Pichi Pichi Pitch

Chapter 2

It was after school, their days as high school students were done, they were going to return to the sea and their kingdoms. It was a matter of hours until they would be back in their oceans and helping their kingdoms rebuild what had been destroyed. "Well, I guess we better go say goodbye to Kaito, Nagisa, and Hamasaki." Hanon said. Lucia and Rina nodded. "But I'm supposed to go to the bath house right now." Lucia remembered her sister's words from this morning. "If you tell her it was to say goodbye, she'll understand." Rina said. Lucia nodded. "Okay, we meet back at the baths in an hour." Hanon said. They all left.

Hanon went back to the school to see if he was still there, he was. "Hanon, hey, you left without saying a word." He complained. "Oh be quiet and listen, I know you heard, I'm leaving and going across the sea." She said so fast he almost didn't hear. "I know, when?" He asked, very anxious now. "Tomorrow." She said sadly. "So suddenly? Well, I guess it can't be helped, I'll go with you!" She smacked the back of his head. "Are you stupid, you can never go where I'm going!" She yelled, tears began to form in her eyes. "At the very least will I ever see you again?" He said, wiping her tears away. "I'm not sure, but I do want you to know I'll miss you." She leaned in and kissed his lips, he returned the kiss. "Goodbye Nagisa." She began to walk away. "Goodbye Hanon."

Rina went to Awami Shrine, where Hamasaki stood. "Rina." He said with a smile, she smiled in return, but it faded away. "What's wrong?" She didn't know how to start. "Well, I thought you should know that I'm leaving the country, and I don't think I'll be coming back." She said sadly, she hid her eyes with her bangs and waited for his response. "Well, if you won't be coming back, at least say that by some chance of fate we meet again. You'll go on another date with me." He said half heartedly, she lifted her head with wide eyes. She began to smile, and walked to him and gave him a goodbye hug. "I promise if we meet again, I'll gladly go on another date with you." She whispered with several tears strolling down her face. She let him go and leaned in and gave him a kiss on his lips. "Goodbye Masahiro." She whispered. "Goodbye Rina." And she was gone.

Lucia walked along the beach to the peak where she had sat to watch the sea often when she was sad. She sat on the edge with her legs hanging off. She was wondering where to even begin to look for him, so she just waited for him to arrive on the beach. It didn't take very long. "Lucia?" A voice said from behind her, she slowly turned her head to see Kaito. She stood up and faced him. He stared into her sad brown eyes, she stared into his reddish eyes. "So, you're leaving, huh?" She nodded. "When?" He asked hiding his eyes with his bangs as Rina had. "Tomorrow morning, this is my last day here." She replied. She did not feel sorrow, or tears, she just stood and did her best to answer him. "That's really short notice." He said, his tone raised a notch. "It was for me too, I only found out this morning." She said honestly.

"I looked all over for you at lunch today, where were you?" She lowered her head. "I was hiding, from everyone." Was the only honest answer she could say. "I'll understand that, I guess. But if your leaving, do you think you'll ever come back?" He said in a low and sad voice. Lucia raised her head to see his face. He was calm, and yet his eyes were sad. "I don't know anymore, I just know that I might not see you for a long time." He didn't hesitate to walk up to her and embrace her, he hugged her tightly, like he was never going to let her go.

That broke the chain, tears began to overflow and fall down her cheeks. "I don't want to leave, but I have no choice, I have to go, it's a good opportunity for me and my sister." She said through her sobs. "I understand, but, I wish you didn't have to go so soon." He said calmly. "I do too, but like I said, I have no choice. But there was something I wish I could've told you a long time ago." She said as her tears stopped, and he let her go and she backed away a little. "I actually shouldn't do this, but I feel you have a right to know." She said as she turned around. I don't care if I do turn into bubbles, as long as Kaito understands the truth.

"Lucia?" She then jumped of the peak and into the ocean, Kaito ran to the edge and looked into the sea. Lucia popped her head out of the sea and looked out to Kaito."Now you see, why I have to leave." She said calmly, with a faint smile crossed her face. "You're that mermaid from all those years ago, the one who saved me." He was speechless but in a way he was happy to know that she was his mermaid. "I couldn't say anything or else I'd turn into bubbles, but if a human realizes it, it's okay."

