This is an edited version as of 29th November 2012.

I still don't own the song/lyrics/characters but the story. Heck I don't even own the fairytales!

Disney Playlist Fiasco

-Part of That World and Not Under The Sea-

In the midst of the treasure grotto, a petite brunet sits in the center of the rocky room filled with precarious towers of priceless treasure from the world above. Well, the treasures are priceless to the said brunet in the grotto.

"Gao.."

"I'm sorry, Natsu. I know you don't like it in here, but I just don't see the way Papa sees the world above.. How can a world that makes such neat treasures be so horrible?"

Slender fingers run through the soft, golden locks of the lion fish as thoughts race through the brunette's mind. Oh, how he longed to join the humans in the world above. To walk, run and dance on the special things called feet. Looking at his orange tail, Tsuna can't help but pout in disappointment.

Swimming away from the rock and Natsu, Tsuna begins to sing subconsciously.

Look at this stuff,

Isn't it neat?

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the boy,

The boy who has everything?

Tsuna fingers the many treasures he had collected over the years. Tiny bells of a toy rattle ring quietly in the silence.

Look at this trove,

Treasures untold.

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Looking around here you think,

Sure, he's got everything.

Swimming away from the shelf, Tsuna wanders over to another one. Natsu watches helplessly as his master swims unhappily in the creepy grotto. As much as the lion fish hates the place, his master loves this secret hideout as it gives him a break from his overbearing father.

I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty,

I've got whozits and whatzits galore

You want thingamabobs?

I've got twenty!

Natsu watches as his master's face lights up with glee. A box of colorful but harmless hooks and decorations is presented to the lion fish, but the happiness doesn't last long. Closing the box softly, as if it would break at any moment, Tsuna replaces the box at its original spot.

But who cares?

No big deal,

I want more.

Enchanted by his master's voice, Natsu doesn't notice Tsuna swimming towards him until he is picked up.

I wanna be where the people are,

I wanna see, wanna see them dancin'.

Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?

Oh - feet!

Tsuna twirls about, in attempt of the foreign movement called dancing. He teases Natsu's fins cheekily and Natsu growls playfully at his master.

Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far,

Legs are required for jumping, dancing.

Strolling along down a - what's that word again?

Street.

Abandoning the lion fish for a moment, the boy is lost in his thoughts as he swims around absentmindedly. Catching the fish by surprise, Tsuna twirls them both in circles.

Up where they walk, up where they run,

Up where they stay all day in the sun.

Wanderin' free - wish I could be,

Part of that world.

Once again losing himself in the song, Tsuna sinks downwards towards the sandy seabed.

What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?

Bet'cha on land they understand,

That they don't reprimand their sons.

Proper men sick of swimmin',

Ready to stand.

Caught in the moment, Tsuna swims upwards before grabbing a book from one of the many shelves. Its ink long gone and smudged, making it useless and unreadable.

And ready to know what the people know

Ask 'em my questions and get some answers

What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?

Burn?

Touching a nearby portrait of a candle, Tsuna tries to imagine the feeling of being burnt. Saddened at his fate to forever stay underwater, Tsuna takes off towards the open ceiling of the grotto.

When's it my turn?

Wouldn't I love, love to explore that world up above?

Out of the sea,

Wish I could be,

Part of that world.

Tsuna reaches out for the surface he has never been to, but brings his hand down once more before sinking slowly. Natsu watches as his master sinks slowly towards the seabed, relieved that he didn't swim away from the grotto.

Once Tsuna reaches the bottom, Natsu nuzzles affectionately into Tsuna's cheek as an attempt to cheer him up.

xx

Swish.

The calm current is disturbed.

Tsuna's tail swishes quickly in the dark ocean as he swims as fast as he can towards the surface. Soft yells from a distance back can be heard and the crackle of the electric eels can be heard as the night guards swim after him.

"Young master! You are not allowed to go to the surface! It's too dangerous!"

Ignoring the cries of his father's loyal subjects, Tsuna swims faster and pumps harder.

Harder.

Faster.

Stronger.

There's no stopping!

