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After her return to the realm of light, Aqua has Sora, Donald, and Goofy accompany her to Castle Oblivion, intending to retrieve Ventus. After unlocking the castle's Keyhole, thus restoring it to the former glory of the Land of Departure, the group heads inside and find Ventus's body. Aqua quickly realizes his heart has not returned yet. Vanitas appears, having followed them with the intention of taking Ventus' heart for himself. Aqua attempts to protect Ventus by herself, but gets injured after taking a blast from Vanitas. As Vanitas prepared to deliver the final blow to kill Aqua, Ventus' heart reacted within Sora's heart, helping the latter unlock his [[power of waking]]. Ventus's heart is returned to its body, and he launches himself at Vanitas, saving Aqua. After Vanitas departs, Ventus reunites with Aqua and meets Sora face to face for the first time. Ventus was initially shocked at the facial similarities to Vanitas before realizing Sora was the very same person who saved his life after Vanitas's creation. They all depart back to Yen Sid's castle.   

Ventus is the fastest of the trio, using swift combo attacks with quick movements. Unlike most Keyblade wielders, Ventus wields his Keyblade, [[Wayward Wind]], in a reverse grip. Aside from his impressive speed, Ventus also utilizes a variety of magic. Due to his affinity for both light and wind he is able to use the powerful Holy and Tornado spells and mix both elements into his attacks. Several of Ventus's attacks also resemble both Roxas's attacks during his boss battle in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]'' and Sora and [[Riku]]'s Eternal Session [[Limit]] in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.

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Out of the main protagonists of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Ventus is the fastest and most agile, which reflects in his primary fighting style of dodging, quick movements and swift combo attacks. Ventus has an affinity for the wind and [[Light]] elements and mixes both into several of his techniques and magic attacks.

In addition to his swift standard attacks, Ventus has access to a variety of exclusive {{c|attack command|KHBBS}}s in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Ventus can use his natural affinity for acrobatics to unleash an extended version of the [[Ars Arcanum]]-Combo and exhibits advanced Keyblade-throwing abilities like [[Wind Raid]], [[Spark Raid]] and [[Treasure Raid]]. Using his wind affinity, Ventus can use [[Tornado Strike]] to sweep his opponents away. Another exclusive, ultimate attack, [[Salvation]], enables Ventus to use his light affinity to its fullest. Ventus also makes heavy use of his wind powers in his personal finishing commands, the [[Air Flair]] series and his ultimate finisher, [[Stratosphere]]. Lastly, Ventus has another "Finish" Command exclusive to him, which is called [[Celebration]].

Beside a variety of these abilities usable by all three or two of the protagonists in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Ventus has access to three unique Command Styles and two exclusive Shotlocks. His first personal Command Style, [[Fever Pitch]], which is gained near the beginning of the game, lets Ventus use his speedy combat style to its fullest. The second exclusive Command Style, [[Cyclone]], is a powerful 2nd level Command Style which has Ventus use his wind powers to attack with wide-ranged spinning slashes in all directions. Ventus's third exclusive Command Style is called [[Wingblade]]. By activating this second level Command Style, Ventus discards his Keyblade in exchange for six silver-white glowing swords of light which float behind him like six glowing wings, reminiscent of the picture of a Seraph, a six-winged Angel.

Small and spry, Ventus has access to the already well-known [[Dodge Roll]] technique, as well as an offensive variant named [[Thunder Roll]]. Furthermore, he can use the [[Glide]] and [[Superglide]] abilities as well as another offensive version called [[Fire Glide]]. The [[Reversal]] command allows Ventus to quickly dodge an enemies attack and rush behind it, similar to the [[Reaction Command]] in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' used against the [[Dusk]] Nobodies.

Ventus becomes a D-Link for Terra and Aqua after they receive Aqua's handmade [[Wayfinder]]s. While in link with Ventus, the user can use swift and quick commands, which reflects Ventus' speed-oriented fighting style.

 

Ventus's Keyblades are primarily balanced in terms of attack and magic power. His versions of common Keyblades are shorter in length compared to Terra and Aqua's; this helps him better wield them in his signature backhand style. In the age of fairy tales Ventus used the Keyblade Missing Ache in its third form. By the time he became Master Xehanort's apprentice he was using Wayward Wind. Ventus has three exclusive Keyblades; his default Keyblade, Wayward Wind, along with Frolic Flame and Lost Memory. Frolic Flame is obtained after Ventus meets Lea and Isa, and Lost Memory is received when Ventus remembers his past on Destiny Islands.