Pichi Pichi Pitch

Chapter 14

Someone's here with me, and holding my hand, who is it? He thought, and slowly opened his eyes. "Good evening Kaito." Lucia said. "Lucia, you're back!" He said as he sat up from the wall and stared into her eyes. "Uh huh, I just got back a few minutes ago, did you stay here all day, just waiting for me?" She asked with her smile still on her face. "Yeah, I couldn't find anything better to do, and plus the fact that it was getting cold out and I was worried you would freeze." He said, still staring at her.

"Do you honestly think I would freeze out there? I have lived in waters that can be just as cold, maybe even colder." She said. "Well, how was I supposed to know, I can't know every thing unless you tell me these things." He said. "I can understand that, but do you think I'm so careless or unable to take care of myself?" She asked. "With all the trouble you get into, yes, yes I do think that." He said with a smile. "Your so mean sometimes." She said, and he pulled her into his arms. "Kaito?" She said.

He wouldn't let her go, he just sat there with her in his arms. "Can you blame me for worrying about you?" He said. "I guess I can't but still, you don't gotta think I'm gonna get hurt just from being in the cold a few hours." She said as she closed her eyes. "Well, you never know what could happen." He said. "Well, you said this morning, what could happen in Antarctica." She said. "I guess I was right." He said. "Yeah, but you were only half right." She said. "Half right?" He asked. "Yeah, I think we aren't safe just yet, we gotta leave first thing tomorrow." She said."And may I ask why?" He said. "Well, I was told that the prince is coming for me, and he's here on the surface, so we gotta leave after the storm clears up tomorrow." She answered. "Why would he come for you?" He said as she lifted her head to face him.

"Well, it seems he likes me, and hates the fact that I love a human." She said. "Wait, he likes you!?" He asked. "Well, now calm down, it's not like I'll go with him or anything. Do you really think I'm going to end up with someone who wants to start a war, not to mention the fact that I'm with you." She said.

"Well, I guess that's true, but still, he likes you?" He said again. "Kaito, there's no need to be jealous." She said with a smile. "I'm not jealous." He said. "Then why are you getting so mad?" She asked. "Well, I don't know, I guess maybe I am a little jealous." He said truthfully.

"But there's no need to be, there's no one I'd rather be with than you." She whispered in his ear. This made him feel less angry. "Lucia!" They heard a voice call. "Oh man!" She groaned. "What?" She asked. "Where are you!?" The voice called again. "I'm coming Hippo." She said as she stood up and walked out of the room. "Thanks a lot Hippo." Kaito muttered. "Lucia, what were you doing?" Hippo said as she entered the room he was in. "I was in there with Kaito." She said. "What do you mean you were in there with Kaito!?" He screamed.

"What's the problem, we've been through this before!" She said trying to stop his shouting. "Lucia, you know you shouldn't be even near humans, let alone in love with one. He shouldn't even be here, or Hamasaki, or Nagisa too." He said. "Hippo, you know no matter how many times you tell us this, we always disobey you, and do it anyway, like them coming here. They wanted to come because they care for us, they don't want us to be alone. Plus, what's so bad about humans, they are people like you and me, the only difference is we have fins." She said.

"As much of sense as that makes, I still have to disagree with these actions with humans you keep on taking. I'm only doing this so you'll be happy, and you can rule the kingdom like a princess should." He said. "But that's the thing, I am happy with Kaito, and I can still rule, but I want him to be with me. I can be happier than I would without him if he's here, with me." She said. "Lucia." Hippo said quietly. "I'm going back." She said and walked back into the room with Kaito still sitting where she left him. "I'm back." She said with a smile as she back down next to him.

"Did you really mean what you said?" He asked. "How much of that did you hear?" She asked. "Just a little at the end, so did you mean what you said, about being happy with me?" He asked again. "Of course I meant it, what ever made you think I was unhappy about being with you?" She asked with a small smile. "Well, your penguin has a point though, you're a mermaid, and I'm a human, maybe he's right about this." He said. "Don't say stupid things, you've never been one to say that." she said as she frowned at him.

