~*Hero*~

Chapter 8...........

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"My nerves are shot!" screamed Selphie. "This is a catastrophy!" Selphie screamed again. "Do you know what her father would say?" she asked a panting Angelo. "I'll tell you what her father would say, he's gonna kill himself a crab that's what her father would say!" she told them. "I'm gonna march myself straight home and tell him." she said as she began to march back into the water. Rinoa quickly got up, grabbed her and held her in the palm of her hands and Rinoa began to shake her head with a depressed look on her face. "Don't you give me that face young lady!" Selphie commanded as she pointed a claw at Rinoa's face. "Maybe there is a way that we can get your voice back and go home with all of us and just be-" Selphie began but cut herself off as she saw Rinoa's face deepen with depression. "And just be miserable for the rest of your life." Selphie corrected herself. "I'll help you find your prince." Selphie gave in. Rinoa smiled and patted Selphie on the head and sat herself back down into the water smiling to herself as that everyone was on her side.

"Well!" A voice screamed above. "Look what the shark dragged in!?" the voice screamed once more. Rinoa looked up and found Irvine diving through the air. Rinoa picked her legs up out of the water and placed her left leg on to her right, making them clearly noticeable. He perched onto her propped up left leg. He eyed her face carefully. "There is something different about you isn't there?" he asked. Rinoa nodded. "Hair cut?" he asked. She shook her head. Irvine put his wings to his under beak and began to scratch it as he thought deeply. "New sea shells?" he asked. Rinoa shook her head and began to bounce her left leg up and down, causing Irvine to bounce with it. "If I could just put my foot on it, I would-" he began but was cut off by Angelo.

"She has legs you dolt!" he screamed. Irvine backed away in shock of both the fact that she had legs and Angelo screamed. "She traded her voice to the witch and got two tails, or 'legs'." he explained.

"I knew that!" Irvine insisted as he flung his wing back and forth at him. "Well," Irvine began, "now that you are a human, you gotta dress like one." he told her as he looked at the beach. "Now let me see what we have to work with." he said as he waddled over to the beach.

"I can help!" Selphie insisted as she scuttled over to where Irvine was picking up pieces of white mast.

"Rinoa?" Angelo began. Rinoa put her hand on to a rock and began to lift herself up out of the water. "Will you remember when you are living with that prince guy?" he asked. Rinoa looked at him warmly. She nodded and her smile grew wider.

"Will you remember me?" Quistis asked as she swam up next to Angelo. Rinoa nodded with a smile.

"Good." Angelo said.

"How about some of this?" Selphie asked Irvine holding a rope in her hand.

"Perfect." he said as he took a glance at her.

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"You look fantastic." Irvine said as he waddled in front of Rinoa. Rinoa wore a sail around her, a rope keeping in it's position around her waist.

"I must agree." Angelo agreed from the water. Rinoa bent over a rock and looked at herself in the water. She smiled at her image. Irvine let out a loud whistling noise as he looked her up and down. She smiled at him.

"Is anyone there?!?" a voice called.

"Oh my gosh!" Angelo screamed. "Here he comes!" he yelled he dove into the water with Quistis and Selphie and Irvine perched himself on a ledge above her. Squall walked around the corner of the rocks.

"Is anyone-" he began but cut himself off as he looked at Rinoa on the rock over looking the water. She stared back at him with happy eyes. "Excuse me, Miss." he called out as he ran up to her. She looked at him and a smile spread across her face. "Are you alright?" he asked as he looked at her clothes. She nodded happily. He put his hands onto the rock she was on and she quickly grasped them into her own.

"Sir, Where are you going!?" a worried Zell yelled from behind the rock. He looked around it and found Squall and a girl holding hands. His eyes shot open to a tremendous size, almost commical. He began to run down the beach as fast as his legs could carry him.

"Haven't we met?" Squall asked her. She nodded excitedly. "I knew it, you are the one!" he yelled once more as he moved closer to her. "What's your name!?" he asked in a hurry. Rinoa opened her mouth, but nothing came out. "What's wrong?" Squall asked. Rinoa pointed to her throat. "Oh, then you couldn't be who I thought." he said in a hint of disappointment.

"Sir!" Zell yelled once more. Squall turned around and found Zell running like a maniac towards them. "We must be getting back to the castle." he told him. He looked to Rinoa. "And who might this be?" he asked as turned back to Squall.

"I don't know, but I want you to take her back to the castle and get her washed up." Squall commanded. Zell rolled his eyes.

"Come along." Zell commanded to Rinoa. Rinoa hopped off the rock and began to walk after him but tripped and landed hard onto the soft yet very packed sand. Angelo winced as he watched her fall.

"That's not very impressive." he told Selphie as she watched on with the same amount of embarrassment for her, as him.

"She'll do fine." Irvine insisted.

"If I know the male species of humans, she'll do fine." Selphie told the others as they watched Squall help her off of the sand.

"Do you know anything about them?" Quistis asked in a mocking tone.

"No." Selphie quickly responded cheerfully. Irvine rolled his eyes.

"She's doomed." he quietly told them. While Rinoa was walking away with the support of Squall she gave the thumbs up sign and a huge smile on her face. Angelo gave the best fake smile he could to her. Quistis gave a worried look to her. Selphie bounced about the rock snapping her claws with delight while Irvine smacked a wing to his forehead and began to shake his head in disappointment and embarrassment for her....

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A/N: Well, Well!?!?! What did you think!?!? I really hope it was good....I know i haven't updated this story for awhile but that's alright!! At least I have another chapter up!!

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