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Chapter 7: Loving Waters

The entire town was out on the beach in celebration to the end of the Heartless in Dancing Oceans and as a thanks to Aqua, Terra, and Ven and Eraqus, who came by once they received news of the celebration which only took a day. The food, being cooked over an open flame as tradition from old times, began to make Terra's mouth water as he realized he didn't eat anything for the past few days while helping Aqua recover.

"When do we eat?" Terra asked Aqua. Aqua laughed.

"What's the matter? Hungry? The food will be done in a few minutes," Aqua laughed. Terra groaned.

Eraqus came over, along with Ven. Eraqus had used a powerful healing spell to heal Ven's arm and it was nearly back to normal."Why don't you two enjoy the festival, instead of your stomachs," Eraqus said.

"Come on guys, they have all sorts of competitions like deep-sea treasure diving, fishing and swimming," Ven said.

Aqua shook her head."I've never wanted to do any of that," She replied honestly.

Ven sighed and looked at Terra for assistance but he shook his head."I'll go with you Ven," Terra said. Ven and Terra left and Aqua went over to get a drink, then headed over to watch. Eraqus followed.

"From what I hear, two beings of darkness was responsible," He said.

Aqua nodded and she explained most of the details, leaving out what happened in the cave between her and Terra.

Eraqus raised an eyebrow, but left it at that.

"...Master?" Aqua asked.

"Yes?"

"...Vain said something about Terra's...darkness and that it's growing."

"Everyone has darkness in their heart Aqua, maybe Vain was trying to confuse you in a last attempt to break your trust between each other."

Aqua didn't say anything, but saw Terra dive down to the ocean floor in search for treasure, Ven followed.

"Aqua, don't worry about Terra, he'll be all right...if he does fall, he will all ways know that..."

"What Master?" Aqua asked.

"I think you will know in time," Eraqus smiled and Aqua couldn't help but have a feeling that he knew.

Ven had found a pearl nearly the size of his fist and won first place and a medal for first in the Treasure Diving contest. Terra got third, with a piece of gold he found and handed it to Aqua later.

"I don't know what it's worth, but here," He said, placing the gold piece in her hand.

"Thank you Terra," Aqua said as she hugged him.

The day progressed at a moderate pace, Ven had flew through each competition and got first in each, while Master Eraqus talked to each Elder, which was strange because only the Head Elder really talked. Terra and Aqua popped in and out everywhere, the competitions to watch Ven, the food stand where they talked to Aqua's parents and the other parts of the festivities.

Aqua grew tired of the festivities and slipped away. She wandered aimlessly and found a secret cove she never saw before."Wow," She gasped at the beautiful view. Aqua sat on the beach, enjoying the sound of the waves crashing onto the beach and the sun bathing her in warmth.

She heard footsteps behind her and she turned to see Terra walking toward her."Hi," Aqua said.

"Hi, you left so I went looking for you," Terra said. He sat down by her and she rested her head on his shoulder.

"I'm a little tired from all that's happened," Aqua explained.

Terra wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer."Then go to sleep, I'll be hear when you wake up," He whispered.

"I can't, people will wonder where we are...I just need a little break, that's all."

They watched the waves crash to shore, slowly creeping closer to them as the tide came in.

"Terra, promise me that you won't change," Aqua whispered.

Terra frowned at the strangeness of the question."I won't Aqua," He said.

Terra and Aqua heard another person's footprints on the beach and they looked to see who it was, Ven.

Ven scratched his head."Oh, sorry, am I...I just wanted to tell you guys people...are starting...the final festival...thing...well people are starting to dance, I thought I'd let you know," Ven forced out.

"All right Ven, we're coming," Aqua said.

The sun was setting now as people started to dance to the waves and nature, another ancient tradition.

Aqua and Terra took their place in the circle of people, nature was quiet today, so the dance was slow and had a nice easy tempo. The dance made Aqua remember what the history of the dance and made herself blush.

"What is it?" Terra asked.

"The history of this dance...do you want to hear it?" Aqua asked.

Terra nodded.

"There once was a young man and a beautiful maiden who fell in love with each other, but the man wasn't from her tribe so he was not allowed to even be close to her but one night, they had both, just by chance, bumped into each other on this same beach. They were alone and only one thing came to their mind. After pledging their love to each other, they danced this same dance. The villagers, learning that it would be impossible to keep them away from each other, eventually allowed them to love each other but before that, they met each other every night on this exact beach and danced. They called the dance Loving Waters, for just like water is infinite, so was their love. Infinite and eternal."

Terra took a second to absorb everything."Aqua...are you saying that you love me?" He asked.

Aqua thought about, she thought yes, forever, she thought saying no, it would be best to hide to from Eraqus but he probably knew already."Yes Terra, in a way, yes, I love you."

Aqua gave Terra a kiss, which Terra deepened the kiss. "I love you too," He said.

They dance, while they kissed, ignoring the whispers and didn't care if Eraqus or Ven was watching.

Because, just like the legend, they'd love each other forever and always.

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