Hello you guys, thanks for being patient for me to update, my power keeps going out and i haven't been able to type up anything, stupid storms! Anyhoo, why don't we pick up where the last special chapter ended, i believe that they finished the show and were about to go into the after-crazyness. Why? You'll see. Enjoy ;3

Mermaid Melody: Pearl Lullaby (Special)

Chapter 14

Something about the end of the show really made them feel a lot more comfortable with themselves. Was it because they were so scared of the crowd and how they'd act to them, and that they faced their fears?

It must've been the fact that they feel so triumphant because they faced their fears and made it the greatest show anyone has ever seen.

So anyone can feel the least bit nervous about and aftershow. That term is blunty used because it's hard to get on with your night when you have 80,000 guys trying to either A.) trying to get your autograph and your number. Or B.) trying to repeatedly get a date out of you.

It's even harder when you already have a boyfriend. Or, when someone keeps trying to get you to meet with all these guys, why don't we start with after Nikora told them some guys were waiting for them.

"Coco, i saw what you were doing, blowing kisses to every freakin guy in that audience! Now look at what you did!" Caren shouted. They had barricaded the door to Caren's room, because outside, was at least 100 guys trying to get in and ambush them with pads of paper and pencils to get their number and a date.

"Well, how was i supposed to know that my looks were so effective? Besides, i don't have a guy like you do, so maybe tonight i may finally get one, Noel too." Coco said as she put her hands together and held them up to her face, imagining a handsome guy just admiring her beauty and giving her so much love. She giggled at the thought.

"Hey! how about helping us barracade the door, their starting to break through!" Noel said.

"Oh, sorry." She said and went back to holding the door shut. "They sure are persistent!" Caren said. "Someone grab that chair!" Noel said. Coco let go quick enough to grab it and put it under the door knob. "Okay, now altogether we push the wardrobe in front of the door so noone gets in or out!" Caren said.

And they went to the dresser that stood beside the door and started pushing it in front of it. The knocking and banging against the door continued as they finally got it in front of the door and removed the chair. "Okay, i think we're safe." Noel said.

"I think we should sneak out the window and duck out in the ocean until this mess calms down." Coco suggested.

"I say... LET'S GO!" Caren said and they quickly jumped out the window and ran for the ocean. With the guys still banging and knocking at the door, calling for them, over and over.

The others weren't having the greatest of luck either. Though most the guys were at caren's empty room, there were several at Sakura's door too. "Aww man, this sucks, those guys can't take no for an answer!" Sakura said.

"Sister, what can we do, those guys are scary!?" Seira said nuzzling her face into Sakura's arm. "I have no idea, i hope, Lucia, Hanon, and Rina are safe in their rooms." Sakura said, like Caren she too put her wardrobe in front of the barracaded door.

"But, we can't stay in here all night, when will they leave?" Seira asked. "Well, they're bound to be shooed away by Nikora, and Hippo. I'm just hoping she's doing it right now." She answered hoping nikora was really getting rid of them

Downstairs: "Ah ha, come on in, the baths are always open for your pleasure." Nikora laughed, the big massive group of guys that stayed were making big business for her, and she wasn't really paying attention to the guys upstairs. She figured the girls could handle themselves.

Back upstairs: "Then again, she must be taking advantage of this situation." Sakura said with a stern face.

Then she heard a knock at her window. "Aw crap, they've started coming through the window! Grab the bat, Seira." Sakura said as she approached the window. "Here." Seira said. Sakura kept a wooden bat in her room because she kept it for emergencies, such as right now.

"Okay, on the count of three, open the window and i'll bash him on the head." Sakura said putting her bat in a smacking position.

"Right." Seira said and she put her hads on the window to prepare to lift it. "One... two... THREE!" Sakura said and Seira flew the window open and Sakura swung her bat at the boy.

"Ow!" She heard him shout, then a thud at the ground below her window. "Ha, that's what you get, pervert!" Sakura said with a hint of success in her voice.

She looked out the window to see if te guy went a way. "Oh my gosh, Keisuke! I am soo sorry!" Sakura panicked at her window. "I didn't know it was you, i thought it was one of those perverts out there, i honestly didn't know it was you, i'm so sorry! Are you hurt, speak to me, is your head okay? I should've seen who it was before i bonked you, come on, talk to me!" Sakura kept panicking.

