Gundamanium Mermaid

chapter 6

SeerVixion

Vixi's Corner: Okay Sorry for the long wait. Read teh foot notes on Why. Nope no songs sorry

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The castle was in an uproar. A man had been found unconscious at the beach. Quatre had ordered that the man be brought to the castle. Rumor had said that the person who had found the man first had thought that he had found a girl. The castle physician had been called up to make sure that their new guest was healthy and physically fine.

Quatre and the princes didn't get a chance to look at their new guest before Sally arrived and checked him out. She came out half an hour later.

"He seems exhausted. I don't know what happened to him though. He has an excellent body, and it seems as if he works out regularly. One thing does puzzle me though. He has purple eyes. I have never seen purple eyes before, hmm" she said questionably. "Any way let me know when he wakes up. He may not be able to remember anything from before." she ordered to the Princes, getting grave nods in reply.

Quatre was the first to enter, followed by Heero, Wufei and then Trowa. The each got to see him.

"Wow!" Quatre said in a quiet voice, "He really does look like a girl. I have never seen hair as long as his..."

"Hn." was Heero's reply. Quatre grinned when he saw Heero's eyes glued to the guest. Wufei and Trowa had no reply, but both envied this man for his beauty. Those two left first.

"Heero? why don't you take first watch? I got a meeting with town council in a bit. Have Trowa take third and Wufei fourth. Tomorrow I will take first watch."

"Hn."

Quatre left the room, leaving Heero sitting down beside the guest.

Heero stayed by the brown haired male. Something about this person just didn't sit well with him. He had no doubts that the sleeping figure would cause trouble in the future. He just wasn't sure how much and if it would be a nuisance or dangerous type of trouble.

It wasn't until the second morning passed, that Duo awoke. At first he thought he was still in the sea but his skin felt dry and itchy and he was too warm, and whatever covered him was soft and dry not wet. He opened his eyes. letting them flutter open to adjust to the bright light. He tried to sit up, but was pushed back down. Duo looked at the offending hand and then the owner of the hand. He was surprised to see that it was the man he had rescued. Duo opened his mouth to say something but stopped. He looked around trying to find something.

"My name is Wufei. You are at Maguanac Castle."

"Where is Youko?" he rasped.

This startled Wufei. "Youko? We only found you. Prince Quatre has granted you a home here, until you remember your own. Do you have a home?"

Duo wanted to say the Atlantia, but something made him blurt out "No." He grimaced at his answer. It wasn't what he wanted to say.

Wufei saw the frown, "I will be right back. Our doctor said that she wanted to be notified when you awoke." Wufei bowed and walked out the door to find Sally.

On his way he found Trowa walking with Heero. "Barton, Yuy, I need you two to see if there was another person found on the shore. Our guest asked for a person named Youko." He politely ordered.

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Youko had tried hard to keep up with the much faster Duo, but was failing miserably. They had just reached the shallow water when the sky was beginning to lighten up. Youko dug frantically for her purple potion. She saw Duo chug his down and then curl and writhe in pain. She knew that they couldn't be seen together. She slipped back in to the water and swam as fast as she could. She waited until the last moment to take the potion. Only just barley making it to the beach before the dawn came.

She quickly drank the vile purple liquid. IT wasn't very long until she was in pain too, she just couldn't vocalize it. No matter how much she tried to scream, no sound came out of her voiceless throat. Ignoring the pain, she crawled further inshore, dragging her lower half through the rough and scratchy sand. Her lower half was more defined, becoming more human but not splitting into two separate legs yet. It wasn't until the final stage that her legs became human legs.

Having fully completed the transformation, she lay naked on the slowly warming sands with only her black hair cover her. She curled into a ball, wanting to go back into the water and swim though the currents. Knowing she couldn't because she knew that she was now human.

She was drifting in and out of consciousness. She heard a great commotion about finding a body near the Town next to the Prince's Castle. Then she drifted out again. When she came too the next time, she felt warm and oddly wet. She opened her eyes a crack and found a man looking strangely at her. She saw him move closer, and then faded out again.

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It wasn't long before a fisherman had told a tale about a nymph coming out of the water. The rumor went that she didn't speak a word. Many came to find out why the nymph said nothing. It also wasn't long, before the village guards came and arrested the fisherman for abuse. This so called nymph had been found by the neighbors bleeding from many wounds on her torso, legs, and arms.

It also wasn't very long until Heero and Trowa heard the rumors of this nymph. They reported their findings to Quatre who told Duo.

"From what the 'nymph' looks like...it could by Youko." Duo stated, dearly hoping that this lead was his sister-of-heart.

"That is enough for me. Bring her in Trowa, Heero." Quatre ordered.

Trowa and Heero rushed off to rescue this nymph. When they got there they found a barely clothed girl with her hair tousled up. Her eyes were wide in fear. Trowa felt his blood boil at the condition of the girl. Heero wanted to hit something, or rather someone. Trowa knelt down to the girl. He noticed her eyes for blue like the clear sea. "Are you Youko?" he softly whispered to her.

Her eyes came into focus she tried to say something, but as before nothing come out. She nodded her head. She pulled her arms around her for warmth. Heero pulled his cloak off and gave it to her while Trowa secured it on her for her.

Her blue eyes showed gratitude. She shyly stood up. She walked a bit and looked back the nodded her head to where she was going, motioning for them to follow. She brought them to where they were keeping her pearl and a few of her scales from where she was found. She pointed to them then to her. Telling them that those were hers and not the person who was keeping them.

Heero stormed up to the person that had them. Then without asking he took them from him. "If you want these back petition the Prince while in the mean time we get you for stealing." he snarled. He would be damned if these people would keep anything that belonged to the poor girl.

Trowa had ended up carrying Youko. She had almost passed out after a few minutes of walking. He noticed that when he first offered to try and carry her, she had shied away, as if afraid of him. It wasn't until a few minutes later when she stumbled that he spoke again. "You know Youko, Duo wouldn't be happy that you are suffering so much. let us help you."

She didn't hear anything after 'Duo'. She glanced at the two men again. She recognized them now. They were on the ship with the Man she rescued. She shyly gave her hand to the long-haired one.

"By the way My Lady. My name is Trowa and this is Heero." Trowa spoke softly to her as if her were trying to calm a wild animal. She fell for it. He picked her up and cradled her. He almost dropped her in surprise.

"HEERO! She is lighter than a feather! If I threw her up in the air she would float!" Trowa said shocked. Youko didn't hear any of it. Trowa's arms were nice and warm and she was lulled to sleep both by his gait and by his heart.

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Vixi : Sorry for the LONG wait. I had a MAJOR block... I am afraid that the next chapter may be a bit shorter.