Disclaimer: Haruka and Michiru are characters from Sailor Moon, only the plot and the OC characters belong to me.

Sirena

By auraluna7

Chapter 3: Sea talk

"That little scoundrel! To imply that I am a bad swimmer! I had a damn cramp! I just hope that diving suit squeezes up his..." Michiru stormed into the living room of her house trough the open glass door from the terrace, the fresh tile floor under her bare feet welcomed her home.

The House of the Kaioh's was next to the sea and the breeze flowed throughout every room in the estate, she loved everything about this house , besides the ocean this was her favorite place to be, her life was perfect.

Michiru lived in this big house, the biggest in town, with her beloved father, Sechiru Kaioh. The family had lost Michiru's mother many years ago victim of a silent killer and Sechiru was the only family she had.

He was a prosperous business man who loved her above all things; there was nothing in this world her father would not give her; Michiru was used to get her way in everything and until recent times to come and go as she pleased.

But the more she grew into an untameable beauty, the more things seem to be changing around the house, lately her dad appeared more interested in what he called "proper dressing" and social activities she wasn't the slightest interested in, and perhaps if the battle had been just between her father and herself she would have had the upper hand, unfortunately there was someone else in the battle against her...

"Where have you been? All day out in the sun Michiru! You're so tanned anyone could mistake you with a fisherman's daughter!"

Smiling slyly Michiru looked at the Nanaki, her governess who stood with her hand on her hips. "I am a fisherman's daughter Nana".

"Your father is a business man Michiru" Nana was not going to take the bait, she along with her father adored her but she took this new proper dressing and socializing for her future's sake very much seriously.

"He sells fish"

"Oh girl! You're supposed to be a fine looking lady, not a savage, where are your clothes huh?"

Michiru wearing nothing but a swimsuit shrugs her arms. "Upstairs, I was out swimming why would I need any clothes?"

Squinting her eyes and pressing her lips Nana blocked Michiru from escaping through the side door to the garden. "Oh you're going to be the end of me, go put on some clothes, dinner is ready and for God's sake wear some shoes!"

Nanaki had taken care of her since she was a little baby, and Michiru knew when to stop poking her. Sighing she smiled sweetly at Nana " Ok, ok you win, but is daddy home Nana?"

"Yes, he has been home for 15 minutes waiting for you Michiru, go get dressed!"

"I'll go kiss him first" Michiru scurried past her nanny and crossed the living room with its pristine rattan furniture and enter the 'library ' which was actually her father's office and bedroom, Sechiru hadn't slept in the master's bedroom with its big bed since Michiru's mother died; he instead loved to sleep down here in his hammock. "Hi daddy!"

His father face lit at she saw her and she rushed to him. "My little fish, where have you been? All day out in the water I suppose"

"Where else could I've been daddy?" Michiru jumped into her father's lap and kissed him on the forehead lovingly.

"How about, outside looking for a husband to give me some grandchildren?"

"Oh daddy you're not serious, I'm just a little girl I cannot give you any grandchildren" She pouted with her most girlish look.

"Of course you can, you don't want to, which is totally different, you're 17 years old, did you knew your mother was only year older when she got you? You need time to find a right man, get courted and get married and all that things,that takes time you know? " Michiru jumped off her father's lap and pinched his cheek playfully.

"I know you're not serious, who'll take care of you if I'm gone ah?" Sechiru's face softened, he loved MIchiru too much to be seriously mad at her.

"Nana! Make this creature get dressed so we can have a decent dinner for a change" Michiru smiled.

Nana walked into the room and Michiru walked past her again. "I'll go get dressed but I'm warning you: No shoes"

"Fine girl, but at list brush your hair" Nanaki replied walking behind her.

"Oh Nana you're such a pain in the..."

-o-o-o-

"How was your day Haruka?" Zen sat at the terrace enjoying a cup of tea after a long day of shopping; there was a mountain of designer store bags right behind it to prove it, she looked at her friend Haruka sitting across the table holding a scary looking hat that Zen had bought for her.

Putting it back on the shopping bag and planning and interesting murder for the ugly hat Haruka smiled at Zen. "Interesting, I actually saved a damsel in distress."

