After a while the car finally stopped. "Close your eyes!" Mika told Kitt and reluctant Kitt obeyed.

"I'm so happy I'm finally out of that hamburger smell!" Kitt growled. "I bet my clothes will smell like hamburgers for weeks!" She rubbed her finger across her nose. "Finally, some fresh..." But then she stopped.

A new pair of hands appeared before her eyes. "No peeking." Zach ordered.

"Zach...?" Kitt asked carefully.

"Just 5 more minutes." And he guided her forward.

After 5 minutes Kitt stepped on a wooden floor. "Are we there yet?" Kitt asked.

"Almost." Zach smiled. "You can be pretty impatient."

"Can you blame me?" Kitt replied.

"I'm so jealous." Mika whispered.

Moka put his arm around her. "Hey, you know why we can't come along." He smiled following Zach and Kitt. "It was his idea."

"Not fair." Mika pouted.

Zach stopped. "There we are." He smiled. "Are you ready?"

"If you won't take your hands away now I'll..." Kitt started, but didn't have to end it. Zach took away his hands and Kitt opened her eyes. Immediately she got blinded and she closed her eyes again. "Dang!" She cursed.

"Are you okay?" Zach asked concerned.

Kitt slowly opened her eyes again. "It's okay." She replied with a soft smile. "Just adjusting to the light."

"Turn around." Zach smiled.

Kitt turned around. Her heart skipped a beat, while looking at this purple coloured ocean. "The sea..." She whispered.

"I feared you would already recognise the smell." Zach smiled while hugging her. "So I thought about how I could cover the smell."

"Hamburgers?" Kitt asked.

"That was my idea!" Mika proudly smiled.

Kitt hugged Zach. "Thank you! It's the best gift ever." Then she turned around on the pier, where she was standing on. "Let's take a swim!"

"Nope." Zach stopped her.

Kitt turned around. "Awe, Zach!" She pouted. "This is torment! You drag me to the sea and then you won't allow me to swim?"

"Yup."

"Why?" Kitt almost cried. "You are so mean! This is Kitt-abusing!" (Not child abusing, but Kitt-abusing! ^_^).

"Because of this." Zach taped on the side of a boat. Kitt looked at him, not understanding what he mend. "This planet has a day called Ainodi."

"Ainodi?" Kitt got more confused.

"Love's Day." Zach took her in his arms. "On earth we would call it..."

"Valentine's Day..." Kitt looked in his brown eyes.

"Happy Ainodi Kitt." Zach smiled.

The other 3 saw Zach and Kitt hugging each other. "Awe!" Mika smiled. "This is so romantic! I wished I had a boyfriend like Zach!"

"You would?" Moka asked.

"Yeah, I want a boy who would buy me a boat too!"

Derak sighed. "The boat is not our property Mika." He corrected. "Zach rented it for the day."

Zach and Kitt looked smiling at the others. "Well guys, thank you for coming along." He said. "We'll be back somewhere at 9 or so."

"Wait." Kitt asked worried. "What will they do?"

Mika jumped forward. "There is a really big mall here!" She smiled. "And a zoo! Moka and Derak promised me they would take me to all those things!"

"Money goes Bye-bye." Moka sighed.

While Mika gave Kitt a hug, Derak said: "Don't worry about us. You two just have a nice day."

"It's already the best day ever!" Kitt smiled.

While Derak, Mika and Moka waved at the leaving boat, Kitt was waving back. "I never knew you could drive a boat Zach!" She yelled above the engine.

"Neither did I!" Zach yelled back. Kitt looked shocked at him. "Don't worry, I took some home-study lessons!" Kitt still looked shocked. "Haha, don't worry. My parents rented a boat once when we were on vacation. My dad is so handy when it comes to boats..."

"How so?" Kitt asked joining him.

"We got lost big time!" Zach replied. "He thought the compass was our fuel meter! And my mom got very seas sick because of that so I was the only one left who could bring us home."

Kitt looked teasing at him. "And how long took you to do that?"

"Not as long as my dad getting us lost." Zach smiled. "Don't worry; or don't you trust me?"

