AUTHORS NOTE: now watch closely my friends! the fun begins! now that Ventus and Kasai have started off on their journey their love might be turned into grade A top notch blow your horse shoes off one of a kind love! or maybe not. lol read to fin out.
They landed on top of a natural bridge, which was covered in grass. Kasai hit the circle on her chest and her armor disappeared and her keyblade returned to normal. Ventus his armor and did the same. Kasai looked around at this unknown world. It was beautiful, full of light and green trees. There were flowers blossoming everywhere, birds chirping, and little critters running happy and free. Kasai awed in its beauty, she was always a sucker for nature. Something hit her ears, she heard whistling. Like people whistling to a little tune. She looked to Ventus who nodded, also hearing it. They moved to the edge of the bridge and looked down to see seven little men, walking in line with pick axes and hammers while whistling. The seven men went under the over pass and entered into a mine on the other side of the valley. "Let's go see if they have seen Terra." Kasai nodded as they two jumped down from the bridge. They followed the seven men into the mine.
But they were quickly stopped by dark blue creatures. Kasai jumped back in surprise. "What are they!?" She cried out as she summoned her keyblade.
"I think master Eraqus called them unversed. They are creatures of darkness," Ventus explained as one ran toward Kasai. She put her keyblade up to defend herself. It hit the blade then jumped back. There had to be at least 10 creatures surrounding them.
"Are you sure we can beat them?" Kasai said as she dodged another attack.
"Kasai, it's just like the dark orbs." He stood with his back facing her. She smiled and stood with her back to his. They began to fight the creatures of darkness. They stood there looking at the two warriors. Then suddenly one by one they would jump toward the two. With each swing of their weapons the creatures would slowly be weakened.
"We can't stay like this forever!" Kasai said, but when she looked back a creature slashed at her with its claws.
"We are better as a team. Just stay strong Kasai." Ventus said as he turned around and destroyed an oncoming unversed with a wind attack.
"Thanks," she smiled and then blasted an unversed that was about to attack Ventus with a fire ball.
"See, we make a good team." He turned around and continued to fight the creatures.
Kasai looked around and there was none in front of her. She put down her keyblade and relaxed. Ventus walked over to Kasai and wanted to say how awesome she was and how great it was to have her by his side. As he walked over a lump formed in his throat, he had never complimented a girl he liked before. In fact he never liked a girl before. He stood before her and sweat formed on his brow. "Uh you….you fight good," was all he said. Kasai smiled and thanked him. "Come on." She began to walk toward the cave. Once she turned around Ventus smacked himself on the forehead and called himself stupid. He began to follow her but on the top of a cliff an unversed leaped down on its prey.
"Look out!" Ventus cried as he jumped in front of her and killed the beast. In jumping to her, he pushed her down to the ground and covered her. Time slowed down as Kasai looked up at her hero and saw something she had never noticed before. The way the sun would light up his hair, it sparkled and glowed like gold. She could see the determination in his eyes to protect her. The glow of the sun outlined every feature. She could feel her face growing hotter as her cheeks blushed.
"Nothing's going to hurt you on my watch," he said as he stood up and then helped her up.
She shook off the feelings and smiled at him. "Let's get inside."
When they entered the mine they saw gems and jewels of all kind. Diamonds, topaz, sapphires, rubies and any kind of gem you could think of. They all sparkled and shined as the light entered in from the entrance. Kasai's mouth dropped seeing all these riches and they sparkling light they gave off. Kasai went over and touched one of the protruding gems from the wall. Ventus stopped and waited for her, he tilted his head as he looked at her. Something seemed different about her. There was a glow around her that he couldn't help but smile at. Kasai looked over at him and she saw his goofy little smile. She couldn't help but giggle and smile back at him. He scratched his cheek in embarrassment; he had never seen her like that before. Kasai looked at his eyes and she couldn't help but love how they sparkled and shinned. Those blue orbs, deep and blue like the ocean. He turned to walk deeper into the mine and she followed. Her heart skipped a beat and she scolded herself. This was her dream world and none of this was real.
Soon they saw the seven men digging and mining for gems. The dwarf with glasses looked up and saw the two strangers. "Who are you?" He asked with a slight stutter.
