I was reading a little mermaid yugioh story the other day and that inspired me to watch the actual movie, and that meant I just had to write this. No this isnt based on the little mermaid, its just a random mermaid story. Its also my birthday today so I decided to post this today rather than delay it a while.
Chapter 1:
Every day since his family had moved to Domino Yami had come to the beach and watched the waves to relax himself, he never missed a day, even if he only stopped by for 5 minutes after school before heading home. He lived only a 10 minute walk from the beach and his school was just another 10 from there. He was currently 11 and in primary school, Domino's high school was just another 5 minutes from the primary, overall Domino was actually a rather small place.
His family had moved there after his father got a job working for a big gaming company, the company was actually run by Yami's uncle Gozaburo. He'd been asking his father to work for him for a few years now as he was an expert in his field but he'd only recently decided to accept the job, mostly to be closer to his family, not his brother, but his brother's sons who he felt needed a better father figure in their life. Gozaburo wasn't in his sons' lives much as he was much more focused on his company than his family. So Yami spent a lot of time with his cousins, Seto was his age but Mokuba only 7. They all went to the same primary, so if anyone gave Mokuba trouble, Yami and Seto would deal with them. Seto rarely came with Yami to the beach, but Mokuba would come whenever his over-protective brother would actually let him.
The beach was usually mostly deserted at times like this, during autumn when the sun was just going down, but Yami enjoyed it, the slight chill in the air and the quiet lapping of the waves. He sat at the top of the rocks, playing with the millennium puzzle in his hands and stared out across the sea. His father use to travel a lot when he was younger and he'd gotten the millennium puzzle from a stall back in Egypt, he was always fascinated with it but could never solve it, so when Yami was born he gave it to him and it was solved by the time he was 8. It never left its place around his neck over the past 3 years except to sleep, take showers or swim, he never wanted to risk getting it damaged.
Yami took the millennium puzzle off to get a better look at it. He didn't know why, but he'd always had a connection to it since the moment he'd solved it. When he turned it around in the sunlight it sent rays shooting in all directions and his curiosity towards it grew. He didn't know anything about it other than that it came from Egypt, who made it and why was still a mystery to him.
He was too busy looking at the puzzle that when he moved his foot and it slipped on the damp rocks he stumbled forward slightly on the rock, accidentally letting the puzzle go and watched as it stumbled all the way down the rocks to where he couldn't see it. In seconds he was climbing down the rocks, careful not to slip again as he made his way down the left side of the rocks where it was easiest to climb down. When he finally found himself at the bottom he walked back around to where it had dropped.
As he rounded the corner he came to a stop, completely shocked at what was in front of him. The millennium puzzle sat in the arms of another boy. The boy wasn't just any ordinary kid, where his legs should have been instead lay an amethyst scaled tail. The boy looked up at Yami and his eyes widened in shock as he tried to squirm at get back to the water that was only a few metres away.
Yami took a few steps forward and reached out a hand trying to calm the boy down. "It's okay! I don't want to hurt you, I was just looking for my puzzle," he said, pointing towards the puzzle still sitting in the boys hands.
The boy swallowed nervously and held out he puzzle towards Yami. "This?" he asked shyly. His eyes were hidden beneath his golden bangs as he tried his best to hide himself.
Yami nodded and walked closer to the other boy, when he saw that he wasn't going to try to flee again he kneeled down next to him and brushed the boys bangs out of his face. The other boy flinched and looked up at Yami. For the first time he was able to see his eyes, they were the same beautiful shade of purple as his tail and had such an innocence about them that made Yami feel guilty for frightening him.
"What's your name?" Yami asked as he rested his hands in his lap and made himself more comfortable on the sand.
The other boy placed the millennium puzzle on the ground next to him and used his hands to prop himself up properly. "Yugi," he said, his tail twitching anxiously.
"I've never seen a mermaid before, or merman, merboy, if that's what you prefer?" Yugi confirmed that with a nod but didn't say anything, just sat quietly watching the strange boy in front him as he looked over his tail. "I didn't think they were real," he said dreamily, unable to tear his eyes away from the boy's tail.
After a few minutes of silence Yugi shifted and and picked up the puzzle. "You were wanting this?" he asked, starting to feel uncomfortable sitting in silence.
Yami looked back up at Yugi's face and he snapped out of it, he shook his head when he saw Yugi offering him the puzzle. "You should keep it." It felt right. When he'd first seen Yugi with the puzzle he had looked completely hypnotised by the beautiful lights being reflected off it.
Yugi looked shocked, he looked back down at the puzzle for a second then back up at Yami. After a few seconds he made a decision and put the puzzle on the ground and reached up around his neck to remove the seashell necklace he was wearing. He offered it out to Yami who took it in his hands and raised it to eye-level to get a better look at it. It was simple yet beautiful. There were several colourful smaller shells on either side of the large pink seashell in the centre, it was all on rather strong seaweed that acted as the chain.
"Thank you," Yami said as he smiled at Yugi. He lay the necklace on his lap and instead picked up the puzzle, put it around Yugi's neck and it fell against Yugi's chest in the place of his old necklace. Yami smiled again when he saw Yugi blushing and trying to hide under his bangs again.
Yami looked up at the sky and saw the sun starting to disappear over the horizon. "I have to go now," he said as he looked back at Yugi. He picked up the necklace and wrapped it around his own neck as he stood up. "Thank you for this," he said, holding the centre shell delicately in his hand.
Yugi nodded his head and move over to the water, his tail splashed in it slightly as he looked back at Yami who stood by watching.
"We'll meet again some day," Yami promised when he saw Yugi looking sadly at him like he would never see him again.
Yugi nodded his head and pulled himself further into the water until he was just floating on the top of it, his tail hidden under the waves. "I've never talked to a human before," he said, trailing off as he looked at Yami. "But I know we'll meet again some day," he said, confirming it with a nod.
Yami watched from the shore as Yugi turned and dived into the water, his tail splashing on the surface for a split second before he was gone.
Yami sat and watched the sun set for a few minutes before going home, still completely shocked at what he'd just seen. Afterall, mermaids were real, who wouldn't be shocked? Yami smiled as he walked down the street towards his house, just now realising what this meant. If mermaids were real, what else was out there?
Hope you liked the first chapter, I would almost be tempted to just leave it as a random little oneshot but wheres the fun in that? x) I'll update as soon as I can!
By the way, in this Domino is a small town near the beach, just because its easier that way. If you've got any questions just ask :)
