Pichi Pichi Pitch
Chapter 16
"Not so fast little Mermaid Princess." A voice said. Lucia stopped dead in her tracks and turned her head. "You're the prince of the Sea of Japan." She said lowly. "I'm honored you remembered." He said with a smile. "What do you want with me?" She asked. "So you are the mermaid princess from the north pacific. I almost didn't recognize you in that human body of yours." He said with his smile still there. "Well, whether I'm in this form or my other form, I still wanna know what you want." She spat."My apologies, I merely came here to find you, I have no use for the others, by now they must be enjoying their watery graves." He said.
"What do you mean?" She asked, getting scared of what he was saying. "I sent some friends of mine to rid us of them, they should be there right about now and causing them to drown in their watery graves." He said. "Why are you doing this? What did we ever do to you?" She said. "It's not you, you are just the one who sent me away, when I kindly offered protection, and you claimed to be in love with a human. Humans are disgusting creatures who do nothing but take from us!" He shouted, his smile gone. "That's not true, humans and mermaids deserve to live in peace and harmony, you have no right to judge them like that, I just spent two wonderful years with them, and I know they aren't anything like what your saying!" She said.
"What would you know, you're the one who lives with a family that wants peace, well my grandfather only wanted peace, which is why he wanted control over a kingdom!" He said. "That's not true either, your grandfather was a tyrant who only wanted power, and you're the same! No mermaid would ever want to join with a prince who only wants to be a cold hearted prince with nothing but power on his mind!" She said. "Is that what you think I am? A tyrant who only wants power, you think my grandfather was the same?" He asked. "Yes, because you've cause so mush panic and you've taken someone who's very precious to me!" She said.
"You mean the mermaid with the lovely purple hair? Don't worry, she's in good hands, would you like to see her?" He asked, he snapped his fingers and some soldiers came in their human forms with Nikora in their arms. "Nikora!" She shouted. "Lucia? Lucia!" She said. "If you want her back safely, all you have to do is hand over your pearl, and your staff, and be mine." He said with a smile. She held her locket in her hands tightly, she didn't know what to do. Someone help me! She screamed in her head.
Rina's and Hanon's locket began to glow. "Lucia's in trouble, we gotta go!" Hanon said and they went back out after they had returned to the boat. "Princesses!" Hippo shouted, he left when the prince appeared. "Hippo where's Lucia, what's happened?" Rina asked. "The prince showed up and he's demanding that she come with him, now she's stuck there and can't leave." He said so fast that they almost didn't hea him. "The prince is there, now?" Coco asked.
"Yes, and he's got Nikora there too, and Lucia's trapped in a corner you could say." He said. "I should've gone after her! I should've learned to drive the boat properly!" Caren cursed herself. "It's not your fault Caren, we didn't know this would happen, we just gotta get back and find her." Noel said. "You guys have to stay here, you don't need to get involved any further than this." Rina said, then they all started swimming back. Lucia, we're coming, just stay safe and don't under any circumstances, give him what he wants. Rina thought.
"I'm offering you a choice, hand over the pearl, staff, and be my bride. Or you can let your friend die, and let your friends in the speed boat die." He said again. "Your highness." A soldier came and said. "What is it?" He said. "The mermaids are on their way, apparently our comrades have deserted us and let the others live." He said. "What do you mean they've deserted us? Then what of the three men in the boat?" He said impatiently. "We're currently awaiting your orders." He said. "Do anything it takes to get rid of them, even use the sharks if you have to." He said. "Yes, your highness." He said and left.
"Why do you want me as your bride?" Lucia asked. "Because I like your kingdom, and you the best." He said. "Now, have you made your decision?" He asked. "I'll never give you my pearl or let you kill Nikora, or the people love period. And that includes the human you want destroyed!" She spat. "You dare shout at me like that?" He said with an angry expression. "Yes, and I'll gladly do it again!" She said. "Then you leave me no choice but to use force." He said and he started walking towards her, she backed away, or tried to.
"Look, there's the surface over there, and I can see some soldiers there up ahead." Noel said. "We're almost the Lucia, try to hang on a little longer." Hanon said.
