I wasn't planning on posting another story right away...but...this just wouldn't leave me alone. This is an all 27 fic that I suddenly thought of with the help of pictures and 'The Little Mermaid'(the idea only though, this does not completely follow the story of 'The Little Mermaid'). I'm leaning on eventually making it more 002718, but who knows? Inspiration can strike at anytime, anywhere. Here it is!
-1: Wanting To Go Up There-
A young five year-old mermaid bearing the name Tsuna Vongola was once again lingering by the shore.
Tsuna Vongola is in fact a princess. She is the only daughter of the Sea King, Giotto Vongola. Her mother had already passed away and the only thing she remembers is her mother's face. But she's always reminded of her dear mother when she faces the mirror. Her long chocolate brown hair that reaches past her waist with uncontrollable spikes on the top, large hazelnut orbs that in some occasions can turn into a fiery and determined orange, skin of a light tan shade and a unique tail of a bright orange with markings whiter and shinier than any pearl are seen at the sides of her tail, signifying her as royalty.
Tsuna Vongola, loves her family and sea more than anything else but also hopes for experiencing the life on land. With feet. To walk, to run, to jump, to explore. It all started when she witnessed a scene of kids playing by the beach. She loves to recall that memory to herself and sometimes imagine if she would be included with the other kids, legs and all.
Since then, she frequently escapes the palace to observe the land creatures.
"Hime-sama! Hime-sama!" a youthful merman with emerald eyes and silver hair screamed at the top of his lungs searching for a certain 'Hime-sama'.
The young merman finally spotted the unique orange tail at the same spot where she stays every day. The princess was probably observing the land creatures again, the ever-loyal aid thought swimming over to the beloved princess.
"Hime-sama…" he repeated, now facing the back of the said princess.
"Hayato!" the princess said with her sweet, soft, and simply hypnotizing voice so full of innocence and honesty. She turned to face 'Hayato' the white long clothes covering her upper body gracefully twirling in the water along with her long soft locks of brown, making the young merman have his face tainted red similar to his red tail.
"Hayato!" the princess repeated seeing as the one she was supposed to converse with looked like he had a fever and is currently in a daze.
"Y-yes, Hime-sama!" he immediately replied his blush dying down a little.
The 'Hime-sama' swam closer to Hayato and looked at him her brows furrowed together.
"Hayato…are you okay? Also, didn't I tell you to just call me 'Tsuna' already! We've known each other for so long, and yet you still call me 'Hime-sama'" Tsuna said swimming around Hayato inspecting him playfully.
It is a fact known to everyone that Princess Tsuna Vongola and Loyal aid Gokudera Hayato had been friends since forever. Apparently, Tsuna saved Gokudera's life when she pushed him away from an incoming splodge of expired sea-mayo.
"But..Hime-sama, is Hime-sama!" the male replied but felt a little guilty seeing the small drooping of the young mermaid's eyes. He couldn't stand it. Who could?
"Sorry. I mean…Tsuna." At this the princess did a flip seemingly creating a circle upward in the water with a bright smile on her face, but accidentally causing the long flowy white cloth to get stuck to a rock making her halt and slam on it.
"Ouch. Can you help me, Hayato?" she said trying to pull the thin cloth off but to no avail.
Ofcourse, Gokudera rushed to her side and helped his princess. While doing so, he finally remembers his purpose for searching for her.
"Tsuna, His Highness Giotto-sama's looking for you." He said sighing in relief as he was finally able to free the princess from the rock he now hated so much.
"Papa? Then let's go! " Tsuna replied hurriedly swimming off back to the palace.
"Wait for me, Hime-sama!" and Gokudera said following after the orange-tailed princess.
The Vongola Palace is the biggest, grandest and greatest palace, or rather kingdom in the sea there is.
Tsuna reached the seemingly endless gates of golden bars with intricate designs. The main gate has the Vongola's Royal Family Crest on it beaming and proud of all its fame, power and glory.
The Vongola Kingdom is a nice and peaceful kingdom in all aspects. All is in harmony, thanks to the King, Giotto Vongola, young Tsuna Vongola's beloved father.
Tsuna casually opens the gates and greets the guards with a bright smile as she passes by, earning her equally bright responses and greetings.
The mermaid princess turns and swims quickly through the many identical routes and finally reaches the Throne Room where her father usually stays.
Pushing through the doors and entering head first into one of the biggest rooms in the palace she's caught by the safest and most reassuring arms she knows. She looks up and sees her father's ultimately handsome face with a wide smile his eyes looking at her lovingly saying, "My daughter."
"Papa!" she says swimming a bit higher to be able to hug her father properly and her father cuddles her even more.
Giotto Vongola, the strongest and most respected merman of the sea, has golden hair that mysteriously spikes up in many directions, his eyes are of a beautiful shade of orange. His tail is of a color mixture of orange and gold and has markings at the side, similar to Tsuna's but at the same time has many differences. His build is not overly muscular, but still muscular in a way, the lean and fit type.
