~Chapter Fifteen~

"Long time no see, Hikari." I heard the person say.

That voice! That evil deep voice was a voice I'd no anywhere.

"Let go of me Haru." I say through clenched teeth.

"Hey now. I don't think I like that tone you're using. Perhaps I'll have to teach you some discipline." He says as at the speed of light he pins me on my bed and hovers over me.

"GET OFF OF ME YOU PERVERT!!!" I scream at him thrashing against his hold on me.

"I don't think I will. You need to be taught some discipline my lovely fiancé." I he says into my ear.

I can feel my eyes widen to the size of saucers as I scream "FIANCE?!!!" at the top of lungs and use my tail to send him soaring across the room until he crashes into a wall. I swim over to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt.

"EXPLAIN YOURSELF!!!" I demand, my eyes flashing with fury.

He chuckles and then I feel a bolt of electricity flow through my body.

"AHHH!!!" I scream and drop him immediately.

In a few seconds everything's reversed and I'm once again pinned against the wall.

"It's very simple Hikari dear." He says using the hand that wasn't holding my arms to lift my chin to force me look at him, "It was decided that in a month we'd launch an attack on your kingdom. Your mother, in order to protect your kingdom from our hostile takeover, has proposed you as an offering. In return for not attacking your kingdom, I'd get you my dear." He says and smirks a smirk I'd learned to hate over the years.

I just stared at him in horror.

He just laughs and leans in. I close my eyes, just waiting for his foul lips to meet mine when my door is slammed down and in swims a frantic Hanon.

"HIKARI?!! WHAT'S WRONG?!! I HEARD YOU- YOU!!!! GET AWAY FROM HER!!!" She screams at Haru and swims over and launches a tail slap at him. He blocks it as if it was nothing and laughs as he leaps away. "Until next time my dear Hikari." He says.

A whirlpool appears around him and when the whirlpool disappeared, he was gone.

"Hikari, what just happened?" Hanon asks me. "Hikari?" She asks again turning to me.

"HIKARI!!!" She screams and swims to my side.

I was shaking and tears ran down my face.

"HIKARI!!!" I could hear Hanon screaming as I felt her shake me, "HIKARI TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!!! WHAT HAPPENED?!!" She yells.

I just continue to tremble, my eyes blurry from my tears.

"SNAP OUT OF IT!!!" She screams and slaps me.

I jolt and look at her. Then I lunge at her.

"Hanon!" I scream shaking in her arms.

"Shh, Hikari, What's wrong? What happened?" She asks me in a shushing voice.

"That monster! Hanon I HATE THAT MONSTER!!!" I yell and begin to cry harder.

Hanon just hugs me tight and lets me cry.

A few minutes later my tears were gone and we were sitting on my bed, Hanon eagerly waiting to hear my tale.

I sigh and begin.

"Long ago before I was born my mother was to marry Takashi, Haru's father. He was king of a clan of evil warriors whose quest was total domination of our underwater realm starting with the red kingdom. To protect our kingdom my mother was chosen to marry Takashi, to bring peace. But then she met my father. He was nothing more than a commoner among the merfolks, but he was the best thing that ever happened to her. They started to date secretly and then slowly fell in love, and then a year later, I was born. For a few month we lived together as a happy family. But then my father was discovered and that's when he was taken away, never seen again. Takashi was furious at my mother for cheating on him like that and vowed to have his revenge and disappeared. Then years later he returned. Along with him he brought Haru who at the time was nine while I was seven. He hoped that we'd grow up to be friends and bring peace.

It was one night I discovered his plan. I was just strolling along the palace one fateful evening and came across Takashi and Haru who were oddly awake and talking in whispers. It looked very suspicious so I decided to investigate.

"Haru my son. I have a mission for you." He told him, "You are to make that girl fall in love with you. Then when you finally reach the right age you two will marry and we will finally have control of this kingdom, which is what we need in order to launch our plan to take over this realm. Do you understand?"

"Yes father." He said.

It was pure horror, that evil man and his plan. But I never said a thing.

Takashi's plan started to work but in total reversal. It was Haru who was falling in love with me. But I would've never been able to return his feelings because I had already fallen in love with Kenchii. At first I tried to be nice and told him I only liked him as a friend, but he never gave up and it just became a daily annoyance. As we grew older though, he started being more persistent and perverted. At one point when I was ten and he was twelve he took it too far.

