Fakeout!

(Rei) in shock A...pwp chapter taking place in Atlantica? You two need to calm down before I get the urge to phone Pearl.
(Timothy) Well, it isn't the norm; but you're doing this for your own sake, Qui-is abruptly cut off by a hand over his mouth
(Rei) Ahahaha, this reminds me of a joke that I heard about midgets being touchy...Timothy Jones is a perfect example of this! takes her hand back Ix-nay hat-tay, ou-yay ittle-lay erv-pay!
(Timothy) The way ya treat Taro; you're one ta talk!
(Soku233) Wow, I don't believe how dumb this looks; but we have broken the gray area of yaoi merpeople lemons!
(Timothy) You're so right about that, what were we on besides soda? thinks Nothin'!

I'm floating and flaunting it!

Riku was swimming along the surface of the ocean Atlantica is located in. Reminds me of my island... He dunked himself under and opened his eyes slowly to get used to seeing underwater. He looked around at all the interesting rock formations and fish, before he saw something that seemed...different than usual. He tried to get a good look at the figure in the ocean, but couldn't see it properly since the water blurred his vision, and the figure was a good distance away from him. Hmm...I wonder... He created a wall of darkness like he did in Halloween Town, and swam into it. When he came out, he was able to breathe under the water, and his vision was clearer than before. He looked down and noticed that half of his body had fish-like features that were the color of his eyes. When he looked back to where he saw that figure, he found that they were gone. Riku decided to swim a bit; to get used to his fins, and then he swam to the place where he thought he saw a figure, and started to chase after him. What if...Sora's here?

Sora had swam under Riku after having being caught off-guard by the flash of silver, having had more time swimming as a merman. How'd he find me?! Oh well, I had a feeling that he would after these LONG three weeks... Smirking, he tapped Riku on the shoulder. "Looking for me?" He then suppressed a fit of laughter at how sneaky he could be at times.

Riku did the water equivalent of jumping a little, and then turned around to see a familiar brunette right in front of him. He put a hand on his hip and smirked at the boy. "Actually, I was looking for a cute little sea monkey...Have you seen him?" Okay...that was a lame thing to say... He bowled Sora over in a hug and nuzzled his friend's neck. "Hey Sora...how've you been?"

Sora had to chuckle at the sea monkey comment. "Bored...and I've been going around in circles while looking for Kairi..."

"Oh...you didn't find her yet?" He couldn't help feeling even a little jealous, but knew that they had to find their friend no matter what. "I don't think we'd find her in the ocean..."

"I've been looking around Neverland for about a week and a half, so can you blame me for wanting to take just a slight break?" Sora hung his head, and sighed. "I guess I don't have to ask to guess that you haven't found her either..."

"Um...right..." He looked around the location they're at; thinking quickly for something to change the subject. "So..." Riku paused, to think of what to say. "...How did you ditch your comrades?" He finally stopped looking around and stared into Sora's eyes.

Sora's face fell a little, and he sighed. "Donald got into an argument on who was driving the Gummi Ship off of the Deep Jungle about two weeks ago, so I took the spare and flew to Neverland while Goofy was trying to calm him down. How I ditch them, personally, I think it's dumb luck!"

Riku chuckled a little and ruffled Sora's hair. "You always seem lucky with things like that..." He then fell silent; not knowing what to say. Why does this silence feel so awkward? Come on...think of something to say!

"Well, do you want the tour of this place? I wouldn't mind at all, Riku." Grabbing Riku's hands, he just swam in a circle a few times, bored out of his mind.

Riku smirked a little and swam with Sora, "Do you give better tours than Yoru?"

"Heeey, that wasn't funny, Riku!" Pouting, he resisted an urge to just stick out his tongue, but wasn't about to set himself up for even more teasing. "I dunno if I can, but I can try, all right?"

Riku smiled and kissed Sora's pouting lips. He spoke when he pulled away. "Aww...Sowa looks so cute when he pouts!" He pulled his friend along and nodded to his question. "Yeah, you can try."

Sora swam towards the trident marking on the wall nearby. "Follow these tridents, and you'll end up at the castle." He swam back to Riku, just a bit faster than his leisurely pace. "It's great to know that if you have this, pardon the pun, sinking feeling that you're lost."

