A dirty blond haired Prince watched calmly as a group of seagulls flew across his bedroom window.
"The sea is calm," his red haired servant said. "King Tritan must be in a friendly mood today."
"King Tritan?"
"Haven't you heard, Prince Makoto? He's the ruler of the Seven Seas, King of all the ocean!"
"Rin," said the knight outside, "don't spout such nonsense in front of our Prince."
"Hmp."
"He sounds like a guy I certainly wouldn't wanna anger," Makoto joked.
A seagull flew right above the ocean to grab a fish, causing the school around it to swim away in several locations.
After several minutes of fleeing further under water, the school made it to a castle several hundred feet below the surface.
Riding into the castle's large doors on a whale was a purple tailed Merman with dark blue hair, and red glasses in front of his purple eyes. The whale was also carrying skimpy Mermaids, who seemed to be arguing with each other.
"Don't think he'll fall for you, he's mine!"
"No, he's mine!"
"You're both wrong, he's mine!"
"My ladies," the Merman interrupted, "this is for my Prince to decide." He bowed his head as the whale entered the castle. "King Tritan-sama, we're here."
A tall, fit Merman with a large white beard going down to his waist where a blue tail started was sitting on a tall throne three feet above where the whale entered.
"Welcome back, Rei," he greeted. "I see you have the suitors present."
"Yes, my King."
"Good, I just sent for my son. I'm sure he'll choose wisely."
"Sire!" a Merman cried as he swam up to the ocean king. "Prince Haruka-sama is missing! We can't find him, we've checked everywhere!"
Rei looked up and gasped, causing his glasses to slide down towards the middle of his nose.
Not again! Why now!?
Tritan gripped his tritan, causing lightning to spew out of it.
"HARUKA!" he shouted as he shot the lightning out.
The electric sparks shot upwards up through the roof of his castle. They didn't stop in mid-water, they kept going until they cut apart the top layer of the sea, and eventually made their way towards the clouds.
A red tailed Mermaid screeched and grabbed onto a tall blue tailed Merman.
"LIGHTNING!"
The Merman sighed.
"Father must be pissed again..." The lightning fell back down from the now darkened clouds, and struck a ship, setting it on fire. "Gou, let's save those people."
"Don't call me Gou! It's Kou!"
The Merkids were able to hold four-to-five humans in Gou's small arms, and Haruka's broad muscles. When they came to, the sailors only saw the dark blue tail of the Mer-Prince sink into the water.
"W-was it a dolphin?"
"Hey, bro, look at this!" Gou said as she held up a captain's hat. "One of the sailors dropped this. What is it?"
"Let's give it to Nagisa. It's something to do while father calms down."
"What's he mad about this time? Wait for me!"
An blond Merman was kicking his orange tail up and down through the water, his hands behind his head.
"I'm bored," he moaned right before he heard someone knock. He looked through the broken pieces of wood to see the siblings outside the sunken ship. "Haru-chan!"
"Would you stop calling me Haru already?"
"Hi, Nagisa!"
The cute blond put his head out of the old shattered window of the ship, smiling with an excited blush on his pale cheeks.
"It's so nice to see you two again. Did you guys save more people? Did you bring anything for me?"
"Yes," Haru responded blankly as he handed him the sailor's hat. "I'm afraid we don't know what this is, though. Do you?"
Nagisa grabbed the hat and cupped his chin as he hummed in thought.
"Oh, I know! Humans use these to cover their boobs!"
"WHAT!?" Gou cried as a large blush spread across her face. "M-my brother was holding a human version of shells!?"
"It's all right, I guess," Haru said blankly.
"Thank you so much, guys. I'll go get something, be right back!" And in a few seconds, he was back. "Here you go, a net! I'm sure it'll help out with SS, right?"
"Remember, Nagisa, you can't tell anyone!" Gou snapped. "Daddy would kill us if he knew we were helping humans."
"You tell me that all the time, Gou. I get it, I won't tell anyone Haru-chan's secret."
"Stop calling me that!" the siblings cried in unison, Gou at the top of her lungs, and Haru calmly.
Nagisa giggled.
"I'm just impressed you managed to save some humans on the same day the suitors will be coming! Who do you think you're gonna choose, Haru-chan?"
The siblings stared off into space with their eyes widened.
"... Oh," Haru said, "I forgot."
