okie, I've probably gotten a lot of things mixed up when writing this, but oh well, I don't give a rats ass...have fun kiddies!

Disclaimer: ain't no way in hell I own kingdom hearts...although I wish I did...

In a sea of trouble

"Your it!"

I turned around in time to see Ariel swim away from me and hide behind a giant rock. I grinned to myself and swam slowly toward the rock singing out Ariel's name. I looked behind the rock only to find that she had somehow already managed to swim away. damnit! Where did she go now?!? I was about to turn back and head home when I felt something small hit me in the back of the head.

"Your still it sora...give up, you'll never catch me"

She giggled, turned around, and swam straight into a heavy built body. Half afraid of what she might see, she slowly looked up to see the angry face of our father (actually, her real father, my foster father) king triton. We both gulped fully aware of the upcoming lecture.

"ARIEL AND SORA! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! I SPECIFICALLY SAID NO PLAYING IN BOLDER VALLEY, AND YET HERE YOU ARE! THE WATER IS SHALLOW HERE, CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT?!"

I opened my mouth to try to explain, but was quickly cut off.

"This kind of foolishness I would expect from Ariel, but you sora?!? You should have known better being the future king of Atlantica! I cant even BEGIN to explain how...how DISAPPOINTED I am in you!!!"

He hovered there for a while with one hand on his head in a thinking position. He was obviously trying to think of something to make me feel even MORE like a stupid-ass. After about 2 minutes of dead silence, I decided to break the silence by trying to explain what really drove us into disobeying him. I took a deep breath and began in a low and obviously scared voice,

"Umm...puhpa...I...I can explain...really...I..."

But I was once again cut off, this time in mid-sentence.

"NO SORA, DONT EVEN TRY!! YOU AND ME ARE GOING TO HAVE A LONG TALK WHEN WE GET HOME"

With that, he turned around and started swimming back towards the underwater castle with his trusty triton in hand. I often wondered what it would be like to be a king and carry a big stupid dinner fork around. Of course there would be no more wondering soon since the old bastard had gone and gotten himself sick...which is pretty hard to tell since despite his condition, he still has enough energy to drag his annoying ass over here and give me another damn lecture. I let out a sigh and slowly started to follow him back to the hellhole we call a home. I know living in a castle is a 'great honor', and I should be proud that my 'father' has done such a good job protecting and building Atlantica, but its just that having someone who's accomplished so much expects you to be able to the same things, but even better. Not to mention im not even his 'real' son and I have a totally different accent than he does...mines kinda English. I cant remember where it was that he found me, but I know for sure he didn't like it...I guess that's why he makes me call him 'puhpa' instead of just regular old 'dad', or 'father'. It's kinda hard to explain, so I'll save the trouble and just skip it for now. We had been swimming for some time when I noticed the only swishing of tail fins I heard were puhpa's and I. I looked behind only to find that no one was there. Instantly I switched over to panic mode. Ohshitohshitohshitohshit!!!! Where the hell is Ariel!?! Why did she...where did she...puhpa's gonna KILL me!! ACK!!!...Gotta find her!! I frantically looked around while trying to keep up with the royal pain in the ass. I was about to have a nervous break down when Ariel quickly swam up next to me and gave me a smile.

"Miss me?"

I could have slapped her. "Miss you... MISS YOU?!?" I quickly clamped my hand over my mouth to prevent any further yelling. Triton looked back, gave me a smug look, and continued swimming. I returned the smug look right and then turned back to Ariel.

"Where the hell did you go off to?"

"Shhh....sora, whisper damn it...I just went over one of the boulders over there to see if I could get a better look of...well, you know...the real world...the people world...and boy did I ever! I saw people feet!!"

I felt me eyes grow wide. "People feet...you mean they really do exist? What tis it that they look like?!?"

She giggled again and said "why don't you go see?...we'll wait until after daddy gives you a lecture...then when he lock's you away in your room, I'll come bust you out and we can go see!...but wow sora, you should have seen them...they have these weird...wiggly things on them. They kinda look like hands, but not as long.Err.Or something."

