When the phone call had ended, Rise and Yuna decided that the only thing to do would be to move forward with caution. Yuna kept herself in her Black Mage form as a precaution in case they got swarmed by Heartless and Nobodies again. However, after walking for some time they found themselves approaching an open area where they found within a small collection of black hoods. The three figures turned toward them and removed their hoods. Rise and Yuna both gasped for different reasons. For Rise, two of the forms were Nelo Angelo and Adachi. For Yuna, a figure she had hoped to never see again stood before her. His purple eyes pierced her heterochromic ones. His blue hair still in their horn-like protrusions back behind him. The same open black robe under the jacket of the organization which he went ahead an unzipped halfway down after removing his hood.

"Seymour," Yuna said as she raised her staff. She had never studied Black Magic when Seymour was alive, this would be her first time facing off against him as a full fledged offensive mage. There was a lot of uncharted territory for her at this moment.

"Well, well, well, Seymour. You were right, this was the place to go to encounter the brat," Adachi said, knocking the hammer of his gun against the back of his head. "So, how are we doin' little miss idol? Life been too hot to handle lately?"

Rise gasped when he spoke. "You're not him," Rise said, shaking her head. "The real you is trying to redeem himself. You're just a shadow of the past." She took on her blue glow as Himiko manifested.

Himiko, I need you to help me like you did on Remnant. Can you do it?

Himiko put the visor around her head and she left it there. Rise could see the faint predictive aura that she could before. She would not be defeated here. She looked at Yuna who exhaled deeply as the air around her bent from the magic power she was manifesting. Yuna looked back at her and said, "I have to keep Seymour at bay, but I will try to assist you in any way that I can."

"We can do this," Rise said with a nod. She turned back towards the enemies and then quickly loosened the clutch on her microphone stand. Releasing the top of the stand, Rise removed the bottom piece of the stand making it more like her weapon from remnant. She gripped her weapon tightly.

Adachi raised his arm and fired the gun in his hand multiple times. Rise's visor allowed her to predict the shots and she deflected them with her stand. Adachi leapt through the air after her and behind him was his dark Persona that followed behind him.

Nelo Angelo's sword ignited for a brief moment as he also charged Rise. Himiko's orbs all pointed forward and fired a storm of lasers in their directions. Nelo dodged around as Adachi took them in full. A blast of ice arched over her way as Rise looked up. How was she going to deal with that?

A spire of flame rose up from beside her and intercepted the spell. Rise looked over to see Yuna who then swept her staff in the other direction summoning forth a huge wave of water. Seymour spun his staff, freezing the water in place.

Another ball of fire was launched by Yuna and Seymour dodged to the side casting ice as a spire beneath her. Sending Yuna careen towards a wall back behind her.

Himiko appeared behind her at Rise's command and caught Yuna. Meanwhile, Rise dodged around Nelo Angelo's swings. She knew there was no reason to try to block them, his swings would just send her flying at best and break through her weapon at worst. Besides, her weapon was currently dedicated to blocking potshots from Adachi.

"I must say, Yuna," Seymour said with an amused tone, "You have become a talent in the magical arts. Let us see if you know how to deal with this." Seymour began to glow as he finished spinning his staff. He then brought it down with a thunderous crack. "Thundaza!"

Yuna looked up to see a massive bolt of lightning but as she braced herself, the silhouette of a spiky haired youth. "Reflect!" Sora called out as the bolt struck his magic shield. It then ricocheted into Seymour.

"Sora!" Yuna exclaimed. She was glad to see he was ok. Sora nodded to her and took off towards Rise and her two enemies. He leapt through the air and sent Nelo Angelo on the defence with a powerful swing.

Pushing him back, Sora looked to Rise, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Sora, can you deal with Nelo Angelo?" Rise replied. Sora looked back at her and the twinge of fear he could see in her feature resonated with him. She was scared of the monster that put her hands in bandages. Sora nodded. He turned from her and with keyblade in hand, he charged the demon.

"You're fighting me now!" Sora yelled at Nelo Angelo as he leapt through the air at the demon in front of him. The giant metallic blade intercepted his blow. The sudden burst of heat made Sora throw himself back as the blade was engulfed in flame. The flaming ball flew towards Sora as he landed. He raised his keyblade and reflected the attack with the side of his weapon. The returned blow knocked his mute enemy backwards.

