A pair of cerulean eyes broke the surface of the waves for the first time in their lifetime. Lucia, owner of the pink pearl, and, although unaware of it, Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, looked in awe as flowers blossomed in the sky.

"wahh.. so pretty!" the seven year old murmured, and began to sing her favorite melody.

Nanairo no kaze ni fukarete tooi misaki wo mezashiteta

Yoake mae kikoeta MERODI

Sore wa totemo natsukashii uta

"Hello?" a voice broke Lucia's concentration, and she looked around for the source. "Who's there?"

Her eyes fell upon a young, male human boy with brown hair and reddish-brown eyes. He looked around, before finding Lucia in the water. "What are you doing in the water?" not sure how to respond, Lucia lifted up her tail. "A mermaid?!" the boy asked in amazment.

Right as he finished, a huge, ginormous wave crashes into the opposite side of the cruis ship, nocking the boy over the edge of the boat and into the water below. Lucia dove to where the boy fell, grabbing him and swimming to the closes patch of land she could find.

Carefully, Lucia layed the boy on the ground. She grabbed his shoulders, shaking gently. "Hey..." she muttered, "hey, come on. Wake up..." she put her hands over his chest, pushing down several times.

"Come on, wake up..." pump, pump, pump...

"Come on, please wake up... please.. wake up.." Lucia's eyes began to sting.

"Please..."

No matter what Lucia did, the boy wouldn't wake up. 'what will save him?' Lucia looked down at the shell pendant hanging from her neck, which was emitting a soft pink glow. "My pearl?" she asked herself. She opened the locket, reaching for the pearl when...

"That's futile, you know." a voice called from behind her. Surprised, she dropped the pearl, scrambling for the pink sphere in the sand. Once placed safely back in her locket, she turned around to face the source of the spoken voice.

A boy about her age stood there, black jeans and shirtless save for a loosely word black coat. His spiky hair was ash grey, his eyes a mix of lavender and crimson. "You know, I can save the boy for you," the corner of his mouth raised in a smirk. "I'll wake the boy up, and in exchange, you give me your pearl and come with me."

Lucia's eyes lit up with hope. He would save the boy? All she had to do was follow him? But what would become of the boy?

As if reading her thoughts, his eyes shifted from Lucia's over to the boy laying unconscious behind her. "He can come too, if you so wish." The boy removed his right hand from his pocket, holding it out to her.

Lucia nodded in understanding. "I accept." she took the boy's hand, shaking it, confirming their deal. There was no turning back now.

"Very well," the dark-clothed boy walked over to Lucia's unconscious first love, kneeling, and picked him up bridal style. "It will take more than a wish to wake him up. I have machines at home that can wake him up, but i can't guarentee when." The gray haired boy walked toward the ocean, turning around to look at Lucia, appearing slightly annoyed "Are you comming?" he smirked.

Lucia's face flushed, and she crawled along the sand, making the water meet her halfway and carrying her the remander of the way to the ocean.

As the two swam down, down, to the depths of the ocean floor, Lucia looked to the mysterious boy. "By the way," she inquired "I never got your name, yet you seem to know mine. Might I ask who you are."

The boy only looked at her, his eyes closing as his smile shown brightly through the dark ocean waters.

"You can call me Gaito."

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So what do you think? Reviews are greatly appriciated, and i do plan on making more of this, so tell me where you think it will go! My first MMPPP fanfic, so help me along here!