It's really hard to type at night. At least my "y" key is getting better.
Disclaimer: I don't really see the point of having to repeat this fourteen times, but for the sake of legal matters, I will say it once more. * clears throat * I, Haruka Hoshine of hereby claim that I do not own Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. I do however own all of my characters, the basic plot, and this disclaimer. Aw, shit. My "y" key's acting up again. T-T
Kaede was in the main dining room, pacing back and forth furiously. Ruri was quickly tapping her foot. Lani was still sleeping. And I was druming my fingers.
It was only five minutes away from noon, and saying 'we were getting nervous' was an understatement. I hadn't slept last night after hearing what hearing what Lani had found out.
Flashback
"Guys, you know those guys we ran into?" Lani asked. We all nodded.
"Do you know who they are?" Ruri asked, leaning forward.
"Yes. Well, kind of. I don't know who I ran into was, but the other one was Hippo."
"What?" Kaede practically yelled. She really needed to control the urge to scream at everything. It was really hurting my ears.
"It's true. He told me that he'd meet us tomarrow at the Pearl Fin at noon."
"Why the heck is Hippo up here? Shouldn't he be protecting the sea world?" I asked.
"He said he'd explain everything tomarrow." Lani said. She then stood up, walked over to the couch, and fell asleep. Sweatdropping, the three of us who were still awake went upstairs and got into bed.
End Flashback
DING DONG DANG DONG, DING DING DING DONG!
Hearing the doorbell, I went to go get the door, but to my surprise, Lani was already there.
"How- wha- weren't you just asleep?" I asked. Lani nodded and opened the door. In the doorway was one of the boys from last night. Now that I looked at him closely, he really did look like Hippo. His skin was a little darker than my mom's pictures showed, but if Lani was right, and Hippo hadn't been to the North Pacific Palace in a long time, he must have been spending a lot of time in the sun.
"Hippo!" Lani said, smiling.
"How are you, Lani? I haven't seen you since your birth."
"I haven't seen you ever!" Lani said. Kaede and Ruri walked over, and Hippo took off his shoes.
"We have some tea in the living room. Please make yourself at home, Hippo." Kaira said, walking up behind all of us. Hippo nodded and walked into the living room, sitting down on the couch that Lani had just occupied.
"I'm gonna call Kohana. There are some things she needs to know." Ruri said, standing up. She went upstairs, and I turned my attention back towards the matters at hand. "So, Hippo, what're you doing on land?"
As Kohana sat down, Hippo cleared his throat.
"I know you have a lot of questions, so I'm going to start with why I'm up here. You four know how mermaids are born, right?" Hippo asked, directing his question at me, Ruri, Lani and Kaede. We all nodded.
"Well, for Kohana, I'll explain it. Every meraid has a pearl. They are all born from the pearl that they hold. When the Seas think that they're ready, a new mermaid is born from her pearl. Tecnically, no mermaid is related. Their DNA and chromosomes are decided at random. However, mermaids born from the same pearl tend to look similar in both their mermaid and human forms. The only acception is when two mermaids are born at the same time. It is very rare, so we don't have a lot of information on it, but it seems that when two mermaids are born within five seconds of eachother, their DNA merges, and then splits apart, thus, twins. It doesn't matter what kingdom they live in, but in order to be twins of different kingdoms, one must be born a few seconds before midnight, and the other, a few seconds after. This is what happened with Princess Noel and Princess Karen. It is more common for twins to be from the same kingdom, as a mermaid of a certian color can only be born on the day of the week that corresponds to their color."
"Okay, so what does this have to do with why you're on land, Hippo?" Ruri asked.
"I'm getting to that. The Seas only give birth to a new mermaid when they feel that the current holder of the pearl is ready for the responsibility that comes with raising a child. When the Seas felt that your mothers were ready, you were born. Mermaids don't have children, but it is not impossible for them to get pregnant in their human forms, though very hard. For some reasons, a mermaid's humanfor only had her period once a year, making it harder for them to get pregnant. The only problem is, that their human form gets pregnant, so their child will be a human. That's the reason I'm up here. To protect the child of one of the Mermaid Princesses." Hippo finished and closed his eyes, waiting for us to respond.
