Disclaimer: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch belongs to Pink Hanamori
All songs copyright their original writers.
There are seven merman princes
And seven pearls.
They exist to protect the seven seas.
The reason I sing is to convey my love.
The reason my pearl sparkles is to
Brighten up the sea.
And so, I can never forget….
…the sound of the waves or
The warmth of the sea.
And someday…
…I'll remember!
(AUTHOR'S NOTES)
Mini Profile
Name: Eltarprince
Birthday: November 5
Birthplace: Long Island, New York
Blood type O-
Star Sign: Scorpio
Family: Oldest of two children
Greetings! Nice to meet you. I'm Eltarprince. This is my first Mermaid Melody fanfic- thank you for choosing it. It's only fifteen minutes from my house to a bay, and about two hours to the sea.
I like classical, rock, and J-Pop music. I like sitcoms, anime, and comedy in general. I love to laugh and sing. I like snacks. I love to sleep. I like animals, especially fuzzy ones. That's what I'm about.
Why am I doing this? Like Miss Pink Hanamori yourself, I'll routinely make small breaks in the story to chat with you readers. I know I'll be talking, and you can, and PLEASE DO, leave reviews, I'll make it like we're writing letters back and forth. I may even exchange emails if you like; my address is in my profile. Now, scroll down and read my newest work, Merman Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, a genderbending of one of my favorite manga. Please, read it with a pichi pichi heart and open mind!
'Wow, we had so many customers today!' thought a brown haired- and eyed- boy. 'I'm glad it's closing time.'
"Thanks for visiting the Pearl Baths! Come again!" he shouted as the last of the customers left the building. He sighed as he closed the large doors and flipped the sign to 'closed'.
"Good work, Luchi!" said his brother, who had purple hair and blue eyes. "C'mon, let's hit the baths ourselves."
"Sure thing, Nikomaru!" said Luchi. He and his brother took the customary showers before stripping down and sinking into the water. In an instant, both boys were covered with shimmering, prismatic lights as their legs changed into octopus tentacles. Nikomaru started singing a small tune as he stretched his tentacles, his suckers lightly sticking to the marble tiles.
"Nikomaru, you're such a good singer!" said Luchi as he stretched his own tentacles. Outside, a small blue penguin in a sailor outfit picked up their clothes and placed them in a basket.
"They always do this!" said the penguin. She opened the sliding door.
"If you please!" she said, flustered, "Can't you stick your dirty clothes in the basket!"
"Hey! You little pervert!" laughed Luchi, using one of his tentacles to splash water on the small bird. Luchi, his hair now blond and his eyes blue, was kneeling on his six knees. His tentacles were a rosy pink, and the undersides of them were light pink. He also wore a rose, clam-shaped pendant with two small wings coming out of either side of the clam around his neck. Nikomaru's tentacles, like his hair, were a dark purple, and his pendant was also dark purple. Nikomaru's pendant lacked wings, however.
"You know you can't look while we're in the bath!" said Nikomaru. The penguin glared at the two octopus mermen.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" she yelled.
"S-sorry!" aid Luchi, nervously laughing and brushing a hand through his wet hair. "I'll make it up to you with a song." As he opened his mouth, Nikomaru and the penguin looked at each other nervously. Luchi began singing. His voice was high and screechy, unable to be heard by humans.
"AHHHHH! Luchi, stop!" shouted Nikomaru.
"Your ultrasound is causing property damage!" shouted the penguin.
As the two mermen dried off, the prismatic light changed their tentacles back into human legs. The penguin also dried off from her earlier splash, ruffling her feathers.
"What in the seven seas are you thinking? You know mermen who don't have their pearls can't hold a note! Please, return to reality!" she snapped. Luchi pulled on plaid pajama pants as the small penguin continued her rant. "The only reason we're even in the human world is to find your pearl! And now that the pearl radar is broken-"
"Please, Hippo! The thing didn't work right anyway!" said Luchi.
"Don't be rude! It never had to deal with such a strong signal before!" shouted hippo. Nikomaru walked up, a white towel around his waist.
"Doesn't look like another mistake; your pearl's here in Japan." he said, sitting down and taking a swig from a bottle of water. "After all, his pearl is a merman's alter ego. You're going to need it before you can become an adult merman. But enough for tonight; go to bed." said Nikomaru. As Luchi rolled out his bed roll, Nikomaru and Hippo looked at each other.
"Are you sure this is okay? Keeping Luchi-san in the dark like this?" asked Hippo, turning to Nikomaru.
