In the Shadows (Vanitas's Story)

Keyblades & Decisions II

The portal opened in the middle of the ocean, and we crashed into the water, air bubbles engulfing our bodies. I felt my clothes materialize off my body and scales suddenly appeared on my lower region. My legs became connected, the blood-red scales encasing them. A dark tail appeared at the end, and I took in a deep breath. My hair had Crimson streaks in it, and I was shirtless. I looked down at my muscles, forgetting how ripped I was. I could use a tan, though.

Looking up, I saw Akio had transformed as well. Her hair had iris strands and she was wearing a black bra with straps that looked as complicated as the 3DMG from Shingeki no Kyojin. She had lavender and indigo scales, and a tail.

We stared at each other, checking each other out, before Akio suddenly became self-conscious and turned away from me. Guess she needs some reassurance. I swam over to her, putting my hands on her shoulder from behind. I leaned my head on her shoulder.

"Hey," I whispered, purposely blowing air in her ear. "You look sexy." She tucked a wild strand of hair behind her ear, blushing a little. I let go of her so I could swim in front of her again.

"You know you can't do anything to me, right?" Akio asked, looking me in the eye. "I mean, it's not like you can do anything." She showed off her tail to me, and I raised an eyebrow.

"I wasn't planning on doing anything. Were you?" I asked, grinning slowly.

"No! I just thought...a while ago you were all like...y'know! And now the only thing we can do is kiss, but I didn't want to do anything more than that!" Akio exclaimed defensively. I laughed at her excuse. Adorable. Guess she's not as innocent as I thought.

"Okay, and if we weren't underwater with tails, what did you think I was gonna do?" I asked, swimming around her. Damn, I couldn't get over how nice her body was.

"Uh, I don't know? I guess....well, y'know! It's you! You know what I thought!" Akio said, looking away in embarrassment. I laughed again, shaking my head. I'm not that intimidating, am I?

"If I really wanted to anything, you would already be screaming my name and begging for more," I said, my expression serious. Her eyes widened, obviously startled by my blunt statement. "But, I know I can't do something like that to you. You're still pure." I swam closer to her, causing her face to get red.

"And I won't lie, it's been hard to hold back," I whispered, just to tease her. I know how to control myself. I'm not some thirsty perv or anything. Hm? What's that you ask? Halloween Town?

Fine, okay, seeing her in that dress made me lose my cool for a second, but that was it, I swear!

"I'm guessing that's not the only thing hard?" Akio asked, smiling. I groaned, swimming down. I looked up at her to see her giggling. I swam back up to her, twirling a strand of her hair.

"See? Keep that up, and I won't hold back," I said, causing her to laugh again. She started to swim around the area we were in, and I looked around. We were surrounded by a rocky interior with purple coral on the sides. A large, sunken ship was below us, the bottom of the wooden ship broken through by a large rock. Smaller boats were buried into the sand, along with a rusted anchor and the bones of a pretty large fish. Sunlight broke through the surface, shining down on us.

I saw Akio swim towards the ship, probably curious of what caused it to sink.

"You find a bedroom in there, let me know," I said, winking at her. She rolled her eyes at me, continuing towards the ship. I swam towards the large rib cage, examining the skeleton. It almost looked as if it was shark bones. Hopefully, there aren't any in this area.

I felt eyes on me, so I turned around to see a shadow disappear behind the ship. I swam towards the ship, searching for the creature that was near the wooden structure. I didn't know what it was, but I knew I had to make sure Akio was okay. I swam inside the ship from the top, going down a staircase.