"Woah! Do they hurt?" Sora asked. He was gazing upon Kairi's human legs. As she just turned 16, she could walk with humans through the help of a special teardroped shape gem encased in blue aura. She smiled as she twirled around the sun shining on her bright red hair giving the impression that she was glowing. She was wearing a thin semi-transparent skirt that combined with the shining sun came off as rather provacative.
"No not really. But it takes some time getting use to them" she said. " It takes a lot of practice to get use"
"Well you look really weird. Kinda funny too." he teased while sticking his tongue out at her. Kairi laughed it off and continued to spin and twirl on top of the pier. Sora continued to gaze at her while she continued dancing, enticed by her movements.
"Why don't you try?" she asked " Don't you wonder what you would look like with legs?"
She stopped her dancing and headed to the edge of the pier and sat down, placing her legs into the warm water.
"I would but since i'm the prince of the kingdom i'm not allowed to leave the sea until i'm 18. Sometimes it feels like i'm more of a prisoner than a prince." he said rather sadly
"Well that's stupid. You should be able to enjoy the human world." she said
"Well I don't really have a reason to be up on the surface, unlike you and Namine"
"I guess your right. Hey speaking of Namine, where is she?" She asked him. He shrugged.
"Hey, i'm going for a swim so i'll be back in a bit okay?" Sora said. Kairi smiled back and him and got up and headed off the pier, into the beach.
Sora then dipped into the water and swam away. As he swam towards a rock, something caught his eye. It was a human. He quickly hid behind the rock and proceeded to watch the human. The human had slick shiny silver hair and had the most beautiful and enticing turquoise colored eyes. Sora was immedietly enticed by his appearance. The human then proceeded to take his shirt and pants off, earning a very bright blush from Sora. He was very muscular and well built. He then jumped into the water, causing Sora to jump. Sora quickly dived back into the water and headed back to the pier to find Kairi.
Back at the pier he found Kairi again, this time with Namine.
"Guys! You wouldn't believe what I saw!" he exclaimed
"What did you see" Namine gently asked
"Only the most beautiful thing ever! He was this human"
They both looked at each other and asked "Human?"
Sora then explained to them the human he saw and was very descriptive about it.
"Looks like somebody has a crush" Kairi teased. Sora's face instantly got red.
"I do not!" He retorted
"Yes you do!" Kairi countered
Sora was bright red at this point and was about to say something but stopped when he spotted the human again in the corner of his eye.
"There he is!" Sora yelled out while pointing at the silver haired male he saw earlier.
"Woah, he really is attractive" Namine said
"Hey can you guys go talk to him?" Sora asked "Pretty please?"
Both the girls at this point didn't want to see Sora begged anymore so they got up and walked towards the silver haired male. Sora then dived back into the water and waited for the girls to return.
"He certainly is a strange one" Namine said
"I think this is the first time he felt this way" Kairi said
"I guess your right" Namine said with a gentle smile.
As they approached him, he was takened back by the two unknown girls.
"Hi, i'm Namine and this is my sister Kairi" Namine said, introducing the both of them to him
"Hi, my name's Riku and it's nice to meet you guys. Are you guys new here? Because I haven't seen you two around here."
The two of them chuckled gently and replied "You could say that"
Riku only looked at them with a weird look but he thought nothing out it.
"So do you guys want me to show you guys around or something?" He politely asked
"That's very kind of you but me and my sister have to go soon" Kairi said
"Oh well that's too bad. It was great meeting you two" He said as he walked past them
They both said their goodbyes and waved and he waved back as well and continued off.
"Riku" Kairi said, testing the name. "Sound's nice, don't you thing?"
"Sounds kinda earthy but yeah I guess so" Namine replied
The both of them then walked back to the pier. On their way they spotted a interestring tree that grew sideways on a nearby island.
"Hey look at that!" Namine exclaimed while pointing to the strange tree
"That's weird. I thought trees grew vertically not horizontally, and from the side of the island at that. These human ways are quite strange." Kairi said
They got to the island and saw sign that read : Paopu Tree: A rare tree that bears a star-shaped fruit that has a old legend to it.
"We should grab one for Sora" Kairi said
She then climbed up the tree and grabbed one of the fruit and tossed it down to Namine.
