Slowly opened his eyes, Yusaku awoke from a very long dream, one that he wished never end. His mind was hazy but he still recognised where he was, his room back at the main castle.

When a maid came in and saw him like that, the washing basin with a clean towel she was carrying fell to the floor, making a loud sound while water splashed all over floor. Even so, none of it cause his attention. He just kept on staring at one spot.

Moments later, after the maid rushed out of the room, the king along with some subjects and the royal physician arrived. Only when his father called out his name did the young prince showed some kind of reactions.

While he was getting a checkup, his hand touched the pillow. It was soaking wet.

"I...was crying?"

Right now, he couldn't remember what he had been dreaming about during the whole time he was out. But for him to go to such length, it couldn't only be about that person. Then it hit him. Back then at the beach just before he passed out, he saw what seemed to be a wound on Ryoken's body as the merman dragged himself back into the sea.

He thought he was just hallucinated untill he heard the nearby maid said when she and some others found him, his clothes was stained with blood. They were terrified thinking he had been badly hurt. However, when they checked, they found out it wasn't actually his blood. There was only one wound on his whole body, and it was located on his shoulder. Further more, it had already crusted, so the blood couldn't come from there.

The more he heard, the tighten his fists became. His nails pinned deeply into his flesh so much that blood started to drip out between his fingers. The others were saying something but he couldn't hear what they were saying as tears ran down his cheeks.

Again, he was saved by that person. Because of him, they got hurt. Because of him, they might no longer be on this world anymore.

...

Slowly opened his eyes, Ryoken found himself in an unfamiliar place. When he turned his head to the right, he saw someone standing there talking to some electric eels. They were twice the size they should be.

As he pushed himself up, a terrible pain hit him. And he couldn't help but let out a groan.

Seemed to hace heard it, that person sent the eels away before turning back, heading toward the giant seashell bed Ryoken was in.

"I suggest you lay back down. You're just gonna risk reopening your wound."

It was then that he got a good look of them. In front of him right now was a beautiful mermaid with light pink eyes. The way her hair moved around in the water was just breath taking.

"Like what you see?" She smiled.

"Ah, sorry." He quickly looked away.

"It is fine. You aren't the first one. But I must say that was a risky move you did, swimming off without taking care of your wound first. If the sharks haven't brought me there in time, you probably be dead."

"The sharks brought you to me?"

"Yeah. Let's just say it was their way of repaying you for feeding them a feast."

"I see... If you don't mind me asking, who are you? I never seen you around Atlanta before."

"Oh, there is a good reason for that. I'm not allow there not after your father took all my rights away and banished me to this deep bad part of the sea."

"Wait, then that means you are..." Seemed to remember something, he stopped midway.

"That's right." She smirked. "I'm the one who should not be name, Aqua, the sea witch. At your service~."