Y looked around following the two Lost Boys she was playing with. During her short stay she had found out the fox boys name was Slightly and the other was Cubby. She had meant to leave shortly after Ven had flown off. But it was so much fun getting to play games again. Not to mention the hoard of Unversed that still needed to be gotten rid of. As it was she was yet to leave the world.

"Over there!" Cubby yelled pointing towards a tepee. At the base of the tepee was a rolled up piece of paper. The group of three exchanged a look before they took off running each trying to reach the paper first.

"I'm gonna be the leader!" Slightly said. Y laughed in reply still trying to push her way ahead of the boys. She could have easily beaten them, but she did want to keep things almost fair.

"You wish!" Y said, a laugh bubbling up through her chest. She hadn't been given nearly enough opportunities to laugh during her journey. It felt amazing to be able to let go.

Before any of the three could reach the paper it was picked up by a familiar woman with blue hair. The three came to a stop not far from her. Y felt the color leave her face as Aqua looked at the paper and slowly looked at the group. Her blue eyes landed on Y with an unreadable look. Y swallowed nervously. The last she had seen Aqua they hadn't really parted on great terms. Y was supposed to have gone home with Ven. Neither of them had of course, but Aqua hadn't known that until now.

"Uh-oh." Y said as the Lost Boys let out a groan of disappointment.

"We were so close." Slightly said. Aqua turned her attention away from Y to the Lost Boys. She frowned looking at them.

"Too bad, men. Tough break." Y looked up as Peter flew down to meet them, Tinker Bell at his side.

"But Pan!" The Lost Boys complained in unison. Peter silenced them with only a glare as he crossed his arms.

"No buts. You know the rules. The first one to find and claim the treasure map gets to be the leader. And that's you." Peter explained. He turned to face Aqua who jumped a little. She looked at the map in her hand then back to Peter.

"Leader?" She asked in slight disbelief. It didn't surprise Y. Aqua had never been much for playing games. She would always be around to talk to, but if Y and Ven needed an extra person they'd have to find Terra. Aqua had always been the serious one.

"Of the expatition!" Slightly exclaimed.

"Uhh, we're goin' on a treasure hunt. And that's our map you got!" Cubby continued explaining for his friend. Aqua frowned yet again. Beside Peter Tink moved, flying to be directly in front of his face. Y heard the bells that were a give away that Tink was talking.

"Whaddaya mean? I never said girls can't be part of the gang. C'mon, Tink, the more the merrier! Anyway, you didn't throw a fit about Y." Peter objected to whatever it was Tink had said. Y chuckled a little. Tink was a jealous one.

"I'm sorry, but I have something else I need to take care of. Here, you keep it." Aqua said holding the map out to Peter. Y supposed that would mean she would have to follow Aqua. She probably shouldn't be wasting any more time.

"Too bad, but rules are rules." Peter said, refusing to take the map despite a very angry Tinker Bell beside him. "I guess we'll just have to call off the treasure hunt." Peter continued on.

"No!" Both Lost Boys objected. Y hung her head slightly and pouted.

"Awwww." She complained. Aqua looked at the group of three children. She sighed heavily before smiling and looking back to Peter.

"All right, you win. I'll join you for one 'expatition'." Aqua said. Y smiled brightly, practically jumping up into the air. Both Lost Boys followed Y's lead jumping themselves.

"Whoopee!" They cheered. Aqua chuckled and unrolled the map. She studied it for a moment, trying to decide what they were looking for. Or at least where it was.

"As far as I can tell, we're here. And this mark here is where we'll find the treasure." Aqua decided pointing at the map though no one else could see it. Y trusted Aqua's ability to read a map, however, and was not inclined to question what the blue-haired master had said.

"Enough pointin'. C'mon, let's go." Slightly said impatiently.

"Wait a second. We still don't even know our leader's name!" Peter said halting the boys that wanted to rush forward. Peter turned back to Aqua. "I'm Peter Pan. The jealous one over here is Tinker Bell. And you are?" He asked.

"Aqua." She answered with a smile.

"So you're Aqua! Y, why didn't you say she was your friend?" Peter said turning to Y. Y laughed and rubbed the back of her head nervously.

"I'm not supposed to be here alone. Or in general." Y admitted. She noticed Aqua laugh softly, but surprisingly she didn't look mad. "So I thought she was gonna get mad at me." Y finished explaining. Peter nodded and looked back to Aqua.

"Now first stop! Mermaid Lagoon!" He announced before taking flight. The group followed him without question.

