Currents, Chapter 4

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Thanks Cyberweasle for giving me the ranged weapon idea!

Summary- Set during and eventually after Kingdom Hearts 2. Sora always wanted Ariel to be with him, but he thought since she was a princess, and a mermaid that that could never happen. What if that could all change? Sora/Ariel, Sora/Kairi. AU!

Chapter Summary- Micky goes to find Sora's friend, Ariel, who was taken earlier by Sephiroth, who wants Sora's Keyblade. Sora and the others are fighting their way out of the castle, and at the same time also protecting the town. But as all of this is happening, Ursula's army grows...

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Hollow Bastion-

It was Ariel's last day as a human, and she was getting a little worried about her and Ursula's agreement, she had gotten up bright and early in order to do a little last minute sight-seeing, she figured that she and Sora would not share the kiss she needed before sunset, so she just decided to wait it out.

Sora was in the marketplace looking for a weapon for Ariel, he was still unaware about her deal with the Sea Witch, so he was taking his time. He past a lot of shops and people. There were two men that he had never seen before, with dark greenish hair, and they looked like twins, they seemed to be keeping their eyes on him though, which Sora thought was creepy.

Sora finally came to a store that he was interested in, it was a ranged weaponry shop, with Bows, arrows, some throwing stars, javelins, boomerangs, and a lot more. After looking around for about five minutes, Sora decided on getting her a bow and some arrows, for two reasons, he did it so Ariel wouldn't need to be up close to the action, and so he would get to spend a lot of time with her, teaching her how to use it, after he learned of course.

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Ariel stared down at her white rags, she had been wearing since Ursula had turned her into a human, and thought, 'Everyone else has nice clothes and I have this thing' with a sigh.

"What's wrong?" Aeirth asked her.

"Oh um I don't really like my clothes, that's all" Ariel told her while looking down.

"Oh. Well I have some that you could borrow, come with me" Aerith told her with grabbing her hand and dragging her to the drawer in the corner of Merlin's house. She looked into it, pulling out articles of clothing, and holding them up to Ariel, seeing if they would look good on her. She searched for a few seconds before pulling out a purple sun-dress that went to the tops of Ariel's knees, and tied into a bow around her neck. "Perfect" Aerith said while handing it to Ariel and telling her to go behind the changing curtain to try it on.

Once she had it on, Ariel couldn't tie the bow at the back of her neck, so she asked Aerith to help her. This made Ariel a little embarrassed. After it was tied, Aerith pulled Ariel over to the full body mirror and she gazed into her reflection.

"This is more like it" Ariel said while admiring herself in the mirror, "It's way better than that" she said pointing to the wrinkled up white skirt she was wearing earlier.

Aerith then giggled and said, "Well thanks, what do you want to do now?"

"Um well I'd kinda like to find Sora if you don't mind" Ariel replied to her.

"Um I think he went to the market" Aerith told her with a smile.

"Thanks" Ariel said and then she left.

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She was walking through the streets looking around for Sora, when she was stopped by two men who looked like twins, with dark hair, almost green, who asked her if she wanted some kind of fruit, and other human things that Ariel didn't have the slightest clue as to what they are for.

"You wanna buy a chandelier missy?" The one said while leaning in close to her.

"Can't you imagine a beautiful chandelier in your home?" His brother added in, making Ariel give them a confused look.

"Um no thank you... I uh...need to go now" She said while trying to get away.

"Wait, how bout a Paupo Fruit then?" The one on the left of her said.

"Yah, it's a rare fruit only found on certain islands, it will make whoever you share it with have a bond with you for the end of your days" The other added, making Ariel think about Sora.

"What kind of...bond" Ariel asked hoping that it was what she was thinking.

"A bond, of love" They both said in unison, then leaned in and batted their eyes at Ariel.

'A bond of love...hm. If I shared one with Sora, then I might have a chance' Ariel told her self while looking to the cobble-stone ground beneath her. "I'll take one" Ariel proclaimed.

"Good" The twins then said, "Follow us to our warehouse"

"Um, this won't take long will it? I have someone I need to meat" Ariel asked.

"Oh not at all dear, our warehouse is just around the corner" The left one told her.

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Once they reached the "warehouse" as the two twins called it, though it looked more like an abandoned barn, they brought Ariel in and told her to wait, while one of them went and searched for the special fruit. The other one was busy doing... other things.

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Ariel had been waiting for a while, looking at the discarded items on the floor and tapping her foot, hoping the man would come back soon. 'What's taking him so long?' She thought to herself. Then the other came back with a chair and told her that she could sit down, which she did and asked, "What's taking your brother so long?"

"Oh I'm right here" The one who had went to get the Paupo fruit said, making Ariel turn around to see him standing there with no Paupo fruit, just rope.

"Where's the Paupo fruit?" Ariel asked him.

The other one behind her then grabbed her face and brought it towards him to look him in the eye and said, "There is no Paopu fruit"

"What?" Ariel said while feeling a rough object moving around her, only to find that it was the rope the one man had been holding. "What are you doing!" Ariel said with a yelp.

"Just doing our orders, Princess" They both said together.

Ariel stopped squirming and said, "How do you know I'm a-" But they cut her off.