Kitt put her arms around him. "Of course I do... I'll trust you forever."

In the mean while Derak, Mika and Moka started their shopping adventure. "I want to go there!" And Mika ran left. "No wait, there!" She turned around, followed by the boys. "No wait, that one first!" And she swung back to the left.

"Mika, make up your mind!" Derak yelled.

Mika looked for a second around. "I want to go there first!" She decided and pointed at a store saying: 'Clothes- 70% off!!'.

Zach entered the ocean. The harbour was no where in sight any more. Zach put out the engine and walked on the deck. There he saw Kitt lying, staring at the water. "I wonder what made this sea purple..." She wondered.

Zach joined her. "It's the reef." He answered. "The reef has a lot of plants that give off a purple substance. It colours the sea purple."

"Weird." Kitt answered. "How do you know these things? Ainodi, the reef..."

Zach looked at her. "You think I wouldn't study the place I would take my girl too?"

"Why?" Kitt grinned. "Wanted to check if it's safe enough?"

"No, I wanted to check if they were strong enough for an encounter with you!"

Kitt pushed Zach aside. "Haha, very funny." She smiled. "What kept you so long anyway?"

Zach stood up. "I just wrote down what the course back was. In case we drift off too much."

"Drifting?" Kitt asked. "How can we drift off? We will stay on the boat."

"Ready for a swim?" Zach then asked.

Derak and Moka hid in the corner. "The horror! The horror!" They both cried like babies.

From out of nowhere, a girl leaped in the air and jumped over the great mass of shopping women. She landed before the boys. "Moka, Derak, why didn't you come when I called you?" She said. "I just found the cutest sweater!" She wanted to show it, but a dog was on the other side of it. "Hey, let it go! I found it first!"

"Fluffy!" A woman yelled and ran at the dog. "Give the sweater girl, my Fluffy got it first!"

"That's not fair!" Mika yelled angry. "You can't have dogs in a store! Besides, I got if before Floppy!"

"It's Fluffy!" She grabbed the dog. "And Fluffy got it first!"

"Moka, help me!" Mika cried.

Moka sighed. "Just let the sweater go Mika." He said. "You don't want a sweater with dog drool al over it?"

"Moka?" Mika asked confused. She was still holding the sweater. She looked down and pouted. "Okay..."

Mika let go of the sweater. The woman with her mean growling dog flew backwards. Derak stretched his leg and the woman tripped into a box with socks. Derak took the sweater. "Thank you Miss." He smiled and handed it to Mika.

"Awe, thank you guys!" Mika smiled and hugged both boys. "Let's try that again!!"

"If shopping gets unfair..." Moka started.

"Or if someone wants to steal what you found first..." Derak continued.

"We will protect you and your wishes!!" Both exclaimed.

Both looked around and noticed Mika was gone already. They looked around until they spotted her running over some tables, grabbing a white skirt with a pink line, preventing to be grabbed by 5 other women.

"I got it first!" Mika cheered but then tripped and landed between the shopping hunters!

All women immediately dove on Mika and both boys rushed over to help her.

Moka grabbed a pen. "Nobody move!" He yelled. "I have ink and I'm not afraid to use it!" Derak helped Mika up. "That's right... wouldn't want to get all these pretty clothes stained, right? Derak, help her to the cash deck! Quick!"

Suddenly a woman noticed something. "It's only a ballpoint!" Moka realised his mistake and the 3 of them ran for their lives!

Kitt gasped for air. Not being aware of the shopping madness in the town, she really enjoyed her day with Zach. Zach now reached the surface too. "It's really beautiful below there!" She said. "Amazing!"

Zach just looked at her. "Yeah..." He only said. "Really beautiful..."

Kitt dove under again and Zach followed her. However, he soon noticed he had lost her. He tried to spot her, but simply couldn't find her. Then he felt a pair of familiar hands on his shoulders and he turned around.

He was startled for a moment when Kitt kissed him with no warning at all. Slowly they floated towards the surface, and when the kiss ended, they inhaled the pure sea air. "Thank you so much Zach." Kitt whispered.