With a final surge, Tsuna leaps out of the water and into the night air. A breeze blows by, sending relaxing chills down his wet body.

Dropping back into the ocean, Tsuna realizes that the guards are no longer after him. Swimming peacefully on the calm surface, Tsuna ponders on his current freedom. What is it that makes the world above so horrible? It's so beautiful and calm...

Laying quietly on his back, his sensitive gills near his jaw (where our ears are) detect soft, unnatural ripples for a calm night. The ripple becomes rougher and Tsuna realizes what is happening. His father is calling a storm, literally!

The once calm air becomes rapid and the waves become rough, washing over the young brunette's head. Grabbing hold onto a nearby rock, Tsuna watches in horror as a whirlpool forms a short distance behind him.

Fear.

Anger.

Betrayal.

Tsuna is shocked as water leaks from his eyes. Bringing a drop to his lips, he is surprised to find that it is salty, just like the ocean itself. What is this? Why is ocean water leaking from his eyes? He is appalled as the water keeps leaking from his eyes as he takes in the horrible sight of pieces of his treasures float onto the surface.

How dare his father destroy the things precious to him!

xx

"Young master Hibari! We have a problem!"

"What is it, herbivore? If it's not a problem at all, I will bite you to death for interrupting my nap."

"N-no, Hibari-sama! We're headed towards a whirlpool! It appeared out of no where!"

Growling menacingly, Hibari speed walks towards the front of the ship and is greeted by a devastating sight.

The moan of stormy winds.

The roar of the raging sea.

Wreckage.

Giving the wheel a hard push anti-clockwise, it spins as fast as lightning and the entire ship tilts over precariously. Not realizing the amount of strength he had used in the push, he is thrown off the ship and into the raging ocean.

xx

SPLASH!

Tsuna watches as a figure- no, human fall off a huge ship! Oh, no!

Worry.

Dive.

Grabbing hold onto the slightly muscular arm of the human, Tsuna pulls him out of the water. Once the human's head is out of the water, Tsuna searches for the huge ship he had seen earlier. He breathes a sigh of relief as the ship is now upright and had sailed around the massive whirlpool.

The human in his arms is getting a little too heavy for the young merman. He can see that the human's companions are flustering over his fall, and he needed to return the human back to them. But, how?

Determination burning bright, he whistles loud enough for the entire ship's crew to hear even from the distance between them. He waves an arm over at them and points at the human in his arms. He can hear cheers of relief as they catch sight of the human and Tsuna motions for them to follow him.

A ray of light catches the boy's attention and Tsuna realizes that dawn is breaking. Swimming quickly towards shore, he drags the heavy human as far as he could from the waves of the ocean and drops the human ungracefully onto the sandy floor.

Tsuna takes a moment to observe the human. The early morning sunlight gives the pale skin an unearthly glow and the dark as midnight hair gleams as it sticks beautifully on the human's face. From the human's built, Tsuna can tell that this human is a male, like him.

So, why did he find him so breathtakingly beautiful?

xx

Hibari's eyes open a little and squints at the dark, blurry figure looming over him. What had happened? He growls as the figure comes too close to his face. The figure jumps slightly before chuckling.

"Is that how humans speak? Haha, that's funny... I'm Tsunayoshi, but you can call me Tsuna."

The voice is music to the skylark's ears and he surprises himself with the want to hear more of it. Usually, he would have bitten the herbivore for laughing at him. Tsunayoshi... The name rolls around his tongue smoothly like silk.

"Oh, your companions are here! I have to go now, so here. I hope to meet you soon, human."

Hibari feels something thin and smooth is slipped into his hands before the sound of splashing reaches his ear. It is silent for a moment and he quickly sits up, despite the protests of his body. His vision is still blurry and rubs his eyes to clear it up. As soon as his vision is clear, he looks up in time to see and orange tail disappear into the turquoise depth of the sea.

"Young master Hibari! Young master Hibari!"

