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Sooooo KH3 AU wherein Vanitas and Repliku are both alive and instead of getting sucked into the conflict of good versus evil (and probably getting possessed by Xehanort, though I’m really trying not to think about that possibility) they just run around the worlds with their Keyblades, wavering between chaotic evil and chaotic neutral, avoiding Xehanort, and occasionally tarnishing Sora and Riku’s reputations as they go.

 

So, at some point Vanitas re-forms, and then defects because he realizes that Xehanort is basically using the possibility of reuniting with Ven to manipulate him, and also he’s getting really tired of the Unversed being used as cannon fodder.

 

Repliku also re-forms, but after Castle Oblivion has been abandoned, so no one can recapture him.  He doesn’t want to go to Org XII, he doesn’t want to go to Riku…and then Vanitas comes along.

 

They’ve both got Keyblades, they both know how to sneak around, and it’s not really that hard to steal a Gummi ship and basically start a road trip.

 

They only kill Heartless because the things drop items and munny sometimes and those are useful for staying alive. Other methods they’ve figured out for eating include straight-out theft and crashing royal balls (they’ve gotten more subtle since the time they straight-up ran out with armfulls of pastries and the royal guards chasing them)

 

It’s very likely that anyone who wanted to hire them would have to make it sound vaguely nefarious in order to appeal to them, just because they’ve spent too much time being taught to look down on “good guys.”

 

Riku and Sora are Very Tired of being mistaken for them.