Disclaimer: I have norights over the characters of Haruka and Michiru just the plot and the other characters.

Thanks for your reviews, and consider yourselves lucky, I get asleep and missed my first class so I'm able to write this chapter down in the campus lab.

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And to Will V Colin and everyone else who doesn't remember SIRENA means mermaid.

Sirena

By auraluna7

Chapter 21: Breathless

"I knew that necklace would suit you, I knew it the moment I saw it, I see you liked it"

Michiru felt a suffocate sensation; she turned around surprised a shocked. "Haruka"

"So you do recall my name…"

Michiru couldn't believe her eyes, was this another dream, was she so desperate to see Haruka that she was having hallucinations? "Are you really here Haruka?"

Haruka smiled at her but she didn't felt the warm feeling she always did, there was this cold glare on Haruka's eyes that make her shiver. "You didn't think I was going to miss this joyous occasion did you?"

What was she talking about? "I… Haruka there's so many things I have to tell you, I'm so glad that you're back" Michiru get closer to the blonde and attempted toreach her arm with her hand but Haruka step back, Michiru couldn't understand….she was mad. "Oh Haruka this is not what you think"

"No?" Haruka hold Michiru's exposed arm with tightened grip and bring her closer rudely, Michiru frowned. "Isn't this your engagement party Miss Kaioh? Aren't you going to marry your 'all time sweetheart' in just a few days?" Haruka just whisper but Michiru felt every word as a slap on her face, she felt too guilty to talk. "Nothing to add my lady? Perhaps I forgot to mention that you mislead me to think that I had a chance with you"

"Haruka please, I…" Haruka let her go, the simple sound of her voice make her sick, Michiru looked so beautiful, so innocent, so deceptive.

"Shut up!"

Michiru felt her eyes filling with tears. "Listen to me…I had no choice"

Haruka was so angry, she wished she had stayed in Tokyo, but she had to see this with her own eyes. She was so angry that she raised her arm willing to slap her…

"Here you are!" Zen voice bring her back to reality, she lowered her arm and looked at Michiru once more, the little girl looked so pale and scared, but she didn't walk away from her. Zen approached them with a nervous smile, she had spotted the couple arguing and she almost run toward them. "Michiru you look fantastic! Come give your sister a hug!" Michiru felt embraced by Zen, she was too shocked to move, she looked back at Haruka but she refused to meet her eyes.

"I deserve it" When Zen finally let her go, Michiru felt about to burst into tears and fall on her knees but managed to stand. "Zen, you look great, I thought you weren't coming"

"We came right after the term end, I see you remember Haruka right?" Michiru nodded. Remember? She hadn't stopped thinking of her for a second for almost 5 months. Haruka looked at Zen with meaningful eyes, Zen twitched, but she had promised Haruka. "Yeah we came as soon as we could, Oh look at me talking in plural already, cause you see Haruka and I... we are together now…"

If Michiru might have been able to walk or move at all, she surely have run away and cast herself to the sea to escape of such words. Haruka and Zen were dating? Was that what she meant?

Haruka thought she would enjoy looking at Michiru's reaction but she didn't expected to feel this pain in her chest when she saw the aqua-hair girl wane all of the sudden or to see in her blue deep eyes the unequivocal sign of her heart breaking.

Michiru grab the handrail next to her to keep herself from falling, her pride telling her, begging her not to cry as a little baby, she tried hard to smile but it was as hard as trying to fly.

"Are you ok Michi?" Zen sounded worried, she had witness the girls reaction herself and for a moment she thought Michiru was going to faint. Damn Haruka and her stupid ideas.

"Yes" Michiru sounded breathless, her head working hard to try to find a way out. "I…" "Please God; please take me out of this"

"Michiru!" Michiru felt the bit of air filling her lungs disappear when she heard Hanzo, he approached the three of them, he looked as worried as everyone else. "Oh Zen, Tenoh, I didn't know you were here. Michiru there's something we need to do…would you mind if I steal her away from you for just a second?"

Michiru looked at Hanzo so thankful. She grabbed his arm like a drowning person would grab a rock in the middle of the ocean. They walked away slowly, Michiru felt her legs were about to quit holding her. "Thanks"

"I saw them arrive but I couldn't find you, then I saw you talking to him but you didn't seem ok, what happened?"

"Haruka… Zen and Haruka"

"Yeah, my father told me a few minutes ago, are you ok?" Michiru shook her head, of course she was not ok, she wished she could vanish into air. "I'm so sorry Michi"

"I'm more sorry, I want to leave Hanzo"

"But you can't! This is not only your party is your house, there's enough gossip as it is, everyone started whispering the moment Tenoh arrived"

Michiru looked at him coldly, couldn't he feel she was breaking apart how did he intended for her to stay in this mess? "I cannot"

"Sure you can, take a deep breath, let's dance five minutes, then you excuse yourself and go upstairs to get together, 10 minutes Michiru and then you come downstairs smiling"

"Please Hanzo don't make me do this"

"Think about your pride, and mine" Michiru sighed, they reached the dance floor and Hanzo offered her a hand, Michiru took it reticent and they start dancing a soft song. Michiru felt so dizzy she just let Hanzo do the work. "Try to smile" Michiru did her best after a few minutes he was more relaxed the first song ended and then when the second was beginning Hanzo stopped. Haruka had touched his arm gently requesting to dance with Michiru, Michiru looked at her fiancé with fearful eyes, begging him to refuse. Everyone was staring at them wondering if the rumours were true.

And Hanzo did the appropriate thing to do, she bowed and let Haruka to dance with Michiru…. When Michiru looked Hanzo walked away she knew the second assault was beginning, she couldn't resist anymore and now everyone was watching.

"You look so much in love" Haruka's words were sarcastic, Michiru felt fragile as crystal.

"Why are you doing this?"

"It amuses me" Michiru tried to free herself and run but Haruka was holding her hard enough to hurt her. "Oh no my dear you have humiliated me enough, now it's my turn…."

(Oh wish more? You think Haruka is too mean or that Michiru deserves it? Things between them would get fixed? Oh well to know you'll have to review that's the rule!)