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World | Location: Destiny Islands starting at the gummi station and then at Sora's house.
Date | Content: Just before the pokemon event, but after this phone call. Sora brings Aqua to her friend.
Rating: G.

"...I really should of asked her to switch to video before I hung up." Sora softly laughed and scratched the back of his neck as he watched the various people leaving the station. A few minutes of watching them made him realize quickly that he had no idea what this Aqua lady even looked like! All he had to go on was that she had a very friendly sounding voice and that she had met him before... He wracked his brain for any memory at all of meeting a woman named Aqua, but he came up with a blank every time. "Well, I guess I'll just have to wait for her to find me...I wonder if she has a keyblade like Ven to..."

A stranger that looked like Roxas with a keyblade... and he wasn't a Nobody. This was going to be tough to figure out and he had a feeling that even when it was explained, he'd still be confused! He leaned back against the wall of the station and stared up at the clear sky thoughtfully. Still, It felt good to be home again, even if it is only for a short while.

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As Aqua disembarked from her Gummi Ship, she immediately began to look around for any sign of Sora. That mop of brown hair couldn't be too hard to find... but eleven years was a long time, and Sora would have grown a great deal. Not to mention she was only getting more and more tired and disoriented than when she'd first arrived, making it hard to focus. Sleep had been precious in her time away and interrupted by Heartless more often than not, and here, she'd been too fixated on finding Ven to remember she needed it.

But of course, she spotted a familiar boy soon enough -- Sora. And as soon as she laid eyes on him, she could sense a powerful, shining heart, so strong and familiar she wondered how she could have missed it. This was Sora, the hero who had achieved more than she and her friends ever did. She'd found him.

Tears threatened to spill over, but she blinked them back rapidly. It took all her willpower not to run over there and bowel him over into a rib-crushing hug. Instead she pushed down her emotions and headed over to him, trying to remain calm and composed as ever. She didn't want to freak him out too badly; he didn't even remember her. She'd keep it together until she found Ven.

"Sora! You've grown so much, I almost didn't recognise you. It's me -- Aqua."

Sora snapped out of his thoughts when he heard his name and immediately started looking for the source of that voice. His eyes fell onto the blue haired woman... who's face looked strikingly like Kairi's kind face. Staring at her a little wide-eyed he's a momentary loss for words.

"A-Aqua. Right!" He shook his head to snap himself out of the momentary freeze in thought. She was talking about having met him again, now that he had a face to work with, he tried to remember again. There was something so familiar about her, aside from her features being so similar to Kairi... but the memory was blurry.

"Yeah, we have met! But, it's hard to remember." He tilts his head thoughtfully. "You spoke to me and Riku! ...Wait, no, that can't be right. You look to young to be that girl..."

"You really remember that?" Aqua beamed. The more she talked to him, the more he reminded her of Ventus, just as he had as a child. "That's right, that was me. It's a long story... I'll explain later."

And a little too depressing of a conversation topic to go into now. There was only one thing on her mind. She knew, though, that she had information that could be vital to Sora, and she'd missed out on almost eleven years' worth of Xehanort wreaking havoc. They'd have to have a long talk later.

"Let's hurry to Ven. I wouldn't want him to wait any longer than he has to."

"Eh?" A look of pure confusion appeared over Sora's face and he was about to ask more, but then she said she'd explain later. He'd just have to take her up on that offer once they finished helping her friend. Though this long story still sounded amazing and he looked forward to it. "Right. Being stuck in bed for days can't be very fun." He said with a calm smile and began leading her back to his home.

Once there he checked to see that his mother was still at the market before taking Aqua up to his room. "Hey, Ventus, you're friend is here!" Sora knew he wouldn't get a response, but he liked to think the boy could at least hear him on some level and treating him like a total vegetable was just far too depressing.

Aqua followed Sora towards his home, becoming quieter and quieter the closer they got. She'd waited such a long time for this, and Yen Sid's words echoed in her head as though it had been yesterday. Just as long as you love him... then Ventus will be able to find you when he wakes. He can follow that love back to where he belongs -- the Realm of Light. Was that what brought him to Traverse Town? And would it be enough to wake him?

She clasped her Wayfinder close to her heart, took a deep breath. She believed. She had to believe.

