Luchia: Well well...

Hanon: She's finally beginning to bother with us.

Nexus: Oh come off it, I did care before! I just, couldn't come up with ideas fast enough for this chapter but I've finally got something.

And since this is chapter 10, I promised we would party. But since it's past the 21st December, we have 2 excuses to party!

That's right Mayan calendar, WE SURVIVED SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!

*high fives Nagisa*

Nagisa: Even so, since it's chapter 10, Nexus promised we would celebrate at the end of the chapter.

Nexus: I did, as long as Luchia and Hanon remember to do disclaimer and claimers for me...

Luchia: She doesn't own us.

Hanon: She does own her ideas and OC's.

Nexus: T_T Fine, here's our freak freaky chapter 10 from outer space.

Chapter 10: The Serebu Clan History

-Last time-

"So, you've finally woken up, took ya a while," he said in a cheery voice.

"Where the bloody hell am I?" Shaga asked very angry.

"Patience Shaga, shouting your mouth off will get you nowhere here. But welcome, to your new home." Hayate said happily

"My new home?" Shaga said confused.

"Yes, welcome to the home of the Serebu clan, my son." Hayate said spreading his arms out in welcoming.

"Son?" Shaga questioned in shock.

Hayate sighed. "This is going to take longer than I thought."

"Listen up old man! You need to tell me, right now, what the hell is going on! I wanna know where the hell I am, who the hell you are, why you're calling me your son and if you can, why mermaids exist." Shaga shouted, his patience finally wore off.

"So, you finally want to know the whole story?" Hayate asked as he clicked his fingers, a chair of ice appearing below where Shaga was sat, lifting him onto it as it formed. "I suggest you get comfortable now, because you're gonna be here for a while."

Hayate took a deep breath, getting ready to tell Shaga the whole story.

"If you want to know everything, I can only tell you what I know so far which is you, me, your parents, this place, mermaids, Luchia and Kaito, my clan and other clans plus the things that connect them all."

"Lets start with you, Ameru Shaga. Born 24th March 1995, therefore age 17, that's definitely true. Parents, your mother Ameru Luna and your father Ameru Kyushu. Well, this is where it gets interesting. You see, Ameru isn't your true last name and Luna and Kyushu aren't really your parents. The only way to explain it, is to start right from the very beginning as to how this all came together."

"Mermaids, yes, they do exist, they have done for quite some time. Back when they existed, they also had clans, made mainly of men via one or two women. You see, 40 people were created, 40 who weren't merpeople. 20 women, 20 men. The 40 of them paired together and made 20 different clans for themselves. Overtime, more and more people were born and came into clans and that's when they started being recognised. 7 of them were chosen to help the 7 mermaid kingdoms as guards, scouter's general helpers. The main 7 who originally served the seven kingdoms were the Panthalassa, Octavious Verenasus, Serebu, Makala, Janobu and Kerasus clans. 6 of those still serve today except, us, the Serebu clan. Also hencing my last name, Serebu. This place, is the current home of our clan. You see, when the Batsumo clan came into a higher power, they thought they deserved to serve the kingdom we did more than us. Sadly, the Panthalassa, Octavious and Verenasus clans all backed up the Batsumo clan and a war broke out. All together, those 4 clans had over 2000 men against 120 of us. As you can guess, it was slaughter! 10 of us survived and months later I was born making 11 people. I had an affair with a woman on land and she had you, making 12 people. She died so I brought you back. About 2 weeks after that, you disappeared. When I finally found you on shore, you'd been brought in by that Ameru family and you yourself were too young to understand that they were never your real family. 10 years later, when you were then 10 obviously, that boat crash happened. I caused it in order to try and bring you home. Sadly, a mermaid saved you, Nanami Luchia. Yes, Luchia is a mermaid, she was born a mermaid and always will be a mermaid. The only thing you remember though is that crash and then waking up in hospital all alone. As for Luchia, she saved one human 3 years before she saved you and 7 years later went to the human world to find him. She's not just any mermaid though, she's one of the 7 mermaid princesses along with Houshou Hanon, Touin Rina, Karen, Noelle, Coco and Seira. You know Hanon and Rina as they are in your class along with Luchia. Due to certain circumstances, Luchia and the others returned to the seas. As for Kaito, the human Luchia saved nearly 9 years ago, he's not exactly human. He was born prince to the Panthalassa clan along with his Twin Brother who turned evil and was eventually reported dead. He still lives, he's just not as evil. Luchia and Kaito are actually getting married from what my sources tell me. And as for Hanon and Rina's loves, Nagisa and Masahiro, they were turned into mermen where as Kaito went through a trial and that's why you saw Kaito getting turned into a merman. I spent the last 7 years re-tracking you down and this time, I'm not letting you go so easily!"