"Lets just say, our names are, Flotsam and Jetsam" They said then began to cackle softly.

'What? Did Ursula send you!" Ariel said with a gasp.

"Well who else could turn us human?" They said, and then they left locking the "warehouse" door on the way out.

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Sora walked into Merlin's house and the first thing he said was "Where's Ariel? I got her something"

"Oh she said she was going to look for you" Aerith told him.

"Well she didn't find me" Sora said while scratching the back of his head. 'I wonder where she is, maybe I should go look for her' Sora told himself. "I'm gunna go look for her, if she comes back, just tell her to wait here for me" And then he walked outside to fins his secret crush.

"That boy never quits" Cid said shaking his head.

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Ariel had been tied up for a while now, she had left Merlin's house when the small hand on the clock was at the 11, and the big once was at the 4, now the small one was at the 3, and the big at the 11. She was getting nervous. She had been trying to get out of the ropes around her, but they only gave her rope burns on her arms. 'Maybe I can break through the door' She said to herself, so she struggled to get to her feet, hunched over with as little pain from the tight ropes as possible, and squirmed over to the door.

Once she got there she turned around so the legs of the chair were facing the door, and she started throwing herself backwards, so that the legs would hopefully break through the door.

After doing that for a while, one of the legs went through, giving her some hope. "Yes!" She said happily, but she realized she now had to make the hole bigger, so that she could get out. So she went back to throwing herself back up against the door. It wasn't long before two more legs went through, but the last one broke off, she still though she could now kick the door to make it break.

After five kicks the door cracked and some parts of it fell off. She grinned with happiness, and noticed that the door was locked by a thick plank of would, reaching across the door. So she lifted it out of its place and the door flung open, and she squealed with joy. She then began to waddle through town, attracting many eyes with the chair tied to her back and all, but she didn't care. She was focused on finding Sora, and avoiding the two now human eels.

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Sora had been searching everywhere for Ariel, in stores streets, he even checked at the castle, but she was nowhere to be found. 'Maybe she's at Merlin's house' he told himself, so that's where he began to head to.

He came insight of Merlins house when he heard someone running towards him, he turned around and saw Ariel, with a chair attached to her back.

"Sora!" She called to him, and then she stumbled and fell.

"Ariel!" He said while rushing over to her to help her up. "Why is there a chair tied to your back?" he asked her.

"Well can you take it off first please?" She asked him while turning around so he could untie it.

"Oh sure" Sora said while taking the note and untying the rope.

"Oh thank you" Ariel said once it was gone and the chair hit the ground, and smiled at him.

Sora then looked at her eyes and noticed that they were filled with worry and asked, "Os there something wrong?" while grabbing her forearms to hold her.

"Um yes, well I never told you how I got here, as a human" She began. "Well after you left Atlantica for a while and didn't come back to rest or visit like you said you would" This made Sora feel a bit guilty, "I kind of asked the sea witch to turn me human so I could look for you" Ariel finished while lowering her head to the ground, she knew that Sora wouldn't think this was a good idea.

"Well what did you need to do for her to make you human?" Sora asked her worried.

"I had to promise never to go back to Atlantica" She told him.

'That's all there must be something she's not telling me' Sora told himself.

"And to make this permanent I need to kiss someone who loves me and who I love... within three days" Ariel said with her head still facing the ground.

"How many days do you have left?" Sor asked her worried.

"This is my last day" Ariel said now with a tear rolling down her cheek looking him in the eye. This made Sora's eye's go wide.

"What happens if this doesn't happen?" Sora asked her.

" I-I become one of Ursula's slaves" Ariel told him lowering her head again.

This was Sora's chance, maybe Ariel loved him, maybe she didn't but he knew he loved her, but he also knew that he didn't want her to be one of Ursula's salves, so he was going to kiss her, and maybe she'll get to stay. Sora looked to the sky and noticed the sun was almost set, so he had better move fast.

He then raised Ariel chin so that she was looking at him, then he lowered his face to hers and just as they were to touch, Flotsam and Jetsam appeared and pushed Ariel down, laughing as they did so.

"Ariel!" Sora yelled as he rushed over to her, but it was too late. As he rushed over to get her, her legs shined a bright yellow, and were replaced with her mermaid fin.

"No!" Ariel yelled, "This is your fault!" Ariel said while pointing to the two twins. Then loud cackles were heard and A black explosion appeared out of nowhere and Ursula, the Sea Witch appeared.

"Ha ha ha! You're too late Sora, Ariel here belongs to me now, and soon, so will all of Atlantica!" She laughed, "Heartless get him!" She commanded as many, many Heartless appeared to fight Sora.

Cid then burst through the door and said, "What's all the commotion?" and then the others followed and saw the Heartless, Ursula, and Ariel lying on the ground with fins. "Huh?" They all said.

"C'mon Ariel your father's worried about you" Ursula said while grabbing her arm and laughing, while releasing ink and disappearing with Ariel, Flotsam and Jetsam, leaving Sora and the others to fight her Heartless...

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-End of Chapter Five-

Ariel's been taken and Sora and Co. are left to deal with her Heartless, don't you just love cliffhangers?

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