Honolulu HI HAST 10:00

Luna and Bill went out from the apartment, crossed a wide berth of white sand and palm trees. The sand sometimes got into her toes and the sun felt hot on her skin. 

The sound of wave crashing into the beach and the refreshing and sweet aroma of the coconut that heated by the warm sun played all around her. Soon their feet leave the sand and hop into the floating dock. The claps of their feet when it hit the wooden plank became the only sound that ruined the song of the wave and the wind. More and more question popped in her head but she chose to be silent. For the first time, she noticed he brought a bag with him.

"What's that?"

"Tut-tut-tut, no question please" He answered and hopped into a speedboat. Luna followed suit, as someone greets them.

"Let's go" Said Bill to the other people and he nodded. Bill seated himself at the starboard and Luna followed suit on the port. He cast off, jumped to the speedboat, went into the steering wheel then the man turned on the blower. The sea current took the boat and played with it, making the boat rocked and slowly drifted from the dock. The man started the machine and it slowly glided. He turned up the gas and the speedboat leaped forward and started to pick up a pace.

Luna's eyes closed in pleasure as the salty-tasting breeze stroked her cheek, and blew her stray hair everywhere.

"Ow!" Something painful hit her cheek. She opened her eyes and frowned as she picked a pebble on the boat floor. Her jaw clenched as she scowled upon the only culprit who just pointed across. "Don't waste this journey, sleepyhead, look at that!" Bill pointed somewhere.

She snorted but turned her head in that direction anyway. And she saw it. The place where the lava hissed and puffed when it met the water.

"Whoa, I wonder why I never see that before," She said.

"Cos you are too busy right?" He smiled. "It's okay to be busy"

She smiled and turned away "Yeah"

For a while, everyone busy with their own thought as the boat rapidly sailing.

Passing several landmark and island, the boat slowed down and eventually, the engine stopped and she moored but didn't throw the sail in still water, a bit far from Honolulu. The only land nearby was short and low, and it was a bit far at the horizon.

"I wonder what will we..." Luna stopped, the sentence was never able to finish, cut off by the crashing or the water near the boat. "What is that?"

"Where?"

"THAT!" She said, and she hurriedly climbed down to the stern. Something leaped out from the water and crashed down.

"Darn! I haven't got a chance to see it!" She looked around, but the thing she looking for was gone. "Where is i.." A big splash followed as she fell.

"MAAN OVERBOAARRD!" Bill yell and laughed as he saw her resurfaced.

"Why.. did" She went underwater "Why did you do that. JERK!" She yelled again as she resurfacing. But BIll laughed too hard to even able to answer.

She climbed on the boat again, while cursing so many profanities, but as she stood, someone pushed her once more, followed by another splash and splatter. 

She splurted water as resurfacing, and steam came out of her head, as she hit the water surface, filled with anger.

"You .. you ..you" She splurted water and climb up again, just to get another push.

"Didn't you said you need to bathe!" He said, and slapped his feet, crying with laughter.

"Wait until I get my hand on you!" She yelled again.

The crew threw Luna a snorkeling google. She was still really mad, but she knew it was useless to get back to the boat, else he just pushed her out again, so she put it on mindlessly, thinking about snorkeling.

"OH?" Suddenly her body raised from the water as a dolphin swam underneath and lifted her. She grabbed her fin and swam alongside her. "OH!" A wide smile plastered on her face, as the dolphin easily jumped and dived with her. "DOLPHIIIN!" She yelled on resurfacing, and the dolphin cackled. 

Another dolphin swam nearby and she grabbed her fin. The boat restarted and sail fast to follow her.

"Woooohooo" She screamed in glee as the dolphin dragged her in a very fast pace. "THIS IS SICK!" She laughed as the ship caught up with the dolphin.

"THAT IS SICK!" Bill laughed along with her. He stripped off to his swimming trunk, ready to get down.

After a while, the dolphin started to slow down and she released her grip. The dolphin swam backward and cackled. She waved, as the ship moored, throw sail and Bill went down to the water. He gestured her to follow him, and after swam for a while, they reached an opening between two big rocks and swam inside.

Her eyes widened in amazement, as they entered relatively still and shallow water, about ten or twelve feet deep, green as the sun shined through, filled with so many colorful anemones and coral. Reaching a school of colorful fish, they ran and avoid her hand. She resurfaced, hold her breath and dived once more, now noticing a crab, tended by the black and white striped fish doctor. Bill poked her and pointed behind. She turned back and noticed a big school of silverfish.

A bubble escaped as she gaped. Resurfacing and gulped another dose of air, she came back to the deep and chased the silverfish. As she caught up, they swirled around her, as if a silver tornado.

A big turtle swam by, and she reached out to feel it's back. Another gulp of water and she went back to the bottom, examined a clownfish that played between the anemone. She noticed an octopus, try to stroke it. A big bubble escaped as the octopus squirted a big blob of tint to her. Bill looked at his watch and gestured her to follow. She resurfaced and followed him out from the opening between the rocks to the deep sea. They went up to the boat.

"How about it?" Bill asked as he smiled at the drenched girl.

Luna threw her head to the back as she laughed hard. "I can't believe it, that was... soo cool!" After a while, she smiled sweetly. "Thanks"

He nodded, smiled back "Welcome"

For awhile they just smiled to each other.

