Yeah, I'm not sure if the first chapter was good or terrible for you, but I'll try to make it better in this chapter. This is around the time when Vanitas gets to confront Ven for the first time and when Master Xehanort asks for his opinion. Of course, Ven/Terra-lovers might want to get out now because this is where the Ven/Terra-bashing begins. I apologize in advance if you are a fan who dared to stay even after the warning, but if you make it to the end without wanting to flame this fic, good for you. No sarcasm intended, 'cause on the internet there's no telling how someone means something. Just to let you know, the above sentence was not sarcastic. Now to my fellow Vanitas-fangirls/boys I also apologize if this was a waste of time. Feel free to flame, I call it constructive criticism.
Enjoy!
On any other day, I'd completely disagree with anyone who called self-awareness a curse, but today is different. I could've completely ignored both Aqua and Terra, and gone on with my reconnaissance assignment. Aqua was nimble and an expert in magic, something I was still struggling with. Terra relied on brute strength in combat, and the way he sparred with Ventus, I hoped he would miss and give Blondie a concussion. Or if he sparred with Aqua, I'd fire a Blizzard spell and freeze him with no intent of doing it permanently. This negative thinking, Master told me, spread like wildfire in the form of creatures called the Unversed. Anytime an Unversed was destroyed, I felt that euphoric response I had built up resistance to.
What do you make of him?
"He ain't gonna cut it. Somebody's gotta break that loser in." It's obvious he can't fight, that he'll lose unless Eraqus trains him properly and doesn't let him stay scrawny and weak like that. The Master seems to know of my thoughts, and tells me,
"You are not to interfere here, Vanitas. You are to do that somewhere else, I have to keep up appearances." Something's bugging the dinosaur, 'cause I don't see anything wrong with—well, he's been lusting after power from day one as I can recall and I know he'd do anything to get some. 'Oh the everlasting darkness will be mine, blah, blah, blah!' 'The χ-blade will be MINE!' I don't think so, it's mine old man! You treat me like shit, so do you think I'm just gonna stand by and let you have it all. Do I look like Ventus again, is that it? I don't want to be ugly, and I don't want to have something that's not mine. I want something that's mine! That's the only reason I haven't taken Ventus' friends from him, they don't belong to me no matter how much I want them to. The more jealous I feel, the angrier I get, the more satisfaction I see etched on my Master's face. Does he find it entertaining, the way I feel? Doesn't surprise me if the bastard does.
Why so many questions, huh little man? You know he doesn't like that.
I have two words to say. "Fuck. You." I work my ass of every day while you sit on yours and tell me what to do. Could you please tell me what the hell is wrong with that? Last time I checked, you weren't the Master, and you know just about as much about him as I do. In case that doesn't compute in your tiny-ass brain, it means YOU ARE AN IDIOT.
"Whoa kiddo, who taught you that?"
"Same person who says I'll never tell you!" Look at him, thinking I'll give in if he shoves his gun in my face. Tch, look at my Keyblade, he don't stand a chance. Like Ven if he actually did have the courage to pick a fight with me. I don't know if you recall the boy running and screaming 'Terra! Terra!' And for the umpteenth time, Terra is a girl's name! Back to the point, you don't stand a chance. You have guns? Too bad, I'm darkness. Darkness beats bullets anytime, anywhere.
"What's the matter? Blew your thought wad already?"
"Huh?" I may be able to understand the normal teens in Radiant Garden but that word was new to me. What the hell is 'thought wad' supposed to mean? So I reacted… naturally. "Shut up!"
Now you see why I posted that warning. Maybe I can predict the future of my writing or maybe I'm just insecure, whatever. For the words used I'd like to thank the KH Wiki and the Urban Dictionary for help on personalities and slang words. Also thanks to GLaDOS from Portal 2, just gotta love her even though quite a few of you label her as a bitch.