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The Little Mermaid TT.TT

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Chapter 5: My Parents-Mermaids?!

A tail.

Just like Yuki's. Maybe I'm dreaming.

Underneath the hem of her soggy dress, her legs melted away and, instead, she had shiny scales. The bottom half of her body narrowed into a long, gleaming, blue-and-green tail, waving gracefully in the shallow water. Tohru had never done anything gracefully in her life, so it was kind of a shock! Staring at her tail, she dazedly noticed that it was like Yuki's tail; each scale had two colors. Her scales were light green at the bottom and turquoise-blue at the tip of each scale.

It was Yuki who broke the stunned silence.

"Which one?" he asked curiously.

"Huh?"

"Which one of your parents was a mermaid?"

"EH?"

My parents-mermaids?!

"You didn't know that you transform?"

"N-no. I've never been completely surrounded by water before I met you. I never tried swimming. I never even took a bath! Only showers..."

"You're obviously half-mermaid, since you transform when completely submerged in the water. Upon seeing Tohru's puzzled look, he hastened to explain. "It's not very common. I just read about it in the library."

"...So...I'm half-mermaid"

"Most likely." Yuki giggled. They both started laughing at the absurdity of it all. After they calmed down, Yuki looked up and noticed the sun was crawling higher in the sky.

Uh-oh. The spies-not to mention Akito-would be up soon looking for him. He glanced down at Tohru, her head just a few inches under his. She looked like she was thinking hard, by the determined little V her brow formed.

She looks really cute like that...Wait, where did that thought come from?! Yuki gave his head a small shake as if he was discarding that thought completely. A few droplets of water flew from his hair onto Tohru's cheek. "Hmm?" Tohru looked up into Yuki's reddened face. Why is Yuki blushing? It's so different from his pale skin! Kawaii! Wha- that thought was so random! She immediately turned a pleasing shade of pink.

"Katsuya Honda!" Tohru yelled quickly, to break the embarrassed silence.

"Huh?" Yuki said confusedly.

"That's my father's name. I never met him, so it would make sense if he were a merman, right? My mom never mentioned him much, though..."

Yuki frowned and appeared to be thinking hard. "Yuki? What are you thinking?" "Do you want to go to the library?"

"Eh?"

"We could look at the birth records and investigate whether or not Katsuya Honda was a merman or not." Tohru gaped at him. I could find out everything! My past literally lies at the bottom of the sea! "I can"t." she said regretfully. "I have to go soon. I did write a note to Hana-chan and Uo-chan saying where I am, but they'll be worried. But could we arrange a different time? I'd like to find out about my past, and..." Tohru said the last part so softly that Yuki had to lean over to hear her. "I would like to see you again." Her face turned 30 different shades of red as she glanced at Yuki's equally scarlet face and shy smile.

"O-okay. See you tomorrow?" Tohru began to fidget, creating small ripples on the water. "Well, Hana-chan and Uo-chan will be gone for the weekend because Uo-chan is going to visit her father in the hospital, and Hana-chan's book, Reading Denpa Waves, is going to be published, so I will be all alone for a few days."

"Great! So I'll see you on Friday?" Yuki asked. "Yes! In the afternoon." Tohru giggled. "Then I will see you in four days." Yuki said, giving her the equivalent of a sweeping bow and a kiss on the back of her right hand. It was a mere brush of his lips, but it was enough to turn her face a flaming red once again. "Good-bye...hime." He gave her a heart-stopping smile once again before sinking deep underwater and swimming away, his tail moving powerfully against the water. Tohru picked up the ribbon and with some difficulty, lifted herself out of the water. As soon as she crawled out, her tail started changing back into legs. Tohru watched, fascinated, as her tail softened and the shiny scales melted away one by one. When the transformation was complete, her legs felt numb, as if she had been siting on them. Shaking her legs a bit, Tohru stood up and slipped her sandals back on and walked towards the bus station, soaking wet.

A/N: Wahh! I'm so sorry this chapter is short! And the characters are OOC! TT.TT Chapter 6 is coming soon, so watch for it!

Japanese Vocab:

hime: princess

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