About this little story: The first 2 chapters are without Karma and therefore I will publish those two soon after each other.
The plot is simple. Nagisa is the merman prince of the seven seas. His life is in danger because of he is the heir of the throne. After running off, he finds his way to the surface where he meets the rich boy, Karma. Actually. Nagisa is scared of humans, because they killed his sister. Ritsu.

I finally found the time to publish this. I have not forgotten the other stories because they are both finished already. This one has not been finished yet, so I would love to hear your opinion about my idea xDD

The truth is… This story was inspired by a dream I had some time ago. And then I saw the picture of Nagisa in fish-outfit. I knew I had to write it down. In the original dream, everything was alternative from the original Mermaid-story. The mermaid is afraid of the surface. The prince is already engaged when they first meet. The characters in my dream was actually Nagisa and Karma, so I knew again. I HAD TO xDD

Enjoy!

Btw. The chapters are not corrected so it may have serveral mistakes. I really had to publish the story now as I am scared of the ending of the series. The anime ending scares me because the fan-activity will disappear... qwq So stay with me! w, And also. This story is not a dark one like my previous ones. It will be more sweet and cheerful, but I do will include dark moments... ^^' I will be sure to warn you by then! ^w^

Deep in the blue ocean. Not far outside the western Danish coasts, there was a little tale brought to life. It was early in the 19th century and everything was a magical time for the mer-people. With the ruler over the seven seas, King Tadaomi Karasuma, everything was peaceful and filled with happiness. The biggest happiness the king had, was his son.

Nagisa, the 15 years old prince. A cute blue tailed bluenette, an only child and the heir for the throne of the seven seas. His destiny was to become king and rule over the kingdom. Even though it sounded very classical and adventure-like. It was not easy to be the heir when everyone knew. Every time he left his room, everyone he would meet would call him by 'His Highness', 'Sir' or 'Crown-prince'. He found it embarrassing to be respected this much and people did not treat him like a normal person. Except for one person though.

"Nagisa!" Kayano Kaede. His best friend. A green tailed mermaid with green hair and brown eyes. She was the daughter of the king's most trusted Advisor and friend. Nagisa cared a lot about her and liked a lot that she treated him normally.

"Kaede! You promised me to be here sooner! We could have been down there by now…" He complained as he floated by his room entrance. They were going out and he wanted her to go with him. It was the usual trip where he would go to train with his secret teacher, Koro-sensei. He was an octopus who taught him about martial arts which his private tutor did not want to.

"I know! But I had to find Maehara, Isogai and Sugino. King Tadaomi had ordered me to take them with us again today…" Kaede apologized and swam to his side. He looked disappointed at his green haired friend. He was not happy as he knew it meant they could not go see their secret teacher. He sighed heavily.

"But then we cannot go to see Koro-se-" she covered his mouth and looked a little nervous at him. She hushed at him. Nagisa did not understand why she hushed at him but then his bodyguards popped up in front of them.

"Your highness! Sugino-" Sugino started.

"-Isogai-" Isogai said.

"-and Maehara are here to escort you, sire!" Maehara finished and smiled joyfully at them. They saluted and were ready to go. Nagisa sighed disappointed once again, but then smiled at them. He kept quiet about his teacher.

"Guys, why do you have to go with us again?" he asked, looking at the three packed up mermen. They looked at each other before answering.

"Prince, you know your father does not want to let you go to the city without us as your bodyguard. He said it was to be safe if he would attack…" Sugino said very seriously, still saluting.

He. He was Asano Gakuho, the great sea-sorcerer. The most powerful, evil, and dangerous living creature in the seven seas. He was a merman who was banished several years ago due to his madness about ruling over everyone. He meant his methods for how the mer-people should live and do things were the right ones. But his methods were cruel, harsh and very unfair. To tell the truth. He once was the great ruler along with King Tadaomi. He was the advisor and had too much power. He was banished as he once tried to kill the king.
And one more thing. He was after Nagisa's life because he was the heir for the throne. If Nagisa died, then there would not be anyone to take over after the king. Nagisa sighed as he knew he had to listen to his father for his own sake.

"Okay okay… I understand, Let us go…" he said and swam his way down the hallway. Kaede waited a second in concern before she swam along with their bodyguards. She knew it bothered him to be protected in this way.

They came to the city where a lot of mermaids and mermen were having fun. They played music with ocean inspired instruments and twirled around, just enjoying the great feeling of the water. It did not take long before the first person reacted to Nagisa's presence.

"Prince Nagisa!"

"Your highness, having a good day?"

They were all very kind and accommodating as he swam past them. He waved shortly to be kind. He could not help, but feel like he had to. He could not stop himself from greeting his people. It would be against his personality. He looked around as he looked for the place he liked a lot. The outside of the city where there would be kids playing their favorite game. Southern sea-ball. A game where you used your tail to attack your opponent with the shell-made ball. When you would be hit, you had to stay where you were hit until the one who hit you had been hit himself. Nagisa was ready to play it. He swam as fast as he could towards the gate to the outside, leaving the others behind.