"You know how odd the sea world has been lately. And now, for that very reason, we're gonna need Luchi's pearl. When the time comes, I'll tell him all about it. But Luchi's still a little boy- by our standards, at least." Not hearing his brother and guardian talking, Luchi began to drift off to sleep.
"My pearl… I hope that girl still has it." he said. "That was seven years ago…" As he fell asleep, he began to dream of that day.
Luchi, now seven years younger, popped his head above the ocean waves.
"Wow! Is that a cruise ship?" he asked himself. A large white liner sailed gently over the waves, fireworks popping overtop of it. As he floated there, he heard a light melody floating from the ship. "What a lovely voice!" he exclaimed. Heading toward the source, he looked up to see a brown-haired human girl of his age singing as she watched the moonlight reflecting off of the water. As Luchi watched, awestruck, a large storm brewed up and wind and waves tipped the boat over. "The ship!" he shouted, diving under the water. He grabbed the girl, and made it safely to shore. As she lied on the sand, unconscious, Luchi reached up to his pendant. It clicked open, revealing a rosy pink pearl. 'Please, wake up!' he thought as his pearl glew. He placed t on the girl's chest, watching as the glow enveloped her and she slowly opened her eyes, revealing them to be light brown. She sat up slowly, looking at Luchi.
"Who… who are you?" she asked. Alarmed, Luchi dove back into the ocean, leaving his pearl with the girl.
The Next Day
Luchi walked along the shore in his school uniform, inhaling the salty breeze.
"It feels so nice to be around the sea in the morning!" he said, stretching his arms. He looked out to the water, noticing something. "What the-?" he asked himself. It was a brown-haired human girl in a two-pieced striped pink bathing suit riding on a white-and-red surfboard. A pair of beaded bracelets was on each of her wrists, and her hair was left to hang loose, blowing in the breeze. As she hit land, she slung her surfboard under her left arm and brushed her wet hair out of her eyes. Luchi felt his heart pumping as he watched her. The girl blinked her eyes, which were a bright brown. As she walked foreward, Luchi let out a shaky breath.
"Haven't we… met somewhere… before?" he asked. The girl giggled, placing her hand on her hip.
"Are you trying to pick me up?" she asked, smirking. Luchi blushed as red as a tomato as he stuttered.
"N-no! I'm not! No!" he said.
"Yeah, whateva." said the girl. "If ya wanna see me again, come by this Sunday. I'm in a surfing competition that'll be going on." As she turned to walk away, she turned back one more time. "I'll be watching for you, Tiger!" she said, winking.
"In-interest? Not a chance!" he said to himself. He heard a slight ping, and the girl held up her necklace; it was a small, transparent glass rectangle, containing a rosy pink pearl. Luchi stared, blinking twice, before turning away. "Naw, no way!" he said to himself as he rushed toward the school.
In School
"Hi! I'm Luchi Nanami, nice to meet you all!" he said. The teacher, who was a man, nodded.
"All right, Mister Nanami, your desk will be…" he paused as he skimmed the rows. "Right there." he said, pointing to an empty desk. "The student next to you will share textbooks with you until you get your own." As Luchi sat down, he noticed the girl next to him.
'The girl from this morning!' he thought. She leaned foreward, placing her head in her hand.
"Yo!" she said. "Now this is a huge coincidence!"
"Y-yeah…" said Luchi, blushing slightly. He heard people talking to each other all around hem.
"How does Kaita-chan know him?"
"Oh, I wish I was next to her!"
"What are they to each other?"
As the people continued talking, Kaita smiled at him.
"So… you're coming this Sunday, right?" she asked.
"Huh? Well, I, um…" he paused, his blush quite relevant.
"Nanami-san? Did you already know Kaita-chan?" asked a dark blue-haired boy. He held out his hand for Luchi to shake. "I'm Hanron Hosho! Just call me Hanron! Okay, Luchi? I can call you that, right?" he asked. Luchi shook Hanron's hand.
"S-sure!" he said, smiling.
"Are you coming to cheer on the surfers? You're especially concerned about Kaita-chan, right?" asked Hanron.
"N-no way!" said Luchi, flustered again.
"Aw, you're so shy! I've made up my mind. I know how to attract the girls, and I'll teach you! After school, I'm going shopping, and I'll show you the best in bathing suits!" he said.
After School
'Wow!' thought Luchi as he licked his ice cream. 'This is so… so much fun!' he thought. Hanron spied another shop, and he grabbed Luchi's arm.
"Come on, follow me!" he said. He ate the last of his cone before running into a store. Luchi quickly swallowed his as he stepped inside. "Come on! I found some great stuff!" said Hanron.