Nelo looked at the boy before him with silent contemplation. Nelo placed the blade into the ground as he reached up to his head. He began pulling at the helmet on his head and with a small wave of energy the helmet shattered leaving behind a familiar but corrupted visage of Vergil. The figure picked his sword back up and he was systematically surrounded by floating blades of energy. Sora tensed for a moment before he let the keyblade disappear. His clothes took on a silver hue as he manifested a keyblade in either hand.

"Let's go!" Sora exclaimed as he dashed forward through the air both blades singing through the air.

Rise fired her persona's lasers off at Adachi who dodged back and forth taking potshots at her. She had to keep an eye on his Persona as it was launching lightning every which way. His Persona descended upon her and grabbed her by her hair and the back of her shirt. Feeling like her scalp was about to fall off and hearing the slight rip of her clothing as it pulled up and put pressure on her throat. Lifted up, Rise swung her microphone at the Persona's arm and she was dropped. Landing hard on the ground, she felt her leg pop as she landed. Himiko moved over her as Adachi had his Persona stab down at her. Rise held her head as she felt like her brain was about to split in two. Himiko's orbs all pointed straight up as she commanded Himiko to grab the other's persona's weapon.

A storm of lasers forced Adachi to his knees. Rise pushed herself to a standing position as she limped forward. She fell to her knees in front of him as her leg gave out from under her. She looked at his face as he peered back at her.

"You're pretty cold blooded," Adachi commented. "Goading my attack just so you could hold me in place, was a mean move there."

Rise shook her head and said, "I'm just trying to survive against you."

"Dog eat dog, Kujikawa. You're learning," Adachi said as he finally started getting a foothold again. "Keep it up like this, there may be some hope for you yet."

Rise shook her head. "You talk too much," Rise replied. Himiko suddenly launched out of Rise and sent Adachi flying.

Yuna kicked off of a nearby wall dodging away from a giant ice spear falling from the sky. As she landed, she sent a massive wave of fire at Seymour and let her weapon and outfit change. A blade in hand she chased after the fire to catch Seymour off guard. A wall of water caught the fire and Yuna passed through it as her blue blades lashed out. Seymour took the brunt of the blow as he then held onto her wrist and let lighting strike them both. This threw him back against the wall while it launched Yuna across the battlefield bouncing off the ground twice before coming to a stop. Yuna pushed herself to a kneeling position as she saw Seymour trying and failing to get back to his feet.

"Why did you come back again, Seymour?" Yuna asked as she got back onto her feet.

Seymour looked over at her and replied, "How could I say no to a second chance to see you?"

Yuna shook her head and walked over to him. "You can stop obsessing over me, Seymour. Sin is gone. Spira has its Eternal Calm," she explained to him. "You can let go now, there is no Sin for you to become now."

"I came back, did I not?" Seymour asked quietly. "What makes you so certain that Sin won't be able to follow along? Destroy your calm? Spira will need someone like me eventually. Yet you keep fighting me. Why?"

Yuna shook her head and said, "If Sin returns, then we will destroy it again. But that won't happen. You did not come back, someone pulled you out of the past. You need to go back now." She raised her sword.

Seymour's eyes followed the blade and recognition filled his expression, "I see."

Sora swung his keyblade Oblivion at Nelo Angelo who parried with his giant blade. Sora then brought the keyblade Oathkeeper down from above. His opponent burst into blue flame and dashed backward avoiding the swing. Energy blades covered his retreat as they forced Sora to guard them with expertly performed spins of his blades. As he re-materialized, Nelo's blade remained on fire. A massive fireball flew from it when he swung the burning blade. Sora launched Oathkeeper forward and he teleported to it on the far side of the fireball. Gripping both blades over his head, Sora brought the blades that represented his two closest friends down on Nelo's armor. Energy blades appeared in the air above Sora, while Sora's blades were caught in the cracks of the armor the blades descended down.

Sora took on a shimmer as a hexagonal barrier surrounded him. The blades shattered on contact. Curling down, Sora placed both feet on Nelo's chest plate, he kicked off pulling the entire plate off of the demon, and this resulted in another explosion of energy. Sora bounced off the ground but landed on his feet as he watched the demon seem to struggle to function.

Sora's expression softened. "I had hoped that beating you would make me feel better," he admitted. "But it didn't." Nelo looked at him but said nothing. "You don't speak, I can't even recognize you as Vergil. And beating you doesn't fix Riku or bring Kairi back. Just go away," Sora said finally. Nelo began to glow with blue fire, but it was snuffed out by the darkness that was released as his body disappeared.

