YuYu Hakusho-The little merman
Chapter one-Meeting Kurama
Kurama POV
Hello. My Name is Kurama. And I am a prince of the sea, or at least I was, until I met the love of my life...Hiei. I am here to tell you the story of how an unlikely couple came to be. Yes, I am human now but I was not always a human. I was once something that you would think are only in fairy tales. I was a merman. Yes, the merpeople do indeed exist, and I was indeed a part of them. How did I become human you ask? Well, It all started when I had just turned 16 years of age, and I had gone to the surface against my father, King Yomi's wishes and I spotted him, the man that became my lover and husband, Hiei. He to, like me had just turned 16 also and he was celebrating his birthday at sea When suddenly, a terrible storm struck. Hiei had fallen overboard into the sea and I saved him.
I brought him back to shore and I made sure he would be alright before I had left. Another thing I left for him was a song with my beautiful voice just before he woke up. When I returned home to the sea, my elder brothers Jin and Chu warned me of my father's wrath for my my being not present for a concert that he had arranged for the merpeople to show off my talents with my beautiful voice. Yes, I had six other siblings, as well as a father who never really gave a damn about me personally, only about my beautiful voice. He only cared about me when it benefited him, when he could take advantage of not only me but my talents as well. To my father, I was little more than a slave. A slave who happened to not only be of royal blood, but his own son as well. I have often been treated like a slave by not only my father, but several of my siblings as well. Jin and Chu were the only ones who truly cared about me and my well being, especially Jin.
"Kurama, Please be careful when you face father" My brother warned. "He is truly angry this time" he said again.
"What does it matter, Jin?! So what, his little entertainment slave doesn't show up to perform for thousands of merpeople and he throws a tantrum. Big deal. I wasn't about to humiliate myself for his benefit!" I declared. For it was true, My father only set this concert up just to humiliate me and take advantage of my talents once again. I was not some pretty show piece or object that he could just flaunt around for his own amusement and enjoyment. I was not going to perform for him just because he commands me to. I was not what the humans called a dog. I would not bark when he said bark, and I was certainly not going to sing when he said sing! If I am going to sing, it was going to be of my own free will. Not my father's.
"Kurama, why bother trying to fight him on this? You know he will just get what he wants in the end" My brother asked me.
"Because, I am sick and tired of him treating me like some object! I am a living being! I will not be his plaything anymore, Jin! He can't make me perform against my will. I refuse to perform for him unless it is of my own free will!" I declared again. I had ment what I said. I was a prince, Damn it! Not a slave! And I was going to get the respect I deserved!
"I am going to speak with father. I will not let him bully me anymore, Jin. Chu? Please tell rinku that I am sorry about missing his birthday this morning, but I was not going to be his personal slave for a day! That was what he wanted from me for his birthday! Me catering to his every whim for a day! I was not going to sink that low. Wish me luck guys" And I had swan off to our father's private chambers to face my worst nightmare.