"My name is Ventus. Call me Ven," the boy said with a slight wave of the hand.
"My name is Kasai. We were just-"
Kasai was cut off by the dwarf in a red shirt yell out in anger, "Diamond thieves! Take cove ya fools!"
"Wait, what?" Kasai asked confused as she looked at the angered dwarf. The other dwarfs begin to run around in a frenzy panic. "We aren't—ow!" She was hit in the head with a jewel. She rubbed her head with a groan. She looked at the red shirt dwarf who had another one in his hand. Her eyes narrowed and she let out a slight growl.
Ventus stepped forward and toward the dwarfs, "I'm sorry. We didn't mean to frighten you."
Then a dwarf in a yellow shirt stepped forward and smiled, "You didn't?" His voice was full of joy.
Then another dwarf with a really long beard and grey shirt yawned and asked, "You mean you didn't want our gems?"
"That's not very nice treating us like bad guys! Especially Ven, he is the nicest guy you will ever meet!" Kasai stepped up beside Ventus.
"We are just trying to find a friend. His name is Terra. He is dressed kind of like me," Ventus patted his clothes, "About yay tall," he said raising his hand up to show how tall he was. Kasai found it funny how he had to stand on his tip toes to do so.
"SOUNDS LIKE A TALL TALE TO ME!" The grumpy dwarf yelled out.
"Listen short stack you're starting to tick me off!" Kasai said summoning her keyblade. Ventus put a hand in front of her and shook his head. She sighed and put back her keyblade.
"We don't know any Terra," the sleepy dwarf said.
"Please," Ventus looked like he was begging. The sadness in his voice, he was desperate to find Terra. "Could you come over here? I just want to talk."
"Don't fall fer it ya fools! Stay where you are!" The red shirt dwarf yelled to his comrades. Kasai had enough but before she could say anything Ventus summoned his keyblade.
"Fine we will do this the hard way!" He yelled as he chased them into the mines. Kasai smirked as she followed him. They went deeper in the mines and the dwarves had disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Kasai looked around in confusion.
"They must be hiding in the barrels and chest. Spread out and see if you can find any of them." Ventus said to his friend. Kasai nodded and went to look around.
She tipped over barrels and mine carts looking for the dwarfs. She found the happy dwarf who said he was sorry he couldn't help. Then she found the spectacled dwarf who stuttered again saying he didn't know any "Merra- I mean Terra." Kasai looked at the dwarfs and there were only six of them there. There was one missing, and of course it was the grumpy dwarf. She and Ventus looked around and saw a chest that hadn't been open. Kasai walked off and opened the chest, only to find the dwarf jump out and swing his fist at her. "I'm warnin' ya! Keep yer paws off our diamonds! I'll be watchin' ya!"
"Listen here strawberry short cake, I'm getting real tired of your attitude! How many times we got to tell you, we aren't thieves!"
"That's what they all say! Well we're on to ya!"
Kasai was about to charge when Ventus grabbed her shoulder and sighed. "Fine we get it. You want us to leave, we will leave. Can you just tell us where some other people are?"
"One's who will ACTUALLY help," Kasai said narrow eyed at the grumpy dwarf.
"There is a castle beyond the chorus- I mean the forest," the glasses dwarf said.
"Okay, thanks," Ventus said as they walked out of the mine. He sighed in sadness and defeat after they exited.
"More like thanks for nothing huh?"
"Well you can't really blame them. We were strangers, we aren't dressed like them, so I would probably suspect the same thing."
"No you wouldn't."
He tilted his head and looked at her in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"You're too nice," Kasai smiled to her blonde friend. He smiled and looked away. "I do find it funny how much anger a small person can hold! I mean there was this girl back in my world-" she stopped realizing she was from another world. She coughed and he was puzzled when she mentioned it. Kasai had to change the subject quick. She saw a little wooden cottage to the side. "Oh hey, that must be where the little men live." Ventus forgot what she said and looked at the cottage. The two walked over and looked at the cottage all over. Kasai looked inside and she felt it looked bigger on the inside. She heard Ventus laugh and she turned around to see her hysterical friend. "What are you laughing at?"
