Heey! This is my second story! I read some fics about mermans and they inspired me to do this, I also stole some ideas from H2O Just Add Water.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inazuma Eleven GO or H2O Just Add Water (just to be sure) nor its characters!

Tsurugi's POV:

"Come on Tsurugi, it's almost closing time!" Tenma shouted.

We were on our way to an Aquarium that was located in Inazuma Town. Normally you could only see fish there and nothing more. In other words boring. But about a week ago a very rare creature was found near the Inazuma coast, a merman. This had caught the brunets interest and he wanted to see it. I on the other hand didn't really care, I just went along after Tenma had asked me about a thousand times.

We had reached the entrance.

"Two tickets for the merman exhibition please," Tenma said with a bright smile.

The cashier gave us the tickets and Tenma paid saying it was his treat. We walked though some hallways until we reached a huge door with 'Merman exhibition' written above it. We showed the guard our tickets and he let us in. The room behind the door was huge. Right in the middle of the room stood an aquarium as big as two living rooms combined. I could see everything very clearly because almost all people had gone home.

Tenma walked to the glass and I followed him. The aquarium was decorated with yellow sand, all kinds of plants, a big shell almost as big as a bed and in the middle laid a few big rocks. On one of the rocks sat a figure, it was the merman. He had three pieces of seaweed in his hands. He was folding them together as if he was braiding somebody's hair. When I took a closer look at the merman I froze. He was absolutely breathtaking. He had wavy greyish-brown hair, tanned skin, a royal-blue tail and beautiful red eyes. But something was wrong. His eyes looked sad and almost lifeless.

Out of nowhere the merman looked up and locked eyes with me. He kept staring at me with those sad eyes. It felt like he could look right into my soul and I couldn't do anything about it. After I think a few minutes he shifted his gaze back to the seaweed in his hands. I kept staring at him until someone tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around and saw a man in a blue shirt with the logo of the aquarium on it. I assumed he worked here.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Do you have a job yet?" The man asked. I was shocked and very surprised.

"N-no, why do you ask?"

"Would you like to work here as caretaker of the merman? He hasn't looked at anyone like that before except for you. He won't eat and I'm afraid that if he keeps going like this he won't last long. He also refuses to speak. I'm starting to get desperate, so I'll take any chance I have." He said with a stern and worried face.

After a little silence he sighed and took something out of his pocket.

"Here is a card with my number on it. Please think about it and call me when you have an answer." And with that he left.

"What was that all about?" A voice behind me asked. I turned around and saw Tenma looking at me with a questioning look.

"Nothing," I said quick and shoved the card in my pocket.

I knew Tenma well enough to know that if I told him he would push me until I would take the job. And I wanted to think about it alone. A bell rang followed by a voice asking the last visitors to go to the exit. I looked at the merman one more time and headed towards the exit.

I laid in my bed. I couldn't sleep. My thoughts kept me awake. I just couldn't stop thinking about the merman and the job. I really felt like seeing the merman again, he looked so beautiful yet so sad. I really wanted to do something about that. The words of the man kept repeating in my mind.

"He hasn't looked at anyone like that before except for you. He won't eat and I'm afraid that if he keeps going like this he won't last long. He also refuses to speak. I'm starting to get desperate, so I'll take any chance I have."

After another discussion with myself I decided to take the job. I looked at the clock on my nightstand. 9 O'clock, that wasn't too late to call right? I grabbed my phone and the card. I sat down on my bed again and dialed the number.

"Hello?" I heard a voice say at the other hand of the line. I went straight to the point.

"I'll take the job."

"Great! Now tell me your name, your age and your sizes so I can prepare some things. You can start tomorrow morning at 7 am."

"My name is Tsurugi Kyousuke, 13 years old and my size is M sometimes S."

"Great! I'll see you tomorrow! Bye."

"Bye."

And with that I hung up. I laid back down with a satisfied smile on my face. I closed my eyes and felt into a deep slumber.

Next morning.

I stood in front of the entrance. It was exactly 7 am.

"Ah there you are," A voice said. I turned towards the voice and saw the man from yesterday.

"Tsurugi Kyousuke right?"

I nodded.

"Come on in I'll show you the way around and tell you the things you need to do." He gestured me to follow him. After about an hour of walking I had seen everything and we finally arrived at the merman exhibition. The man took out some keys and opened the door. The merman sat on the exact same spot as yesterday. He looked up and furrowed his eyebrows confused.

