Chomesuke, Lenalee, Allen and Kanda are best friends (with the exception of Kanda) living in Florida but Lenalee and her older brother are forced to move to Australia in 5 days. But one night after a violent storm, Chomesuke and Lenalee find a merman named Lavi trapped and injured in a pool. Lavi explains to them that he needs to get back into the ocean with 7 days or he'll die but trying to get him home soon proves harder than they think since a certain Leverrier takes a sudden interest in the new boy and what happens when the young merman starts to feel feelings for a certain someone?
Based on modern times and the film Aquamarine, please read and review. Characters MIGHT be OOC so please tell me if they are and I shall try to change it so it sounds better x.
The sun was shining on the golden beaches and rushing tides of the ocean, foaming as they hit the beach. The heat was intense as always, ice creams and snow cones were a life saver, even though they tended to melt as soon as you stepped out of the shade. Most of the people reclined in the cafes or the shade of their umbrellas or even having a splash in the ocean, everyone had their own way of beating the heat. But for 4 friends, the heat didn't bother them at all, living there for most of their lives made them immune to overpowering heat waves, especially in the summer.
Yu Kanda (preferably known as Kanda), the oldest out of the group at 18, is your typical anti-social teenager that most girls fall head over heals for, Chomesuke aged 16 is bubbly and hyper who is classed as an optimist but can be quite clumsy at times, Allen Walker the youngest out of the group at 15 is a shy, warm hearted boy considered 'cute' by some girls but he had his fair share of admirers and last but not least, Lenalee Lee, slightly younger than Chomesuke is the one who holds the group together and is possibly the only one who can touch Kanda without getting her hand cut off, she was just as cheerful as Chomesuke but in a fortnight, she was moving to Australia with her older brother Komui, his job caused them both to travel around the world, but it wasn't his fault, not in Lenalee's eyes anyway, her brothers 'Inspector' was always changing their location after a few moths, just under a year or even 2 years was a miracle. Each time she would leave friends behind but this time would be the hardest.
"Don't talk about it Lenalee," Chomesuke said whenever Lenalee brought up the subject. "Don't even think about it. You need to enjoy the time we have together while you can." Lenalee nodded but turned her direction back to the ocean; pretty soon, she'd be staring at the same ocean, but somewhere different, without her friends.
"I know, but, it won't be the same with you or Allen or Kanda." Lenalee's eyes saddened, her friends were her life, her family. Her thoughts were interrupted by a playful hit with an inflatable shark from Chomesuke.
"You worry too much! We'll see each other again." She laughed and that made Lenalee laugh too, "We'll find a way, we always do, right?"
Lenalee nodded, she was right and grabbed the rubber shark away from her bopped her on the head with it. Looking up at the sky, they both saw clouds beginning to gather in sky over the ocean, some of them quite dark. They decided to pack up and call it a day; Chomesuke still had no luck in getting Lenalee to swim in the ocean, a fear she had developed after her parents died at sea.
"Hey Chomesuke! Lenalee! Need some help over here!" Allen shouted over to them from the café he worked in every now and then. They both ran over to help him before he got buried under a pile of boxes, only just managing to take them off his hands before he toppled over.
"Thanks, I thought I'd be buried alive for a second there." Chomesuke giggled, "No problem, why are you packing up so early? You're normally open for another 2 hours." Allen lifted some more boxes off the floor before replying,
"There's gunna be a storm tonight," He notioned towards to the now very black clouds that were heading there way, give it an hour and the rain will pounding the ground and lightning illuminating the night sky.
Lenalee looked towards to the dark clouds, "Wow, they seemed further away 10 minutes ago, the wind must've changed."
Allen nodded in agreement, "Hey, you don't mind taking these down to the shed do you? I need to lock everything down." The girls nodded and smiled as they took the remaining boxes down to the storage shed, Allen had somehow got himself locked in a few weeks ago, had Lenalee not gone down to pool and heard him, who knows how long he could've been stuck there?
Later that night, Lenalee and Chomesuke retired to their homes, it was dark but the storm hadn't taken full effect but the strength of the wind had dramatically picked up, causing the 'For Sale' sign outside Lenalee's house to rattle. As she entered her house, everything was in boxes, photos, clothes, personal belonging and various other objects.
"Lenalee? Is that you?" Her brother called from the other room, packing up the rest of his belongings.
"Yes brother, I'm sleeping at Chomesukes tonight." She quickly ran up to her room, everything she owned was still where it always was when they first moved, packing it away now felt, somehow wrong, she couldn't do it, not yet. She quickly stuffed her pyjamas into her bag; she wanted to get out as soon as she could.
She silently came out of her room and walked into study where her brother was.
"Komui?" He looked up at his younger sister and smiled, "You off then?" She nodded in response. "I'll be helping Allen tomorrow at the café with Chomesuke; I'll come back as soon as I can."
Komui nodded and smiled, she had been staying at Chomesukes ever since Leverrier had come about a week after announcing that they were moving to Australia. Although he wasn't physically staying in their house, it pained him to see Lenalee afraid but if staying in a friends company gave her comfort, he wouldn't do anything more to disturb it.
