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Chapter Three:Remembering

"You're–you're a mermaid?" Yami gasped. Rya just bowed her head, as if in shame.

"I'm sorry, I never should've shown you." Rya began to jump back into the water, until something gently caught her arm.

"Wait," Yami said. Rya turned to look back at him. Yami saw the tears in her eyes, and wiped one away. "Please don't go. I'm sorry if I offended you. It's just, I've never seen a mermaid before. Everyone actually thinks they're just a myth. Please stay," Yami begged. Rya smiled a little and wiped the rest of her tears away.

"You're not like the other humans I've seen." Rya pulled up a seat right next to Yami. "One time, a young boy and his father had come out to the ocean to go fishing. I was watching them from a safe distance, when I saw the boy fall out of the boat. The father was asleep, so he couldn't hear the boy calling for help. I swam as fast as I could to help him, and luckily I was able to get him back to the surface in time. The father had woken up by the time I got the boy back to the boat. He didn't even thank me, and instead threw a net over me. He yelled out something about being rich for trading me in. I was trapped in that thing for at least a day. They pulled me in so close to shorethat I couldn't swim away. The father built a fire on the beach, while the son sat and watched me. After his father fell asleep, the son walked over to me. He looked so sad, and I could tell he had been crying. So I asked him what was wrong, and he told me.

'I had a bad dream. Could I stay with you?' I just had to smile at his innocence.

'Of course,' I told him. He sat down and we talked, until he realized how sad I looked.

'Why do you look so sad?' he asked me. I told him how I wished I could go home, and swim again. 'I'll be right back.' he said.So he got up and ran over to a box his father owned. When he came back, I saw that it was a knife. He gave it to me and smiled. Before I could thank him, he ran back and slipped into his, 'cocoon' or–I'm not sure what humans call it. Anyway, I cut myself loose, and was about to swim away, when the father woke up and grabbed me. But the boy jumped up and begged his father to let me go. Something about the way the boy looked at him, made him let me go. There have been other times where humans have...done something. It just seemed like you were the only, decent human I've met. You remind me of that little boy; kind and gentle. I'm glad I met you Yami," Rya smiled. Yami was in shock after what he had just heard.

"Even after what humans have done to her, she still has a kind enough heart to trust them. She really is something," Yami thought to himself. They both talked for hours until the sun began to set.

"You should go, Yami. It's getting cold, and I don't want you to get sick," Rya smiled.

"I'm fine. I–I–achoo!" Yami blushed after his little sneeze. "Perhaps I should go. Will you be all right?"

"I'll be fine. So I'll see you tomorrow?" Rya asked hopefully.

"I wouldn't miss it," Yami replied with a smile. Rya giggled and watched as Yami swam back to shore. As soon as he reached the sand, he turned around and waved Rya goodbye.

A/N: Hope you liked. And just in case you got confused about the cocoon thing, it was actually the little boy's sleeping bag. What would you call it if you saw a sleeping bag for the first time? hehe, please r/r. THANKS :)