Zach couldn't say a word. She looked so enchanting. Here, in her element, Kitt looked more like the goddess Venus that was born from the sea, than just a normal human girl. Why didn't he show her that more often? Did he really had to wait till Valentine's Day?

But when her soft fingers touched his skin, he knew she knew he loved her. She didn't need him to show it all the time. The word has spread, this was no longer a simply crush. This was pure love.

And actually, he knew only one way to show his affection. Slowly he moved towards her... and returned a kiss.

Mika twirled around in her new clothes. Moka was quite surprised Mika decided to go with the white skirt. But, of course, Mika chose a white skirt with a pink line through it. The new sweater above it made her look very different.

But even the band in her hair couldn't fool anyone. This was Mika... and she only wears pink. "Well, where shall we go now?" Mika asked.

"Are we done shopping?" Derak prayed.

"Let's go to the zoo!" Mika suggested.

Moka nodded. "Shopping time is over." He grinned. "Now the chapter 'Zoo' begins. I wonder what time it is?"

Derak checked a clock. "It's noon." He sighed. "Man, it already feels like we have been walking for a day!"

"Get used to it." Moka said while standing up. "Let's go!"

Mika took his hand and together they walked towards the zoo. Derak looked at the sky. "Mm, I hope it won't start to rain." He mumbled when he saw the grey clouds.

Back on the boat, Zach had prepared lunch. Still in their swimming outfits, they sat around the plates. "Here." Zach said and gave her a glass.

"What is it?" Kitt asked. She smelled it and sipped from it. "Juice!" She smiled. She didn't expect that!

Zach raised his glass. "To us." He softly blushed.

Kitt leaned forward and gave Zach a small kiss. "Sometimes you are such a kid." She smiled and raised her glass. "To us."

"So..." Zach asked after drinking. "Do you like it?"

"What?" Kitt asked while taking something from the plate of food.

Zach looked up. "This. The gift and all."

Kitt nodded. "It's great! I love the ocean and I love being at boats!" She looked at Zach. "And being with you makes it just perfect." Suddenly she realised something. "Dang we sound sappy!"

Zach was confused. "What do you mean?"

"Just listen to us for a while!" Kitt said. "All those kisses and 'I love you's. We sound like one of those Hollywood couples!" She saw Zach's disappointed face. "But I like it... Today I like it."

Both blushed when seeing each other and looked away. Zach noticed the sky. "Oh no!" He said.

"What?" Kitt asked.

Zach pointed to the sky. "I have a feeling it will start to rain soon! Awe, not today!" Zach cursed. "I had hoped it would become such a perfect day!"

Kitt giggled. "Like rain will ruin that."

In the zoo Mika hoped from animal to animal. "Look how cute those bears are!" She said. "And those penguins! How CUTE!"

"Is there any animal she doesn't like?" Derak asked.

Moka had to think really deep. "I think she doesn't like pigs that much..."

"But pigs are pink!" Derak exclaimed! "She loves everything that is pink!"

Moka shrugged. "Must be the mud." Suddenly he felt something dripping. "Rain?" He asked.

"Awe, I already feared that." Derak sighed. "Zach will so hate this. He has been looking forward to this day."

"Maybe it's dry at sea." Mika thought.

Derak looked at her. "Don't count on it."

Indeed, on sea it was raining much worse. In the middle of the ocean a small boat drifted on the stronger waves. A small light shone in the cabin.

Inside Kitt dried herself from the water. "I never expected it would start this quickly."

From the other side of the door Zach responded. "Yeah, I expected it would drip for a while, but it was drip-drip-pouring!" Zach put on his shirt. "Are you already ready?" He asked.

"I have long hair." Kitt replied. "How soon do you think it's dry?"

Zach smiled. "If I knew this I would have taken a blow-dryer along."

"Well, you didn't knew it so don't worry." Kitt brushed her long hair. "I'm used to this hair. There, it looks a bit okay again."

"Can I come?" Zach checked.