"Sister, he can't say anything if you keep panicking." Seira said tugging on her sleeve. By this time Sakura and Seira had changed out of their dresses in case they had to make a run for it.

"Oh right. Keisuke, can you move?" She asked. "I don't remember how to count to 10." He said and his eyes were swirling.

"Oh dear, i better help him." Sakura said as she jumped out the window. "Come on get up, we gotta get back up before other guys think to try the window." She said as she tried getting him off his back.

She had him hang onto her shoulders as she climbed up the decorative vine plants that were under her window. "Gosh, Keisuke, your heavy!" She grunted and Seira held her hand out to help pull her up. By the time they both got up there Keisuke was finally able to see straight. "I'm really sorry i hit you, i only did it because i thought you were a pervert trying to get in." She blushed as she looked toward the barracaded door.

"I understand, by why a bat out of everything?" He said as he rubbed his head.

"Well, you were the one who was acting suspicious. Climbing to my window, what is this, Romeo and Juliet?" She joked. "Hilarious. But i didn't know anyway else to get to you, those guys are very pushy, and Nikora wasn't much help. I'm just wondering if Kaito and the other guys had better luck. Without getting hit i mean." He said.

"Well, this is what we get for going through another one of Hanon's bright ideas, and this is the result. Millions of bloodthirsty guys trying to get an innocent girl to go out with them." Sakura scoffed.

"But it was helpful to Nikora, after all, that was the point of the whole thing, we just have to suffer the consequence. Because it's all for the safety of our home." Seira said. "You're right, Seira." Sakura smiled.

"I also saw Caren Noel and Coco run for the beach while i was outside. "Those three ran for it. Smart. They'll regret leaving us here." Sakura said with a mocking anger tone. "I suppose now isn't the best time for a visit." Keisuke said as he stood up. "No no. It's not you, it's just well, the attention from all those boys are a little much." She said stopping him.

"Well, maybe they should be reminded that some of you have a boyfriend." He suggested. "Is that what you are now?" She asked, blushing redder. "If you consider me one." He said looking away to hide his red face.

"Ooh, sister, your blushing!" Seira teased. "Seira!" Sakura said getting more nervous. "Well it's true, you expect me to hide the truth?" She laughed. "I'll get you!" Sakura played as she chased her around the tiny room. They kept running around Keisuke who just stood in place and watched, laughing.

Seira hid behind him and sakura accidently rammed into him. "Ow!" They both shouted. Sakura had her eyes tightly shut and when she opened them she was on top of him. "Are you always this clumsy, or just around me?" He asked, he'd asked that question before, but never got a real answer.

"I may be clumsy, but the cause of it changes everytime. So there's no telling why i'm clumsy." She said and quickly got off him.

"Sister, your never clumsy, so i'd say that it's only around him." Seira laughed.

"Seira!" Sakura said again. "Well, that answer's that question, i had a witness to back up my theory." He said sitting up. "Well, to get off this topic, i think the crowd died down out there." Sakura said listening outside the door. It was quiet outside with several noises from outside the door.

"Well then, maybe i should go help out Nikora, they won't bother me." Seira said and she got up to move the dresser so she could get out. Then she was out the door. "Why was she in here in the first place if she wasn't really top priority for them?" He asked.

"Oh, to keep me company, she didn't like the idea of me being locked in here by myself. That and the fact that she was already stuck in here by the time they started ambushing the door." Sakura said with a nervous smile.

"Okay? That's fine." He said. For a few moments, there was awkward silence. They were facing away from each other and both were a light shade of red.

"This silence is driving me crazy!" Sakura finally shouted. "Geez, you scared me!" He jumped. "Sorry, but i can't take silence for too long, i get paranoid." She said, her face redder. "I keep wondering if Hamasaki and the guys got through by now?" He said to himself.

"Knowing them, i'm positive they did." She smiled. I hope...

Of course by now, Hamasaki, and nagisa were already in Hanon and rina's rooms, they had gotten there before the rush of boys. But the only room with the most guys was Lucia's.