I smiled and tried to picture the 'feet' "but what were they doing in the water? I thought people cant swim, and that's why they get across the sea in...Umm...what were again?...Oh yes, boats"

Ariel simply shrugged and said, "I don't exactly know...but they were awesome none the less. So it's a plan then? Sneak out later?"

She held out her hand and I stared at it for a few seconds before taking it and replying "it tis"

Well the lecture wasn't as bad as it could have been. Puhpa didn't hit me at all this time. said it was because he was to tired to deal with me tonight, and will surely take care of me tomorrow. whoopie...cant wait for that. I slowly stirred out of bed and creped over to my door waiting for Ariel to come free me. After about a few seconds, I heard a familiar 'click' and watched my door slowly open.

"Sora? you awake?"

I rubbed my tired eyes and replied "mmph...yes and no...are thou ready?...err...scratch that...are you ready?" that stupid accent from who knows were is totally making my speech unbearable.

"Well...actually sora, I cant go with you tonight...father wants me to sleep directly beside him so he can keep a better eye on me. I told him I was thirsty and needed to go to the kitchen...well anyway, I did make you a map though. you just take this and go back to bolder valley...either Sebastian or flounder will meet you there and guide you the rest of the way."

with that she pushed open the door the rest of the way and swam into my arms.

"have fun without me little brother! be careful okay?"

I kissed her on the cheek and said "HA! this from you....of course I'll be careful"

I gave her one final hug and swam out my room and out the house. I stumbled around in the dark for a while until I noticed a brightly lit lantern hanging from some kelp. After a closer look, I read the sign next to it that said 'Bolder avenue'. Well...I guess im here then...now what? I glanced around the area looking for one of Ariel's stupid little companions, but saw no one. I grunted and began swimming off into mysterious nothing-ness. Psh! Just like those silly creatures to flake out on me like that. Well, I guess im on my own then...I looked up at the surface and noticed that it was just as dark above as it was here below. I slowly began to wonder if these 'people' stayed out during the night...like if they never slept and hung out with friends instead. Doing such things is forbidden here. We must have our sleep or we wont have the energy we need for the day ahead...which is mostly spent trying to figure out ways to improve our kingdom. I swam as closely to the surface as I could and stuck a finger up feeling the weird dryness. I shot my finger back down, suddenly feeling uncomfortable being here alone. I looked around again and after a few moments of being hesitant, I stuck my head up to the surface...which was definitely even more forbidden than just staying up late. I peered around seeing a big lot of that squishy stuff they call 'sand' and noticed saw a small castle formed from sand with two digging things next to it. After realizing I couldn't breath, I quickly dove back underwater and took in a deep breath. Wow...that was...interesting. I must see more. My body stiffed for a moment as I thought about all the things I could get in trouble for if anyone saw me here. I shook the feeling off and went to the surface, this time swimming closer to the sand. All my thoughts were concentrated on the sand lot until I heard a strange 'sploosh' sound. I looked behind me and watched in awe as the ocean did this wired 'falling thing' over and over. Hmm...I've never noticed the water do THAT before...suddenly I felt scared. My senses were going wild telling me I should move, but I couldn't...it was almost as though I were frozen in place. A loud 'crashing' sound bursted from the ocean and I watched as I giant wall of water formed and hovered over me. Before I had time to send out a distress squeal, the wall crashed onto me and everything went black.

"Sakura come back!" I chased after the deep brown colored dog that ran wildly around the beach barking happily. Obviously she found this little game of 'catch the dog' amusing. I ran up next to her and jumped on top of her bringing us both crashing to the ground. She barked happily again and laid on my stomach, attacking my face doggy kisses.

