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Aqua woke up. "Gosh, I'm glad you're okay." Aqua got up and saw Mickey and Nia looking at her. "Ven!" Aqua said. She noticed Ventus standing in the distance with his head down. "Oh, thank goodness."Aqua said. She and Nia ran up to him. Nia noticed that Ventus was carrying a weird sword but she didn't care! She had her friend back. "Ven?" Nia putting a hand on his shoulder. "You all right?"
Ventus looked at them and Nia jumped back. Ventus had yellow eyes and was smiling evilly. "Ventus" aimed the X-blade at Aqua. Mickey managed to block it just in time. "That's not Ven!" Mickey said. "Correct." "Ventus" said. His voice sounded like a mix between Vanitas's and Ven's. Ventus's armor changed to the dark suit that Vanitas wore. It was clear the Vanitas was controlling Ventus.
"His heart has become a part of mine now." Ventus-Vanitas said. He held up the X-blade. "This X-blade will open a door. One that leads to all worlds! Then, Keyblade warriors will run here from each and everyone one of them, to battle for the light within Kingdom Hearts!" Ventus-Vanitas looked up at the heart shaped moon. "And just like the legend says, the Keyblade War will begin!"
"Shut up!" Aqua said. "I'm sick of your nonsense!" Nia nodded in agreement. "Give Ven his heart back!" Ventus-Vanitas was faster and more powerful now. He quickly stuck the X-blade in front of him and zoomed around the area. Aqua put up a protective barrier big enough for her, Nia, and Mickey. "Pathetic!" Ventus-Vanitas said. He teleported above them and slammed the X-blade on the barrier. It broke and knocked all three Keyblade wielders back.
Ventus-Vanitas grinned and jumped into the air. "Suffer!" he said shooting lightning at them. Aqua, Nia, and Mickey quickly got up and ran off. Ventus-Vanitas then dove into the ground and popped up beneath Aqua knocking her to the ground. Ventus-Vanitas aimed the X-blade at Aqua's chest. Aqua quickly rolled out of the way and Ventus-Vanitas missed. He growled in annoyance. "Why don't you just give up?" He leaned over, his body gathering energy. He then jumped into the air and slammed into the ground creating shock waves that shook the ground.
Nia threw her Keyblade at Ventus-Vanitas hitting him in the arm. He glared at her as she caught it again. He walked towards her but then Aqua fire a blizzard spell at his back. Ventus-Vanitas then turned his attention towards her, not noticing Mickey who jumped into the air spinning his Keyblade and hitting Ventus-Vanitas in the jaw. He glared at all three of the Keyblade wielders who stepped closer to him.
"Had enough?" Nia said. Ventus-Vanitas just smirked and knocked all three of them back with gust of wind with the X-blade. Nia quickly got up and swung her Keyblade at Ventus-Vanitas who blocked it with his own Keyblade. They fought like that for a few minutes.
As they both blocked each other's attacks with their Keyblades Ventus-Vanitas stepped around Nia. As Nia turned around she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She looked down and saw that Ventus-Vanitas had stabbed her with X-blade. Ventus-Vanitas pulled out the X-blade. Nia fell to the ground. "Nia!" Aqua yelled.
Ventus found himself standing on his heart. A picture of himself holding his Keyblade was on it, but there was also a picture of Vanitas there with his Keyblade. Ventus turned around and saw Vanitas standing there with the broken X-blade in his hand. "Our union was not finished." Vanitas said. "The X-blade shouldn't stay broken like this. Join with me now, and we can complete the X-blade!"
Ventus shook his head and summoned his Keyblade. "I've got a better idea. How about I destroy you both?" Vanitas laughed. "The X-blade is made up of your heart, too, idiot. If you destroy it, your heart will vanish forever." "Whatever it takes." Ventus said. "Anything to save Terra, Aqua, and Nia."
"Hmph." Vanitas said. "It's always about your friends, isn't it?" "At least I have some!" Ventus said. "I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of mine. My friends are my power and I'm theirs!" "Show me anguish!" Vanitas said. He raised the X-blade in the air and teleported behind Ventus and tried to hit him but Ventus dodge rolled out of the way. "Complete the X-blade!" Vanitas yelled jumping into the air and firing a lightning spell at Ventus. Ventus blocked it with his Keyblade but it knocked him back. "Playtime's over." Vanitas said jumping into the air again and slamming it into the ground.
