Pichi Pichi Pitch
Chapter 10
The plane landed and they had gotten off, and went to a payphone. "Hello, Subaru? It's Caren. Yeah. I know it's been a while. Uh huh. Yeah well actually I need a favor from you, you see me and my friends have a job to do here and we have three friends who need a place to stay until we're all done. Yeah, we're already here. Really, thanks Subaru, see you in a few." She said and hung up the phone. "He says your more than welcome to stay there, but don't mention the whole mermaid thing, he still doesn't know." She explained.
"So where is this place anyway?" Hanon asked. "It's just about a mile away, there's already transportation on it's way, all we gotta do is wait for it." Caren said. "When we get there, we'll stay the night, it's too late for us to go. We'll leave first thing in the morning." Rina said. "Right." Said all the girls, they went to grab their bags and walked to the entrance. "Wait, we don't have any jackets and it's probably freezing out there. Plus who ever heard of an airport here?" Coco said.
"Well, this is a very small airport and we aren't going outside until he gets here, we'll be waiting in the chairs over there. Then later me, you and Noel will go to the ocean and find Hippo." Caren said. "Okay, how long will it take for him to get here Caren?" Lucia asked. "About and hour." She answered. "What'll we do for an hour?" Coco complained.
"Well, we can either sit in the chairs for an hour or we can find something else to do." Noel said. "Well, I just sat on my butt for over four hours, I ain't sitting anymore!" Hanon said. "Well Hanon find something better to do other than nagging and complaining!" Noel said playfully. "I don't nag or complain, complaining falls under Coco's category." Hanon said. "Hey, I don't complain!" She said in defense. "You just did." Hanon said. "Well, if I had to say, complaining is under Coco's category, and nagging is under Hanon's." Rina said.
"Even Rina says I nag!? What is with you, I don't nag!" Hanon shouted. "Hanon calm down." Lucia said as she came from behind and grabbed her shoulders. "I can't knowing everyone thinks I nag!" She continued. "Hanon, listen you don't nag, everyone's teasing you." She said trying to calm her down. "Your just teasing?" She asked. "Yeah, we aren't that mean, she was just playing when she said that you nag and complain." Lucia said with a smile. "Okay, but I don't nag!" She said for the last time. "We know, we were kidding too." Rina said. "Well, okay, but if someone says I nag again, I'll nag you all day long in your ear." She said threateningly.
"Then I guess we better not tease her, or else we get the death penalty." Lucia said teasing. "Lucia, I'll get you for that!" Hanon said and she started chasing Lucia around the airport. "Lucia, just stop and take it like a real mermaid!" She said out loud, but no one was around to hear. "Hanon don't shout that out like that!" Rina said. "Hanon, come on quit chasing me!" Lucia said laughing, everyone else started laughing too. "Well, this certainly is killing time." Coco said.
"Lucia, when I catch you your gonna wish you never said that!" Hanon shouted. "Well then I guess I better run faster, I don't wanna go deaf from your nagging in my ears." Lucia teased again. "Oh you'll pay for that!" Hanon said and began to run faster. "Hey where'd she go?" Hanon asked as she stopped, everyone looked around and didn't see Lucia anywhere. Rina and Kaito felt a tap on their shoulders, they turned their heads to see Lucia hiding behind them. "What're you doing?" Rina asked quietly. "I'm hiding." She said with a little giggle.
"How'd you get back there?" Kaito asked. "I slipped through the decorative plants over there and snuck over here." she said. "Ah ha! There you are." Hanon shouted and charged at her. "Uh oh, I gotta run." She said and ran off. "Hey, Hanon, knock it off, you can't chase her forever." Rina said. "But she can't run forever, so when she gets tired I'll get her and stop running around." Hanon said and continued running after Lucia. "Honestly, those two. They can give me a headache." Caren said. "I don't know, I like these funny situations, and we always end up laughing." Coco said.
"And it's fun to see the trouble you get into because of it." Noel said. "Trouble? Oh man, I gotta catch them!" Rina said and ran off for them. "What's her problem?" Nagisa asked. "She's seen much more trouble from those two than any of us." Seira said. "Well, we better go find them." Hamasaki said, they picked up their bags and walked to find them. When they went around a corner where the bags from flights came in and out, they found them. But Lucia was on the ground with a couple bags on her. "What happened?" Kaito asked.
"Well, I was chasing Lucia and she came around here and I caught up to her but Rina grabbed me and so I tripped and ran right into a suitcase which tipped over and a few more bags tipped over and fell onto Lucia and she ended up where you now see her." Hanon said, and everyone looked at Lucia. "Could someone help, one of these bags is crushing my legs." She said weakly, and Kaito walked over and pulled the three bags that were crushing her. He held out his hand and she took it and he pulled her up. But her legs felt wobbly after a heavy bag had been on them and she almost fell over.
