Big Fish, I Love You!
By K. Petra
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: In order to set foot on land, mermaid princess Natsuki seeks help from the notorious Viola- who agrees to help her with a cost. Natsuki becomes human and meets the prince…Shiznat AU
Chapter One: The Anticlimatic Birthday
Once upon a time in the great ocean kingdom of Fuuka, there lived a young mermaid princess named Natsuki.
Each day, princess Natsuki would enjoy swimming in the endless ocean with her many friends.
In the mornings as she went for a ride on her private dolphin, Ducati, the citizens in the kingdom of Fuuka would gather around to appreciate the peaceful sight.
Today was especially important, as it would be the first day in which our young princess would be allowed to swim to the surface for the first time.
The citizens sighed in anticipation.
Ahhhhh.
Sweet, innocent princess Natsuki. All grown up, and about to-
"Stupid Nao! Wait up!"
Okay, maybe not too sweet.
"Weren't we going to set off those jellyfish bombs in the ceremonial hall?"
Annnnd not so innocent.
In fact, the citizens of Fuuka had all been worried that despite how adorable their princess was when you got to know her, Natsuki's demeanor would chase off all the Fuukan mermen away before any of them had a chance to get close to her. And if this continues she would be on a one way trip to becoming an old maid. Make that old mermaid. Do you know how worrying that is? Especially since the only other option would be to marry her off to Takeda of the Kingdom of Eelmen. What would happen to the reputations for the mermaids of Fuuka if one of their most beautiful were to be married to…
Ahem.
Anyway, it is the dawn of the little mermaid's sixteenth birthday.
Natsuki's cousin, Nao, had come up with a marvelous plan for her to find love.
This shall be where the story begins.
"You ever heard that story, Kuga?"
The navy haired mermaid yawns in bored fashion, twirling some seaweed around her fingers.
"What story?"
Her red haired cousin smirks as she points towards the surface of the ocean.
"The story, Doofus. There's a mermaid princess who went to the ocean top some years ago. She fell in love with some guy on land. Some say she grew legs and became human to stay with him. Others say she turned to bubbles and died of a broken heart."
Natsuki frowned.
"Why would I be interested in a cheezy story like that?"
Nao smiles mischievously, grabbing her cousin around the shoulders.
"You're a mermaid princess. And today will be the first day you'll be officially allowed to go above surface. Who knows, maybe you'll end up meeting a land lover and fall in-"
The mermaid princess shrugs, tearing off the seaweed and braiding it.
"Tch. Been there, done that. Where do you think I've gone to the past few times I'd ditched marine biology?"
Not letting up on her attempt, Nao grins even wider.
"Ahhh. But have you ever set a fin on land?"
Natsuki eyes her with one eyebrow raised, unimpressed. She lets go of the braided seaweed, moving upwards to find something more interesting.
"There's plenty of stuff to do here. Why would I want to go on land?"
Swimming merrily a few feet away, Nao chants in a song-song voice.
"Natsu-ki-chan. Are you afraid?"
The princess growls, darting past her cousin towards the face of the water in a huff. A school of sea horses quickly scatter to avoid colliding with the princess.
"As if!"
Nao continues her taunting, clapping her hands together.
"I dare you then. Go on land for a few days to prove your courage."
At this Natsuki stops to look at her cousin suspiciously.
"Why would I need to prove myself to you?"
Nao laughs.
"All in the name of Fuuka, dear cousin. I hear the humans have created this…substance called 'mayonnaise'. Creamy, white, heavenly to taste…but it's made out of fish fat!"
Natsuki raises her hands into fists, outraged.
"That's cannibalism! How evil of them!"
The other mermaid nods encouragingly.
"Precisely! If you can catch that person and bring them down here for justice, you'll be a hero to our citizens."
With a finger on her right cheek, Natsuki ponders on the idea.
"But how would I be able to travel and breathe on land?"
Inwardly congratulating herself for her success, the shorter mermaid guides the princess towards a sparsely inhabited area of the ocean depths.
"I know just the person to help you with that…"
And thus begins the journey of our heroic princess as she sets off towards the wide chasm on the ocean floor with her mighty dolphin steed.
End.
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"Octopus!" Natsuki screamed.
Viola rubs her temple. Is she calling me fat?
"Hy-dra. What part of hydra do you not understand?"
A/N: I'm not too sure if this is a good idea or not. Is it good? Bad? Should I continue? Please tell me what you think