"Sure, why not?" Kitt asked and opened the door.

Zach walked inside and handed Kitt a gift. "A gift?" Kitt asked. "But I haven't got a thing for you!"

"Don't worry about that." Zach looked at Kitt opening the gift.

Inside the package was a small box. Kitt opened it and saw a small silver heart. "So that's where it's been!" Kitt yelled. "I was looking all over for this necklace!" It was the same one as Zach had given almost a year ago on the StarShip on the way to the Moon Tournament.

"Read." Zach only said.

Kitt looked at the small heart pendant and saw that something had been written on it. "Yours... Forever..." Kitt read. Two small words. Two small tiny words. But they said enough. Kitt grabbed Zach in a massive hug. "Thank you!"

"And that's my gift..."

Outside suddenly the lightning crackled. "Thunder?" Kitt asked confused. "Is there a storm coming?" She had seen all those movies where ships were on the middle of the ocean when a storm appeared.

"Can't be." Zach smiled reassuring. "I checked the weather report. They said nothing about storms." At that moment a wave lifted the boat.

"You said?" Kitt asked.

Back on the shore, Derak looked outside a window. They were at the zoo's restaurant. "Why are you standing there Derak?" Moka asked.

"I have a bad feeling." Derak whispered.

"Don't worry, they will be fine." Moka offered him some coffee. "And even if the boat starts to sink, Kitt is there. And then she'll drag Zach through."

"I guess so." Still not feeling less worried, Derak kept on looking outside.

Mika came towards them. "I just watched the news. They said nothing about a storm at sea, so we don't have to worry." But Derak still couldn't shake that feeling away.

But the weather report was wrong! In the middle of the ocean, there was something that would come pretty close to a storm. The boat swung from one side to another and Zach did his best to keep the boat from turning over.

"Zach, is there anything I can do to help?" Kitt asked unsure. She knew so much about sea life, but nothing about boats!

"Don't worry Kitt!" Zach said biting his teeth. "Nothing will happen to us, I swe-" A wave bashed against the right side and the boat swung to the left.

"I wonder who wrote that weather report!" Kitt snapped. "I would love to kick his butt!"

A wave on the left side caused the boat to swung to the right. Zach lost his balance and fell on top of Kitt. "Kitt, are you okay?" He asked while helping her up.

"I'm fine." Kitt growled.

The storm became worse and the boat was a simple toy on these waves. Zach and Kitt got thrown through the whole boat until the boat couldn't fight against the waves any more... and tipped over.

It was dark. Zach opened his eyes and tried to figure out what had happened. The floor was feeling really cold. "Kitt?" He asked, but got no reply. He turned around, but his foot hit something, what was followed by some cracking noise.

Zach decided not to look for a light and made a small ball of fire, which floated in the air. Zach looked what he had hit and saw it was the window! There was a small crack in it. Zach looked around more and saw that he was sitting on the roof! The boat had turned over!

"Kitt!" Zach hissed, afraid to what had might happened to her. He looked around, until he spotted her lying on the floor. Zach quickly crawled at her when he suddenly heard another crack. The crack in the window started to grow.

"Kitt!" He hissed again. "Kitt, get up." He touched her with his hand, but there came no reply. He turned her over and saw she had a big head wound! Zach took Kitt's head in his hands. "Come on Kitt!" He prayed.

Kitt's hand started to move, followed by her eyes. When she opened it, all what Kitt saw was 7 Zach's moving through each other. She closed her eyes. "Zach, stop moving so fast..." She moaned.

"I'm not moving." Zach replied confused.

Kitt opened her eyes again, but Zach was still moving, along with his 6 twin brothers. "Not on this side of the eye ball."

Zach carefully raised Kitt and put her against the wall. He ignored the cracking sounds on the background, but when he looked, he saw there was water coming through the cracks. "Kitt, how many fingers am I raising?"

Kitt tried to look. "As soon as the world will stop spinning I'll let you know."

Zach looked worried at her. "Maybe you have a concussion..." He concluded.

