Hurky: Yay, I'm so glad you guys liked the twist I put in the last chapter! There might be at least one or two more twists in the story. I'd have to think...think, think...(sits in chair and thinks like Winnie the Pooh).

Sora: In the meantime, enjoy this chappy!

Riku: Hey. I thought he can't talk in this story.

Sora: This is the authoress' corner. She can do whatever she wants and she lets me talk here.

Riku (gets all excited): You mean that we can do anything we want to do? Nice! (starts trashing the place)

Hurky (stops thinking): Hey hey hey! Do not trash the place! Sora, why did you tell him that he could do whatever he wanted! I'm giving you a warning, but next time, no talky part in the Authoress' Corner for you!

Sora: Okay, okay, sheesh.

Riku: Awwww, does this mean I can't trash the place?

After Riku got dried off, he and Namine began to talk.

"So...where do you come from?" asked Namine.

"From Atlantica." replied Riku.

"Never heard of it...where is Atlantica?" asked Namine.

"Um...it's an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!" lied Riku.

"Oh..." said Namine.

"But I know someone here!" said Riku. "Her name is Kairi. Do you know her?"

"She's my best bud!" replied Namine. "Want me to take you to her?"

"That would be great." replied Riku.

So, Namine locked her house up and walked with Riku to Kairi's. As they walked, Riku thought about his surroundings. The wind was blowing his silver hair in all directions. He wasn't used to his hair being dry. He was always in the sea with his hair wet. He also wasn't used to wearing clothes, since mermen didn't wear any. Then, he found the sand was hard to walk in, and he was getting sand in his shoes.

"Lousy sand." muttered Riku as he stomped in the sand with Namine.

"You don't normally go to the beach, do you?" asked Namine, with her long blonde hair blowing also blowing in every direction but not stomping in the sand in order to walk. And she was wearing flip flops, so she couldn't get sand in her shoes.

"We do have beaches everywhere at home, but I don't like to go to the beach." lied Riku. "I hang out in my backyard."

"I've noticed." said Namine. "Your skin's pretty tan."

They continued to walk in silence to Kairi's house. When they got there, Namine knocked on the door. Kairi's mother answered the door.

"Hi, is Kairi here?" asked Namine. "Me and a friend came to see her."

"Sorry, but she just left." replied Kairi's mother. "But I'll tell her you came by."

Namine and Riku walked off the doorstep as Kairi's mom closed the front door.

"I'm sure we'll catch her later." said Namine. "Wanna go get some lunch?"

"I guess." replied Riku.

They went into town and, surprise surprise, they found Sora and Kairi.

"Hey, Namine!" said Kairi.

"Kairi!" said Namine. She put her hands on Riku's muscular shoulders. "This is Riku. He says he knows you..."

Kairi stared at Riku forat least a minute. "I don't think I know him..." she said.

"Well, I think this is the wrong Kairi." lied Riku. "The one I know had...uh...black hair!"

Sora looked up and saw Riku. He had a shocked look on his face when he realized it was Riku. He then grinned.

"Sora!" said Riku.

"You know him?" asked Namine.

"Of course I do!" said Riku. "We know each other back in Atlantica!"

Riku, you idiot, thought Sora. You told them about under the sea!

"Sora and I know each other from the island, right, Sora?" asked Riku.

Oh, so he must have told them that our city was a land city, thought Sora. He smiled and nodded.

"So, Sora's your name..." said Kairi. "I like it. It's a cute name." She was silent for a minute. "Namine, this is Sora. We met on the beach yesterday, but he can't talk."

"Yeah, because he gavehis voiceto Ansem." Riku muttered under his breath.

"What?" asked Kairi.

"I mean, he was pretty sick a few weeks ago and because of it, he's been mute ever since." lied Riku. I really don't like to lie like this, he thought.

"So...when are we going to eat?" asked Namine. "I'm starving!"

"Oh, well, we were just about to eat lunch ourselves." said Kairi. "You should hang with us!"

So, Namine and Riku agreed to get some pizza. As Kairi and Namine ordered and were getting sodas, Riku talked to Sora.

"If you're wondering why I'm a human, your mom turned me into one." said Riku.

What? thought Sora.

"She turned me into a human because I told her where you were and she wanted the truth and nothing but the truth." said Riku. "She did this as punishment for not keeping a better eye on you."

Punishment? It's a privelege! thought Sora. But at least you get to keep your voice.

"At least your mom dressed me when she turned me into a human. Unlike some guy with tentacles did to you. He left you completely naked!" said Riku.

Sora scowled at Riku.

"But I now know why you didn't go to your mom about becoming a human." said Riku. "Your mom would have yelled at you, and she's normally a cool mermaid, but she's mean when she's mad! As a punishment, she would have left you as a merboy!"

Sora smiled.

Meanwhile, while Kairi and Namine were waiting for the pitcher of soda, they talked about Sora and Riku.

"How do you know that Sora's the guy who rescued you?" asked Namine.

"He has the spiky hair. I told you that no guys here have spiky hair like Sora's." replied Kairi. "And no other guy has those eyes like Sora's. It's like he's from the ocean. He smells like the sea...but the guy who rescued me could talk."

"OK, you are falling in love for sure!" said Namine. "Who knows? Sora probably was able to talk before."

Kairi shook her head. "I don't know. But he's pretty cute."

"You wanna know who I think is cute?" asked Namine. "That Riku guy. He's so calm...he looks like a rebel...with that long, silver hair...those eyes. They're just like the ocean. You could get lost in them."

"I think you're the one falling in love." laughed Kairi as the guy handed her the pitcher of soda.

"Maybe we're both falling in love." said Namine as she and Kairi walked over to their table. They got to the table and by then, the pizza got there. Sora and Riku loved it, since they've never tried pizza before. After that, they ate ice cream and loved that, too.

When they finished their lunch, they all went to Kairi's house to watch TV. The show they watched was a sitcom and all laughed out loud. Everyone except Sora. He was laughing, but not out loud because he had no voice...

Hurky: I'd writea bit more, but I've been hogging the computer and out of ideas for now, so I must get off, since it's midnight.

Sora: Don't worry. We'll be here...watching your TV...eating your popcorn...all night long.

Riku: WOO! PARTY AT THE AUTHORESS' CORNER!

Hurky: Sorry, guy, but if I'm leaving, you're leaving too!

Sora and Riku: Awwwww!

Sora: Well, please review!

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