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~*Hero*~

Chapter 6.......

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"Rinoa!" Angelo called after her as he swam as fast as he could as to try to keep up with her. She stopped and Angelo sped forward.

"What's wrong?" Angelo asked with a concerned tone in his voice.

"Why are you fish so happy?" Rinoa asked as she turned to him.

"We get lots of human items!" Angelo explained happily. "I thought you loved searching for human items." he said eyeing her curiously.

"Of course I do!" she said, "it's just that so many humans died." she said sadly.

"Then we won't go to that ship." Angelo explained. "Now lets go back to the others." Angelo said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her along.

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"Ok," Rinoa began, "if we are going to do this, we are going to have to do it right!" she told everyone as he pulled her bag over her shoulder.

"That is one big ship." Quistis stated as she gawked at the massive sunken ship in front of her.

"This might take all day to search for items!" Selphie exclaimed happily from in Rinoa's bag.

"Just look out for sharks." Angelo cautioned. Everyone nodded.

"Everyone follow me." Rinoa said as she began to swim for the ship. Just like ordered, everyone followed. Rinoa stopped in front of one of the port holes. "Angelo," she began as she motioned him in front of her, "you go in first, I can push you in." She said. Angelo nodded and plunged himself into the porthole. "Are you stuck again?" Rinoa asked somewhat sarcastically.

"Would you like to take a guess?" Angelo asked sarcastically as he began to move frantically about. Rinoa and Quistis giggled lightly, Rinoa put her hands to his tail and began to push, he popped in a few seconds later.

"Quistis," Rinoa began, "You follow me once I get in with Selphie." Rinoa explained. Quistis nodded, and with that Rinoa pulled herself in.

"Where to first?" Selphie asked as she pulled herself up from the bag.

"How about down first." Quistis said as she pulled herself through. Everyone nodded.

"But how do we get down?" Angelo asked as he began to look around in all directions.

"Lets try to the left." Rinoa said as she began to swim to the left.

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"Oh come on Squall." Zell said quite irritated. "Beautiful women don't just swim around in the middle of the ocean saving people's lives!" Zell complained as he got up from one of the dining room chairs.

"Well, someone saved me." Squall told him as he leaned at the glass window looking out at the ocean. That one Zell could not counter, someone had saved him.

"Well," Zell began, "maybe it was a mermaid." Zell guessed.

"Zell," Squall began as he turned to look at him, "I'm to old for those stupid fairy tales." Squall told him gruffly as he looked back to the ocean.

"It's no fairy tale." Zell said expressionless. "No girl is out in the middle of the ocean." Zell told him as he walked over to Squall. Now Squall couldn't counter that one, who the hell did save him?

"Look," Squall began, "I don't know who she is, but when I find her I'm going to marry her." Squall stated. Zell just shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, if you have any questions about mermaids and stories go to the library." Zell advised as he walked away leaving Squall alone with his thoughts.

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"Finally we found a way." Angelo said happily as he swam down the staircase.

"Yes," Quistis began, "that did take a long time." Quistis said as she swam down also. Rinoa just followed. Once they were all down Rinoa began to speak.

"We will brake up into 2 groups." Rinoa told everyone. "Angelo and Quistis, you two go that way." she told them as she pointed to the right. They both swam in that direction.

"That leaves us two!" Selphie cried happily from inside Rinoa's bag. Rinoa swam to the left and opened the nearest door. She peered inside, it was so dark, she could barely see anything.

"I can't see in anything." Rinoa complained as she began to wave her arms out in front of her. Selphie popped her head out of the bag.

"That's funny," Selphie began, "I can see fine." she stated as she looked around the room.

"Then you are now my eyes." Rinoa said as she placed her hands back to her sides. Selphie to another look around the room.

"Oh my gosh." she whispered.

"What?" Rinoa asked eagerly.

"Move forward." she instructed. Rinoa did and she bumped into something.

"What is it?" Rinoa asked excitedly.

"Just pick it up." Selphie commanded. Rinoa did as she was told an picked it up. "Now swim to the exit." Selphie commanded once more, Rinoa swam to the exit. Now she could see, she looked down at the object she held in her hands and found a painting of Squall. She traced one hand over his lips and dragged her hand to his eyes.

"Oh my gosh." Rinoa simply said. "Angelo, Quistis!" she called, "Get over here!" she commanded. They came swimming over to her in a mad rush.

"What is it?" Angelo asked in a worried tone. Rinoa just showed him the portrait and all his and her questions were answered.

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"Where should I put it?" Rinoa asked excitedly as she swam all over the cave looking for an appropriate spot. She swam to the highest shelf. "Perfect." she wailed as she dove down and got the picture. She swam back up to the shelf she had picked. Angelo and Quistis came swimming up after her and watched her put the picture in the spot. She stared at it, she didn't bother turning away or changing positions, she just watched it.

"Rinoa," Angelo said attempting to catch her attention, it didn't but he decided to keep talking, "are you ok?" he asked.

"I want," Rinoa began, "I want to become a human" she stated as she looked up to the hole at the top of her cave...........

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A/N: Well what did you think? The next chap will be the best, hopefully...................

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