"Well, how about that." Kitt grinned. "Captain AND doctor." Kitt felt something cold at her fingers. "What am I feeling?" She asked, because she still couldn't see right.

Zach swallowed. "Water." He answered. "The window can't stand the pressure."

"Then we must be pretty deep...." Kitt mumbled. Her eyes may been fooling her, but her brains were still at 50%.

Zach tried the radio, but it was dead. The water was slowly, very slowly gaining territory and Zach knew no way out without leaving Kitt behind. "I'm not sure if the company will give my deposit back." He joked with a fake smile and sat down next to Kitt.

"I can feel it..." Kitt whispered. "You know a way out..."

Zach nodded and looked down. "Yes, I could always blast the window out...."

"Then do that." Kitt replied.

"I can't leave you behind." Zach answered. "You know that so there is no room for discussion about that. You can't swim for yourself and I have no clue how far it is till the surface...."

"Can you see the bottom of the ocean?" Kitt asked.

Zach stood up and looked through the window. He shook his head. "But the boat isn't moving at all."

"Stranded." Kitt replied. "Maybe we are on the top of a reef..." She swallowed. "Then it would be less than 10 metres to the surface. You'll make it."

"Stop that." Zach replied. "I don't know how bad your condition is!"

"So you want to sit here and wait...?"

In the harbour Derak ran over the pier. "Derak, come back!" Moka yelled.

"I don't care what the weather report says! I know Zach and Kitt are in trouble!" Derak climbed on a boat.

"If there really is a storm," Mika started. "You'll end up killing yourself too! Besides, this is theft!"

"I can't sit here doing nothing!" Derak tried to get the boat working, but it didn't work.

Moka climbed up and pushed a button, followed by a handle. "My parents had their own boat." He explained with a smile.

The water was getting in much higher. Zach sat against Kitt with her head leaning on his chest. It was awfully silent. "Zach...?" Kitt suddenly asked.

"Yeah?" Zach asked.

"It's okay." Kitt said. "It's still the perfect day ever."

Zach smiled with a fake smile. "No it's not." It was silent again. "Shouldn't we be telling how much we love each other by now, just like in those movies?"

Kitt smiled. "Well, you know me, always breaking the rules...."

And again, both couldn't do anything more than waiting for an idea, while the water gained more and more territory.

After a while the water had reached their shoulders. "Come on Kitt." Zach said. "We have to stand." He lifted her.

Kitt tried to stand, but her legs were weak and her eyes still gave her the impression of being on a roller coaster. "It's no use..." She said with a weak voice.

"Don't give up Kitt!" Zach yelled. "This is not you! Aren't you the one that insisted to fight in the Moon Tournament?"

"It was your dream." Kitt replied.

"And this is my dream too!" Zach shouted. "We're gonna make it and we'll stick together till the end of time." But looking at the rising water didn't give him much hope.

Mika looked at the front bow. "I can't see anything!" She complained. "How do we know where they are?" She came back inside.

"Safety first!" Derak took a note from his pocket with some numbers. "Zach gave my their position in case something happened."

"Let's just hope they are there." Moka mumbled.

"Strange..." Kitt started. "I'd never expected... to drown..." The water had reached their chests.

Zach was still thinking about a way out, but the higher the water level came, the less hope he got. He could easily get away himself, but what about Kitt? She obviously couldn't swim for herself, and even if they made it out, would she be able to stand the cold water? Would he be able to stand that cold water?

"Zach...?" Kitt started again. "I'm cold..."

Zach hugged her firmly. "Don't give up!" He ordered.

"You must get out Zach..." Kitt whispered. "You have a bigger chance without me..."

"I will NOT loose you!" Zach didn't let go. "Not today!"

"Zach... it's okay." Kitt smiled.

"No, it's NOT okay!" Zach yelled. "Sacrifice may sound all that noble and all, but it's still suicide and I won't lose you that way!"

"Your heart..." Kitt didn't listen any more. "I can hear it... What a nice sound... so soft..."

"Kitt, speak to me!" Zach ordered.