Himiko unleashed a follow-up volley of blasts that caused a massive cloud of dust where Adachi had landed. Rise struggled over to the dust cloud and soon found herself standing over the fallen Adachi who was now leaning against the wall. His breath was ragged and his body slouched over.

Rise caught her breath as she looked down at him. He looked up at her and then got this annoyed expression on his face. "Don't you pity me," Adachi scolded her. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Rise sighed as she said, "It's just unfortunate that you had to be a copy of Adachi before he began seeking redemption. You're just a shadow-"

"Of the man I used to be?" Adachi finished. Rise looked like she wanted to protest but he continued. "That's all any of us really is. Just versions of ourselves who have learned to restrain our previous urges and actions to be a new more reserved version. Someday you could grow up, and this life will become the shadow you hide from the world."

Rise looked at him and said, "Just because you learn the difference between right and wrong doesn't mean that you limit yourself or become less."

"Really? Well that's a hell of a justification, isn't it?" Adachi asked with an eye roll. "You really haven't learned the truth behind your powers then if you think you aren't capable of doing just as bad as me. That shadow always exists. You'll probably try to hide behind the idea of wisdom with age, but all that does is makes you bitter. You kids beat me because you learned to not limit yourselves. To be honest, knowing that you won makes me a little jealous. Youth is wasted on the young, afterall."

Rise looked at him and said, "It isn't a justification. It is choosing to acknowledge that shadow but not letting it dictate your actions."

"Why?" Adachi asked through gritted teeth, clearly trying to hold himself together. "Why won't you hate me?"

Rise tilted her head a moment before she looked at him and said, "I don't think I ever actually hated you. I disliked you, sure. But now that I think on it, hate was never anything I felt for you, Adachi. And while I know it won't make you feel any better, I would like to tell you… I forgive you."

"Maybe you're right," Adachi said with a weirdly endearing grin. "No matter what happens because of those hands, don't let the world make you into something you're not, ok? Damn, brat."

Adachi's form faded before her eyes. After a brief pause she looked up at the sky and said, "I promise."

Yuna brought the blade down and Seymour put his staff up to intercept it. Yuna's clothes changed and the blade disappeared as her hands became occupied by twin pistols. Both hands pointed in front as Seymour's staff began to glow with a burning orange hue. Yuna pulled the triggers and his body's arms dropped.

"You are still so incredible," Seyour commented as he fell back to sitting on his heels. "Your defeat of sin came as a bit of a shock to me when I was informed how times had changed since my fall. Yet somehow, it all rings true."

Yuna looked down at him and finally asked, "Did you ever actually believe in me? Was all of this just you pursuing me as the daughter of a High Summoner?"

"You wound me," Seymour replied. "If I did not believe that you were capable of beating Sin, then your success would have never been a part of my plan. Though, my infatuation was an interesting side effect of investing so much effort into your Pilgrimage."

Yuna shook her head and said, "You did know the right things to say to make me think you actually cared about me and the fate of Spira. But not anymore." She aimed her gun at his head and hesitated. "Why did they bring you?"

"I was a replacement. For the one they called Adam. He was left… for failure to perform," Seymour answered, honestly. He suddenly fell forward as the darkness surged from his body. "I guess this is my time. Goodbye, Yuna."

Yuna remained silent as his body faded. She turned away and headed over to Sora and Rise who had met in the middle of the battleground.

Rise was kneeling down holding her leg. Yuna's clothes transformed into a nice looking white robe and she let off a light green aura that began to encapsulate Rise's leg. Sora looked at the two and was happy to see them both alive and well after that fight.

Sora's phone began to ring. He pulled the device out and was greeted to Riku's face. "Sora, there is a bit of a situation going on here. It is going to take some time to sort out, I think. Long and short of it, some people we were not expecting have arrived and its... complicated. If I don't catch up to you, go after Xehenort as soon as you can," Riku explained, a loud explosion of magic played out of the phone.

"Are you sure? I can head over that way," Sora said, the worry painted clearly on his face.

Riku simply replied, "Sora. Someone has to stop him. We'll manage on our own. You don't have to be everyone's hero. We got this. And when we catch up to you down the road, I'll explain everything. Alright?"

