AN: Chapter 2!

Yugi looked through books about the supernatural and fantasy, he was thinking of buying some books on mermaids or sirens. One was titled Secrets of the Underwater World and Secrets of the Sea World. He walked up to the checkout and took out twenty five dollars, the cashier gave him a bag and Yugi left he headed home.

Yami was right, the rain was beginning and Yugi ran home as fast as he could.

*********Yami's house*****

Yami's parents had got him a house with water close to his house, Yami thought back to the pool incident. Tomorrow, he would tell Yugi about the secret but just Yugi; for some reason, only Yugi and not Anzu or Jounouchi.

Yugi, he is unique Yami thought but as he about the young boy's smile he smiled. He took out of his homework but he looked near the bathroom.

Yami's bathroom was big and blue, he had a hot tub in there along with the typical everyday things such as a toothbrush and toothpaste and so on. Yami jumped in the hot tub with the warm water and started to sing.

My voice travels far

It goes beyond the coast of the sky

The birds fly towards you

My heart is beating

Yami hummed to himself and thinking about tomorrow as he looked at his tail.

I know Yugi will understand Yami thought with a big smile.

*******Yugi****

Yugi flipped through the books he got.

Mermaids and sirens often walk among humans and when their feet touch water, their legs will be replaced by a tail. Of course, according to some there have been mermaid and siren sightings but with no proof there isn't any way to prove that.

Yugi looked at the time, it was already 10 p.m. he had to get to bed! He woke up at 6:30 a.m. luckily, he had done his homework earlier he rushed to get ready for bed.

Yami didn't know it but he walked past Yugi's house, he walked close to the lake with a white towel and flip flops to make sure he didn't step on anything to hurt his face. He kept walking and saw a path and ran down it.

Yugi was just about to lay down but then saw someone he knew going to the lake right near his house. It looked like Yami, thank god Yugi's grandpa was in bed. Yugi got up and walked down the stairs quietly and put on a pair on black sneakers. He started walking down the small path.

Yami arrived at the small deck he had come to every night for the last 6 months. He looked around seeing nobody and jumped in. He wanted to go sing now, the water always led him to that but he controlled his emotions not to hurt anyone; he knew deep down if he did that, it would stay with him forever. Yami swam to a rock surrounded by three smaller rocks and climb up on it, luckily it was flat.

Yugi was about to go around the corner but felt an hand on his shoulder, he turned around and saw his grandpa. "Gr-grandpa," Yugi said nervously. "Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Looking for you, my boy," Sugoroku said, sounding more upset than mad. "I was so scared, why did you walk off to in here?" Yugi looked back to the lake.

"I thought I saw something in the lake," Yugi said honestly. "I was interested and I guess it got the better of me." Yugi looked at his grandpa.

"Please don't ever do that again," Sugoroku said as they walked back to the house.

Yami felt sad emotions near him and looked over, he saw Yugi near his grandpa. Yugi looked fine, his grandpa on the other hand not too much. Yami cleared his voice and shut his eyes.

As we go down below

Our hearts continue to grow

They intertwine and erase the pain

Letting us know deep down we can see right into one another

Yami dived back into the ocean and hid under the small deck seeing Yugi and his grandpa.

"Are you okay grandpa?" Yugi asked a bit concerned.

"Yes, I don't feel upset anymore though," he admitted as Yami smiled, his voice worked on Yugi's grandpa.

"Okay, that's good," Yugi said with a smile, "Now, let's go." Yami smiled making him giggle at Yugi's politeness.

Yugi turned around and Yami turned invisible. Yugi walked near the deck but saw nothing.

"Are you okay now Yugi?" Yugi's grandpa asked as Yugi smirked.

"I thought I heard someone giggle, must just be me," Yugi said with a laugh and the two kept walking back to the house.

Yami turned visible again after seeing Yugi and his grandpa disappear and he sighed, he swam back to the rock and sung a bit before heading home.