"You okay?" He asked softly. "I think so, I just feel a little tippy." She said with a smile, and he laughed at the word "tippy". "Anyways Lucia, I guess bags falling on you was enough for me, so I feel that I am happy with that and I'll stop chasing you." Hanon said. "Okay, I'll live with that." She said, everyone laughed. "Well, we got about another forty-five minutes before he gets here, so what do we do now?" Caren asked. "Don't know." Rina said. "Well, I feel like I just ran a mile, so I'm going to go sit down." Lucia said and walked back to where their stuff was, Kaito followed her.
"I feel the same way, I think I'll go too." Hanon said, she was still out of breathe, and Nagisa walked with her. "Well, what do we do?" Seira asked. "Hey Seira, the snack bar might have ice cream, why don't you go look?" Noel said as she handed her a few hundred yen. "Okay!" She ran off. "She is easily persuaded with sweets, especially ice cream." Noel said with a victorious smile. "Well, those five are covered, but what about us!?" Caren asked getting impatient.
"Well I'm going to sit with Lucia and the others, I feel exhausted from this entire trip." Rina said and Hamasaki walked with her, of course. "Well, what about us three?" Coco asked. "How fast does Hippo swim?" Noel asked. "Well, if he was in a big hurry, I guess he'd be here in about half an hour. I say that because he was really mad when he found out Kaito and the guys were coming. He might come here fast to keep those three from doing all the good stuff of being a couple." Caren stated. "What good stuff?" Seira asked as she came back with a small bowl of ice cream.
"We'll tell you when your older." Caren said with a smile as she patted her head. Seira just had a blank confused face. "Well, I'll go sit with the others." She said and walked off. "Well, maybe we should go see if Hippo's here." Noel said. "But it's cold outside!" Coco said. "See what we mean when we say you complain!?" Caren said loudly. "Okay fine, but we have no coats." Coco stated. "That's okay, the airport carries extras." Caren said. "You know too much of this place." Coco said. "Well, I do rule the ocean near here." Caren said with a mocking tone.
Meanwhile in the Sea of Japan... "Your highness, I know you wish to continue your grandfathers legacy, but you can't be serious." One of the guards said. "Silence, I will not tolerate soldiers who back sass me! Now I have taken a liking to the princess of the North Pacific, and I will make her mine, whether she loves another or not, all she needs is a little persuasion." The prince shouted. "But your highness, we still don't know where she is, the mermaid refuses to talk. We even tried tortures, she still keeps her mouth shut." He said. "Well, if we still can't get anything out of her, there's no point in keeping her, if she doesn't talk within three days, kill her." He ordered. "Yes, your highness, forgive my incompetence." He said. "Keep searching, that princess will be found and she will be mine."
Back with the girls... Lucia sneezes. "You catching a cold?" Kaito asked. "No, I think someone's talking about me." She said with a smile. "Who'd wanna talk about you?" He said. "Hey, your so mean!" She said with a frown. "I was kidding." He said. "Hmph!" She said. "Lucia, we're going to see if Hippo's here." Caren said. "I'll go with you." She said. "No! I mean, we only need us three to go, and plus, you gotta wait for Subaru, you, Hanon, and Rina are the only ones who can identify him." Caren said quickly. "Okay, I'll stay." She said.
They left after grabbing a couple coats and walked out into the cold. "I wonder how far we are to the ocean." Lucia said. "I don't know I guess not far if they're walking there, but Caren knows this place, there's nothing to worry about." He said with a sweet smile that Lucia loved. "Well, I know I shouldn't worry, but I can't but worry." She said. "You care too much." He said. "Hey, you can never care too much about the people you love." She said with a smile. "Does that include me?" He asked. "Of course it does, what would make you think different?" She said with a mocking voice.
"Well, I just wanted to be sure." He said. "You're an idiot." She said. "Hey, let's not get mean." He said. "You were mean just a few seconds ago, so why can't I be mean back, you always act so innocent when you get a taste of your own medicine!" She argued, and he moves her head so she's facing him and kisses her. She closed her eyes and let him kiss her, she liked his kisses, they made her feel loved. "How's that for a taste of medicine?" He asked as they parted. "Very nice." She giggled. "If Hippo ever saw that, he'd throw a huge fit." Seira said to herself. "But then again, they aren't the only ones getting all lovey dovey." She said and giggled to herself and continued to eat her ice cream.
"This is really cold, Caren, why didn't you tell me it was so cold?" Coco said. "Because if i did you wouldn't have come, and you would complain about going even more." She answered. The snow was thick making it a little hard to walk, but they still had ways to go before they reached the sea.