They fell into formation with Peter and the Lost Boys in the lead and Aqua and Y following. Y skipped along beside Y humming under her breath. Aqua watched Y in amazement. It wasn't that long ago that Y had seemed so much smaller and much more childlike. It was amazing to see that her heart had grown so much stronger so quickly. Aqua held back a frown remembering her time in the City of Fate. If what they said was true Y wouldn't make it past the year. She would never get any older nor would her heart get any stronger. Aqua knew she couldn't let that happen.

"You've grown," Aqua commented suddenly. Y turned to look at her in surprise, her brown doe eyes wide. She blinked a few times trying to understand what Aqua had said. She looked down at herself frowning.

"Not really." She said slowly. Aqua smiled and laughed a little. Just like always Y seemed to bring a great amount of light into the area. Aqua was just beginning to understand why.

"Not physically. Your heart is stronger." Aqua explained. Y nodded her lips parting in a silent oh. She looked up at the sky with a bright smile.

"I've seen so many worlds. They're all so amazing." Y said breathlessly. Her smile dropped as she looked at Aqua with worry. "You're not like super mad me and Ven didn't go home, are you?" She asked.

"No. I understand a little now." Aqua replied with a soft smile. "You two are growing much faster than I thought." She said. Y flushed and looked away.

"You sound like a mom." Y muttered. Aqua laughed a little at her behavior. She let her smile drop as she remembered what was to come. This might be one of the last times she got to see her friend smile. If what Maru said was true.

"I also had a warning. I saw you're homeworld. Hoshiko told me she had seen you two." Aqua admitted. Y quickly turned her head back towards Aqua. Her brown eyes shone with excitement. Aqua found herself smiling yet again.

"You were there? What did you think?" Y asked.

"It was beautiful. You have some very good friends there." Aqua answered. All the people she had met seemed so sincere. Little Maru who was so kind. And Hoshiko who had really been looking out for the twins. Enough so to know what was coming. "They told me about X." Aqua added. It didn't surprise her to see Y's face fall.

"Yeah. I don't know what to do about that." Y admitted sadly. Aqua frowned fighting her urge to hold Y. She didn't think the young blonde would take kindly to the gesture. Not anymore. She was growing much too fast.

"Where's Ven?" Aqua asked, trying to change the topic. Y shrugged in reply.

"We got separated. He could be anywhere." Y said. She looked up ahead and smiled brightly once again. "We're almost there." She said before walking a little faster to catch up with Peter and the Lost Boys.

Entering the Lagoon the group was greeted with the appearance of Captain Hook. Y fought to hold in her exasperated sigh. This pirate was turning into quite the nuisance. He wasn't even that much of a threat.

"I have you now Peter Pan! Today's the day I shall be rid of you forever!" Hook exclaimed. Aqua tilted her head to the side, confused by everyone's reaction to the pirate.

"Who's that?" She asked. Y tried to think of the best way to answer. An annoyance? A pirate wannabe? Peter Pan's one true enemy? None of those seemed quite right. Luckily Peter had a response.

"Aw, that's just Captain Hook. He's a two-bit pirate codfish." Peter said, clearly brushing Hook off. Hook seemed to be offended by this. He grew visibly red in the face and Y almost saw smoke coming from his ears.

"I'll cleave you into two bits, boy! Smee!" Hook yelled. He ran off as the cannon fire started up yet again. The cannonballs shook the entire cliff face when they hit. Y groaned in annoyance.

"We're sitting ducks out here. Run!" Aqua ordered. No one saw reason to argue and the group sprinted across the Lagoon. After sprinting past where Hook was shooting at them the group ended up at the base of a very high cliff beside a waterfall. The Lost Boys were looking up in fear and Y couldn't blame them. It was a pretty high cliff. And if the map was right. The chest was on top.

"What is it?" Aqua asked as she looked up the cliff with the boys. Y shot her a look of disbelief. Aqua sometimes failed to take into account that others weren't nearly as acrobatic as her.

"The mark on the map points all the way up there." Cubby said pointing up to the top of the cliffs.

"Aw, relax. A little pixie dust, and we'll be up there in a jiffy." Peter said brushing off the young boy's concern. It didn't seem to help the way the boy felt at all.

"But, we've never had to flied that high before!" Cubby said distress rising in his voice.

"What if we fall?" Slightly asked. Peter only glared at the boys and crossed his arms.

"Hey, when did you two turn into cowards?" He asked. Y turned to look at Peter in shock. The boys were reasonably scared. It wasn't like they suddenly decided Hook was the scariest thing in all of Never Land.

"Don't you think you're asking a bit much of them?" Aqua asked looking worried. Y could see her motherly side coming out yet again.

