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Now, here is Umi Chapter 5 I don't own Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. One day I will though, and the 3rd series, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch generic shoujo word will be hitting the TV screens near you. And the show would be dubbed by now :kicks ADV:
"Honestly Sakura, are you sure we're supposed to be here?" Suzumi asked, pulling down her too-short skirt and looking up and down the empty road. Sakura laughed nervously and pulled out her map.
"Well, not at all really…" Sakura started, as a young boy and his mother ran down the street.
"Miss! Where is everyone?" Sakura called out. The woman turned around, allowing the girls to see her pale and disturbed face.
"They're down by the town square…someone's turning into bubbles!"
Earlier that day, just before lunch, the two princesses had bid farewell to their fellow princesses and the residents of the ocean and swam up to land.
The two girl's bodies broke through the surface of the water in a loud splash. Suzumi gasped at the sting of the hot air and went underwater again. Sakura just laughed and pulled Suzumi out of the water again. Suzumi shivered and looked around.
"This feels so weird…" she exclaimed, breathing in some air again and shivering. She looked around and found that she was in a small cove surrounded by cliffs. She had seen bigger cliffs underwater, but these cliffs amazed her, the way the sun in the middle of the sky hit the rocks and created these beautiful shadows. Sakura smiled at her expression and waved her hand in front of the younger girl's face.
"On top of these cliffs is a small town!" Sakura said, swimming near a large, flat rock "My father lives in the town and so does this boy I like" Sakura continued, getting up onto the rock. In a bright flash of light, Suzumi saw Sakura lose her tail and her long light blonde hair and have them replaced with long, slender legs and shorter, darker brown hair. Suzumi covered her eyes and waited for Sakura to put some clothes she packed on.
"You can look now" Sakura laughed as she twirled around, showing off her outfit to Suzumi. She was wearing a pair of short white shorts with silver thread trimming the edges and pockets. A darkish pink leather belt was holding the shorts up, but it was barley visible from under her magenta elbow sleeved shirt with a white ribbon wrapped under her bust.
"That's so pretty!" Suzumi exclaimed as she pushed herself out of the water and transformed. She almost fell over from the shock of having legs to walk on, but Sakura held her up, while fishing through her bag for clothes Suzumi could wear and handed them over.
"Thanks" Suzumi said, stumbling over to the wall of the cliff and looked at her clothes. She easily slipped her bra and shirt on, but she bit her lip when it came to her underwear and skirt. Sakura laughed and walked over next to her.
"Do you need help?" Sakura asked, and straight away Suzumi nodded in embarrassment. After a few minutes of stumbling and problems, Suzumi was dressed and looked like a human. She walked over to the edge of the rock and looked at her reflection.
Her hair had always been shorter than normal in the mermaid world, but now it was halfway down her neck and was now a Cobalt Blue, instead of an Azure. Her eyes were a grey colour, instead of a Dodger Blue shade. She had a Teal singlet on, with a shirt of the same colour that could clip up over the top of it. Her two layer skirt was a silver colour, and her clunky shoes were a very light shade of blue. Suzumi smiled and turned to Sakura.
"So, how do we get out of here?" Suzumi asked Sakura, who immediately hit her head with her hand and muttered 'oops'. Suzumi hit her head too, and hopped back in the water. She swam to the shore on the other side of the cliff and transformed back into a human, with all her previous clothes on. Sakura caught up with Suzumi and gasped as she transformed with her clothes still on.
"I had no idea we could do that!" Sakura laughed nervously as Suzumi slapped Sakura over the head playfully. The two walked, or in Suzumi's case, wobbled, up the sandy bank and into the disturbingly empty streets.
"Honestly Sakura, are you sure we're supposed to be here?" Suzumi asked, pulling down her too-short skirt and looking up and down the empty road. Sakura laughed nervously and pulled out her map.
"Well, not at all really…" Sakura started, as a young boy and his mother ran down the street.
"Miss! Where is everyone?" Sakura called out. The woman turned around, allowing the girls to see her pale and disturbed face.
"They're down by the town square…someone's turning into bubbles!" the woman whimpered as she took her son back to their house. Sakura and Suzumi were already running to the town square, the same thoughts running through their minds.
"What Mermaid would be foolish enough to do this?"
The girls arrived at town square while the poor mermaid was already halfway through her transformation into bubbles. Her flesh was bubbling up like boiling water and her blood was seeping through the bubble spaces. There were already enough bubbles so that the blood wouldn't come through anymore, but there was already an impressive amount surrounding her. She was in her mermaid form and was hanging onto the edge of the fountain, crying from the pain and embarrassment.
"What happened to her?" Suzumi whispered in fright, catching the attention of a boy only a few years older than her.
"She was sitting next to the fountain just over there when somebody knocked her into the water" the young man explained "she turned into a mermaid, and then she started bubbling up like that". The boy's female companion was clinging onto his arm, and seemed to be crying out of fear. No pity for the poor mermaid.
"C'mon Sakura, let's get her away from this place and take her to the ocean…" Suzumi whispered as she ran out of the crowd of onlookers and over to the mermaid.
"I'm Princess Suzumi" Suzumi whispered to the girl as she knelt down. The mermaid seemed to be no older than ten, and was pink tailed. The girl looked at Suzumi's chest, where the seashell necklace was. Her eye's widened, and then sighed in relief.
