Chapter 3: Akito's Rage & Yuki's Plan
"What in the world were you doing?" Uo nearly screamed at Tohru. "I just saw a pretty silvery-purple thing and wanted a closer look." She replied innocently. "Well, that 'thing' nearly cost your life! How did you end up on the bank anyway?"
"Yuki saved me!" Hana-chan's head jerked up. ''You mean, there was somebody else? I thought I sensed another person's denpa waves." she muttered. "Yet they were very strange, almost inhuman." Inhuman? Tohru thought. Well, he was very mysterious. I wonder where he is now?
In a deep part of the oceanYuki sighed. He couldn't stop thinking about the human girl. He stared at the blue ribbon he had accidentally pulled out of her long hair when he was rescuing her. "This is crazy. I don't even know her name!" Yuki muttered. Wait, the blond did scream a name. Tory? Tana? No. Tohru! Yes, that was it! Tohru... Suddenly a sharp rap at his door jolted him out of his thoughts.
"Come in." he said, trying to keep his voice steady and emotionless. A merman swam in, his olive green tail flicking to propel himself. "Ah, Yuki-kun! You're here!" Sighing, Yuki said shortly, "What do you want Shigure? I'm busy.??Shigure's careless grin disappeared. "The king wants to see you." A chill ran up Yuki's spine. So, he found out then. Of course...it was inevitable. He has spies everywhere. Anyone could have seen me go to the surface.
Slowly, he swam to the grand throne room alone. As two mer-guards opened the door for him, a cool voice greeted him. "Hello, Yuki. I am so glad you are here. I have summoned you for a very important reason. My spies told me you were lurking near the surface." Calmly, he replied "Yes, I was." Yuki knew if he lied, the king would give him worse punishment. Thr king clenched his teeth together. Suddenly, he flew into a furious rage, yelling and smashing things, and in general, throwing a temper tantrum fit for a three-year-old. He stopped in front of Yuki, his black tail swishing furiously. "DID YOU KNOW WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE? YOU COULD HAVE EXPOSED US ALL!" His hand quickly smacked Yuki's face so hard that the force of the impact threw him sideways on to the wall of sharp coral spikes. He managed to stifle a cry of pain when some of the spikes impaled themselves into his back. The king whispered darkly, "Do you want to spend time in the dungeons, Yuki? Maybe a few days in there will cure you of your bad habits." Horrible visions of the utter darkness overwhelmed Yuki and he slammed his eyes shut.
All of a sudden, the doors flew open and in swam the family doctor, his greenish-gold tail propelling him quickly to where the furious king and injured merman were. "Akito! Stop! You'll hurt yourself." Akito's eyes were frantic, as they darted to Yuki and back to Hatori. "So that's it. You want to get rid of me. You want to be free! WELL, YOU CAN'T AND YOU NEVER WILL BE!" he screamed, enjoying the flinch he elicited from the silver-hair merman. "Akito, calm down." Hatori commanded. "You have to rest. I'll take Yuki back to his room, then come and check on you, all right?" Akito sneered. "Fine." He spat out the word venomously. Hatori then helped the injured Yuki up, then swam back to his room to help clean his wounds. While they Hatori was bandaging the savage scratches, he muttered, "You shouldn't do that again."
"Do what? Go to the surface or anger Akito?"
"Both."
"..."
"Yuki," Hatori sighed, "We are two of the 13 princes and princesses of this sea. In other words, Akito's favorites. (A/N- Guess who the 13 are? ) You must set a good example for the others."
"Yes." I still have to return the ribbon, but I can't tell Hatori that or else he'll know a human has seen me, whether she knows I'm a merman or not. I'll sneak back tomorrow really early, and leave it at the place we met.
In the girls apartment
After the little outing, Tohru had gone over the experience in her mind many times.
Her legs felt numb, as if they fell asleep...
A ticklish sensation coursed through her legs as they started feeling as if they were glued together. "Just a cramp?" she had thought.
"But that wasn't a cramp. It was different." She muttered to herself. Suddenly, Tohru sat up in bed. It was now 5:52 in the morning. She knew Uo-chan and Hana-chan wouldn't be up until around 7:30. Tohru Honda had made up her mind. She was going back to the ocean where she had first met Yuki.
A/N: YAY for cliffies! Plz R&R! If you're 1st reviewer for a chapter, I'll dedicate the next chapter to you, ok?
Ja ne!
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