"How was your day, princess Tsu?" he says letting go of his daughter and eyeing the slightly ripped part of her clothes.
"Did you get stuck somewhere again?" he continues, giggling lightly at the way his daughter only pouted at him and crossed her arms.
"On a rock…" the petite princess replies looking down, blushing a bit.
"You should be more careful next time. What if Hayato wasn't with you?" he says seeing the said boy peeking at the small slit left open by the door. He smiles at the boy and motions for him to come in. Hayato follows and enters the overly-spacious room.
Gokudera Hayato just can't help but look around every time he enters certain rooms like this one. The Throne Room, where announcements are usually made has a high ceiling, too high, that it's like a bottomless pit and one can't see the end of it. One grand decorated large chair lies on the center, the King's usual spot. Surrounding it are six chairs for each of the King's guardians, all decorated and specifically colored, the sky blue walls complimenting each one.
"It was only an accident, Papa." Tsuna says comfortably seating herself on her father's seat. Giotto sits beside her and wraps an arm around her.
"I know, but you should always be careful. Always. I wouldn't know what to do if something happens to you." He says in a very calming and soothing tone.
"Papa…" Tsuna says hugging her father. "I…want to know how it feels like to be up there. In the land." Tsuna shuts her eyes close hugging her father tightly.
Giotto's eyes show something akin to sorrow and understanding as his features start to form a frown.
"Tsuna…you know that you can't right? I know that you understand and I thank you for that." He says tightening the embrace on his one and only daughter. Gokudera noticing the mood silently exits the room to leave the father and daughter to themselves.
"I understand Papa…but…" before the princess could continue, Giotto held her up high and offered her his usual bright and ever-beautiful smile.
"Papa loves you, Tsu. Now, go to your room and either ask someone to fix your clothes or wear something else, okay?" he says releasing her and pointing at the rip on her clothes.
Tsuna replies with an equally bright smile and says, "Yes!"
"I'm sorry, Tsu." Giotto whispered as soon as the huge doors closed and blocked his view of his precious daughter.
The young mermaid swam through the similar corridors and routes again before finally reaching another rather humongous but unique door. This certain door was different from the rest in the row. It had the Vongola Crest on it, like the one on the gate and the Throne Room. Different kinds of cloths and ribbons were attached at the sides, the handles of the doors are of a crystal formed into the shape of clams. Tsuna turns the crystal-clam knobs and enters her room.
The inside is just as frilly as the outside. Cloths surrounding the large circular bed, the walls are of the same sky blue shade as that of the rest of the rooms. At the far left side of the room something like a bookshelf was carved on the rough stone. But placed in it wasn't books but all kinds of different weird things she picked up from the land. Though in their sea, their home, they were on the same level of basic technology with those up on land, the land had some really weird stuff with lots of wires and switches that they didn't use. This confuses Tsuna the most. What are all these different colored wires for? Why could their buttons be pushed? Why would someone want the buttons on their clothes to be pushed? What were these weird mechanisms? The princess thought to herself fiddling with powerless wires, broken cell phones and such.
Finally remembering that she was to change her clothes, she went to her closet and just grabbed another white cloth too similar to the one she had just accidentally ripped. Looking at her cabinet, she noticed one of her jewelries hanging down. She pulled it, appreciating the beauty of the pearl white necklace that a very close redhead best friend gave her. She blushed at the thought of how he gave it to her on her 15th birthday.
This certain best friend of hers was probably just as clumsy and shy as her, but nonetheless kind and gentle. They've always been able to relate to each other because of their situations. Being that they were what some called 'no-good' many people detested how they were in such a high position. But they were okay. They would get depressed sometimes, but they could take it all. Since, their respective family would always be with them, and they were also there for each other.
They were both fifteen. He's a prince, and her, a princess. Their fathers are on great terms, and their kingdoms are allied with a very strong special bond. Thus, it was decided that they are to be married in the right time. The moment it was announced, they were both so shocked, became so flustered and had an awfully too bright tint of red on their cheeks. But they like each other, so it's okay. But hey, they were still kids.
Enma, her fiancé may be as clumsy as her, but right now everyone could see how he's improving ever since he was informed of his engagement to Tsuna. Tsuna likes Enma too…but…she's still in a state of confusion. Because somehow, that image of a young boy with pale white skin and black hair she saw when she first saw the land kept on invading her mind even when she doesn't try to.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts of the mysterious boy, she wore the necklace Enma gave her and viewed herself at the mirror before heading out again to search for something fun to do for the day.
Remembering that her Uncle Daemon, one of her father's guardians had said something about magic yesterday, she swam her way to her uncle's study as she does almost every day.
"Uncle Daemon?" she says peeking through the door, poking her head in the process.
"Why, if it isn't the little princess." The so-called 'Uncle Daemon' says suddenly appearing out of nowhere to in front of the surprised princess.
"HIEE!" the signature shriek is heard. After that though, she opened her eyes and swam into the room passing her uncle while huffing with matching puffing cheeks.