Still stunned at the sight of an orange fish tail, he does not release his usual threat of biting them to death for disrupting the peace. He lets his men to haul him up onto his feet by the arms as he pockets the smooth object into his pocket. He has a feeling that it will come in handy later.

xx

Tsuna peeks with his eyes on the surface of the water as the human is helped onto his feet. He has such caring companions, Tsuna thinks to himself. As he fingers a bare spot on his tail, revealing pale skin, he remembers how breathtaking the human had looked to him.

Heat warms his face and Tsuna pats his cheeks at the foreign feeling. He has never felt like this before, not even to his arranged fiancée, Kyoko of the Sasagawa family.

Looking up shyly to see if they had left yet, he is frozen to the core at the strong gaze of the human he had just saved. He can see his orange scale being put into a small pocket of the human's pants. Then, the human is whisked away from the beach and away from Tsuna.

Once he's out of sight, Tsuna submerges himself underwater as his heart pounds wildly. What is this feeling? Why does he feel the need to go after the human?

xx

As Tsuna swims absentmindedly in the calm current, his minds wanders back to the human he had saved. Somehow, the human would not leave his mind. Tsuna wonders how is he now, has he already forgotten about him?

It's been a couple of days since the incident, and Tsuna has been exploring the ocean with his new-found freedom. Along the way, he had met many colorful and unique fishes. However, for an odd and unknown reason, they didn't dare talk to him. Was it because he didn't have much fish-like features like them?

=FLASHBACK START=

As Tsuna swims excitedly at the prospect of being free from his overbearing father, he stumbles upon a small cove with many fishes in it.

Tsuna watches with interest and curiosity at the tiny, house-like structures made of stone littered along the sandy seabed. Tiny fishes swim in and out of the holes in the rocks as if they were doors to houses. Then, he mentally smacks himself at his stupidity. Of course, the stone structures are their homes!

Excited to meet new fishes, he swims down towards them. However, their reactions are not what he had expected.

The once bustling 'town' becomes eerily silent as eyes latch themselves onto Tsuna. Murmurs and gasps can be heard as many disappear away from sight.

=FLASHBACK END=

Soon, Tsuna is left with a lobster and three rock fishes. It appears that the fishes are cornering it.

Tsuna watches from the sides as the lobster fights back valiantly with his sharp pincers.

Pinch.

Snip!

Smack!

The lobster is flipped onto its back and tossed about as the fish flick their tails, playing lobster-tennis with it.

Enraged by the sight before him, Tsuna emerges from behind the rock he was hiding behind. His shadow is big and eerie, casting over the fishes and lobster. They gulp, swimming away in fright as Tsuna kneels awkwardly on the sand, picking the poor lobster up.

As his fingers brush the smooth shell of the lobster, a tiny pincer pinches his index finger. He yelps in pain, wincing as he tries to get the lobster to release its grip on the slightly bleeding finger.

"I-Ite, could you please let go of my finger? It really hurts..!"

The grip doesn't relent, instead, it tightens even more and Tsuna winces in pain. The lobster must think that he is going to hurt it, Tsuna thinks to himself. Lowering his hand gently onto the sand, he waits for the lobster to let go of his finger.

Eventually, the throbbing finger is released and Tsuna watches as the lobster snaps its pincers as an attempt in being menacing. Tsuna chuckles lightly, observing that the lobster has an odd shade of silver for its shell.

"Haha, you don't need to worry about me. I was just passing by here." Tsuna looks around the empty 'town'.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" A gruff voice comes from behind him.

"Huh?" Blinking in confusion, Tsuna realizes that it is the lobster that is speaking.

"Oh, why should I be? Shouldn't you be the one afraid of me? I see that all of your companions have gone into hiding.."

"Hmph, don't clump me together with them! I am nothing like them! However, I am truly grateful to you, Jyuudaime!"

"E-eh? Jyuudaime? Why me?"

"Because Jyuudaime is Jyuudaime! Jyuudaime is a royal merman, the youngest son of His Royal Highness Sawada Iemitsu! I'm forever in your debt, Jyuudaime!"

"A-ah, there's no need for that.. Please, just call me Tsuna!"

"No can do, Jyuudaime. You're Jyuudaime!"