As Terra struggled inside his armor against Xehanort's heart, Xehanort simply smiled and his body disappeared into little beams of light. Terra's armor fell apart on the ground along with Terra's Keyblade. Terra's hair had turned silver and his ears were pointy. His voice sounded deeper.
"This heart belongs again to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it-it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came." Terra opened his now yellow eyes. Xehanort had taken control of Terra's body. Terranort summoned his Keyblade and started to walk off. Suddenly the area he was in was blocked off by a golden orb with chains.
"What?" Terranort said. He turned around and saw Terra's armor lying there, kneeling with Terra's Keyblade in hand. Terra would not let Xehanort walk off with his body. Terra had used his will-the only thing he had-and had used his armor as his body. Terranort glared at the Lingering Will. "Your body submits, your heart succumbs-so why does your mind resist?" Terranort asked the armor.
Lingering will slowly got up and pulled Terra's Keyblade out of the ground. He ran towards Terranort who began firing small dark balls of energy at the Lingering Will. Terra's armor blocked them and continued to run towards Terranort. Terranort slid out of the way and hit the Lingering Will in the back of Terra's armor multiple times.
As the Lingering Will fell to the ground Terranort raised his Keyblade. "Yield!" he said. A rock rose from the ground and knocked the Lingering Will into the air. The Lingering Will summoned Terra's glider and rode it back to the ground. The Lingering Will ran towards Terranort again and tried to attack Terranort with his Keyblade. Terranort blocked it with his own.
The Lingering Will pushed Terranort back and managed to get a few hits in. Terranort stumbled back and glared at Terra's armor. "You have lost!" Terra pulled up several chunks of rock and held them in the air. He then aimed his Keyblade at the Lingering Will and the rocks all flew towards it. Terra's armor dodged them and ran straight towards Terranort and knocked him into the air. Terranort fell to the ground unconscious.
Aqua raised her Keyblade. "Heal!" Nia struggled to stand up but couldn't so she leaned against the cliff. "What's wrong?" Ventus-Vanitas said. "Giving up already?" Nia looked at Aqua. Aqua pulled out her Wayfinder. "Terra, Ven, Nia…lend me your strength." She looked down at her Keyblade and was surprised to see it covered in light. She jumped up and ran towards Ventus-Vanitas with her light-covered Keyblade.
Ventus-Vanitas just smirked and raised the X-blade. "You're just wasting your energy." Aqua's Keyblade and Ventus-Vanitas's X-blade clashed creating a shockwave. Ventus-Vanitas smirked as Aqua put all her energy into pushing him back. The X-blade began shatter. Ventus-Vanitas looked surprised. "What?" Aqua pushed Ventus-Vanitas back to the ground knocking him out. The X-blade flew into the air and began to grow brightly. Multiple beams of light fired from the broken X-blade.
Mickey woke up and gasped when he saw the X-blade. "Oh no! It…it's gone all haywire!" Mickey ran up to Aqua who was shielding her face from the blast as it expanded engulfing everything in light. Ventus's returned to wearing his Keyblade armor. As the blast spread Aqua reached out and grabbed Ventus's hand just as the blast reached them. She turned around to try and grab Nia, but she couldn't see her.
Nia laid against the cliff, not being able to get up. She watched as the light blast from the X-blade came closer. Nia managed to pull out her Wayfinder and looked at it. "Terra…Aqua…Ven…whatever happens…we'll see each other again." Nia smiled and a tear fell from her eye as the light engulfed her.
The ground beneath Ventus and Vanitas gave way and the two boys drifted through empty space. "You cannot resist Ventus." Vanitas said. He fired a beam of energy at Ventus who used his own Keyblade to fire a beam of his own at Vanitas. The beams clashed with each other struggling to push each other back. "Join now with your better half!" Vanitas said. "Complete the X-blade!"
