Author's note: Having a bit of writer's block on my other two stories, so I launched this story, Venom and The Other. Main Characters will be revealed as it goes. So far it's Sora and Ven. I don't really know where I'm going with this, but I'll get there eventually, right? :) So, Review and let me know what you think so far. If it's not cool, or great. I get like no feedback on anything so, new story, feedback. Please. And here we go, Welcome to Venom and the Other.

Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts I would definitely not be writing fan-fiction. I'd be making alternate universes in the games.

"Venom. Toxins. Poison. His eyes glazed with it, voice laced in it. He wants to harm, no needs to harm, his entire existence is based on the pain of others. Malevolence. Malice. Iniguity. And he's hunting them down, one by one, until all that is good in this world is destroyed. Hate. Revulsion. Detestation. It's his blood, his power. His reason for existence. He is devious, and will manipulate all who he comes in contact with foolish enough to trust him. Deceit is his language and he speaks it fluently. Trusting him is suicide. Hunting him is suicide, but in order to catch this fiend, you must pursue him and make him believe you trust him. If you survive long enough to locate him. Yes, you may die, I never said this was going to be unproblematic or painless, but in order to end or even impede the homicidal and torturous tendencies of this man it must be done." Four pairs of eyes stared at the speaker, unable to form a response to what was spoken. The speaker remained standing before them, waiting for a reaction.

A brunette with shining blue eyes was the first to respond. "You believe that we are the only four able to stop him."

The speaker's blue eyes met the boy's. "Yes, Sora. You all had major roles in protecting worlds before. I would go myself, but…"

"He looks like one of us." She was cut off by a blond boy with spiky hair and similar cerulean eyes. Aqua was always fairly easy for him then.

"That's not fair, Ventus." A taller brunette sitting beside him commented. "She would do anything for us, so she just can't go and kill someone who looks like well, one of us. She couldn't destroy me when I was taken by Master Xenahort."

"No, Terra, It's alright." The blue haired girl interceded. "I'm not going to let my weakness interfere this time. So I've recruited you guys."

"One question." A silver haired boy smiled. "How long did it take you to come up with that speech?" Terra punched his arm.

"Riku, I think you have been hanging around Sora too much. That sounds like something he would say." She laughed.

"Hey!" Sora glared at the girl a moment before joining in on the laughter.

"Back to business." Terra suggested, ending the slightly light mood created by Riku. "Aqua, who would you like to send?"

"I really don't know. I was hoping one of you would volunteer." She admitted, looking down at her blue shoes.

"We should all go, hunt him, and whenever one of us gets him to trust us, the others back off. He will be expected to be hunted, let him believe it so. Show him that he can predict everything. Make him believe he is running the game. When he is actually playing into our hands." Riku recommended. "We need to be able to predict his thoughts, know what he thinks will happen."

"There is nothing typical about him. We'll have to study his reactions, his movements, which of you he decides to attempt to eliminate first." Aqua added.

"You make this sound like it's going to be a pleasant experience." Sora's voice was soaked with sarcasm.

"I'll take Radiant Garden." Ventus stated.

"World that Never Was." Riku claimed.

"Twilight Town." Terra declared.

"I guess I'll take Destiny Islands." Sora added, dejectedly. "Even though I really wanted to travel to another world, not just stay here." He murmured.

"Well at least you can make sure Kairi is safe." The silver haired boy pointed out.

"Yeah. I can do that." Came a reply with much resentment laced within its voice.

"So it's settled. Head out tonight, we can't afford to lose another day on tracking him." Aqua commanded. The boys got up the leave. "But, Ventus." She stopped him. "Could you stay a moment?"

Ventus looked at the other guys and shrugged his shoulders, turning around and walking in Aqua's direction. "What is it?"

"Be careful. I have a feeling he will come after you first. He may interpret you as a threat, because of your similarities."

"Or maybe he'll think I'm a good protégé." Ventus smirked.

"Don't even talk like that. I couldn't handle it if you turned to darkness."

"I was just kidding Aqua. You are taking this fairly seriously, I get that, but you are never this uptight. What's bugging you?"

"Ven, I, I don't want to talk about it." She turned her back to him.

"It's Terra, right." Ventus stated more than asked, a bit of anger rising in him. "I'll make sure I'm the one to die, how bout that?"

"Ven."

"Just stop. I'll go out and die. That way you and Terra can be together and not worry about poor Ventus, the boy who got left behind." He ground his teeth together. "Stop treating me like a baby. If you didn't like me you could have just said it, not got my best friend, who you happened to be, what, in freaking love with to tell me otherwise." Ven took a deep breath and turned his back to her. "Even if I do make it out alive, I'm not coming back here. It will be easier on all of us. I could move on." He walked out of the room.

Aqua looked down at her feet and a tear slid down her cheek. She just lost a friend she had tried so hard to save. "I'll miss you Ventus." She spoke to herself.

"Freak!" He stomped into the apartment he shared with Sora, face planting on his bed.

"Now, Ven. Did you go and be a jerk to Aqua? Again." Sora asked from a dresser, where he was packing up a duffel bag.

Ven flipped over. "She wanted to confide in me about her fear of losing Terra. Is she an idiot?" He looked over at Sora for a reaction.

"Perhaps you were just a wee bit hard about that whole situation. Tidus stole Kairi from me, but we are still friends."

"You're just a better person than I am."

"Dude, you have like, no darkness in you. You cannot talk about being good."

"Good intentions don't mean jack here."

Sora sighed. "Here," He tossed the duffel bag over to the blond, which landed on his face. "I thought you and Aqua would be a while so I threw some of your stuff in a bag."

"Ow." Ven complained as he pushed the bag off of himself. He sat up and scratched the back of his head. Sora was glaring at him. "Oh, thanks." The brunette then smiled.

"So, since I'm staying here and you're leaving for Radiant Garden tonight, I guess this is goodbye." Sora tried his best to conceal a fast forming frown from his features.

Ven threw the bag over his shoulder and walked over to Sora, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I'll be back, I promise. You gotta stop hanging with Riku so much, making you all broody." The blond laughed.

"Yeah." Sora replied. "I'll see you with that killer in cuffs soon, because you'll be the one to catch him, If I don't that is." The brunette flashed a goofy grin.

"See ya, Sora." Ven ruffled the boy's spikes before exiting their apartment.

When the big falling out between Terra, Aqua and him occurred, Ventus decided to take Sora up on his offer of rooming together, for the brunette was desperate to get away from his parents, and no way was Ventus living with Terra anymore. Sora and Ven had become good friends since then, practically best friends, exception being Riku, of course. Ven hated to admit it, but he was going to miss the little ball of happiness that was his roommate. Ven got out of the city and summoned his keyblade.

The blond transformed it into his keyblade glider and go one, strapping the duffle bag to the back. As he rose in the air, he saw Terra on his and Riku in his gummi ship. Don't think about them. He told himself. You're going to find this guy and be a hero. Then start a new life. Next stop, Radiant Garden.

Sora looked out at the rising keyblade gliders and the gummi ship. His eyes unconsciously focused on the one that was captained by his blond roommate. He smiled when he realized this. "See ya…Ven." He whispered to no one in particular.

Author's note: And thus concludes the first chapter of Venom and the Other. Hope you liked it. Good luck in Radiant Garden, Ven. Review for Ven's well being, for I could kill him, or Sora. Yep. I'll drop em like flies. Nah, I couldn't kill Sora or Ven, maybe Riku though. Kidding. So yeah, I'm going to stop rambling.