"So, you expect me to believe that I'm the son of a man who's Clan got slaughtered in battle by others and that mermaids exist and my 3 classmates and their lovers are also merpeople?" Shaga asked sarcastically.

"What, you don't believe me?" Hayate laughed slightly.

"Of course I don't!" Shaga retaliated.

Hayate sighed once more. "If words won't convince you, then hopefully, images will."

Upon the last words, Hayate clicked his fingers as a purple glow engulfed the entire room. Shaga shielded his eyes and when he opened them, he and Hayate were floating in the air above the ocean, late a night too as it was quite dark even though a crescent moon was out.

"What the-"

"I did say if words didn't convince you, then these next few scenes should. Just watch." Hayate turned his head back over the Ocean to a familiar person, to him at least.

Below them was indeed the Ocean. Upon the rock where Luchia and Kaito usually sat, was a 17 year old woman. She had long free flowing black hair, olive coloured skin and was wearing a white thin strapped free flowing dress ending just below her knees. She had amethyst eyes than shone brightly in the darkness and smooth looking pale pink lips.

She was sat there with her feet dipped in the water, looking out over the water as if she was waiting for someone and she was.

A minute later an 18 year old man with long silver hair popped out over the Ocean. It was a young version of Hayate. He still looked all the same as he did today except he wasn't wearing anything. As he swam over to the rock, he pushed himself up to reveal a long slender purple and silver tail.

Shaga just turned to Hayate, who in response laughed slightly and said, "I'll tell you that story later."

When Hayate pulled himself up, he launched into a hug with the girl.

"I'm so glad you came to see me Hayate," the girl said.

"I wouldn't not come see you Sharuu, what's wrong? You said in your message you had something life changing to tell me."

Sharuu looked sad for a minute before breaking the news to her boyfriend. "I'm pregnant!"

Hayate sat there with a look of wonder on his face. "You're... pregnant?"

"Yes, with your child. I've been pregnant for just over a month now." Sharuu looked away in detest at herself.

"What's wrong?" Hayate asked putting a hand to her cheek, making her turn her head slightly.

She gasped slightly, "you're not, mad?"

"Why would I? It's a wonderful thing your pregnant. What did you think I would hate you or something for it?"

Sharuu nodded her head slightly.

"Well, don't ever think that again!" Hayate said as he pulled her into a slow passionate kiss.

Before Shaga had any time to say anything, their surroundings began fading and before Shaga knew it, they were floating above a city.

"This is 8 months forward, towards the time of your birth," Hayate explained.

Hayate looked down to see one man running towards a hospital. "See him, that's me again."

This time Hayate was obviously human and was wearing a black open jacket, a purple vest top, a pair of black jeans and a pair of black sneakers with purple laces.

Bursting into the Hospital, he ran up to the desk and asked, "I need to see Hemuri Sharuu!"

"You do know she's currently in labour? Are you a relative?" The receptionist asked.

"I'm her boyfriend, the one who's child she's pregnant with."

The receptionist looked at him before saying, "follow me," as she lead him through the winding corridors to the room where his girlfriend was.

As the doors burst open, Sharuu weakly turned her head to see the person she wanted to see the most right now, "Hayate!"

"Sharuu!" Hayate said, happy to see she was okay, rushing over to the bed to give her a little hug.

"I thought you would never make it in time- AHH!" Sharuu held her stomach in pain as her face scrunched up.

"Sir, we need you to step back a little, she's about to give birth here," the doctor in the room explained.

The Hayate floating in the air waved his hand as time skipped forward, the world around them blurring once again.

"What? Do you really want to see your mother give birth to you?" Hayate asked.

Shaga just turned his head in disgust at the thought of seeing it now.

When time re-blurred, Hayate was sitting on the edge of the bed and Sharuu was laying there, panting slightly holding a new born baby in a purple blanket. The birth had gone off without a hitch, the new born baby boy was just fine.

