This is the shortest thing I have ever posted. So don't worry, I full intend to update again very very very soon. Tomorrow most likely. Either way, I hope you enjoy!
With Li Xiang and Emil.
"Ok, it said in the tome that they were right here on this beach."
Li Xiang and Emil looked out over the sand.
It was totally deserted, but the tome hadn't been wrong yet. Granted they'd only tested it once to find Emil, but still.
Li Xiang looked around, finally his eyes settled to scanning the salty water lapping at the shore. Several more powerful waves washed up and his eyes suddenly went wide.
"Emil, there!"
He pointed, and sure enough, a head of dark brown long hair was barely above water and being dragged in by the current a few hundred feet away.
Both of them took off running towards the motionless form.
The girl was being pulled back into the surf, and her eyes were half lidded and weary, she was struggling weakly against the water but it was clear she wasn't going to be able to pull herself out.
One of her arms was pinned to her side by what appeared to be a fishing net, and her entire lower body was completely entangled in the netting. She must have been thrashing in an attempt to escape, for the netting was actually cutting into her arm painfully.
"Whoa..." Emil murmured.
The girl had a shimmery light blue mermaids tail with five swirling iridescent fins starting halfway down the tail, spiraling in a mesmerizing pattern until they all fanned out into the water past the end of the tail, along with a thicker, stronger tail fin. The scales reflected in the light all the colors of the rainbow. She was wearing a sundress a shade lighter blue then her tail and she had red bows holding her hair in pigtails.
Li Xiang was quick to lift her from the water and carry her a safe distance from the waves. He then started to use his pointed, claw like fingernails to cut away the netting.
The girl passed out without saying anything, she was to weak and it was clear she'd been struggling with the net for a long time.
Emil laid her head in his lap so she was comfortable as Li Xiang pulled away the last of the netting. The rope had dug into her arms, but it hadn't broken the skin, there were only several angry looking red marks, nothing more.
"So...a mermaid?" Emil asked.
Li Xiang shrugged.
"Looks like it. She's soaked, should we try to get her dry?"
Emil sighed heavily.
"I don't know, it might hurt her more then help her."
Li Xiang nodded.
"True."
They stayed for a few minutes in completive silence of what to do when something else amazing happened.
The girls scales started to sink into her skin, and the blue started changing, darkening in color, her tail began to separate.
Emil panicked slightly.
"Should we put her back in the water?" He asked.
Li Xiang shook his head slowly, eyes wide.
The sea breeze blew over them and it had been slowly drying out the girls tail. Once the last of the scales sank in, the two awestruck boys were met with the sight of a pair of perfectly normal looking legs and feet wearing bright red gladiator sandals. Her skin was a dark, cocoa color and she didn't seem the slightest bit distressed in her slumber by the transformation.
"Ok...I guess she just does that, then?" Li Xiang asked slowly, not entirely sure what to make of this new development.
Emil sighed as he gently rested the girls head to the sand before stepping back.
"Should I...y'know...change? So we can carry her home faster?" He asked.
At that moment a jogger came by, he glanced over to them curiously, then curiosity turned to concern when he saw the girl laying on the ground between them.
"Is everything ok over here?"
Emil started to stutter but Li Xiang spoke up before the faye could attempt to.
"Our friend is just being lazy, after dragging us out here to go looking for sea shells to ad to her dumb collection. Went and fell asleep."
Emil was surprised at the ease at which Li Xiang passed this off.
The jogger didn't seem to buy it.
"You sure nothing serious is going on?" He asked.
"Positive, why?" Li Xiang asked without any sort of hint of panic to his voice.
The man slowly turned and continued on his run, albeit shooting a few glances over his shoulder.
Li Xiang let out a relieved sigh.
"Alright, let's get sleeping beauty back home. Human style." He said before coming to a stand and slipping an arm under the girls knees and the other around her shoulders.
He stood up, bearing her weight easily, and the two boys walked away, leaving trails of footprints in the sand, now carrying a possible addition to their quickly growing home.
Amethyst: Now I feel guilty for having such short chapters.
Arthur: I suppose it doesn't matter so long as you update frequently, hmm?
Valentin: I'd have to agree.
Kiku: Indeed.
Amethyst: ...I can't kick him...darn it...I need something to kick...
Mathias: *Swoops in through window*
Toris: This room doesn't even have a door, much less a window...
Mathias: I HAVE RETURNED!
Emil: NO! I HATE YOU! YOU ALREADY CHOSE WHO'S SIDE YOU'RE ON! GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Amethyst: *Evil grin* heh heh heh...*reels back foot*
Mathias: What are you OWWWWWW! *Gets punted and flies away out the window.*
Amethyst: I feel so much better now! How about the twins!
Alfred and Matthew: Us?
Amethyst: Oh yeah. Two sets of twins now. No, the other ones.
Hyung Soo and Yong Soo: Favorite follow and review! Hey, quit copying me! Stop it! Jerk! Hyung/Yong Soo cut it out! STOP IT! STOP! AHHHHHH!