Ok, so i got the DVD Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie, the first one, and i must say the second one is much better. That's always how it is with sequels and movies; Spiderman 2, in my opinion, was much better than the first Spiderman movie, and the same with the Inuyasha Movies 1-3 (actually, movie two was the best of those three, but that's just my opinion) and the third Harry Potter movie was the best of the three as well. Just a thing with sequels i guess. Anyway, moving on...

I do not own TMM or anything else in this story except the poem in this chapter.

"Ah, my son, you are finally back!" said King Shirogane with a smile on his face. He was glad to have his son back and glad he wasn't in love with Ichigo. "Yeah, uh huh, glad to be back," said Ryou sarcastically. The woman he loved had just rejected him. "Well now I can move on with my life, forget about Ichigo and," thought Ryou, his train of thought broken. "What am I crazy, I'm never going to forget her...I can't. And I never will."

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Ichigo had run to the castle, crying her eyes out. She figured she would need to move on, but at that moment, she felt as if she needed Ryou, as if he was the most important thing in her life. She would never be able to forget him, even if she tried. She was so depressed, she didn't want to do anything; just sit there and cry. She then realized what she had said to him, when she said she didn't love him. She didn't...did she? No, she didn't...at least she didn't think she did. She thought that this would be a silly little argument going on in her head and would go away soon. But it wasn't.

3 days later...

"King Shirogane!" she said shouting into her orb. King Shirogane's face appeared on the other end. "Can't Ryou come back? My daughter has sat in her room for three days; no food, no water, she only leaves to use the bathroom!" King Shirogane raised and eyebrow in suspicion. "Strange...Ryou has done that too...must be a conspiracy," said Shirogane, making up something fast.

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Listening to their radios (In this story, merpeople and humans have the same radio system, but only merpeople songs play on a certain station under the sea, but they still get the same channel humans do, which will be Z 100) As if copying each others moves, the turned it on, and a song had started playing. Ryou knew this song, and as if they were in the same room, they started singing to themselves because this was how they really felt.

Ryou: I wanted you to know

That I love the way you laugh

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain, away

I keep you photograph

And I know it serves me well

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

Both: Cause I'm broken

When I'm lonesome

And i don't fell right

When you're gone away

Ryou: You've got a way

You don't feel me here anymore

Ichigo: the worst is over now

And we can breathe again

I wanna hold you high and steal my pain away

There's so much left to learn

And no one left to find

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

Both: Cause I'm broken

When I'm open

And I don't feel like I am strong enough

Cause I'm broken

When I'm lonesome

And i don't fell right

When you're gone away

They both turned off there radio's and at the same time, replied "Stupid song. But at the same time, they both turned them back on, knowing it was the only way to try and end their misery.

Looking back at me I see

That I never really got it right

I never stopped to think of you

I'm always wrapped up in things

I cannot win

You are the antidote that gets me by

Something strong like a drug that gets me high

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for that wait

I am

I never meant to be so cold

Never meant to be so cold

The both turned off and almost broke their radios. "Gah, stupid thing!" shouted Ichigo.

Zakuro had ended her conversation minutes ago, and had gone to get Ichigo to get her to her room to explain everything. King Shirogane had done the same. Once sitting Ichigo down, she started with, "Ok, what's wrong?" Ichigo just stared at her feet, silent.

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King Shirogane did the same, but Ryou had replied with a simple "Nothing". Fate must have been on there side today, because just then, two servants came and said that both rulers were needed in another room. They left their children in the rooms. Ichigo was still driving herself crazy, telling herself that she did not love Ryou. "I do not love Ryou, I do not love Ryou," she kept saying to herself, pacing the floor. But with every word, she began to feel sadder. But the time she was shouting it to herself, she collapsed on the floor; crying and out of breath. "I...I...I do love Ryou."

The sun shining in her mother's room glared off a shiny object. She slowly went toward it, and flicked it. That must have triggered something, because before she knew it, she was staring into King Shirogane's bedroom, and in that bedroom was Ryou, all alone.

"Ryou!" she screamed. Ryou turned around, wondering who had just called him; it almost sounded like Ichigo. No one was there, but he did another once over. An orb was staring back at him. "Wait….orbs don't have eyes…" he thought, staring into the orb. He was taken aback that Ichigo was inside the ord.

"Ichigo!" he said, his heart feeling gloomy again. He did want to see Ichigo, but...she had broken his heart, which he'd never be able to repair. He knew his father would be back soon, so he made something up. "Ichigo...look, my father will be back so, can we continue this later?" Ichigo smiled and replied "Ok. We'll meet at the beach at the rock where we met at 7:00 PM. See you then Ryou." The orb went blank, and moments later, King Shirogane returned to his room, surprised to see Ryou feeling better, as did Zakuro find that odd when she returned.

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Ichigo waited by the rocks, with a book she was furiously scratching things down on. Since no one else was there, she decided to recite one of her works to herself.

"My love, I can't stay long.

In only minutes I'll be gone.

I love you my dearest with all my heart.

Don't run from your fears and hide in the dark.