Then Bill coughed and said "Get change, your clothes are inside the black bag on the starboard"

She looked at herself and laughed. "I just swim with a T-shirt and denim short overall!"

Bill turned serious "Yea amazing that you actually able to swim with that"

She tilted her head and teasingly glared. "Ha. Sorry to disappoint you."

He laughed and slapped her upper arm. "Just go change already!"

Another sweet smile flashed. "Thanks again" And she took the bag, and went into the cabin.

He turned away and grin from ear to ear.

Luna came again after a while, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts.

"I wonder what mom would say"

"She will force you to wear sari or chador here. But is it practical here?" Bill already changed too.

Tousled her long black hair, she nodded. "Yeah, you got a point. Luna sat down on the port, watched the cloud raced as her hand played with the water while her other hand raked her hair. The sun already down at the moment, the color played along the sea, and it played on her hair and complexion, giving a warm glow all over her hair and her exposed legs.Her finger struggled with her hair as the strong wind throw it all over her face. Felt something, she turned and her gaze met Bill's eyes. He smiled and turned away.

"We've arrived" The driver broke their silence. Standing, Bill jumped to the dock and pulled in the boat and tied the rope. He offered his hand. Luna took it and jumped to the dock.

"Thanks, man," Bill said to the driver, which saluted him. The sky dark, teemed with stars, as if a bag of pearl just spilled on black velvet.

They walked side by side, so close that sometimes their hand brushed each other. But until they arrived at Luna's door, nothing being said, as they felt so content.

Bill give Luna her key, and after she opened the lock, she turned back.

"Hey...Bill"

"Yea?"

"Thanks for today" She beamed. "We gonna get beheaded if we're back in my kingdom"

They both laughed.

"Oh well" Luna's face fell.

Unable to see her down, Bill took her hand. He licked a bubble gum wrapper and stick it at her wrist. "Here"

"EW! Why did you do that!" Luna tried to pull her hand in vain, cos he held it tight.

"Silent, this is important!" He rubbed the wrapper with force.

"Important my ass! I don't want your drool!" Luna tugged once more.

"Shh, shh, just see" He pulled the wrapper slowly, leaving something black on her hand.

"You stained my wrist?" Luna inspected it.

"Duh, its a tattoo"

Luna suddenly laughed "It's a child tattoo"

Bill pointed to the tattoo "See, there!"

Luna inspected it again "It's a wing?"

"Yeah, you got wings now. You wanna free rite? I freed you!"

A notification went on her phone and flicked that open, she bit her lip "Well, if only I don't know that my family succeeded to find me."

Bill's eyes widened. "What?"

Taking a very long breath, Luna's face paled. "I know they're on your tail Bill. There is something inside your body that keep transmitting signals. They probably inject homing device somewhere inside your body." Said Luna, her face darkened. "I just get a message from my fellow hacker that the message received by someone around here who keep forwarding the coordinate to the flying island"

Bill's face turned sad. "Luna... I.. don't know that.."

Luna sighed, chuckled sadly and smiled. "Yeah, sure. Goodbye Bill." She closed her door behind her.

East Oregon, UTC-18:00

The air of the town felt woody as the summer day toasted the leaf and spread the cozy aroma everywhere as the sun setting. The small house at the edge of the city glinted under the orange light. Just get off from work, Ron opened up his long jacket, put it on the aluminum coat rack and pull out his boot and store that underneath it. He cracked his neck, pulled out a pair of home sandals and use it.

Walked in from the hallway, he got into the kitchen, opened the fridge, took several things and switched on the coffee maker at the table beside the fridge. He washed vegetables and chicken he took from the fridge. In a few minutes, the chicken sat nicely in the oven with some potatoes and veggies underneath it and a pan of soup bubbling on the stove.

The brown-haired man washed his hand and sat on a stool in front of the wooden table when the bell rang.

"In a minute," He said, before walking to the door. He laughed a bit, but when he opened the door, he startled when he faced a young man because he expected a silly girl in blue hair grinned behind the door.

"Yes?" Ron said after smiled to himself.

The platinum blonde smiled perfectly and put out his right hand "Hello, my name is Ryuzan Starlight, and I am a friend of Rey."

Ron shook his hand and smiled back "Oh hello Ryuzan, I am Ron, her father. But I strongly believe Rey is currently skateboarding at the park over there" He nudged his head while leaning to the side of the door.

"Yes, I know that."

Ron tilted his head, one of his brows lifted. "Oh, so... you want to wait for her then?"

The young man smiled, and after looking at his shoes, he looked up to Ron again. "As a matter of fact, I wish to speak to you sir, if it is okay with you"

The old man smiled. "Yes, it is. Please come in" he gestured to the stranger to come in.

Rubbing his feet to the mat, Ryuzan walked in and closed the door behind him. Following Ron to the couch just in front of the cupboard, the old man gestured him to sit and Ryuzan sat with him.

"Now, I hope my daughter didn't mess you up?" Ron grinned.

Ryuzan laughed nervously, stopped and look at Ron's face intently.

"I just want to show you this"

The young man rolled up his left sleeve, showing a crown tattoo at his wrist, and hovering his bluish right hand over it.

Ron eyes on his wrist, when the tattoo changed, he froze. He looked up, and stammered "Are.. are...you what I think you are?"