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"The water's great, but there's always a shark lurking around."

-Unknown

W00t! I'm on an updating spree!!! Maybe it was that Starbucks Caramel Frapucchino I just drank… shrugs

Anyways, thankies for the support and reviews. I thankies you all gives cookies and whatever the hell you wanted at the moment

Enjoy my badly written chapter, I had five minutes, and that was class :D

Let me just try to wrap it up, like, at the… sixteenth chapter, it'll have eighteen chapters at least, so than I can start Kairi's real adventure, okies? It'll still have quotes, and I'm running out, so please, please, PLEASE send me a bunch of quotes I can use! Anything at all, I'll use them!

Chapter Nine: How to Capture a Girl's Heart

"So, Your Highness, Sir Georges Pisashit won the Sewing Contest for our kingdom in 563 B.C. …"

Sora's tutor droned on, as Sora took notes, bored to death. He didn't hate the old guy that was his tutor: Dantes was far from boring. But today, he was tired of learning about Crappa Pisashit. He was tired of memorizing weird names of people who already dead.

Sora rested his head on his propped-out arm, staring out the window, where the dock was visible. The sea was beautiful, and so was Kairi He just couldn't wait till sunset do that he could see Kairi.

"Sora?"

A gentle tap on the head forced Sora out of his daze. Sora jumped up. "Sorry, sir."

Dantes looked at him thoughtfully, deep blue eyes full of knowledge piecing into the young prince's. His eyes arrived at the margins of Sora's notes, where a mermaid was drawn.

Dantes looked at Sora again, a smile playing on his lips. "So. Drawing mermaids again, Sora?"

Sora blushed. "Sorry, sir. It's just that…" Sora looked at his desk.

Dantes looked at the brunette, then at the dock, and then at Sora again.

"Ahh. You've fallen in love, my boy."

Sora nodded. "Yeah, but… how can I say it to her? I mean, she's too good for me. I don't deserve her."

"What makes you think that way, my boy?"

"She's… she's… Dantes, she's everything I've ever dreamed of. I've never met a girl like her. And I never will. I have eyes only for her, Dantes, and nothing can change that. But somehow I feel like there's another guy out there to get her for his own. And I hate that."

Dantes nodded, closing his eyes.

"And… what is your plan of action? You know your mother may disapprove. You do know that she plans on you marrying Delilah?"

Sora nodded. "I know. And… plan of action?"

"To capture a maiden's heart you must have a plan, Sora. You can't just expect her to swim up to you and seduce you on the port. Yes, my boy, I know," laughed Dantes as Sora's eyes widened in surprise. "I've watched once, but mostly the information is from a secret friend of mine. You might know her." Sora smiled.

"So, what is your plan of action?"

"I don't have one, remember?"

"No man is without a plan. How else will he survive a marriage?" They both laughed.

"I don't know, Dantes. Maybe you can help me out?"
Dantes nodded. "Yes, of course, my boy. But after we finish taking notes on Pisashit."

Sora chuckled, and began to take notes once more.

Sora and Dantes were walking on the shore, talking. It was at least five o'clock. In an hour or two Sora would go to the dock and see Kairi again.

"Sir?"

"Sora, every woman is different. That is the first thing you must understand about women. Every woman has her tastes, her attitude, her own self. Just as every man is unique, so is the woman." Sora nodded, agreeing.

"So, she is a mermaid. That makes things a bit trickier to work with, my boy. All the more intriguing to you, I suppose?"

Sora nodded, a smile forming on his lips.

"Well, how is this said Kairi?"

"She's the same age as me, she's very determined, she wants to be human, she's simply amazing…"

"General details, my boy."

"Oh. Auburn hair, deep blue-violet eyes, slim body, pretty face, beautiful character, fresh sense of humour."

Dantes laughed. "You have more on the way, don't you? That's all for now." They stopped and looked at the horizon. Dantes sighed.

"Well, Sora, another thing about women is that you can never underestimate them. They've a lot of power, Sora, you must understand that. Some say that women are stronger than Hercules, the son of the god Zeus. I don't think it is very probable for a man to carry a child for nine months and then give birth." They laughed again, and Sora nodded his head, agreeing.

"Yes, sir. I understand it now. And I think I have a plan of action."

Dantes looked at Sora. "Have you discovered it yet?"

"I let my heart do all the work for me?"

Dantes nodded. "Nothing is more beautiful than one heart speaking to another, Sora. Let your heart, not your mind, do the speaking. Put your feelings into words."

Sora nodded. "Thanks, Dantes." Sora ran off to the far-off dock.

As Sora ran off, Dantes looked at his feet, and smile. He looked up at the horizon, and then he turned and walked back, a small smile on his lips and a soft, twinking look in his eyes.

"That Sora's one smart boy. Kairi, don't let him down."