Sora nodded. The two disconnected the call and he looked at the two tired Guardians with him. "You two stay safe. Dante and Aqua may be coming through here pretty soon. Let them know I am headed off ahead," Sora to them. "Get your rest and we'll meet up."

Rise nodded. Yuna said, "Be careful Sora, make sure you rest if you get tired."

"No problem!" Sora said with a smile before running off.

Ruby felt herself impact heavily against the wall as she looked up to see the aftermath of Roman's explosive shot. She struggled to her feet and was forced back onto her back as a string of shots from Xigbar knocked back down. Looking to her right, she saw Yang being lit up by Vanitas's magic fire. To her left, Ventus was struggling to deflect a storm of bullets from Xigbar. She dug deep inside for just a little bit more energy and she scattered into a cloud of petals. Dashing past Roman she curved her scythe around his legs and fired, forcing him to fall forward. As Xigbar changed his focus at her, Ventus disappeared in a flash of green across the battlefield and knocked Xigbar out of the air. The sudden turning of the table caught Vanitas's attention which gave a very stored up Yang a punishing blow against his helmet sprouting several cracks over its surface.

"Come here you little-!" Yang called as he vanished, leaving behind a faint after image. She fired two blasts behind her and launched across the battlefield to his new position. Vanitas sank beneath the ground. "Hey! What the-?" she asked outraged. Vanitas spun through the air carrying Yang up with him.

Ven looked up and watched his darkness, attacking Yang. "Leave her alone!" he ran forward and found himself blindsided by Roman's cane, which fired a heavy blast. He rolled back onto his feet and ran at Roman dodging around follow up attacks. He leapt over one of the attacks and slammed Roman over the head with his reverse grip swing.

Roman rolled over on his hip and he got back onto his feet, his cane now out in front of him. Ventus continued to chase him, but now that his opponent was better prepared, the fight suddenly changed. Fast swings were met with faster parries as Roman began to match Ventus, swing for swing.

"You're going to have to try harder, pipsqueak!" Roman taunted.

Ventus bounced back and demanded, "Why are you like this?"

Roman laughed and said, "My goodness you sound like the Little Red. Let me spell it out to you, kid. This world is cold and cruel. It doesn't care about you, me, Little Red, or even this little Keyblade War we're having now. All this world is good for, is showing us that there is only power. Power is what matters. Power is what determines who's right and wrong. History written by the victor? Power. King's, Emperor's, Headmaster's, and Master's basis for authority? Power. It's the only distinguishing factor of the World as we know it, that exists in a constant state. Might makes right my tiny friend. The sooner you come to terms with that, the sooner you'll come to see the value in my way of life. I've been given a second chance, the people with power have chosen me to be on the side to bet on."

"So what? The world was mean to you and you just gave up?" Ventus asked with a cheeky smirk. "Me and my two best friends have it pretty rough too, and yet here I am still here in front of you. So why did you give up, huh?"

"Cute," Roman said with gritted teeth. He swung his cane at Ventus who bounced it back with a forceful blocking swing. Ventus swung his weapon low and swept Roman off his feet. Then he kicked Roman away before he landed sending him flying across the ground. Roman rolled over onto his feet after landing, "I have someone I have to protect. I never gave up, I just had a new priority that required me to align myself with the strongest people."

Ruby's scythe spun quickly as bolts from Xigbar's weapons flew towards her and then away. The chance to counter attack seemed to be forever out of reach for her in order to protect herself from this onslaught.

"You're pretty good," Xigbar said as he finally reloaded.

Ruby swung her scythe back behind her and pulled the slide back. "My turn," she said with a confident look. Firing off the shot behind her, she flew forward with the massive weapon in tow. Xigbar disappeared into a portal at his side and re-appeared behind Ruby. She flipped her weapon around and fired redirecting her energy. Then she burst into petals as she closed the gap. "Stop running!" she yelled as her weapon swept around Xigbar and knocked him to the side.

"Well take it easy, little lady," Xigbar said as he landed, digging his feet in from the heavy landing. "I know I'm the bad guy, but I still got feelings… kinda," Xigbar continued as he finished reloading his weapons.

Ruby shook her head and said, "Then why are you doing this? If you have feelings, can't you feel that this is all wrong?"

Xigbar chuckled and replied, "The rewards. I am coming out of this with a nice little gift of a keyblade from the old man once he has gotten what he wants. Why wouldn't I want to be where I am? Because the heart will steer you wrong, everytime. My heart has nothing to do with the decisions I made that brought me here."

