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Zander Prince let out a moan, when he found himself caught in a magical bubble, it had been six years since he had stepped foot in Japan, he had said goodbye to his friend Julie who was very sad to see him go.
He tried to ignore how you could practically see her family trying very hard, not to kidnap him for interrogation on something behind her, but they managed to stop themselves from doing so and allowed him to go with his family, back home.
There was no doubt in his mind that Lory Takarada, began to been to look for his address for the past six years in hopes that he would turn up by coincidence and 'accidently' leak his address to the rest so they could 'concidentally' show up too in hopes of developing a relationship with him.
But he thanked god, that no Human could find him underwater especially when they all thought he was human, he had never been so happy to be around people who know he was and what he was, he had made friends with other Merchildren once he just let himself go and just act plain childish.
His parents were happy to hear that he had made some friends with the Merchildren, since they were both worried that he was anti-social and wouldn't grow up to find proper friends his age.
He hadn't really changed in six years, he had gotten slightly bigger and his hair was longer.
"Caught you" Jenkins said, "Your not escaping today, little Prince" and his charge pouted.
"Ahh" Zander said, over the years he had dove into his childish nature.
"No, than Prince." Jenkins said, "Your parents wish to speak with you"
And Zander had to wonder why his parents wanted to talk to he was dragged back to the palace sulking.
Ch 11: The inside shines through
"Ah, Zander" His father said, huge as ever as he looked on at his tiny son in a bubble making him raise an eyebrow, wondering why his son was in a bubble.
Jenkin immediately released the magic around Zander and the bubble disappeared, allowing the Merboy to swim independently once again.
"Please forgive me, your majesty and my queen. Zander was trying to escape from his studies again" Jenkin said, making Zander puff his cheeks out, gaining a couple of laughs from his giant mother.
"It's alright" his mother said, sitting beside her husband, looking as beautiful as ever. "Jenkins you may go"
"Yes my queen" And with that, his appointed guardian left and closed the door behind him.
"Zander, please sit down" His father said and Zander found a nearby rock in front of his parents to sit down on.
"Zander, I'm sure your aware that I and your mother will be going to the surface in a few weeks time" His father said and he nodded, he wondered what this had to do with him but the man was getting to that. "However one of our important business partners have asked to meet us in Japan but we clearly can't go"
And that's when they dropped the bomb on him.
"We told them that we, would have you stand in for us" His mother said, making his jaw drop.
They said what!?
"From Jenkins reports, you are very good with dealing with humans" His father said, while his youngest son stared at him with an open mouth.
"Zander close your mouth, you'll catch worms" His mother said, making him close his mouth instantly.
"But don't I get a say in this? Can't you said Karita to do it?" Zander said, there they were again running their mouth without thinking. "I mean, how long had it been since I was last seen on the surface? Eight, ten years?"
"It's been six years" His mother said, making him look at her in surprise, it's been that short!?
"Six years!" He said, "Shouldn't I be a human adult by now? I still look very much like a child and who would pay for the trip?" Plus he was pretty sure, all of the people he used to know as Koun was still alive and kicking especially Lory, the old man was too stubborn to kick to the bucket just yet.
"Son, are you human or a Merman?" His mother said, as his father raised an eyebrow. "We'll just use Magic just like last time, of course you'll be above water for a month"
"A MONTH!?" He said, there was no way, he could avoid all those people and this time, he didn't have his parents to protect him from them.
"Don't worry, we'll call you from time to time." His mother said, with twinkling eyes, knowing he liked to be sung to every night and he blushed, getting the message. "Plus we're interested in seeing what you would look like when you're an adult. Would you look more like me or your father."
What kind of irresponsible parents, did he have!?
All he could do was stare at the two who he called his father and mother in disbelief.
"Did you get everything, Jenkins?" His father suddenly said, and the man slowly came out from the corner not looking sheepish at all, that he ears-dropped.
"Yes, your majesty" The man said, while Zander could have swore he saw the man leave the room.
"Please take Zander to that room" His mother said, and before he could protest he found himself once again in that bubble and being carried away from the throne room and into another room, guarded by two merman who bowed once they saw the youngest Prince and let them through.
Minutes later, a tone of steam was emitted from the door and the guards didn't even flinch back, they ignored their youngest Prince screams as his body was once again forced to age thousands of years until he looked like a twenty year old, human young man.
Jenkins could handle the transformation much better than his charge because he had a much higher pain tolerance, and merely looked at his unconscious charge and couldn't help but be surprised by the strange mix of genes he was seeing before picking his charge up and going to make preparations for their leave.