"But now I have to go, and get ready to leave, I have to return to my kingdom and repair the damage that was done to it." She explained. So then that means that Hanon and Rina are mermaids too. "Wait!" He called out as he ran down the peak, Lucia got out and returned into her human form. Kaito came running back to her on the edge of the beach. "I at least wanted to leave, knowing you knew the truth." She said calmly, blushing slightly, she was happy again, he then walked up and hugged her.

He found his mermaid. "You know I'm actually surprised, mermaids aren't aloud to reveal their identities." She said, he lifted his head to look at her still in an embrace."Well dummy, don't go jinxing fate or you really will turn into bubbles." They both laughed. He let her go, and she backed away a few steps. "I really should be going, I have to go to my real home. I'm not so sad or lonely anymore, because now that you know everything, I can come back and visit. But before I go." She walked back to him and stood on her toes and tenderly kissed him. He stood for a second before he returned the kiss.

They stood like that for a few more seconds before Lucia pulled away, he grabbed her hand. "At least promise me that you'll come back." He said. A smile crossed her face, she reached up again and kissed his cheek. "I promise with all my heart I'll return soon." And with that, she took another step backwards. "I love you." He said, and she blushed a deep shade of red. "I love you too, I'll see you later. Just like I promised." She said, and ran off as soon as their hands let go.

Lucia ran all the way home, the sun was near setting and she was so late. She didn't think saying goodbye was going to take so long, Nikora was going to throw a fit. She finally reached the bath house she lived in for only a few more hours. She opened the door and everyone was standing near it, with a weird grin on their faces. "So, what happened? Did he take it okay?" Hanon asked. "Yeah, he did." Lucia said with a special smile on her face. "Lucia, you didn't do anything reckless did you?" Hippo asked, getting nervous. "Well, the funny thing is he sorta found out I was his mermaid." Everyone was quiet for a moment. "HE WHAT?!?" Everyone shouted.

"It was an accident." She lied. "I fell off the peak and into the ocean, and now Kaito knows why I'm leaving." She explained, all though she knew she was lying through her teeth. "Well, as long as your not bubbles, now everyone pack up, we gotta go first thing in the morning." Nikora said. "Okay." Every one said as they spread out and began to pack. Lucia was the first to finish, she had her stuff ready to go, and she was all set to go home to her mermaid kingdom. Of course all she needed was her pearl, but they had to remove everything to make it look like they had moved like normal humans.

What they were really doing with stuff that couldn't be brought was putting it in a secret storage, but Lucia remembered to keep the key chain Kaito had given to her. She then thought a good idea, she then pulled out a paper and pen and began to write. When she was finished, she put it into an envelope, and wrote: To Kaito On the front. She then turned her light off and went into a sleep that awaited tomorrow.

Lucia woke up to the sun shining through the window, the brightness was a sign that today was a good day. She quickly got dressed and ran downstairs to find everyone all set to go. "Okay, we're ready to go, now let's get going, we gotta get back as soon as possible, I hope you got all your goodbyes out of your system." Nikora said as she opened the front door of the now empty bath house, where all the stuff had already been taken to storage. "Onee-chan, is it okay if I drop off a letter really quick, it'll only take a second?" Lucia asked. "Okay, you have 5 minutes and that's it." She said in a playful tone. "Thank you, meet you at the ocean." She screamed as she ran off.

"All right everyone, let's get to the sea before something convinces us to stay." Hippo said in a playful tone. Everyone followed, and Nikora closed the door after saying goodbye to the bath house.

Kaito was sitting on his couch reading a magazine when his doorbell rang. He slowly got up and went for the door, he opened it, but no one was there. "Hello?" He called but no answer, and he noticed an envelope taped to the door. He ripped it off and closed the door, and went back to the couch. He saw that it was in Lucia's handwriting. To KaitoWritten on the front of the envelope, he opened it and took out a piece of paper, opened it and read: Kaito,

Thank you for everything, I know this is a little different from my promise but I'm not sure when I'll come back, I have a lot of things to take care of, but I will keep it and return soon. I love you with all my heart,

Lucia.