Title: Under the Sea

Author: Cute Hatter (yup, that's me.)

Rating: T, for the future

Pairing(s): Soul/Maka, and a slight Black*Star/Tsubaki

Summary: A mermaid, and a man. It wasn't legal, but neither of them weren't really made to follow the rules.

Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater, or any of it's characters.

A/N: So, this is the story I promised! I actually thought about writing a way more different one, that wasn't AU, but then this idea just hit me out on nowhere, and well, here I am writing this. I promise, that I try to get all the chapters after this over 2,000 word long. This one won't be so long (probably), because I didn't want to go on too fast. Anyway, in this story, Maka and others are mermaids/mermen. Oh! And Maka is older (nineteen) in this; in the series she's thirteen-fifteen. I looked around the Internet and I didn't see anyone writing about a story like this. And, this might resemble the ''Little Mermaid''-story a bit, but not fully. Now, I hope you enjoy reading the first chapter! ;)

The sea mirrored the picture of the shining moon, as it's rays shone brightly in the cold night. The waves hit the nearest shore, washing new shells on the sand. There wasn't nobody walking at the beach at night, and it was good; a head came to surface. It was a head of a girl with light-brown hair, that was tied on ponytails on the both sides of her head. She had olive-green eyes, that twinkled happily in the night. Of course, she wasn't a normal girl at all; she was a mermaid, and her name was Maka, turning soon nineteen. She had a forest-green lower-body, and her chest was covered by two greenish shells.

Maka looked around carefully, still confirming, that there wasn't anyone to see her. After she was sure, she swam to the nearby rock, and pulled her body with her hands on it. She came always secretly to watch the earth and people; it was heavily denied in law that a human should never see a mermaid. The law was just the thing that made Maka to come to the surface and watch something that she could never be part of. Near the beach there was a small town, which name she didn't know. Oh, how she hoped to visit there. Maka laid still for a while, listening how the familiar waves hit the rock. The night was already growing cold, so it would be best to leave soon, she thought. After one sad glance to the land, she dropped herself from the rock, and dived in the water, starting to swim back to her home.

''Maka-chan!''

She turned her head to see her best friend Tsubaki swimming closer to her. Maka gulped soundly; the tone of her friend's voice didn't know good.

Tsubaki had a long black hair, that was tied on a one high ponytail. Her lower-body was light-yellow, and chest was covered with two sun-colored shells. She was very pretty; heart-shaped face with two kind looking dark-blue eyes, and a chest that really drew attention. Sometimes Maka envied her friend for her looks.

''Tsu-chan, I can explain'', Maka said, putting her hands in front of her for defense. Tsubaki definately wasn't a violent person, but she had a talent to make you feel guilty of your doings.

''Do not tell me that you were up there again?'' She whispered angrily, and pointed upwards with her finger.

''I-I wasn't -''

Maka was cut off by Tsubaki's glare. She threw her hands up in annoyance.

''Alright, alright! I was watching the land again, so what?''

''Maka-chan, a human could see you! It's against the law; you would be banished from Shibusen'', her friend whispered sadly.

Maka sighed. She knew that Tsubaki meant only good, but she still wished to see the land and the people.

''You're right. I'm sorry, Tsu-chan'', she said and hugged her friend.

''Just promise you won't do it again'', Tsubaki said, hugging her back.

''I promise.''

She still didn't just know if she could keep that one.

Maka was swimming happily in the currents, letting them to take her where they wanted to. This would be a perfect time to go to the surface, she thought.

But then again, she had promised Tsubaki not to go, and she really didn't want to be exiled from Shibusen.

Shibusen was a town, but a kingdom in a way too. The merman king was Shinigami-sama, who decided of things with help of Maka's father, Spirit. Sometimes Maka really felt that she hated her father, because he had made her dear mom leave from Shibusen. She had promised to come back sometime, but... She hadn't. Yet. A lone tear escaped from Maka's eye, and she made no move to wipe it away. At times like this, she hoped that there would be someone who would do that. Wipe away her tears, hug, and comfort her at sad times. Sure, there were many mermen to choose, but Maka didn't get a that feeling when she saw another like her. A feeling of excitement and adventure. Perhaps that person should be a hu-

''Oi, Maka!''

