Disclaimer: The main characters are from Sailor Moon, the plot and the OC's are all mine.

Sirena

By auraluna7

Chapter 4: The mermaid

Sitting in the same spot Haruka left her, Zen looked at her from behind her expensive pair of sunglasses; she looked out of place in the small island.

"Hi Haruka how did your romantic quest go?"

"Mh… not as well as expected but I guess I can't complaint" The blonde stopped from asking if she had spend the whole day drinking daiquiris and looking pretty so she instead took a sit and smiled sweetly at her best friend and roomie.

"Oh, so are you joining us for dinner?" Zen stumbled off her seat. " He, too many daiquiris, I need to get dressed."

"Ha, I Knew it" "I'm tired, I guess I'll stay here and sleep a little, I wandered around the beach all day... Wait, before you go I need your help, can you get the address of my tropical damsel?"

"Yeah sure, I don't know the whole town but it can't be that hard I've been in bigger hotel bedrooms than this tiny town, show her to me."

"Hurry then, she's probably still at the beach you can spot her from up here" Zen and Haruka rushed to the balcony of the terrace, Zen's house was also by the sea. "There, can you see her, the one with the blue…hey why are you smiling like that?"

Zen indeed had a huge grin on her face, like a cat that just ate a mouse "It'll be easier than you think, your little tropical fish lives next door"

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, but I warn you, as far as I know you have no chances with 'the mermaid'…."

"The Mermaid? What are you talking about?"

Zen shrugged and walked towards the house. "That's how they call it in the town, it's an old tale, her real name is …."

"Michiru"

"That's correct, my father happens to be her godfather."

"Oh it's a small world, why do they call her the mermaid Zen? Tell me already you're just pausing for dramatic effect, aren't you?"

Zen rolled her eyes at Haruka. "Maybe a little bit, but it's a long story, it happened maybe 5 or 6 years ago after I left for Tokyo, so I'm not quite sure of all the details. You see, Michiru has always lived here, we studied together elementary school, you could say we were friends, but the truth is that she has always been...weird. Not to be a bitch or anything but yeah quite weird, she's always swimming... she's so damn good, my father told me that last year she qualified for the Olympic team but she loves this place so much she wouldn't hear about it, like seriously, who loves this tiny tiny place? I keep telling my brother that..."

"Focus don't let the daiquiris do the talking, tell me they call her mermaid cause she's a good swimmer?"

Zen smacked the blonde's arm playfully. "Don't rush me! As I was saying it happened like 6 years ago…Michiru once told me she could spoke to the sea, and I mock her –you could say that's why we stop being friends- apparently her father believe her so, the tale says that one fine summer day when the sky was clear Michiru rushed into her house –my father and hers where there- and told her father there was a typhoon coming to shore, her father walk up to the window and when he saw the clear sky tried to calm her, but Michiru told him the sea had told her: 'She never lies'…

"No need for the voice acting as hilarious as it is, I can get the picture…."

"Oh, fine! You got no taste for drama. So where was I? Oh Right so she told him the typhoon was coming and that he must call his fishing boats back. And guess what? He did and so did my father"

Zen looked at her wrist watch and then spoke again. "If you ask me I'll say that a 12 year old predicting a typhoon is pretty crazy- but my father loves her a lot...anyway the 'prediction' was heard all over town but obviously no one believe it, and 6 hours later, the typhoon dragged almost the whole town and the only boats who survived where her father's and ours – that's when our families became so rich – and then as you can imagine a thousand stories about Michiru began spreading through town.

That she was a witch, that the sea was her real mother, that she was born in a seashell, endless stuff of the sort, all very esoteric. But the one who stick was the one that claims she was in fact a mermaid, I guess because she can swim so well, for what I heard long distances too. I bet she could swim al her way to Tokyo…. It's true!

Anyway from that day on, Michiru is like a mystical person here, people say she can predict the weather and the places where the fish catch is going to be good, that kind of stuff… I haven't spoken to her in a long time but my father and my brother see her all the time, in fact my brother is expected to marry Michiru… It wouldn't surprised me he's gaga about her and well there isn't a lot to chose from around here"

Up until this moment the story hadn't upset Haruka but an engagement was quite serious compared to old wives tales. "Wait, are they engaged?"

"Not officially, in fact Michiru doesn't take him serious at all but eventually their wedding is expected, like I said our fathers are very close, my brother is in the fishing business and besides being a good swimmer I doubt Michiru has any interest in business whatsoever so an alliance between our families is a very high probability."

"I see, well it is quite the tale for sure …so she's a good swimmer ah?" Zen nodded.

"One of the best."

"So that's why she was so pissed…""Can she really talk to the sea then?"

"I guess that's a faith issue, my family believes she does"

"Talking about X files…. Well thanks; I'll go see her tomorrow"

"Why wait? Come to dinner with us, we are dining at her house…."

"Just…why did you say I had no chance with her? Is it because she digs your brother?"

"Nah ah, Cause it's said that 'her only lover is the sea'"

Haruka laughed freely, Zen loved the voice acting thing "You're not serious…."

"Hey! I didn't make that up, that's what people says"

"Ah Zen I think you're making fun of me. Let's go get changed, I think I will definitely come to dinner with you and the lovely tropical mermaid"

"Good, good, are you wearing the hat?"

"Um... I know you're not going to believe it but the wind just blew it away earlier today."

"What? That hat cost me a fortune!"

"I swear I got witnesses, it just blew away!"

Zen looked at her sternly "If I didn't knew better I'll say you planned it"

"Oh right, right, I asked the wind to blow it away because it was the fugliest thing I've ever seen."

"Mmmm... why doesn't that sound more sarcastic?"

Haruka laughed nervously. "Cause you're drunk, let's go get ready for dinner."

"Hmmmm, maybe I can get you another hat..."

-o-o-

"I know, I know I'm late I'm sorry!" Michiru rushed into the house, the sun was already down, she would probably have only 15 minutes to get ready. At least her hair was dry, quite tangled and salty but dry, that had to count for something.

"Go get showered, I already took out your outfit"

"But my hair is dry!" The looks on her nanny made the younger girl look down and sigh. "Thanks Nana, if you hadn't sent Tashi to find me I'll have completely forgot this dinner…."

"I know…"

Michiru stick out her tongue as she bolted to the bathroom. "Good thing I'm cute right? That's what my daddy always says"

"Michiru!"

(Oh do you think Michiru would be glad to see Haruka in the dinner? And how about the mermaid story? Nice isn't it? It's the result of staying to long by the sea….oh god I already need more holidays…review!)