2 hours later, Zander woke up with a soft moan, his head was killing him, he felt something press against his lips and he instantly took, even though he had yet to see what it was, nobody was stupid enough to try and poison him, his headache was starting to go away.
"I see...your awake, now, Prince" A familiar voice said and he looked up to find Jenkins had aged, a lot.
That's when memories hit him at full force.
He was going to Japan, dam!
"What time is it?" He asked, before his eyes widened.
What happened to his childlike voice that he was so used to hearing? He had to wonder, now it sounded disturbingly like the voice he would hear every time he dreamt of being Koun.
Now that he looked around, this wasn't his room and he felt unnaturally dry.
He was above the surface.
He sat up and felt the sheets that were too dry to be the one's he was so used to, Jenkins seemed to understand him and got out a mirror and presented it to him, he had already taken a picture to send to his parents.
Zander couldn't believe the image that was staring back him.
It was him.
Well not the him, but of Koun, the man he once was, except for, he had white hair and eyes that was proof that he was from the White family, honestly he had never been more scared of his mere image before.
Just give him a white dressing gown and you could swear blind that the Ghost of Koun Hizuri was haunting the place.
In his childlike form, you couldn't really tell who he would grow up as but now he was an adult and it was staring you right in the face, he was sure he would make several people's head turn by his mere presence and soon the press would be shouting how the late Koun Hizuri had come back from the dead, twenty years later
"Jenkin's, I can't go out like this" Zander said, yes he really can't go out like this, if he stepped out in broad day light, he was sure the whole of Japan would be in uproar.
"Prince, you'll get used to." Jenkins said, unaware that his charge was a ticking time bomb that would explode the moment he stepped outside in broad daylight. "I'll tell you what, you can stay in this room for a day and I'll buy you the most expensive candy I can find" while of course avoiding chocolate like the plague.
Zander found himself curse his childish instinct as he instantly perked up and said. "Really?"
Jenkin nodded while Zander gave a childish smile at the prospect of expensive candy.
He stay in his high class hotel room for a full day, it was all good except for the trips made by a member of staff arriving at his door, only to leave wide eyed and swearing, that they just saw the ghost of the late Koun Hizuri from twenty years before.
But it didn't last long and Jenkin had to drag him out of bed when his day was up, the feeling of the cold shower on his skin did it's job of waking him up and he groaned while he ate his promise pack of gummy worms.
It was a good thing he didn't have time to grow hair on his chin so he didn't have to shave so he only had to splash his face with water and brush his teeth.
Jenkins helped him wear his clothes for the day, he wore a white shirt open at the top with a fancy, black and white patterned jacket and fancy trousers with black expensive shoes.
He looked every bit, the rich successful young 'man' he was and when the limousine came to pick them up, they both looked like a million yen, he was either a model or a famous movie star walking with his agent.
All the passing Byers, could do was look at the extremely glamorous looking pair with wide eyes, those who were really into the movie industry jaws hit the floor at the sight of a white haired and eyes Koun Hizuri, looking just as youthful as they last saw him but for some reason he looked even more glamorous than the last time they saw him.
People got out their phones and took pictures before the pair disappeared into the limo, within ten minutes Zander could see several suspicious looking black vans were following behind them.
"So, Prince, we're do you want to go first?" Jenkins said.
"Can we visit my human friend?" He said, he hadn't seen Julie in a long time and he wanted to see how she had matured into a women, since the last time he saw her and sweat dropped heavily at her antics.
And if the driver was surprised to hear a language that was clearly not Japanese or English, he didn't show it.
"But Prince are you sure, she'll be there? It has been six years." Jenkins said, it wasn't good if the Prince was getting too attached to a human, human beings came and go within a blink of an eye for beings who have lived for thousands of years.
"I can feel my Magic calling out to me" he said, and that was all Jenkins needed to know as he told the Driver to head for LME.
The man didn't need to be told twice, they were paying for his services for a whole month.
So imagine LME surprise when a black limousine parked in front of the building, there was no large group of screaming fans you would expect from a high class celebrity or a red carpet being drawn out for them.
They all waited for the driver to come out and open the door to the passengers seat to see who this person was, but nothing could have prepared them for what they saw next.
First came an slightly older looking man, too old to be classed as young but the person that came next had most of their jaws dropping.
It was a guy who could passed as the Ghost of the late Koun Hizuri.
Should they call a Priest?
And scene!
Next chapter, the people of LME find themselves staring at the image of the Ghost of Koun Hizuri walking through the halls, trying to track down a twenty two year old Julie who is just as shocked everyone else to see a guy who looked very much like her father walk through the door claiming to be her friend Zander. This is the chapter where Lory finally gets his hands on him and shows him pictures of a guy named Koun. Review/ Fav and follow!