Addie: Okay I'm going to try me hand at the mermaid fics!

Seto: Shit!

Addie: This will also be one of the very few non-crossovers, which I feel I must do ever once in a while.

Seto: But you're still writing a something that has been done before.

Addie: Okay Kaiba, would you like me to write a simple story about Yugi saving the world?

Seto: No.

Sessh: Then let her write the damn story!

Addie: I don't own anything!

Run Away Vacation

----------------------------------------------

A light blue color streaked across the black blue water. Red hair floated around a beautiful face as she swam as fast as she could. Her Brother was going to kill her. Not only that, she had to avoid her babysitter and betrothed. She stopped letting her light blue tail rest. It really wasn't blue though, it was white and when it hit a sunray just right it looked light blue. The mermaid brushed her red hair form her green eyes and looked around at the outside of the city wall.

"Okay, Serenity, you can do this. He's just your brother, who is king of the sea," she sighed. "You can do it! You've slipped by the guards before!" Serenity smirked as she pulled her fin closer. With out warning, she shot out straight up to the tower her room was in. once to the balcony she slipped in and hid her bag with today's treasures. "I see you're back." Serenity turned to see her babysitter smirking at her.

"Seth, don't to that!" she yelled at him. Seth smirked before swimming over to her, his blue tail shining. It was something she wanted but couldn't have. Seth moved over to the bed and signaled her to sit down. Se smiled at her friend taking in his looks. Seth's red hair floated around his head hiding and revealing his sapphire blue eyes. He had gold around his neck, upper arms, and lower arms. Seth's tail different form her own in more than just color. Mermen had pelvic fins. The outside scales were the same blue as his tail but the membranes were light blue.

Seth hugged the girl next to him. He knew haw bad she wanted he fin to have color. "So, what did you fine today?" he asked know this would cheer her up. Serenity pulled her bag from under her bed and sat it on his lap. He looked through the bag and pulled out a rectangular object. Seeing the button on the side Seth pressed it. The front part opened and Serenity gasped. "It's a locket!" she squealed taking it. "Wow! He's cute!" Seth sighed knows how she found human's so fascinating. He pulled out what looked like a dragon.

"I'm guessing Humans killed them all," Seth said. Before he could blink the stuffed doll was taken from him. Seth sighed, his princess was a strange mermaid, but there was nothing he could do about it. "There is a reason I'm here, Princess," he told her. "Lord Duke has arrived to talk about the plans for the wedding." Serenity stopped spinning around with the toy and sighed. "Can't you save me from this?" she asked. "Your brother is king and he feels you'll be safer with him," he told her.

A knock was heard and Serenity called out for them to enter. The door opened and three boys swam over to her. "Serenity, where were you?" the first one asked his violet tail keeping him eye level. "Joey's really mad!" the second said his light green tail twitching. "What did you find?" the third one asked his lavender tail swishing back and forth. Serenity sighed when her friends came into her room. "What to you three want?" she asked. "Ryou, what's going on?"

The boy with the light green tail swam up to her. "Serenity, Lord duke has been here for two hours and King Joseph is getting angry," Ryou told her. "Let's get you ready and we can lie about you being picky." Serenity sighed as they fixed her hair. She wanted nothing more that to run away. Serenity let her friends lead her to the throne room. Her brother sat on his throne, his black tail swinging lazily. Next to him was her sister-in-law. Loving purple eyes stared down at the little boy in her arms.

"Aunty!" the boy squealed swimming over to her. Serenity opened her arms for the little boy. "Hello, sweetie," she said cooing at him. The little boy giggled before sticking his tongue out at Duke. "Serenity, why are you late?" the King asked. Serenity sighed not liking where this was going. She didn't like Duke. The merman was a total shark in her eyes. A man that preyed on mermaids for nothing more than breaking hearts. Duke smiled at her with lust in his eyes.

Serenity turned from him and the prince stuck his tongue out again. "Jason, be nice to our guest," Mai told the boy. Jason pouted before cuddling into Serenity's shoulder. Seth came up beside her and her friends came as well. "I'm sorry, Brother, but I could not decide what to wear," she told him. "I don't mind waiting, my King," Duke said bowing to him. Serenity giggled as Malik made a gagging noise. Joey gave Malik a glared and he smiled waving innocently. Joey gave him a pointed looked and Ryou cleared his throat.

"You're Highness, I don't mean to be rude but I don't think this is right," he told him. Malik and Yugi nodded their heads agreeing with their friend. Joey sighed shaking his head. "Yugi, Ryou, Malik, I know you three and my sister are the Lights of the Sea," Joey told them sighing, "But the laws state that any child of the royal family must be betrothed and married before their eighteenth birthday."