"This is between me and them, Aqua." Peter said simply not even looking in Aqua's direction. Aqua looked taken aback and once again Y saw no blame on her part. "Men, only the bravest of the brave can claim that treasure." Peter continued. Y shook her head and tugged on Aqua's sleeve. The older girl leaned down so Y could whisper in her ear.

"What a douche." Y whispered. Aqua shot Y a playful glare as she straightened up. Y only shrugged in reply.

"Yeah, we know." Cubby said dejectedly.

"Tink, if you would. We haven't got all day!" Peter ordered. Tink flew around the boys and covered them with pixie dust. The boys took flight and followed Peter's lead up to the top of the cliff. Y took flight as well, hovering close enough to Aqua.

Aqua ended up just jumping up the cliff. Y flew beside her, for the most part, encouraging Aqua all the way. Aqua reached the top only a short distance behind the Lost Boys. An impressive feat since she couldn't fly.

"Hey, aren't we back where we started?" Aqua asked as she looked around. Y looked around herself and nodded. This was the gully, the same place their quest had begun.

"Ya mean we went all the way around Never Land for nothin'?" Slightly complained.

"Well, ya conquered all sorts of obstacles to get here. And to me, that's certainly not nothin'." Peter insisted. Aqua laughed a little at those words, but Y couldn't figure out why.

"You know, I had you all wrong. You were just looking out for them back there. Being a good leader." Aqua said.

"Yeah, of course I was." Peter replied. Once again Y was struck with the thought he was too arrogant. Y didn't get a chance to express her concern as she heard the familiar sound of Hooks voice.

"You're too late, Peter Pan! I'll be taking what's mine now." He yelled. he seemed to have found the treasure chest and was going to be keeping it away from them. Y let out an exasperated sigh.

"It's Hook!" Peter said in shock.

"Again, wow. He doesn't give up does he?" Y said calmly. No one seemed to react to her, but Y decided that was fine.

"Smee, secure me treasure." Hook ordered.

"Aye-aye, Cap'n!" Smee said. When the short pirate opened the chest he let out a startled sound. Hook let out an exasperated sigh.

"What is it now?" Hook demanded turning to look at his first mate. Smee only continued to stutter in reply.

"C-cap'n, it's the treasure. It's b-been..." Smee stuttered.

"Spit it out, you idiot!" Hook snapped. He looked into the chest himself and Y swore his eyes got as big around as dinner plates. "Odd's fish! It's all junk!" He exclaimed. Y pouted and crossed her arms.

"Whaddaya mean junk? Those are our treasures, Hook!"Peter snapped.

"But what did you do with MY treasure?" Hook asked angrily. Y rolled her eyes once again.

"Oh, we losted it all." Cubby said calmly. Hook's face once again began to turn red with anger.

"You what!? You scurvy brats have crossed me for the lost time!" Hook yelled. He drew his sword but froze when the all too familiar ticking sound arose. "Hmm? What's that? That sound," Hook turned to see the crocodile and quickly lost all the color in his face. "Not you again! No, get away from me! Smee! Do something! Smee!" Hook cried as he ran away, forgetting all about the treasure.

"Wait, Cap'n!" Smee yelled and ran after his captain.

That is the most convenient crocodile ever." Y decided. Every time she had seen Hook that crocodile managed to appear as well and help chase him off. The entire group burst into laughter and went to retrieve their treasure. Aqua reached out and picked up Ven's keyblade out of the box.

"Is this..." Aqua began to ask. She looked to Y who nodded.

"Oh, Ventus left that here. I guess it's a special keepsake or somethin'." Peter explained. Y laughed softly.

"He said he didn't need it anymore. We had our best times ahead." Y said. Aqua smiled at the thought. She could only hope it was true. As soon as this was over. Maybe they could think of something they could do together. Revisit some of the worlds maybe.

"Ven was here." Aqua said softly. She frowned as she placed the keyblade back in the box. "And someone else." She said a frowning crossing her face. Y frowned as well. What did Aqua know that she didn't?

"What's the matter?" Cubby asked tilting his head to the side.

"It's nothing. Best you stay here." Aqua replied before she began walking away. Y watched her for a moment in confusion. Without a word Y took off to follow the blue haired master.

"That's not nothing. Who else is here?" Y asked as she struggled to keep up. Few things were faster than Aqua on a mission. One of those things was Ven when he had just pulled a prank. Another was Y when she was almost late.

"I'm not sure. But, I think it's him." Aqua replied not looking back. Y frowned at her words. Him was not very helpful. There were multiple people that him could apply to. Terra, or X, or Ven, or Master Eraqus, or Master Xehanort, or Mickey, or countless others. Him was the least descriptive term Y could have chosen.

