Kingdom Hearts: From No One to Someone

The Mystery of Xehanort and Ventus

Five minutes after they saw Eraqus's signal, both Roxas and Ven entered the throne room and were greeted by Master Eraqus.

"The both of you are made it just in time. I was about to seal the doors shut for the exam." He said, ushering the blonds inside.

Once they were inside Eraqus closed the doors and summoned his Keyblade. With a quick tap they were sealed, blending in perfectly with the surrounding wall. He then turned to face both of the blonde Keyblade wielders with a small smile on his face.

"Luckily the both of you made it in time, when I was a little younger then you Roxas me and Xehanort were-" Eraqus said before he was cut off by someone behind him.

"Regaling the youths with a tale of when we were apprentices. Hopefully you have not said anything shameful about me, old friend." A raspy, old yoice said full of mirth.

They turned their attention to the origin of the voice and Roxas could barely contain the shock he was experiencing.

'Calm down, although his presence reminds me of Xemnas, this isn't him.' The Nobody chided himself. He was trying his best to to show shock on his features. This was obviously the other Keyblade Master Ven was talking about.

But why did this man feel similar to his former superior?

While he was keeping his surprise in check, Xehanort failed to keep his shock in check.

Master Xehanort was an old man who looked to be a decade over Eraqus in age and literally a head of hair shorter then Terra with a crooked back. He was bald with the only hair being a pair of thin silver eyebrows and a small goatee, with pointed ears and a pair of golden eyes. He had on a white button up shirt with the bottom going down to his knees and the last three buttons open with two thin black belts worn over it, a black long coat with a red inning and an even darker trim, white gloves with a black band around the wrists, and calf high boot with a silver trim.

He seemed like a feeble old man, but that would be the last mistake anyone would make if they faced him.

Roxas could tell that by the way he handled himself, the older Keyblade Master held himself in the same regard as Eraqus. Only that his age hindered his physical skills to some degree. But his power surpassed Eraqus, but it fell short of The Master's. Still this man was more of a threat then the other Keyblade Master if he confronted Xehanort.

But what seriously unnerved him was his heart.

Unlike with Eraqus, Xehanort had a great amount of both light and darkness in his heart. But even then most of his light felt...false and sickly.

Like it was hiding something.

The fact that this man could radiate such a false light, something that basically was unheard of to the Nobody honestly frightened him.

He would be more careful around that old man.

"Of course not, Xehanort. I was talking about our first year training under our Master. You remember that we were told that we had ten minutes till Yen Sid's exam started. Remember that he closed the door on us five minutes in and that we missed the exam. We were so upset that day that we weren't allowed dinner that night." Eraqus said chuckling, unaware of his friend's current state. The older Keyblade Master regained his composure and let out a genuine chuckle.

"Ah, yes. I remember that day very well." He said fondly, before looking at the lookalike blondes. "Speaking of apprentices you never told me you took on another apprentice, especially one that looks exactly like Ventus." He questioned his old friend, fixing his gaze on them as if studying them.