Disclaimer: Don't own characters, don't sue writer. Gami1x2….wow, so they meet?
Shinii2x1….that's cute!
Scythedwing…you think that's cute, he slapped him.

Chapter Two: King Yuy.

Quatre entered the cabin to see Duo was reaching for one of the bottles of shampoo that was just out of his reached. Quatre walked over and handed it to him. Duo didn't take it at first, looking a little guilty for getting caught.

"I understand. This is shampoo. We use it in our hair when we take baths." Quatre explained. He was determined to get along with the merman.

"Baths?" Duo asked, looking at the shampoo bottle. It was littered in strange markings. Quatre smiled.

'Well what your in right know is a bathtub, we wash all the dirt off our bodies, but don't worry the bathtub is cleaned." Quatre said quickly when the merman looked like we was about to jump out of the tub in disgust. That calmed him back down. Duo looked up at Quatre.

"What are these?" Duo asked touching Quatre's cloths, intrigued at the texture.

"There cloths. Don't you wear something to cover yourself up?" Quatre noticed that the question was stupid, Duo's lower half was fish, and men didn't really have to cover there upper half. "I mean your females?" Quatre added quickly.

"Um no." Quatre blushed.

"Oh." Quatre said quietly. Quatre noticed Duo's gills when the boy turned to look around the cabin some more. "Don't these have to be under water?" Quatre asked, gently touching Duo's gills. Duo's laughed.

"Don't that tickles." Duo said removing Quatre's fingers. Quatre smiled. "An no. I guess merpeople can breathe out side of water also." Quatre nodded in understanding. Surely they had a lot of the same organs. Quatre then got really curious, but didn't know how to ask the question. Then it suddenly came to him.

"If you don't mind me asking Duo, but how do your kind mate?" Quatre blushed slightly.

"Kind of like Dolphins. There's a lot of fore play, but unlike dolphins there's only one male to a female. Then the female caring the young for a few months. And then we take turns taking care of the children. Father never let me mate though. He said my beauty far exceeded those of the women in our clan, so he is trying to find a beautiful women in another clan. I could care less really. To tell you the truth I find that males gather my attention far more often then females." Quatre laughed. Great he had a bisexual merman. Not that he carried, he preferred only men.

"Well, we'll be at the castle in a few hours, looks like the wind is in our favor today. Did you sleep well last night?" Quatre asked. Duo looked away from Quatre and out the small window. Not answering Quatre. "I'm sorry Duo. I wish we could let you go, but your father's right. You're too beautiful for your own good. You'll make a lovely pet, and just like other magical creatures you're just going to have to accept it. You'll be well taken care of, fed every day, groomed, and I'm sure Heero will play with you very much, he will just love you." Duo glared at Quatre.

'I'm not a dogfish (1) Quatre. I have a life, and you just destroyed it." Duo turned away from Quatre, baring his back to him. Duo's quills shot up when Quatre went to touch his shoulder; he stopped before the quills touched them. They where bright purple and Quatre had learned early that bright colors of a fish where dangerous. (2).

"I'm sorry Duo." Quatre got up and left the saddened fish alone.

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It wasn't until later that Evening before Qautre came back, this time with Trowa. They where carrying a large amount of soaking wet sheets with them, a piece of wood and rope.

"Duo, where going to tie the sheets around you so that you won't die before we get to the giant tub. But where also going to have to gag you so that you won't talk. You're a surprise to King Yuy and plan to keep it that way. Duo didn't say anything, but when the two boys came to pick him up out of the tub he thrashed around wildly. He wasn't about to make it easy for them.

"Duo please." Quatre pleaded almost getting stung by one of Duo's quills which was still standing on end in warning. Trowa stopped Quatre and pulled him away. Trowa took a step forward and looked into Duo's eyes, grabbing his chin to make sure he kept eye contact.

"It is not going to work. I'm not fully ani-." Duo fell asleep right then and there.

"I guess they don't call you the silencer for nothing right." Quatre said. Helping Trowa get Duo onto the sheets. The wrapped him up tightly and making sure that the sheets where wet enough. Then there moved him onto the wood where the tied him down so that, if he woke up, he wouldn't through himself off the wood and into the water while they where getting him off the ship.

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Duo jerked away the moment he was pushed into the warm water. He panicked and swam down as quickly as possible, but found that the sea's floor was hard rock. Smooth rock. /wait a minute./ Duo looked up and found that he wasn't that far below the surface and there where two humans standing over the water. /no they got me to the tub. I don't…how./ Duo was confused and curled up in a corner to think.

