Amanda: This chapter's a bit different from the first one. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I own the plot, and that's about it.

Chapter 2: You Can't Quiz Me

Ienzo's POV

Not only are Ansem's lectures long; his reports are too. I've been assigned to read reports one and two, which I simply too long. 'Many years of hard work has come to fruition; this world that I govern has become a paradise, aptly named the "Radiant Garden". Flowers bloom with a fragrant aroma, raised by the pure water which brings forth life. The people pass their days with smiling faces full of hope. But wherever there is light, doubtless there is darkness lurking. As I have written in my recent report, I must decipher the mystery behind "the darkness in human hearts" to protect this paradise. Firstly, I will carry out experiments to seek out the depths of the human heart.' Snort. No one cares about how strong the flowers smell. Anyways, I'm only half concentrating on this crap as I think about the strange creature in the water. It could have just been a really big fish, but those eyes…

I have to know. I get up and start to leave, when in the door way appear a very unwelcome face.

"And where, may I ask, are you going, slacker?" Even: a know-it-all in every sense of the words. Gods know I'm more observant than him, but he likes to think he's a genius.

"I'm going out, Even." I growled and tried to push past him, only to have him block my way. Again.

"Are you not supposed to be reading the first reports? I need them next, you know."

"You can have them. I'm done with them." I hissed, shoving them into his hands. He smirked.

"Oh really?" he still refused to move. "Them tell me: Which was the only original 'Ansem Report' that Master Ansem really wrote?"

"You can't quiz me." I growled. He grinned wider.

"So you didn't read them." I glared.

"Go eat something poisonous." I pushed past him, and I stomped down the hall to leave.

"Poisonous? But I was saving that for you!" He yelled after me, but I was already gone.

Bastard.

I'm sitting on the dock scanning the water for any sign of that thing that was in the water yesterday. After a few minutes with no luck, I sit back on my legs and frown. It's starting to look like I'll never find out what-

Splash!

Yes! I scoot over to the side I heard the splash from and stare into the water. I see a ripple and… and… and there's something on my hand. I jump about five feet in the air and I hear a shriek of pain to my left. I calm down after a moment and slowly look over to see the source of the scream. Leaning on the dock is a shirtless blond boy holding his nose, a look of pain on his face. Realization hit me: He'd been sniffing my hand. Now this kind of freaked me out, so I decided to ask him about it.

"Hey you!" I yelled at him. His head shot up and his eyes went wide.

"Eep!" He squeaked in surprise and swam under the dock. Erm, wrong approach.

"Hey kid, are you alright?" I asked no longer concerned with his hand-sniffing. I probably didn't want to know, anyways. He cautiously crept (or swam, as the case may be) from under the dock.

"I'm 'kay." He answered embarrassedly, rubbing his injured nose. I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.

"Um, sorry about that. My name's Ienzo." I muttered apologetically, offering a hand to the embarrassed swimmer.

"I'm Myde." He said, looking quite a bit happier as a large grin spread across his face. He took my hand and- Eep! I drew my hand back quickly.

"You're freezing! Is the water that cold?!" I yelled, shocked at the coldness of the boy's skin.

"Yeah, it is." He answered. Strangely enough, he wasn't shivering.

"Why don't you get out?" I asked, now confused.

"I can't." He said sadly.

"Why not?" He sighed, and raised his lower body from the water. I was expecting an injured leg or a twisted ankle, but what I saw was much more shocking.

"Oh my god!" I yelled, jumping back as I stared at the aqua scaled fin he owned instead of legs. He just stared at me with sad, cerulean eyes.

"Yeah, there's that."

To be continued…

Amanda: This was overly expected. Oh well. Even is introduced as the antagonist! Yay antagonist!