Waaaahhh! Om my god! a guest just named themself 'Benloveskanoua'! oh oh OH! I am so touched, it brought tears to my eyes! Really! (fuck, I'm sensitive. Pout.) whoever you are, a million thanks to you JUST for naming yourself that! it may be no big feat to you, but it means a lot to me that ppl are accepting my OC! Waaaaahhhh! TT_TT (sobbing for the joy) :D :D :D XD
Ok, um. All better now. :D
And yeas, ToxiBeautie; they did not just mate, they made LOVE! Theres a significant difference and we'll soon see that! :D
Ok, so lets start; this is a smallish chapter... so bear with me!
Warning : reader's discretion requested ( translation : fancy way of saying 'watch out!') this is yaoi, boys love, gay stuff. Lost homophobes, please take the exit to the left. Thnk you. have a nice journey.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ben ten alien force.
Meeting Kanou-a
Chapter 7 : The Destined Night of That Very Special Day – Part I: Blind Love
(Situation: the night, of the day Ben had sex with Kanou-a)
Kevin gave a grin as he watched Ben shuffle around the bathroom . Ben looked over his shoulder and returned the grin with a rather unintentional romantic smile, which made Kevin turn away in shock.
What the hell's up with this weirdo, smiling like that?!
"There, all done," Ben straightened up as he finished washing his face. Smiling with his freshened glow, Ben skipped away cheerily, after humming and half-singing "Good night, Friend Kevin!" at which the raven only looked on in utter bewilderment.
"I swear, he's lost his bolts for sure."
o.o.o
Meanwhile, Kanou-a swam through the dark waters, his eyes not really seeing as he looked ahead of him. A dreamy smile of longing played on his face, as he softly tore through the thick volume of clear water, past schools of tiny fishes scuttling away when he got too close. He thought, and thought, and thought more of his beautiful Kirby, the intimacy they had shared, the pleasurable heat the brunette brought to him, the ecstasy, the love, the feeling on contentment.
"Ah, it feels wonderful to be in love..." he whispered to himself. With his hands pressed to his sides, face pushed out, body parallel to the water surface that was several feet above, he spun like a torpedo as he swam swiftly, chuckling in his twirl that he could perform beautifully and fluidly thanks to his new fins, and his newly freed powers. His hair spun with him, slower and silky. He laughed in the mirth and fun of it, spinning faster and shooting through the water at the same time.
The evident ease of enjoyment was new to the simple-minded merman.
He swam faster and faster, lost in dreamy thoughts of cuddling the slim tanned body, his voice, his expressions, his lips, his eyes,...
"OH!"
Kanou-a struggled to halt his swift swimming as he spotted three silhouetted figures ahead of him, neither of the three fearing a collision. In fact, it seemed they had purposefully obstructed Kanou-a's obvious path, seeing the way they floated in the middle of the water with their hands folding across their chests.
Kanou-a flailed his hands unprofessionally, till he paused at a considerable distance from the three mermen.
"Brothers!" Kanou-a spoke politely in alarm, and then bowed, blushing in shame and apology, "Greetings. I didn't see you there."
Kaprosca, Koniel and Ke-inno nodded at Kanou-a in synch.
Kaprosca's voice came smooth and mature, "You are forgiven, Little Brother."
Kanou-a looked up and smiled at them. His three brothers were magnificent in beauty, grace and powers, and he gave them utmost respect.
Kaprosca, the Lightning Prince, was beautiful. He had long pitch black hair cascading lower his waist. He had the most austere glowing golden eyes, sculpted facial features, and a very serious air of importance and discipline. He was very well-built and muscular, with pale skin taut over the muscles. A chain of topazes, diamonds and pearls hung around his neck, and as a pendant there hung a single uncut raw ruby. Being the eldest, he had the most regal, orange-tipped, golden fins lining across the length of both shoulders, curving at the joints where his arms joined the shoulder, such that the fins resembled a spiked collar of a cape. He had the same kind of golden fins on his arms, along the Ulna bone, and the same on his tail lining his waist and the mid section of the tail which was the soft shade of warm pale yellow, ending with the two large fins of bright golden.
Koniel, the Fire Prince, was beautiful too. His long black hair hung in two bangs on either side of his face, and body of the hair was braided, snaking to mid-tail length. He had rich crimson irises, like sparks of fire that was warm when gentle but furious when kindled. He had lips pinker than the four brothers. He was slimmer than Kaprosca but well-built, lithe and swift, with the same pale skin. His chain of gems adorned rubies and diamonds, with occasional triangular pieces of ebony. He had maroon-tipped, red fins lining the back of his neck which then travelled inwards towards his clavicle, smaller ones tracing a spiral pattern on either of his biceps to stop above the elbow, a few fins on his forearms and waist. His long tail was of a gentle warm red that did not sting the eyes but did not seem dull either. Punctuating his tail were two large dark red fins.