I hope you can hear me and my last thoughts.

I've lived to my purpose, the lesson was taught.

I'm holding my breath with all of my might.

I'm leaving you now, goodbye and goodnight."

She heard a clapping coming from below her. She looked down and between the rocks, Ryou was sitting in there. "That was beautiful," he said with a smile on his face. Ichigo blushed; she thought no one was there. It was silent for awhile, but with tears in her eyes, Ichigo stuttered "Why...why...why did you lie to me?"

Ryou was shocked; this wasn't really the "warm welcome" he was expecting. He didn't even think that question would come up so he really didn't have an answer. Well, he did, but he didn't want to say it. "Ichigo...I thought...if you found out...you...you would be afraid of me...or you wouldn't like me anymore." Ichigo looked at him confused. Why wouldn't she like him even if she had found out sooner? "Ryou, I still would've liked you...you're my friend...well actually, there's a new thing to that," she added.

Ryou was now the one looking confused. "Ryou...about what i said before...I...I've gone over it in my mind...and I've made a really bad mistake...Ryou...I...I love...you..." she said slowly. A smile crossed Ryou's face. He offered his hand and said "Ichigo, you know how to swim, right?"

Ichigo didn't need an answer for that. She jumped into the water. It was cold, but Ryou came to hold her to keep her warm. "I love you too Ichigo, and I always will," whispered Ryou. They got closer and closer and they were just about to kiss when...an arrow came between them. Ryou and Ichigo turned to where it might have come from and saw Ryou's father with a bow and some arrows. "No Ryou! Don't!" he shouted. "Back away from her son; humans can't be trusted." Ryou's face twisted with anger. "Father, what are you doing, I love her and she loves me. Why can't you be happy for me?"

"Because humans cannot be trusted, they just stab you in the back; to our people and even to other humans! Just like what happened to her father!" he shouted in fury. Ichigo was shocked...he...he knew her father? "What do you know about my father? Tell me!" she yelled out.

Ryou's father grew closer so she could hear. Still at a distance, he began. "Your father...was a kind man...he knew of me and knew I had a son...and he died shortly after your birth," he finished. Ichigo couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You...you lie! My father died when I was three!" she shouted. King Shirogane grimaced. "You mean your mother has never told you about your real father, your birth father? The father you knew who died in a car accident when you were three is your step-father! Your birth father was murdered...by his own brother..."he ended. Ichigo was taken aback. Her mother never told her of this.

"Back then...more than a decade ago...your real father and his younger brother were my best friends who were humans...we could only communicate through the orb because our parents forbid it; but sometimes, we made secret meetings by that rock and we would talk there for hours. When your father married Zakuro, it was by the shore and I watched the wedding from a distance. They were so much in love. Being the oldest, he was the one to receive the crown. Then, he had you. Months later, his brother...your uncle...his best friend...killed him...he wanted to rule. Once your grandfather found out, he would never receive the crown. He was put in prison and Zakuro was made ruler of this kingdom. Then...she fell in love with the man who gave you a sister...and months after her marriage...he was killed in a terrible car accident...I decided then to never trust humans because all they end up doing is stabbing you in the back...and then you came along...and now my son has fallen in love with you...your mother predicted this and she was right; she has put my own son against me. I will never forgive you or your mother for doing so...so Ryou, if you don't want Ichigo to be harmed, I suggest you come with me," said King Shirogane.

Ryou just moved in front of Ichigo. "If you want to harm her...then you'll have to get through me first...I'm an adult now father...you need to respect my decisions," he said solemnly. Then, he turned around and kissed Ichigo. She was taken by surprise and soon responded by deepening the kiss. Ryou's fins became legs and that's how they would remain forever. Ryou's father was furious and began shooting arrows at them. Ryou pushed Ichigo away. Ryou was caught off guard for a moment as he saw Ichigo going under and then springing back up in an instant. "If I can't have my own son back, then nobody will," Ryou's father shouted, pulling out two arrows and firing them one after another.

Ichigo dived in front of Ryou and that one arrow hit her. "Ichigo!" shouted Ryou before he was struck by the second arrow and they fell on top of each other, sinking into the cold water. Ryou's eyes opened as he realized they were sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean. Ichigo was out cold, and if he didn't do something, they would both die. Ryou kicked his legs and swam up to breathe. He clinged onto the rock, Ichigo's weight falling on top of him. He climbed on top of the rock and climbed back down to the sandy shore, where he collapsed. Everything in his eyes afterward went dark.

Ooooooooh...is Ryou ok and will he live or does he die...maybe, maybe not...anyway, summary/paragraph of next chapter.

Ichigo jolt up and moaned as she did so. She was surrounded by her mother and her personal doctor. Her mother was crying tears of joy when she found out Ichigo was alive. She hugged her daughter and whispered, "I thought this time you weren't coming back...I'm so glad." Ichigo smiled but her smile turned into a frown. "Where's Ryou?" she asked. A grim expression crossed their faces. "He is ok, right?"

Anyway, you'll have to read on when I post again to find out what happens. -Nibzo