I'm back! Well sort of anyways I've finally finished the second chapter, thank you for the people who reviewed and Lexy to answer your question no Haru isn't the Haru from Tsuritama, I've actually never watched that anime before but when I saw your review I searched it and I can see why you believe Haru might be him. I'm thinking of watching the anime now, anyways Haru is just a character I came up with. Enough of that just enjoy the chapter XD
Chapter 2
I swim my way towards home, on the way stopping and waving to passing mermaids. Throughout the torture of getting there all I was thinking was just keep smiling and they'll leave you alone. I've known all of them since I was born but they would just keep on talking and eventually you'd realize that time went by.
I know they are mostly doing it to distract me from what happened the other day. But they didn't have to be so obvious about it.
~Flashback~
"But mom I'm capable of living on my own! Why can't I go! Ricchan is allowed to go!" I said pleading with her.
She sighs and rubs the bridge of her nose with her fingers. As if that would make her headache go away.
"For the millionth time Haru Ikashima you are not leaving the sea for anything!" She says tiredly.
"But-" I start but she puts a hand in front of my face to stop me.
"No buts! I can already think of what troubles you'd get yourself into if you were to go into the human world. Your 28 yet you act like your 16."
I puff out my cheeks, pouting. I muttered under my breath a complain about me not acting like a kid.
She looks at me with a raised eyebrow before she starts laughing.
"My gosh your just too cute for words!" She says playfully pinching my cheeks.
Her gaze softens as she pulls me in for a hug.
"Realize that I'm only protecting you. Your too precious for me to lose" she says kissing my forehead.
She left me there thinking of my master plan. Which I have yet to come up with.
~Flashback ends~
At the thought of it I comically puff my cheeks out. Geez I'm not a kid what is she talking about?
As I got closer I noticed our beautiful kingdom under the sea. It's lights are bright and makes the place almost look as if it's sparkling. It's almost like a castle except it's underwater.
You'd think it'd be your typical fairy tale castle where you'll live with your prince and live happily ever after. 'Except there's no prince and I'm not allowed to leave it' I muttered under my breath as I entered the main, big castle doors. When I open it I'm greeted by a long hallway with a red carpet leading to different entryways of rooms. This castle has like a couple hundred rooms, maybe more. The reason why it's so big it's because it has to house the remaining of us mermaids, which is quite a few. I'm surprised I haven't gotten lost in it yet.
As I made my way through the castle, I spotted a familiar person with black hair at the end of the hallway. I grew excited and swam as fast as I could wrapping my arms around the figure in a playful hug.
"Chiaki! Welcome back!" I say giggling as he mumbles incoherently and takes my hands off of him.
"Gosh Haru! You almost scared the crap out of me!" He says taking a deep breath.
"You're in mermaid form, you can't really crap" I say bluntly.
"That's besides the point! You-" he says flustered but is cut off before he can finish his sentence.
"Will you two stop arguing so early! Anyways come I have to speak with you both" says Tsubaki-san glaring at us.
Seeing that glare far too often I decided it's best to shut up. I mean auntie it's quite scary when she's angry. I can see who Ritsu takes after in those short moments.
We follow her quietly to a door that leads to the library. I rarely spend time in the library, I rather be in the art room, so I always cringe at the sight of all those walls full of books. I like reading but seeing so many books at once makes me feel irritated at the fact that I haven't read them all yet. It's like their calling my name saying read me, read me, but I can't read all of you at once! I don't know how Ricchan does it!
When we entered the library I felt a chill run down my spine. The only one there is my mother and the tension in the air doesn't feel that great either. I look at Chiaki who looks at me with the same thought I had. Something bad is about to happen.
My mother notices us and looks up from the book she's reading. I quickly noticed the dark circles under her eyes. Looks like someone pulled an all nighter.
She takes a deep breath, and I can tell she's mentally debating of what to say.
She sighs and finally says "I know I've said that you shouldn't go out there. But it's urgent and you need to leave now!"
We look at her confused until auntie finally explains.
"Not a good way to explain but she's clearly sleep deprived. We heard that the humans are sending submarines down here in search for who knows what, but if they were to find us. We'd all be dead by morning" auntie says with a grave expression on her face.
"So we decided it's best for you guys to remain hidden among the humans. Haru you will be staying with Chiaki, and Ritsu will be staying with Kisa. I already informed Ritsu earlier" says my mom explaining.
"Wait what about you guys? And the rest?" I ask worried.
"A few of us volunteered to stay behind to make sure no one finds this place while I suggested the rest go hide among the humans." Says auntie reassuringly.
