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Stirring of the Wind

Now that Ven thought about it, Aqua was weird when it came to danger. She was always so firm, sometimes even stricter than the Master about mundane stuff, like walking, not running, up the stairs. But then, right after she'd finish telling him to wear armour in gummy space, she would grab her keyblade and expect him to join her as she charged straight at a giant monster. He supposed it was something that developed during training, as Terra was sometimes the same way.

That wasn't to say he didn't like that about them. He admired their bravery, or as some folks put it, their complete lack of common sense. However, there were those instances where he wished they would run away from the monster, or resist the urge to investigate the latest rumour.

Or not walk into the portal opened by his worst enemy.

Yes, he had followed her. How could he not? Braig was after her, and she was travelling alone on a deserted road. . . it was a disaster waiting to happen. While Braig had not appeared, in Ven's mind, a disaster had occurred. Vanitas had somehow talked Aqua into following him, and once again, she was gone.

At least, Ven reflected, staring at his Wayfinder, she won't run from me.

The Wayfinder had been irreplaceable in his and Terra's search for their lost friend. He still wasn't sure what kind of spell Aqua had cast on the charms, but it had served to lead him to her several times. The Wayfinder couldn't tell him exactly where she was, but it could give him a world – and searching a world was much easier than searching the multiverse.

He shifted the course of his keyblade glider as Aqua suddenly jumped worlds. At least the one she was at now was a lot closer. As he neared the world and recognized it, his spirits lifted. Disney Town. It wasn't a place he expected Vanitas to gravitate towards. Did that mean Aqua had escaped from him?

Ven landed and dismissed his keyblade. He observed the busy town around him with a sigh, wishing he could listen to the stirrings of the wind and know where his friend had gone.

On the bright side, that fact that Vanitas was accompanying Aqua meant it was easy to ask people if they had seen them. On the bad side, it dashed his hopes that Aqua and Vanitas had split up. His desperation to find them only increased, and his feet skimmed the ground as he raced around town.

He found them finally, in the middle of a marketplace. There appeared to be no blood on either of them, so he stayed hidden, thinking of the best strategy for the occasion. He watched their interaction; something was missing between them, something important, but there was still a warm air. They were still friends.

Once again, Vanitas had sunk his claws in, and Ven had the feeling that he had no plans to leave.


And there's the explanation for how Ven and Terra found them all those times before!