The Tale of the Lost

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On The Way To The Ocean

A/N: Yo. I'm still alive. It wasn't only momentary. I promise. I really AM back. I promise. So… here is a review reply:

MackenzieDuet - 1. I think you mean OOGALA BOOGALA. You left out an o in oogala.

2. Jerk. I already knew chapter two was boring.

3. Work on your Spanish. It's 'interesante'. You added an extra t :P

4. RANDOM! That has nothing to do with this story O.o it has to do with Collision of Hearts though!!

5. Duck... you are truly crazy.

6. Lol, I'm sorry, please be more specific?

7. Yes they did. A very CUTE moment.

8. Yes. Vampires don't discriminate. I'm happy to have made you laugh. :D

9. Haha, which part was deep? Glad you love it.

10. Creezy?

11. Oh yeah. Sexy. WORK IT!

12. Duck, sheesh. Isn't Riku a jerk? Glad you liked it!!!!!

Thank for still being here and not abandoning this story!

So, disclaimer is in Chapter one. Yes, Riku is a jerk. But, even as amazing as he is, he is a guy, who just happened to get his male ego crushed. So yeah, he HAD to be a jerk. At least he feels bad! But no one knows what's going on right now, haha. Anyway, enjoy?

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The group was finished in Halloween Town and, since King Mickey was REALLY there at that point, he had talked to the group about what they were doing. He was shocked to learn of Zopyris, but said they definitely needed to find that girl he was trying to kill.

No one noticed the sad, troubled look on Riku's face.

King Mickey decided to stay with the four of them, since it seemed vital that he knew what was going on. He was introduced to Meera, immediately thinking she was some depressed emo kid since she was obviously upset.

On the gummi ship, Kairi was the only one to observe that Riku and Meera were sitting as far away from each other as possible. Meera seemed to be trying her hardest to get to sleep, and Riku kept glancing at her before staring at the floor and playing with something in his pocket. Kairi kept glancing back and forth between the two, and Sora was asleep with his head on her lap.

Kairi got Meera's attention and motioned for her to come and sit by her. Right when Meera started to walk over, Riku's eyes looked up again from the floor and followed her, looking back at the floor when she sat down.

"What happened? What's wrong with you two?" Kairi whispered. She didn't want Riku to hear, and, thankfully, the roar of the engine was rather loud. Meera looked directly at Kairi before pulling a Riku and staring down at the floor. Kairi glanced at Riku again before looking back to Meera. Meera looked at Kairi again.

"He's just an ass, that's all. We started to get along, but he went and screwed that up," Meera said, loud enough that Riku heard it. He sighed, closed his eyes, and leaned on the back of his chair. Kairi frowned. She had thought that the two liked each other. She could TELL. But now, neither did. So what had happened?

'I can't believe he would do that. I had JUST been thinking about how I might be starting to like him as a friend… but no. No. He went and screwed it up. He had to be a typical guy…' Meera thought.

'Why did I do ANYTHING I did last night! WHY? Why? I'm such an idiot. A complete and utter idiot. I screwed up big time. Now, she probably hates me again. I should never have kissed her. That would have solved everything. Idiot. I. Am. An. Idiot,' Riku thought.

Kairi sighed as Meera walked back to her "farthest-away-from-Riku" seat. "Riku," Kairi said, causing Riku to open his eyes and look at her. "Come here."

'Shit. She's going to ask me what happened. Shit. Crap. Uhm…' He thought of possibilities as he walked over to Kairi and sat down where Meera had just been.

"What happened?" Kairi asked him. He sighed and suddenly had an idea.

"We were standing under mistletoe and I wanted her to shut up. It didn't mean anything," He said quietly, since that was pretty much a lie. He didn't want Meera to hear and tell Kairi what he had told her last night.

Kairi continued frowning and sent Riku back to his "farthest-away-from-Meera" seat.

Riku continued what he was doing before Kairi interrupted. He had his hand in his pocket, playing with Meera's necklace, and stared at the floor, with occasional glances in her direction. He knew he had screwed up. He didn't know how to fix it. And she wouldn't even keep the necklace he had wanted to give her.

'Ugh. I really do like her, then, don't I? Stupid. I shouldn't. She hates me. I just keep giving her more reasons to hate me. This sucks. I shouldn't like her at all. It's not my fault she didn't want shiny jewelry. Not my fault at all. She just…hates me. So I can't like her. There, brain, take that,' Riku thought.

King Mickey, who was driving the ship, came back to see the four in those positions. Riku looked up and gave Mickey a small smile before looking back down. Meera just looked at him, since he was standing right in front of her. Kairi smiled, and Sora was asleep.

"What's going on? I've never heard four people, much less four teenagers, be this quiet in my life," Mickey asked. Kairi's smile fell a little and she looked from Riku to Meera.

"I see. Well, I figured I would let you all know we are almost to Atlantica, to see if Trident or Ariel know anything," Mickey told them, going back up to the front.

Kairi sighed again. Looking back and forth between the two. Things had been getting better. They truly had. But it was all over now, for something stupid. She kept thinking about it until she completely fell asleep…

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A/N: Short, yes. I am trying to get my mojo for this story back, and this was quite the difficult chapter to write. I do like the variation I had, however, of kind of having it from Kairi's POV. Do you still hate me…?

Alyssa R.T.