"W-what are you doing Haru?" I said my voice shaking.

He had pinned me to a wall and looking at me strangely. He didn't say anything, just smirked and leaned down to kiss me.

I wasn't anything like when I had kissed Kenchii. Unlike the soft sweet kiss me and Kenchii had shared his was hard and rough and I didn't like it. Finally I came back to my senses.

"NO!!!" I screamed and slapped him away.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!! I TOLD YOU WE COULD NEVER BE MORE THAN FRIENDS!!! I'M IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE AND YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT!!!" I screamed at him.

"And who might that be." He asked.

I blushed and don't say anything.

"Oh pu- lease. You're in love with a pathetic human?! Well I should've saw that coming." He says and laughs, "Don't worry about a thing Hikari dear. I'll be back for you, you can be sure of that." He said as he walked off.

He and his clan disappeared for years. And now, he's returned. It's time repeating itself." I say finishing with a depressed sigh.

"Oh Hikari it's okay." Hanon says giving me a hug.

I hug her back wondering what on earth I was going to do.

"Well I'm going back to bed so I'll see you in the morning." Hanon says as she swims to the door. "And tomorrow we are so having a talk with your mother."

"I wouldn't call it a talk." I say as I feel my body shaking from anger. My mother had a lot of explaining to do in the morning.

I had almost fallen asleep when I woke up in a jolt.

"OH MY GOSH!!! I FORGOT TO TELL KENCHII I WAS LEAVING!!!" I say banging my head on the wall and swimming around in circles creating a mini whirlpool of red.

"NOW I'M TURNING INTO MY MOTHER!!!" I scream as I collapsed on my bed.

"Oooh! Who's Kenchii?" I hear a voice ask from behind me.

"AHH!!!" I scream and fall of my bed.

The owner of the voice fell onto their back from laughing so hard.

"HITOMI!!!" I scream at her, "What in the name of all the fish in the realm are you doing up so late?! More importantly, WHY ARE YOU HERE?!!" I ask her.

"I saw Haru so I followed him." She says casually, "Man I can't stand him!"

She hated him just as much as I did. I had taught her well.

"Hitomi, go back to bed, I'm fine." I tell her feeling myself calm down.

"But I want to know about this Kenchii! Is he your boyfriend?!" She asks me and gave me a mocking grin.

I turn crimson.

"Yes actually he is." I tell her and she falls over anime style.

"And you didn't tell your only sister?! I THOUGHT YOU HATED GUYS!!!" She exclaims.

"Usually I do. But I learned while I was away that yes most guys are perverts but it's just Haru who I hate." I tell her.

"Oh. So what's he look like? Is he cute? How olds he?"

"Tall, Dark blue hair and eyes. Yes I guess he's cute." I say blushing slightly, "and he's seventeen. Oh and guess what! He's the guy from my childhood." I tell her.

I see her eyes widen.

"Whoa! I want to meet a cute guy and fall in love!" She whines and makes a pouty face.

I laugh, "Don't worry. You'll meet someone. Just be patient and learn to trust people." I tell her.

"Oh. Okay. Bye!" She says and swims off.

"Wait a sec! Get your tailfin back over here right now!" I yell at her seconds before she's out my door.

She sulks back over and plops herself on my bed already assuming what's coming.

"Now I'm very disappointed on how rude you were to Luchia." I tell her.

"But it's her fault you weren't chosen as one of the main seven!" she tells me. "You should be-"

"Hitomi enough!" I say, "I love the way we live. If I was one of the main seven then we wouldn't live here. I never would've met Toshi or Yuki or Kasumi or even Sakura. And you, you wouldn't have met Sana. We should thank her for the wonderful life we have now." I tell her watching her face frown in an ashamed manner.

"Okay." She says.

"Now tomorrow I want you to apologize to luchia and start being nicer okay?" I ask her.

"Okay." She agrees.

"Good. Now off to bed you go." I tell her shooing her away, "I love you Hitomi, sweet dreams."

"I love you too big sis. Night." She says as she disappears out the door.

That had went well. I had to get a good sleep because in the morning my mother had a lot of explaining to do.

~End of Chapter Fifteen~