"Nagisa!" Kaede yelled after her blue haired friend and hurried after him. Maehara and Sugino followed as well.

"Come on Kaede!" Nagisa shortly waited for her and as soon as she came closer, he went on.

"Typical the prince…" Sugino smiled as he found it pretty funny and cute. Maehara and Isogai agreed by nodding. Nagisa reached the gate and looked around to spot the place he was looking for. He was completely busy with going out to the playing field, not far away from where they were. Nagisa went over to the field and saw the other teenagers swimming around while playing the game.

"Guys!" he yelled at them while waving at them. They recognized the voice and faced their prince. They waved in joy and paused their game.

"Prince Nagisa!" They cheered and welcomed him in the game. They started. Kaede floated by the field and wanted to join as well but she was bad at it. Nagisa suddenly swam over to her and pulled her with him in to the field. She blushed as she saw how the others stared at her. She stayed close to her friend to make sure she would play properly.

"Be nice to her" Nagisa smiled at them and they welcomed her.

The game went well. Kaede was hit multiple times but she was also good hitting others and made her even more respected in the so called ball-group. The others left as the first ones and the four were by themselves by the end of the afternoon. Nagisa sighed and sunk to face the back to the ground.

"That was so great!" he said and looked over at his green haired friend who seemed to be exhausted. He giggled and sat up.

"We should get inside of the city again. We are the only ones left here…" Maehara was nervous about something. He looked around while having he weapon ready for battle. Isogai nodded and swam over to them.

"Yes… Come on…." He demanded.

"Are you sure? I do not think anything will happen…" Nagisa got up from the ground and slowly swam over to the three guards and looked at the nervous young man. Actually Isogai, Sugino and Maehara was at the same age as Nagisa and Kaede, only a year older. They were old enough to do their part in the society.

"Nagisa, maybe we should get inside the gate again?" Kaede seemed to be a little worried. He did not get why but felt like he had to listen as they often were right.

"You are in danger if you do not listen to your friends… Prince" he heard a familiar voice and looked around. The voice was dark, cold and nasty. He turned his way to find the owner of the voice. He suddenly saw a shadow in the sand and looked up to see the grown man with purple and gloomy eyes.

"Gakuho…!" He gasped and got shoved behind Maehara as he and Sugino defended him with their weapons. Kaede hurried over to Nagisa to pull him away.

"Get out of here!" She yelled at the bluenette and pushed him away from them. Gakuho waved his hand in order to get his underlings to follow his command. Two large and dark sharks appeared afterwards.

"Dammit, Sharks this time!?" Maehara complained and got ready to fight those creatures. Nagisa looked nervous at his companions and panicked in what to do about the situation. He looked at Kaede who still tried to push him to get out of the way.

"Nagisa!" She suddenly screamed at him and cried a little in panic. He nodded to her and swam as fast as he could to get to gate. Maehara and Sugino was attacked by the sharks but it was not hard for them to avoid the attacks and defended themselves. The hardest thing was to keep them from getting near Nagisa as he still were escaping. The one shark tried to get to the bluenette but was stopped by the black-haired bodyguard. Sugino trying to stab it and made it back off.

"Kayano-san! We need it now…" Maehara said while fighting the other shark.

Kaede took out a little notebook and opened it like a shell and said some non-understandable words and a light-green light came out of her hands and then she shot the light towards Gakuho. He gave out a panicking scream as he knew he could not take the light but suddenly a red tailed merman popped up in front of him, forming a shield. The green haired girl looked surprised at the newly arrived and could not recognize the boy. He was young, about Maehara's age, light red/orange hair and purple eyes. Gakuho started laughing haughty as he realized he was saved.

"Well done Gakushuu…" he praised the young mermen who removed the shield to face the others properly. Nagisa stopped as he heard the name. He turned to see Asano Gakushuu, the son of the sorcerer. He froze in shock as he remembered last time he saw him.

"Asano-kun…" he whispered as he could not believe his eyes. He had not seen that boy for years. Kaede dropped her notebook shortly and then picked it up fast to swim towards Nagisa who had started trembling. Sugino looked back to see how far Nagisa had come and saw them get through the gate.

"Let us retreat!" He yelled at Maehara and they nodded at each other and swam back to them. Kaede pulled the bluenette with her and made sure they got far enough inside and sat down on a stone to see how her friend was doing. Nagisa had gloomy eyes filled with bloodlust.

"That monster…" he whispered in terror and was furious inside.

Gakushuu and Gakuho stayed back and let the sharks swim around them. Gakushuu kept quiet and did not show any emotion in his face. His father sighed shortly and gave him a slap on the back of his head.

"Forget that boy! I told you to forget what happened. That kid will be dead soon… Just get with it…" he assured and decided to swim back to his own home. The boy stayed and looked towards the gate and felt sorry for their past. He afterwards followed his father.

Two years ago, Nagisa and his sister, Ritsu, were on their way to the surface as Gakushuu followed them. He wanted to go with them. Nagisa was 13 years old and his sister was 3 years older.

