Welcome! This is my second fan fic and, I hope all of you'll enjoy it! This idea just came out of my head and decided to my reviewers for having a voting contest. Most of them (well, maybe all?) voted 'YES' and that was it! BOOM! As I said before, please do enjoy it and hope you'll not find this fic a bit too weird. . . A

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Flashback

"Ryoma, you stay put here." A brown haired woman pointed at the bench beside her to her son. The capped-boy nodded and sat, "Where are you going, mother?" he asked. The woman patted his head and smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be back in one hour." she said. The boy, again, nodded and waved goodbye. After 5 minutes, the boy was feeling kinda bored and decided to stroll along the beach just beside the other road. He stood up and walked to the seashore.

The sand was pretty, it was yellow and white and there were plenty of beauties around, especially the big rocks before the sea. He walked to the one of the big rocks and suddenly stopped when he heard a girlish laugh. He looked everywhere with his head turning directions, but saw nothing. He thought about it and shrugged it off. But then, he heard a splash with that laugh again, behind the rock beside him. He hid behind it and popped his head out, there, his eyes widened when he saw a brown braided-girl with an age just like him, but this was different, she got a golden fish's tail!

The boy blinked with a confused face. The girl noticed this and also blinked. . .but, she didn't swam away. "Um, excuse me, who are you? And, why are you wearing a strange costume?" He asked, walking closer to the girl. The brunette looked at the shore and then looked at him, she grinned and showed him a water, flying in the air. "I'm _! I am the princess of the ocean, and oh! Nice to meet you~ 3" She beamed, her golden tail shone under the sun's set.

"And you?" She asked, "Echizen Ryoma." The boy quickly answered. "Ah, Ryoma-kun, it is~!" She splashed her tail in the water. Ryoma nodded and sat down with her. They were chatting within how many minutes when his mother and father were shouting his name. Ryoma shot up, looking at his mother and father just by the sands, then he turned his head at the girl.

"Bye, it was nice meeting you." The girl nodded and realized something, "Oh, here. Since you're my first human friend, I'll give you this." she said as she handed out a necklace with the ocean's color in it. "This is?" "Of course, a remembrance, silly~!" "Oh. . ." "Will I meet you again?" The girl asked, this made Ryoma felt an arrow that struck his heart. This was indeed a different feeling. . .

He shrugged and ran to his mother and father. Sakuno watched from behind, smiling chidlishly. The family was about to exit the beach when Ryoma looked from behind, and waved goddbye. She returned it and swam away.

Ryoma was waking up at the rooftop and yawned, he remembered that dream, it was of course, a flashback from childhood. He rubbed his eyes and shot up. He rummaged his bag and there, the oceanic necklace was still there. It was indeed, not a dream. He clenched the amulet (whatever you call it), and looked up through the skies. "That girl. . .she kinda looked like. . ." he muttered. Just then, the school bell rang and the students were running to their classes. Ryoma wore the amulet and exited the rooftop.

As Ryoma was going down the stairs, at the corners of his eyes, he saw Sakuno with Tomoka, her best friend. "Ah! Mitte! Ryoma-samaaaaaa~!" Tomo squeeled at the top of her lungs and ran to him, grabbing Sakuno along.

RYOMA'S POV

Che, here's that loud-mouthed again. How will it end, again? At this time. . .

"Ryoma-sama! Sa-chan here wanted to say something!" She screamed. Geez, give me a break, I'm going to be late anyways. "U-um. . .Ryoma-kun-" Huh? She stopped, great . .. this'll take a lot of time. Think, Ryuzaki, fast, I'll be DAMN LATE! Wait, as I see it, she's kinda looking at my necklace, why?! Is it really that pretty?! Or GIRLY?! Damn. . .if that's the case, I should throw this amulet away.

"R-Ryoma-kun. ..where'd you get that amulet?" She asked. Hn? I got it from . . .a childhood friend, perhaps? "Must be from a childhood friend." I shrugged. This made her eyes widened. . .what?! Did I said something wrong or what? This is stupid. . .

"Ryoma-kun . . a-are you s-s-sure. . ?" She asked. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. I dreamt about it a while ago, anyways. Thanks for that. I nodded and excused myself. Those girls really need sense of time or something. Oh wait,. .. oh yes. They really needed to.

Sakuno's POV

W-where did he get that amulet?! Th-that's really. .. oh no. .. that's impossible! How could he? "Sakuno? Are you okay? You became pale. .. " I shot up from my thoughts and turned my head to her, "Y-yes, Tomo-chan?" I asked.

"I said you became pale!" "I-it's just nothing. . ." I stuttered, damn. ..I hate it when it comes like that.

NORMAL POV

Ryoma opened the front door of his classroom, to his surprise, everyone were just chatting and laughing. He sighed and sat at his desk. He leaned with his left hand, cupping his cheek, 'I wonder why Ryuzaki was acting like that. . .' he thought, looking through the window beside him. Just then, the teacher came in and the class already started. It was History and the topic was kinda. . .mystic. It was about the legend of mermaids and mermen.

Ryoma was pretty amazed by this, but it just kept bugging him about the strange girl from the past, 'She must be one of them. . .' "To our surprise, these creatures are still living until today." The teacher said. This made the students go 'What'. Ryoma was looking at the teacher with a confused face. "You've got to be kidding me. . ." He muttered.

So, how was that? I hope it's not too weird, as I said earlier. Do please REVIEW! I'd appreciate if you will! Onegai~! .

Don't worry, if you like this fan fic, I'll update sooner as you wish. If I can. :D