AUTHORS NOTE: back to long chapters folks! enjoy!
When the light died away Ventus and Kasai found themselves on their gliders and in their armor. They looked around and saw a world with a pretty castle and gardens. They shrugged their shoulders and flew into the world. The portal opened and they landed on the paved ground. They look around and see an old duck with bifocals carrying a cane and walking around but then they see Mickey. At least that's what they think. They decided to follow him. They climbed up some stairs that led out of the town square and to the market street. Mickey was nowhere to be found. Kasai looked around and saw Mickey running toward a castle. She pointed him out to Ventus and the chase was afoot.
They soon reached the castle doors and there stood two guards. Both very muscular, one had black hair in dreadlocks, the other had short red hair. They stood firm and still. Kasai walked on up but they pointed their weapons at her. She jumped back, "What the heck?"
"The castle is presently closed," the guard with red hair said.
"But we just saw somebody run this way," Ventus said referring to Mickey.
The two guards looked at each other confusion and then back to Ventus, "We are not aware of any visitors today. Now run along home kids before the monsters get you."
The word monster struck Kasai but Ventus ignored it, "I could've sworn it was him."
"Come on Ven, let's keep looking." Ventus began to walk down the stairs when a giant metal unversed fell on the stairs. When it landed it shook the ground and Ventus tumbled backwards. Kasai ran down to him and helped him up.
The guard with red hair ran forward, "They're here!" He had his weapon in hand ready to strike.
Then the black haired guard soon joined beside him, "Radiant Garden shall not fall to you!"
The two guards run past Kasai and Ventus read to attack the unversed but then with keyblades in hand Kasai and Ventus ran past them and after the unversed which fled seeing the keyblade. "Leave it to us!" Ventus yelled as the two ran.
"Stop!" The red haired guard called to them.
"You're only children!" The black haired guard chased after them.
Ventus and Kasai ran around a corner and saw the giant unversed try to attack the duck they saw earlier. "Ach! How dare ye!? Back off, ye fiend!" Just from those few words you could hear the thick Scottish accent. "Ye'll not be gettin' my money!"
"Look out!" Ventus yelled at him.
"Duck!" Kasai yelled out but then realized she probably said the wrong word. But the duck ducked down and at that moment, Ventus and Kasai threw their keyblades at the unversed causing it to flee. The two began to chase after it when they were stopped by the duck.
"Hold on! Wait a moment laddie and lassie." Ventus and Kasai stopped as they watched the unversed escape. Kasai snapped her fingers in frustration but turned to look at the duck. "Don't I even get a chance to repay ye?"
"Oh you don't have to," Ventus said holding up his hand.
"Yeah, we just didn't want anyone hurt," Kasai said.
The two turned to continue to go after the monster when, "Now, just hold yer horses. I dinna mean me fortune. Maybe a wee bit o' gold, or a small token of..."
Ventus looked where the unversed went and Kasai could tell he was getting impatient. "Could ya make it fast?" She asked for him.
"I know! I got just the thing in me hat!" The duck took off his hat and started to rummage through it mumbling to himself. "Come here." He motioned for the two kids. They walked toward him and kneeled down to be eye level with him. Then the duck moved his hat to the side of his bill as if to have a private conversation. "Yer not from this world are ye? You can tell me laddie and lassie."
Ventus and Kasai were shocked, how did he know? They weren't supposed to tell anyone that they were from another world, which could compromise their missions and cause the world to fall out of balance. "Danot worry. Me bill is sealed. Yer secret's safe with me. I'll not be askin' ye any awkward questions. Ye see, 'tis the same with me. I asked a wizard named Merlin to bring me here from another world. After all, adventure is the mother of industry!" It was clear to see this duck was a wealthy business man.
Kasai stood up and clapped her hands together, "Great that all?" She asked impatiently, but Ventus was just as impatient as her.
"Ack! I'm holdin' ye up aren't I? Here," he said handing the two four ticket stubs. "These are life time passes to Disney Town." Ventus took the four tickets and looked at them. He handed one to Kasai as he put the others in his pockets. "Ye'll have buckets o' fun there, or my name is not Scrooge McDuck. There y'are-enough for you two and two grown-ups."
"Thank you," Kasai said and then the two ran off to find the unversed. They ran through town looking at every corner and street. "There!" Kasai pointed out the unversed as it headed down a street. They followed close behind and around a corner.
"Hang it all! Can't I get a moments peace?!" When they rounded the corner they saw a man in a blue robe and cone hat on his head. He had bifocals on as he pushed them up his nose.
As they ran by Ventus called to the man, "Mister, get inside. It's not safe."
