ok.....basic obligatory stuff. I don't own these characters.....please dont sue me, i have no money! they belong to gainax i think, if someone could confirm that for me, thatd be great.... Anyway, this is my first attempt at a fanfic, so don't verbally rape me with your reviews. that reminds me, nice reviews are nice, but mean reviews aren't. ask a friend if you don't understand what i mean. so........on with the show.

basic hayami and mutio fic, loosely based on the 3rd ep, except without all the stuff besides what happened when hayami was stranded. i said loosely based.

If I get good reviews I will add the other chapters I wrote. If not, I will probably do it anyway.



As Hayami slowly regained conciousness, he realized two things pretty quickly. First of all, he wasn't dead. This was surprising as his last memory was drowning amidst the wreckage of Blue Dome. And second, he wasn't in the water. Well that wasn't entirely true, from the legs down he was under water. As he looked at the water, he noticed something slowly swimming to the surface. To his surprise, the girl-creature he had saved a few days ago appeared and watched him from a few feet away. And suddenly he knew how he got to where he was.

"You saved me, didn't you?" Hayami asked. The small girl, whose name was Mutio, didn't respond. Hayami sighed and before he could say anything else, the girl dove down under the water again. He considered calling out for her, but decided not to. Moments later, she returned, this time with a fish in her mouth. Hayami smiled as Mutio placed the fish beside him. Reaching into his pockets, he found the lighter he used to light his cigarettes. He began searching for something to burn, and quickly discovered that, unlike a forest, the ocean isnt very flammable. Sighing, he tore a strip off of his overcoat and started a small fire. Soon the fish was cooked and he tore into it with a vengeance, having not eaten since who knows when. He then remembered why he even had the fish in the first place. He turned and looked at the girl, who had been sitting there all along.

"Would you like some fish? It's the least I can do after you....ya know, saved my life and all." Mutio just smiled back at him, and he remembered that she did not speak any language he knew, if any at all. He tore the fish in half and handed her the better half, which she took from him and began to nibble on. He smiled at her and resumed eating his fish. As he finished, he noticed that his neck was starting to get pretty hot. Heck, all of him was getting pretty hot. And he knew exactly who, or what to blame this on.

"That sun sure is bright," Hayami told Mutio, who just smiled at him. Hayami looked around and, not finding anything to take shelter under, took off his coat. With a metal rod that he had managed to pry off the wreckage, Hayami was able to fashion a crude tent.

"It isn't pretty to look at, but I think it will do the job," he said as he lay down under the coat. The combination of the warm sun and the fish he had just eaten started to make him fill sleepy, and the fact that he really had nothing else to do wasn't helping keep him awake. Hayami closed his eyes and was beginning to drift off to sleep when he felt something pressing on his shoulder. He opened his left eye and saw that his new friend was curled up next to him. There was only one thing he could say in this situation.

"I have to tell you that I snore, so don't expect to get a good nap," Hayami said with a grin. Mutio just smiled at him and closed her eyes. Hayami laid his head back and within moments both were sound asleep.