AUTHORS NOTE: here we go. now the story starts to get serious. duh duh DUH!
Ventus and Kasai banged around through the sky and landed in a new world. They hit the ground and laid there for a moment, contemplating what just happened. "Nope, doesn't look like him." They heard a voice behind them. Both Ventus and Kasai rose up and looked at what looked like a duck and a dog. Both walking on two legs and wearing clothes, they must have been from Disney Town. "Look! That feller's got the Star Shard the King borrowed!" the talking dog said as he pointed at Ventus.
"King? Oh you must be talking about Mickey," Ventus said as she stood up. He reached his hand out to Kasai and helped her up.
"We saw him but-" just then the duck and dog walked behind them and pushed them toward a strange tower. "Hey!"
"Hey take it easy!" Ventus said to the pushers.
"Boy, are we glad to see you!" The duck quacked with joy, it was kind of hard to understand him.
"Come on let's go!" the dog said as they rounded a bush corner. There Kasai looked up and saw a tall beige tower, it was built weird; it wasn't a straight tower, more of a crocked one. On top was a blue wizard hat with stars on it. Kasai looked to Ventus as they were pushed through a wood door and up three large and winding stair cases. They reached the top and there was a wooden door. The dog and duck pushed open the door and pushed the two in. "Yen Sid, sir! We just got a clue as to where the King might be!"
Sitting there was an old man, wearing a blue long cloak and a blue hat with white stars, down his chin went forth a long flowing grey bread, and in his eyes showed no emotion. "Ah, Ventus, and Kasai." The two looked to each other, how did he know their names. "Eraqus has told me much about you. If I am not mistaken, you two were ordered to return home."
Kasai froze in fear but Ventus tried to remain cool, "Well sir, we…" he couldn't think of a valid excuse to give the man.
"No matter. Mickey has difficulty following directions, too," Kasai and Ventus couldn't stop but chuckle a little. Seemed they had something in common with a king. "Where is this clue to Mickey's whereabouts?"
"I've got it," the duck said as he walked forward to the desk with the star shard in hand. He placed it on the large wooden desk and then walked back.
"This feller Venquist-Ventilate, Veggie-" the dog couldn't pronounce the name for the life of him.
"Just call him Ven!" The duck yelled to the blubbering dog.
"Sure, that's what I usually go by anyway," he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Ven had it when he got here," the dog explained to Yen Sid.
"Please explain," the wizard said gesturing to the two.
"We ran into Mickey. But we got sent flying into the light-I don't know where he went. He wasn't in the same world as the one where I found that," Ventus said explaining how they found the star shard in Never Land with no sight of Mickey.
The wizard's face then grew bleak and full of sorrow, "As I thought... Mickey has been hurling himself from one world to the next. That explains why I could not discern his location."
"You can now, can't you?" The duck asked with hope.
"Yes I can." The wizard then stood up and then made a portal of swirling smoke with his magic. In the smoke there was Mickey lying on a dusty ground, trying so hard to get up.
"Mickey!" Ventus and Kasai said with dread.
"The king!" The duck and dog said with fear.
Just then the smoke image disappeared. "What happened? Where'd he go? Is he okay?" The duck began to ask questions off the top of his head in fear.
"There is a dark and powerful force that is interfering with my magic." The wizard then sat back down at his desk.
"Just tell us where the King is, Mr. Yen Sid, sir...and me and Donald will go right there and save him!" The dog as he stood firm as did the duck, which apparently his name was Donald.
The wizard then shook his head, "You two? That may not be adequate."
The dog and Donald looked at the wizard in shock, "But I'm captain of the King's Royal Knights," he said with his shield in his hand.
"And I am his magician," Donald said pulling out his wand.
"We'll find him. We recognize the place we saw," Kasai said finally speaking up.
"If you go, we'll go with you!" Donald said holding his wand firmly in his feathered hands.
"No, I owe him. Mickey saved us once. And I can't risk putting his friends in danger," Ventus said to Donald and the dog as they both looked down in disappointment.
"Don't worry. I swear we'll bring him back safe," Kasai said to try and help the dog and duck feel better.
Yen Sid nodded and said, "Very well, Ventus and Kasai. We will leave it to you." With that Ventus and Kasai ran out the door and to the ground below. Down there they put on their armor and jumped on their gliders. A portal opened as they flew inside and straight for the badlands.
Once there they saw Mickey lying on the ground. They took their armor off and ran toward the unmoving mouse. They ran over to the mouse and rolled him over on his back. Ventus bent down and lifted the little mouse's head up to get air to his lungs. When he did a small sound came from the mouse. Kasai sighed hoping the king was alright.
"We meet again boy," a raspy old voice said. They both looked up and there stood Master Xehanort.
