Chapter one: A change in character

She sat in her tub and laid her head to rest on the end of her bath tub, turning a lever so more bubbles come out. Her golden yellow hair was simply everywhere. She should be worrying about her exams but instead she was worrying about a certain orange haired boy who, at the moment, held her affections. 'Kaito-kun…'

Her eyes narrowed into a sad position. "I'm going to tell him I feel!" she said to herself.

She shook her head, "That is….if he asks me to the festival tomorrow."

She got out and wrapped herself into a towel, turning into her human form. Then she began singing. She changed into her night clothes and lay down on her bed. She looked up at the ceiling. "Tomorrow…"

Then she fell asleep.

The next morning she walked to school with her blue haired friend, Hanon, and her other friend, Rina. (A/N Some subs call her 'Lina' but I don't know what to put in T.T) She told them about what she decided last night. They both fell over and immediately protested, saying, "But, Lucia, what if he breaks your heart!"

"Then I won't see him, in either form, except, as a human….we could at least be friends."

"And where do you plan on telling him?" Rina asked.

"Tonight, at the festival." She said.

She looked up and saw the orange haired boy they were talking about with his friends, talking and joking around. She just held her head up high and walked past them, which was very unlike her. But it increased the chances of him asking her out. He looked after her and said something like, "Lucia…."

She smiled at Hanon and Hanon began telling her about the dress she was going to wear while Rina shook her head at the two girls. The bell rang and they took their seats. The homeroom session started and for once, Luchia didn't look at Kaito. She had to take Hanon's advice, it worked better than she thought. What she didn't know was that Kaito was staring her for most of the school day. After the school day ended Lucia put her books back in as she heard a hand firmly hit the table, meant to attract her attention. She looked up to meet Kaito's stare. "Kaito…" she said.

"Are you mad at me?" he asked.

She looked at him, confused and said, "No….."

"Then why are you avoiding me?!" he asked.

She got up and looked into his eyes. "What's it to you?" she said.

Then, like many times each day, he saw in her the mermaid he fell in love with. But he shook his head, and with that, shook the thought of his head. (A/N Kaito no baka! Are you THAT dense…..don't mind me…it's true tho…)

"Lucia….you are mad at me!"

She looked at him, cross now, and said, "Why would I be mad with you!"

That shut him up. She then smiled, and warmly said, "Anything else?"

He was shocked; a minute ago she was acting mad at him. And now she was little miss sunshine again, she looked confused again and said, well more like shouted, "I'm sorry Kaito-kun! I was so rude! Gomen Nasai!"

Then she picked up her bag and ran off, Kaito stared after her. "Lucia…." He said, before running after her. She was fast for a girl but Kaito caught up to her eventually. "Lucia!"

He grabbed her by the wrist gently. She looked at him. Kaito blinked, why was she acting like this? And what was the sudden change of character earlier? Suddenly they both heard a voice, "Excuse me."

"Eh?" Kaito said.

"No actually, I wanted to talk to the lady." The boy said.

Lucia looked at him. He looked somewhat familiar. He had golden blond hair and brown eyes with cinnamon specks in them. His face rang a bell in her memory, and then it came to her. "Kyo-kun!" she said.

"Lucia-sama! I haven't seen you since grade school. And you can just call me Kyo." He said with a wink.

Kaito emotions boiled inside him, but instead he raised an eyebrow and said, "Sama?"

"Yes, Sama, where I'm from she's-from a very respected family."

"And where exactly are you from?"

"That…." He began, "Doesn't matter, it's not too far from here actually." He finished.

"And what to you want from m-Lucia?" (A/N guess what the m was for, starts with an m and ends with an l)

"Nothing much, I was wondering if she hard a date to the festival today."

She blushed and looked at Kaito. He looked like he couldn't care less. She sighed. Kyo understood what she felt and asked Kaito, "Oh sorry….where you going to-"

"No!" Kaito said firmly, cutting him off, "I wasn't going to ask her on a date!"

His tone struck her heart like daggers. She bit back the tears and said, "Kyo, I-"

A/N

Alex: OMG!!! I left you guys at a cliff hanger!!!

Kai: Feh! As if anyone would read this in the first place.

Alex: gets angry You know what?! You're MY anime character, you're supposed to listen to ME!

Kai: don't I have character rights?

Alex: -scribbles something on paper- No! Now read this aloud.

Kai: Alright. "DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Mermaid Melody characters. And I, Kai, agree to be Alex's personal slave from now on.

-Alex crosses her arms triumphantly and nods in success-

Kai: WHAT!

Alex: Shut up, slave.

Kai: No fair, I'm speaking to my lawyer about this.

Alex: You don't have one…

Kai: And why not?!

Alex: I didn't create one for you yet.

Kai: I hate you!

Alex: Don't make me erase your mouth.

-Kai goes silent-

Alex: Review!!