Disclaimer: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch doesn't belong to me; I'm not making money from this… and blah blah blah

A/N: OMG! I am so sorry! I completely forgot about this story until I found it the other day when I was cleaning my room. I went through the other chapters and realized how poorly written they were. I edited the first three chapters and now here is the fourth, again sorry for the really long wait.

Recap: "Well here we are class 2-E!" Hanon said happily as she opened the door.

Chapter 4: The First Day

When Hanon and Lucia entered the classroom the teacher had just finished taking roll. "Ah, welcome back Hōshō-san. I see you brought our new student, Nanami Lucia"

"Hai Tarō-chan." Hanon said a little dreamily. After a quick bow Hanon rushed to her seat, her cheeks slightly pink.

"Welcome to class 2-E Nanami-san!" Tarō said cheerfully. He marked something on his clipboard, the roll sheet Lucia presumed, then pointed her in the direction of her seat.

As Lucia was making her way to her desk she noticed that two seats behind and one seat to the right of hers sat Kaito. Great. This should be interesting.

For the most part the things that Tarō-sensei was teaching Lucia already knew*. In Gaito's castle if Lucia wanted to be alone she would have to spend her time in the library. Gaito wasn't very interested in his collection of books, he just cared that he owned a vast collection. The dark lovers, as they liked to be called, were only interested in being around their dearest Gaito. So the safest place for Lucia to be alone was in the library. Gaito had no problem with walking into her bedroom unannounced and there have been instances when one or more of the dark lovers would come crashing through her doors issuing a challenge or making a demand of her. The dark lovers quickly learned that disturbing Lucia was a big mistake, as they would often be thrown out and later reprimanded by Gaito. As an outcome of spending so much time in the library Lucia was already fluent in English, as well as a few other languages. So Lucia found herself zoning out and thinking of her mission during most of her classes.

Lucia was startled from her thoughts by the bell that signaled that school was over. As she was getting her things back into her bag Hanon came up to her desk with another girl. This girl looked more like a woman then a teenager, she was tall, her face and body all sleek curves and angels, her baby fat long gone, and hair that fell down her back in a shimmering green waterfall. All in all she was a very beautiful woman.

"Hey Lucia-chan! This is Tōin Rina, Rina-chan this is Nanami Lucia!" Hanon introduced leaning over Lucia's desk.

"Hey." Was all that Rina said

Lucia, however, didn't hear her. As Hanon leaned over the desk a pendant fell forward from a chain around her neck and caught Lucia's attention. As she stared at the necklace with recognition and realization Lucia realized that Hanon was a mermaid princess! When Lucia looked over at Rina she realized that Rina had a pearl pendant around her neck as well.

So these were two of the remaining mermaid princesses she was supposed to bring to Gaito. Hanon would be easily tricked into going with Lucia to Gaito's castle, or at least to where she could be ambushed. This Tōin Rina however would be different. Lucia could see it in Rina's eyes, they watched her in a suspicious and cold manor.

"Lucia?…Lucia…LUCHIA!"

"Huh? What?" Lucia was startled from her staring match with Rina.

"Where do you live?" Hanon asked exasperatedly.

"Oh! Well I live on my own, so I am staying at a hotel for now. I believe it is called 'Hotel Peach Parfait'."

"Really?" Hanon asked leaning closer to Lucia. "Is it owned by a fortune teller named Madame Taki?"

"Yes…" Lucia said a little hesitantly, wondering were this was going.

"I live there too!" Hanon was practically vibrating she was so getting so excited.

"Really?" Lucia asked getting excited too, believing her quest was getting easier and easier.

All the way to the hotel Hanon was practically walking on air. She was so happy she couldn't stop talking for the life of her.

"Oh this is so exciting! We're practically roommates Lucia-chan!" Hanon gushed for the hundredth time.

While Hanon began to list all of the things that she and Lucia could do Lucia was concentrating on Rina. While it was clear that she was a good friend of the peppy Hanon they could not be more different. While Hanon was happy and bouncy, Rina was calm and collected almost to the point that she could be considered cold and uncaring. Rina stared straight in front of her, only talking when asked a question by Hanon or Lucia. Lucia knew that gaining this mermaid's trust was going to take some effort.

"Lucia, do you want to go to the beach with me and Rina-chan? There is this surfing contest going on. We can go and check out all the cute boys!" Hanon gave Lucia a playful wink.

'If you want to see what I do come to the beach today at 4.' Lucia recalled that boys last words to her. "I'd love to."

A/N: * I know that Tarō teaches music, but I decided to make him their home room and English teacher as well. He still teaches music, just now he teaches English as well. ^_^

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Ja ne