"Greed?" she asked. "That is what you're here for? You're only here because of selfish desires. Selfish desires that destroy entire worlds. I'm here to stop you from doing that."

Xigbar snorted and said, "So your selfish dreams to protect worlds are somehow less greedy than my selfish dream. Funny how that works."

"What are you talking about? How is it selfish to protect other people?" Ruby demanded.

"Little lady, do you know why so-called 'heroes' are just so willing to throw themselves down on the sword of self-sacrifice?" Xigbar asked. "Because win or lose, they never have to reap the consequences of their actions. Sure, maybe you'll win today. Stop my boss from what he's doing here today. So then, who is responsible for tomorrow? You. Of course, you'll justify it to yourself later and convince yourself that you did good. You did right. You were just. But you don't have to see the people whose suffering has to continue after today. When they have to wake up to another tomorrow that they don't want. The same people who would trade every 'tomorrow' they'd ever have, if it could give them just one 'yesterday.' Their suffering could end, if not for your selfish desire, selfish dreams to play the hero. Like I told your leader once upon a time, you are not gonna wake up to a bright sunshine-y paradise, okay? There's just you, us, and this. Welcome to the real world."

"I would rather suffer hundreds of bad tomorrows for a chance at happiness than throw it all away right now just because I might be miserable. People have to be given the opportunity to press on! Let them decide for themselves, but that doesn't give you the right to tell them to give up by taking away their choice," Ruby replied immediately. Xigbar had an impressed look on his face for a moment.

Ruby charged him again.

Yang felt the blast of fire dash across her crossed arms as Vanitas's magic finally seemed to cease. She looked at the singed edges of her sleeves and her half-skirt. She was going to have to replace this outfit sooner or later. She looked at the cracks in the helm of Vanitas and knew that she needed to continue her assault there.

She fired her gauntlets downward, flying forward at her enemy. Vanitas rolled out of the way but found himself set upon immediately as Yang immediately transferred her momentum towards his direction. Yang lashed her left foot forward catching him off guard with a swift blow to the gut. She slammed her foot down and transferred her momentum to her upper body, swinging her right fist in a powerful cross punch towards the cracked helmet. The helmet half shattered under the force of her swing. She prepared another swing for him but found herself unable to complete the swing when she was met by the face of Sora with black hair and yellow eyes. Yang hopped backwards to put some distance between them.

Vanitas saw the shock on her face and with a dirty smirk asked, "What? Do I have something on my face?"

Yang shook herself back into the moment as she asked, "Why do you have his face?"

"I am the dark half of Ventus's heart. Sora patched things up with his own. So why wouldn't Sora and I look exactly the same?" Vanitas asked. Yang could not believe it. Just how much did the heart actually dictate about people. As if he could read her mind he continued, "It is terrifying isn't it? Just how much power your heart truly has. Especially when it comes to the darkness. Imagine how powerful Ven and I would have been as one whole."

"He wouldn't have been you," Yang replied immediately. "Everyone can choose who they'll be. You chose to be terrible."

"I did choose," Vanitas answered. "And yet I would have been just as much him as he is now. Who knows which voice he would have listened to more."

Yang shook her head and said, "The heart may play a part in who we are. But our hearts can be shaped and tamed based on the people around us. Aqua and Terra would have never let him be like you. The thought would have never crossed his mind. Just because you were too weak to make a better choice doesn't mean that he would have been."

"What makes you so sure? How long have you actually known him? He's still just a child. There is plenty of time for him to change," Vanitas answered dismissively.

Yang dropped low and kicked forward, her gauntlets launched her forward once more with a loud explosion. Vanitas raised his blade to block as she faked left and then swung around right. There was no second chance for Vanitas to adjust his guard as she unleashed a powerful combo plus a powerful aerial finish sending him into the ground.

"How are you still so strong?" Vanitas asked as he tried to get himself out of the ground.

Yang let out a small sigh as she replied, "People become stronger when they can survive opposition. Unluckily for you, it's literal when it comes to me. But to address your first question…" Yang looked back at the rest of the battlefield. "Ven is stronger than you'll ever be. And if Terra and Aqua can't keep him in the light. I'll drag him back myself."

She did not look back when the darkness suddenly flew from his body and he faded away.