"I'm Chiho" the girl whispered weakly back "Can you take me to my father?". Suzumi nodded and motioned over to Sakura to come over. The two girls lifted their fellow mermaid up and took her over to where Chiho said she lived. The Princesses ignored the disgusting, bubbling feeling and quickly took Chiho to her destination.
They reached the apartment easily, thanks to Sakura's knowledge of the town, and ran into the lobby.
"My room's on the 2nd floor" Chiho muttered, pointing to the elevator. The fin of the girl's tail had already bubbled so much it had fallen off. Suzumi and Sakura ran toward the elevator, trying to ignore the stare they were getting by the cleaner woman, and arrived on the 2nd floor in no time. The floor was ordinary, with a dark blue carpet. Cream coloured walls and about eight oak doors on both sides of the walls. Chiho weakly jerked her head towards the far end of the corridor. The girls quickly ran towards the lone door and rang the doorbell together.
"Chiho! Were have…" a high voice called as the door slowly opened. A young girl, a little older than Chiho was holding the door open with a look on her face that could make you cry.
"Shizu…" Chiho whispered as she looked at her older sister. Shizu grabbed her sister out of Sakura and Suzumi's arms and carried her into the house.
"Father! Father! Chiho's turning into bubbles!" the young girl screamed at the nearest door. She stood back as her father came crashing out of the door, his mouth covered with his hand and his eyes wide in horror from seeing his daughter falling apart before his eyes. The man kneeled down to his daughter's level and ran one hand through his hair, while the other was gripping what was left of Chiho's hand. Suzumi and Sakura turned to leave when Chiho gasped out to them.
"Princesses! Please stay…" she whimpered, leading her father looked up to them with a surprised look on his face. The man had spiky, light orange hair and reddish brown eyes. He was wearing a simple t-shirt, jean shorts and looked like any average father. His eyes were wide in surprise when he saw the girl's seashell locket with small decorations on the outside, signifying their difference as a princess. He gave them a small smile.
"Thank you…" he whispered as the two walked in the small apartment. Chiho smiled and closed her eyes.
"I'll be able to see Mom from heaven, right Dad?" Chiho whispered as she disappeared into a small pile of bubbles. Shizu closed her eyes and walked out of their small apartment and towards the elevator, ignoring her father's attempts to keep her inside. The man sighed and stood up, wiping his eyes and looking at the two Princesses.
"How did she get found out?" he asked, his face looking calm, but his eyes were so miserable to look into it sent shivers down their spines.
"She was sitting in the town square's fountain and…she was knocked over into the water…" Sakura said, looking at her feet. Chiho's father nodded and beckoned the girl's into the house.
"What are your names?" He asked, motioning towards the worn sofa next to the kitchen counter.
"I'm Sakura Hanabi, and she's Suzumi Paaku" Sakura replied, sitting down on the sofa. The man nodded and pulled up the stool from the kitchen counter and sat down.
"And you're the Mermaid Princesses from the…" the man said, looking at their lockets "South Atlantic and North Pacific, right?". Suzumi stood up and clutched her locket.
"How did you know?" she said, looking at him suspiciously. The man smiled weakly and held out his hand.
"I'm Kaito Doumoto" he said simply, amused by the gasps of amazement from the girls infront of him
"Houko, I'm going out to lunch with Atsuna" Kojirou called as he left the store. Houko nodded and continued staring at nothing from the counter. Kojirou turned the corner and sighed.
"Where the feck has everyone gone?" Kojirou thought angrily, kicking a fallen cherry across the road "If business continues like this, then Atsuna's parents won't let her come anywhere near me…" he mumbled bitterly. He walked down the small alley shortcut when he saw a small figure running towards him. He blinked and saw a girl with short strawberry blonde hair and light blue eyes.
"Shizu!" he called out happily to the girl. As she came closer, he could hear her violently sobbing. She threw herself onto Kojirou and buried her head in his shirt.
"Chiho's dead" the girl said between sobs, clinging onto his body. Kojirou looked at the poor girl and stroked her hair.
"Do you want to help around the shop?" he asked her, offering her favourite form of comfort. Shizu nodded, wiped her eyes and stood up straight. Kojirou took the girl's hand and led her out of the alley. He arrived at the shop in no time, since it had already been a minute since he left.
"Houko! Shizu wants to help around the shop!" Kojirou said, opening the door and scaring the half asleep woman.
"Really?" Houko asked, walking out behind the counter and bending down to Shizu's level "Well then, Shizu Doumoto, go get me my big cook book and meet me in the kitchen!" Shizu nodded hesitantly and ran into the door behind the kitchen.
"Chiho died…and I didn't want to see her so miserable…" Kojirou laughed sadly when he was sure Shizu was out of hearing range. Houko's bright smile faded as she looked at the door Shizu just ran through.
"That explains why her face was so red and puffy…" Houko sighed, looking out towards the ocean "What's going on? Life isn't as it was before…" Houko rhetorically questioned, walking through the door to help Shizu.
Author Notes: Yesm, I am starting to be organised.
I think this was a pretty good chapter. I will make a timeline soon, since everyone's age and everything is somewhat confusing XD. And I will redo the first chapter a bit, since I was re-reading and found many mistakes.
Anyway, please review and flame if you want, I deserve a laugh after today :grumble: