Title: Love at First Syllable

Summary: Kairi is called to Disney Castle for some odd reason. During her journey, she must face the one person she hasn't seen in a year; Sora. But...he just won't talk…

Chapter IV- Swim This Way

Disclaimer:…Nope! Still don't own them!

Last Time on Love at First Syllable: As Maleficent arrives for Kairi, Sora and the others escape, to go to a new world. The question is, where is it?

"Sora!" Donald quacked as him and Goofy walked through the door. "We've made it!"

Kairi quickly looked out the window, and gasped. "Sora! Look! We're in water!"

"Well, let's leave the gummi ship and explore." Goofy stated.

"What! We'll drown! We have lungs! Not gills!" She yelled.

Sora smiled as Kairi flipped out.

"Not with my magic we won't!"

With a quick swift of his wand, they were in the sea.

"I…I…No way! I can breathe under water!" Kairi exclaimed.

Sora gave a genuine smile as she went on and on about how she was breathing under water.

"Of course we can breathe under water! I turned us into fish!" Donald explained as he floated upside down with octopus legs.

She gasped as she saw where her legs…er, fins were. Sora also was shocked at how beautiful she looked under the water as well as on land. Her clam shirt was a lavender color, just like the shirt she was wearing. Her fin was a beautiful baby blue, and her hair that was usually flowing freely in the wind was in a pony tail, with her bangs, and one strand hanging in front of her face.

"Sora, are you okay?" Kairi asked, noticing that he was staring off.

He quickly nodded, as a pink tint crossed his cheeks.

"Sora! Donald! Goofy!" A new female voice called.

"Gawrsh, Ariel! Hi!" Goofy said, waving to her.

"H-hey Sora…" Ariel smiled and blushed.

Sora waved as Kairi got mad.

"Who's this?" Ariel asked Sora, yet was answered by Donald.

"That's Kairi. The girl that Sora was looking for last time." He quacked

"Oh…" Ariel said, and then stuck her tongue out at Kairi.

"Mind if I speak to you alone?" Kairi asked Ariel through clenched teeth.

The two girls swam off, as Sora look towards them with concern.

"Listen, you keep away from Sora!" Kairi yelled.

"No! He's not yours! Besides, he deserves a MUCH better looking mermaid." Ariel countered.

Kairi fumed, as she screamed "HE DESERVES SOME ONE WHO'S NOT A COMPLETE JERK, WHO LOOKS GOOD, AND WHO SINGS WELL!"

"Fine. Sebastian came up with a song. You sing in it, and we'll see who he likes more, since he already heard me." Ariel said, her arms crossed.

"Fine!" Kairi said as they swam back to the group.

"Hey, Sebastian, Kairi wants to sing in your newest musical." Ariel said, setting the stage for the rivialry.

"Okay, den! Get ready for de show. Be dere in five minutes." The little lobster said.

"'Kay!...Hey, Sora, are you going to sing?" Kairi asked.

Sora shaked his head, and sighed.

"It's okay. But, you're going to dance, right?" She asked.

He nodded.

"Okay everyone! Get on da stage! Places everyone!" Sebastian called.

The music started as Kairi's hands began to shake.

"Swim this way, We'll dance and we'll play. Now its very easy come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin."

Kairi and Sora danced next to each other, and they both blushed from how close they were.

"Don't be shy, feel the rythem inside, and Dance, dance dance!"

Their bare backs touched, and they grew redder.

"Swim this way, We'll "Swim this way, We'll dance and we'll play. Now its very easy come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin. See the sign, can you reach it in time, and tap, tap, tap?

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play, now it's very easy, come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin. It's all the same if you've got steady aim, and zap, zap, zap!"

Sora zapped a rock, and it turned into crystal.

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play, now it's very easy, come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin."

Everyone continued to dance as they singing paused for a moment.

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play, now it's very easy, come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin. Just a touch 'cause it won't too much to pop, pop, pop!

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play, now it's very easy, come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin. Count him in, so he'll know to begin to drum, drum drum.

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play, now it's very easy, come' on, you just take a chance and shake a fin. Don't dilly dally, it's your big finale, sha la la!"

Sora's eyes widened at the beautiful sound that was Kairi's voice. He was about to see how well she really could sing, since this is were she sang alone.

"Sing along, just join in the song, a musical for everyone to have a lot of finny fun!"

Everyone applauded, more than Ariel would've gotten, and so, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She swam over to Sora, and pushed her body on his. Her lips were only inches away from his, and the gap between them was slowly closing.

Both Sora and Kairi's eyes opened in shock and fear as she was only centimeters away from his lips.

Kairi swam away, crying and not able to see what could happen.

Sora, stuck in this horrible situation, used the keyblade to create space between them and boarded the Gummi ship. Goofy and Donald swam after him, and they left Atlantica.

"Sora! How could you kiss her!" They could hear Kairi yelling at Sora.

Sora shook his head and put his hands in front of him defensively.

"I KNOW YOU KISSED HER!" Tears were running down her cheeks now.

Knock, knock.

"What do you want!" Kairi screamed at the person who was knocking at the door.

"Uh, Kairi? We just wanted to, uh, let ya know that Sora didn't kiss her, and she didn't kiss him." Goofy informed, and then left.

Kairi sat there, shocked, with tears still running down her cheeks. "You…didn't…kiss her…?"

Sora shook his head, only to have Kairi throw her arms around him.

"I'm so sorry! I thought that you'd rather be with her than m-…anyone else." She cried.

He hugged her back and patted her hair.

Kairi…you're the only one I'd ever kiss…not even a Paopu Fruit could change that.

Author's note: Wow! I was able to post faster than I thought! I really hope you enjoyed the Kairi/Ariel showdown, and the romantic moments between Kairi and Sora!

Please review, and be on the look out for chapter five! (Should be posted 5/07/2006)

Until then!

♥CrystilizedHeart♥