"The only way for me to be happy, is for me to be with you. And nothing anyone says is gonna change that, not you, not anybody." She said. He just smiled. "I don't know why I was thinking that, but I don't like it when people into an argument about me, or even partly about me." He said. "Well, that's how it is when you have a penguin who won't shut up about how mermaids and humans shouldn't be in love." She said, and he laughed.

"So what are we supposed to do now?" He asked. "The storm is still going on outside and it's late at night, so I don't know. But I'm a little sleepy" She said. "You should be, after spending an entire day walking and swimming around." He said through his laughter. "Well, I wanna go to bed." She said as she began to get up, but he grabbed her hand. "Wait, you don't gotta leave." He said. "Huh, what do you mean?" She asked, all confused and what not. "Just stay here." He said with a smile, and she sat back down. He pulled her into his arms and she laid her head on his chest.

He sat against the wall and held her in his arms, he felt so relieved that she was safe and happy that he was there. She still feels cold, I guess she was only here for several seconds before I woke up. She began to shiver. "It's warm in here, why are you shaking?" He asked. "I guess I'm still a little cold from outside, I haven't been inside very long." She said. "You'll be warm soon." He tightened his grip around her. She began to fall asleep. "I love you, my little mermaid." He whispered. "I love you too." She said and he kissed her lips just as she feel asleep.

The following morning, Kaito woke up and he still had his arms wrapped around Lucia like other nights before. She's beautiful when she sleeps, but for some reason, I feel like she has something she's scared of. Like something's gonna happen to her, or me from the looks of it. He just sat there and watched her as she slept. He kissed the top of her head and her eyes began to open. "Morning Lucia." He said with a smile. "Morning." She said. "Can I ask you something?" He asked. "Ofcourse you can." She said. "Is there something your not telling me?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked. "You seem a little tense, like your about to lose something." He said. More like possibly someone. She thought. "Well, I just think that maybe we should hurry and go before he finds us." She said. "Why, what are you trying to hide?" He asked. "Well, if he finds us, he could take me..." She stopped and look directly at him. "...and kill you." She said, that hit him like a car ramming into you at a hundred miles an hour. "So that's why your so tense." He said. "That's all you can say, I told you something like that would happen and yet you insisted on coming. I didn't want you to come if this was gonna happen." She said sadly.

"Lucia, you can't expect me to just sit at home and wait for you to come back knowing your miles away and risking your life for everyone around you." He said. "I guess I can't, but I still hated this idea, but I liked it at the same time. I keep feeling like I don't ever wanna let you go, which is why I want to go, I don't want you to get hurt, because I don't know where he is, or when he'll come or how many people he has on his side."

This is why she's been scared, she's so terrified it's start-ing to rub off on me. "Come on." He said as he started getting up. "Where?" She asked as she got up with him. "We're going to wake up the others so we can go home." He said. "Thank you." She said and she smiled again. They walked up the stairs and opened the doors and everyone was already awake. "Hey you two, did you enjoy your sleep down there?" Hanon said with a funny smile. "Stop that Hanon, geez, you always imply something happens when nothing happened." Lucia said.

"You can't blame a girl for be curious." She said innocently. "No, but I can blame you for being nosy." She said. "Hey, that's plain rude, I'm not nosy." She said. "Yes you are Hanon, your nosy about other people's affairs." Nagisa said. "Butt out Nagisa, and I do not!" Hanon shouted. "Please just hurry and get ready to go, hey Caren." Lucia called as she left the room. "What is it Lucia?" Caren said as she popped her head out their room door. "Do we have a way off this place?" She asked. "Yup, Subaru has an old boat that'll carry us all the way back, and it runs on a motor so we have plenty of gas to fill it up." She said.

"Great, you guys about done packing?" She asked. "Yup, we only got to load up in the boat, and we're all set." Noel said as she popped her head out the door too. "Okay, well, we're almost done too." Lucia said as she went back into the room. "Correction, we are done." Rina said. "Okay then." She said. "Let's load up everyone!" Hanon shouted. "Alright, Hanon, you don't gotta shout, we are right next to you." Coco said. "I gotta, I'm excited." She said. We'll be there soon, Nikora.