[Atoli01]

After Neku walked out of the room, I went ahead and closed the door behind him. I walked over to the bed and slipped my pajamas off, throwing them on the bed next to my bathing suit. I put on my bathing suit and walked over to the mirror, seeing how it fit. I honestly didn't know what inspired me to get a bikini, anyways. Especially for someone that got as embarrassed as easily as me. The red stripes on it matched my hair though, and the white stripes made it kind of cute, I guess, but...

I dumped everything out of my pockets before I went and slipped my clothes back on over my bathing suit. I wasn't exactly going to walk through town--although it wasn't a far distance at all--all the way to the beach in a bikini. I sighed and opened the door, just to find Neku, and Maki apparently, waiting for me. She had just thrown on an old t-shirt over her bathing suit though. "Here, you guys need towels, right?" Maki grinned as she threw a towel to both me and Neku. "Alright, let's go, right?!" I grinned and followed her out of the house. I was just excited to get to go to the beach finally.

[auntslappy282]

I threw my shorts on the bed before I headed out with the girls. I guess even Maki was excited to go to the beach, while I was a little weary to say the least. I knew the slayer would look for us today, but I was ready. I moved my hand and felt the pens in my pocket and smiled slightly. I was ready for them, and ready to use mind tricks.

I saw the beach, full of people and my spirits fell. They could be ANYWHERE here. I sighed. I bet they'd hang low though, looking for us. I kept my guard up. I was prepared for anything, and I would take action before Karin got hurt or offended or anything. I looked around the beach, seeing nothing... But a group of girls around a Life guard stand? Oh man.

[Atoli01]

I practically skipped all the way to the beach, letting Maki lead the way, though. I had no clue where I was going around here. I wonder if Neku had been around this area before? I couldn't help but smile as the view of the ocean and beach came into view. I had been on the beach yesterday, but I didn't exactly have time to enjoy it, really. But surely today would be much better!

It was kind of hard walking through the sand without getting any of the grains of sand inside your shoes, but I somehow managed. Once we all got close enough to the ocean, Maki laid her towel out on the sand and slipped her t-shirt off. Her bathing suit was kind of pretty. A gray bikini with simple black flowers covering it. Of course she would have a good sense of fashion, despite being a tomboy.

"Well, what are you two waiting for? Come on already, Karin, Neku!" Maki called out, already making her way towards the water. "Just a minute!" I called back with a smile. I laid my towel next to hers and took my clothes off, throwing them on my towel. Oh gosh, I just hoped too many boys wouldn't look at me. I quickly ran over to where Maki was and walked into the water, a smile on my face. "Like it?" I nodded happily as she walked in with me. "Oh shoot! I forgot my surf board back home. Oh well, I'll just go get it in a little bit." She surfed now? Yeah, she had definitely changed a lot over these past five years.

[auntslappy282]

Once we got to the beach and the girls ran towards the ocean, I decided to stay back. I laid my towel down and made my way over to the lifeguard tower, ready to get some information. I didn't warn them, and nor did they know I was going to head over there. The girls all turned there heads at me, and smiled, obviously thinking I was hot or something. The lifeguard laughed at some un-said joke, his silver hair flashing, bringing the girls attention back to him.

I made my way back over to the towels and sat down on mine, not really wanting to go into the water just yet. I laid down and just enjoyed the sun. I looked around the beach one more time and then closed my eyes. I really didn't feel like getting wet today to be honest with you. I was pretty sick of water from the night I visited Shiki's grave and then getting pizza. I just wanted to soak up some sun.

((The man- Just imagine him shirtless and some swimming trunks that say life guard. XD http://i51.tinypic.com/1j20pe.jpg))

[Atoli01]

Me and Maki decided to start a splash war, so we were being entertained by that for a minutes. It was just so nice here, to be in the water with the sun shining! "Hey, Neku, get in here already! I'm sure Karin is lonely without you!" Maki said jokingly, pulling me in front of her. I quickly moved away though, a small blush apprent on my face. She talked about us dating like it wasn't strange at all. I kind of liked it, but at the same time, didn't. She could just be way too laid back about it in some cases.

I took a couple steps away from Maki, letting my feet sink into the sand. Only thing is, my foot must have sunk into something other than sand. I let out a high pitched scream as I felt something pinch my foot. Maki looked over at me, slightly concerned, and dove under the water where I got pinched. She came back up a few seconds later with a crab in her hand. "Gotta get used to these little guys at the beach," she said, laughing a little. She pet its head for a minute before swimming out a little and letting it go. I wonder how many more of those things were under the water right here?

[auntslappy282]

I waved Maki's suggestion off. I'd rather stay dry and not be wet. I looked up slightly startled when Karin screamed. I laughed it off when it was just a crab though. Those little buggers were annoying. I stretched out and was just enjoying the sun when a couple girls walked over to me and smiled at me from above.

I opened my eyes and looked at them strangely. "Uh... Can I help you?" I asked. They sort of squealed which hurt my ears and annoyed me. "Uh... uh... C-Could you like.... Take your shirt off for us?" I looked at them and then sighed. "How about no. Now go away before my girlfriend gets offended." There smiles faded at the mention of a girlfriend and they skittered off. I smiled. One success today. It was nice really.

