Roxas scoffed with an eye roll,
âTruly a man with personality.â Talking about Xemnas had been. . .well easier than expected. The âbossâ was somewhat of a sore spot for him. After all, heâd been through a lot of pain just because of that one person. And all his friends who had been hurt. . .well the past is the past. Roxas shook off his thoughts and returned to the question at hand,
âWellâŠto be honest thereâs a lot of new for me currently. So adding three more to the hurdle hasnât been too overwhelming,â Thereâs a warm smile across his face as he spoke, âI have so many questions, but I donât know what I should ask firstâŠâ Roxas shifted to cross his legs and better face Ventus. If this was going to become a full-on talk he wanted to be comfortable,
âI wanna know about your home I guess. What was is like training to use the Keyblade? And how you met Aqua and Terra? Or I guess how did you become friends?â He could feel a rush of other questions just on the tip of his tongue but he stayed quiet. Honestly, he needed to relax. The insatiable curiosity Roxas had needed to be taken down a peg or two eventuallyâŠ
âHome? Well... For a while. it was all I knew! Training, goofing off with those two... Hoping Master Eraqus didnât catch Terra and I doing anything too dumb... It was nice. Every day was a lesson. Something new to learn! It wasnât easy.â
He turns as well. The conversation was turning out more more interestingly than the sunset, for the moment.
âIn fact, I bet lots of the others couldnât take it!!â Ven laughs, crossing his arms in an almost playful manner. âOr... Not. Yeah theyâd probably do fine... The lessons and exercises were just... what we did, I guess. Learning about light and our duty to defend it. The world order... Still though, responsibilities or not, it was nice. Simple, back then. Everything I ever really wanted was just... down the hall! As for Aqua and Terra... I didnât know how I met them until later.â
He thinks for a moment... How do you explain this..? Ah well... Here goes. âBefore I trained with Master Eraqus, I was Xehanortâs pupil. Uh... Yeah. Bad start, I know. But at the time, nobody knew he was trouble! I... donât remember much, but the training was brutal. It was all about embracing rage and darkness, and crushing enemies... I think, even then, he was setting me up to form that weapon. The X-Blade... Maybe to fight Aqua or Terra for it? I donât know. Eventually, it was too much. There was a whole horde of heartless. I remember begging for help. Saying that I wasnât ready... But he just watched. Eventually... They got me. My heart was being overrun by darkness... So Xehanort split me in two. Forcefully pulled that darkness out. Thatâs what Vanitas is...â
He trails off, but shakes his head. This wasnât even the question heâd been asked! âThatâs when I met Sora for the first time. I didnât really know it, but his heart reached out to mine. He gave me some of his light, so I wouldnât lose anything else. After that, I guess I wasnât as dead as Xehanort thought. But he didnât want to train me anymore? So he took me to Master Eraqus. Terra and Aqua were already there. I was really out of it, so I donât remember much about the beginning. But eventually, we got to be pretty close friends. Training alongside each other, and laughing together!! Lots of stargazing. How about you? Xion and Axel, right? Howâd you guys start out?? And get this close?!â
The story Ventus had just shared was a heavy one, true. But... Oddly enough, he didnât seem to mind. He felt Roxas would understand, even if that didnât make much sense. And he really did wonder about the otherâs friends. He has his own curiosity in this!!