Okay everyone. I have to type this fast, I'm at school and the teacher is allowing this! So no intro gomen!!! ::bows:: I'll do one later…Lol.

Ch,8: Another new world

Darkness

:I Can't remember where I am...or why…I'm...falling?: Sora opened his eyes slowly. Nothing, but darkness surrounded him. He felt this way so many times, though this time it was worse. This time, there was something more. Sora tried to move his hand and found to his dismay that he couldn't. He tried to intake breath, none. The last thing he remembered doing was running. Running from bad memories, for the thing he was at fault for. For being Alive.

"I think he's starting to wake up." A soft voice said cutting into Sora's dream.

"We could always…."

"Setsuna!"

Sora blinked wearily and slowly, or at least tried to, sit up. He found that he no longer could though. : Am I paralyzed?: Sora asked himself and looked at the two figures by him.

"Set, he's awake." The one Sora had heard first say.

"Great. Let's kill him now."

"Setsuna!!!" The other boy punched the one called Setsuna in the arm and walked so gracefully over to Sora he seemed to be gliding. "Are you feeling better?" He asked gently. His tone was calm and soothing.

"I feel...weird..." Was all Sora managed to get out.

The boy smiled and moved some of Sora's hair out of his face.

"Well. You did fall a long way. I'm surprised you lived from a fall like that." The boy said, almost cheerfully. "I'm Miyuki. What's your name?"

"Sora…Did I really fall that far?"

"Right off the cliff…" Miyuki said slowly. "Good thing Setsuna and I caught you before you hit that rock though. You were pretty out of it."

Sora blushed a bit and was finally able to sit up. His eyes started to focus and he noticed he was in another stone castle.

"This isn't Nuburu's castle is it?!" Sora asked quickly praying that it wasn't true.

"No of course not." Miyuki said laughing. "Were really far away from her castle. Besides, She's not allowed down here."

Sora sighed in relief and looked around the room. It was a nice room and pretty big. It has a bunch of flowerpots that had exotic flowers Sora had never seen in his whole life. They made Nuburu's flowers look like petal less stubs. There was a chair in the room and a dresser also. They were both made of the same rock material.

"So. Do you feel all better or just a little?" Miyuki asked leaning up against Setsuna.

"I guess…I still can't completely see though." Sora said rubbing his eyes. "And I can't seem to move my legs either."

"Legs? What legs?" Miyuki asked curiously. "You gave up your legs for a tail and fins when you came down here." He added laughing.

"WHAT?!" Sora asked in shock. He pulled the blanket off himself, but it was no use. He could only see an outline of the two fins and his tail.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm a mermaid!!! That's what!!" Sora shouted at Miyuki.

"Merman." Setsuna corrected. Miyuki nodded in agreement.

"And it's not like you're the only one." Miyuki said happily and swam up a bit revealing his own tail.

"How'd this happen?!" Sora demanded starting to tug at his tail.

"Well. Anyone who comes down here who doesn't really belong on the surface world lose their feet when they step into the water." Miyuki explained his head on Setsuna's shoulder.

"So, if I leave the water, my feet will come back?"

"That's how it's supposed to work. Unless you're born a merperson."

"Oh…"

"Besides." Setsuna started adding to Miyuki's explanation. "Why would you want to go back up there? Here, you can do pretty much as you please and still be accepted. Up there, one wrong move and they all hate you."

Sora nodded knowing Setsuna's words to be true. Sora figured Setsuna, like himself, had no doubt came from the surface world. :How long though has be been down here?: Sora wondered to himself.

A large horn went off. Setsuna frowned and kissed Miyuki on the cheek.

"I'll see you later Koi." He looked to Sora. "Touch him and I'll kill you." With that he swam off.

"Bye Set!" Miyuki yelled after him. Sora shifted his view from Setsuna's vanishing form to Miyuki.

"Where is he going?"

"Setsuna's a knight. The king is returning home today. Therefore, he has to go to the knight ceremony and welcome the King back." Miyuki answered.

"Oh…hey. Did Setsuna live on the surface?" There was an awkward silence and Miyuki swam over to the bed. He sat down next to Sora and folded his arms together across his stomach.

"I won't tell you...exactly why…Setsuna was just having some hard times. He had enough and started visiting the ocean after school. That's when we met. He kept coming, staying longer and longer each time. Finally, something happened. When he came back to the ocean, he was able to transform. After that he refused to leave the water, scared that he wouldn't transform into a merman again. So he just stayed with me from there on."

"Oh…" Sora said smiling.

Setsuna stood there at the bottom of the throne head bowed. He was currently the only knight in the throne room of King Neptune.

"I trust your trip was good my lord?" Setsuna asked his head still bowed.

"Raise your head Setsuna. You've helped me far to many times for you to bow to me. Please, as a friend, rise up." At this Setsuna raised his head and looked King Neptune in the eyes. The king smiled at this and nodded.

"Yes. My trip went quite well, nothing out of the ordinary."

"That's good my lord."