Riku nodded; listening to every word Sora said, while staring at the trident mark. He snapped his gaze back up to Sora and smiled a little, letting Sora continue with the tour. "Alright...what else do I need to know?"

Sora blinked at Riku, then stopped a question of his own from coming out. "Well, until you become a bit more skilled at swimming, the dolphins around here can get you past strong currents. Or, you can swim as hard as possible; take a break, then try again until you can actually get past the currents. Trust me on that one, I tried until I was out cold once!" Sora shook his head at his own misfortune, smiling when he looked back at Riku.

Riku chuckled a little and swam around Sora once. "Do you ever give up?"

Sora bit back a laugh at Riku's question. "No, I don't believe I will give up, Riku. Besides, I still need to train hard in order to beat Maleficent, right?" Sora still thought he wasn't strong enough, but his efforts were starting to show.

Riku grinned and grabbed Sora in a headlock, before ruffling his friend's hair. "Yeah. That's just like you, Sora...always coming back for more..." He fell silent, but didn't let go of Sora, and swam on his back with his friend for a little while, not thinking or saying anything.

"Can you let go now? I'm starting to get a crick in my neck!" Sora was laughing at the time, just poking Riku in the ribs, trying to get free like that. "Hey, I have an idea...When I get to Hallow Bastion, maybe we can tag-team Maleficent!"

"I like holding you here...hmm..." Smiling, Riku let go of Sora's neck, and then wrapped his arms around his friend's waist. After hearing Sora's idea, his face fell slightly. "Maybe..." Riku sighed and closed his eyes to think, not even realizing that he's pulling Sora closer to himself.

Okay, now I'm starting to hate all the books on Animal Biology that I did when Jane Porter let me! Sora gulped, grateful that Riku had his eyes closed at the time. "Is there something on your mind that I can help you with, Riku?"

Riku opened his eyes slowly and blinked once, before feeling his back hit a rock. He straightened himself, let go of Sora, and rubbed the spot on his back that hit the rock. He looked up at Sora, before giving him a rather small smile. "No...it's nothing. I was just thinking...that's all."

"I see." Sora had let out a breath he wasn't aware of holding afterwards, then grinned. "Want me to get that for you, I know I wouldn't mind!" At a loss of what to do, he swam a little, ended up upside down and smiling at Riku.

Riku stared down at his now upside down friend and raised an eyebrow while smiling. "Um...sure, you can get that. I don't mind!"

Sora turned right side up again by swimming in a little circle before massaging Riku's back where the older boy had rubbed at the area, trying to soothe the area without using spells. "It's no problem for me to do this, you know? I find it kinda relaxing myself!"

Riku closed his eyes and relaxed while smiling. He purred softly at Sora's soothing hands. "You're pretty...mm, good at this."

"Umm, the same could be said about you, Riku..." Sora's face was as red as a cherry, and he swam up a little and wrapped his hands around Riku's waist; putting his head on the older boy's shoulder, eyes closed and gray-blue tail moving a little bit from time to time.

Riku opened his eyes and blushed a little. He pushed his own hair out of his and Sora's face, before leaning his head against his friend's head. He had nothing to say after that; just floated there with Sora, while thinking. Riku closed his eyes again. "So...is the tour over?" He said that softly and didn't open his eyes; still thinking of whatever he was thinking of.

"Nah, I have quite a few places I'd like to show you! I was just waiting until you felt like getting the real part of the tour anyway." Sora grinned, letting go from Riku and descending a little bit, hands still touching the other boy's body, ending up tugging on the tip of his aqua tail in a joking way.

Riku opened his eyes and smirked down at Sora. "Alright then..." He pulled his tailfin out of his friend's grasp, and quickly swam down towards him, before wrapping his arms around Sora and swimming with him a bit, "Show me everything you planned on showing me..."

Sora smirked, and glanced at Riku, shrugging. "The easy route, or the one that knocked me out because of the current at one time?" He swam around just to kill time staying in the area and swimming in a few patterns; holding onto Riku's arms.

Riku glanced down at Sora once, before looking back up and at everything. "Whichever you prefer..."

"Then the faster route. Don't blame me if you want to try swimming against the current with me, all right?" Sora swam on, towing Riku like it was nothing. People weigh less in water; same goes for merpeople! Following the trident marks up to a certain point, he stopped before an area with a current that barely ruffled his hair. "You ready for this, Riku?"