"Please stop doing that Uncle Daemon!" she continues waving her hands above her head in a very comical manner.
"But it's just so fun to tease you princess. Nufufufu~" The tall male with blue unusually styled hair replies, and in one flap of his indigo tail and was already right next to the still sulking princess.
Tsuna could only sigh and close her eyes, "Please don't do that again. Please?" she pleaded, her voice laced with sweetness and somehow forming a smooth melody unintentionally holding out the 'e'.
Unable to resist that voice and Tsuna as a whole he swore though not intending to. "I promise I won't do that again."
The unknowingly manipulative mermaid gave a smile accompanied by a small cheer of 'Yey!'
Magic. The thought suddenly entered her brain.
"Uncle Daemon, is it possible for me to get legs?" the question she stated only resulted to a very pensive look to appear on the other's face.
"Princess, Giotto has already talked to you about this matter I believe." Daemon says, fully knowing that Giotto indeed has, several times in fact. It was made a secret to Tsuna that in actuality, the Vongola Kingdom has connections and ties to the other Kingdoms up above. All for the sake of protecting the whole population of all of the Sea Kingdoms. That there is a way to go up. That Giotto and many other important figures from many Sea Kingdoms have no choice but to go up to make negotiations. But this fact was never to be told to the young Tsuna until the right age. Seeing as how much Tsuna wants to venture on the land, it is too dangerous for her. Many will definitely target her because of her position and connections to the Vongola Famliy, and most importantly her relationship with the highest ranking person among all Sea Kings.
"Uncle…all that I am asking for is if it's possible for me to have legs? Even just for a small amount of time?" she questions, her voice twice as melodious than before and her wide brown and gentle, captivating eyes drooping ever so slightly and water forming at the corners, going up with the surrounding water looking like a crystal bubble.
"Princess…" was all Daemon could reply. He was sure that if he lied Tsuna would know that he was lying and that would reveal that there is way. She is the daughter of her father. And no lie could ever escape them and their intuition.
Tsuna only continued staring hard at her uncle. She always felt that everyone was hiding something from her. She also greatly felt that this 'something' that they didn't want her to know had connections to the land above. The place she wants to go to. It's not like she'd stay there forever if she ever got the chance to really step foot there. She loves the sea, her home, her family. There's no way that she could abandon them. Never.
Sighing, knowing that her uncle wouldn't budge and also aware that she was making him feel guilty she forced out a small smile and left after saying that she had other things to do in mind.
She now swam slowly through the corridors, feeling the water naturally surround her. Suddenly, something in her gut told her to turn, to go back to her uncle's study. Feeling that she really had to, she followed her gut and slowly and quietly swam back.
"Did the princess visit you again today?" a deep and calm voice questions.
"Yes. She did. Worried about the little princess, Alaude? Nufufufu~" The other voice was also deep, but is distinctly unique as well. Accompanied by that signature laugh, it wouldn't be so hard to guess who that is.
The other creature, now identified as 'Alaude' simply ignored the question and replied, "I need 'it' tonight."
"Nufufufu~ Why ofcourse." The sounds of rummaging through many drawers and cabinets are heard followed by the sounds of crystal and glass bottles bumping against each other. "Here."
'What is 'it'?' the young mermaid thought as she slowly tried to get closer to the door, but before she even could the door was opened widely by a strong surge of vibrations made by a purple tail 'causing the water to open the doors for her.
She was harshly taken aback by the water but was caught by the arms of someone before she could collide with the wall.
She slowly looked up to see light blue steely eyes staring down at her. "U-uncle Alaude…" she nervously says waiting for what her uncle has to say in reply.
Her 'Uncle Alaude' though, sighed and released her saying, "Be more attentive next time."
Tsuna always knew that her Uncle Alaude was a good person and that he cared for her though not really showing it as much as her other uncles. He would tell her off with short sentences time to time, but that was all for her safety.
Smiling brightly as always, she replies, "Yes, thank you Uncle Alaude!" Alaude nodded to himself and swiftly swam away. 'Looks like he has somewhere to go to.' She observed.
"Nufufufu~ What brings you back, princess?" Daemon says eyeing her as if he was inspecting her.
"I just remembered to tell you that I think Aunt Elena was looking for you again this afternoon." This caused Daemon to have an unusually horrified look on his face and before saying a rather fast, 'thankyouforinformingme.' He hurriedly swam off to who knows where.
Tsuna, though may be innocent as a new born baby, learned a lot of very useful things courtesy of her great father. Like the fact that her Uncle Daemon could forget everything else when her Aunt Elena is mentioned.
Contentedly smiling to herself, she explores the mysterious study and saw a single open drawer well-hidden at a very deep part of the place. Grabbing a single bottle of it her smiled got wider.
She quickly exited the room leaving it looking untouched muttering, 'Yes!'
So...this is it for the first chapter! I'm not sure when I can update this, but I surely will (at most once or twice a month).
