I AM SO. SO. SO. SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS LATE D8

I had a sleepover with my Sora last night and therefore couldn't write anything. Will be working extra hard on the next chapters so that they're all actually on time ;A;

Enjoy(?) this (REALLY SORRY IT'S THIS) short chapter!

Ventus awoke slowly, surrounded by an ever-changing pattern of sunset colors, mixed with a constantly fading white to black, and back again.
He tried to stand, closing his eyes against the dizzyingness of the lights, and was engulfed in a strange white glow that surrounded every particle of his being, seemingly drawing him away, piece by piece.

As he re-materialized, he squeezed his eyes open and closed a few times, rubbing at them.
Teleporting was such an odd sensation.

Finally adjusting, Ven looked around for the first time.
The strange room seemed empty except for himself, and made a noise of confusion.

A soft, familiar laugh started up from behind him and Ventus whipped around, staring.

"Aqua!"

He ran at the blue haired girl, burying his face in her shoulder, clutching tightly at her.

"I was so worried...I thought you had just vanished and left us behind..."

She smiled, pulling him close, brushing her hands through his hair.

"You'll be okay, Ven. Trust me."

A deeper voice suddenly spoke up next to them.

"Yeah. It'll all be okay."

Ven turned around again, tears in his eyes, praying that he hadn't been imagining his best friend's voice.

"TERRA!"

The blonde leaped from in front of Aqua, straight to Terra's arms, wrapping his arms around his neck and crying in happiness.

"You're here you're here you're here you're here!"

And completely disregarding the fact that their other friend was standing not three feet from them, he slammed his lips against the older boy's, pressing himself fully into the kiss, letting out all the hurt and suffering he'd had to endure for the past few hours.
They stood there, wrapped in their own little world, which was only punctuated by Aqua coughing to get their attention.

"Are we going to head out now guys?"

Terra looked between the two of them.

"Actually, I was kind of wanting to spar with Ven for a bit. Haven't gotten a chance to for a while. What'dyou say?"

Ven nodded eagerly, and Aqua sighed, sitting off on the sidelines. She waited for the two of them to get into position, and then counted back from three, the final number sending them flying towards each other, keyblades drawn, the blades meeting with a loud crashing sound.

They dashed around the arena, ricocheting off of the walls, somersaulting and gliding past each other, their keyblades constantly clashing, Ven getting more and more tired. After about half an hour of solid sparring later, Ven and Terra stood shakily in front of each other, panting, a huge smile on the blonde's face.

Terra made as if to swing his keyblade up and rest it on his shoulder, and Ven began to walk away, towards Aqua, ready to sit down and rest for a while.

All of a sudden a searing, white-hot pain shot through his chest and his eyes went wide. Then something slid out of him, digging into his innards slightly, making him scream, collapsing to his knees.

A strong hand gripped his shirt front, lifting him up into the air, and as the blood drained out of him, Ven barely had enough strength to struggle against it.

He looked down at Terra, tears in his eyes.

"I love you, Ven..."
The brunette stated simply. He set the blonde down, holding him in place so that he wouldn't fall.

A flash of gold zipped across Terra's eyes before they went back to their normal color.

"...Ter...?"

"I love how easy it is to manipulate you. I love how much you thought you trusted me. And I love how I could easily just kill you right now, and you wouldn't even fight back."

As he talked, a hand slid to Ven's throat, just resting there, the hint of what could happen if the other decided to squeeze even slightly making him shake.

"Terra...why are you doing this..."

A truly evil smirk slid onto his face and he looked down at the blonde.

"Because. I'm not really Terra."

There was a rush of darkness, swooping up around the pair of them, and when Ven looked again, he was lying on the ground in the Mirage Arena, just outside the login section, and Terra and Aqua were gone, the only trace that anyone else had been there beside him was a slight whisp of darkness that faded away.

He felt his chest where Terra's keyblade had gone through him, but the wound, if there ever had been one, was now fully healed. As he half stumbled, half crawled towards the exit spot, he rummaged through his pocket, pulling out a potion, chugging it down, feeling almost instantly revitalized.

Keep going...keep going...

The phrase was almost becoming a constant mantra in Ven's mind, making him continue on and on, no matter how tired, beaten or otherwise impaired he was.

He had to...

keep...

going...

I'm sorry this chapter fails so badly

(In case you couldn't tell, Vanitas hacked the computer system, creating holograms.)