Riku looked into the area they stopped at and tilted his head. "You tried to swim through that?" He raised an eyebrow, but didn't wait for his friend to answer. "...Yeah...I'm ready."

Sora shook his head at Riku's question, a small frown resting on his face. "Riku, it gets worse when you enter it, trust me." Sora gritted his teeth, the thought that he could swim through it was nice, but it was hard to do. Letting go of Riku's arms, he used his arms and tail to the fullest, swimming to the left, having a bit of trouble with the added weight against the now powerful current.

Riku winced a little at the strength of the current, but tried his hardest to help Sora get them through there. He tried to say something, but had a very hard time doing so since the water was pounding on him each time he tried to talk; so he decided to wait until they got out of there to speak.

Finally reaching the left calm area with the bit of help he got from Riku, Sora was panting hard from the hard work. "I think...we should've...used the easier route...don't you, Riku?"

Riku, panting also, nodded and looked up at Sora. "Yeah...but, you chose...to go this way...but, as long...as we got through...it doesn't matter...right?"

Sora finally felt like he had caught his breath and led Riku to the area near the ship. "The other reason why I like to go here is the ship in the area is secluded, and most of the merpeople don't come here that much because of the current...Well, that and the pushover shark!"

Riku stared at the sunken ship for a little while, and then swam closer towards it, to get a better look. "Why else do you like to come here?"

"Well, this place is so calm, like the secret place on our island used to be, remember?" Sora blinked at his own question, wishing he hadn't brought that up. "Plus, the way my mind can get at times, I've been thinking about a few other things, you know?"

Riku turned around to face Sora, but was slowly heading towards the ship still. "Like what?"

"A book I read at the camp in Deep Jungle about all aspects marine life. I can't get one part of it out of my head!"

Riku raised an eyebrow; curious as to what part is stuck in Sora's head. "What part?"

Sora would have sweat dropped, had it been possible to do underwater. "Riku, I said all aspects of marine life. That plus the fact that this place is secluded and merpeople rarely come here equals what?" Sora was so flustered that he couldn't come flat out with it, but was close enough to bring out a deep blush on his face.

Riku smirked and swam up to Sora and grabbed his hand; pulling him close, while floating on his back towards the ship again. "You have quite a strange mind..." He whispered into Sora's ear, before nipping at the lobe.

"A person can't really get out of an act too much if they enjoy it a little..." Sora grinned after shivering at the attack on his ear, remembering the act he pulled as 'Yoru' and chuckled. "I know that you started it, or that's what I think." Sora pouted, and he let Riku lead him to wherever the older boy wanted to.

"A little?" Riku chuckled a little bit, still floating towards the sunken ship, and kisses Sora's pouting lips. He pulled away before his friend had a chance to respond, and stopped floating as he got to his destination; letting go of Sora and swimming inside the old ship.

"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" Sora quickly changed directions, hoping to spook Riku, and swam through the window that the shark had broken before. "All right, maybe a ton more than a little, but you get my point, right?"

Riku was looking around the interior of the ship, before turning towards where he heard his friend's voice. He looked at the size of the hole, before focusing his gaze on Sora, and smirking. He pulled his friend into the ship and kissed him again, not pulling away this time.

Sora felt a tingle at the tip of his tail, and not very used to this body, even though he was better used to it than Riku, he tensed up, but then quickly relaxed back into the kiss and let out a slight moan.

Riku smirked and licked Sora's lips, before pushing his tongue inside his friend's mouth. He wrapped one arm around the younger's waist, while his other hand traveled slowly up Sora's back; fingertips grazing over Sora's spine, as if he's tickling him, and started to run through the still unruly hair of his friend's.

The strange feeling came back into Sora's tail once again, and despite how uneasy it made him feel, there was something about it that was screaming in the back of his head to remind him of one thing. But what...? Oh crud... His eyes widened in realization before he started to twitch, laughing into the kiss while purring at the same time.

Riku pulled his tongue out of Sora's mouth to tease him a little, before moving over and nibbling gently on his friend's earlobe. His hands were roaming all over the human half of Sora; pinching and massaging him everywhere he could.