"..."
"So who's child is it?"
"Lucia Nanami's"
"..."
"But isn't Kaito a full-blood Panthalassa? Shouldn't his child still be able to breath underwater?" Kaede asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"You're forgetting the chances of a gene showing itself in offspring. Since Umi is only half Panthalassa, there was a 50% chance that the Panthalassa gene for breathing underwater would manifest itself in him. It didn't, but he does still have some power. He's an amazing surfer."
"Is Umi the boy that Lani ran into last night?" I asked. Hippo nodded.
"I ran into my brother?" Lani asked.
"You can think of it like that. Oh, and please don't mention any of this to Umi. Especially about me being the Hippocampus. He's known me for mall of his life, and I've had to 'age' my human form for 16 years. I'm his best friend. If he foung out that I've been lying to him, even to protect him, he'll be really mad."
"Don't worry, Hippo. We'll keep your secret." I said, smiling.
"I never would have thought..." Kaira said.
"Well, the important thing is that he's safe. He can be told about his herritege when the rest of his powers stop being dormant." Hippo said.
"So, Hippo, how do you live up here without Yuri?" Lani asked, smirking.
"Well, uh, s-she's been up here with me the whole t-time..." Hippo stuttered, blushing.
"So Yuri's in on it too, huh?" Kohana asked.
"Huh?" Ruri asked, Looking towards Kohana.
"You guys keep forgetting that I'm two years older than you. I'm in Hippo, Umi, and Yuri's class."
"Really?" Lani asked, her eyes sparkling.
Kaede, Ruri, and I sweatdroped.
Next day, Kohana's POV.
"Hey, Kohana!" I heard a voice say as I was leaving my homeroom for lunch. I turned around. It was my two best friends, the twins, Akura and Aruka. "Where're you going?"
"To the roof for lunch." I replied. "You guys want to come?" I asked.
"Sorry, but we promised Akiko we'd help her study for her English test."
"It's okay. I kinda wanted to eat alone and think." I said.
"You do that too much. You up for the arcade after school?" Akura asked me. I nodded exitedly.
"We'll see you later. Bye, Kohana!" The twins said in unison. I smiled and walked away, up to the roof of the school, to my favorite thinking place.
Lost in my thoughts, I didn't notice two figures walk up to me.
"Kohana, can we talk with you?" Yuri asked. My head shot up, and after a few moments, I nodded.
"It's time to attack Gracilicaud." Hippo said. "Time to put an end to his reign of terror."
"Okay, give me a week to get ready. We'll attack on Saturday." I said. Hippo stood up and smiled. Suddenly, Umi walked over.
"Yo, Hiroki! You ready to hit the waves!"
"It's only lunch, you idiot. We still have half a day left of school!" Hippo said, smirking.
"We also have that English test, or have you forgotten about it?" Yuri asked.
"Oh, that's right. Anyways, are we still on for that surfing faceoff, Kawaguchi?" Umi asked, walking towards us.
"I'm ready whenever you are, Domoto!" Hippo said. "That is, unless you're scared you'll loose."
"Oh, I'm not scared." Umi said. "By the way, Wakahisa, can I borrow your English notes?"
"Yes," Yuri sighed. "And how many times do I have to tell you to call me 'Yuri'?"
"A million. I only do it 'cause of the way you react." Umi said. "Now come on! I need to study!"
Hippo sighed. "Okay, we're coming. Later, Kohana."
"Bye," I said as they walked away. I sighed. My life had changed so much in the past few days.
I forgot to mention it last chapter, but Nami's now 15. Her birthday was January 23, though tecnically, she isn't going to be born fro another three years.
This is the fastest I've updated since I first published ths story a year ago. Don't get used to it. I won't have my laptop over spring break.
I'm contemplating a sequel. I've actually planned it from the start, but I don't know if I'll do it.
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