"We should go now" Namine said as she jumped into the water. Kairi then sooned followed her.
In the water their legs transformed into fins. Kairi's legs turned into a beautiful fish tail, covered in aqua colored scales. Namine's turned into a white fish tail that was covered in orange and yellow scales. They swam their way back to the underwater palace. Inside they were greeted by the guards and then made their way to Sora's room, in the prince chamber.
When they made their way to Sora's room they knocked on the door and was happily greeted to come in by Sora.
"So, what happened?" Sora asked
"His name's Riku." Kairi replied
"Riku." Sora tested. He liked the way it sounded. He repeated the name over again and smiled softly.
"Riku. That's a pretty name"
"I agree. Oh I almost forgot, here we got this for you" Namine said, handing Sora the paopu fruit
"What is it?"
"It's called a paopu fruit. It comes from a rare tree that grows on the islands. It is said that their is a legend behind it too" Kairi explained
"Woah cool! I'm going to treasure it forever!" He said happily while going to put the fruit away.
As Sora went to put the fruit away, Leon came in.
"Hello Sora." he said gruffly
"Hi Leon." Sora relied
"What is that in your hand?" Leon questioned
"It's called a paopu fruit, its from the surface world." Sora answered back
"WHAT! You went up to the surface world without our permission?" Leon asked, rather angrily
"Oh don't get mad at Sora, we got it for him" Kairi jumped in
"Very well. You need to come with me Sora, we need your powers."
Leon took Sora to a special chamber, where they use Sora's powers to create special crystals for merfolk to travel to the surface world.
As the prince of the merfolk Sora was gifted with a variety of powers and abilities. Firstly he is more proficient in magic than other merfolk. Second he has the ability to enchant gems and crystals with his magic to give them special powers. Lastly he was gifted with healing. This type of magic was rare in mermaids and is very powerful. Capable of healing the most deadliest of injuries in the matter of seconds.
Leon handed Sora an assortment of crystals for him to embody with his magic. Sora then took each stone and held his hand above them, releasing a bright light. The crystals then glew with different colors depending on their purpose.
After they were done enchanting the crystals, Sora left and went off to find Roxas. He went down to the training arena and found Roxas battling with another merfolk, Cid. Cid was a very well known merfolk in all of the sea. He is the renowned trainer of merfolk warriors.
Sora watched as Roxas delivered countless blows with his unique sword, called the keyblade. Cid however was able to dodge and block every single hit. Eventually Cid spun his spear around and knocked Roxas's keyblade out of his hand, leaving Roxas at the mercy of Cid.
"Good job kid. Yer getting better everyday." Cid said praising Roxas on his fighting abilities.
"That was excellent Roxas!" Sora cheered
"Sora!" Roxas yelled out and went to embrace his friend
"I haven't seen you in long time." Sora said
"Well I am working to be your guardian so I have to train hard everyday. There is little time for rest." Roxas replied back
Roxas got Cid's permission to take a break. The two of them headed for the Gardens. Here Sora sat down on a rock and laid his head on his forearms.
"What's the matter Sora?" Roxas asked
"I-I met somebody" Sora said while blushing
"Who? Tell me!" Roxas asked while grabbing Sora's arms
"He's a human"
"A human? You went to the surface world by yourself?"
"No, I didn't exactly go to the surface world. I just stayed in the water and watched Kairi and Namine dance around."
"Humans aren't to be trusted Sora. They are devious creatures" Roxas said
"Not this one! I know it!" He yelled back and jerked his way out of Roxas's grip.
"Have you even talked to him?" Roxas asked
"Well no" Sora replied back, rather sadly
"Then how do you know he is good?"
"Because I do!"
"Humans aren't use to our kind, they think were all make believe anyways"
"I know that. But..."
"But what?" Roxas asked
"I have a feeling, deep within here that he's not like the rest of the humans" Sora said while holding his hand over his heart.
"You're hopeless" Roxas teased
Sora then commanded a swarm of octopus to surround Roxas.
"Now who's hopeless now?" Sora teased back
"Okay okay, it's me. Just please don't make them squirt me!"
Sora then ordered the octopus to go away. He then headed back to his room and Roxas then resumed back to his training.