"E-eto, what's your name?"

"I'm Gokudera Hayato, Jyuudaime!"

"Ah, the son of the Gokudera family.. Well, I should be going now, neh?"

"W-wait, Jyuudaime! I want to follow you!"

"Haha, thank you Gokudera-kun, but I'll be fine. Goodbye!"

xx

For days, Tsuna has been swimming in circles. Literally. He's puzzled and stumped at how is he going to get onto land without legs. He really should have had planned everything out before escaping like he did. He wouldn't be in this mess if he did.

As he sits on a rock in the center of the vast ocean, he starts singing a melody he had once heard at a ball held by the Gokudera family. He's been singing it at least once every day since the ball, and he's not going to stop anytime soon. Ah, Hayato had been the one playing the melody at that time.

The Gokudera family is a weird one. They consist of many varieties of the sea creatures in the family. Hayato is a lobster, and his half-sister, Bianchi is a poisonous octopus. They spend most of their time in their original forms as sea creatures, but transform into half humans with their animal features like the mer-people.

Tsuna remembers that Hayato has unique silver hair and blazing emerald eyes that seem to shine. His pincers had transformed into hands, enabling him to play the keys of the piano that had fallen from the world above. He still had his reddish lobster tail as the bottom half of him, but he was able to swim like a merman.

Tsuna yelps in fright, ruining the melody as he feels a tugging at his tail. Caramel eyes widen as he takes in the sight of a single amethyst eye staring up at him.

"HIIIEE!"

Tsuna topples off the rock, plunging into the blue ocean. Spluttering from the shock, he gapes at the owner of the amethyst eye.

A girl with a weird hairstyle that is spiked up near the back peeks from behind the rock at him. A small, dark trident can be seen in her hands close to her chest and her other eye is covered by an eye-patch with a skull on it.

From the clear surface of the ocean, he can see that she has eight purplish tentacles instead of a tail to keep her floating and help her move about.

"E-eto, who are you?"

"I-I'm Dokuro Chrome. My master heard that you wanted to live on land with the humans... He can help you attain your wish..."

Someone can help me live on land? He can grant me my wish? It seems too good to be true for Tsuna as he scrutinizes the idea. Well, it wouldn't hurt to try...

"I don't know, Chrome-san, but I guess I could give it a try..."

"Follow me..."

Tsuna's intuition flickers wildly they enter a darker and murkier part of the ocean. Although he receives warnings from his intuition about the area and its inhabitants, it also coaxes him to trust Chrome. He has deep faith in his intuition as it has never failed him, and follows Chrome into a dark cavern.

He clenches his eyes shut as a bright light hits him, but it soon dims and he opens his eyes again. He is greeted by a young man with identical tentacles as Chrome, only his tentacles are longer and darker in color. He also seems to sport the same hairstyle as Chrome. However, his eyes are heterochromatic, with one red and the other blue.

"Pyon~ Who is this delicious morsel, pyon?"

"He's not food, Ken..."

Tsuna flinches when he is referred as a 'delicious morsel'. A blond with fins and tail of an angler fish emerges from the gloom, a light dangling brightly from blond hair. The light seems to give him a scarier look as it highlights the scar that runs across his nose.

Beside the angler fish, another teen with tentacles of a squid also emerges from the gloom, albeit silently. His face is impassive and unreadable, unlike the angler fish.

"Kufufufu~ Tsunayoshi-kun is my new customer, he's not meant to be eaten, Ken."

"H-how do you know my name?" Tsuna swirls quickly, gaping at the illusionist.

"I know a lot of things, Tsunayoshi-kun~ Kufufufu~"

Regaining his composure, Tsuna decides to get straight to the point. He doesn't want to beat around the bush and waste another day.

"Can you really grant my wish? Chrome told me you could."

"Kufufufu~ Of course, but everything comes with a price."

Ah, Tsuna knew that it was too good to be true. Of course he has to pay for it, but he doesn't have any money with him!

"But, I don't have any money with me..."

"Kufufufu~ I don't want your money. We run things differently around these parts of the ocean, Tsunayoshi-kun..."

