Talk "Human", "Mermaid"

"Thought"

Chapter 10 - Introduction

Ozpin, one of the tribes elder, was the first to greet them as the group return to the city. "Welcome back boys" he greeted the mermaids.

"I trust that you have accomplish your group mission Roman,"

As Roman was the oldest he had been put in charge of the group and had started to report to Ozpin on what happen. Adam, who was second in charge, couldn't bring himself to pay attention to the conversation. Not when there was a small red trail still following Fox as he swam from the group and towards the city.

Adam couldn't say where he'd go, would be to the den he shared with his mate Coco or would he hideaway somewhere as he healed. Would he even allow them to deliver the medical attention that he needed?

"Fox!" Sage called after his friend

The dark green haired merman snapped his tail into a quicker swim to catch up with Fox. Adam quickly wrapped his hand around the male's arm to kept him from following with Saga he growled teeth at him,

"I can't just let him swim off like that, Red he's injury,"

"He'll be find, Coco and Velvet will help clam him down and when he's better the two of you will work it out. He'll bitch to Coco and she will most likely chew him, Sun and you if you're unlucky enough to be thrown into the mess. And after that something will break and you'll fight like you normally do until one of you figures out what to do next." Adam shrugged,

It sounded so simple when he stated it like that but he had no idea how long this process would take he didn't even know where Fox was going or if those people he mentioned would even get involved. Coco certainly, but the rest...

Sage frowned, "You think so?"

Adam nodded his head in a replying, Sage sighed pulling his face back into a neutral setting,

"I'll just go home then. See you around Red."

Adam replied, "I'll keep Coco off you for as long as possible,"

Adam sighs as Saga swam away, he couldn't do anything to help either of them in this matter. Truth be told, he didn't want to get involved anymore than this. If he said something wrong he would also be chewed out, and Fox was in a bad enough mood as it was.

He placed a hand over his injured hide as it string at his touch. He should really go change the seaweed and slather on a new coat of ointment if he wanted his scales to grow back with out too much scarring.

"Red!" he glance up at his name

Spotted the group as Cinder wrapped her arms around his neck and rubbed her nose against his. He soon felt the bitterness of the trip chip away as she run her claws through the hair sweeping around his neck.

"It's been too long," he replied

Taking his hand away from his wound and laying it on her scaled torso. His eyes remained closed as he knocked their foreheads together and relaxed… The group draw close with the sound mumbling peaked his interest. Cinder swam toward Adam and held him with their forehead touching.

"Your mate Blake—," Cinder said as he snapped his eyes open and leaned away,

"— She's showed up shortly after you left."

Jerking his head towards the group he was stilled at the sight of her. Her hair was floating around her as she gripped onto Coco's arm — Blake. His Blake was finally here, still stunning. Yes, she was still absolutely stunning. She was smiling as she wiggled her fingers in a wave. Adam could hardly feel the water pass over his gills. He didn't even notice Cinder was no longer beside him.

Only after he had the woman in his arms, pressing a loving kiss into her into hair. Her hand pressed against his injured hide and he flinched from the touch. He regains his sense of time and place as Blake had always had an affect on him.

"Welcome back Adam," she says

Before remembering to break out a lecture of taking care of him self better. He might have preened under her wrath if it wasn't for the fact that the group started their cackling at his lover worrying over him. He growled and snapped at Mercury and Sun when they got a little too zealous and grab at him. They ducked behind the mermaids' quick enough to avoid his wrath while the females of the group huff at them.

…

He had beached himself on to rock in the cove that evening when they had to break for air. It was just them as the girls decided to spent the night with their boyfriend in there own little hiding places. Blake hands had slid over his scales as she took in his injures. There weren't many with the one that bothered him having a new collection of seaweed and herbs pressed in it along with whatever concoction Glynda had created to help him heal him.

"You're missing some scale," her knuckle brushed over the gills on his neck and Adam shuttered, "here."

"We had a small -," he scrunched his forehead in concentration, " - tussle on the way back. Their hide was tough but it's only a scratch,"

His eyes felt heavy even though he didn't want to sleep just yet, but the moon was pulling to sleep, just as it did the waves that brush up against his dorsal fin. Blake's laughter sounded light and far away in his ears,

"You should go to sleep Adam, but just so you know if you get beached in the morning I will laugh the entire time it takes to return you to the ocean."

He couldn't pick up anything after that but soon the sound stopped and all he could feel was the water brushing against his side. The world grew dark around him as he fell a sleep. But not before he felt a warm feeling embracing him.