"THE SUITORS WERE COMING TODAY!?" Gou cried. "That's why father's so pissed! Come on, Haruka, we've gotta go! I hope it's not too late!"
"I couldn't care less."
"Haruka, that is the third time you ran away from the suitors."
"This time I forgot."
"You have women who are willing to marry you, so we can unite our Kingdoms. What is keeping you from doing this!?"
"I'll rule this Kingdom by myself. I don't care what happens to the princesses. I don't even need a lover. Who wants to be romanced, anyway?"
"If you don't have an offspring, then there's a chance we could lose the Kingdom."
"I don't really care."
Tritan sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"What do I have to do to get an emotion out of you? Any emotion?"
"Sorry, father, but it's rather difficult for me to express emotions," the prince admitted. "If I can't feel love, then you shouldn't try to make me get married. Or, you could keep trying. I'll try and remember next time. Excuse me, Gou and I are going out."
"Don't call me Gou!" Gou cried from outside. "It's Kou!"
Rei sighed and swam up to Tritan.
"Your majesty, with all due respect, there's something seriously wrong with your son. If he never shows any signs of emotions, then he won't even care to protect this Kingdom, you need to do something about him."
"What am I supposed to do? I've already tried everything," Tritan said with his face in his large hand. "What do you propose we do, Rei?"
"We need to do whatever it takes to get some emotion out of him. Someone has tell him what will happen if he doesn't start caring, that it could affect his Kingdom or his family, and to keep him under supervision!"
"That's an excellent idea, Rei!" Tritan agreed. "Which is why you are going to be that someone!"
"M-me, sir?"
Rei moaned as he pushed his glasses up.
"I can't believe the King put me in charge of babysitting... I should be training the army, not looking after a literal emotionless teenager!" He looked up and saw Haru holding a folded net under his arm, motioning his sister to follow him. "What's he up to?"
Rei quickly and silently followed the Mer-kids to a cave hidden by some seaweed. He slowly followed in after them, and gasped at the sight in front of him.
Hanging on the walls were life rings, diving helmets, and Haru and Gou were hanging above them a net. The redhead wiped her brow after she hooked it around a rock.
"Phew. Finally. Where does Nagisa manage to get all of this stuff?"
"Haruka-sama! Kou-sama!"
Gou shrieked.
"R-Rei-san!"
"What the hell is all of this!?"
"Oh, we've been busted," Haru said blankly. "This is the material needed for SS, 'Ship Savers.' It used to be a secret group of Merfolk who save humans from shipwrecks, at least, until you showed up just now."
Rei stared at the siblings in shock at the duo, unable to comprehend what he had heard.
"... Merfolk interacting with humans is illegal."
"We know, please don't tell our dad!" Gou begged. "Please!"
"Where did you two get these things!?"
"Nagisa."
"Haruka!"
"Nagisa? That pervert who sells human material for porn pictures!?" Rei put his hand to his head. I can't believe it... these two!? "You both are in a lot of trouble. Come with me, right now."
A shadow loomed over the opening in the ceiling.
"What's that?" Haru asked as he swam towards it.
"Haruka-sama! Haruka-sama!" Rei cried as he chased him.
"Onee-chan!"
Haru rose above the waters to see the night sky light up with several types of colors and shapes above a sailing ship.
"Haruka-" Rei gasped at the sight in front of him. "N-no, it can't be..." The Prince started swimming towards the ship. "Haruka-sama!"
Curious, the Mer-Prince jumped onto the side of the ship and looked in at the human activity through a small hole in its side. Everyone seemed to be dancing and singing, some were blowing through a type of small white stick.
This will continue if father remains calm.
Someone caught his eye, causing his heart to skip a beat.
He saw Prince Makoto standing all the way across from him, shivering and lightly hugging himself, all while staring at the ocean. For some reason, he couldn't take his eyes off of this man.
"Haru-chan!" a familiar blond cried as he jumped up next to him. "Whatcha looking at!?"
"Shh. I'm... observing."
Rin ran over to the shivering blond.
"How're you enjoying the voyage, my prince?"
"I-it's good."
"That's Prince Makoto," Nagisa whispered. "I'm a bit surprised he's out here, he's the prince of dry land. H-Haru-chan?"
Haru was resting his head on his arms, staring still at the prince. Lightning struck, causing him to turn his direction in the opposite way.
"A storm's coming!"
