Note: I am happy to announce that the first chapter of the sequel is up! I hope you like it!
Now for the respectable disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, and I'm glad I don't! Enjoy the story!
Blue Eyes White Mermaid
Chapter 1: The Mermaid's Glimpse
The main deck of the ship was bustling as the banquet continued onward. Seto was walking among the crowd, and so far he had seen no sign of Princess Tea. "Hm, for some reason I don't see her anywhere. Oh well, I guess I can wait for her." he said. And so he waited. Of course on another part of the deck, he wasn't the only one who was waiting.
"Call me a nag for saying this," Duke said, "but what's taking them so long?"
"It must be something really serious." Serenity replied. She and Mai had been keeping watch over Scorch and Thunder Kid while Joey, Tristan and the others went to talk with Tea. "I hope they're all right." Luckily for them they didn't have to wait any longer.
"Hey guys!" a familiar voice called to them, "Sorry I made you worry." Before long, Tea came towards them with a sweet smile on her face.
"Tea!" Serenity squealed and she ran over to give her friend a hug. "I'm so happy you're feeling all better now!"
"I'm feeling more than better, Serenity." said Tea, "Today is the happiest day of my life!"
"Oh really?" Mai said, "What just happened?" At that moment, Atemu came walking towards the girls and wrapped an arm around his Lady. Joey and Tristan came soon after.
"Let's just say that she's finally found her special someone." Joey said, pointing to Atemu.
"Really?" Mai gasped in astonishment, then said in a sly tone, "My, you've become quite a lucky girl, haven't you?"
"Yep!" Tea said, "And I'm going to tell the whole world about it!"
"She's serious about it too!" Tristan said with a wink.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Duke said to the princess with a smirk, "Go out and tell them the good news!"
"Okay!" Tea giggled. She soon went to a part of the ship where she is in the view of the crowd. Seto, upon noticing the reaction of the crowd, looked up and there he saw her.
"Ah, she's here." Seto said smiling, "And would you look at that? She's very happy right now."
"I wonder what she's happy about?" Mokuba asked in curiosity. Seto only smirked, thinking he knows the answer. That was when Tea began to speak.
"May I have your attention everyone?" she said, "I want to thank you all for taking part of this banquet on the ship. Your presence here gives me great joy. With that said, I have an announcement to make. Before I tell you what it is, I would like to have Seto Kaiba step forward." Seto was genuinely astonished that she would call for him, but then he smiled as his confidence grew even more. He complied to the request of the princess, striding towards her. "Now as I was saying, I have some wonderful news for all of you. Although I doubt Seto would agree." You're quite a tease my sweet. Seto thought, not realizing how serious her words really are. "I am happy to say that I have finally found my special someone." The crowd began to talk happily amongst themselves, curious as to the identity of the lucky man. "It is an honor to introduce him to all of you, although you already know that man." Seto smirked, confident that she would reveal to the crowd that he is the one. "So without further ado," Tea said, "Come on over here Atemu." Seto's smirk was wiped off of his face the instant he heard that name, turning into an expression of shock. As soon as the princess spoke, Atemu came towards her, embracing her from behind as the rest of her friends followed behind him. Tea smiled and said, "Sorry Seto, but to set things straight, you're not exactly my type to begin with." Needless to say, Seto was furious.
"Tea," he yelled, "I can't believe you did this to me! I love you to the bottom of my heart! Why did you choose him instead of me?"
"It's quite simple." Tea replied calmly with a smile, "Atemu is the man I really love. We are meant to be together."
"How can you be so sure of that?" blurted Seto, "He doesn't even have a voice! There's no way he could tell you that!" Atemu looked upon Joey with a smirk and the blonde nodded. The Prince then stepped forward.
"I guess you don't believe in miracles," Atemu said, "Do you Seto?" The blue eyed knight recoiled in shock at what he had heard, and there was a surprised gasp coming from the crowd, especially from Mai, Serenity and Duke, who had never heard his newly restored baritone voice until now.
"Atemu! Y-you can talk!" Duke said in astonishment.
"Oh my goodness!" Serenity gasped.
"Wow, what a sexy voice!" Mai said. Even the crowd around them was filled with wonder.
"The Dragon Knight of Exalted Action! He speaks!"
"It's a miracle! At last, his silence has been broken!" And soon the crowd cheered loudly for the former merman, happy that he was no longer mute. But Seto shook his head with shock.
"No! That's impossible!" Seto gasped. Soon shock gave way to jealous anger and, pointing to Atemu, he yelled, "YOU! I THOUGHT YOU WERE MUTE!"
"I was." Atemu calmly replied, "But not anymore, Tea's love brought back my voice. No offence Seto, but now's your turn to shut your trap." Once again Seto recoiled in shock at what was said to him. He quickly looked around the crowd, then he looked back, and finally started ranting.
"This is an outrage! First you succeed getting the princess to dance with you, then you beat me twice in two different games, and now this?" Then Seto shouted with outstretched arms, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HUMILIATED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!" and Seto began to walk away.