It drove her insane how there were so many of them, she felt the need to pick up a phone and dial 911. Kaito wasn't even there with her. "I'll bet he's upset because i attracted so many guys at my door. Aww, this is just another flaw in Hanon's dumb idea!" She said bitterly as she covered her head with her pillow.

Hanon, why did you make my dress so revealigly attracting. it's like a bright light, and the guys are the mosquitos that are atrracted by the light. What a wierd comparrison but it's true. She thought about it for a minute, she hadn't seen Kaito all night except while she was on stage.

Then she heard a knock on her door. She recognized that knock, only one person would ever knock that softly. She smiled a great big grin and jumped off her bed to go open it. After unbarracading her door, she opened it. "Yo." It was Kaito, thank goodness for that.

"Get in here!" She said urgently as she pulled him in and rebarracaded the door. "Smart, i'm guessing my lies has already worn out by now." He smirked.

"Lie, what lie? What'd you do?" She asked in a curious voice, which meant that she was worried at what he did.

"Well, i wanted to see you and your door was way overcrowded so i was getting aggravated by the massive group of moronic idiots." She could tell in his voice that he was jealous of so many boys trying to ask her out. She smiled at that and she blushed.

"So i was about to go and try your window, when i got an idea. I told them you were downstairs in the kitchen. Then they zoomed out of here and Nikora should be getting more business about now. But some of them should be realizing they were tricked." He smirked again.

She couldn't help but laugh, he was such an idiot. "I can't believe you did that. But it makes me happy that you did." She said in between her laughter.

"Well, i had to do something, out of all the girls in this house, why are you the most popular one?" He asked.

"Well, it's Hanon's fault, she made me wear this!" She said, she was still in her dress. "It's Hanon's fault for the dress, it's yours for looking so darn good in it!" He laughed. She blushed even redder. Did he say what she thought he said.

"Well then, what should we do now?" He asked with his smile.

"Well, uh, i would like to change out of this dress for one thing. If i keep wearing it, it might rip, and i can't ruin all the hard work Hanon did." Lucia said nervously. "Should i leave?" He asked, he looked as if he didn't want to. By his look, i'm sure he'd love to stay... pervert. She smiled and tried to hide her laugh.

She then thought for a minute, and then came up with a compromise. "Alright, come here." She said and she pulled him to her bed. "Now sit right here with your back to me, don't you dare peak!" She said and sat him on her bed.

"Geez, you sound like a mother!" he grinned. "Maybe so, but i wouldn't if you didn't have a reputation for being a huge pervert." She grinned back. He didn't answer after that. "Now, if i catch you peaking, you'll find it's a major drop from my window." She said with some sign of a threat in her voice.

"Like you'll get me near the window." He laughed, he could sense the bluff in her voice, more than the threat.

"Well, maybe not, but you won't like the penalty for peaking." She said again. "Don't flatter yourself." He smirked. "Your the one who said i looked good in this dress. Now your saying different? Make up your mind." She scoffed. Then all of a sudden she found his arms were around her shoulders from behind.

"There is no changing, you're always the most beautiful person to me." He whispered in her ear. She gasped at what he was saying, and smiled with her cheeks a bright red. She grabbed onto his arm and held it there, she felt so safe and cozy there.

His arms were so warm, and she could swear that she could feel his heart on her back. It was a wonderful feeling.

Kaito, i love you. She thought, but was a little too nervous to say it. "I love you, Lucia." He whispered again. Now she didn't feel too nervous. "I love you too." She said quietly.

They stayed like that for a few more minutes before Kaito released her and sat cross-legged on her bed, with his back to her. "Now hurry up and change, before i lose my self control." He murmured. Self control? I didn't think he had any, but apparently he does, otherwise he would've used that oppurtunity to be a perv. She thought with a small giggle.

"What's so funny?" He asked as he turned his head. "Nothing, now, to the wall." She said as she pointed to the wall, which he turned back around to.

She felt oddly comfortable, yet strangely nervous again as she dug through her closet to find an alternative to wear.

Every now and then she'd turn her head to check to see if he was looking. He didn't even look like he was trying to look, so she felt safe.

(A.N. Okay guys, no bad thoughts on this part. End of commentray... again.) When she had found an outfit that was fair to him. She began changing out of her dress. However she had trouble reaching the zipper on the back of her dress. That's when she remembered that it was Noel who had helped her zip it up for her earlier.