Zen placed her cup down, thrilled."No kidding, some little town girl? Tell me all about it!"

"I guess, she was not very polite though"

"Didn't she thank you or she didn't thank you the way you intended?" She winked at Haruka and Haruka laughed softly.

"Oh Zen you know me too well... the second option, and she left quite an impression if I might add"

" I see, the tropical romantic air finally hit you! That's so exciting. So…are you seeking for you damsel tomorrow?"

"Of course, after all she owes me for saving her life..." Zen nodded, Haruka had a way with girls worth of writing a book about. Maybe the holiday at the small island was not going to be so boring after all.

"So how pretty was she?"

"Oh Zen...very."

"Maybe you should wear your new hat tomorrow when you go find her! They told me it's the latest fashion in Paris"

"Um... ah...Pairs huh?"

-o-o-

"Morning daddy" Michiru walked into the dining room, her long hair lose and wearing nothing but a swimsuit again. The day was breaking and Michiru could not wait to jump into the water.

"Good morning Michiru, before you leave with no breakfast as usual, remember we are having guests for dinner"

"Oh dad, Tanaka-san and his children are not guests, they are family, no need to get all fancy around them"

Her father pretending to be really serious looked at her. "Don't interrupt me girl, I want you here dressed as the little princess you are ok? Shoes included..."

Michiru hung her arms defeated. "Ok, anything else?"

"Yes about that story you told me yesterday during dinner, I think you should invite that gentleman over"

He was talking about Haruka, Michiru had somehow ended up telling her dad about the strange man that fished her out of the ocean. "Daddy! I told you how rude he was! Besides I don't even know if he's staying in town and no, I'm not inviting him over" She said tapping her small delicate foot on the floor. Was her father for real?

"He saved your life! That's enough for me!"

Michiru chose not to continue arguing, once her father judged someone the impression was almost permanent. "A gentleman, right, he might pass as one with that blonde hair and those green eyes, and that Casanova smile that makes me...oh! Why I'm thinking of him? Damn it!""I'll go now dad, I'll be home early I Promise"

"At list have some fruit you're far too thin!" Michiru smiled and grabbed a banana out of an enormous fruit bowl and left the dining room waving goodbye to her beloved dad.

AS she was exiting she could hear Nana's voice behind her so she pick up the pace and made a flawless escape "Michiru wear some sandals!"

Michiru could still hea Nana's call as she was walking down the staircase towards the beach; she turned around still munching her banana and waved at her. "Bye Nana have a nice day!"

The aqua colored hair walked to her favorite spot on the beach, the white sand was still fresh from the tide, the first rays of sunlight kissed her bare arms and shoulders. As almost every day she was only wearing a one piece blue strapless bathing suit and a strap on her thigh with a small but sharp little hunting knife ; she loved to be able to get in and out of the sea with no attaches.

After a few minutes of soaking the soft sunlight she stretched her arms and legs before entering the water, once inside there was no time or noise, she was so happy here.

-o-o-

"So want to go sailing today Haruka?"

Haruka looked outside the window towards the beach. "No Thanks Zen, I don't feel a lot like sailing; I'll stay here and wander around the beach instead"

"Looking up for your damsel in distress?" Haruka smiled. "Good luck then, or shall I say have a nice catch?"

" Ha, thanks."

"So where's your hat?"

"Um..."

"Haruka! You said you liked it!"

" Hehe funny story..."

-o-o-

Michiru emerged from the water when the sun was already coming down; she was a bit hungry, but she still had a bit of time before dinner. She sat down at the beach where the waves could catch her legs; she lost herself in her meditation, the soothing sound of the ocean talking to her...

"Didn't I tell you to stay away from the water Miss Kaioh?" The husky voice behind her made Michiru shiver, she slowly turn her head to look at Haruka

"You again? What? Are you stalking me now?" She hadn't meant to be so hostile, but the fact that the husky voice made her shiver was concerning.

"Good afternoon to you too, Miss Kaioh"

Oh! He was so annoying. "No one, especially this guy is going to teach me manners""Good afternoon…what can I do for you kind sir?"

