Mermaid Saga
Stacey Lui
Chapter 2
Mana walked out of a pawnshop fingering the necklace she had on. Stupid Yuta... Mana sighed ...I should have gone with you. She looked around quickly seeking a booth were she could buy something to eat. *grumble* . Mana stared angrily at her stomach. This is all your fault! Spotting a place to eat she ran toward the stand. "Give me the biggest thing you have!" she said as she slammed down the money on the counter. Right when the food hit the counter she started shoving food into her mouth.
"Mana?"
She glanced up. Slowly she dropped her fork. "Yuta?" The man stood still and grinned at her sadly. She stood and hugged him tightly. He patted her hair gently. "Oh my god. I thought I never see you again."
"Mana I have someone I want you to meet. This is Akurei." Yuta bent down to whisper in Mana's ear. "She's one of us." A tall, thin girl with black hair stood up. She was pale and seemed like she haven't eaten in days. Yuta wrapped an arm around her. Mana felt her heart throb, Yuta had found someone else.
"You mean she's immortal?" Yuta put a finger to his mouth and glanced around nervously.
"Not so loud...but, yes, she is immortal like us," he replied under his breath.
"I can't believe it."
"I know what you mean, I was completely shocked myself when I met her. You know what this means right?" Mana nodded. "There could be more of us out there."
"How about the cure?" Mana asked. "Are you still looking for it?" Yuta shook his head sadly.
"There is no cure."
"How can you say that? There is no proof." Akurei cleared her throat. Mana turned her attention to her.
"I've been alive for about 2,000 years." Mana gasped. "I searched relentlessly for the cure. I've even questioned mermaids from all over the world. It was extremely difficult for they would always try to take a bite of my flesh. Sometimes I would even let then take a bite out of me so I can get some answers. But none of them knows of a cure."
"That can't be true."
"It is, though I regret just as much as you do Mana," the girl sighed. "I finally given up. The only known cure for eternal life it to have your head cut off."
"Yuta, you haven't given up have you?"
"No but now the search is different now. We are trying to find as many immortals as we can and maybe one of them will have the answer we seek."
"Will you join us?" The girl asked. Mana just gazed back and forth from Akurei and Yuta.
"Yeah I will." The girl smiled which looked out of place on her porcelain skin.
******End of Chapter 2******
Stacey Lui
Chapter 2
Mana walked out of a pawnshop fingering the necklace she had on. Stupid Yuta... Mana sighed ...I should have gone with you. She looked around quickly seeking a booth were she could buy something to eat. *grumble* . Mana stared angrily at her stomach. This is all your fault! Spotting a place to eat she ran toward the stand. "Give me the biggest thing you have!" she said as she slammed down the money on the counter. Right when the food hit the counter she started shoving food into her mouth.
"Mana?"
She glanced up. Slowly she dropped her fork. "Yuta?" The man stood still and grinned at her sadly. She stood and hugged him tightly. He patted her hair gently. "Oh my god. I thought I never see you again."
"Mana I have someone I want you to meet. This is Akurei." Yuta bent down to whisper in Mana's ear. "She's one of us." A tall, thin girl with black hair stood up. She was pale and seemed like she haven't eaten in days. Yuta wrapped an arm around her. Mana felt her heart throb, Yuta had found someone else.
"You mean she's immortal?" Yuta put a finger to his mouth and glanced around nervously.
"Not so loud...but, yes, she is immortal like us," he replied under his breath.
"I can't believe it."
"I know what you mean, I was completely shocked myself when I met her. You know what this means right?" Mana nodded. "There could be more of us out there."
"How about the cure?" Mana asked. "Are you still looking for it?" Yuta shook his head sadly.
"There is no cure."
"How can you say that? There is no proof." Akurei cleared her throat. Mana turned her attention to her.
"I've been alive for about 2,000 years." Mana gasped. "I searched relentlessly for the cure. I've even questioned mermaids from all over the world. It was extremely difficult for they would always try to take a bite of my flesh. Sometimes I would even let then take a bite out of me so I can get some answers. But none of them knows of a cure."
"That can't be true."
"It is, though I regret just as much as you do Mana," the girl sighed. "I finally given up. The only known cure for eternal life it to have your head cut off."
"Yuta, you haven't given up have you?"
"No but now the search is different now. We are trying to find as many immortals as we can and maybe one of them will have the answer we seek."
"Will you join us?" The girl asked. Mana just gazed back and forth from Akurei and Yuta.
"Yeah I will." The girl smiled which looked out of place on her porcelain skin.
******End of Chapter 2******