Title: Meeting Uriko

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Riku ran through the trees before she stopped in front of a large house. She changed back into her human form before Cronos peaked his head out from the backpack and Kalana glared at him while landing on Riku's shoulder. (This prince had better change back soon... I don't know how much I can stand seeing Riku-San with a small and fluffy penguin.) Kalana muttered, as Riku opened the door and put the backpack on her couch. Cronos slipped out of the backpack and sat on the couch while Riku went upstairs and Kalana perched herself in front of the little penguin. They both stared at each other in silence before Kalana quietly squeaked, (Hans is gonna be in a world of pain when I find him. How dare he leave us with a fluffy pigeon?) (I'm a penguin, not a pigeon.) Kalana's eyes widened and she looked around the room. (Who said that? You can understand me?) (I'm over here.) Kalana looked down at Cronos, who was giving her a sly look. (And yes, I can understand you loud and clear in my current form.) Kalana's eyes widened even more in disbelief and she was speechless as Cronos gave her a cheeky smile. "I'm done! I just got done making a bed for you." Kalana and Cronos looked up and watched as Riku came down from the stairs and smile sweetly at everyone. "It's gonna be a long day tomorrow. We should really get some good sleep."

Cronos's eyes slowly opened as his vision slowly became clearer. He picked himself up and sat on the bed as his vision adjused to the light of the room. Once he felt wide awake, he noticed that he changed back to his human form, and he remembered that he was in Riku's house. He got up towards the door and heard someone shuffling stuff around from downstairs. He slowly opened the door and silently tip-toed towards the living room. As he made his way towards the stairs he heard someone talking while searching in various areas. "Ugh! Where did she put my textbook? I know she left it around here somewhere." The voice sounded like a girl's voice, however this girl's voice sounded a little more younger than Riku's voice. Cronos slowly walked down the stairs, unnoticed by the young girl with short, brown hair, brown eyes, and a jacket with sleeves that were twice as long as her arms. She was busy trying to search for something while shuffling various things out of her way untill she noticed Cronos was watching her from the stairs. She jumped and then smiled sheepishly at him while Cronos gave her a puzzled look. "SorryIwasn'texpectinganyonetobehere" The girl squeaked. Cronos stared at her with wide eyes before the girl cleared her throat and gave him a cute smile."Sorry, what I was trying to say was that I didn't expect anyone to be here." The girl walked up to Cronos and smiled. "I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Uriko, and I'm pleased to meet- Oof" Uriko tripped over one of her sleeves and would have fell on the stairs if Cronos hadn't caught her. She looked up at him and blushed before she rolled up her sleeves. "Sorry about that. So what's your name anyways" "I'm Cronos." "Nice to meet you Cronos" Uriko went back to the living room towards the various piles of stuff lying on the floor. Cronos was relieved that Uriko didn't recognize him as a prince, since he wore a regular shirt and jeans. He walked down towards Uriko who was throwing random papers in the air while searching for something. "Ugh! I'm sure Riku left it around here for me somewhere! But where" "What is it you're looking for anyways" Uriko looked up at Cronos and smiled. "Oh I'm just looking for my textbook. I forgot to pack it in my backpack when I came over to Riku's house to study. Riku-San told me she found it and left it for me somewhere so I can pick it up. But I don't know where she left it." She threw a light sweater out of her way and accidentally hit Kalana, waking up the little hawk. Kalana chirped loudly and fluffed up her feathers before she gave Uriko a mean look. Uriko turned red before she tried to pet Kalana. "Sorry about that Kalana. I was just looking for my textbook." Kalana allowed Uriko to gently stroke her head before she flew towards a table next to the front door. She perched herself on top of a pink book with a picture of a cat and a background with light pink paw prints that were printed on as a background. Kalana looked down at the book before she looked up and chirped, (Hey Uriko! Looking for this?) Uriko and Cronos both looked at Kalana and Uriko turned into an even brighter shade of red before she sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of her head. "So that's where she left my textbook. Heh heh heh (Man, Riku-San's gonna kill me when she sees the big mess I made.)" She smiled and took her textbook before she walked towards the door and then turned towards Cronos. "By the way, I guess you're wondering where Riku is, huh" Cronos looked at Uriko with an alert expression. He forgot all about Riku. "Yes, do you know where she is" Uriko smiled and replied "Yeah, she was heading towards the dojo this morning." "The dojo?' "Come on, I'll show you where it is" Uriko grabbed Cronos's hand before she dragged him towards the dojo, accompanied by Kalana.

TBC

Yup, now Cronos had met the cute and sweet Uriko. What will happen in the dojo once the three get there? Find out in the next chapter! Thanks for reading and be sure to review!