Chapter 1
"Hey! Stop it!" Mikan shouted as Natsume tried to splash her with water, "I don't wanna get wet."
"You're wearing a swimsuit and you're at a lake and you don't want to get wet", Natsume shook his head, "You're the weirdest person I ever met. But I still like you."
Mikan blushed. "Natsume, I, um, want to show, uh never mind!" Mikan started to run away.
"No. Don't run. What were you going to say? Tell me, or I throw you in the water", Natsume threatened.
"I was going to say, that I, uh, wanted to show you something, but never mind now."
Natsume looked around them, seeing and hearing no one else, he grabbed picked up Mikan and headed towards the water. Mikan thrashed around in his arms, trying to get free, but Natsume had an iron grip.
"Natsume! Put me down! Now! Let me go! Please Natsume, please!" Mikan shouted.
He was waist level in the water now. He took another two steps and the night darkened water touched Mikan's back. She arched her back to get it away from the water.
"What the heck is wrong with you? You act like the water's gonna bite you. Baka, you should know better. You think I'd let something hurt you?" Natsume inquired. He shook his head and muttered baka under his breath. He started to lower Mikan into the water. Once she was fully under, he noticed something, something strange. Her hair was getting longer; her legs were sticking together with the feet pointed out turning red. He looked up at the sky and then back down at Mikan. He gasped at what he saw.
"Mikan...you...your...legs…hair...tail...mermaid?" Natsume questioned showing shock.
Mikan was finally able to jump out of his arms due to his weakened grasp but decided not because it was too late now.
"I'm sorry Natsume. I wanted to tell you but I didn't know what would happen. My cousin is a mermaid too. She is Luchia, the pink pearl princess of the North Pacific Ocean. She said that if a mermaid princess tells or reveals the true to a human purposely, they would turn to bubbles, sea foam. She said she didn't know what would happen to a normal mermaid."
"How long have you been…a few weeks ago in the pool you were…how?" Natsume trailed off.
Mikan jumped out of Natsume's arms."I heard someone's scream. I need to go check it out!" Mikan exclaimed as she dove into the water.