Unfortunately for him, it was at that moment that Joey took a banana out of its peel, and after giving the fruit to Scorch, he said, "Wanna bet?" and dropped the banana peel right in the middle of Seto's path. Just as the blonde planned, Seto stepped onto the peel and slipped. Trying to keep his balance, the blue eyed knight stumbled, until finally he fell headfirst right into the table of food. Thankfully no one else was around to get caught in the resulting mess he made, but the crowd couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Besides, how many times have you seen a dignified Dragon Knight make such a not-so graceful fall into the pastries? Slowly Seto got up from his fall and faced the laughing crowd—and Mokuba was laughing with them.
"Mokuba!" Seto roared, "You too?"
"I'm sorry Big Brother!" Mokuba said snickering, "But you look so hilarious with all that food sticking on you!" And once again the child burst out laughing. Of course Seto did not join in. Instead he stomped angrily away from the sight of the crowd.
"Serves you right for tormenting our best friend!" Tristan shouted as he left. Atemu couldn't help but chuckle.
"As much as I hate to admit it, there's actually a part of me that feels sorry for him." Atemu said.
"There is?" Mokuba said, overhearing Atemu's words. The Prince looked and smiled.
"Oh, hello." he said kindly, bending down to Mokuba's height, "Would you mind telling me your name?"
"I'm Mokuba." The boy introduced, "In case you were wondering, Seto happens to be my big brother. I'm sorry he did all of those bad things to you. He was just so jealous of you since you're the one Tea loves the most. But he's not really a bad person at all."
"I see how much you really love him." Atemu said, "He must certainly love you too."
"He sure does." Mokuba replied, "He loves Tea too, but between you and me, I think it's nothing more than a crush."
"And I believe you're right. I bet there's a girl out there who is his real special someone, and I bet she is waiting for him." Atemu stood up to face his beloved. "In the meantime," he said holding a hand out to her, "Shall we dance Tea?"
"It will be an honor!" Tea said, blushing at she took that hand. The happy couple walked hand in hand to the main deck, and as soon as the music started playing, they along with all the others, began dancing to a joyful beat. Atemu loved dancing even more than ever now, because there is no more pain stabbing his feet. On the side of the ship, two merfolk were watching the happy scene.
"This is the first time I have ever seen my brother dance like this!" Ishizu said. "He's…breathtaking! Where's Kisara?"
"Aw nuts." Marik said, looking to his side, "We lost her. Don't worry, I'll find her and retrieve her for you."
"That's so considerate of you." Ishizu said smiling.
"Yeah, yeah, you can thank me later." Soon Marik was moving about, in search of his baby sister.
Kisara was climbing the side of the ship, pulling herself up to be seated. "There," she said, "this is a good spot for me to sing for a while." Once she was in position, she was about to sing when she heard the sound of stomping feet coming towards where she is.
"Divine Dragon, why did you do this to me?" cried a voice from the balcony of the ship. It startled Kisara, who started looking around immediately. Finally, her eyes laid upon a young man with neatly combed brown hair and eyes that are a deep blue. Blue, just like her own eyes. For some reason, she found herself enchanted by those eyes, and as she was curious as to why he was upset, she decided to stay and watch him. "Ever since I first laid eyes on her, I have worked so hard to win her!" the young man cried out. "I sought to be the best at everything I do so she would notice me and my love for her! But she always turned me down! And now that novice Dragon Knight Atemu claimed her heart before I did!" Kisara gasped. So this young man was her brother's rival for the affections of the human princess! She continued to listen to the young man's sorrowful rant. "It seemed that everything I did, he did better! He always succeeded where I have failed, and now he's finally captured her heart! I'll never have Tea now! It's not fair! IT'S NOT FAIR!" And pretty soon he broke down and started crying. As Kisara watched, she could not help but feel sorry for him in spite of her happiness for Atemu. Poor guy. she thought, He wanted to be Tea's special someone so badly. But we all know that Atemu is the one Tea loves. They're a loving couple now, and I don't ever want to change that fact. I do hope that I could fill that void in this young man's heart…wait! What did I just think? Before she even realized it, she found herself blushing at the thought. Soon her cheeks turned a deeper pink when she looked at him, and her heart started aching. What's going on? Why is my heart hurting so much for him? she thought, And why are my cheeks… Oh my goodness, can it be…? It all came crashing like a tidal wave, as she began to realize what her heart was trying to tell her. She had fallen in love with the blue eyed knight. The very thought of it shocked her. Atemu was on a similar ship on my fifteenth birthday when he first met the human princess and fell in love with her! Now I'm in love with a human too!
"Kisara!" Marik called to her, "Atemu's dancing right now! Do you wanna watch?" Kisara turned to look at her other elder brother, both thankful for a diversion and annoyed at being interrupted.
"Sure, I'm coming!" Kisara called out in reply. She looked at the blue eyed knight before her. I hope I could see him again soon. she thought. And she went climbing about on the side of the ship, to watch her brother to celebrate his happiness.