Ventus laid Mickey down softly and stood up beside Kasai as the old man walked toward them. "Master Xehanort," Ventus said but he suddenly gasped. He zoned off as he started at the man in what looked like fear. Then he fell down on his knees, gripping his head and groaning in pain.
"Ven!" Kasai said as she fell down beside him to hold him. "What did you do to him?!" She yelled angered at the old man.
Master Xehanort just smiled, "Ah yes, so you are starting to realize...what you lost-oh, but not for good. You had to lose in order to find." Kasai looked back to Ventus as he continued to groan in pain, her heart raced and her angered boiled at the man. "Now it can all be yours again, if you only reach out and take it. Reclaim the part that left you. Clash with him! Pure light against pure darkness, to forge the ultimate key. The all-powerful X-blade!" Ventus flung his head back and screamed in great pain, and then he fell forward on the ground, and muttered the word keyblade. Kasai jumped up and growled at the man. She summoned her keyblade and stood ready to fight.
"You'll pay for what you did to Ven!" She shrieked as she ran toward the man ready to strike him down. Just then she saw Vanitas appear beside Xehanort. She tried to stop but slide right into the grasp of Vanitas. She struggled and kicked but she couldn't break free from his grasp.
Master Xehanort continued his conversation with Ventus not even paying attention to Kasai. "Not the Keyblades you and I carry." He held out his hand a stylized X appeared in his hand. ""X"... A most ancient letter. Some say "kye," but the meaning is the same." The x disappeared as the man raised his hands into the air. "Death... A letter that spells endings." As he spoke a dark mass formed above Ventus and Mickey.
Ventus didn't move from his spot, still in pain from what just happened, "And I have the power to make it?"
"Correct. Eraqus knows it, too. He knows exactly what you are."
"The master?" Kasai asked, now intrigued and wanting to know more.
"Haven't you ever wondered? Why he never granted you permission to leave his side, to grow stronger? Eraqus was frightened of you. If you were to learn the truth, realize what you are... He never trusted you. Why else would he keep you within his sight at all times?"
A purple lightning bolt flashed out of the dark portal and beside Ventus' face. "Ven!" Kasai yelled as she tried to struggle free of Vanitas' grasp.
"Yeah," Ventus said as he finally found the strength to stand. "He never let me see other worlds, no matter how much I asked."
"Ven! Don't listen to him! You know the Master loves all of us!" Kasai said still kicking.
"Go!" Master Xehanort said as a large wind went from his hands as it blasted against Ventus. "You can ask the man yourself. Learn the truth, and remember you have a greater purpose!" With that Ventus was caught up by the wind and picked up in a tornado, along with Mickey and into the black portal.
"Ven!" Kasai cried out in horror seeing her friend go into the darkness. The portal disappeared and Kasai was left with Vanitas and Xehanort.
"What should I do with this little rat?" Vanitas asked referring to Kasai.
"Dispose of her. I have no use for her, I have a new student of darkness and she is of no purpose to me." Xehanort walked away leaving Kasai with Vanitas. He walked into a portal of darkness to some unknown location.
"You heard the man." He threw the girl down on the ground in front of him. "He never said I couldn't have a little fun first." He jumped at Kasai but she scurried away from underneath him.
"No!" She screamed in horror as she crawled away as quick as she could.
"Playing hard to get huh?" He disappeared and reappeared in front of her as he kicked her in the face onto her side. "I swear, you are nothing but a tag along. You would do anything that idiot wanted you to do. You're weak! You're useless!" His words stung at her heart, those were the same words she heard back in her world. "You're nothing but an ugly pile of forgotten dreams." Then he kicked her again but then pinned her down, "And for some reason neither he nor I can resist you!"
"Get off me!" Kasai yelled in horror. He raised his hand up to back slap her again. She gasped and closed her eyes as she felt the sting on her skin. He began to beat her; over and over he slapped her. "Ven!" she cried out in pain as tears streamed down her face. "VEN!" she shrieked as she began to tremble. After beating her Vanitas stood up and summoned his keyblade.
"Say goodbye," he then thrust his keyblade toward her chest. But it was knocked out of his hands by a ball of light. "What?" He looked and there stood Aqua.
"Kasai!" She yelled in fear as she ran to the quivering girl. She had bruises on her face and body. She trembled as she cried slightly. "You will pay for this Vanitas!" She yelled as she lunged at the boy, only for him to disappear in a puff of smoke.
"This isn't over!" His voice echoed through the world.
Aqua ran back over to Kasai and held her close, "Kasai listen to me. Ven needs you right now. The master just tried to kill Ventus, but Terra, he saved him and transported him to another world. Terra, he has been consumed by the darkness and he killed the master." Aqua had a tear slide down her cheek thinking of her friends and what was happening. "Kasai, Ven needs you. Go to him and help him."