"Sakura...ack!....get off!" she jumped off of me and ran off over to the more secluded side of the beach. After a bit of lying still, I forced my self up and sighed to myself as I looked into the ocean. I wish I could stay here forever. I just can stand work anymore. My life is so boring, so ordinary. Nothing new ever happens at all .If only something exciting would happen...like...winning a free trip to Hawaii or something. Then I could go to the ocean whenever I wanted. I ran a hand through my silvery locks and took off my grungy 'weekend' shirt. I looked down at my new brown cargo shorts I had just gotten at gap a week before and decided I should probably stay out of the water. I shoved my hands into my pockets and began to stroll around the beach. So beautiful...so peaceful...I let my mind wander as I walked closer and closer to the ocean until I could feel the small waves splashing across my bare feet. For some reason, I couldn't help but to feel depressed. My life really was nothing but boring. I mean...I have a nice apartment and a nice car and a nice looking girlfriend and all, but all these things never brought me the true happiness I seeked. All of my complex thoughts were shattered when I heard the familiar (and slightly growing annoying) barking of my dog. I jogged off to the side of the beach she was on and rolled my eyes when I saw she was only barking at a young boy who had fallen asleep on the beach.

"Sakura! Leave that kid alone!" I ran a little closer only to freeze in my steeps. My eyes widened as they trailed across the boy's body. He was skinny and very pale...and these wired small flaps on the side of his neck kept going up and down. One of his arms were rested underneath his head which was covered on the top with brown spiky hair, while the other was half buried in sand. I walked closer to him only to have my suspicion confirmed...he had a tailfin! I screamed and jumped back. What the hell is that!?!? It...it has a tail!!...but its human right??? I looked around until I came across a stick. I grabbed it and used it to roll the 'thing' over. It made a gasping noise and I watched as its side flaps went up and down again. I was very tempted to run away and call the police, but for some reason I was attracted to it. I knew very well what it was...it was a mermaid...err...merman and if I called the police it would be slaughtered for science. I took a deep breath and dragged it by the tail fin as close to the ocean as I could. I cupped my hands, gathered water in them, and threw the water onto the boy. His eyes flinched, but that was about it. I looked frantically around the beach to make sure no one else was around. After some inner arguments, I lifted the fish-boy into my arms and began to jog him towards my car. Once there, I threw him into the back seat, let sakura up front, started the car, and sped off towards my apartment.

"I cant believe this is happening to me..." I rubbed my eye's and let out a small yawn. I went to stretch only to find that there was no room. Within a second, I was panicking and thrashing about in the small chamber I being withheld in. I let out a loud frustrated dolphin squeal and lifted my head up. After about another second, I realized I was suffocating again and put my head back under the safe water. I began to violently jerk my body around to try to break my self free, but it was no use...this chamber...it must have been made from the hardest coral the sea had to offer. My head began to spin as I tried to figure out how I had even gotten myself into this position in the first place. How the did I get here?!? I need to get out... there's not enough room, im going to wind up suffocating whether im in the water or not! Just as I was about to formulate a plan, two rather large hands plunged into the water I was in and grabbed me by the shoulders hoisting me up. After a moment of silence, I opened my tightly closed eyes and realized I wasn't dead. I looked up and saw a small spout like thing that was dispensing water over me and keeping me from drying up. I glanced over to my side and almost jumped out of what I now realized was just a bathtub as two bright greenish-blue eyes stared back at me. He too kind of jumped, but then quickly went back to just staring at me. What's his problem? And where...? I looked around the room I was in and noticed it was almost exactly like the rooms back at the castle...big and fancy. There were a few things I couldn't name and had no idea what they did. One of the things that most intrigued me was a big black kinda skinny thing that was perched onto his wall. Within a short while, that question became more and more nerve wrecking. Where am I?...Where am I!?!?!? Why isn't there water here!?!? I let out a small dolphin squeak and began thrashing in the tub again. I quickly stopped when I noticed how much it scared the person that was sitting beside me. He looked more terrified of the situation than I did. I slowly brought myself to the edge of the tub and looked down...

