Chapter 9: Ven

I opened my eyes and jumped a little as I saw Ven standing right in front of me, blocking Terra's keyblade pushing upward as Terra tried to force his down. "Are you alright?" Ven asked me through clenched teeth as he tried to knock Terra back.

"I'm okay, what about you?" I asked concerned, watching him try and force the other guy back. He looked so weak and breakable under all that pressure.

He turned and smiled at me, "Don't worry about me." and like that Terra was forced back with Ven on his heels.

I watched as Ven jumped into the air and attacked Terra, unfortunately Terra was fast as well and blocked the blow. Ven flew up higher in the air with Terra following him skyward. They flew higher and higher up as sparks filled the air as keyblades collided. It was surprising how strong they both were, especially Ven. He didn't seem like the fighter type. Eventually they were so high all I could see was their silhouettes fighting in the moon light. They're fight from down here looked like a graceful dance as their keyblades collided and they flew through the air towards each other.

The fight stayed airborne for a few minutes until Terra flew above Ven and hit him at the right angle to send him falling towards the ground. I thought for sure Ven was going to fall to his death by the way he was falling. His head was towards the ground and he was falling at a very fast speed. I was in too much shock to call anything out to him, not that it would have helped anyway. After about fifteen seconds of falling Ven quickly flipped himself over so he was falling feet first, not like that would have helped him anymore. What he did next was surprising, he crouched down and dragged his hand slightly in front of his foot and a path of light appeared in front of him, bringing him safely down.

I smiled as I watched him slide down out of the sky. He even kept the path going as Terra flew to his side and started attacking him again. Shortly afterward they were back on the ground fighting. Terra's blows kept getting stronger as the fight progressed and darkness surrounded him. Ven calmly blocked the attacks and swung when necessary. Things took a turn for the worst on Ven's end. As he lifted both hands to block an attack, Terra took a cheap shot and elbowed him in the gut. Ven fell back and gasped for air as Terra walked closer.

Terra then grabbed Ven by the neck and lifted him in the air, cutting off his air flow. Ven wrapped his hands around Terra's arm to pull him off as his feet kicked aimlessly in the air. After a while Ven slowly pulled one of his hands off Terra's arm and it started glowing with light. He quickly brought his hand to Terra's face and he stumbled back, dropping Ven to the ground.

Ven fell to his knees and gasped for air but was quickly back on his feet, both hands glowing. He charged in Terra's direction, punching different parts of his body as light seeped in his skin. When Terra tried to fight back, Ven kicked his knee causing him to fall over. When his eyes turned blue again Ven tried reaching out to him.

"Terra, you need to stop. You're letting the darkness control you again." He said kindly but he was positioned still ready to fight.

"Ven..." He said looking at his now living friend. "I brought you back."

Ven gave him a hard look, "Did you ever think that maybe I didn't want to be brought back?"

Terra looked at him confused as he slowly got up, "What do you mean?"

Ven groaned in exasperation. "I chose to die Terra. I died to protect you and Aqua. I didn't want to live again. You've put too many lives at risk, including your own. Do you think that's what I wanted?"

Terra looked at him apologetically. "Sorry Ven, I just wanted to see you again."

In that moment all of Ven's anger drained from his body and he stood calmly in front of his friend. "I wanted to see you again too, and Aqua as well. But not like this, not putting yourself in danger, and them." he said pointing at us. "I don't know how your still here." Ven mumbled.

"I don't understand what you mean." Terra said pointing out the fact that he's not supposed to be here.

"You died a couple years back, Terra." He looked at me again and smiled. "Maybe they did something to bring you back."

Terra looked at me now and looked at an unconscious Sora nearby. "Maybe, nobody can be to sure about these things." He stood up all the way.

"Let's go home, she's waiting for us." Ven smiled as he held out his hand

Terra took it and smiled as light surrounded him, "Home sounds nice right about now."

Ven Turned and smiled at me while he held his other hand out in my direction. "Come here, I got something I can do for you."

I slowly got up, wincing through the pain and took his hand. Green light shot out of his hand and into my body. I gasped as I healed and the light shot into Sora. "Whoa." I muttered in amazement.

"I just healed you and every here that was connected to you in your heart." He explained.

"Thank you." I said as I backed away from him. In the light next to them I could see a blue haired girl placing her hands on theirs and she smiled at me before they all disappeared.

In Ven's place I saw Roxas looking around disorientated and Sora woke up as if he woke up from a nap. Riku fell out of the sky and fell smack on his ass. I smiled as I saw they were all right.