"That's better Miss Michiru, pretty girls are supposed to be polite, now next time you can try being less sarcastic"

Michiru raised her left eyebrow high, Haruka found the gesture sexy even though it seemed to clearly indicate she was getting on the little swimmer's nerves. "Mr. Tenoh, can we wrap this up? I'm busy"

"I can see that, lying on the beach must be hard work, but I think if you're busy at the time we better continue this lovely conversation over dinner what do you say?"

"Dinner? Mmmh…""Sorry I can't"

"Oh please, don't tell me you're married!"

"No, I just….I don't want to ok? And I've already told you that I'm busy, now if you excuse me"

So she wasn't into the Casanova act, fine she could be nice and charming in other ways, Haruka wasn't giving up so easy, she had looked for Michiru all day long. "Come on you can sun-bath every day, why don't you at list take a walk with me? You owe me…"

"I don't owe you anything …and it happens that I'm not here just taking a sun-bath I'm having a talk…"

Haruka raised an eyebrow herself this time but with disbelief. "With the seagulls?"

Michiru looked at the blonde with amusement, was she naturally dumb? "Don't be ridiculous, birds can't talk…with the sea"

She sounded serious, Haruka grinned, pretty and crazy…not a terrible combination. "Right….are you sure you didn't bump your head by any chance?"

Michiru gave her a dirty look. "I'm not crazy! Believe whatever you wish but it's true, in fact she's telling me that you're from Tokyo and that you are a player."

Haruka smiled. "No kidding, why is he giving me such bad reputation ah? Anyone could have said I'm from the city, my accent runs me out, ok let's say I believe it what else has he told you." Playing along was amusing, and at least Michiru seemed to be finally talking to her.

"She, cause she's a 'she' you know? Told me you that you got a big secret…."

"Oh, yeah? You mind telling me?"

Was the blonde being sarcastic? It was hard to say but Michiru preferred to end the conversation, she was starting to run late again. "She doesn't want to say….why I'm still talking to you? Get lost Haruka"

"Oh so we are in a first basis now Michiru?" The girl was so mercurial, Haruka thought to herself, it was hard to say if she liked her or disliked her entirely, her lips and her eyebrow seemed very mad, but there was a tiny sparkle in her eyes that told Haruka she was amused by the conversation at some level.

"No, I just don't think you're nice enough to be called sir or mister so I'll call you Haruka, you can call me Miss Kaioh, now please leave me alone would you?"

"But we are having such a lovely conversation Michiru…." Haruka sat down next to Michiru not minding the salted water spoiling her pants, and Michiru didn't moved, yeah that tiny sparkle hadn't lied.

When Michiru spoke next her tone was sweeter, she didn't usually just 'spoke crazy' like some people liked to call it. "Please… I need to talk to her ok?"

"What do I get in exchange?"

Michiru looked at Haruka surprised, and shrugged. "I don't know what do you want?"

"How about lunch tomorrow?"

"No way"

Instant rejection, yet she was still sitting next to her and their hands were brushing softly. "Mmm… at list promise me I'll see you tomorrow"

The blue eyes girl shrugged. "I'm always in this beach, every day so..." "Why did I say that for?"

"Ok then" Haruka got on her feet ready to leave but she lost herself contemplating Michiru's soft collarbone, she wondered how will it feel to plant a soft trail of kisses in that soft collar bone , God she was so attractive…

Clearing her throat softly and brushing away the thoughts of a very warm and welcoming Michiru, the blonde tomboy smiled again. "I'll leave you two alone then, just... Tell your friend I'm better than what she thinks"

Michiru smiled back, there was some magnetic force that compelled her to keep looking into those green eyes… and she wondered if the blonde lips will taste salty like her own after being all day in the beach and a sudden warm invaded her skin.

"See you tomorrow"

Haruka nodded and she walked away slowly "You can bet those beautiful eyes Michiru…" She was talking to herself mostly but she was serious, crazy or not Michiru seemed to be worth the risk.

(Oh I wanted this chapter to be more exciting but I guess this is going to be a soft love story….you like it? Want more? Review then…)