"It's so soft..." Kitt replied. "I can't feel the cold any more..." With her cold wet hands, she touched Zach's chest. Zach could feel how cold she was. "I love you Zach...."

Zach couldn't be strong any more. He started to cry. "I love you too." He cried. "Yours forever."

At that moment the windows couldn't handle the pressure any more and blew away. With a strong raging speed the water floated inside and the last bubble of air raced for the surface.

Zach looked at Kitt, and with his last breath... he kissed her for the last time.

It was warm. 'Is this heaven?' He thought. When he opened his eyes, Zach saw light. A bright light. 'Should I go to it?'

At that moment a girl face with blue eyes appeared before the light. "Zach, are you awake?"

Zach jumped up. "M- Mika?!"

"You're awake!" Mika cheered and hugged him.

"But- but- but- but...." Zach was so confused.

Suddenly he heard someone sneezing. "Darn, I caught a cold!" It was Derak, blowing his nose.

"Derak saved you!" Mika explained. "And Moka too!"

"Both?" Zach asked.

Mika nodded. "Yes, you were holding Kitt so tightly!" Mika continued. "The 2 of you were too heavy for Derak alone, but when Moka helped..."

"Kitt?" Zach asked frightened. "Is Kitty...?"

Moka entered the room. "Hey..." He only said. "Welcome back."

"Kitty?" Zach asked again. He couldn't bear to hear bad news.

Moka sat on the bed. "She is... well... the doctors didn't want to tell me..." He started. "She was terribly injured Zach... they don't know if..."

"She'll make it!" Derak yelled. "If she dares to die I'll personally kill her!"

"No shouting!" A nurse came in. "We are in a hospital!" She placed her brown hands in her hips. "Some people are trying to recover!"

"I'm sorry Miss..." Derak apologised.

The nurse walked at Zach. She felt his forehead. "You can call me Sharon." She smiled. "Well Zach, how do you feel?"

"Not so good." He replied honestly.

Nurse Sharon looked at him. "Really? Are you still cold?"

Zach felt his heart. "Yes..." He answered. It was unbearable not knowing how Kitt's condition was. Should he have taken the risk of escaping?

"Well, then I have something to cheer you up." Nurse Sharon smiled. "By the looks of now, you can leave tomorrow!" Zach didn't reply. Nurse Sharon saw the sad face of Zach. "Well, in a few minutes a new patient will arrive here. I must ask you to be calm then, the patient has barely survived the treatment."

Nurse Sharon wanted to leave, but Zach took her arm. "Do you know... how Kitt is?" He asked.

"Kitt?" Nurse Sharon asked.

"Kitty Ocean." Zach said her full name.

Nurse Sharon shook her head. "I'm sorry Zach, I don't know that yet. I could try and find it out for you."

"Please..." Zach asked.

Nurse Sharon smiled at him. "Don't worry Zach, she'll be fine!"

Then the new patient arrived. Zach heard the doctors talking. "This one barely made it. Nurse Sharon, you must keep a close eye on her. She's still too cold."

"Yes doctor." Nurse Sharon nodded and saw the doctor walking away. She stepped to the end of the bed and hung back the chart.

Zach looked aside and his heart stopped. Without think he jumped out of bed. This was unbelievable! "Kitt?" He carefully asked while looking at her pale face.

Nurse Sharon saw Zach. "Zach, what are you doing out of bed?" She asked worried.

"Kitt, it's me, Zach." She heard him whispering.

"Oh... so that's Kitty?" Nurse Sharon asked. "Zach..." She put her hands on his shoulders, when she saw Kitt moving! "Unbelievable!" She whispered. "That's impossible!"

"Hey..." Kitt said with a groggy voice when she saw Zach. "No more twins..."

Zach smiled back at her. "Hey..." He could only say. "You look like hell."

"I feel like hell." Kitt was still very weak. "But it seems you are stuck with me."

Zach grinned a bit. "Yeah, I'm stuck with you. Till the end of time. Are you still cold?"

"Not any more..." Kitt took his hand. "Happy Ainodi..."

"Let's stick to Valentine's Day..."