"What should we call him?" Sharuu asked her boyfriend.

"Maybe Kenji?" Hayate suggested.

"Or Feng?" Sharuu responded.

The two thought on it for a minute before a good name dawned on the silver haired man.

"What about, Shaga?"

"Shaga?" Sharuu asked a little surprised by the name. But it slowly settled in on her, "yeah, Shaga, that's actually a good name for you little one."

She turned her head back to the baby, Shaga, who was sound asleep in his purple blanket, only his face showing through it.

Soon after this, Sharuu's face lit up with pain as she began screaming the house down.

"Sharuu? Sharuu!" Hayate screamed in response, trying to find out what was wrong with her.

As the screaming continued, Hayate skipped time forward again and closed his eyes in sadness as the next scene unfolded.

"Sharuu." Hayate was sitting out on that rock again, the new born Shaga in his blanket next to him fast asleep, watching not only the multi-coloured sunset but also a small boat on fire drifting out far to sea. For you see, when a member of a clan dies and their body is still with them, clan members would set small boats with their bodies in on fire as they drifted towards the sunset, the gateway to the realm of the eternal. When the last glimpse of sunset disappeared, the boat would go with it, to the realm of the eternal where your soul would arise from the fire and you would freely walk the watery plains until you found someone special to you. Then your soul would truly be at rest. Hayate knew Sharuu's soul would never be free until he died, but he wasn't going to go down just yet, he was waiting to die naturally, to show Sharuu he cared.

Once the boat was gone and the sunset fully gone with it, Hayate sprang back into the water, taking the baby in the blanket with him to his new home, the Ice he'd found.

Hayate opened his eyes, waved his hand as the world turned purple and returned the two back to their own time again.

"If all of what you've just shown me is true, then, I really am your son." Shaga said slowly to himself as all the scenes put together made perfect sense. "But, you were a merman before?"

"Yeah, I had my power and tail stripped from me when I lost you, Aqua-Regina Sama was very mad at me for losing you so easily." Hayate scratched his head in annoyance.

"Aqua-Regina? You mean that floating goddess dressed in white?" Shaga asked, remembering the scene of Kaito's trial completion.

"Yeah, you met her already?" Hayate asked in return.

"No, I saw her when Kaito was turned into a merman, when he completed this so-called trial."

"Ahh, that makes sense, son."

"Yeah," Shaga said to himself again. "Listen, Dad, I'm sorry but, I need to go, this isn't where I belong. I belong on the surface with my second parents (Shaga was re-adopted by a family with the last name of Yatsu, but he kept his last name of Ameru in memory of his 'parents.' I may be a Serebu but, I'm still an Ameru back home, back on land."

Hayate sighed. 'Plans going perfectly, kids trying to return to the surface, guess those scenes worked their magic on his mind after all.' "That's fine by me. Just to warn you though, we're in an ice cube basically, on the floor of the ocean, in the middle of nowhere. Good luck getting home." He called to Shaga, as he had already stood up and was currently working his way down the Ice halls to the front door. It just looked liked the water suddenly began when you stepped outside.

Shaga held his breath closed his eyes, and leapt out the front door, expecting to float. But no, he felt gravity pull him down as his feet touched the Sea bed. Upon doing this, he slowly opened his eyes to find his eye sight wasn't blurred like earlier, it was so clear it was like he was on land. He gasped in surprise, finding out he could breathe.

'That's right,' he thought, 'Hayate did mention that clan members were born in the seas, of course they can live and breathe okay down here. Hmmmm, I can't really shoot to the surface to find Japan, I'm in the middle of nowhere.'

An image of Luchia popped into his mind. 'That's right. Kaito mentioned Luchia had a Palace in the Sea, she's a princess after all. If I can just find it by swimming around for a bit, I'll be okay. Who knows, I find one of the other 7 Palaces before hers. I'm sure they'd be willing to help me. Boy will Luchia have a surprise though if she's sees me here.'

He looked around deciding on a direction and swimming out in that direction. He found out that if he actually thought about swimming, he would begin floating in the water like a normal human, all he had to do though was kick his feet and he was off.

During this time, it was already morning in Luchia's palace and everyone was awake eating breakfast at the table.