Kasai sniffled as she wiped away her tears; she looked to Aqua who held her in her arms. "I would do anything for Ven." Aqua nodded and then a portal of light appeared in front of them. Kasai stood up and walked through with her keyblade tight in her hand. She would kill Vanitas and save Ventus if it was the last thing she did.
When she came out of the portal she stood on a beach. She looked at the ocean as it came in to the shore, making small waves. She looked up and saw Vanitas on a wooden bridge. She looked in front of the bridge and there stood Ventus. She growled as she ran over to where Ventus stood. "So what are you waiting for? Join with me right here and now. Become the X-blade." She saw as Vanitas summoned his keyblade of darkness. Ventus stopped and listened to Vanitas as he talked. He clenched his fist and trembled a little.
"Ven, don't listen to him!" He turned around and Kasai ran down beside him and then she stood in front of him glaring at Vanitas. "Ven, he is trying to trick you."
"I won't do it. He told me, the only way the X-blade can be forged is if you and me fight. Well guess what? I'm not fighting," she heard Ventus said as a smile spread across her face.
"You used to be to broken to talk back."
Ventus suddenly gripped his head again and began groaning in pain as more memories came flooding back to him. "That's it!" Kasai yelled as she began to glow in light. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT HIM ANYMORE!" She yelled as she made a ball of light with her keyblade and shot it at Vanitas. He disappeared and then reappeared on the ground. She charged at him head on as Ventus continued to groan in pain. She swung her keyblade at him but it was no use. In her rage she was a pitiful fighter, Xehanort felt that rage would make a person stronger, this only made her weaker. With each swing he would dodge them and back away each step she took forward. He then grabbed her keyblade in his hand, and he pushed her down onto the ground.
"You pitiful human! You just won't stop will you?!" He kicked her in the gut as she flew backwards. Her keyblade disappeared in his hands. "Why must you be so persistent to save him? You think that he is your light?! Look at me; he was more darkness than anything! That is why I am so powerful! He was merely a child; he had no light within him!"
"You're wrong," she groaned softly. "Ventus is the most amazing person ever. He is full of light, joy and hope. He saved me from the darkness, he has protected me. He is not darkness, he is light." Vanitas walked over and kicked her again.
"Just shut up," her eyes rolled back as they closed softly. Vanitas looked up and Ventus had stopped groaning. "Fine. Then I'll give you a reason to fight."
Ventus saw Kasai lying on the ground and he quickly ran over to her, "Kasai!" He held her in his arms as her head rested on his chest.
"Come and find me...at the one and only place to spawn the X-blade—the Keyblade Graveyard. There you're gonna see me choke the life out of Terra, Aqua, and your precious Kasai. Then we'll see how long you play the pacifist." Darkness swarmed around Vanitas as he disappeared.
Ventus looked down at Kasai who held her way finder tight in her hand. He pulled out his way finder as well and looked at it, "Terra. Aqua. Kasai. I swear I'll put an end to this." But he wouldn't leave until Kasai was awake and there beside him. Her breathing began to slow down. She was beaten to a pulp, and it seemed as if she was fading away from life. Ventus could feel her skin growing cold and he held her tight in his arms. "Why couldn't I tell you? Why did I pass up every chance I had to tell you the truth?" A tear began to form in his eye. "Why couldn't I just tell you that I wanted to be your light?" The tear soon became a few tears as they streamed down his face. "Why couldn't I tell you that I love you?" He looked up and saw a wave roll in on the sandy shores. "I wanted to walk on a beach with you some day. I didn't want you to leave. I wanted you to stay with me Kasai." Kasai's breathing began to return to normal and the life returned to her skin. Her eyes fluttered open as she looked at the crying Ventus.
She reached her hand up and wiped away his tears, "Ven, don't cry. Not now."
He gasped when he felt her warm touch; he looked at her as she smiled softly. "Oh Kasai! I thought I lost you!" He threw his arms around her and hugged her close. But then a thought came to him, had she heard all that he said?
"Ven, we don't have time. We have to go stop Vanitas." She said as she tried to stand up.
"Kasai no. I won't let you go. You are weak right now, and this is my fight anyway."
She placed a hand on his chest, "Ven, it's my fight too. I'm tired of him hurting you. I won't let them hurt you any longer. I must kill Vanitas."
He grabbed her hand and held it tight between his, "Kasai please no. I can't lose you! You're my best friend! I can't lose you Kasai! Please go back home and wait for me."
Kasai looked down and she cried slightly, "What home? Terra killed the master, and when he did the castle began to fall apart and fall to darkness."
"What!?" Ventus jumped back in shock at what he was hearing.
"It's true Ven. So now, I'm going with you. To help and protect you. Nothing you say will change my mind." Ventus nodded as his armor formed on his body. Kasai did the same as they both jumped on their gliders and flew away to the Keyblade Graveyard.
AUTHORS NOTE: he finally admits his feelings but she didn't hear him! But now they go to fight Xehanort and Vanitas for good.