[Atoli01]

"Hey Karin, you know how to swim good, right?" I looked over at Maki when she asked, a little curious as to why. I had only been swimming once or twice and barely knew how to swim at all. "Ahaha,  depends on what point of view you're talking about. I would swim great if I were a three year old," I told her, a small sigh escaping from my mouth. I came to the beach and I barely knew how to swim. I guess everyone had to learn at some point though, right?

Maki looked over at me and puffed her cheeks up a little. "That doesn't sound very good at all.Well, we've gotta teach you how to swim good before we an teach you how to surf." I stepped back a little, kind of surprised. "Surfing? Me?" I bit my lip, waiting for a response. With my luck, I'd probably end up getting eaten by a shark or something. And just to my fear, Maki nodded. There was no way I was going to learn how to surf in a single day.

[auntslappy282]

I looked up to see the girls talking. I took off my shirt, noting the girls from earlier squealing, and turned my iPod off and placing my phone and iPod and headphones underneath my shirt. I walked towards the girls and then smiled when I got closer. I heard correctly that Karin couldn't swim.

I walked over to them, and stood there smiling, slightly. "So, Maki knows how to surf and Kain doesn't know how to swim am I correct?" I said with a smile. I was a fairly good swimmer and surfer as well. I just needed to get a surf board some where. I just hoped I was better than Maki. That would be funny.

[Atoli01]

I blushed a little bit when Neku came over, making sure to cover my cheeks with the water. I got embarrassed way too easily, huh? I guess my stupid little brain didn't register earlier that most guys took off their shirts to swim. That was the second time I had seen Neku shirtless, then. I really had to get more used to things like that, I guess.

When he mentioned my inability to swim, my cheeks just became even redder. I didn't want him to know that I was bad swimming! "Well, I can swim. Kind of. Not good at all," I replied to him with a sigh. I was sure that Neku knew how to swim too, just like Maki, and I wouldn't be surprised if he knew how to surf as well. I just had the worst luck sometimes.

[auntslappy282]

I smiled as she hid in the water. She really was adorable wasn't she? She then defended herself. I laughed. "Hey it's alright. I can teach you and I'm sure Maki can teach you too. You've got plenty of help and I'm sure that no one has it against you. I didn't learn to swim till a bout a year ago, so it's really nothing to worry about," I said with a smile. Of course, I very well could've known before I got amnesia, but that didn't matter.

I stretched slightly. My joints just needed to stretch a lot lately it appeared. I sighed slightly and then looked around the beach. Everyone was having fun and enjoying the warm weather. The lifeguard from earlier watched me intently, wanting to know why the ladies loved me so much I would guess. I laughed slightly.

[Atoli01]

"You didn't learn how to swim until... last year? Hehe, that means I'm not completely alone then, I guess!" I grinned and looked between the two of them. "Oh, and Maki, don't rub it in our faces when you started swimming." Maki just laughed a little, obviously taking it as a joke. Well, it kind of was, but really, she probably learned how to swim when she was like, six or seven or something.

"Well, while Neku tries to teach you how to swim, I'll go run home real quick to grab my surfboard. I should be back in just a little bit, I promise," she grinned a little and started heading out the water. She threw her shirt onto my towel and dried off some before she wrapped the towel around her and walked away. "Alright, so what's first, teacher?" I asked Neku jokingly, winking at him.

[auntslappy282]

I nodded at Maki's comment and then turned to Karin. I smiled. "Okay we need to start out with how much you actually know at this moment. So what I want you to do is try to swim as much as you can and I'll be there the whole way, so don't worry. I'll be correcting you as well," I said with a smile.

Swimming wasn't something that easy to forget. It was like riding a bike. You tend not to forget. I smiled and then started wading out towards the deeper end, keeping myself afloat with my leg and hands, I just waited for Karin to come join me.

[Atoli01]

I nodded at Neku, smiling a little bit. He was being so nice to me lately. Compare that to when I first met him, and it was like he was a completely different person. I shook those thoughts out of my head and did as he told me to. I tried to swim over to him, but for the few seconds that I actually did stay above the water, I was just doing a doggy paddle, not even real swimming. Yeah, we had a lot of work to do. In fact, I'm sure that some three year olds were better at swimming than I was.

[auntslappy282]

I quickly swam over to bring Karin up, placing my hand on her belly and steadying her so she would stay above water. I kept us both afloat and moving forward. I took hold of her arm and moved it in a circular motion in the water and out. "Do this with both arms instead of paddling," I said with a smile.

I let go of her stomach, only to replace it with my knee and moved her legs gracefully through the water with out a large splash like a dog paddle. "Don't slap the water with your legs, move through it. Same with your arms." I moved my knee from her stomach replacing it with my hand again.

[Atoli01]

I quickly caught my breath when Neku went to pull me back up. Gosh, I really did need a lot of help. I paid attention to him while he was explaining the whole thing, but I still didn't completely get it. I was determined to at least try though; I didn't want to let him down or anything. So once he let go, I did try. It was kind of easier to swim like this instead of how I was before. But even still, I ended up sinking within a few seconds. I was able to swim a little longer than last time, but still.