She turned around to see he still had his back to her, she felt even more nervous about what she was about to ask him.

She hesitated, before she finally spoke. "Umm, Kaito?" She said nervously. "Hmm?' He mumbled as he turned his head. "Would you please, um, help me with the zipper, i can't reach it." She said with her face a dark red.

He seemed to turn a little red too, after all, wouldn't you if your girlfriend just asked you that? "Uh, sure." He said as he got up and walked around her. It was really awkward for both of them, Kaito tried to hide it, but he was just as red as she was. She shifted her hair so that he could see the zipper.

He took in a deep breath and hesitated before he grabbed it, and slowly pulled it down.

My heart is racing, and i feel embarrassed for asking him to do this. Wait a second, i'll bet Hanon put a zipper there just for a situation like this! She thought with her eyes narrowed and her face a dark red.

He turned his head away as he pulled it farther down, he was sure she didn't want him looking at her bare back. Even though he'd see more when she was a mermaid.

When the zipper was all the way down, he let go of it and went back to the bed. His backstill to her "Um, thank you." She said lowly. "No problem." He said.

She went back to changing. Her dress slid easily off her and she hung it up in the closet, and she quickly changed into her alternative outfit. When she was done, she looked to see he was still facing the wall, and she smiled a small smile.

You've been good, i suppose you deserve a reward. She thought and she jumped onto the bed and hugged him from behind like he had earlier. At first she took him by surprise, but then he grasped her arm and held onto it like she did. "You can be so obediant, like a cute little puppy!" She laughed.

"Who are you calling a puppy?" He mocked. "The cutey i'm hugging!" She said through her giggles.

"You'll pay for that." He said as he turned himself slightly and pulled her down onto her back, with him on top of her. "Hey!" She objected, she wasn't very up for him to be forceful, but she knew he was kidding.

"Now, who's the obediant one, your not even trying to put up a fight, i think you like this." He joked. "Hey, that's taking things out of context!" She said but he ignored her and pressed his lips to hers, to whcih she didn't resist. While he kissed her, Lucia's heart began to beat faster, she was worried he could feel it through her chest.

When he pulled away from her, all they did was smile and he placed his forehead on hers, just resting his head there. "Like i said before, i love you." He whispered and he caressed her cheek.

"Will you stay with me tonight?" She asked nervously. "I-I mean, it's not safe to leave the room because of the business downstairs. A-and besides, who knows what could happen if those guys come back, t-they might-" He placed a finger on her lips.

"You don't have to tell me twice. I'll stay with you as long as you want." He smiled and he kissed her again.

"Thank you." She said when he pulled away again. "Anytime." He said and then shifted himself to where he wasn't on top of her anymore. She let him lay down beside her and she nuzzled up against his shoulder, with his arms wrapped around her.

"I feel like i don't wannalet you go." He said. "Then don't." She smiled. "Fine by me." He said and he kissed her forehead. Then they both drfited to sleep in each others' arms.

The rest of the night was busy for Nikora, she says it was the greatest, busiest night of business in her human life. Hippo, spent the whole time trying to get rid of all the guys that Kaito tricked down there, but they just ignored him because he was a penguin at that point.

Well, alls well, it ends well, i suppose. Or at least, for now...

"That concert was lovely, i'm sure they enjoyed themselves, but tomorrow begins their suffering, especially that pink mermaid, she seems the key to my beautiful plan to take over the seas. "Misani said. "Master, is it finally time?" Sheshe asked. "Yes, the time has finally arrived, we're one step closer to total domination of these seas, once their in my control, we move onto the surface." She said, and her fangs stuck out of her mouth as she smiled an evil grin. "At last, we can finally get revenge."

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That's the end of the special, wow, that was a good two chapters, i hope you enjoyed them. If you understand correctly, it would appear that they will begin their attempt to take over the seas next chapter, you should stick around, and write a review while your at it. heh heh, you don't wanna miss the next chapter. Or the rest of the story for that matter.

Well, if my babbling is done, i'll get on the next chapter as soon as i can. Write a review please, so i know if you like it or not. I hope to see you all in the next chapter. See ya!