Serenity put her head down wanted to cry. It wasn't fair. She didn't want to marry Duke. Serenity floated over to Mai and handed her Jason before swimming off. The other Lights glared at Joey before following her. Seth sighed before turning to Duke. "Your Highness," he spoke. "I don't know how much you trusted this man but I would much prefer Serenity married to a human then this man."

Duke frowned then swam over to him. "What problem do you have with me?" he asked crossing his arms. "I am a Merman of high ranking blood. You don't even know who you are, Seth. The only thing we know about you are that you're from the Nile." Seth balled his hand into fist and glared at him. "I may not know who I am, but I know that by blood I am more powerful," Seth told him. The shadows began to whip around he bottom of Seth's fin and Jason giggled. "Shadows," Jason yelled. Seth snapped out of his anger and swam off.

'I really should thank the prince,' Seth thought as he came to a boulder. He pushed it aside and swam in. in the far back of the cave he could see his charges huddled together. Seth sighed then sank down next to them. Serenity threw herself into Seth's arms crying harder than she had. Seth brushed her hair down and began to rock her. "Princess, I don't think your brother wants to marry you to Duke," he told her.

"Seth, we decided to run away," she told him. Seth looked down at her in horror. "Princess you can't do that," he told her Serenity pulled away and Ryou swam over to him. "Seth, if you want you can with us," Ryou told him. "There is a way for Serenity to get out of her marriage. She has to be missing on her birthday. If they can't find her by sundown on the surface the betrothal in null and void." Yugi and Malik were nodding their heads eagerly. Seth smiled at Ryou and kissed his forehead. (1) "Ryou, you're a genius," he told him. Ryou smiled at the kiss. It was an affection that Seth only showed for them. He acted like their older brother.

Serenity pulled the locket that she had found over her head. She wouldn't stay here and take duke as her husband. She looked over at her friends and smiled. Yugi and his family had moved form the Pacific Kingdom to the Atlantic Kingdom when he was small. His wide violet eyes shown in innocents that most children didn't have. His hair was pointed like a starfish with golden bangs that framed his face. If you looked carefully at the rest of his hair you could see black just under the brightest part of his violet hair.

Ryou had moved to the main city after his father had been requested to look at a sunken ship a few thousand miles for he city. Ryou was originally from the English Channel village and it showed in how he talked. His white hair floated around him. His green eyes were filled with kindness and hope.

Malik had come form the Nile, the same as Seth, but he was the son of a tomb keeper. During the flood times of Ancient Egypt the tomb keeping mermen and maids would swim into the Valley of the Kings and when the flood waters receded the Human guards would return. The Merpeople in the Nile still did this today. Malik's hair was a light sandy color and his lavender eyes held mischief in their depths.

Serenity smiled then looked down at the blue pearls around her tail. It was customary for bearing merpeople to wear them. Bearing mermen were hard to come by and Serenity's friends were asked for their hands all the time. Yugi, Ryou and Malik shook the suitors off and told them they were waiting for their Darks. Many had claimed this but none could prove that they were.

"Aunty!" Serenity heard. She spun around to see her nephew swimming to her. "Jason, why are you here?" she asked. "Go with Aunty!" Jason giggled. The boys looked over at Serenity and began to panic. "Serenity, we can't take him with us!" Yugi yelled. Serenity held the two year old tighter. Yugi was right. If the took Jason, Joey would have a mantis and track them down faster. "That won't be a problem," voice told them. The lights and Seth turned to see Mai floating in the doorway.

"There's a second loophole that's more effective than missing your birthday," she told them. "Jason is the heir of this kingdom and by that he can declare whom even he wants as an uncle." "Uncy!" Jason yelled pulling on the locket around Serenity's neck. Serenity opened it and looked at the picture inside. It was of a brown haired boy with blue eyes. "Uncy!" Jason yelled again. Serenity sighed then picked up her back and took the bag Mai had brought.

Seth swam the cave entrance and opened it. The Lights, Seth and Jason set off into the night.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue eyes followed letter that appeared and fingers danced across the keyboard. He had a lot of work to do before Mokuba came to drag him out of the office. He didn't know how his friends, cousin, and little brother had convinced him to go. Roland had even joined in and told him he needs the vacation. Seto sighed as he saved his work. Maybe two months on his private island would do him some good.

"Big Brother! It's time to go!" Mokuba yelled coming into the office. Seto sighed before closing his laptop. "Ready for two months of Yami torture?" he asked. Mokuba nodded his head and Seto followed him out. After taking the elevator down he saw his friends waiting for them. "Seto, Mokuba! Hurry up!" the shortest yelled. "Marik and Bakura's stomachs can't handle the torture!"

Seto laughed then followed his brother to the limo. This would be his best summer vacation ever.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Addie: Okay I hope you like this and review!

Sessh: Review.

Seto: (working)

1: My cousin does this and it's kind of sweet