"Then, what do you what from me?"

"Kufufufu~ I want your voice, Tsunayoshi-kun."

Caramel meets mismatched eyes, and Tsuna can see that he is serious about his voice. What is so special about it? It's just a voice, what harm could it bring?

Oh, how wrong it is for Tsuna to think that.

"Fine, you can have my voice. I don't see what is so special about it, anyway..."

A smirk makes its way onto the illusionist's face, making Tsuna's intuition run wild. Something is terribly wrong with the deal he had just made...

"Sing for me, Tsunayoshi-kun~"

His mouths opens.

Sing for me.

His eyes clench shut.

Sing for me!

A soundless scream.

Creepy laughter.

His throat burns as his voice continues spilling out, and into a vial in the illusionist's hand. What seems like hours, turns out to be only minutes as his voice gradually dies out. A flickering shape takes place at the end of the notes, and Tsuna recognizes it as a flame, the ones that burn. How did it get in him?

A sudden bolt of pain surges up his entire being as his curls up tightly. His tail feels like it is ripping in half, and his fins are shrinking, disappearing into nothing. His gills fall off, leaving him helpless in the water. Shiny, orange scales flutter to the dark floor of the cavern, lighting up the room. Only one remains on the once merman, now human, in the form of a pendant.

As bright continues to shine from the unconscious brunette, the Vongola crest that once sat on his chest transforms into a ring and settles itself on Tsuna's middle finger.

xx

Tsuna groans inaudibly as he sits up. His vision is blur and his throat is dry. Why is it so hot? Clearing his vision, he realizes that he is, in fact, not in the ocean. He squeals in shock, but there is no sound.

He grabs for his throat, memories of his transformation hitting him hard. Ah, yes.

Sing.

Burn.

Scream.

Laughter.

Tsuna wiggles his new-found limbs, he is fascinated by his toes. He watches as his toes run through the soft sand of the shore. He bends his legs and tries to stand, but fails miserably, falling on his bottom. Then, he sees something odd between his legs. Is this what is left of his tail?

Blinking wildly, he realizes that he is... unclothed. He has seen pictures and glimpses of humans, and none of them were like him. He needed something to cover himself up!

"E-eto, do you need any help? Are you lost?"

Jumping in surprise, Tsuna snaps his head so fast, you could hear a distinct crack. His eyes widen as he takes in the form of a boy with red hair. He is covered with bandages and bruises from head to toe. Realizing that the boy is waiting for his answer, he opens his mouth to answer, momentarily forgetting that he has lost his voice.

"Ah, you cannot speak. Do you have a place to live?"

Tsuna shakes his head somberly.

"Oh, I can take you in, if you want. I could get you some clothes too, seeing as you don't have any..."

A smile lights up Tsuna's face, catching the redhead by surprise. He blushes, before handing Tsuna him his oversized coat. Then, they are off.

xx

"I apologize for my carelessness, Your Highness!"

The guard who had been swimming after Tsuna bows low, remorseful. He had let His Royal Highness Iemitsu's son escape into the open ocean and he is nowhere to be found.

"Tch, it is alright. Just sen-"

Gasps and shrieks of shock escape the lips of those present as their King collapses, crimson blood leaking from his mouth. A pain-filled yowl rips as he claws at his throat as if he is in pain.

"Get the doctors." Amber eyes flick around the room. "Now!"

His voice commands power as some servants scurry out to get the doctors. He swims over to his father and grabs hold of his arms, placing one of his hands on the elder's neck. A soft and warm glow encases his hand, and the King's thrashes slow to a stop. His pain-filled is replaced by a peaceful one.

"Iemitsu-sama!"

As the Royal doctor arrives to help out, the blond prince swims away to his chambers. As soon as he shuts the coral door to his room, he collapses to the sandy seabed.

Pain.

Searing.

Burn.

His hand clenches over his throat and heart as they burn painfully. When it finally soothes, he removes his hands and is shocked to find a mark on his chest, just over his heart.

A red ring is crossed out with a black cross.

Oh, no!