Yugi rushed to get ready, after coming back last night he couldn't fall asleep till about 3 a.m. he put his Math book in his backpack and came downstairs and picked up some money.

"No time to eat this morning I guess," Yugi's grandpa said as he got his own breakfast.

"I guess," Yugi said with a sigh. "I'll be home late tonight grandpa, I'm going to hang out with my new friend Yami."

"Okay, call me when you are on the way home," Yugi's grandpa told him as Yugi nodded then ran outside and headed towards school.

It was 8 a.m. there was only 20 minutes left till the bell went.

Yami had been at school since 7:45 a.m. Anzu and Jounouchi came in at 8 a.m. and they waited for Yugi. Yugi managed to get in at 8:10 a.m. breathing heavily.

"Are you okay Yugi?" Yami asked handing him a bottle of water.

"Y-yeah," Yugi said still catching his breath and downing the bottle of water fast.

"Yugi, if you drink all that at one time you will need to go to the bathroom during class," Anzu said with a smile.

"Boys have bigger bladders than girls," Jounouchi said as a smile followed afterwards. Yami smirked a little and looked out the window.

Mrs. Suzu came in, greeting the students and they got right down to work. It was Friday, thank god! Today there was English, Science, lunch, Biology, Swimming while Yugi had English, History, lunch, Creative Writing, and Swimming.

Yugi wrote a note to Yami.

So after swimming what do you want to show me?

Yami saw the note and took out a pencil.

You will see, but NOBODY else can be around.

Yugi looked at the note confused as Yami looked at the board as he was blushing.

Why not? Not even Anzu nor Jounouchi?

Yami saw the note and shook his head.

No, I want only you to know at the moment.

Yugi smiled, partially blushing and felt his heart beating.

Okay, thank you Yami :D

Yami saw the note and smiled, he only nodded to the other boy.

To be honest, Yami was so scared to see Yugi's reaction he was scared to see what Yugi would think. Nothing happened yesterday though but Yugi had passed out and didn't remember the other half. Yami would have been fine but the stupid janitor had wrecked the moment. He bit his lip and remembered to what he was thinking about last night in the tub.

*****Flashback*****

Yami hummed to himself and heard it echo off the walls, calming his himself down.

"I am so scared for tomorrow," he muttered to himself. He looked at his tail again and sighed but relaxed at the same time. "Maybe all I need tonight is a swim."

*****End of Flashback***

Soon the bell rang and Yugi had to head off to Science with Jounouchi and Anzu as Yami went to his separate class.

"See you later Yami," Yugi said as Yami gave him a kiss on the forehead.

"See you later little one," Yami said as he walked away making Yugi almost have a big grin on his face.

********************Lunch*******************************

Yami saw Yugi, Jounouchi, and Anzu near the tree. He looked in and saw the pool, he wanted to go swimming in class but couldn't. Could he ditch swimming maybe? Mr. Yamada could get mad at him again.

Yami kept walking then sat down.

"Yami, are you okay?" Anzu asked as Yami looked up and looked at Yugi.

"Yeah," he lied as he put a fake smile on his face. "Stomach is a bit sore."

"Just relax then," Anzu told him, as she continued to eat her lunch.

"Can I have your lunch then man if you won't eat it of course," Jounouchi said as he licked his lips and tried to grab Yami's lunch.

"I may feel hungry later so no," Yami said with a smirked.

He had a sore stomach yesterday though Yugi thought to himself.

Yami looked over and saw Yugi who looked deep in thought. He poked his arm. "Deep in thought there?" Yami asked him putting his head on his left knee cap.

"Not really," Yugi lied as Yami knew he was lying all Yugi did was smile back at Yami who did the same.

************Swimming class************

Yami used the same excuse on a substitute teacher, Mr. Kagana. Everyone else just thought Yami didn't want to participate which wasn't 100% true after all.

"Might as well as push him in," a boy named Aki said to a taller boy with black hair. "He needs to go in one time or another."

