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Can I say thank you to everyone who reviewed, it nice to know people had the time to do so.

I'm figuring out the .html files so I'll do my best to make this chapter look better *thinks of last one* *shivers*.

I want to draw Amemoyo which I will do after I draw my Christmas prezzies for my 'net friends.

Asefe: Get on with the story now.

H: Okay Asefe *starts writing*

Mermaid Angel

Chapter 4

The sun rose to the start of a new day, Yami watched it from his windowsill as it rose higher into the sky. He had been awake for hours. He wasn't able to sleep, he couldn't rest partly it was the thought of marriage but the main reason was that he'd be able to see his angelic mermaid again.

As the day sky lightened he left his bedroom and walked down to the gardens of the palace. The garden was larger than the town, which it was near, the one where the solders had heard gossip. It was shielded off from the town by huge stonewalls; they surrounded the whole of the castle. The entrance were metal gates, which were invulnerable to attack was guarded by solders which guarded four other stationed as well. Behind the castle where the main gardens were and where he was at the moment the sun was shining its blazing light over it. The lake in the center of it glittered with the sunlight; the water feature in the center of the lake was given a bright gleam. It was of a statue of a girl with her hands stretched above her head. Her head was posed in an upward position with her eyes closed her hair which was waist length was spread out around her as if wind was blowing. She bore no clothes. She was made with gray stone carved by the greatest artist in the land.

Yami watched the statue with admiration, when he was younger he used to believe that it could come to life and would tell him stories of the past, which he would listen to with admiration. Now he knew none of this was true, the statue was like an angel no one alive could be that beautiful, no one human anyway, his angel mermaid was though.

He heard footsteps approaching and turned round to face who it was that was walking to him. It was his father. Yami felt an instant hatred build up, one, which he felt, could only be eased by death. He gave him a death glared and his fathers noticed and smirked back at him.

"I will not lie when I say you will be amazed by whom I have chosen to be your bride," his father spoke harshly and a chill ran down his spine.

"Whoever you choose I will not marry them," Yami spoke his words slowly and let his hatred that was building for his father escape into his speech.

"You will not say this when she arrives on Monday night so do not say it now, this marriage if you must know was decided from the time you were and she were born. Do not oppose it if you know that is best for you," he turned and walked into the palace. Yami wasn't able to answer back.

"It was already decided? This couldn't be, it can't be…" Yami thought to himself. There was no way out of this marriage unless it was running away and he was too honourable to do that.

He remembered his mother's words once again and smiled at the care his mother held for him to sacrifice anything of hers to help him.

He walked silently back into the palace and watched as his father existed the palace and walked into a carriage which he knew would be set out to the house of his to-be-bride. He felt his heart sink at that moment and the thought of marriage, how would it be? Would he be like his parents, which held no love between them despite what his mother may have said in the past?

"Yami? I guess you should leave soon you should be there as soon as you can," Yami spun round and watched his mother walk swiftly down the stairs in her nightgown.

"I will mother don't worry and I shall be back before my father is, I swear by this," he told her.

"Do not swear by anything you are not sure you can keep now go and be with him," his mother said.

Yami's eyes widened "how did you know it was a he?"

His mother smiled "you went to see the mermaid angel and when you came back before, you were so unlike you usual self because you were heartbroken. I knew that the mermaid was male since I saw him once, I know why you love him so dearly," all her son could do was gasp. He shook his head in disbelief and left for the stables to collect his horse for his journey unlike the last time when he had gone on foot.

Yami pulled on the reins of the horse, urging it to go faster. It was almost nightfall and he had been riding all day. His thoughts had all been seeing his angelic mermaid one last time. He wouldn't want to miss a second with him.

He rode across the field outside the town hoping that he would arrive in the shadows of the trees soon. He watched as the moon began to rise in the sky as he passed the town's entrance. He continued riding through the fields, the pace of the horse was faster and within a few minutes he saw the first signs of the forest.

He kept riding at the same pace still he entered the forest, slowing down as the light was cut off from him. He climbed off the horse and held its reins as he led it through the forest.

It was dark and he was thankful for the small partings of the trees, which let in moonlight. The forest itself was dense and surrounded with trees, a small path where Yami and his horse walked was the only land free from trees till you came to the lake in the centre.

As the night drew on it darkened and soon the moonlight had vanished and there was no source of light to guide him. He walked only with feeling by being cut off from the light. Time passed and he wasn't sure weather he was walking in the right direction. He felt his horse become uneasy, praying for a source of light he saw far off in the distance a pale green light. His eyes widened and he realised it must be a fairy. He believed if he hadn't seen his angelic mermaid he would never have believed his eyes. He watched as the pale green light began to advance towards them, the horse became uneasy trying to get away from the light advancing to them. Yami placed his hands round his neck and did his best to sooth him.

As the horse calmed down he turned round to watch the fairy and saw it in front of him. It was tiny almost the same size as his hand. It gave him a warm smile.

"Come on," the female fairy told him its voice high-pitched. Yami obliged and once again holding the reins of his horse followed the fairy as it led him through the forest.

He wasn't sure why he was following it, he wasn't even sure if the fairy knew where he wanted to go. Though he believed it was the fact that if he didn't follow the fairy he would be lost till morning.

His thoughts were tossed aside when he came to an opening, bare of trees and in the centre of the opening he saw the lake glittering with the pale glow of the immerging moon.

"Bye, he's waiting for you," the fairy called to him as she flew off into the darkness of the forest.

Yami was speechless, the fairy had known all along that he wished to see Yuugi, how he wasn't sure, maybe word of his appearance and his meeting with Yuugi had spread like wildfire. He was thankful to her whoever she was.

He led his horse to an area where he could let him settle while he met his mermaid angel.

The only thing he would have to do was wait, wait for him to arrive.

Tada~ done and the fourth chapter is done, I really should attempt longer chapters but I can't write them so I won't bother, I'm lazy ^_^

Few more chapters and I'll be done, yay!

Can someone tell me why everyone HATES Anzu? I just don't know why I like her I don't see why everyone hates her so much, so just tell me and see if I get convinced ^_^.

Asefe: Go write the next one now!

H: Not right now I'm tired and need to draw prezzies and homework

Asefe: Fine! Do it later~

H: hehehe ^^;