"PEOPLE FEET!!!!!!!" I shouted as I looked down at the weird...things

the man jumped out of his seat and nearly fell backwards over a stack of books that were piled up behind him. I watched as his beautify built body rose up and down from his obvious heavy breathing. I tilted my head to one side. Maybe he can't talk... I stuck out my hand and signaled for him to walk closer to me. He was a little hesitant at first, but eventually he went back to sitting in the chair slightly scooting it up closer to me. I put my head back under the water for sec, and then brought as much of myself over the side of the tub as I could. I reached my arm out and softly touched his dry feeling chest. I blinked a few times and then decided I wanted to explore more. I moved my hand up to the side of his face and gently touched his lips with one of my thumbs. He let out a small gasp and pushed my hand away. I gave him a stubborn look and allowed my hand to retreat back into the tub. We sat there and another few seconds pass as we did nothing but watch each other. The man's lip began to kind of quiver as he was searching for something to say.

"C-..Can you talk?"
I rolled my eyes and replied "well duh. Did you not just hear me exclaim 'people feet'?"

He steadied the pace of his breathing and said "Well...umm...Where are you from?...are there...More of you?"

"You don't even know a thing about me and already your asking where I live...I think that quite rude of you"

"Oh...Im sorry...What's your name?"

"Thy name is sora, future king of Atlantica...and yours?"

The man looked as though he had just swallowed a bug or something. "The future king?...of Atlantica? Im guessing that's where you live then...some underwater world right?"

I folded my arms across my chest and gave him a pout "Yes yes...but I still don't know your name...tis it forbidden that I know?"

"Uh...no. no of course not. My name is riku...and I live here"

"Oh...ok then, so..."

Just then the door to the bathroom burst open and a huge brown monster with a big slobbering tongue came and jumped into the water beside me. I yelped and used all of my strength to jump out of the tub and get as far away from the beast as I could. I looked back at it and remembered once reading somewhere about it with its vicious teeth and its retched claws, although I couldn't remember what is was called. I crawled over to the doorway, but stopped when I felt something heavy jump onto my back. I screamed and started to cry as I fought my best to get the thing off me, but realized it was no use and I was surely to be devoured within seconds. Just as I began silently praying to the goddess above, I felt the weight being lifted off from me and heard a small 'thump' and a small whimpering noise.

"bad sakura! Bad! Stay away from the fish boy!" I looked up and saw riku looking sternly at the beast as it made more whimpering noises. He walked over to me, gently wiped my tears away, lifted me up and placed me back into the tub, and then shooed the creature out off bathroom slightly slamming the door behind him. He then turned back to me and added more water in to replace the water that had been splashed out.

"sora, im really sorry about that...sometimes sakura gets a little..."

he stopped in mid-sentence and stared into my eyes. He raised and eyebrow and tilted his head to the side looking rather confused.

"were your eyes always green?"

I blinked a few times trying to figure out what the hell he was talking about, and then smiled once I had.

"No, they were blue. You see...hmm...how to explain...well when I have a rather intense emotion, it shows in my eyes. When im scared it's usually green, when im mad it's of course red, when im sad it's a deeper shade of blue and so on and so on. Do your eyes not do the same?"

"No, of course not. Wow, that's amazing...is there anything else you can do? Well...of course besides being able to breath under water."

I thought about it for a while. It's kinda hard to explain what you can do when you don't exactly know what it is the other can do. You don't want to bore them with things they already know.

"Well...im not really sure yet. I've never been on the surface world before, so im not quite sure of all the things im capable of, but im sure with a little help I can find out."

"well I can help, but how can we ever find anything out if you can never leave that tub? Do you think there's a way you can get some 'land legs'?"

I thought again for a while and then replied "you know...I've often pondered about that. I've read somewhere that there is a way, but first I would of course need to be on land...I guess now that I am on land I could probably do it, but im going to need a few things...oh and im going to need something else too"

"what? More water?"

"no, im going to need for you to keep that...that bark and bite as far away from me as possible from now on, are we understood?"

riku simply smiled and replied "yes, ok then. I'll try my best"

okie so u like? I can write more soon since ish gonna be spwing brake and all, but only if u want me too. Okie dokie, well ima tired so ima hit the hay now, night night! .

sora: what is it im supposed to do in the mean while?

I dunno, sleep with riku

riku: O.O;;

sora: jolly idea! Come on riku, lets get our freak on!

Riku :but...how do you sleep with a Mermaid? They have a giant fin-thing instead of any actual...uhh...sex parts

guess your going to find out. wink .