"Let's leave him alone for a bit. He's going to be confused for a while and I think it's best if he had his peace for now." Trowa said. Quatre nodded and the two of them left the room.

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Heero looked up from his paper work when Quatre walked into his study. He smiled at the blonde and greeted him with a nod of his head. He went back to finishing his last bit of paper work, signing it off then stood to officially greet Quatre.

"How did you like the sea Quatre?" Heero asked.

"It's mush different the river fishing Heero. I'm glad I left the desert for this. I already love it. Trowa and I where also able to get you a Birthday present. Better late then never. I'm sorry we missed it." Qautre said. Heero laughed lightly.

"Qautre, I wasn't expecting anything. My birthday was only yesterday so you're not that late. Though I am interested in what you could have gotten at sea." Heero said. Motioning for Quatre to lead the way.

Once out side Trowa joined them. And nodded to Qautre.

"He's calmed down a bit. But I'm afraid he's still a little pissy." Trowa said. Oh well it will have to do. Quatre lead the way to the unused bathroom.

They made it to the bathroom and Quatre motioned for Heero to look into the water. When he did he could only make out a purple fish 12 feet underwater curling into a ball.

'What is he a Sea dragon?" Heero asked. Qautre and Trowa both shook there heads.

"He's a merman. He was stuck in our nets. But he's beautiful up-close." Trowa said.

"Then make him come up here so I can get a better look." Heero said. Not trying to sound demanding, but this was a real life merman they where talking about. Trowa nodded and moved to the corner where Duo was curled up in.

"Duo please come up here." Trowa said. He knew Duo could hear him. Duo simple moved to another corner. Back turned of the three in the room. Heero was able to estimate how long the creature was and determined that he was a good seven to eight feet long, from head to tip of tail fin. Heero could tail it was half human now though, because he had seen the two arms when the creature swam away.

"Well, he's a little upset at us Heero." Heero nodded in understanding.

'Well let him have a little more time. For now have a maid bring in some food for him. I'll see him tomorrow." Heero said. "Shall we go and eat?" Heero asked. Trowa and Quatre nodded and they left the bathroom and it's creature alone.

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Duo was happy when they left and he surfaced to get a good look at his surroundings. There where three 'pools' in this room, each a different size, and each big enough for him to swim in.

He hauled himself out of the water and moved himself over the slick floor to the next pool, this one smelled funny. Kind of sweet. Duo tasted the water and spit it back out when his mouth started tingling; it tasted like Quatre's shampoo. Duo dove into it and found that it also burned his eyes so he got our and cursed the pool. Who would leave such awful water in there?

He worked his way to the next pool and found that it was empty, so he went back to the warm pool and jumped in, just as the door opened. He peered over the edge of the pool as a small human walked in. It was a child. And she was caring a tray of seaweed, and shrimp, along with a few other things that he didn't recognize. She timidly moved over to Duo.

"Are you really a mermaid?" she asked. Duo shook his head. She her shoulders fell. 'Oh.' Duo smiled.

'I'm a merman.' He said. And the small girl brightened back up. She reminded him a lot of Heldi.

"What's the matter?" She asked. Duo smiled at her.

"Nothing I was just missing my beloved sister, you remind me a lot of her." Then Duo got an idea. "Would you like to swim with me?" He asked. The girl shook her head.

"I don't know how." She said. Duo smiled wide.

'I'll teach you." He said. She smiled and gave him. She took her dress off, leaving her bloomers and undershirt. She carefully lowered herself into the warm water and held on for dear life to the edge of the pool. Duo took her hands off the side and pulled her along in the water. Duo pulled her so that she was above him in the water so she would feel safer. (3)

She laughed when she felt Duo's fins under her legs. His hands moved to her waist.

'Okay, kick your legs and paddle with your hands. It'll be easier for you to swim like that." He said. She listened to him and after a felt minutes Duo let go of the girl. She sank a little but kept her head above water. Duo was still swimming under her, just to make her feel safe.

"So what's your name little one?" Duo asked.

"Mariemara, you can call me May. It's easier." She said.

"Well you can call me Duo." Duo said. And together the two of them swam, and played and joked.

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Awww too cute. That's how I taught my baby brother to swim. He's two and he swims better then my 18 year old sister. Lol. Let me know what you think.

(1): couldn't help it.
(2): I don't think that's completely true.
(3): nothing perverted people, Duo's just being nice to a child.