Why out of every school I decide to go to, does THIS one need to have a freaking swimming pool.

"Hey doesn't need to be pushed it," a voice said which snapped him outta thought, Yugi was defending him and he felt his heart swell.

"Or we could push you in," Aki said to Yugi who only gulped. They were about to push Yugi in when Mr. Kagana stepped in between them.

"Boys, that is enough!" Mr. Kagana said looking at Aki, Yugi, and Yami. "Let's just begin class."

Yami felt the pool calling to him but he couldn't, if Yugi had been pushed in he would have tried to resist the urge to jump in. He would do anything to save Yugi but if people found out he would be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

*******At the end of class*******

Yugi and Yami just waited till the changing room cleared out and Mr. Yamada's door was closed because both boys knew obviously Mr. Kagana would have used it. They walked towards the pool, Yami felt his heart beating fast but he tried to calm himself down all his emotions running wild while Yugi was confused on what was going on.

Yami opened the door and Yugi followed, it was dead quiet in the room.

"So now what did you want to show me?" Yugi asked curiously. Yugi and Yami hadn't changed into their clothes. "Why do you want to go swimming now?"

"You'll see, can you turn around?" Yami asked as Yugi nodded, wanted to show Yami respect. Yami took off his blue swim trunks and divided into the water as he felt his legs go together. Yami's head popped up and saw Yugi still turned around. "You can turn around now Yugi."

Yugi turned around seeing swim trunks on the ground. "Are you naked in the pool?" Yugi asked as Yami shook his head back and forth. Yami floated of his back scared showing his tail, as Yugi's mouth hung open. He started to laugh, his feelings of worry slowly vanishing as Yugi jumped in.

"You are evil for laughing at me," Yugi said as he came near Yami, splashing him making the other tri colored hair boy laugh. It was quiet for a couple minutes as the boys just looked at one another. "So then what are you a merman or siren?"

"Merman, sirens sing of course too by so do mermaids and merman. We are given the gift at birth, and now you see why I could not go into the pool with everyone," Yami said as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Anytime my legs get wet besides for rain, I well...yeah. I actually saw you last night by the way."

"Wait, you saw me in the park last night?" Yugi asked him. "Why didn't you show me then?"

"Because we promised today," Yami said looking at Yugi. "I saw your grandpa come to get you and felt bad so I kinda played with his emotions to calm him down."

"Really? Should I be upset or happy?" Yugi asked with a giggle. "Nah, I'm not upset I am happy. I thought I heard something under the deck, gunna take a shot in the dark and say that was you."

"Yes," Yami said with a smile. "Pretty much, I wanted you to get home safely. I saw you coming so I tried to hide, you got too close so I turned invisible. That is how Ushio didn't find you yesterday."

"Why did you tell me to think of something different?" Yugi asked the other boy.

"Since I didn't want you to know my secret quite yet," Yami said with a slight chuckle as he hugged the boy. "I didn't know what you would think at first." Yami whispered and Yugi thought he was crying.

"Calm down there Yami, relax," Yugi said, with a smile. "I'm fine, I won't tell Anzu nor Jounouchi if you don't want them to know since this is your secret." Yami said nothing and kissed Yugi then released.

"Thank you," Yami said sounding happy.

"I have questions then," Yugi said as Yami swam away under the pool as Yami put his hands on Yugi's hips and jumped up holding him. "That was fun."

"You're welcome, and ask away," Yami said to Yugi.

"Do you go into the ocean after school or to a house?" Yugi asked.

"House, parents got it for me with the ocean near me," Yami answered as he looked at Yugi.

"How come you came to Domino?" Yugi asked Yami who swam circles around him, starting to make Yugi dizzy he then stopped.

"I don't know actually, I felt tempted to be here and I am glad I came here," Yami admitted as he went to the bottom of the pool and came up into the air then dove down back into it.