"I saw you looking at him yesterday so I offered him a job." The man said to the merman. The merman's facial expression turned plain and he sighed looking away.

We were now standing near the edge of the aquarium. I saw the merman beneath us.

"Because it's your first day the only thing you have to do is feed him now. Here lies a wetsuit and a bottle of air for if you need to go into the water. Do you know how to use that?"

I nodded. I had once followed one of those courses on vacation and I still remembered it all. He handed me a bucked full of fish.

"Alright I'll leave you two alone then. Good luck." And with that he walked away.

I looked down again thinking about how I'm going to feed him. I could just throw the fish in the water but I actually wanted to make contact with the merman. So I decided to put on the wetsuit and jumped in the water with the bucket in my hands.

I landed on the bottom just in front of the merman. He looked surprised but didn't move from his spot. I took one of the fish out of the bucket and reached it out to him. He looked horrified at the fish in my hand. Then his facial expression changed from horrified to angry and he slapped my hand away. I was confused. He must be very hungry why wouldn't he take the fish and eat? After a few more attempts I started to lose my patience. I gave up and climbed out of the water. I looked down and he was staring at me.

"Oh come on! You must be hungry right? Then why won't you eat?" I screamed at him. He just kept staring blankly at me. I turned around frustrated.

"I am," I suddenly heard from behind. My eyes widened and I turned around again. The merman had his head and shoulders out of the water and was looking at me. I walked back to the edge and sat down.

"If you are then why won't you eat? If you go on like this you'll die," I said in a softer voice. He looked at me with determination in his eyes.

"Because I'd rather die than to become a cannibal."

After a long silence it finally hit me. Of course he wouldn't eat fish! He is half fish himself! Why didn't I think of this earlier? He had clearly seen my expression because he said: "Do you get it now?"

"Yeah." Suddenly the memory of my conversation with the man the other day popped up in my head.

He also refuses to speak.

"Wait, why are you talking to me? That man said you never talked to anybody," I asked. He looked down.

"I don't know. Something tells me I can trust you." I stood up and walked towards my backpack.

"Where are you going?" He asked. I took a little box out of my backpack and walked back to him.

"You still need to eat something, here you can have my lunch. I'll buy something else later," I said. I held the box out to him. He hesitated but eventually took it. He came closer to the edge so he could lean on it. He opened it and looked confused.

"What is this?" he asked.

"Its rice with scrambled eggs, oxheart cabbage and bacon bits."

"No fish?" He asked.

"No fish."

He carefully took the chopsticks and took a small bite. His eyes widened and he looked at me.

"This is delicious!" He said.

"I'm glad you like it! I made it myself," I said with a smile.

After he was finished eating we started to talk to each other. He told me how he got here and what they do to him when the aquarium is closed. It was absolutely horrible. He got stuck in one of the fishing nets and couldn't get out anymore. The fisherman who had found him actually wanted to let him go but his friends found out and they were much more greedy. They had captured him and sold him to the aquarium. He had tried to escape with his powers* but one day they injected some green stuff in his veins. He told me it hurt very much and after the pain had decreased he wasn't able to use his powers anymore. Now they come every three days to inject the green stuff. They electrocute the water so his limbs will go numb and he can't struggle*. It was absolutely shocking. I felt very angry. How could those people do that to him?!

When he was finished there was silence. Then all of a sudden I thought about something. He hasn't even told me his name.

"What's your name?" I asked him. He looked surprised but then smiled. It was a sincere smile. My heart couldn't help but skip a beat at that smile.

"Shindou. Shindou Takuto. May I ask yours?"

"Tsurugi Kyousuke, nice to meet you," I said smiling back at him. His smile vanished and he looked down.

"That man should come back soon," he said. I looked at him.

"Shindou," I spoke with a stern voice. He looked up at me.

"I'll get you out of here, I swear. But first you'll have to regain more strength." He smiled again and nodded.

And that's how it all started. Four month have passed since then. One month ago we confessed our love for each other. I can still remember that day clearly. I'm so happy but deep inside I know we can't be together. I'm helping him to escape after all. He is almost strong enough to escape. From there I'll see what will happen.

So I hope you liked the first chapter!

First *: Shindou can control water. He can move, freeze, melt and boil it.

Second *: I don't know if it's actually possible but here it is.

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