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Tower

"But, you made . . . you made me-"

"Wrong again, Aqua!" Vanitas sneered. He appeared to be enjoying their confrontation. "I never made you do anything. I won't deny that I tried. I tried hard. But the only thing I ever made you do was hold that idiot's hand a little too hard."

"Do you mean Terra or Ven?" she asked.

"Terra." He paced the boundary dividing them. "I actually gave up on taking over, you know. I resigned myself to living like this, decided I'd rather be happy and whole than . . . not. But apparently all I needed was a little push from Master Xehanort."

With those words, it finally dawned on her why she was here. "You've taken over."

He grinned viciously, and nodded.

"No!" She lunged forwards with a spell on her lips, but Vanitas rolled out of the way, and his laughter rang in her ears

"I'm in charge, now!" he declared. "Your body obeys me!"

The force field surrounding them gleamed as he shouted that. For a moment, her anger was replaced by confusion, just long enough for her to ask, "What is this?"

"Just a modification," he said, "to make our existence a little more comfortable. We don't need to worry about them stealing our light anymore."

"You did this." As she drank in the sight of the barrier around her, it kindled a flame within her. How dare he? This was her heart, not his! She was the only one allowed to make any kind of 'modification'.

Rainfell appeared in her hand, thrumming angrily. "You have ten seconds to leave."

"You really think I would leave now? After everything?" he spat. "I'm here to stay Aqua, and I don't care for your opinion on the matter."

"You will!"

Vanitas had probably been expecting a powerful spell, an offensive spell, not a simple one like Stop. But it was Stop she cast, and it was Stop that held him still. She sprung forward, brought her keyblade back, and slammed it into Vanitas's gut before he could break free.

He flew through the air, rolling to a stop by the edge of the disc. His keyblade, (Void Gear, her keyblade warned) flashed into existence. He pushed himself to his feet, wobbling slightly like a tall tower caught in a strong wind.

"Go ahead and have a temper tantrum," he hissed. "You're not getting rid of me."

She lunged at him again and they clashed, keyblade versus keyblade. She broke away, lashing out with a quick spell in hopes of surprising him. But Vanitas was swift, and teleported out of range.

"Stay still!" she barked.

Arms crossed behind his head, he strolled towards her. "Oh, Aqua. Don't you get it? This is who you are now; you can't force me out any more than you can tear out your own heart."

"We'll see." Like it or not, only one of them was walking away from this.

And it certainly would not be him.


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