Maka and Soul woke up from their little rest after an hour.

"We still have to look for land." Maka said, rubbing her eyes. Soul nodded his head in agreement. But after countless more hours of swimming, Soul decided now was the right time to confess to her.

"Maka, can we stop here?"

She spun around and gave him a look of confusion. "What?"

"Umm-I-" He took a deep breath. "Maka I-"

"Are they on their way?" Tsubaki asked with hope in her voice, looking at a guard who had just finished his phone call.

"Yes. They've managed to track down your friends. If we hadn't taken action on this sooner, they would've been stranded there. They are pretty much in the middle of a gigantic area of water."

Everyone sighed with relief, but also with concern based on where they were. They walked out of the room they were in, and Liz started a conversation.

"Why don't we host a 'Welcome Back' party for them?"

"Here? I don't think anyone would approve. More than half the people here hardly care whether Soul and Maka are here or not." BlackStar stated. Kid chimed in.

"We could talk to the person in charge. Remember that this cruise is reserved for us, the students of DWMA. And that person in charge, is my father." Kid said matter-of-factly. Everyone stared at him in awe, and soon it all sank in. He was going to find a way to convince his dad.

xLater Onx

"It didn't work." Kid told them, hanging his head down in shame. The group groaned.

"So much for making Soul and Maka feel welcome." Liz said, disappointed. Then she grinned.

Soul better be making a move on her while they're alone. In fact, they should be together now.

She stole a glance at Kid.

Wonder how he's gonna react. He doesn't seem all that interested in Maka as much as Soul is.

"Maka I-" Soul was cut off by the girl he was trying to pour his heart out to.

"I know, I know. You're tired. Well, you're gonna have to hold it, okay?" Maka turned her back on him. Soul's eyes widened, then he grew impatient.

"Just listen to me Maka!"

She turned around, her face irritated. "What?!" Her face expression changed when she didn't see Soul. "Hey...Soul?" She started to worry. She looked in all directions before concluding he was probably underwater. She dove down and searched. She could see nothing but darkness and algae around her. She swam down deeper, and deeper, until she couldn't hold her breath anymore. But she kept it in, and swam everywhere she could before she exploded. Swimming back up, all that clouded her mind was Soul.

Where could he be?

Ugh! What the hell?! Where am I going?!

Soul thought, as a sword fish was dragging him away, its nose clinging onto his shirt. He struggled to get free, but the animal was being careless and it seemed to wiggle around a lot. Soul couldn't hold his breath for much longer. He was worried. But the thought of Maka being alone affected him more.

Great. Just great. I had the courage to finally tell her how I feel, and I get kidnapped...by a fish.

He crossed his arms in the water. He held in his breath for as long as it took for the sea animal to stop swimming. But it never did, at least that's what Soul thought. He started to lose consciousness, and tried his best to stay awake, but the water suffocated him.

Maka had her back on the water, and stared at the clouds in the sky.

He'll be back. I know it.

She had faith in Soul. She refused to believe he wouldn't return. But she grew more and more worried while time passed. After what seemed like forever, she spotted a helicopter in the sky. She straightened herself up, then held her arms out and waved to them as a sign for them to come.

They came forward a bit, then stopped. A ladder dropped down and touched the water in front of Maka. She stayed in her place, and waited for someone to come. Men in the helicopter gestured for her to climb. She glared at them, and remained still. They took in the look and one came down to her.

"What's wrong?"

"My friend is somewhere underwater and he hasn't come back yet." Maka explained simply. The man looked up and nodded his head toward other people. They came down and he told them the situation, while asking Maka for more details. She didn't have any, so they accepted it and dove in the ocean.

"Ma'am, please come."

She hesitated before agreeing. What she wanted at the moment, was for Soul to come back. She wanted to see him, even if it was one last time. Who knew what happened beyond those waters? She tried to shake off the bad thoughts, but more came rolling in...then she broke out crying.