The man stood up straight and flattened his robe, "Oh, ordering me about-now that's unsafe. After all, I'm Merlin the Wizard. Oh ho... Another pair of scamps looking to wake the powers inside of them, is that it?"
Kasai stopped in her tracks hearing the name but then Ventus stopped when he heard the last sentence. "How did you know?" Kasai asked the man with the long white beard.
"We wizards have a knack for knowing such things. The book is inside on the table. You may have a gander, if you like." The man laughed a little and walked back to his door.
"What book?" Ventus asked getting curious. But Kasai knew it wouldn't be worth their time.
She grabbed his hand and pulled him along, "Come on, we're losing it!"
They ran through the streets and to an open area where the unversed stopped. Just then two other unversed came in as well. And followed behind those pieces was Aqua and Terra. The two adults stopped when they saw the two teens. "Ven?! Kasai?!" Terra and Aqua said in unison.
"Aqua! Terra!" The two teens said in joy at seeing their friends.
At that moment the three unversed joined together to make one giant metal armored unversed. "We can catch up later!" Kasai said as she summoned her keyblade.
The four friends stood strong and ready to defeat the enemy set before them. Aqua charged in attacking first. She jumped into the arm and attacked at its head. The floating head spun around, causing it to lose focus. That's when Terra charged in. Unlike Aqua he ran to the feet and began to weaken its support. Ventus, wanting to be like Terra, ran beside him and helped to attack the feet. Kasai felt it was best to take out its means of attack. So she would use magic to weaken its arms so it could not hurt them. Slowly, the machine unversed was becoming weak, and that was when the pieces spilt apart and started to attack on their own. The feet stomped around, the arms swung in a frenzy, and the upper body and head spun around attacking anything in its path. Terra and Ventus chased after the feet, trying to avoid the force that went out when the feet stomped down. Aqua continued to fight the head and upper body, which meant Kasai was left with the arms. There were two of them though and only one her, not only that but the other body parts were trying to attack her as well. She looked around for a safe spot where the body and feet didn't go there much. She found a corner in the far right and she began to beat the arms back so she could fight them alone. As she fought she could hear the groans and grunts of her friends getting hurt. As she fought she heard Ventus scream slightly. This startled her; she turned around and saw her friend fall to the ground. She was torn; did she continue attacking or go help him? She left the arms and ran back into the war zone. As she ran in to help him she was hit by the recoil of the feet, and pushed back by the spinning body. Her head began to get light as her vision blurred from the pain she was feeling. But that didn't stop her. She finally reached her fallen friend and gave him a potion that restored his health and healed his wounds. He opened his eyes and smiled at her. She weakly smiled at him as she stumbled back to the arms. Ventus saw she was in pain and weak. He knew Terra could handle himself so he ran to help her with the arms. Kasai continued to fight but was then hit back by the arms. Ventus caught her in his arms, "I gotcha," he said with a big smile. He helped her back up and then went after the arms. She fought alongside him as they helped each other. Soon one of the arms disappeared into a black puff of smoke. Ventus slashed at the other as it disappeared too. Kasai turned around and saw the monster only had one foot left and its head and body. Terra then destroyed the last foot and all that was left was the head and body.
"Terra!" Aqua called out to him as she ran toward the final piece.
"Ven! Now!" Terra yelled as he ran toward it as well.
"Come on Kasai!" Ventus said as he pulled Kasai along.
"Bring it on!" She yelled as her and Aqua attacked first, causing it to become distracted. Then Terra and Ventus jumped into the air and attacked the unversed together. The floating body hit the ground with a loud clank, and then the head fell backwards and hit the ground. The last piece of the unversed vanished in a puff of smoke. Kasai smiled as she high fived Ventus.
"Got him," Terra said with a champion like pose and smile.
"We make a good team," Aqua said as the group walked to the center of the area.
"Sure do!" Ventus said then remembered the Disney passes, "Oh yeah, we got you these." He pulled the Disney town passes from his pocket.
"For what?" Terra asked confused as he took his.
"Life time passes to Disney Town, the guy said," Ventus stopped and said with a small attitude, "He said to bring two adults." His face turned sorrow as he crossed his arms with a slight pout.
"You mean us?" Aqua asked. Her and Terra looked at each other then laughed slightly. But then Aqua's face changed to a grim look, "Listen to me Ven. We need to get you and Kasai home."
But Ventus had other plans, he wanted to stay and help so he said, "It's okay, Aqua. Trust me, that guy in the mask is history. He'll never bad-mouth Terra again," to try and convince her.
Terra gasped and quickly grabbed Ventus' shoulder, "You saw the boy in the mask?"
"Y-yeah," Ventus stuttered feeling the amount of pressure that Terra put on him.
