Prince Heiji finally arrived to the Eastern Kingdom. He was greeted by his best friend Shinichi Kudo and his fiance Ran Mouri. He always wondered about her. One day she just came to the Eastern Kingdom saying that she was in a shipwreck and that she only remembers her name, so Shinichi offered for her to live in his castle and they both fell in love as time passed. That was a year ago. But Heiji was suspicious because how come after a whole year and she still doesn't remember anything? He knew that both of the engaged couple were hiding something from him, but he would just ask about it later.

"Hello, you love birds." Heiji said with a smirk as he noticed that Shinichi and Ran were holding their hands.

They both blushed and greeted him back, but Shinichi punched him on his shoulder too.

"How are you guys doing?" Heiji asked.

"Well, I don't think we'll be anything other than happy." Ran answered with a smile.

Heiji chuckled, "I guess that's true."

-.-

Kazuha wore a simple green dress that reached her mid-thigh. It was tight, showing her feminine curves. Sonoko chose it for her. She said it flattered her eyes. Kazuha didn't want to wear a dress and do her hair. She wanted to go up to the shore and watch the stars and pale moon that she loved looking at so much. She never liked balls. They were so formal and so not her. But she had to go. She's a princess for God's sake.

Suddenly she heard a knock that interrupted her thought.

"I'm coming in whether you're ready or not." The voice that was on the other side of the door said.

Kazuha sighed. It was Sonoko. Sonoko, unlike her, loved balls and formal parties.

Sonoko opened Kazuha's bedroom door. As soon as she laid her eyes on Kazuha, she eyes widened.

"Sometimes I'd rather have legs than a tail." Sonoko said as she played with the cotton fabric if the dress. "Mermaids can never work dresses."

Kazuha gave a her the 'Be grateful what you are and shut up or I'll kill you' look, and that's what she did. Sonoko knew what Kazuha has been through her entire life. In her childhood everyone would give her judging looks. If course they were mad at the queen too, for loving someone with legs, but he died so they didn't really care.

Kazuha never had friends except Sonoko, despite her being a princess and all. Sonoko of course was curious about her, at first all she did was ask her questions about how life is like when you have legs. When Kazuha wanted to answer a girl with violet eyes, and a beautiful shimmery blue tail scolded Sonoko for asking such a question. She was kind girl. She was lovely. Her name was Ran Mouri.

"I'm sorry. It's just Sonoko is very curious that's all." She apologized instead of Sonoko who scowled.

Kazuha looked at her and smiled, "It's okay. I know you're curious too. At least she came and talked to me rather than talked behind my back like all the other people."

Ran looked at her with sad eyes.

"Living with legs is just like living with tails. I can feel, you can feel. I can talk, you can talk. I can swim, you can swim. I can breathe underwater, you can breathe underwater. The only difference is that I can use magic, and by the way some Mermaids use magic too."

The three of them became best friends as time past, but Ran fell in love with a human and she permanently turned her self into a human being, leaving the kingdom, her family, and her friends.

Her parents were heartbroken but with time they accepted it, however Kazuha never did. Kazuha was hurt. So hurt. How could she leave her best friends for someone that she just saw once and fell in love with. Sonoko was hurt too but she accepted it and wished Ran a happily ever after. Kazuha did wish for her to be happy with her love life but she will never. Never allow her to come to the kingdom again. Not that she can anyways.

"KAZUHA!" Sonoko shouted interrupting Kazuha's thoughts again.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I spaced out." Kazuha replied quietly, shaking her head slightly.

"What do you think about my tail and sea shell?"

Kazuha noticed that her tail had little white pearls on it that matched her necklace, and on the end she had big bracelets around it. Her sea shell had white diamonds for decorations, that matched her also noticed that she styled her hair. She indeed look like a princess, a lot more than Kazuha did.

"You look like a princess." Kazuha answered.

"Not this princess for sure." Sonoko teased with a grin.

Kazuha slapped her gently on her arm.

"I can make you look better. You have so many accessories, but you never wear them." Sonoko said as she swam to the vanity table in Kazuha's chamber. She opened the drawers and kept staring at it for five minutes before picking out the right jewelry for Kazuha.

She gave Kazuha little white earings knowing that Kazuha would hate the big ones, a nice bracelet made of pearls.

"Now you look better." Sonoko said.

"I wanna watch the stars." Kazuha said with a sad expression on her face.

"I know, but you have to attend the ball. We're gonna find hot mermans for sure." Sonoko said with a wink.

Kazuha smiled, but deep down she knew that no merman would be interested in a half-mermaid.

Kazuha just smiled to her. Sometimes she wished she could have a mermaid tail.

-.-

Heiji loved the beach, always did. There was a beach in front of the Eastern Kingdom's castle that Heiji loved, because that's where he met his first love. The half-mermaid. He still didn't quite understand the half-mermaid concept, but he does remember that she had legs. He also didn't understand why she has to drag herself back to the sea. She had legs.

As Heiji grew he believed less and less about the supernatural, but no matter what he would still believe in Mermaids. His best friend Shinichi said it was probably his hallucination because he drowned, but Heiji told him that he saw her before he drowned too, but Shinichi was not convinced.

"You wanna see the beach don't you?" asked Shinichi with a teasing smile as Heiji was staring at the beach through his bedroom window.

Heiji looked at him embarrassed, he thanked God that he had dark skin so that he doesn't see his blush. "I've heard that there is this creepy girl that comes out every night on the beach and she sings, while watching the stars. When people get closer to her they say that she disappears and never come back. They call her the Beach Ghost." Heiji said as an excuse, but he really was interested in this. Maybe he thought, just maybe it was the girl he met in his childhood.

Shinichi now turned serious. "As much as I hate to admit it. It's true. Not that she's a ghost, but the fact the she disappears when you get closer. I've tried myself. After I got closer she did disappear and searched everywhere because no one can just disappear like that. And no Hattori she's not a mermaid, she has legs. But really it's weird." Shinichi said as his eyebrows furrowed.

Heiji's eyes widened. 'It must be her!' he thought. He must check that out, and he will tonight.