Ok, so far I got two complaints on my chapters being too short so I really really tried to make this one longer and I really hope I succeeded. Please enjoy and please review. Oh yes, and thank you to all of you who gave me reviews, your support is what keeps me writing the next chapters.

Ch. 4 Tohru Meets The Marmaids

Kyou held Tohru in his arms and looked down upon the pirate ship below. He won't get her, I won't let him get her.

Akito smirked as another cannonball flew into the sky. His smile quickly faded when the cannon mised completely and instead sent the cannonball flying by them without them even having to move. He growled in frustration "Aim you fools!" The cannons were moved slightly to the left and another cannonball was sent flying straight towards them.

Kyou quickly moved out of it's path. "Tohru, do me a favor, ok?"

She looked up at him, "Sure Kyou."

He set her down on the cloud and pointed to a waterfall on the island, "Go down there, wait for me, ok? I have some business to attend to…" When Tohru nodded Kyou took off flying swiftly down to the pirate ship and landing square in front of Akito, his arms were crossed and he had a boyish grin on his face, "hey there cap'n, miss me much?"

(A/N: Akito's just gonna call Kyou…Kyou instead of Sohma. Like, I know Captain Hook always calls Peter, Pan but I think it might sound a little weird if he called him his last name too lol)

"Kyou!" Akito took out his sword and sliced the air in front of him, "Damn you!" Kyou smirked and flew up quickly, jumping on Akito's head and then up into the rigging, "I missed you too Akito!" he laughed. Akito looked furious, "I'll get you boy!" He moved forward and yelled to his crew to get him. At once a bunch of angry pirates attacked and it was 30 against 1.

Tohru quickly took a jump off the cloud and quickly thought of things that would make her happy: Cats, dogs, surprisingly: rats. She quickly floated about in the air and deciding she wouldn't like to get hit by a cannonball, she made her way towards the beautiful waterfall that Kyou had pointed to earlier.

Kyou took out his sword and knocked out one pirate with the hilt. One down, 29 to go! He thought. He quickly took the other pirate's sword so now he had two of them and being extremely swift and…woosh he began to fight off the pirates, knocking them into the water or knocking them out. He'd toss them up into the rigging or onto the masts. He came down and landed on the deck and not noticing a pirate come up behind him, he was knocked out and fell to the ground in front of Akito.

Tohru was getting closer to the waterfall and she finally landed by it in a matter of minutes. "Oh wow, it's so beautiful here." She jumped over to some rocks that were by the waterfall, careful not to slip and fall into the water for she didn't know how to swim.

"Who're you?"

She heard a voice from behind her and turned around carefully to find a girl older than her (about 17) with beautiful red-brown hair floating about in the water. Only half her body was out of the water, resting on a rock. Tohru could not see her legs.

"Who are you?" the girl asked again.

"She must be lost, obviously, otherwise she wouldn't be here" another girl, this one with black hair appeared from under the water.

"Well duh" the one girl said

Tohru watched the girls before her and then finally she said " My name is Tohru Honda, it's nice to meet you." She smiled sweetly at the girls.

The auburn haired girl swam up to her and Tohru saw a fin flash out of the water and her eyes widened, "You're..mermaids?!"

The black-haired mermaid smiled and swam up to her, "That we are young Tohru. What are you doing out here? Young girls are much too smart to run away."

The other mermaid giggled "She could be very stupid. Look at the way she dresses!"

Tohru suddenly felt like an idiot, she had not bothered to change out of her nightgown before coming with Kyou to neverland. She stood in front of the two mermaids wearing a light blue nightgown (A/N no, it doesn't look like the Disney one, well, kinda except it doesn't have those poofy sleeves, the sleeves she has is a tank top kinda thing and her's is a lot nicer) and she was barefoot. The two mermaids laughed at her.

"Would you like to come for a swim with us Tohru?" The auburn-haired mermaid asked with a glint in her eyes. (Another A/N: Mermaids are known for drowning people if they get to close, remember that)

Tohru smiled at her but shook her head "I can't, I don't have a change of clothes."

The mermaids began to tug on her nightgown, pulling her down, "Oh, come on, just have a little swim"

Kyou woke up tied to the pole of a mast, his head was spinning. And one thought entered his mind: Tohru. Was she safe? Was she ok? Did she find the waterfall? Did the Lost Boys find her? Then it hit him. He had completely forgotten about the mermaids. The mermaids! She could be in danger! He had to get out of here, he had to save her if she was in trouble! He had to-

"Well, well, well, Kyou. I've finally caught you." Akito smirked as he walked up to Kyou. Kyou struggled against the ropes that binded him to the pole and he searched for his knife at his waste but found nothing. Akito laughed at him, "You didn't think I'd leave you armed, did you? You did! That's so funny." He walked closer still, "No, I won't let you get away, not this time. We'll have a duel to the pain. (a/n princess bride moment lol) First I'll cut off your eyes, then your nose, then your hands.

Kyou rolled his eyes, "The my ears?"

Akito laughed, "No silly boy, your ears will remain the same for when you walk by people they will scream at the sight of you and it will ring forever in your perfect ears." Kyou looked away and that's when he heard a scream, the scream of a young woman. His eyes widened: Tohru.

Tohru was being dragged into the water by the mermaids. They were splashing her and trying to confuse her and dragging her deeper and deeper into the water until finally they had brought her entirely under the water, kicking and trying to fight back Tohru was slowly drowning. The mermaids laughed and giggled as she struggled to get away yet they would not let her go.

As Akito looked away to the sound of the scream Kyou dug his fingers into his boot and found that Akito, being as clever as he was, did not search his boots for his extra knife. He quickly began to cut away at the ropes and when Akito turned back around to find him, he was gone. He let out a scream of frustration that Kyou could hear as he flew towards the waterfall. As he reached closer he could see signs of struggle in the water, splashing and he could hear the mermaid's delightful giggles and squeals ad Tohru was slowly drowning. No! Kyou though, No! I will not lose her!

He dove into the water and pushed the mermaids away, grabbing onto Tohru and taking her into his arms he quickly flew her out of the water. The mermaids looked at him sadly, "We were just having a bit of fun Kyou. We wouldn't have actually let her drown"

Kyou glared at them and spit into the water before flying away from the waterfall and setting Tohru down in a small clearing. She wasn't breathing.