NOTE: if you've read this chapter BEFORE August 19, 2003, you'll want to read it again!!!!

The Little Mermaid - WK Style

Disclaimer: i don't own Disney's the Little Mermaid or Takehito and Project WeiB's WeiB

Kreuz. If I did, I'd have a computer that didn't suck, I'd live in a house that

had AC and I wouldn't have trouble paying tuition (going to a private HS sucks -.-)

"Keeen! It's creepy around here! What if there's a shark...?"

"Shut it, Yohji. Come on, let's go in that sunken ship... I bet there's lots of human stuff in there."

Yohji frowned and followed his childhood friend. Ken was waaaaaay too reckless. The humans were getting smarter and smarter. They now had little ships that they could come deep into the ocean with; it made it more dangerous for the merpeople. But thankfully, they were slow and primitive enough that the merpeople could evade them easily. But at the rate the humans were improving their technology, it wouldn't be long before the merpeople would be in danger and be forced to go to the deeper, darker parts of the ocean where humans never went. Where there were dangerous monsters lurking everywhere.

Ken hummed softly to himself as he inspected this and that. *What is this?* He picked up the small thing that looked like a somewhat mishapen version of his father's triton. There were four prongs instead of just three but he supposed that the humans couldn't get it perfectly right; after all, they'd never seen one before. He swam deeper into the ship, touching this and that. He jumped back in surprise when something began to spin slowly, letting out a small, tinkling sound. He laughed and picked up the little trinket and turned to show it to Yohji.

"Yohji...? Yohji, where are you?" He swam around, calling for his best friend. "Come on, Yohji, this isn't funny!"

Ken swam out, nervous and scared for his best friend. He headed out of the ship and stopped when he spotted Yohji.

"Yohji!" Yohji turned around and gave Ken an easy smile. "Wassup, Ken?"

"You scared me! You could have told me you came back out, couldn't you?!"

"But you were so into it... I knew you'd come out so I thought I'd just let you have some fun before I returned."

Ken glared at Yohji. "Have fun with the girls, Yohji. I'm going back."

Yohji made a face at Ken, who glared at Yohji before he headed back. Yohji leaned against the ship casually as he talked to the two mergirls. Ken turned his head and shot Yohji a dirty look before he swam back to his room, hiding the things he'd gotten from the sunken ship.

"Ken, you in here?"

Ken turned and gave his younger brother a smile. "Omi, what is it?"

"Ran-'Nii wants to see you."

Ken sighed but headed out to his older brother's room. "Ran? What is it?"

"Where were you?"

"I was with Yohji."

"I asked you where you'd been, not who you'd been with."

"I... I was..."

"At a ship."

Ken hung his head. "Hai... Suman."

Ran sighed. "Ken, if Otou-san finds out, he'll get angry, we both know that. You have to end this infatuation with humans before he founds out and before you get hurt."

Ken frowned. He knew that his brother was only looking out for him and that he loved him, but he didn't want to stop going to the wrecks. Ran sighed and pulled Ken into a hug.

"Ken, I just... fine. Don't get hurt, ok?" Ken hugged him back, smiling. "Arigatou, 'Nii-chan."

~*~*~*~*~*

Ken grinned and picked up an object from the ocean floor. Round, with weird markings around it. He put it in his pouch and swam towards the metal wreckage that lay on the ocean floor. He entered it but immediately left it.

*Humans shouldn't come on water if they can't breathe in it...*

He headed towards a wreckage that he'd overheard some merteens talking about. *Oh, look! Lights. Great, I can see where I'm going better, then. Wait... Lights...? SHIT! LIGHTS!*

Ken quickly swam behind a rock, hoping that the humans would quickly get to where they wanted to go so that he could escape. He let out a groan when they stopped a couple yards away from the rock. There was no way he could get out without being seen. He hunched down, praying that they wouldn't come over. He peered around it. There were two humans coming out; one stayed near the lumpy machine and the other headed towards the rock that Ken was hiding behind. Ken groaned and tried to scrunch himself up even more. The figure came around the rock and reached for something  on top of the rock when he saw a small figure.

*A boy? WTF?! A boy can't be down here unless he's dead!* Crawford headed lower down the rock and touched the 'boy' on the shoulder. Crawford jumped back a little bit when Ken looked up in horror. That was when Crawford noticed the tail.

Ken looked up into Crawford's amber eyes pleadingly. Crawford stared into those chocolate brown eyes and sighed. Before he left, Crawford leaned forward and touched Ken's check once. Ken watched as Crawford motioned for the people he was with to head another way. Ken smiled to himself and left.

*Those amber eyes... I'll never forget them. So beautiful.*

TBC…

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