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So yeah like I said, I plan to finish this story so its kind of rushed. I was planning to skip out on the girls after I lost interest in this. Again sorry to P4 fans of the ladies, but I gotta do what I gotta do!

Chapter 3. Enjoy~

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[Day 2 – Teddie, more precisely Human Teddie!]

The next day was a day of wonder, awe, confusion and plenty of fun. See, Teddie had taken his beloved silverett to a festival in Inanba. The first stop for the two was a cotton candy stand. Souji's eyes lit up at the sight of soft, pink cloud like sweet substance hovering below his mouth. Urging him to taste it Souji was surprised to find it really sweet, sweet and soft with a hint of some flavor or something. Not really to his liking, Teddie took him to another sweet stand. This one was selling something yellow-ish with thick brown coating….. and little dots of color.

'That's called a chocolate covered banana! Those are really yummy, try it!' Teddie again urged his date in a suavey voice.

Taking temptation by the tail, Souji tried this "chocolate banana"… it was AMAZING! The lightly sweet fruit (he learned that from Teddie), paired nicely with the roundness of the chocolate.

Next the two visited games stands and hit raffle after raffle. Going to take breaks for the "bathroom" as it's called. After getting their reading from a teller, the pair headed to the shine to wrap up the night. [Yes they did everything at night].

Standing in the crowd hand-in-hand, Souji could feel the excitement wafting from the humans. Apparently, it's a Japanese custom to draw fortunes at shines after festivities. Souji was thankful to have the opportunity to participate in the Mer-coming: rite of passage. If he wasn't here, he'd never would have met his friends and people who were starting to grow in his heart.

Sadly, the silverett only had a day left until the ritual of the Mer-coming was over. Soon he'd have to leave and take his Father's place as Mer-king.

Looking over to Souji, Teddie saw the sadness in his eyes. After drawing their fortunes – both good luck/blessed luck, Teddie pulled his disguised Merman to a remote location. A nice hill overlooking the town. Whispering words of soothing calm, Teddie reached up and kissed him softly.

Souji was so thrilled to kiss another cherished person in his life, he got into it and deepened the kiss. It was one good kiss and he was enjoying it, thanks to his practice with Yosuke.

Neither person noticed the girls (Rise, Yukiko, Chie and Naoto), spying/checking in. Honestly, neither Rise nor Yukiko were happy that they were left out. Plus they weren't happy that it wasn't one of them kissing Souji. Chie and Naoto were understanding, only seeing Souji as a friend and wanting him to be happy. Despite not knowing him long. Yukiko was less mad…. Learning to understand and except. But Rise was more heartbroken than mad. She had painfully heard his rejection and denial, leaving her sad. The girls helped her start to heal and encouraged her to give Souji and the guys support. This is how she'd chosen to do it, witness the rejection and learn to expect.

Soon the group went back to the beach house (not getting caught). Having dinner, freshly caught fish and hanging out, Souji was looking forward to his last full day on the human surface. Even though he'd learn a lot of human things from his friends, he could not keep the sadness of leaving out of his mind. Eventually everyone went to bed, all ready for their last day together.

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To clear things up: 1) I know I said Souji had two days to spend with everyone (chapter 1) but I forgot. Guess it doesn't matter though….. what's one more chapter. 2) As for the girls and how the fit/refit in this story, I'll let you use your imaginations. 3) The way things are going it could be two more chapters till the end. Meaning if today, I COULD finish this story after school….. don't know yet, so no promises.

Just letting you know that I do plan to finish 'Chanced Merman' and start another story. In between writing more 'A Lucario – A beginning'. Till then review and enjoy~