"No…" Ventus said. "I…won't!" He pushed Vanitas back. "Light!" Ventus yelled. His Keyblade covered with light. Ventus then bounced around Vanitas trapping him in a crystal of light. "It's over!" Ventus said. He jumped into the air and slammed into Vanitas knocking the X-blade from his hand. "Why…" Vanitas said. He tried to grab the X-blade but it shattered in front of his eyes. Ventus's Keyblade shattered as well. As both Ventus and Vanitas disappeared into beams of light, a lone heart appeared and drifted off into space.
The Lingering Will stared at his body lying in front of him. Unable to reclaim it for now, Terra's armor stuck his Keyblade in the ground and knelt beside it. As the light blast from the X-blade engulfed Terranort's body, the Lingering Will thought about the three people closest to him. Aqua, Ven, and Nia. As the light cleared only Terra's lingering will was left. Aqua, Nia, Ven, Mickey, Xehanort, and Vanitas were all gone.
As the clouds covered Kingdom Hearts again, Terra thought to himself, "Aqua, Ven, Nia…one day, I will set this right."
Ventus and Aqua drifted through the Lanes Between in their Keyblade armor. Mickey found them and grabbing Aqua's hand pulled out the Star Shard taking them to the MysteriousTower.
As Ventus's heart drifted, the place it was felt…familiar. "This place…" Ventus said. "I've been here. So warm…I remember now. This is your heart."
Aqua woke up in the Mysterious Tower. Yen Sid said walked up to her. "Aqua, you lost consciousness." he said. "Fortunately, Mickey, found you and Ventus in the Lanes Between, and brought you back to me to receive proper care."
Aqua turned around and saw Ventus and Mickey. Ventus's head was down as if he was asleep. "I am sorry." Yen Sid said. "But there was no sign of Terra or Nia." Aqua sighed. "I see." She shook Ventus's shoulder. "Ven! Ventus!" "The boy's heart is sleeping." Yen Sid said. "When will he wake?" Aqua asked. "I could not say." Yen Sid said. "It is almost as though his heart has left. Should it return, he may very well wake. Should it not, he may sleep this for forever." "No…" Aqua said. She shook her head. "I'll keep him safe until he wakes. Forever if I have to."
"I will tell you what your friend need right now." Yen Sid said. "It is not your protection. He needs you to believe. You see, Ventus's heart hangs in the balance. It sleeps in the place between light and darkness. From a I can perceive, that means he will be looking for a friend-one will believes in him, to show him the way home. Just as long as you love him…then Ventus will be able to find when he wakes. He can follow that love back where he belongs-the realm of light."
Mickey smiled and looked at Aqua. "Don't you worry, Aqua. I believe in Ven, too. Gosh, he's been as good a friend to me as everybody. And if both you and me believe in him with all our hearts, then he'll have two lights to follow instead of one." "Four lights." Aqua said. "Terra and Nia." "But," Mickey said. "Terra and Nia are gone. Maybe for good." Aqua shook her head. "I think I know how to find them." She pulled out her Wayfinder and smiled.
Nia woke up and looked around. "Where am I?" she asked. Nia saw nothing around her. No buildings, no trees, no anything. Just nothing. Nia quickly stood up, then realized what she just did. She checked where Vanitas had stabbed her with the X-blade. The cut was gone and she was perfectly fine.
"Aqua's Curaga spell must have worked." Nia thought. She heard a whine behind her and turned around, summoning her Keyblade. She gasped and put her Keyblade away when she saw the animal standing behind her. It was blue, had big eyes, and a symbol Nia had never seen before on his stomach. Or her stomach. Nia couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. She tilted her head at the animal. She couldn't even tell what kind of animal it is.
"Is it a cat?" she thought. "Maybe it's a dog." She knelt down and put out her hand. The animal sniffed it, then jumped into Nia's lap and licked her face. Nia laughed and put the animal on the ground. "Do you know where we are?" Nia asked the animal. It replied by whining again. Nia got up and began to walk off. The animal ran up to her and walked beside her.
Nia smiled and petted the animal's head. "I'll call you, Meow Wow." she said. Meow Wow jumped up happily and rolled on the ground. Nia giggled and pulled out her Wayfinder. "Come on, Meow Wow, let's go find a way out of here." Nia and Meow Wow continued to walk ahead. Nia looked at her Wayfinder and smiled. "Terra, Aqua, Ven…I'll find my way back to you."
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