Author's Note: somewhat important. But read anyway.

Ahh, so... here I am! I'm extremely sorry that I haven't posted in such a long time! Kai sent me a cold (haha) so I've been pretty sick lately and haven't been able to get on to write my thank-you notes. I really appreciate each and every one of your reviews, because they're my inspiration to keep writing. Therefore, I need to put a lot of thought and time into each individual person. You all need to feel important, right? :D

I'm also sorry about that horrible cliffy guys, but you have to know that I still care about all of you and appreciate every last one of those helpful criticisms and overall comments! I've been trying to add more details and extra things to my chapters to make them longer, but I can only add so much... and I love those cliffies. Hahhhh! But not so much that I'd want you to cry. But anyway.

Thanks!

Now on to my notes!

Thank-yous

Tenchi Kai- You're awesome, penpal. xP I love chatting back and forth with you. I think I caught a cold from you mentally or something because I've been coughing and sniffling allll day. I was even out of school twice.xD Which wasn't so bad afterall, but I missed English and I hate when I miss English!I -swear- you sent a cold virus in one of your e-mails! Now it's your turn to play doctor -- for ME! xP Haha. Thanks so much! :)

UnfortunateVendetta - I plan on reading and reviewing your story very soon. I can't believe you've been on for less than a month and you already have more chapters than... -counts- I don't know; 6 times my story? xP Thanks for IMing me, by the way. I'm glad we can talk now over something other than email. :D Keepup with your writingbecause you're doing great!

Saikia- You're so hilarious! Bwahaha, I had steak for dinner. I have enough cookies to last a lifetime. D'ya want one? -hands Saikia a cookie- I'm really not a mean person though, you know. I just like to leave a mystery. Did it work? xD Ebbbillll.

Tasuku Sempai - I completely agree; the length of my chapters are a problem. They're way too short. Sometimes I have no idea what to add though. That's the problem. What'sa good length? If you could leave it in a review or something, that'd really help. :) Now, I don't feel whole anymore now that you're "taking a break" from "Kingdom Hearts: Trinity." I'm not being sarcastic, either! :D Something I forgot to put in my reviewsthough was that you have lovely titles for your chapters. :)I hope "taking a break" isn't permanent. But I know that you probably have really valid reasons for that, as I do with "The Future."

somewhatcrazyhappyperson - Okay, no. You're wrong, pal. You're doing a -grrrreat- job with Divine Rose! Never put you're own writing down. :) You have to believe in it.

Piranha27 - Aww, thanks. :) I actually think I'm going to start up with "The Future" again, but I'm not sure where it's going or where to start. Any suggestions are welcomed! :)

review lord - Just out of curiousity, but what do you think Riku and this character have in common? It would just be interesting to hear your opinion. Thanks! :)

Regina - That's so sweet of you! Thanks! :) I'll definitely continue writing, because with great friends and reviewers such as yourself, how could I stop? xP Hmm. I guess that was kind of corny. Haha.

Kick-flare - Hmm... now, I know you have no idea what Kingdom Hearts is, but you really should find out! Thanks for reading, although I know it must've been confusing since you don't know any background information on Kingdom Hearts.

talaandkailuver - Ahh! -finger hug- You were my first reviewer! xD Haha. But that's only because you were right there when I posted my first chapter. You're the greatest, and I'm so glad to have you as my friend. Never stop writing, and I'm always there for you!

Now, onto another short chapter(I know, they're going to get longer though... I promise! Short chapters allow me to post sooner, too. Usually.:P)

Thanks again, all of you, for your much appreciated support!

Chapter 3 - Paradise?

Standing before her was a boy about her age, maybe a bit older. He looked around 15-ish. From her point of view, although she was looking up at him, he was taller than her. The boy was smiling; asilly boyish grin. His eyes were dancing perkily in their deep, ocean blue serenity as they met her own. His dark brown hair, lightened by his many days hanging around lazily in the sun, was spiked in all directions. What surprised her most was that it looked natural.

She stood up, facing him, and dipped forward to brush the sand from her legs. He wasn't as tall as she thought he was, but at least they were the same height. Her heart beat quicker as the boy looked her up and down in secret attraction and approval, but counterfeit disapproval. "Err... would you like a towel?"

She looked down. "Oh."

His cheeks turned a deep crimson, and he grinned. Wrapping her arms around herself, and positioning her long waist-length hair around her body, she followed the boy as he turned around and walked off, "Right. Let's go." He said, and she nodded.

As they walked off together, her dainty footprints slowly washed away with the tide...

The next afternoon, she sat on the edge of a bed adorned with seashells. A large, puffy comforter full of feathers was wrapped around her and she dangled her legs over the side. The room was beautiful. It wasn't too large, but it was very spacious and far from full. The lush canopy bed was all white and when she was covered in the feather comforter she felt weightless. The walls were a pale, light yellow and there was a small oak wardrobe in the corner of the room. She stretched and let out a big sigh. But she was so confused... who was that boy and where was she?Who was she? Sunlight poured into the room from the open doors in front of her.

'I think I'm in a sun room.'

She slipped off the bed with the comforter still around her shoulders, and she silently walked through the open doors. It was a breezy day. She stood upon a balcony and looked out towards the ocean, where the boy that had talked to her yesterday was pacing along the shoreline.What was he looking at?

"He's mesmerizing, isn't he?"

She spun around.

Ya know what? I just realized something. We're pretty limited as far as smilies go. Whenever I do the 'equal sing' on one of my smilies, it never shows up; same with the little arrow thing. Also, when I'm expression an action I have to use this these "- example -" instead of those star things called asteriks. Oh well, it doesn't bother me but I just wanted to make sure you guys didn't think I could spell to save my own life, because I used a bunch of asteriks in my past chapters and author notes, and they didn't show up so it looked horrible. Another thing that I noticed was when you edit something in here and then save it, it'll sometimes take the space away between two words and make it one. Like so... - addit youall - and so on. So if you see a few of those, try breaking the words up because I find all the ones that I can, but since I'm a human being I'll probably miss a few. Okay, maybe a lot. It takes a while to replace a chapter though so I don't really bother doing it unless I find a ton of flaws. Anyway, what I was about to say was...

Okay, yeah, I know. First of all,I don't post for ages and all of you think I fell off one of my cliffies and died, second of all I post another short chapter (which my'Author's Note' and thank-yous are longer than)and then, the worst of all... I leave you hanging on a branch all over again! Just please don't fall. The rocks below are kind of sharp. -rubs back- By listing all of those negative reasons to hack me to pieces with a stale pretzel probably didn't help out my future. At all. Ahh, I'm so sorry! Well, actually... I'm really not, but I'll post the day after tomorrow or before Monday as long as I get a few more reviews. I'm not that strict about reviews, I don't think. :P Well, I hope you guys aren't too mad at me. I'll post soon, and thanks for hanging in there! Haha! Get it? Hmm. Okay. Bye!

- Moonii