"Just be careful you don't get hit by anything, the wind has deffinatly picked up speed." Lenalee smiled, ever since their parents died, Komui had been cautious about her well being, she couldn't blame him, she doubted anyone could, all they had were each other now.
Komui wasn't lying about the strong gusts of wind, as soon as Lenalee set foot outside, her long hair was flying in all directions. She made a quick dash to Chomesukes relieved at the warmth she received after stepping in the doorway. Chomesuke quickly shut the door behind her and they both dashed up stairs, tripping over each other on the way up.
"How's your brother holding up?" Chomesuke asked before shoving a lollipop into her mouth, her 12th one to be exact.
"He's fine, but, Leverrier is putting him under a lot of pressure. 'When are you moving?' 'Why don't you move now?' 'Why don't I just leave you alone so you can live a normal life?'" Lenalee grabbed her pillow and hurled it at the floor imagining that it was Leverriers face. Chomesuke grinned and gave her comforting hug.
"Don't worry; just concentrate on being there for Komui, that Lever-whats-his-face isn't important." Lenalee returned her hug; she needed her friends and the little family she had left now. A flash of lighting caused the 2 to look outside, rain was battering the window and palm tree's were rattling and whistling in the wind as it howled. A series of sheet and fork lighting flew across the clouded night sky. The sound of the waves crashing against the beach and themselves sounded frightening, it was likely debris would be scattered across the beach by morning, it would be a miracle if any of the stalls and cafes were in one piece.
A loud crack of thunder echoed through the sky catching the girls of guard, the power suddenly went rigid and everything blacked out leaving the girls in darkness.
"Lenalee?! Where are you? Are you dead? Please don't be dead!" Chomesuke was frantically searching the dark room for her friend. "I'm right here Chomesuke!" Lenalee glomped her and they both fell to the floor laughing.
"Well it looks like no more t.v for us tonight then?" Lenalee stated as she sat up followed by a yawn. Chomesuke agreed and flopped on her side of the double bed, it didn't take her long to fall asleep despite the very noisy lightshow displaying outside. Lenalee soon retreated to her side of the bed, eventually falling into a deep, calm sleep.
The next morning was stunning, the sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky and the air was cool and fresh, the beach however looked like an atomic bomb had landed in the night. Chomesuke stood on her balcony, overlooking the mess created by the storm.
"This'll take a while to clean up." She sighed at the thought of cleaning the mess but she perked up when saw Allen and Kanda already down on the beach lifting the lifeguard seat back up.
"Lenalee! Allen and Kanda are outside!" She dashed back into her room and shook her sleeping friend awake. After getting dressed, they both ran down to greet her friends by the small swimming pool. Allen was sweeping away the debris while Kanda just stared at pool; it was filled seaweed, driftwood and various other things that had been washed up.
"Looks like we'll have to drain the pool." Allen finally spoke up. Lenalee and Chomesuke ran up to their friends and cheerfully greeted them. Allen smiled as he saw them; Kanda however, kept the same expression but acknowledged the girls at the very least.
"Morning girls, you sleep okay?" Allen asked as he kicked some wood into a pile he'd just swept up.
"Morning Allen. We slept okay last night, a lot better than I thought we would, how about you Kanda?" Chomesuke asked, he turned his head so she was in his eye line and nodded.
"Fine." Was his reply, short and... sweet?
Lenalee suddenly turned her attention to the pool; something shimmering on the waters surface caught her eye.
"Hey Allen? Did you leave the pool lights on last night?"
She took a short step forward, near the edge of and it suddenly gave way, time itself seemed to slow down as she fell into the murky water. She was completely submerged; the chlorine was stinging her eyes, everything was blurred but she could see the remains of last night's storm. But something else was in the water, it looking right at her; all she could make out clearly was what seemed like fiery red hair but as soon as she saw it, it was gone.
The next thing she knew was a pair strong arms lifting her out of the water bridal style, Allen had dived in after her. She coughed and gasped for air, water splatting out her mouth as Allen layed her down on a deck chair, Kanda tossed Allen a towel and he wrapped it around her shaking figure.
"Are you okay Lenalee?" He asked her, concern and worry ringing in his voice, she nodded but didn't mention that she saw something in the dim water. Chomesuke decided it would be best to take her home since she was probably still in shock.
"You sure you're okay Lenalee? That must've been a huge scare for you."
Lenalee shook her head, "I'm fine, but there was something in there, something big. It looked right at me."
Chomesuke looked confused but intrigued. "Like a shark?" Lenalee shook her head again. "No... but, when it swam away, it looked like it was hurt." Chomesuke seemed even more interested.
"How do you know it was injured?" She asked,
"I read it in a book once, it was talking about how drift nets are a big threat to the sea life and how it effects dolphins and such, then it showed a photo and explained that was injured by a boat or a net, it told how to recognise the movement if you don't know whether it's injured or not."
"How can you tell?" She asked.
"It was hard to tell but it moved quite slow; like it was trying to move as less as possible but then again... the pool isn't that big."
Chomesuke tilted her head and that mischievous glint in her eye appeared. "Meet me at the pool tonight at 9:00pm" Lenalee regretted asking this as soon as she asked, "Why?" Chomesuke smirked, "I wanna see that thing you saw. We might be able to help it if it really is hurt."