"Yes, quite." King Neptune said relaxing back in his throne and sighed seeing Sebastian swimming towards him. "And seems like the minute I return, I get more paper work." He laughed a bit and took the papers from the crab before Sebastian could even come to a complete stop. Instead of stopping though after he gave the king the papers, he slammed head first into the throne.

"Those are for you…my…lord…" Sebastian fell onto the ground and said no more. Setsuna laughed at this shaking his head.

"King Neptune…" Setsuna started shifting his view from the crab up to the king. Neptune looked away from the papers and set his gaze on Setsuna.

"Yes?"

"May I make a request?" Setsuna asked a bit nervously. He wasn't quite sure on how the king would react to this.

"Well. I can not promise you that it will be done, but you may ask." Setsuna nodded.

"Miyuki and I found a boy…a merman. His name is Sora. He's kind of out of it at the moment, he fell from a cliff…,but Miyuki has taken quite a liking to him an—"

"You to are still mates are you not?" King Neptune asked raising an eyebrow alarmed. He knew just how depressed Setsuna would get if Miyuki and him split. Setsuna would no doubt find the first sharp object that he could and impale himself.

"Yes, of course." Setsuna had added quickly. "It's just. He wants to keep Sora around. The boy seems to have had some problems on the surface…and he became a merman by the waters will…"

"Than he shall be allowed to stay as you have been." King Neptune said with a big smile on his face. "Though, I add to that statement. If he does anything to harm the kingdom, or anyone in it, I will have to think over his actions and go over his case. You know the rules. If he breaks them, no matter how much Miyuki likes him, I will be forced to throw him out of our kingdom.

"Understood my lord. Thank you."

"You're quite welcome."

"So. You really like Setsuna huh?" Sora asked from behind Miyuki. Miyuki nodded smiling.

"I always have. Even when he thought I was insane for liking him." He said giggling and grabbed a pillow. "What about you. Who's your crush?" Sora was silent for a bit and than finally answered.

"I like this boy Riku. I can't ever be with him though. It wasn't meant to be." Miyuki frowned.

"How can you be so sure? Things sometimes look like they aren't meant to be, but then they end up being perfect. Like Setsuna and I. A human and a merman? It just doesn't seem like it'll work to well." He said laughing. "Setsuna became a merman though, and now we've been together for 15 years." Sora's eyes widened at this.

"15 years?! How old are you?!" Miyuki laughed and hugged the pillow he was holding tightly.

"Let's see…I'm 16 in your human years, and 53 in merpeople age."

"53?! You look like a teenager!" Sora shouted out in shock.

"And I will for a long time!" Miyuki added still laughing. "I won't look like an old person to you until after my 800th birthday, if I'm lucky anyway." Sora laughed and leaned back on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"This is so different. Does that mean I can live past the age of 800?"

"If you stay down here, yep." He answered smiling. "And I hope to spend all of that time with Setsuna…no matter what. I refuse to give him up." Sora smiled putting his arms behind his head.

"I wish I could say that same about Riku and I…" He sighed and flipped over onto his stomach. "But it'll never be. It's not aloud to be. Everyone says so." Miyuki frowned a bit at this and looked over at Sora curiously.

"Who's everybody?" He asked, but the question fell on deaf ears. Sora had already fallen asleep and Miyuki knew, it'd be best to just let him stay in his dreams. There'd be enough time for questions later on. They'd be spending a lot of time together anyway.

Setsuna swam into the room after he had finished his talk with the king and gave his report. He smiled stopping in front of Miyuki and wrapped his arms around him.

"And how is my blue haired beauty? Hmm?" He asked smiling and nuzzled Miyuki's neck. Miyuki sighed in pleasure and relaxed in Setsuna's arms.

"Just fine…" He said wrapping his tail around Setsuna's. Setsuna smiled at this taking in a quick view of Miyuki. His beautiful blue hair, his sapphire eyes, and light blue tail. He looked so good. And most of the merpeople that knew Miyuki, knew it to. They were always trying to get Miyuki to dump Setsuna, and frankly, Setsuna was extremely surprised sometimes when Miyuki turned down each and every single one of them.

Setsuna on the other hand, had silver hair and violet eyes and a black tail and a muscular chest. Miyuki had declared him his, and after Miyuki had attacked a few people who tried to ask Setsuna out, they all just backed off.

"Tell me koi." Setsuna said whispering into Miyuki's ear. "What have you learned from our visitor?" Miyuki sighed again relaxing his head on Setsuna's shoulder.

TBC

I have a lot more to write to this. But I'll have to add that when I get home. I have to leave in a few minutes. Ack!

Thank yous:

SKadditcted: Yes, he is! And once it all comes hitting back at him, believe me, he'll feel about 50 times worse! ::Laughs evilly:: Thanks. Glad you liked the song fic.

Kiharu-sama: Lol that is a good idea. Maybe I will. ::Grins evilly:: Idea NOW!

Animegirl171: Well, there's Setsuna. He's really out of character at the moment. Why? Because he's around friends and such. When I get him to the party that will be in chapter 8 part 2, I'll show you guys what I mean.

Sai-ryo Aura Feana: o.O Sorry. Maybe I'll bring Vincent back to torment Sora. ….Another idea! Thanks for the ideas you guys!!!!