Terra looked away to the left and muttered, "Vanitas." Kasai knew then that Terra had met the boy before too. What did Vanitas want? Terra looked back to Ventus and said forcefully, "Ven, you let Aqua take you and Kasai home."
"No way, we want to help you guys!" Ventus spook up to his old friend. Kasai stayed out of the conversation not really wanting to get yelled at. She knew that if Aqua wanted them home there must have been a good reason.
"You can't. We have a dangerous task ahead of us. I don't want you to get hurt," Terra said sternly to his young friend. Kasai saw that Terra still wanted to protect Ventus, but he wasn't doing it right.
Aqua turned to face him with a frown and asked, "And what is this dangerous task, Terra? It doesn't sound like what the Master told you to do."
Terra snarled and looked down at his feet, "It may be a different route but I'm fighting the darkness."
"I'm not so sure. I've been to the same worlds as you and I've seen what you've done. You shouldn't put yourself so close to the darkness."
"Listen to yourself Aqua! Terra would never-" Ventus tried to defend him but they ignored him and began to argue.
"You mean you've been spying on me? Is that what he said to do? The Master's orders?" Kasai could hear the venom in his voice when he said the word master. Kasai didn't know what to think. She knew Aqua was a keyblade master now, and she knew that Aqua always looked out for the best interest in all of them. But Terra, he was Ventus and her mentors. How could she turn her back on a friend?
"He was only," Aqua opened her mouth to speak but nothing else came out. She sighed and looked down at the ground.
There was a short silence, "Aqua," Ventus said her name with such sadness in it.
"I get it," Terra said coldly as he turned to leave.
"Terra!" Ventus yelled out starting to go after him.
"JUST STAY PUT!" Terra had never used so much force behind his words before. It startled Ventus and he stayed still. "I'm on my own now, alright?" He then walked off leaving the three friends behind.
"Terra, please! Listen! The Master has no reason to distrust you, really! He was just worried," Aqua tried one last time to get him to stay with the group.
"You're awful Aqua," Ventus said as he looked up at her. Kasai was shocked; she had never heard Ventus insult anybody. His voice it had so much sadness behind it that it was unbearable to Kasai.
Aqua sighed and turned to the two, "So now you know the truth. But the Master loves Terra, and you know that too."
"Where you also "ordered" to take me and Kasai home," now Ventus really had venom in his voice. He was actually getting angry, he rarely got angry and let alone to his friends.
Aqua frowned and nodded, "Only you Ventus. Kasai can stay if she wants. But the master and I knew you wouldn't come back unless she came with you."
Kasai looked to Ventus and she saw the pure sadness beneath those beautiful blue orbs. "Aqua... Now that you're a Keyblade Master, you've let it go to your head. I'm gonna go find Terra." With that the blonde boy ran off.
"Ven!" Kasai called out to him but then stopped with a sigh. She looked up at Aqua who looked like she was about ready to cry. "Aqua, I understand. Terra has been a great friend, but he is doing things that aren't right. I can sense the darkness grow stronger in him."
"I wish Ventus could."
Kasai bit her lip and wondered if she should tell Aqua the truth that she knows about Ventus. "I know Ventus is void of darkness. And that Vanitas is Ven's dark half."
Aqua looked at her quickly, "How do you know?"
"When Ven ran away after we fought Maleficent, I tried to follow him. I ended up in a world that was nothing but desert. There I saw Vanitas. He told me everything, how he was Ven's dark side and all of his dark emotions. Wrath, envy, pride and lust."
"So you know the truth?"
"I just don't know why Vanitas wants Ven so much."
"Me neither. But I know we have to keep Ven away from him, at all cost. Can I trust you that you will protect him?"
"Why me?" She asked, she knew she was weak. Much weaker than any of the fighters.
"Cause you care for him. Don't you?"
Kasai sighed, "Yes. I do. But I don't want him to know. I just want to return home, and I know that if I fall for him, I won't want to leave." She knew Aqua would understand because before she had told Aqua how she got there and what her true intentions where.
Aqua then placed her hands on Kasai's shoulders and looked into her eyes. "Keep him safe. Protect him at all cost." Her words, spoke deep and true. She meant every word she spoke. Kasai nodded her head and then Aqua let go of her. "I have to go. Go find Ven and keep him safe." With that Aqua ran away toward the way Terra ran.
Kasai kicked her foot and groaned. She came here to find her light and now she had to protect her best friend. Even though he was a better fighter than her. She shook her head and followed Aqua. She figured it was better to follow Aqua than to just run around hopelessly to find no one. But when she rounded the corner she lost Aqua. Her shoulders slumped down as her eyes narrowed annoyed. She threw her head back and looked at the sky, "Really?" She rolled her eyes then went to the town square and sat on a bench.