Ventus began to let off a light blue glow and summoned in the air behind him as his Keyblade vanished were six ethereal blades of the same color. He dashed forward and the blades' formation bent back behind him from the velocity. Roman leapt backward to avoid the first attack as Ventus brought the top two blades. He fired a shot in response, but Ventus grabbed another blade and blocked the attack. He grabbed the two lower blades and threw them forward at Roman catching him off guard.

Roman was launched back as Ventus teleported to his blades and as they disappeared he grabbed the last two blades behind him and lashed Roman up into the air. The blades that disappeared all appeared and stacked in one grip. Leaping up into the air, Ventus brought the one larger blade down slamming Roman back to the ground, leaving behind blade copies, one-by-one through the arc. As Ventus landed, the six blades all then finished their arc and left Roman laying on the ground staring at the sky.

"These kids just keep getting… stronger," Roman said bitterly as he closed his eyes in thought for a moment. Despite the pain he was in at the moment, the only thing he could think of was back home. Wherever it happened to be at any given point, there was someone who would always be there. She was about to be left alone for the first time in… years. "Pipsqueak, get over here."

Ven's light blue glow faded as he walked over to Roman. "You're still calling me names? Really?"

"Look, just shut up. I have a favor I need fulfilled and no one here to fulfill it. Final request of a dying man, yeah?" Roman replied. "I don't like owing debts, but this is a debt I am going to have to be ok with. There's someone who's going to be left all alone now that I'm gone. I need someone to go look out for her. I have to acknowledge that the worldview I taught her has been proven wrong. I can't-" he stopped as he began coughing. The end was coming soon. "I can't let her repeat my mistakes. She has to-" he coughed once more. "She has to protect herself from it before it gets her too. If there is one thing I'll regret, it'll be not getting to teach her this myself. It doesn't have to be you, but get someone to find her. Let her know… I'm gone."

Ventus was silent as he watched the cruel man from just minutes before turn into a desperate plea for someone else's sake. Even guys like him had something to protect.

"Who is it?" Ventus asked. "I'll find her."

"Her name… is Neo. She is on the world called Remnant," Roman replied. "Thank yo-" his words were cutoff as a storm of darkness escaped his body. When the darkness cleared, his body was left completely still.

Ventus grabbed the man's hat nearby and placed it on his chest. "Goodbye," Ven said with a sad frown.

Ruby bounced around the battlefield dodging the various bolts ricocheting off the very air. Around her, she could tell that the others' fights were beginning to draw to a close. She just needed to find her opening again to defeat him once and for all. She flipped through the air over a low series of shots and found her opening as she burst into rose petals. Twisted through the air and the bolts that had been flying towards her were redirected by the wind current of her power. She reformed in front of him and slashed her scythe right through him. He lost grip of his weapons as he found himself thrown back. He disappeared and ended up on the wall above the arena.

"Would have been different if I had a keyblade," Xigbar commented.

Ruby shook her head and declared, "Why would it ever choose you?"

"Because I'm worthy," Xigbar said with a knowing grin. He stepped backwards and a storm of darkness escaped his body. He fell backward, his weapons left behind disappeared. Ruby stared up at the position for a moment longer before she turned to see the rest of the battle had also come to a close. She walked over to Ventus who was kneeling beside Roman Torchwick.

Ven looked up at her and said, "He was protecting someone. He called her Neo. Do you know her?"

Yang approached and said, "Isn't that the girl he traveled with? The one who you said fell off the ship."

Ruby nodded and added, "The same girl who kicked your butt on the train, yes. Why do you ask?"

Ven thought for a moment before he said, "He wants someone to warn her off the path he set her on. So that she can find a way of life that doesn't end like… this."

"Huh," Yang commented. "I guess even burnt out candles like this guy are still people. But she won't listen to us. Even if it's good advice."

Ven nodded. "So she'll need to talk to a stranger. Or someone she trusts," Ven commented. "I'll have to ask Aqua about this. Maybe she will have an idea. But first, we need to finish this battle."

"Agreed," Yang said. She straightened out and offered Ven a hand. He stood up with her help and the three of them began to walk towards the exit to their battlefield. "Hey Ven?" Yang asked hesitantly. "You know that you and Vanitas are very different people right?"

"Of course," Ven said with a smile. Yang smiled back and gave him a light punch in the arm. He could never be like Vanitas. She was sure of it.

Author's Note: Every one deserves a chance to change if they want it enough. Sorry Roman. But you are one of the few who actually had a body to kill. Rest in Peace. I don't think he is a terrible guy. But he did lead a life of a necessity.