"Seem like a stalker there don't you?"
She blushed, "Ah hush your mouth!" She said in defense as she pushed her friend playfully. The fun was short lived when they heard a scream come from the forest. "What was that?"
"Sounded like a girl in trouble! Let's go check it out!" Ventus ran off into the forest, with his keyblade drawn. Kasai followed close behind as they entered the dark woods. Kasai had to admit it was kind of spooky. They soon saw a girl crying, huddled in a ball to a tree. As they grew closer, Kasai could see that the girl has ebony hair, and skin as white as snow. She wore a fancy dress which made her think the girl was of some importance. "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" Ventus asked the girl as he kneeled down beside her. Kasai watched the scene unfold as she looked around the spooky woods watching for any enemies.
"Oh, these horrible trees, they grabbed me," she cried out with such a soft and high voice. It kind of annoyed Kasai to be honest; Kasai was never one for girly girls.
Ventus stood up and held his hand out to her, "Ah, its okay. You were probably just seeing things. It happens to all of us when we are afraid."
The girl turned around and Kasai could see she had lips as red and as the rose, and to admit she was very pretty. She took Ventus' hand and stood up. "Oh thank you. I feel quite better now." Kasai was confused and quite shocked on how the girl went from terrified to cheery in the bat of an eyelash. "I'm sure I'll get along, somehow. But...I do need a place to sleep at night. Would you know anywhere I might?"
"We saw a cottage on the other side of this forest. Follow us and we will take you there. By the way, my name is Kasai."
"And my name is Ventus. But Ven for short."
The girl nodded her head to each of the heroes, "Thank you Ven and Kasai. My name is Snow White."
Kasai smiled to herself; it was a very befitting name for her and quit ironic. Ventus led the small group back to college. Kasai found it funny, without Terra he was trying so hard to act like a hero. He wanted to be so much like Terra, strong, brave and compassionate. Kasai had never seen him so determined before in these last 8 months they had been there. She sighed to herself and couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He had lost his best friend, and mentor. She vowed to herself right then she would do anything to help him.
As they were walking out, Kasai saw a shadow move out of the corner of her eye. She looked to her right and all she saw was trees. She looked harder and saw something large move. She looked closer and then she felt a root wrap around her ankle. She gasped and ran away and out of the forest. Once out of the forest she saw Ventus and Snow White at the cottage door. "Here, I will find a way in." Ventus said as he walked around back. Kasai heard a crash and a thud. She pushed open the small wooden door and walked inside. She saw Ventus tangled up in clothes and surrounded by pots and pans. He looked up at her with an embarrassed smile. She couldn't help but laugh at his clumsiness. She went over and untangled him from the clothes.
"Oh Ven, your so clumsy," she said as she got the last shirt off him.
"Hey, in my defense I didn't know the door was unlocked." He laughed and so did she. They both turned back to Snow White as she sat down in a chair. "You should be safe here but let me go look around and check for any monsters."
He walked to the door and right when he was about to exit, "Hey Ven," he turned around, "Be careful." Kasai said with a light blush. He smiled and with a thumb up he walked out. Kasai said and went to find Snow White some place to sleep. Upstairs she found 7 little beds; each bed had a different name on it. Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, and Doepy. Each one was made up differently too. Some were neat and tidy, and some were messy. Kasai turned around and saw that Snow White had made a bed out of three of the small beds. Kasai went back down stairs and into the kitchen. At this moment she realized the house was a wreck! There were pots and pans all over the floor, cob webs in every corner, dust on every counter. She cringed to herself at the dirtiness.
"Who invited you in!" She heard a voice behind her and she saw the seven dwarfs. "Get ya rotten thief!" He started swinging his pix axe at her as she backed away.
"Looks like the coast is clear," Ventus said as he entered in.
"Couldn't stay away could ya?" The grumpy dwarf yelled at Ventus and Kasai. "Now I mean, go on and get!"
"They're not thieves," the dwarfs looked up at the top of the stairs and saw Snow White walking down.
"Princess!" The dwarf with the spectacles cried out. Princess?! Now it became clear why she was wearing such fancy clothes. She was important after all.