"Where?" asked Luchi. Hanron held up a dark red Speedo, smiling like a fool.
"Here ya go!" said Hanron. Luchi flushed red as the relatively small swimsuit Hanron was holding up.
"B-but all the girls will see-" he began. 'It's true I don't wear anything to cover THAT up as a merman, but the merman world is all guys!'
"Well of course! It's the whole point of wearing a Speedo- to strut your stuff!" said Hanron. He then noticed the gleam of pink against Luchi's chest. "Ah! Look at that!" he said. "What an awesome pendant!" all of a sudden, a large voice boomed through the store.
"Luchi!" shouted a male voice. The two boys turned to see Nikomaru. He was wearing a black tank top and green shorts. "Is this where you went to avoid work?! Get back to the bathhouse this instant!" he shouted.
"Ah! I forgot!" said Luchi.
"Your brother, I'm guessing?" asked Hanron.
"Yeah. He's scary when he gets mad. I'd better get back! Sorry!" said Luchi as he ran off.
"Sure! Bye!" said Hanron as he laughed.
Back at the bathhouse, Hippo also began to yell at Luchi.
"What were you thinking, Luchi-san?!" she screamed.
"Shh! be quiet!" said Luchi, but Hippo ignored him.
"Going to the beach?! If you get water on you, you'll throw the humans into a panic! You're not going- you have better things to do, like finding your pearl!"
"I said quiet!" said Luchi. "And besides, it's the sea! The sea! Come along too, Hippo! We'll keep it a secret from Nikomaru."
"…Fine. I'll come." said Hippo, easily defeated.
Sunday…
The waves crashed against the shore as Hanron and Luchi stepped onto the beach.
"Yeah!" shouted Hanron, in a turquoise Speedo. Hippo stood at her master's feet, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and a grass skirt.
'We'll call it research into human society.' she thought.
"Come on in, the water looks just fine!" said Hanron.
"But… my swimsuit…" said Luchi. He had been covering himself with an oversized Hawaiian shirt.
"You'll be just fine!" said Hanron, yanking the shirt off. Luchi stood there in his yellow Speedo, earning him several wolf-whistles.
"Hey! You guys are cute!" said a raven-haired girl in a blue bikini, putting her hand on Luchi's shoulder. "Come on, let's have some fun in the sun!" she said. 'Is she trying to pick us up?' thought Luchi.
"Could you please stop it?" asked Luchi. A hand shot out and grabbed the girl's. 'Kaita!!' though Luchi. The other girl looked back at Kaita.
"Were they with you? I'm sorry!" she said, walking away. Luchi thought he heard her mutter "slut" under her breath, but he was more concerned over what just happened. 'Did she just... protect me?'
"Nice swimsuits!' said Kaita. She put on the same smirk from earlier, and said, "But I do like Speedos that reveal a bit more." Luchi blushed as she walked off.
"All contestants please gather over here!" shouted a voice over an intercom.
"Why you-!" he shouted, but Kaita waved him off.
"I'll make it up to you by showing you what I do best!" she said. She looked out to the waves, which came down heavy. 'Hm- surf's pretty heavy today.' she thought. She set down her tote bag and pulled out her necklace, slinging it around her neck.
"HAHA! Found you! Found you! Born of the sea… power over the sea… and you won't get away" said a voice from beneath the waves. It went unheard, though, and Kaita started her surf routine.
"She's ripping the backside! There's an aerial!" shouted the commentator.
'She's pretty cool!' thought Luchi.
"Yeah, that's Kaita for you! The girl's got game!" yelled a spectator. As Kaita rode the crest, a lump formed in front of her. 'Part of the wave?' she thought. In an instant, the lump tuned into a mass of water. Kaita's eyes widened as a clawed man grabbed her, dragging her under.
"Oh no!! She wiped out!" shouted the commentator. "But she isn't coming up! Get a lifeguard, now!"
'Kaita?' thought Luchi. A large storm suddenly whipped up out of nowhere, and the commentator shouted over the microphone again.
"Everyone out! Leave the beach immediately!"
'This storm… it's just like the one from seven years ago!' thought Luchi as he ran towards the water.
"Luchi, where are you going?!" yelled Hanron over the wind. Hippo's radar started to beep as she looked down at it.
'Huh? The radar's picking up two pearls!' she thought. Luchi ran to a sheltered cove and looked around.
'It'll be okay here!' he thought. He dove under the water, transforming back into a merman instantly. 'Kaita, just be all right!' he thought. He screamed as a powerful wave hit him.
