Believe

Chapter 6: The Power of Silence

Answering reviews:

Anonymous but Impressed: Good point about the little nitpick… that would make more sense, but I thought I had put in the word slightly before less… I meant slightly less, which is what Bohrok gave him…

Wouldn'T You Like To Know: Yay, another reviewer I don't know. P I'm glad I've hooked yet another person with this story.

I was inspired by a few recent RP sessions to take a slightly different direction this chapter, and take the focus off of Stitch and Miracle. This chapter will focus on the blossoming friendship and romance of Experiments 614 and 615, Muta and Donovan. Muta is used with permission of Bohrok127, and Donovan belongs to me.

After they had bid Stitch, Miracle, and Lilo farewell…

Muta and Donovan walked off, smiling and thinking.

"Muta… a very unusual name. If I may ask, what does it mean?" Donovan asked her, holding her hand as they walked.

"Well, it is a name that was given to the goddess of silence. This is appropriate for me, because my power has to do with silencing people. I take in sound, and then am able to release it in a sonic blast, kinda like my older brother Yaarp," Muta explained.

"Yaarp?"

"He's Experiment 613, made just before you and I were. I hate it when he and I are compared to one another."

"I'll try my best not to compare the two of you. I don't want you hating me. Anyways, it sounds like he was named for the sounds he releases."

"Exactly. He produces powerful sonic blasts, much more powerful than mine. He used to tease me about how, since his voice was bigger, he would be more powerful, more important, than I ever could be."

They stopped walking for a moment, and, having reached the beach, looked out over the ocean. Donovan looked Muta in the eye, and took a breath before speaking again.

"He may be louder, but that doesn't make you any less important than him. In fact, since he's louder, he drowns out the little voices, and probably overlooks the little, important things in life…"

Hugging him, Muta replied, "Maybe so… Thanks." Looking around the beach, she asked him, "Wanna build a sandcastle together?"

Donovan nodded, answering, "Sure. Let's work together, and show Yaarp that the quiet ones can leave as big a mark as the loud ones. Besides," he whispered, kissing her softly on the cheek, "this will give us time to get to know each other better, and be close."

Muta blushed as she felt Donovan's lips make contact with her cheek, and smiled. At first, when she had seen him, she had only wanted to check him out for his body. But the more that the two of them talked, the more she realized that Stitch, Lilo, and Miracle were possibly right: That she and Donovan belonged with one another.

"So… how big do we want to make this castle?" she asked him.

Shrugging, he replied, "Dunno… why don't we just start at one point, make a wall, and then go from there?"

Muta nodded in agreement, adding, "Let's build the first wall facing the ocean. Of course, if we build it too close, it'll either get crushed, or swept away in the tides."

They took a few good paces away from the ocean, and then started building the wall facing the ocean.

"What do you like to do?" she asked him, trying to learn about him.

"Well, I usually like to test my strength, make sure I'm at the peak of my abilities. But dehydration has softened me up a little bit." He finished up with a small section of the wall, then held out his arm, and offered, "Take a feel if you want."

Muta also stopped working on her section to take a feel of his muscles (which she had wanted to do anyways), and was a little surprised. They were neither flabby nor rock solid. They were tough, but with a soft side as well.

Smiling, she comforted him with her words, "They're fine the way they are right now. They're tough, but have a soft feel to them… just like you."

Donovan blushed a bit, asking, "Do you want me to keep them this way?"

She thought for a second, and then started blushing as she answered, "You can keep your muscles the way you want." Dropping her voice, she continued, "The only thing that matters… is this."

As she spoke, she brought her face closer to his, closing her eyes and puckering up her lips when she was really close to his face, and touched her lips to his in a short kiss. Then she pulled away, blushing even deeper.

Donovan also blushed when her lips had touched his. He hadn't been expecting to kiss her so soon, much less have her kiss him so soon either. He was stunned silent, unsure of how to act for a few moments.

Smiling, he assured her, "The other thing I like, or rather love, to do, is to be in your company, whether we're talking or not. I've never had this much fun."

"R…Really?" Muta asked, smiling.

Nodding, he continued, "How couldn't I? You've got such a wonderful personality, from what I've seen of it. Combine that with the goddess' body that Jumba gave you, and you go beyond what dreams could make."

"As nice as that is… You've only seen a small part of my personality…"

"I may only have a small glimpse of your personality, but I like what I see."

He took her in his arms and hugged her close, then moved out a little bit so they were still in each others' arms, but not completely close.

"You know how people say that a city or planet is so important, where, without it, there would be absolute chaos?"

Muta nodded, a little confused as to what was going on.

"Well," he continued, gazing into her eyes and smiling, "I have a place like that. It is the one place that I consider more important than anyplace else. This place is the one that I can always call my home… It is the place that I can come for support. And that place is right here, in your loving arms. I want to know the real you, the looks and the beautiful soul within."

Muta blushed very deeply at his words, and then hopped into his arms, knocking him down and hugging him.

"Donovan… I have something to admit…"

"I'll listen. And love you just the same."

"I always wanted a romantic man to talk with and sweep me off my feet. I also wanted a gorgeous, sexy man to snuggle up to. But I never thought that both of them could be the very same man," she admitted, looking into his eyes. "But thank you for proving me wrong, Donovan. I don't think there's a happier female experiment anywhere right now than me."

A smile crossed Donovan's face as he realized that he had been looking for both his body and soul separately, but found them together with him.

"If I can continue to make you happy, day after day, then you'll make me happy too, Muta. Just when I thought I couldn't get any happier, hearing your words has just increased my happiness."

He kissed her softly on the lips, as she had done to him, then, breaking the kiss, made a motion to stand up.

"Er, Donovan? Can we just stay like this?" she asked him meekly.

He held her close, and took a deep breath, sniffing in the scent of her hair, answering, "Of course we can. We can stay like this as long as you want."

They sat there, in each other's arms, listening to the other's heartbeat and breathing, and the sounds passing by. Finally, after a few minutes, she started standing up, as did he, breaking the hug.

"Well, let's finish this sandcastle, shall we?" Donovan asked.

"Yeah… we got a bit sidetracked… but we can finish it up."

As they picked back up with the building, blushing softly, they decided to make the sandcastle large enough to be a temporary 'home' for the night. As they had hoped to do, they spent time asking each other questions, and giving answers to the questions, learning as much as they could about each other. They hadn't learned everything, but they had a lot of time to do so.

Finally, they lay down in their temporary house, next to each other, ready to sleep.

"Muta?"

"Yes Donovan?"

The two experiments faced each other.

"Thanks for walking into my life today. I'm so glad I met you… for so many reasons."

"So am I, Donovan… in more ways than I could have imagined."

He blushed again, crawling closer to her, and said, "I love you Muta."

"I love you too, Donovan… Welcome home," she replied, hugging him.

They both leaned forward, and kissed each other, longer than they had before. After a minute, they broke for breath, blushing.

"G…Good night, Donovan."

"Good night, my goddess…"

The next morning…

Donovan awoke, and saw Muta laying on top of him, snuggled into his chest. He smiled, and traced a hand through her long flowing hair, purring. She stirred after a moment, and looked up at her love, purring and kissing his chest.

"Hello my beloved," she greeted him, kissing his muscular chest.

"Good morning, Muta," he replied, pulling his hand out of her hair, and kissing her forehead.

"Shall we go do something?"

"Anything, as long as we can be together."

He picked her up and cradled her in his arms. After they were outside, he set her down, and took her hand in his. Purring and smiling, the two experiments walked down the beach…