did you see… Any strange creatures, or monsters around?" Brenden asked, referring to the Unversed. The boy nodded and introduced himself: "Yeah, I did! I'm Peter Pan, nice to meet you. I see the monsters almost every day, luckily they don't get their paws on me." Brenden rubbed his chin, wondering what to do next. "So… Can you guide me to the place they come most? I can get rid of those monsters. They're called Unversed." He asked and explained. Peter Pan looked at Brenden and spoke: "Unversed, huh? Sure, I'll bring ya. Follow me." Came the reply. Following the boy named Peter Pan, Brenden passed through the world, seeing more high spots, trees and nature. There weren't any Unversed around, apparently. There had to be Someone causing the Unversed to get here. Unversed were creatures made out of negative feelings and emotions, but there had to be some other source. He ended up in a type of cave, and Peter Pan called it the Skull Rock. Most likely due to the shape being similar to a skull. There were Unversed walking around inside, as he summoned his keyblade. Peter Pan flew at them and swiped with a knife, as Brenden thought: "Idiot…" with him barging in. They were different looking ones, big, small, all kinds of Unversed. Some type of totem-pole Unversed hopped in front of Brenden, as it seemed to consist out of three parts. One of them breathed fire, another one spit out ice and the top one seemed to generate lightning. Swiftly sliding behind them, he slashed through it. Then there were types of gorilla unversed. They smacked the ground, as the earth shattered and bursted upward. Jumping to the side and planting a hand on the floor to prevent from falling, he stood on his feet again. With a summersault, he slashed downward, as the Unversed were now gone. "You're quite strong!" Peter Pan complimented. "Hey… Can you take care of Captain Hook? He's evil and mean." Peter Pan requested. Brenden nodded and said to himself: "This must be the source of negativity forming the unversed, this Captain Hook person. Alright, I'll find him and deal with the guy." Speaking about the Devil, a person with the hat of a pirate captain came walking in. He had long, black, curling hair and a mustache on, along with a set of red clothing. "Captain Hook! What do you want?" Peter Pan asked. "Why I'm here to steal your treasures, boy!" spoke Hook. Brenden, with keyblade in hand, pointed it towards Captain Hook, saying: "You're gonna have to get through Me first!" as he charged towards the captain. He pulled out a rapier, and started thrusting it forward multiple times. Accurately and agilely avoiding them, Brenden slid towards the wide-open side of Captain Hook, and smacked him with his Keyblade. Captain Hook dropped down and said: "P-please, spare me!" Brenden let out a sigh and said: "Is this a child's game? He's weaker than I expected, Peter Pan. I've dealt with the problem, I'll be going now…" he spoke, as he walked off, going all the way back from the path he took to get here with Peter Pan. A few minutes later, he was back at the Three-way space. There was the path he came from, leading to Skull rock, the path he came by to get to this spot, and a path in the middle, which he hadn't taken yet. Going through that path, he arrived in a type of tent-camp. There was also a fairly large totem pole around. Walking to the middle of the empty space, he heard a voice spread from nearby. "I didn't expect You to be here…" This voice was familiar. One whom he had fought before: Vanitas! Looking around, Vanitas suddenly appeared a few meters in front of him. Summoning his keyblade, he stared at Vanitas which was already armed. "Well, then. Let's settle this, right Now!" Vanitas shouted, declaring war. Both of them ran at each other, as they pushed forward, each others keyblades clashing. Brenden pushed forth, with flames growing around his body and his keyblade, as Vanitas did the same, with Darkness. Both of them jumping backward, followed by a ball of flames each, one of darkness and one of normal flames from Brenden. They collided and exploded, spreading out a large amount of fire, as he charged through, shrouded in his own magical flames, then trying to shoulder tackle Vanitas. Getting hit, he was pushed back, as Brenden threw his Keyblade at him. It swung sidewards, in circular motions, as Vanitas countered it and threw it back at Brenden. He didn't expect a counter, and Vanitas saw a blank spot. He slashed against Brenden's belly, as he made half a flip forward, then swiftly strung a second hit to it, a flat and hard blow with his Keyblade against Brenden's back. Crashing into the ground, a wave of dust spread. Vanitas took a few small steps back, and laughed. "You're still… 100 years to early!" he shouted out. Letting out a cough, Brenden helped himself up and stood on his feet again. He stretched his left arm, as an aura of light and darkness spread around him, each perfectly in balance. There it was, the darkness forming his Second keyblade, with success! Vanitas's eyes widened, as he yelled out: "No, not gonna happen another time!" Vanitas charged at full speed, but the forming was complete. He aligned his keyblades, and slashed towards Vanitas horizontally, landing a clean hit. Suddenly, as Vanitas leaped backward, he heard footsteps. A voice came from behind him, as he spun his head 90 degrees. It was Aqua. "Aqua?" he said in surprise, with his second keyblade exposed. Aqua saw the dark and light aura around him, along with the second keyblade of darkness. "Brenden, you… It doesn't matter, get out of here and continue to the last location! Terra and Ventus… They're gonna be there." She explained, as Brenden nodded, flying off on his keyblade. That's when he lastly saw Aqua, continuing the fight with Vanitas. (End of Chapter Nine: Neverland)