"That was really strong!" he said. He heard something, a melody from deeper down. "There's someone singing down there!" he said, propelling himself further down. Once there, he saw a fearsome man with black hair and a black dragon's tail in place of legs. Kaita was surrounded by a red bubble, allowing her to breath underwater. "KAITA!" yelled Luchi. He turned to the dragon-man. "Just who are you?! Give her back to me!" he shouted.
"Ahh, so you're the owner of the pearl!" said the dragon-man. I've been waiting for you! Now you, him, and the pearl will be mine!" he said, sending a dragon made of water at Luchi. He braced himself, and the dragon blew him back several feet.
"What do you think you're doing!" he yelled at the dragon-man. 'I won't let him do this!' thought Luchi. The pendant around Kaita's neck began to glow, and she slowly opened her eyes.
'Who… whose voice is that?' she asked. Her eyes snapped open, revealing Luchi before her eyes. 'It- it's a merman! And I remember him!' She elbowed the dragon-man in the groin, causing him to scream in pain and release her. She took off the pendant, throwing it at Luchi.
"Here, take this!" she shouted. The pearl emerged from Kaita's pendant, and shot into Luchi's. It began to glow rosy pink as he smiled. He raised his arms up, and the pearl flew out of his pendant and into the water above him. It glowed as it transformed into a white microphone, the pearl in the center of the back. As he grabbed it, Luchi began to glow. 'I hear the words in my heart…'
"QUARTZ PEARL VOICE!" he shouted. In a prismatic flash, he still looked like his merman self, but he had legs instead of tentacles. He was wearing a white kimono-like top that was lined with rose pink, white fingerless gloves with rose bands around the knuckles, rose shorts, and white sandals with rose straps. 'Is this… me?' he asked himself. His ears perked up as he heard music. 'I can hear that melody again! I can sing!!' As he stood tall, the dragon, man looked up, repelled by the white glow that Luchi was casting. 'Wait a bit, Kaita! I'll make sure you get out of this alive!' he thought. He raised the microphone to his lips, and his voice was magically amplified.
"As a merman prince, the reason I sing is to convey my love… the Quartz Pearl in my possession sparkles to brighten up the sea… and with my Pichi Pichi Voice, we'll start up this concert!" he said. The dragon-man glared at him.
"You impudent little..."
"LOVE SHOWER PITCH!!" shouted Luchi, and he began to sing.
"Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Sweet little bumble bee
I know what you want from me
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Sweet little bumble bee
More than just a fantasy
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
My heart skips a beat
When you walk in the room
I go boom, boom, boom
You go zoom, zoom, zoom
You're my playboy, playtoy
Love you, my friend
I wanna be with you until the end
I give my heart and my soul to you
To make you see it's true
I'm so confused, baby, can't you see?
Please come rescue me
Sweet little bumble bee
I know what you want from me
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Sweet little bumble bee
More than just a fantasy
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
I started to cry
When you walked out that door
You go bye, bye, bye
I go why, why, why
I'm so lonely and only
Waiting for you
To come back and tell me
I love you
I give my heart and my soul to you
To make you see it's true
I'm so confused, baby, can't you see?
Please come rescue me
Sweet little bumble bee
I know what you want from me
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Sweet little bumble bee
More than just a fantasy
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Sweet little bumble bee
I know what you want from me
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Sweet little bumble bee
More than just a fantasy
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Oh-o-o-oa, oh-o-o-o
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da
Dup-i-dup-i-do la da!"
The dragon-man looked up to see that the sea had again become calm.
"What?! The waves stopped!" he shouted. He turned to the merman prince, now idol, whom had finished singing.
"Well? Do you want an encore?" he said, smiling.
"Next time, you won't be so lucky!" shouted the dragon-man and he disappeared.
Back on the beach…
Like so many years before, Luchi sat with Kaita's head resting among his tentacles.
'Kaita...' thought Luchi, grasping his pendant. 'You laid your life on the line… to get this pearl to me…' His pendant opened, his pearl hovering, as he began to vocalize. Kaita's eyes opened again.
"So it was you…" she said. Luchi gasped, tears in his eyes; he was so glad she was alright that he began crying.
"Once again my life is saved…" she said. "And I have you to thank, huh…"
"Kaita…" said Luchi, looking down at her.
"You cried back then too, didn't you?" she asked. Luchi leaned own, smiling.
"We finally meet again…" he said, giggling nervously.
"Kaita?!" said a voice. Luchi and Kaita turned and looked up. There stood Hanron, sunglasses in his hair… and a blue-green winged clamshell pendant around his neck.
"So that was you… Luchi!"