"That was cool!" Yugi said as he clapped his hands as Yami smirked.

"Thank you," Yami said giving Yugi a kiss on the cheek. "I try to be cool."

"Getting a be ego there I think," Yugi said with a chuckle. "And before we go, can you do one thing?" Yami titled his head but nodded.

"Of course," he said.

"Sing me a song," Yugi asked sweetly.

"Will do," Yami said as he cleared his voice closing his eyes.

The blue sky reaches the far coast

Now that is where we go

We will be with one another till the end

We intertwine our hands

The melody of the sea

It comes for me and you

It enters our hearts

To the point you never forget

We can remember it forever when we are together

The melody sounds so sweet to us

We can hear it within ourselves

Yami ended and looking at Yugi who looked shocked at how good he was. "I told you all mermaids and sirens can sing," Yami said to him. "We are born with the gift to sing."

"I can see why it was so beautiful," Yugi said, "It was also coming from you." Yugi covered his mouth and blushed. "I loved it though, you never use your voice for bad right?"

"No, not at all," Yami said shaking his head. "I use it to make people happy and feel nice while others don't use it for that which is kinda sad."

"If it was me, I'd use it for good," Yugi said to Yami who smiled.

"I know you would," Yami told him. Yami looked at the clock, it was 3:20 p.m.

"Guessing you think it's time we go?" Yugi asked as Yami nodded. "Yeah, want me to get a towel for you?"

"There's one in my bag, it would be nice to have," Yami said as Yugi got out and went into Yami's bag and tossed him a blue towel. Yugi waited for Yami to dry off before seeing his legs return, he slipped on his swim trunks on.

"That reminds me, do you have magic?" Yugi asked as they entered the changing room.

"Yes, I used it to disable the cameras so nobody sees me grow a tail," Yami explained.

"Oh," Yugi said with a smile as he got dressed in his uniform, he beat Yami and waited outside for him. "Are you almost done?"

"Yeah," Yami said as he came out dressed in his uniform and they walked out of the school.

"Hey Yugi," said a voice that Yugi knew all too well. It was Ushio with his friends and Yami turned around.

"What do you want?" Yami asked, looking up at the taller boy who crossed his arms.

"Some attitude there," said a boy with blue hair. "Probably can't hurt anyone." Yami kicked his shin and the young boy made a ball of water in his hand and threw it at them. Yami grabbed Yugi's hand and they looked somewhere to hide.

"Yugi, do you mind getting wet again?" Yami asked quickly as he looked around the corner.

"Guessing it's to escape Ushio there," Yugi said as Yami nodded. "I don't care if my clothes get wet, I'll tell grandpa I tripped and got wet." Yami and Yugi jumped in. Yugi spit water out of his mouth.

"Shhh," Yami said, turning them invisible. Yugi tried putting his arm through the water but it didn't do anything.

"Where did they go?" Ushio asked out loud. "Yugi come on out, oh and your little friend too. I have no idea how he did it but don't care." It as quiet, Yami still held Yugi's hand; Ushio was still there.

"We need to find another way to leave," Yami whispered in a low tone. Yugi nodded and Yami swam with them totally invisible and soon they stopped by a little part of a private beach. "I think they're gone."

"We are close to my house and I can bring some stuff over like clothing despite the fact it could be somewhat small," Yugi admitted, Yami nodded as Yugi ran down to his house his grandpa seeing him.

"Yugi, how did you get so wet?" His grandpa asked.

"We were walking in the park and got pushed in some of the water by a bully from school," Yugi explained. "Is it fine if he stays for tonight, I just wanna get some clothes for him." Yugi ran upstairs got a towel and got some clothes.

"Here," Yugi said, giving Yami the towel and minutes later seeing his legs come back. Yugi took Yami back to his house. "Grandpa, we're back."

"Hi Yami, I assume you're sticking around with us for a bit?" His grandpa asked.

"Yeah," he said with a smile.

AN: Review please :D