"Stay away!" She shouted out of fear. "I'll give you one last chance." He said. "I said no, just accept that and no one will have to be hurt!" She said. "You don't understand, I've been hurting for years since I learned my grandfather was sealed from the world. You and your friends only made the pain worse." He said. "We only want peace, not a war, you invaded my country, the only one causing your pain is you." She said. "You think I am to blame for this?"
"Yes because if you had just stayed in your own country and created your own legacy instead of following your grandfather's, you'd be at peace." She said. "I am not to blame, it's you and the princesses before you who are to blame!" He shouted. "It was never us who did it, it was your grandfather's fault!" She shouted back. "Seize her!" He said and several guards came and grabbed Lucia. "Let go of me!" She struggled but they wouldn't let go. "Mizuiro Pearl Voice!" "Green Pearl Voice!" "Purple Pearl Voice!" "Yellow Pearl Voice!" Blue Pearl Voice!" "Orange Pearl Voice!"
They shouted and they were instantly in their idol forms. "Hanon, Rina, Noel, Caren, Coco, Seira!" Lucia said. "Yeah, we knew you'd get into trouble, you never fail to get into a bad situation." Hanon said. "This is no time for bragging to me." Lucia said with a frown. "Right, sorry, let go of her!" Hanon said.
"I kindly offered her a kind deal, but she won't take it, and now she's saying it's my fault for all of this. I however think it's your faults!" The prince shouted at the end. "Well it's no deal." Lucia said and she stomped on the guards feet and they released her and she ran for the others. "Now quick, transform!" rina said. "Okay, wait, my pendant's gone." She said as she looked down. "What do you mean it's gone?" Coco asked. "I mean it's not here. Hey that soldier has it!" Lucia said as she pointedto one of the guards she stomped on. "Give that back you!" She said as she pounced on him.
"I got it." She said as she got off him and ran over there. "Hold it!" The prince said as he grabbed Lucia's arm. "Let me go!" She shouted and struggled. "I was patient, but now I've gotten impatient, hand over the pendant." He said in her ear. "I'm not letting you have my pearl." She said. "Then you can give it to me later. Hold her, and make sure she doesn't stomp on your feet." He said as he handed her to a nearby soldier. "Your highness, we've found the three men in a boat five miles out. What do you want done with them?" A soldier asked as he and some others came with Kaito, Nagisa, and Hamasaki. "Kaito!" Lucia shouted.
"He and everyone else will be released safe and sound if you just hand over your pearl and staff, and join me." He said. What am I supposed to do? If I don't do something, everyone will die. She thought. "Lucia, don't give him what he wants if you do, we'll all be killed!" Rina said. "Silence! If she does as she's told, you all live happily ever after, if not, well, use your imagination." He said.
Lucia put her pendant around her neck, signaling she wasn't giving it up. "Very, kill them all." He said. "No!" Lucia shouted. "Yes your highness." A soldier sad as he took his position. He had one of those cool lazer spears that fire lazer balls, they're really cool. Oops, I'm going out of the story. He started it up and he fired, Lucia broke free of the guard and ran in front of the blast and it hit her, not everyone else. When it hit her, her necklace shattered and her pearl too, her eyes went black and she laid lifeless in the cold snow. "LUCIA!" All the princesses shouted and a ray of light shined and the prince and the soldiers all backed away from them for fear of the light.
The all ran to her and Rina held her up in her arms. "Her pendant and her pearl are shattered, she's colder than the snow. "Rina said. "She threw herself in the way of the blast just to protect Kaito and Nagisa and Hamasaki." Coco said with tears in her eyes. "But what was that light I saw?" Seira said. "I don't know, it came from one of those three." Noel said as she looked at Kaito and the others. Oh man, I suddenly got a headache. Kaito thought. "What's wrong Kaito?" Nagisa asked. "I have this headache all of a sudden." He said. "Now that you mention it, I think that light came from you." Hamasaki said.
"Lucia, Lucia, open your eyes, please!" Hanon cried. "Lucia, come on, wake up, you can't die now. You gotta wake up, we can't do this without you!" Seira cried too. "She's not waking up, she really is gone." Caren said as tears streamed down her face. "Princesses, you mustn't let this stop you." A voice said. "Aqua Regina?"