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Note: Okay, here we see Vanitas beginning to collect himself after his emotional breakdown that I forced him to have : ]
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Things written like this: memory
'kyukyukyu': thoughts -used to be 'fapfapfap'...before I figured out it had an actual meaning! ^/^ lol
"nomnomnom": speak
Chapter Three: To Trust or not to Trust
Ventus' Pov
A blond haired boy raced through the streets. 'Where could she...?' he thought as he glanced around the alcove. This was the second one he had ventured too in search of his friend. Perhaps she had already left like he feared?
At last, he heard her bell like laughter a little whiles away towards the steps. He smiled before turning around the bend. He moved till he was in a position to wave to the girl...but she wasn't all that caught his eye. There, in front of the blue haired girl, was HiM. The smile quickly wiped off his face; his hand suspended in midair. 'What?' He quickly called his keyblade, Wayward Wind, and rushed forwards.
Aqua saw him a moment too late.
Ventus rushed towards the two, blade raised to strike. "Aqua! Watch out!" He screamed out, noticing the immediate change between the two. Aqua's of pure amazement and the boy with the mask, whose face had always been hidden from him before, was one of apprehension. As if he was unsure.
It caught him off guard at first and he almost stumbled but was able to hold himself in check as he watched the black haired boy call forth his own keyblade, Void Gear. The name popped in his head of it's own violation. Funny...as that had only ever happened with his own blades. But there was no time to think over that small bit of information.
He pushed Aqua, who seemed stunned, out of the way before clashing his blade onto the others. He watched, slightly awed, as the lithe body quickly recovered before sweeping out against him, drawing his blade high in the air before bringing it back down in a flash of motion.
Ventus groaned at the power behind the blow as he pushed back at the keyblade that steadily drove into his own. The blond held his ground as the mask-less boy continued his assault. Pushing down on his keyblade while he guarded, neither giving in. He felt his knee go down before the pressure was finally released. He looked up to see the boy unguarded.
"Now lis-" he began. But Ventus wouldn't let the opportunity pass him.
He swung out against the dark being, noting the brief look of shock gracing his features, before his opponent placed a hand over the descent sized cut that appeared on his chest.
"Not bad Ventus." he smirked. "But not good enough."
He could feel his face contort in anger.
Keyblade was set against keyblade. Each movement matched each other in a flash of movement. Each parry was met with another of it's like. Blow by blow the duo moved together ceaselessly for several moments.
Vanitas met Ventus at every turn. His movements were off, he grimaced. His attacks seemed less precise and he moved slower than on their last encounter. Perhaps Aqua had already beaten him down. But then why were they laughing together.
Just what was he trying to pull on his dear friend?
"You leave Aqua alone!" he yelled. "You will not touch her." the blond noticed the others features dip into a frown. He opened his mouth to speak before being cut off by several portals opening.
Aqua, who had remained silent, suddenly called forth her keyblade. "Enough of this!" she yelled to the two younger boys. " We can discuss this later but for now, suffice it to say Ventus, that Vanitas is on our side." She poised herself to attack the unversed.
'Vanitas?' he thought. They were on a first name basis?
" For now let's focus on the Unversed." she swiped at one destroying it in a few well placed thwacks. Ventus glanced over at the dark boy beside him. He watched the boy's face contort in pain before it fell back into his indifferent mask. "I still don't trust you." Ventus held out his blade ready to attack. But turned towards the unversed at the last second. "We'll settle this after we handle this bunch."
"Wait." came the command behind the two friends. "I can stop them myself." Vanitas told the other two. Aqua, who just destroyed another unversed, quickly hopped back towards the two boys. "And what do you plan to do exactly?" Several more Unversed popped up in place of the two who were destroyed.
Vanitas said nothing as he walked forwards, keyblade dispersing as he went. "Vanitas! You can't mean to take on all these unversed without even a keyblade. There are limits even to your tenacity." He heard Aqua scream to the other. 'Just what is going on here...' Ventus thought confused.
He ignored the two as he stretched his hand up. "Enough of this. I did not call you here." he shouted commandingly at the Unversed. Several moments happened where the unversed stayed still, neither acknowledging him nor attacking. 'Strange...'
"Go back to where I left you!" he yelled again, sounding frustrated. 'How dare they not listen!' A few silent moments passed before the Unversed turned to vapor before their eyes.
Finally, they followed his orders.
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Vanitas' Pov
"What?" Aqua asked taken aback. "They follow your command?" The girl lowered her weapon, trying to calm her nerves.
Vanitas kept his eyes forwards, his body stiff. "Yes," he began slowly "It's a bit complicated."
The atmosphere remained strained for several minutes before Vanitas could turn around to face the two gawkers. "Okaaay..But first tell me why you think this guy is good?" he asked Aqua doubtfully, pointing his thumb in the other's direction.
Vanitas turned away embarrassedly as he thought of their discussion earlier. He felt a heat grow on his cheeks. 'The hell is up with these stupid f**king emotions?' he thought vexed with himself. It was like he was on some sort of sick roller coaster from Disney Town or something!
Luckily the moment passed without anyone commenting on such an atrocity. He sighed before watching to two silently. Nothing he would say would change the boy's mind anyway.
The bluette just smiled lopsidedly. "Just...you need to trust me for now Ven." She scratched her cheek in anticipation of his reply. Which, if Vanitas knew Ventus and he was pretty sure he did...would make her feel like taking..
"Okay." He pouted at his friend. "But you need to know Terra took off. Or did you forget, oh mighty Keyblade Master?" He turned away from the two.
Taking a nice little guilt trip. He smirked, leaning against the stoned wall.
"Wait! Ven!" Aqua said quickly, ashamed that she indeed didn't remember the argument they had...but that felt like it was so long ago now. She coughed to gather herself "I'm sorry Ven but you should come back to the castle with me and Vanitas. I'll head out to find Terra after I...we explain everything to master I promise!"
"You know, ever since you've become a keyblade master. You've let it go to your head." he replied. "I'll trust you. But I won't trust him."
Vanitas whistled as he ran off "Damn. You just got burned." he said bluntly. "And ditched." he added for good measure.
Aqua turned to look at him angrily "Oh shut up. Like you faired any better." But after a moment she looked down sadly "I didn't really expect him to listen to me anyways."
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Okay so there you have it! Chapter Three! A bit shorter I think but needed for coming chaps.
AN1: I just noticed that I put stairs in Radiant Garden but...I don't think there were any. Oops, I guess on that one I call creative license :3
Again feedback would be wonderful! I can do with some constructive criticism! [Like: Hey you made the first two chapters way to fluffy, especially for Vanitas. XD ] But Love filled replies are always welcome to so...
Read and Review please 3
haha, that's what I get for reading about Vanitas from the novels. I wanted to see what would happen if he had his breakdown in front of Aqua. o.o
AN2: I do own something! The word Bluette xD But that's about it. Dang it!
AN3: Wow...I really suck at chapter titles XD