…

The next day the girls had decide to introduced their boyfriend to each other, with Blake and Adam on their way to the meeting place. Cinder and Velvet suggested that they had a picnic together at the coral reef park near the city without the rest of the group.

Up head Blake could see here friends already sitting down or in her human friend case trying not to float to the top together as a group. Adam and Blake swam toward them with Ruby hurling her self at Blake the moment they join the group. At this Yang quickly pull Ruby off of Blake before siting back down again.

"Heyyy Yang, why did you do that?" ask Ruby while readjusting her red cape

"Because you were chocking the life of Blake that why" Yang answer smacking Ruby head

"Ouchy, sorry Blake" Ruby said turning to Blake

"That alright Ruby, I know you meant no harm." Blake reassured Ruby

Silences hang over the group as they all sat there uncomfortably looking at each other while wait for the another in there group to arrive. Few more minutes pass by and the tension that had slow surround the group became very high. Because of the this Ruby started to eat her cookies, that Neo had made, very quickly. Weiss who was getting increasingly annoyed at Ruby action, raised her hand, hitting Ruby on her head while shouting,

"Will you stop that Ruby! You're going to chock to death soon and it very annoying seeing you eating those poor cookies so fast, just because the atmosphere is tense DOESN'T give you the right to scoff them down!"

At this scene everyone started to laugh, while Ruby hided behind Roman who was rubbing the big lump that had form on Ruby head as she mumbled her apologies to Weiss. When the laughing had died down the atmosphere had become a lot less tense and everyone was smiling. Taking the opportunity Yang decide it was time to introduction each with Ruby starting first.

"Hi I'm Ruby Rose and this is my boyfriend Roman Torckwick"

Next up was Weiss saying, "Hello my name is Weiss Schnee and this is Neptune Vasilias"

"I'm Blake Belladonna and this is Adam" Blake followed

"And I'm Yang Xiao Long and this here is Mercury Black" Yang finished before continuing on saying,

"Well now that we have introduce each other let start with the bonding"

And with that the group sat there for a few hours getting to know each other. Until it was soon close to nightfall. They were telling each other their hobbies, some personal history and story of adventure, as well as the story about how each couple meet each other and what happen, but that for another time.

…

Back under the hidden cove Blake was swimming with Adam in the mazes of tunnel. "It felt good swimming naked again." She though continues to swim along.

The weight of her clothes felt like held her back as she rides with her fishy companions. Her toes brushed against the sand when she went to drag them in the sand, while slowly tilt them.

"What happen went I turning into a mermaid?" Blake questioned

She fingered around the gills on his neck, while playing with the scales that were peeking out, he hang his head for a moment. He didn't say anything or push her away so Blake would continue until he took her hands away the openings and settle them elsewhere on his shoulders.

"What do you mean?"

He answers as his body was now on top of her as they lay in the ocean floor.

"Well, Cinder and Coco mentioned that I would have to eat something to turn into a mermaid." She watched for any flicker of emotion in his maroon coloured eyes.

She though that her fingers must have twitched against his gills wrong 'cause in an instant his body jolted right up before he took her hands away from them and clenched them in his claws. Her heart jumped quickly as he pulled her towards him closely against his chest. She could feel ever scales pressed against her as they sink to the ocean floor with his nose buried in her wavy hair. She could hear the rumble as he growled and spoke into her hair but no noise escaped his lips.

"Adam?"

She wanted to move up a little bit, but the weight of his chest kept her grounded, in control of her body. Until he pushed them back up off the ocean floor and the continued the lazy float they had before.

The girls had noticed … the colours. That everything had colour here. It was so bright and rich here with all the different colours in the merpeople's tails and scales, their jewelry shining brightly; even their skin had a nice colour to it. Like Adam eyes that day, she couldn't forget about the eyes that would shift from a bright ruby to a deep red.

The thought of a rich purple fin colour did peak her interest and they had inquired about fins and the shapes of tails and scale colour when Velvet and Coco kept the group company. But they had told them that it was based on her soul, nothing was to do with genetics. Blake had only grown confused and uncertain with their explanation.

His face appeared in front of hers, eyes flicking from left to right as he took in her expression. His brow twitched under the crown of red he wore in a concerning way.

"It'll hurt a lot as your body will grow. How much is up to… you, our connection, your wishes, and your soul. It depends."

"Again with the soul stuff." She though sighing while saying,

"How long will it take for me to turn?"

"Three days."