"Where do you think Kaito went to?" Hanon asked realising he wasn't with everyone.

"He left me a note saying he went out for an early morning swim, said he wanted to clear his mind from a weird dream he had last night," Luchia replied.

"He's been having a few weird dreams recently and when he does, strange things happen," Rina joined in before taking a massive hungry bite out of her seaweed toast.

Yes, Kaito had another weird dream last night, a boy who Kaito could only see a shadowy figure was kidnapped and brought into the Sea by another figure who was unclear to him. His mind replayed another part of it where he passed the trial, only he saw it from an aerial point of view. Looking out onto the land, he saw a shadow behind a rock, looking around as if he was watching Kaito. This worried him greatly, someone had seen him and on the surface, they would probably be question everything. The truth behind the disappearance of the 4 class mates and 2 others and also mermaids, not good as far as Kaito was concerned.

Kaito was swimming around the reefs of the North Pacific trying to clear his head. It was probably nothing, but the last weird dream turned out to be true. And the dream about Nagisa choking on some boiled clams the next morning.

Shaga was growing tired. He'd been swimming around aimlessly for what seemed liked hours to him now. He decided to take a quick breather sitting on a rock and deciding which direction he should swim in now. For all he knew, he'd felt like he'd swam around half the world and was now well and truly lost. He thought about heading to the surface and looking around but knowing his luck, he'd still be nowhere.

Luck was sort of on his side though, he just happened to be sitting on a rock in a coral reef, the reefs of the North Pacific nonetheless. Looking around him, a figure came into sight, one with a tail.

Shaga mentally gasped staring at the figure, 'that's, Kaito!'

"Domouto Kaito?" Shaga called out getting his attention.

Kaito froze for a minute. 'Who, on earth, in the middle of the seas, except the people I know, know who I am?'

Slowly, Kaito turned around to the source of the voice, a man about the age of 17 sitting on one of the rocks he usually liked to sit on to clear his thoughts and sit there in general with Luchia for comfort. Kaito studied the figure, dark skin, weird eyes, wings on his feet, a necklace bearing a clan logo.

He swam closer to the figure much to Shaga's surprise as he didn't expect Kaito to get so close.

'So, Kaito really is a merman,' Shaga thought as he studied Kaito staring at his newly acquired necklace.

"Let's see, a black open heart with ivy and barbed wire, seems like you're a member of the Serebu clan, previous servers to Karen's kingdom. But how do you know my name?" Kaito asked him. Since Kaito was a prince and almost a king, he would also need to catch up on Clan knowledge that he should have learnt living in the seas if it weren't for Aqua Regina sending him to live life as a human.

"You don't recognise me? Look at the scar," Shaga said brushing his hair out of his face a little so the scar could be fully seen.

Kaito looked at the scar as an image of an all too familiar class mate popped into his head.

"AMERU SHAGA?!" Kaito screamed as his brain worked out who it was. Only one person he knew had a scar that strange, Ameru Shaga, well, Serebu Shaga to be correct.

"Hi," he said meekly as Kaito swam back a bit, just staring at him in shock.

Nexus: And that was the long awaited chapter 10, a build up to chapter 11, where the whole point of this story comes out!

Nagisa: What happened to us this chapter?

Masahiro: That's right, we said nothing at all, Luchia, Hanon and Rina each got one line each and we get nothing!?

Nexus: You'll get your chances next chapter. You don't see the top 3 main characters complaining even though they only got one line each this chapter, right guys.

*Luchia, Hanon and Rina all giving evils at me*

Nexus: Hehe, maybe we should party instead, Gangnam style. *horsey dancing time*

(seems even these guys are addicted to it, it was claimed the best moment of 2012)

Nexus: Well, I've reached chapter 10 of my first story, and I'm really happy with myself. I tried to write this chapter 3 times. Twice my lappy overheated on me when I left it alone and once I hit the backspace key but I wasn't typing in the box so I lost a good 2000 words each time!

Nagisa: But at least you did it.

Kaito: He's right, and just one question, why did you have Shaga find me of all people?

Nexus: To explain the weird dream thing, that plays a vital role further on.

Now, I can't promise when chapter 11 will be up, it's coming to the end of my winter break and I have 5 days left to complete 5 briefs of college work. I'll get to work on it when I can but I'll likely update another story before I update this one, I'm sorry!