At the worried look on my face, my mother waves it off playfully.
"Don't worry about it Haru. Remember most of our people are trained for this" my mother says with a reassuring smile.
I guess there's nothing to do but believe in her. It's not like arguing will get us anywhere. If it's one thing that connects them sisters besides blood, it's their stubborn ways to stick with something they believe in. Which was past down to Ritsu and I, unfortunately Ritsu got it worst.
"Well let's get going I want to see you off on your first day becoming a human. Chiaki did you bring the towel and clothes I asked you?" Says my mom sighing, as if reluctant to let me go.
Chiaki merely nods and we make our way to the surface in silence. When I break the surface of the water I had to close my eyes for a few seconds and then open them because of the sun. Probably one thing I'm not going to get used to, is the bright sunlight, since the sea is always dark but still light enough for us to see.
Chiaki pulls himself from the water and sits down on the shore. His dark blue tail quickly turning into human legs.
"I'm never going to get used to seeing that" says my mother shaking her head.
"So what's the clothes and towel for?" I asked curiously.
"Well since you haven't turned into a human yet, it takes a while for your tail to dry and turn into human legs and the cost is usually you ending up naked after then transformation" says Chiaki blushing as I do too.
"So that's why you and Ritsu never let me go with you guys for your first time, haha" I say laughing nervously.
"Well that and-" Chiaki says but is cut off by my mom shushing him.
"What?" I ask curiously.
"Oh it's nothing, anyways you don't have to worry much about it you only get naked when it's your first time transforming" my mom says a little too cheerful. Which only makes me suspect she's up to something.
Without thinking much about it, I push myself from the water and sit on the edge next to Chiaki. He takes the towel and carefully starts scrubbing away the remaining water on my tail.
"How long will it take?" I ask playfully flapping my tail up and down.
"About a few seconds now will you stop moving your tail!" Chiaki says irritated.
I quickly stop as I see my light blue tail slowly start to sparkle. Then it completely disappears and turns into a pair of human legs.
"Look! Look!" I say excited at the sight and playfully moving them, accidentally kicking Chiaki.
"Owww that hurt! That's not a toy you know!" Chiaki says rubbing the spot I kicked him at.
"Whatever you were just too slow!" I say giggling and standing up for the first time.
When I started to take a step, all my balance was lost and was rewarded in me face planting on my face. I sit down hastily rubbing my nose as I glare at the two who started laughing.
"Not funny! What's up with that?" I say pouting.
"And this is why we didn't want you to come on our first day" Chiaki said trying to hold in his laughter but fails to do so.
"It's tradition already! I saw Chiaki, Kisa, and Ritsu failing, and now was your turn" my mother, or should I say Maki says while laughing.
I always revert to calling her by her first name when she irritates me so much. But of course if I were to say it out loud she would eat me alive so It's better to stay quiet about it. Thank god we aren't capable of reading people's mind, because I'd be in trouble for a while now.
Chiaki smiles down at me and hands me the clothes. I hesitantly take the clothes from him and start putting on the shirt. When it's about time to put the rest on I look at Chiaki questionably.
"Oh it only lasts for a few minutes, you should be able to walk now" he says trying to reassure me.
I shrug and stand up, surprised that I'm able to do so in the first place, and start putting on the underwear and pants.
"This feels weird" I say feeling surprisingly light.
It's not like my tail weigh much or anything. It's not like you could tell in the water either way, it just felt normal.
"It's just going to take time to get used to" my mom says motioning for me to get closer.
I sit on the edge of the water close enough to her.
"Now listen to Chiaki he's going to tell you everything that you need to know. And please stay out of trouble" she says giving me a kiss on the forehead.
I want to hug her but I can't because of the water. She notices this and waves at me instead. I wave back and I can see that she was reluctant to leave but she still did.
I stand back up and look at Chiaki.
"So what now?" I say giving him a playful smile.
He sighs and says "This is going to take a while. But let's go home before you do something stupid"
He turns around and starts walking away from me. I run up to him and slap his back playfully.
"Gosh I can already tell you're going to be annoying" he says giggling.
"Oh please you actually missed having me around" I say laughing.
"Yeah right, I missed the fishes more than you" he says playfully.
"Hey!" I say feigning hurt.
Indeed this is going to be a long journey. 'But then again if I'm in the human world that means there's a chance I get to see him right?' I think smiling to myself
Maybe it's not going to be as bad as I thought. I just hope nothing goes wrong.
Well make sure to tell me what you think and I look forward to posting the next chapter once I start writing it of course. Well till next time Bye-bye!