Pocketing the charm, she followed Sora into his room, and let out a cry as soon as she spotted her best friend. "Ven...!" She rushed to the bedside, kneeling and taking one of his hands in hers.

"Ven... I'm so glad you're safe." Another deep breath to steady herself. Gently, she touched his face with her other hand. Anything to let him know she was here. "It took me a long time, but I've finally come back to wake you up. I'm sorry Terra couldn't be here too... We'll find him together, won't we?"

She squeezed his hand, blinking back the tears stinging at her eyes. She'd stay here at Ven's side, however long it took for him to find his way back. She was beyond exhausted, but she'd stay, and watch, and wait... Anything for Ven.

Sora watched the scene unfold, it was all too familiar and he could imagine the swell of joy going through Aqua at finally finding her lost friend... and the sorrow she felt from finding him in such a defenseless state with little she could do to help. He wanted anything to help the woman, but ripping his own heart again might not help matters this time around.

"He's lost his heart, hasn't he?" From her reaction he knew this news wouldn't be much of a shock for her. She clearly knew what put him in this state. "If you know where his heart could be... I think I can get it back to him..."

"His heart is asleep," she responded, not taking her eyes off Ven, and not letting go of his hand. "If what Master Yen Sid told me is right... he just needs someone to be there for him, to show him the way. Then he'll wake up."

Then she finally tore her eyes away from her friend to look over her shoulder, studying Sora closely. He really did look so much like Ven, especially now he was grown up. "Do you know anything? If his heart isn't there at all, then..." Where else could it be?

Despite some of his previous performances, at this point neither of the others was there. Ven was still unresponsive, stretched out on Sora's bed in more comfort than Aqua had left him in in the Land of Departure. But though he'd manifested his Keyblade in front of both of them, nothing else was getting through - for the moment, he was a blank slate, almost a robot, totally unresponsive.

For the first several moments, anyway. It wasn't until Aqua had been holding his hand for quite awhile that Ven's fingers flexed on hers, just a slight bit - but as hard as she was concentrating on him, it would be impossible for her to miss that. It would be even more impossible for either of them to miss his arm raising, in a way both had seen before - and then the flash of light that came with every Keyblade around his hand, followed by the weapon itself.

Pointing directly at Sora.

The pose held for a good ten seconds, Ven absolutely silent and completely out of it otherwise, before the Keyblade disappeared and his arm fell at the same moment. He was back to being just another boy asleep, once again.

Edited 2011-07-23 00:28 (UTC)

"Well I don't know more than Yen Sid, that's for sure, but this..." Sora gestures to Ventus' current condition. "Looks a lot lik-" He stops when Ven starts to move again and summons his blade. The brunette is so thrown by the boy's sudden display of animation that he doesn't react to the keyblade pointed at him.

For a few tense moments, Sora stared in wide-eyed curiosity, waiting for Ventus' next move. Was he going to try and open another portal? Should he get his own blade out to defend? Should he just... move? It wasn't the first item Ventus had pointed his keyblade out randomly, maybe the fact that Sora was standing there as just a coincidence again. These were the questions racing through his mind in that ten second moment, before Ventus' arm lowered back down.

"Huh... No portal this time." Sora said as he glanced around his bedroom.

Aqua started in surprise when she felt Ven's fingers flex in hers. "Ven?" She squeezed his hand and held on more tightly, reassuring him as much as she could she was there. When he summoned his Keyblade she looked over her shoulder in wordless surprise. No portal this time, Sora was right... but it was a gesture she knew was obvious. He was telling them something.

"We were talking about where his heart could be, and he pointed at you..." she said slowly, her mind working even as she did so. "Sora, I don't think that would happen out of coincidence. Are you sure you don't know anything?"

Could it really be that Ven's heart was within Sora's? How, and why? Moreover, why didn't Sora know about it?

Sora stared at her with a clueless look and shook his head. "Not really, but I have seen that look on someone before. A friend of mine had lost her heart, but it wasn't in a heartless. It was hiding inside of my heart." He places a hand on his chest, then looks back at Ventus.

"...Wait..." And then something seemed to finally click, but it was only for a second before Sora shook his head. "No, never mind. It can't be in my heart, I've never met Ventus before now... I don't think so anyway..." Though he did look an awful lot like Roxas. Actually, it was more than just a lot, the two boys looked identical.

Edited 2011-07-30 04:59 (UTC)

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