"Asano-kun, why are you following us? Your father might get angry…" Ritsu said and smiled at the gloomy-looking boy. Nagisa did not mind because he liked him a lot because he was different than the others.

"I do not care… I just want to see the humans as well…" The truth was, he wanted to be with Nagisa and his sister because they were the only ones who accepted him as he was and not who he was. The son of the cruel advisor who had just been banished.

"Come on! We are almost there!" Nagisa burst in joy as he saw how close they were to the surface. As he got over the water level, he was pulled down by his sister.

"Nagisa! Do not be so blunt… There could be ships or boat that could kill you…!" she whispered in anger as she warned her brother. He nodded shortly and blushed in embarrassment.

"Sorry sis…" he apologized and then had his cheek stroked shortly by the princess. She sighed and then quietly floated up over the water level and looked around for their safety. They were not that far away from the haven. Humans were loading their boats with stuff. Ritsu sunk shortly to look at the boys.

"Everything is okay, remember to stay low…" she smiled. Nagisa widen his smile and swam up to still have his nose and mouth under water. He looked around and saw a lot of boats. A single ship was laying off quay and another one still floating by the end of the harbor. Gakushuu followed them as they swam towards one of the footbridges that connected many of the boats. He kept quiet and looked up from under the water and noticed how many of the humans that were walking on the harbor were mostly men. It was disturbing for him to see them drink something that seemed to make them do weird things. Some of the men seemed violent and angry as well. He got nervous and hurried over to the others.

"Princess… Maybe this is not the right time for us to be here…" he said to them and grabbed Nagisa's should to hold him back.

"Why? Nothing is going to happen.." Ritsu groaned and looked irritated at him and swam down under the footbridge. She looked up to see the humans up close. She blushed and smiled as she saw the man she was looking for. A young human male in his twenties. He was talking with some friends. Nagisa swam over to his sister to see what she was staring at and saw the man. He giggled.

"Sister is in love?" He started teasing her. Ritsu flushed and gave him one on the shoulder. He laughed shortly and grabbed his shoulder in hurt. He giggled with tears in his eyes. She was just staring at the man and began to fled out from under the bridge.

Before she knew it, a hand suddenly grabbed her tale and pulled her up from the water.

"Hey! Karl! See here… A fish… oh… a little lady as well!" The tall man cheered and held her upside down. She wrenched as hard as she could, trying to get out of his grip.

"Let me go!" She demanded.

"Si-!" Nagisa was about to scream but his mouth was covered by the other merman's hand. Gakushuu started to panic and held his arm around the smaller boy and pulled him with him so they hid. The bluenette wrenched in panic. His sister was in danger. They both stayed hidden under the water, as well under the footbridge.

"Wow Paul! That is one big fishy lady!" The other man laughed. Ritsu calmed down and looked around to see how she might come to escape. She noticed the man holding her, loosen his grip and she took her chance. She wriggled and got out of his grip. She fell to the ground and tried to pull herself over the edge and into the water. She did not make it before he grabbed her once again. She grabbed the edge and tried to hold on to it.

"Come here little lady fish…" He said in a more nasty way.

Nagisa saw the fingers and reached out for them but was still trapped in Gakushuu's arms. He started to cry as he saw them disappear and screams started.

"NOO! Please no!" She begged. They tried to pull off her tail. They thought it all was a costume.

"It will not let go of her!" one of the men complained. He pulled harder while the other held in her hands the opposite way. Ritsu screamed in pain as it hurt so much it was almost unbearable.

Nagisa closed his eyes shortly as the screams were too much for him. Suddenly it became silent. He found it weird and opened his eyes to see up.

"No Nagisa…! Do not look!" Gakushuu whispered in fright but he did not make it before the bluenette saw the blood dripping down between the tree-boards. He gasped and widen his eyes as he had the terrifying sight. Gakushuu hurried to cover the bluenette's eyes and pulled him with him to get away from them. He swam as fast as he could. Nagisa did not to get lose anymore and let the merman drag him with him.

As they reached the gate, King Tadaomi waited by the gate and looked quite angry at them. The boys swam beside each other. He saw his daughter was not there. He feared the worst. Nagisa was completely quiet as they got closer.

"Na- Prince… Are you alright?" he placed a hand on the bluenette's shoulder but it was smacked away.

"Do not touch me! Why did you hold me back! I could have saved her!" He cried out and showed off his eyes filled with anger. Gakushuu stopped and let the bluenette swim into his father's arms. The king realized what had happened. He thanked the red tailed for saving his son but Nagisa did not welcome him in the kingdom anymore. Gakushuu accepted it and found his way towards his father's location.

Nagisa never forgot what happened. He still blamed Gakushuu for his sister's death. They never found the body. Kaede could clearly see in her friends eyes there was a big trace of anger and tried to figure out how to calm him down.

"Come Nagisa… Let us get back to the castle.." She softly grabbed his hand and pulled him with her. Maehara and Sugino stayed back to contact their parents to tell them about the attack. They always had to when there had been an attack on the prince.

I hope you like the way I write! xD Review! Next chapter will be up next week! Karma will appear in chapter 3. So You know ^^