Sora just let the waves of emotion take him along for the ride, wrapping his hands around Riku's back, slowly letting them slide down to the top part of the older boy's tail; melting into his touches. "Mmmm..."

Riku purred right into Sora's ear, as he started to massage the younger boy's shoulders. He sucked on the spot just below his friend's ear while he massaged his shoulders a little faster.

Sora shivered as another wave ran through him, feeling like he had been hit by lightning that actually felt good. Moaning openly, his tail arched; hitting Riku's in the process, biting his own lips to keep a mewl from coming out and failing.

Riku pulled Sora closer and thought about how he would do this. While he was thinking, he drew random little pictures on his friend's back with one hand, while the other was slowly running up and down Sora's back. I'm not so sure how to do this...um, I guess I could just wing it. Though...I wouldn't even know what I'm doing...Sora would know! But that would feel weird to ask how to do something that I'm almost expected to already know. Maybe I should wait a while, until I get an idea on how to do this...

Sora closed his eyes to the feeling, listening to the calm water and felt himself be brought back to reality from that haze. "Hey Riku, do you have any clue on how to do this?" He then shook his head, sighing. Most likely not, but I can hope, right? He opened his eyes, and looked at the tip of his own fin, staring. And I have half a clue, but it just won't cut it unless it's a lucky clue!

Riku hugged Sora and rested his head on his friend's shoulders. He spoke softly since he was right next to him. "Nope. Not one..." He pulled both of them down onto the floor of the ship, with Sora on top of him. Riku smiled a little and stared into Sora's eyes. "...But you do, right?"

Sora grinned a little bit. "Yeah, I do have a clue," but it's not exactly the best clue, Riku. "Hey, there's a hole in the floor over there, and I think sand would be better on anyone's back or chest than pounding against wood, right?" Sora swam off Riku and into the space on the floor where a hole leading down was and just laid there; waiting for his older friend.

Riku smirked a little and swam through the hole. Ah...I'm just gonna ask him... Once he got through, he swam over and tackled Sora; so he was on top pinning Sora down in the sand. He leaned down next to his friend's ear and whispered. "I was kinda hoping you would tell me a little, that way I can change it to my liking, and so I can make it all the more better for you..." He darted his tongue out and licked his friend's ear once, before sitting up slightly to grin at Sora.

"Well, you wouldn't think about this much, Riku, but I'm facing the wrong direction." Sora pushed his friend off of himself and rolled so that he was lying on his chest. "The book didn't go into detail about anything else, so just use your instincts and your imagination. Don't look at me, that's as much help as I can give out!"

Riku blushed slightly at the position they're in once he lay back down onto Sora. This is gonna be pretty awkward... "Imagination? I'm probably gonna need one big imagination for this..." I wish that book did go into detail; even just a little bit! He decided to just massage his friend's back while he thinks of how to do this.

"Well, I believe that you can do this, Riku." Sora eyelid's started to droop, before he felt a tingle go through his own tail. Maybe I should tell him that my position is equal to being on top...NAH! Feeling a bit paranoid, he turned his head a little bit and asked Riku what was on his mind. "Did you feel something weird go through your tail, Riku? Call me nuts, but I have felt it on a few occasions..."

Riku nodded and kept massaging Sora's back. "A few times...yeah." He moved his hands lower and started to rub his friend's tail. "Do you like that feeling?"

Sora arched his back at this and shivered, feeling a stronger tingle shoot through his tail, leaving him panting; then moaning out in pleasure.

Riku smirked and moved his hands a little faster, before moving them to Sora's sides and, occasionally, squeezing him gently. "I'll take that as a yes..." He felt a little tingle, also, after his tail brushed up against his friend's tail.

"Ohh...yes..." Sora was reeling in pleasure at the contact of tails; and couldn't think straight, feeling warmth inside at this. "...Th-that felt...even better, Ri...ku..."

Riku's smirk got a little bigger as he put his tail back onto Sora's. He kept it there a while; moving it around on top of his friend's tail, rubbing him everywhere he can get to, while his hands massaged everywhere they can reach. He leaned down and kissed Sora on the back of his neck, before gently biting him in that same spot.

Sora's moans got louder, his tail moving up to touch Riku's. Trying to calm down, and succeeding a little, he purred like heck, but gasped at the kiss and mewled at the bite. Aah! My head's spinning underwater; which isn't good in most cases...and I like it...

