Songs of the chapter: Everybody's Fool- Evanescence, Black Black Heart- David Usher
A/N: Over 4000 views! PARTY! Now, this is the last filler chapter before we get some action and drama! I promise! This chapter is also very short because I wanted all the drama and such to be in the next chapter all together, so yeah. Hope you still enjoy it!
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Aqua and Ventus had a rather quiet departure to catch up with their friends. Neither one knew what to say. Aqua wanted to sit there and apologize about Terra, but she knew she'd be wasting her breath. Ventus wasn't mad at her; he was mad at the situation. And being a lot younger, he didn't know fully how to comprehend or convey his thoughts and feelings. Arriving in an atmosphere of peace was short lived for the two friends; when they landed at the station of Twilight Town, a large number of dusks and berserkers surrounded them.
"Ven, Nobodies! Stay sharp!" Aqua summoned a new Keyblade Master Yen Sid granted her, seeing as her other blade disappeared with Terra long ago.
"Right!" Ven swung his blade, staying close to Aqua.
As one dusk was defeated, another appeared. Luckily, only three berserkers appeared at all, so once defeated, the didn't return. Aqua slashed upwards and horizontally, eliminating one of the many enemies in the blink of an eye. She then back flipped before catching three by surprise. Ventus stayed with his back close to Aqua's as he cut through two dusks at once. As two more appeared, he impaled the one on the right first, then sliced through the one on the left, bringing them close together, before using a final slash attack.
"Well…I think that takes care of them…for now," Aqua huffed, placing her hands on her knees as she caught her breath, "It's been a while since I fought like that."
"Me…too…" Ventus disarmed his Keyblade, "Aqua, I like your new Keyblade," Ven smiled lightly.
The new blade was similar to her old one, just lighter blue and black, with a diamond shaped hilt.
"Thanks, Ven, so do I," she smiled in return.
The two only took a few steps before Ven stopped and looked to the sky.
"Look, Aqua!"
When Aqua turned to look, she didn't look at the sky, she looked to Ventus. She no longer saw the broken, depressed, lifeless 'child' that was left after his heart went to sleep. In that moment, as the sun reflected on Ven's face, Aqua felt as though she had her Ven back; the bright, cheery, optimistic and energetic boy.
"Isn't it pretty?" Ven cheered.
"Yeah, Ven…It's wonderful," she placed a hand on the boy's shoulder, "C'mon, hun, we have to hope the others haven't left yet. Let's look for everyone."
"Okay!" Ventus' vibrant blue eyes glistened as he began to run for the station heights entrance.
"Hey, wait up, silly!"
"Sora!" Sora turned around to see the Twilight Town gang entering the old mansion.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Sora wondered.
"Well, we saw you coming here, so we decided to see what's up," Hayner explained.
"Did you guys find the person you were looking for?" Pence asked.
"I'm right here, Pence," Roxas sighed.
Out of nowhere, Hayner, Pence, Olette and Roxas all felt a piercing head ache wave over them, sending them all to their knees as their brains sent in all of the memories of the times their hearts shared.
"Hey, are you guys okay?!" Riku asked as he, Sora, and the others were on their knees, looking at the four who were regaining composure.
"F-fine…" Hayner groaned, "What…what was that?"
"Roxas…" Olette sighed, "I remember…now…"
"Me too…" Pence released his head as he stood.
"I'm glad…I didn't think you guys would," Roxas grunted as he stood up.
"How could we have…forgotten?" Hayner wondered.
"Ansem the Wise did some stuff to help Sora wake up from a deep sleep. This affected Roxas because the two of them are connected," Riku explained.
"Is that why we felt odd, almost like we knew you, when you three first arrived in Twilight Town?" Olette inquired.
"Maybe…it makes sense…" Donald thought.
"Sorry about forgetting you…" Hayner hung his head as he approached his old friend, "You stupid bone head!"
"Why is everyone picking on me today?" Roxas laughed.
"Cause you're an easy target, buddy," Lea teased.
"Hey, Sora, so why are you guys here if you found Roxas anyways?" Pence wondered, tilting his head. This gained the others' attention.
"You guys…I haven't been completely honest with you, and I'm sorry. Kairi was kidnapped, again," Sora's eyes staying on his shoes out of shame.
"Oh, Sora, I'm so sorry, is there anything we can do to help?" Olette sighed, slowly approaching the teen.
"Actually," Sora lifted his gaze, "Can you three help us power up the transporters again? We're gonna look for Kairi in the alternate Twilight Town again," Sora explained.