Ke-inno, the Air Prince, was obviously beautiful as well. He too, as the three of his brothers, had long silken black hair, that beautifully curled a little at the ends. A soft curl dangled over one eye occasionally. His eyes were a silvery grey, serene and calm, but could turn cloudy grey in anger in angered. He was the most calm of the four brothers, his was an ability to keep a cool head and speak in soft solemness. He too was strong and had the body to prove it, yet he wasn't as brawny as the eldest brother. Dangling around his neck were small chunks of diamonds, pearls and ivory piranha teeth that contrasted his calm character. He had silver fins tipped with darker grey, which unlike the two elders, started from between his pectorals, and went up to his shoulders like a v-neck, growing in size as they reached the shoulder where it was the widest, and once past the neck, they curled a little at the shoulder blades thinning as it went. Similar fins lined his forearms and his waist as the four brothers. His tail was a beautiful glassy silvery-white, with large silver fins to match.
All four brothers had the same pale skin, the same black silk locks, and the same kind of fins although in different colours.
Kaprosca's golden eyes, the shade of fiery lightning, calmly laced over Kanou-a's new features. "You have matured, Kanou-a?"
Kanou-a looked suddenly fearful , which he hid with a smile, "Yes."
"Congratulations, Little brother Kanou-a," the three spoke in the same, no-nonsensical voice. Kanou-a nodded in gratitude.
"And where be your mate, Brother?" Kaprosca asked without any expression, but that of patience, on his face.
Kanou-a froze, opening his mouth but only a soft breath came out. Koniel spoke instead, "Is it a female or male mate?"
Kanou-a turned to gaze at the red irises gazing calmly at him. Before he could answer, which was unlikely given his tongue-tied situation, Ke-inno added, "Is the mate a Prince, or Princess?"
Kanou-a paused, contemplating how to answer. But again, before he could answer, Kaprosca finally spoke, "Merman, mermaid... or human?"
Kanou-a, who had been observing his own tail-fins in silence, shot up his head to stare in shock at the three brothers, who looked at him with triple sets of the same expression.
Answer us, or dare to deny.
"Human male," Kanou-a answered in defeat, his head low in respect, hands clasped in submission, "I mated with a human male."
He was met with permeated silence.
"I... But how did you know of...?" Kanou-a stammered, feeling utmost dread creep into his stomach. He felt dry by the mouth. Kaprosca spoke smoothly, "We spotted you days ago, frolicking through the waters, with that two-legged land creature. You were showing him about, weren't you, Kanou-a?"
"We have been taught for centauries to stay away from humans, and yet you travel about the ocean, showing the green-eyed being sea animals they know not of!"
"It was a marvel at first that it could breathe underwater, but seeing a merman was with it,... you put a spell on it, didn't you?"
Kanou-a looked away, feeling hurt, there bubbled smallish anger that he maintained well away from his voice, "A 'he', Brother Koniel, Kirby is a 'he'; a person, a being, like us in different way. And he... he's harmless, Brother."
"I find it pathetic that you have obtained your superior powers from a mere human", Kaprosca scoffed, saying the last word with contempt.
Kanou-a's eyes blazed, although he maintained his calm but eager voice, "Do not lower him, Brother! I love him! I hurt when he is disgraced!"
The three brothers looked long and hard at their little one whose blue eyes flit in colours of sincere passion like a kaleidoscope.
Kanou-a spoke further, with great feeling in his words, "I did not just mate with him, brothers; I made love to him," his voice softened as he looked away, even a small smile forming in the corner of his lips as he relished the feeling, "The difference being that, 'mating' is decided by the mind, to survive, to follow rules; but 'making love' is done by the desire of the heart, due to love, care, unfathomable attraction, unexplained sincerity."
He looked up at the three solemn brothers who seem to have grasped the deep concept with blank looks however, and he continued to speak, "I love him greatly. I did not choose to mate him on purpose. I saw him, I met him, and he turns to be greatly different from the other humans. And I fell in love."
Kaprosca's voice flowed through the water to Kanou-a, "And quite unfortunate that he happens to be human. You do know that being a human male, he cannot bear your children, unlike the androgynous males in our kind."
"He could easily just be feigning love to learn of our secret society, although I find it hard to believe that you fell in love with him when there are plenty of beautiful merpeople in our kingdom."