Her thoughts were stopped as someone called her name. It was Liz and Patti waving at her. Maka waved back, and swam to them.

''Hey, what's up?'' Liz asked, combing her long brown hair with her nail-polished fingers.

Liz and Patti were twins, thought they were very different. Patti was much more childish, and she had more child-like face and she was shorter, than her sister, who was much more mature and taller. Of course, being twins, they resembled each other in looks pretty much. Both of them had a red lower-body, and few shades darker shells to cover their, rather large, chests. Sometimes Maka felt she was the only one who's upper-body didn't get so much attention.

''I'm fine, how's so?'' Maka asked smiling.

''Nothing, we just wanted to know if you would go out to explore with me, Patti, Kid, Black*Star and Tsubaki'', her friend said. Patti nodded happily, and said:

''Out, out, out~!''

''Sure, where are we going then?'' Maka said, agreeing.

''We thought about going to that cave near the land'', Liz explained, Patti swimming around the two, now singing.

''Out, out, out~!''

''Oh, that one! You know, there's so many riddles about it...'' Maka told her friends, as they left to get their other friends.

As the company got closer the cave, there was a scent of adventure, and Maka loved it. She was usually a calm, and collected person, but a scent of adventure in the air, it just got into her.

''Heh, Maka's got it again'', Death the Kid said, thinking that she wouldn't hear it.

''Of course! Who wouldn't?'' Maka asked in a happy tone, swimming ahead the group.

Others sweat-dropped.

'Um, you're the only one right now.'

Death the Kid was the son of the merman king, Shinigami-sama. He was called Kid by his friends, and he was really, really obsessed about symmetry. His lower-body was black, with some white scales, and he had a black hair too, with three white lines on the right side. He also wore two skull rings on his index fingers, symbolising his father.

Then, there was Black*Star, who was noisy, and always speaking, how he would beat the heros in legends. He had a blue hair, shaped like a star, and a dark blue lower-body. He was quite toned and muscled; he did sports whenever possible.

All of her friends were different, but she still loved all of them from the bottom of her heart. But she still secretly hoped that there could be someone, who she could love differently...

Soul Evans walked on the beach, throwing rocks in the water. He had a snow-white hair, and a black hairband in his hair. His crimson eyes were lazy-looking, and his teeth seemed to be as sharp as shark's. He was turning twenty in the next month. The age when his parents would want him to find a bride. If he would marry someone, he didn't want his bride to be as air-headed girl as they usually were! He wanted someone with who he could do something fun, like go explore things. None of the girls he had asked didn't want that; they were too afraid, and didn't want their hair and nails to go dirty. Soul didn't understand that. What's the fun in adventure, if you can't get even a bit dirty.

Soul was obviously bored, thinking about all these same things over and over again, and it wasn't cool. He stopped throwing the rocks, and sighed. He looked the sea, hoping something to happen. He waited.

And waited.

And waited, until it was already night-fall.

Seriously, nothing fun didn't ever happen when you were a part of rich family, and today, as usual, nothing even happened at here. It had taken a lot of work to escape to the beach without anyone coming with him. Ugh! Why he couldn't just go where he wanted to and when he wanted to! He had everything, that others could just dream of. Everything, but freedom. Sighing, Soul stood up, and began walk back to his home, where his parents would start to yell at him; because of leaving telling anyone, again. His older-brother Wes would just watch, and do nothing, again.

''Just when freedom is the thing I want the most.''

A/N: The end of the first chapter. I didn't want to make this very long, (sorry!) thought I have much to write about, because a lot of things are going to happen in the next one. I'm going to start writing it as fast as I can, but now, I really should go to sleep. It's 00.12. ^^'

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, and continue reading this one. And remember, the reviews keep me writing. ;)
Argh, and have I told you how much I hate this site's format...? It makes the chapters seem so damned short...

Edit: Corrected some typos.