"Sure, we can do that! C'mon!" Pence beamed.
"Well, this is it," Sora sighed, staring at the beam as it emitted the same greenish light that it did the last time he encountered it.
"C'mon everyone," Mickey motioned everyone to the teleporting area.
The group of friends all huddled under the beam of light as Pence powered up the circuit.
"Alight, now this time, bring Kairi back here with you, will ya?" Hayner sighed with a smile.
"Right," Sora grinned sheepishly.
"Good luck, you guys!" Olette waved, "Be sure to come back when you find her!"
"Will do!" Riku gave a thumbs up.
Just as the last time, a light engulfed the group, sending them to the alternate version of the sunset city.
When they first entered the metallic computer room, it appeared identical to the one they'd just left, until they saw DiZ's computer.
"Whoops…" Roxas stared at the computers and monitors…or what was left of them, remembering the incident.
"What-? Whoa, it was you who did that?" Lea raised an eyebrow, staring at the train wreck of shattered glass and flickering electricity.
"Yep."
"Guys, c'mon! Kairi needs us!" Riku pestered.
"Right!"
"The orb that led to The World That Never Was is just in the next room," Mickey explained, heading for the door; the group followed suit.
"It's still here!" Goofy cheered, happy to see the beam was still floating idly.
"Good, now let's go," Sora entered the green and black orb, knowing his friends were right behind him.
"Oh, great," Riku groaned in annoyance as multiple dusks appeared to the group's left.
"Just run, or they'll keep on coming!" Lea ordered.
"Right!" everyone yelled as they dodged the various attacks the weaker Nobodies tried to perform.
The run in the in between seemed endless, until a large light appeared before the group, turning them all blind for a moment. When their visions cleared, they were in a gloomy, dusty, place, filled with expired Keyblades; The Keyblade Graveyard.
"Excuse me," Aqua approached a young lady and two young men, probably around Sora's age.
"Oh, hello, can I-Roxas?" Olette cocked her head and raised and eyebrow, "What are you doing back here? I thought you went through with everyone else."
"Yeah, why aren't you with the others?" Hayner asked.
"Huh? My name's Ventus, call me Ven," he extended a hand.
"You look just like Roxas," she took his hand slowly and shook it, "I'm sorry, what did you need, ma'am?"
"I'm looking for some friends," Aqua explained.
"Seems a lot of people around here are, today," Pence lightly smiled.
"There names are Sora, Ri-"
"I know where they are, or where they were. They just left."
"Great," Aqua sighed, "Do you know where they went?"
"Follow us," Olette smiled.
"Thank you!" Ven followed, along with Aqua.
"No problem!" Pence cheered.
Xehanort was growing impatient with Xigbar, who was taking longer than he said he would to complete the puppet parallel to Kairi.
"Braig, you must hurry!"
"Okay, it's XIGBAR, alright you old coot? That's all I ask," Xigbar groaned.
"Enough, Xigbar, just hurry," Siax pestered.
"I'm going!"
"Aren't you the one who wanted to have this 'done by lunch'? More like we'll all die and come back first," Vanitas snickered.
"I'll let that one slide, snippy, seeing as I'm done."
This caught Xehanort's attention briefly.
"Boys, I present to you, straight out of the brain of ol' Vexen, Replairi!"
"Replairi? Are you shitting me?" Vanitas face palmed.
"You try and come up with something better then, you punk!"
"Kalica," Vanitas didn't miss a beat.
"…Screw you…" Xigbar groaned, as the puppet began to open it's eye.
Xehanort was intrigued at how identical it was to the princess, lost in the fascination momentarily, until Maleficent entered the room,
"Xehanort, when is the next plan of attack ready?" she smiled deviously.
"It would appear, now," Xehanort grinned back.
"Sir, I have sensed the presence of XIII now in the Keyblade Graveyard," Xemnas entered the room.
"Perfect."
"Xemnas, nice to see ya! Been on vacation or something?" Xigbar obnoxiously greeted.
"Hmph."
"Yeesh, nice to see you too, Superior, or should I be calling you Terra again?"
"My other half abandoned that name, along with Xehanort. I am now only the dark being of Xemnas."
"Yeah, yeah, sure," Xigbar stood from the puppet, rubbing this hands together, "So, can we get this show on the road?!"
"Let the fall of my XIII, begin," Xehanort's eyes glowed even more yellow than usual, as a dark aura surrounded him.
Okay, last filler type chapter, the next one will be up in a day or two, and will have some action, before we see some more worlds! :)