KNOCK, KNOCK

Denny looked up from whatever it was he was doing (stirring the stew that was in the giant pot in the middle of his shack for dinner, no doubt.) Denny, out of pure habit answered with, "Who is it?"

"Someone who wants to say thank you." A male voice answered back.

Thank you, Denny though, who would want to say than you to me? He got up from the mat in front of the giant pot to open the door. In front of Denny was a man (as to be expected) about his own age, give or take a few years. He had blond hair covered by a blue cap, green eyes, a white shirt, and blue overalls. Denny scrunched his eyes, "You are…?"

The boy laughed, "I didn't expect you to remember. I'm Mark; a while back I was caught in a storm. According to the villagers, you found me on the beach. I just wanted to say thank you, because I might have drowned or something." Mark rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Oh, yeah!" Denny exclaimed, "No problem, man. Anyone would've done the same thing, had I not seen you."

Mark laughed, "I sure hope so!" Denny chuckled along with Mark, "Anyway, this island looks pretty neat. I might stay here after I contact my family." Mark turned his back to Denny, as if inspecting the beach, "Seems like a nice place to start a ranch or something. I heard the old man Taro talking about a ranch…" Mark rubbed his chin, contemplating buying the ranch land.

Denny rolled his eyes, "Yeah, Old Man Taro is kind of wacko, his weather predictions are pretty accurate though…"

"Really?" Mark turned back to Denny, "I heard him screaming around the town about a hurricane tomorrow." Mark looked out to the ocean, "Doesn't look like there's gonna be one, though." There almost seemed to be a bit of sadness in his voice though, like he was hoping there was going to be a hurricane. Just like Denny's hopes.

Denny lightly chuckled, "Oh, trust me, there will be one." Mark turned back to Denny, not truly believing him.

Mostly because of the evil looked on Denny's face. It's not something you see everyday, especially when you've just met the person.

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Denny awoke the next morning to the sound of a tree branch snapping, and ultimately falling on some poor victim's house. Good business for Gannon. He groaned, and laid back down on the mat, covering his face with his blanket.

"Get up! Get up!" Popper screeched in his ear, pecking the side of his face, "Get up! Get up!"

Denny groaned, "No way! There's a freakin' hurricane-" And then, our airhead-ish main character, finally realized what he was saying. He jumped out of his bed-like mat-with-a-blanket and got dressed. He was cramming his boots on when he noticed something out side of his window. Blond hair and blue overalls. Mark! He crammed his feet into his boots (damaging his big toe in the process) and ran over to the door.

He couldn't open it. He scrunched his eyes and fiddles with the knob.

"Locked! Locked!" Popper screeched into his ear.

Denny slapped his face, "Duh." He criticized himself. He took a deep breath, and prepared for the door to slam open. He unlocked it and was immediately blown back by the intense winds. He gritted his teeth and made it out to the beach.

"MARK!" He yelled, unfortunately his yelling fell on deaf ears. The winds were blowing too violently for Mark to hear him. Mark lost his footing and was forced back a few feet. Denny screamed at Mark again. Mark seemed to at least notice it this time, he seemed confused for a moment, then continued walking. Denny grumbled and began to walk across the beach to Mark, his original purpose completely forgotten.

Somehow, he finally caught up to Mark. Denny grabbed Mark's shoulder, surprising Mark, "Wha-what the?" Mark yelled as he turned around.

Denny stared at him, "What do you think you're doing out here in the middle of a hurricane?!" He yelled over the wind.

Mark replied, but Denny couldn't hear him due to the wind.

Mark smirked, and over the wind yelled, "You saw her, didn't you?"

Oh…my…Harvest Goddess…I cannot believe I'm actually ending here… I'm so, so, so, so, so sorry.

BUT

This chapter is kind of like a celebration, because now I have the English version of Sunshine Islands~! Let the woo-ing of Denny and Will (possibly some Vaughn) BEGIN!

I hope you enjoyed this…cliff-hanger-like chapter. PLEASE review.