"He may later betray us for gains, as do all humans."
"NO!"
Kanou-a's voice had raised in higher pitch against the arguments of his brothers who showed their surprise at Kanou-a by widening their eyes a little. "Kirby is not such a human! Kirby is loyal, he is the Saviour of the Land World, he is innocent, he is good-willed and he loves me as much as I do him! Pure and true!" Kanou-a's eyebrows squirmed, eyelids fluttered and lips pursed and his body shook in struggle. He took a long pause of realisation that he had just raised his voice against his elder brothers, something which he had never done before. His brothers gazed at him, as he whispered, "I am humbly sorry, I didn't mean to shout,..."
Kaprosca spoke, "You speak with great feeling in defence for your beloved. You are forgiven," after a pause trying to come to judgement, he spoke, "Of the three of us, I suspect that Koniel understands the most about the bond you hold by love, Kanou-a. What have you to say, Koniel?"
Koniel added in agreement, "Merpeople do not usually fall in love. Yet, as a merman who has a mate who also happens to be his lover," Koniel gave a silent sigh, "I too understand your pain, Kanou-a. However, my mate is also a merman, unlike in your case. It can't be helped, Little Brother, that your lover is human."
Kanou-a looked helpless and vulnerable. He turned to Ke-inno who had his eyes closed in thought. The silvery irises reappeared, with the soft voice flowing, "Yes, I agree with Brother Koniel; you may love him, but he cannot fulfil the requirements of a mate."
"What does that mean I must do? Must I stay away from him, never to see him again?" Kanou-a asked fearfully , turning to his eldest brother, who pinned him with a gaze of smouldering yellow eyes, "Seeing you are young, and this love is extremely strong, we will not interfere," he placed a cool hand on the younger's shoulder in a fatherly way, "Kanou-a, whom you love and how you love them, is beyond our righteous words to question. But however, we cannot let that human disrupt our life. If u say that he is harmless and will not cause trouble for our kind as the other pest-like humans do, then we believe you. But as per the rules set millions of years ago, he must never visit out kind, our kingdom or our people. If you trust him to keep us a secret and let us remain a myth to the humans, then please tell him to stay away from the merpeople. He may meet you, and you meet him, but never must he be seen or see our people. Do you understand?"
Kanou-a nodded at the ember eyes. Kaprosca nodded too, and pulled his hand back, retaining his regal posture.
"And you must find a mate to impregnate and bear your children of your calibre," Ke-inno added, "The mating season is upon us, and being the one brother left, you are to choose one this year."
Koniel spoke, "We shall arrange a possible mate for you, preferably one of royal blood. We only require your cooperation, Kanou-a."
Kanou-a looked dismayed as he gazed at them, his heart cringing because although he was not prohibited from meeting Ben, he still felt utterly miserable that he couldn't let Ben interact with the other merpeople. Especially when Ben had wished it once during their conversations.
"I hope you are not entertaining thoughts of disobeying us, Kanou-a?" Kaprosca asked slyly. Kanou-a shook his head swiftly, "O-of course not!"
And then there was the sudden guilt that hit the merman's stomach. That he would have to touch another person, the way he did Kirby. He felt he was betraying the loyalty and love he had for the brunette. Frowning in displeasure, he was shaken out of his thoughts as one of the elder brother's spoke, "Kanou-a, no one of the kingdom must know of your intimacy with a human, do you understand?"
"Yes, Brother Kaprosca," Kanou-a nodded obediently.
"Good," Kaprosca sighed calmly, "In a day's time, we shall arrange a mate for you." saying thus, Kaprosca turned to swim away, only pausing for his two other brothers. They had important work to do as adults. Kanou-a was just a kid compared to them.
"Kanou-a, I hope your lover does not interfere with the mating," Koniel added, turning away.
"If you really do love him, then you will have convinced him to meet the rules," Ke-inno nodded, turning away too.
Kanou-a watched the three look at each other. Bowing to his elder brothers, Kanou-a turned the opposite way and just swam off, heading for his secluded sauna grotto, to think and mentally prepare himself for how to break the news to his lover the next morning.
I am so sorry, Kirby; in our blind love, we failed to see our vivid differences...
- End of Chapter Part 1 -
Ok so um, tht was short and weird. Not really happy about this chapter, I feel its missing something.
If anyone is against the arguments of te mermen, thn shut the fuck up, coz this is MY story and thts how it goes. if u dont like it, pls dont flame but i WILL listen if u point out nicely. afterall, merman stuff are our own creations, and this is how i portray them.
Thnk you! :D review plssss! :D