She kicked her feet back and forth not knowing what to do. Should she get up and go look for Ventus or just sit here and hope he found her? She rubbed her forehead and then placed her face in her hands. She took a deep breath and then silently cried inside. Now it was her turn for her emotions to conflict. She wanted to return home and see her family, but she wanted Ventus to be her light. She didn't want to be selfish in either way, but either way it went it looked like she won no matter what. But if she went back she would miss Ventus for the rest of her life, but if she stayed she would miss her parents. Now either way she went it looked like she would lose. She bit her lip and groaned loudly. She then threw her head back and laid it on the back of the bench. She watched as the clouds passed by, she would see different shapes and pictures inside the clouds. Just sitting there and thinking calmed her and her thoughts began to adjust to what was right. She felt that protecting Ventus was the best thing she could do right now. And if she is meant to go home she will. She sighed and then looked around the town square. She turned to her left and saw Ventus sitting there. "Ah!" She screamed in shock that someone was there. He jumped at her scream and dropped his wooden keyblade. "Make a sound or something!" She hit him in the side of the arm and shook her head.
"Excuse me! You looked like you were deep in thought and I didn't want to bother you!" He looked around and saw his wooden keyblade a little ways away. There was a red spikey haired boy and a blue haired boy walking by. The red haired boy stopped and went to pick up the wood keyblade.
"This yours?" He asked as he looked to Ventus. Who just nodded his head yes for a response. Kasai could see he was taking this personal. He walked over to return the wooden keyblade when his blue haired friend walked up to him.
"Lea, we don't have time for this," his voice was annoyed and impatient.
"Lighten up, Isa. It'll only take a sec," he handed back the keyblade to Ventus who took is slowly. "You still play with toy swords. That's cute. Now this," he then pulled out two Frisbees with plastic points around it, "this is a weapon." He twirled them around in his hands with a cocky smile. "What do ya think?"
"Not a whole lot," Ventus said not pleased.
"You're just jealous," he put the toys back in his pockets and then looked to the two. "I'm Lea. Got it memorized," he said tapping his pointer finger on his temple. "What's your name."
"I'm Kasai," she said sorrowfully.
"Ventus," was all he said.
"Okay Ventus, let's fight!" He pulled out the "weapons" again and stood in a defensive stance.
"Fight? Why would I want to do that?"
"You scared of losing? Come on!" He was now taunting him trying to get him to fight. Ventus jumped from his seat and held the wooden keyblade tight. He didn't want to use his real keyblade, afraid he might actually hurt the kid. "Hope you're ready." Lea said with a smirk as he charged at him.
The fight lasted for about five minutes and to be honest Kasai didn't pay much attention to it for she didn't care. She looked up and saw Lea fall on his butt panting. "You...had enough? 'Cause I'm willing...call it a draw if you are."
Ventus titled his head to the side but then laughed, "Right." He reached out his hand to help the boy up.
Then Isa walked up and said coldly, "From where I stood, the only thing you drew was a big L on your forehead for "Loser"..."Lame," "Laughable"..." Kasai couldn't help but laugh, his sarcastic humor was quit amusing.
Lea was taken aback by this statement from his friend, "Wha- Isn't this the part where ya...cheer me up or somethin'? "You're just havin' a bad day." or..."That's what you get for pullin' your punches!" Some friend." He crossed his arms and pouted.
"So you want me to lie," he said again with his monotone. Again Kasai couldn't help herself but laugh. This seemed like something she would say.
Lea's mouth dropped open, "Ya see what I gotta put up with? Sure hope you don't have friends like him."
Ventus looked to Kasai and s light smile formed on his face. He knew he had great friends. They all began to laugh with each other.
"Lea, we have to go," Isa said trying to get his friend to moving, as he turned to walk away.
"Already?" Kasai asked as Lea stood up.
"I'll see ya when I see ya. After all, we're friends now. Get it memorized."
"Sure do," Kasai and Ventus said together.
"What is it with you and picking up stray puppies?" Isa said to his friend.
"I want everybody I meet to remember me. Inside people's memories, I can live forever," he said with emotion that was pure joy.
"I know I won't forget you. Believe me, I try all the time."
" See, I'm immortal!" He said victoriously.
"You're obnoxious." The two walked out of sight and left Kasai and Ventus sitting alone. Ventus sat back down beside Kasai and frowned.
Kasai wanted to change his mood and make him happy. She felt Disney Town would be safe so she hit his shoulder and said, "Let's go to Disney Town and have some fun okay?"
He sighed and formed his armor, "Okay."
Kasai frowned and formed her armor. The two jumped on the gliders and flew into the void of the worlds.
AUTHORS NOTE: poor Ven. Maybe Kasai will find some way to cheer him up. and hey Disney is the place where dreams come true.