"They helped me when I was frightened," she explained to the seven men.
"Now princess, you fussn't be mooled- I mean mustn't be fooled by them."
"Oh no, they helped me when I was so alone and frightened. They are good," she said as she sat down in a chair.
"What happened to get you so scared anyway?" Kasai questioned the princess.
"Well, I was picking flowers by the wood, and there was a stranger there. He had a sword, but it was like a key-and then these monsters came and-" Her story was cut short as soon as Ventus heard Terra could be here.
"A sword like a key?! Terra!" Ventus yelled in joy that his friend could be here.
"You mean this stranger saw you and sent his horde of evil demons after you?" The same stuttering dwarf asked.
"Terra would never do such a thing!" Ventus yelled in Terra's defense. Kasai placed a hand on his shoulder to try and calm him down.
"Of course. I'm sure he wouldn't. If he is a friend of yours, I'm sure he wouldn't," Snow White said with a smile. It amazed Kasai on how so trusting she could be.
"They're a-lyin'! Mark my words!" The grumpy man yelled at them.
Ventus had all he could take. His anger grew, "I'll prove it to you!" He ran out in anger and hope of finding Terra. Kasai quickly followed.
"Ven, slow down!" He stopped in his tracks and waited for her. "What got in to you?"
"I'm sorry Kasai. I just couldn't stand to hear them bad mouth Terra like that. I know he would never do anything like that."
"I know Ven. Come on let's find him." Kasai said as she walked forward. But then a giant tree unversed jumped in front of her. She let out a scream and jumped back and landed in Ventus' arms. "Looks like Snow White was right when she said the trees attacked her!" Kasai jumped from his arms and summoned her keyblade. "Ventus go on and look for Terra!" She jumped at the creature with keyblade tight in her hand.
"Kasai, I can't leave you! We're a team!" He said as he summoned his keyblade.
"Ventus! I mean it! Go!" He was stunned, that was the first time she had ever used his full name. And he guessed when she used it, she meant business. He groaned and ran off to leave her to fight alone. "Alright, just you and me!" She charged it but it used one of its vines to hit her back. She groaned in pain but stood up strong. "I won't let a tree beat me!" She charged but then when it swung at her she jumped in the air and cut off one of its branches. It staggered back in pain as it charged at her. She jumped over top of it and landed on a tree above. "Time to do some trimming." She leapt from the tree branch she was perched at and did a spinning attack as she went straight through the tree trunk. It screeched in pain as it turned back into darkness. She panted heavily, and wiped the sweat from her upper lip. She stood up proud and walked out of the forest.
One she was out of the forest she saw Ventus sitting on a rock with his face in his hands. She quickly walked over to him and sat down beside him, "Ven, what's wrong?"
"I saw an old lady. She said that Terra attacked her."
"Terra wouldn't attack an innocent old woman."
"I know. That's what I thought too. But she seemed so sure of herself that it was him. She said he had a weapon like mine and he was really tall. Who else could it be?"
Kasai was silent as she looked at her feet, "Oh come on Ven. Let's keep looking." She stood up and pulled him up with her. "By the way, sorry for yelling at you with your full name."
"It's okay. I know you meant business then so that's why I went on. I didn't want to get you angry, because I know you could beat the crap out of me."
"No way, you are so much stronger and more in tuned with the light than I am. It's like you are nothing but light." She frowned remembering how the voice told her, her heart was darkness. Ventus saw her change in emotions and decided to change the subject.
"Come on, let's get to another world." He hit the circle and his armor appeared and jumped on his glider. Kasai did the same and floated beside him. The portal opened in front of them.
"By the way, what did the old lady look like?" Kasai asked before they went into the portal.
"I'm not sure. She wore a black cloak and was carrying a basket of apples with her."
"APPLES?! Let's go find her I'm starving!" She heard Ventus laugh from behind his helmet.
"Come on, we will find you something to eat in the next world." He flew into the portal.
"Oh all right." She groaned as she flew in after him.
AUTHORS NOTE: wasn't that part where he tried to flirt just adorable? I thought so too. Well though it seems as if feelings are starting to blossom. How will thinks work out?