"Who's him?" Y asked. Aqua didn't answer, she just kept running.

They reached the Indian Camp when Aqua finally slowed down. Aqua looked around in a near panic. Y followed her lead, looking for whoever could upset Aqua so much. Y froze when she spotted him. Vanitas was walking toward them with Ven's wooden keyblade in one hand and Y's plush in the other.

"So, have a good time hanging out with the kiddies? And little Starshine." Vanitas said calmly. Aqua turned to face him quickly, her blue eyes narrowed in anger. She looked at the toys in his hands in surprise.

"How'd you get those?" Aqua demanded. Vanitas ignored her and looked at Ven's keyblade. He moved his wrist back and forth as he looked at either side of the key. Y felt his gaze move from the key to her.

"I think they've outgrown such childish toys, if you ask my opinion." Vanitas said calmly. Y narrowed her eyes and stepped forward, her fist clenched in rage.

"We didn't. Give them back." Y said. Her voice was much stronger than she thought it would. Vanitas unnerved her. It was a feeling in his gaze. Like she knew him. But she knew there was no way she could have. But something was familiar about him.

Vanitas snickered at Y's commanded. He looked at Ven's keyblade before snapping it in half and tossing the pieces aside. He turned his gaze away from the key to the cat-like plush he held in his other hand by its cape.

"You got this from that brother of yours. Shame he's going to be the one to end you." He said calmly. His gaze turned to Y sending a shiver down her spine. Y glared and clenched her fists even tighter. He had to have been involved. He did this to her brother.

"That's not my brother anymore." Y hissed. Vanitas chuckled at her reply.

"Oh, I'll have to tell him you said that. He'll be disappointed." Vanitas said. He suddenly tossed the plush at Y. Y stepped forward to catch the plush without thinking. She didn't see Vanitas draw his keyblade. She only felt the harsh sting as she was hit with a blast of dark fire throwing her back. Vanitas quickly turned from Y to Aqua. "I've outgrown my use for you." He in formed her.

"You freak!" Aqua snapped rage filling her voice as she drew her keyblade. Her blue eyes narrowed and filled with a fire that seemed so out of place on the usually calm keyblade master.

Y couldn't see the fight. She was curled up in a ball trying to fight off the stinging and burning sensation that was spreading across her skin. She could catch her breath enough to cast magic. The pain was to widespread. Y closed her eyes and whimpered in pain. She clutched her plush tightly as a tear escaped from her eyes.

Suddenly a cool calm spread over Y's body. She gasped as her eyes opened. The pain was suddenly gone. Y sat up and looked around. Vanitas and Aqua were still fighting, but Aqua looked to be winning, Vanitas was stumbling back more and more often. Y blinked in surprise and looked down to the Chirithy plush. A faint green light still surrounded it. Y smiled a little. Trust X to come up with something like that.

When Y looked up she saw Aqua collapse onto the ground. Vanitas was no where in sight. Y shot to her feet and ran to Aqua.

"Aqua! Aqua!" Y cried as she dropped to her knees beside Aqua. She shook Aqua in fear. She felt her breath catch when Aqua didn't reply. "Aqua! Curaga!" Y said quickly. Aqua slowly blinked open her eyes and sat up slowly. Y hugged her tightly with no warning. Aqua returned the hug without question.

"Are you alright? What happened?" Y glanced over in surprise to see Peter watching them in concern. Y frowned and slowly pulled back from Aqua. She hadn't heard him arrive.

"I'm fine." Aqua said as the two stood. Y held tightly onto Aqua's sleeve. Aqua kept a hand on Y's head in comfort.

"Oh no! Look at Ven's treasure!" Peter said noticing the broken pieces of the wooden keyblade. Aqua knelt down and picked up the handle portion of the keyblade. She smiled softly as she looked at the toy.

"It's ok, Peter. Whatever it is that binds us together isn't going to break so easily, and that's our real treasure. I think Ventus knew that. That's why he left this behind." Aqua said. Y smiled and leaned into Aqua still holding her sleeve.

"You must really be close. And that's somethin' pretty special. You and Ventus, Y, and Terra, was it? One day you should all come back!" Peter said. Y frowned looking at Peter. She didn't remember ever mentioning Terra. Y shrugged it off. Ven must have mentioned him or something.

"I'd like that." Aqua agreed. Y nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, all together." She agreed. She could only hope they got the chance.

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A/N: So, a friendly announcement. If you are interested, a ship name for Ven and Y has arisen. @ItzelBarajas160 and I have decided on Yen. Weirdly enough that's the Japanese currency. Guess that means the ship is worth something.