Aqua: Difference between revisions

==Story==

===Before ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===

Aqua, alongside Terra, is one of Eraqus's pupils. Like Terra, Aqua also has a dream of becoming a Keyblade master.

===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===

One night, Ven, Terra, and Aqua watch a meteor shower together and she gives them each a good luck charm, and saves one for herself.  

The next day, she takes the Mark of Mastery exam along with Terra, and becomes a Keyblade Master, although Terra fails due to his inability to control his darkness. After Terra and Ventus left, Aqua was the last apprentice to be sent by [[Master Eraqus]] to bring Ventus back to the [[Land of Departure]]. Before she left, Eraqus wanted to ask Aqua to keep an eye on Terra, to make sure he is alright, and stays safe from the darkness in his heart. If Terra's heart would become too close to the darkness, Eraqus needed Aqua to bring Terra back immediately.  

Aqua, Ven, and Terra make many new friends along the way and fight off hordes of [[Unversed]]. Aqua later ends up at Radiant Garden with [[Mickey Mouse]] and meets the young Princess of Heart, [[Kairi]], who touched Aqua's Keyblade in fright, unintentionally performing a [[Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony]]. Aqua and Mickey protect her from a group of Unversed, and in return, Kairi gives Aqua flowers, which becomes the Keyblade [[Destiny's Embrace]]. Aqua also places a protective charm on Kairi's necklace to help her in the future, believing that their meeting may not have been a coincidence.

Aqua later meets up with Terra and Ventus, but the reunion is short-lived as they team up to battle a massive Unversed. They manage to defeat it, but things take a turn for the worse. Terra and Aqua begin to argue about Master Eraqus's orders, revealing to Terra that she was sent to watch him. Hurt by this, Terra leaves, and Ventus calls Aqua awful, claiming that she has let her new status as a Keyblade master go to her head. He then leaves to find Terra, as Aqua stays to contemplate.  

After meeting Merlin at his house, Aqua goes to the town square and encounters the enigmatic Vanitas, who taunts her by inquiring about Ventus and if he has gotten stronger. When Aqua asks what he means, Vanitas attacks, and the pair fight a vicious battle. Aqua emerges victorious, but Vanitas simply leaves via Corridor of Darkness, making an ambiguous comment about her being his backup plan. Aqua then resolves to stop Vanitas to protect Ventus and Terra. Ventus then appears, asking to go with Aqua. At first she is harsh with him and he appears discouraged. She softens and tells him she doesn't want to put him 'in harm's way.', and departs not long after.

While in Neverland, Aqua encounters [[Peter Pan]] and the [[Lost Boys]], joining them on their treasure hunt. They later find their treasure chest, filled with wooden swords and Ventus's wooden Keyblade. Peter Pan tells Aqua that Ventus left the toy there as he no longer needed it. Aqua then senses someone nearby and goes off to investigate. She then encounters Vanitas again, this time with Ventus's cherished Wooden Keyblade. The dark enigma cruelly mocks Aqua's actions and snaps the toy weapon in two. Greatly enraged by this, Aqua battles and defeats him again, but is left exhausted by the fight and passes out. While unconscious, she reminisces about the first starry night she spent with Terra and Ventus. She soon recovers and leaves Neverland.

At one point Aqua and Terra come to [[Destiny Islands]] and meet two young boys by the name of Sora and [[Riku]]. Aqua sees the strong bond between the two friends and advises Sora to help Riku if he ever falls into darkness; though she initially intends to grant Sora the power to use the Keyblade, she decides against it upon discovering that Terra had already done it for Riku, not wishing to put the two innocent children through the ordeals she and Terra have faced.

Failing to bring Terra back to his senses, Aqua fights and defeats Xehanort; subsequently, Xehanort stabs himself in the chest with his own Keyblade in an attempt to lock Terra out as a horrified Aqua looks on. As Terra-Xehanort falls through a portal into the Realm of Darkness, Aqua dives in after him, but quickly realizes that she will be unable to save them both. Instead, Aqua sacrifices her armor and Keyblade to save the dark being that had once been her dear friend, sending him back into the Realm of Light while she remains behind. Now stuck in the Realm of Darkness, Aqua is attacked by [[Darkside|several giant Heartless]] and decides to just allow them to destroy her, but is saved by Terra and Ventus's Keyblades. She is then reminded of the people she's connected to. With renewed trust in her friends, Aqua continues on.

<!--this needs to be rewritten - there are a few inaccuracies. I will try to have a journal translation done this weekend-->

As she travels she sees a large circle of light form above her, only for a powerful column of darkness to shoot out of it in front of her. Seemingly unshaken by this she presses forwards and encounters several Pureblood [[Heartless]], namely [[Shadows]], [[Neoshadow]]s, and [[Darkball]]s. After traveling deeper into the Realm of Darkness Aqua senses something stalking her, and comes fact to face with a large [[Unnamed Heartless|Heartless]] that attacks her. To prevent it from attacking her she uses a Fire spell, only for it to leap over her. Getting a closer look at it, Aqua determines it is not an Unversed and takes a battle stance to fight it.

After felling the Heartless, Aqua continues walking, eventually coming to a clearing and looking up. Surprised, she recognizes the [[Castle of Dreams]] surrounded by clouds of darkness.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===

[[File:Room of Sleep Aqua's Armor.png|thumb|190px|Aqua's armor and Keyblade in the Chamber of Repose]]

Aqua's armor and Keyblade reside in the [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|Chamber of Repose]], a room constructed by Ansem's Apprentices under [[Radiant Garden]] for an as of yet unknown purpose. [[Xemnas]] visits the armor often, calling it "friend" and talking to it for long periods of time. This has piqued the curiosity and suspicion of [[Xigbar]], who often eavesdrops on his conversations, and once shared this story with [[Zexion]], stating that one time he heard "another voice" respond to Xemnas. In [[The World That Never Was]], Sora encounters Xigbar, who mentions "other Keyblade bearers", referring to Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.

===''[[Blank Points]]''===

[[File:Blank Points 02 KHBBS.png|200px|left|thumb|Aqua meets the hooded Ansem]]

Aqua ends up at the Dark Meridian, where she  meets [[Ansem the Wise]], who was cast into the Realm when his [[Kingdom Hearts Encoder|machine]] exploded. He reveals that in the Realm of Light, it has been almost eleven years, and he explains the events that have occurred in Aqua's absence, including the actions of Sora. Knowing that Sora will rescue her and her friends, she sheds a single tear, while uttering Sora's name with renewed hope.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''===

Aqua is alluded to by Data-Naminé as one of those connected to Sora's heart and need his help, appearing as one of Data-Naminé's mental images. Later on, after Mickey informs Yen Sid that they have located Ventus's heart, Yen Sid concludes that Terra is the only one left to find, implying that they have already located Aqua.

{{spoiler}}

===''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''===

[[File:Terra and Aqua KH3D.png|thumb|right|Illusions of Aqua and Terra appear before Sora]]

Aqua herself appears with Terra before Sora as an illusion in The World That Never Was created by Xemnas and Xigbar in an attempt to trick Sora into falling asleep and leaving his heart vulnerable to damage. At this point, Sora feels Ventus's pain of losing Aqua and Terra again and he briefly chases after them, subsequently seeing a vision of his meeting with Aqua eleven years prior. She later appears metaphorically behind Sora along with all of Sora's friends when Sora refuses to succumb to Xemnas and Xigbar's lies.

{{spoilerend}}  

{{-}}