Yay! I'm now on the favorites of two people! Thank you muchly to those two people (you know who you are)!

*see chapter 1 for disclaimer*

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Chapter 3: Riku

At the end of the beach was a fifteen year old boy with long, silver hair, drawing in the sand.

He was wearing a tight, yellow, sleeveless shirt with black straps criscrossing on the front. He also had bluish black pants, with puffy blue bottoms that started at about his knees, strapped on his pants with the same black straps that he had on his shirt.

His shoes were about the same size as Ari's, the same color blue as hers, only with gray and black straps, and a little yellow here and there. On his hands, he wore thick black gloves.

He was waiting for his friends. He always waited for them. For some reason, he was always earlier than he meant to be. He and his friends had agreed to meet at 10:00, and it was 9:45.

Ari couldn't help but stare at him for awhile. She had always thought he was hot in the game, but in person he was even more attractive.

Then, the boy looked up, and started to stare at Ari. He then got up from the beach, and started to walk over to her.

"Okay Ari, what to do, should I run? No, he'll just chase me. Oh, what do I do?!" Ari began to talk to herself, unaware that the boy was coming closer.

"Hi."

Ari looked up. There he was, the boy that she couldn't help but have a crush on. Staring at her.

"H-hi." Ari said.

"I'm Riku," he said with a smile, "I don't think I've seen you before, who are you?"

"I'm Ari," she said, "um, nice to meet you."

Ari looked into his eyes. They were the most beautiful shade of icy blue you could ever imagine. Those eyes could have fear into his enemies, but to Ari, those eyes were warm and loving.

Ari broke her stare, and started to blush. So, to avoid any further embarassment, she sat down on the beach and, to her amazement, Riku sat down next to her.

"So," he said, "where 'ya from?"

"Oh, you know," Ari said with a nervous smile, "around."

"Well, where's around?" Riku asked with a confused look.

Ari was about to say that she was from another world, but she saw two of Riku's friends, or who she thought were his friends, and ran over to them. Because she couldn't tell Riku, not yet anyway.