Riku kept their tails connected and pushed down a little, before playfully pulling his tail away from Sora's. He bit down on his neck a bit harder, before sucking and licking in that one spot, while his hands stopped massaging, and started to roam around Sora's smaller form.

Sora's purring turned to whimpering at the loss of contact, but he started to make begging noises when Riku bit down again; and squirmed a little when the older boy's hands ran over ticklish spots.

Riku smirked even more before gently slamming his tail back onto Sora's. He stopped his actions and started to purr on his friend's neck after feeling a somewhat stronger tingle in his tail from the contact he made. Riku's hands stopped roaming once they got back to where Sora's hips are, and he tickled him a little.

Sora made a surprised yelp as Riku's tail came back down, but mewled at the contact before his own purring coming back, panting a little bit at how good it felt. Closing his eyes, he reached back a little bit and just let his hands rest on the aqua tail.

Riku purred a little more as he felt Sora's hands on his tail, and started to rub his friend's tail with his own. He nuzzled Sora's neck and planted chaste kisses all over him; in every place he could reach in his position.

Sora's purring got louder as their tails touched, and his hands twitched a little upon feeling his friend's hair on his own neck, before he melted right into his friend's touches; making begging and pleading noises and hands just moving a little in the water making a rhythmic pattern of little touches on Riku's tail.

Riku's purring got louder, and he didn't know that he was purring right into Sora's ear; the way he did so sounding almost seductive. He hugged Sora, ignoring the little dorsal fin on his friend's tail that's poking into his own, and sighed in slight pleasure; hands dancing around the smooth surface of Sora's tail as if they have a mind of their own.

Sora shivered at the touches, feeling strong tingles at each touch; then cried out in pleasure at a certain spot the older boy's hands ran over.

Riku closed his eyes and hugged Sora closer, still ignoring the little fin poking into him. He kept purring his friend's name into his ear after every tingle he felt shoot through his tail, and tightened his grip, as if trying to fuse with his best friend. Riku flapped his tail, once, unconsciously from feeling many tingles shoot through, no only his tail, but his whole body.

Sora felt exhausted, like someone had hit him with the world's largest pillow; and he liked the feeling. Unable to do anything else at the time; he just let his hands settle at his sides and purred again.

Riku kissed Sora's cheek and let his lips linger there, breathing through his nose while holding Sora. He wasn't exhausted, but he sorta felt like he was. He drew circles with one hand, over Sora's lower abdomen, as he purred quietly from the small tingles that still seemed to shoot through his tail.

Sora sighs, purring in complete bliss, trying to move, but not being very successful at doing so. "Wow..." He's also still feeling the tingles, but he couldn't react to them as he would've liked to.

Riku laid there on top of Sora; breathing on his friend's neck with his eyes closed as he continued to draw circles on Sora's lower abdomen. He looked almost as if he was asleep, but he wasn't; Riku was just thinking. He kissed Sora's neck lightly, and then muttered something against his skin, before kissing him on that same spot again. When he pulled back, he looked like he was in a daze as he stared at his best friend.

Sora smiled in a tired way, looking at Riku then closing his eyes and sighing. "I love you too, Riku." After, Sora yawned and tried to curl up into a ball to sleep, noticing something, rather someone, on his back. "Would you please move, Riku?"

Riku smiled, before getting off of Sora and lying down next to him. He pulled the little ball of Sora close and hugged him, kissing his head once before yawning himself. He petted his friend's head in a soothing way, lulling the boy to sleep, before falling asleep himself.

(Rei) Once again, what was the point of this chapter?
(Timothy) Perfection is random, so to be random is perfect. Zen approach so Rei won't bite his head off
(Soku223) scratches her head Did anyone sane get that? I'm lost...because my brother is making me watch him play FFVIII.
(Rei) Ah, okay! Heeeey...Lou Zane, if you are reading this chapter, I'll find you for sure! pulls out a wicked-looking GPS device It's better than asking for directions; plus it gives a James Bond look!
(Timothy) Ten more reviews, but...WILL SOME PEEPS WHO WANT THE NEXT CHAPTER UP ASAP GIVE ME SODA IN THE REVIEW BOX OR I WILL NOT POST IT AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!