Kaito's POV
That was weird… She always surfs with me. I wonder what's wrong… I thought as I surfed the waves. I looked back at Kami on the beach. She looked sad and sort of depressed. I wish I could read minds. I thought.
Kami's POV
RING RINGGG
I looked down at my shell-phone. My mother's calling me? How and why? I answered the phone.
"Hello?" I said.
"Kami, you can come home now!" a voice exploded into the phone.
"Kara? What are you talking about?" I asked
"Gaito and his warriors retreated and Mom wants you to come home now." Kara explained.
"Can I talk to Mom or Dad?" I asked her.
"Sure, one sec." she said.
"Kami! I miss you so much, and now you can come home!" My mother's voice said.
"Really?" I said, surprised.
"Yes. I am sending Ash to come get you in 24 hours. Be ready." My dad's voice said this time.
"We have to go now, see you later!" Kara said. The phone went dead.
"Who was that?" Rina asked.
"My family, Gaito has left our kingdom alone and I am going home for my birthday." I replied. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go pack."
I ran off towards the hotel.
5 minutes later.
I was all packed and ready to go, so I put my stuff downstairs and went to the beach. Nobody was there but I still stayed and watched the sunset.
"Hey, what are you doing all alone?" A voice said from behind me.
I looked around and saw Kaito. He sat down beside me. Why does he keep trying to hang out with me? Doesn't he know he's hurting Luchia? I can't take this! I have to leave now! I looked at Kaito and then stood up.
"I can't do this anymore!" I said and ran into the ocean, forgetting I didn't have my anklet. That was a bad choice. I instantly turned into a mermaid and swam down into the ocean.
Kaito's POV
I was shocked. Kami's a mermaid? Woah, I did NOT see that coming…
"Kami, wait!" I yelled and dived into the ocean.
I looked around and saw a flash of teal in the distance. I swam towards it but it was too fast. Then I swam up to get some air.
Why did she leave? Maybe Luchia knows something.
I got out of the water and ran to Luchia's hotel.
"Luchia, where are you?" I asked into the big hallway of the hotel.
"Kaito?" Luchia's voice came from upstairs. I followed her voice and found her in her room reading.
"What's wrong?" She asked me.
"I just saw Kami turn into a mermaid…" Kaito explained.
"…" Luchia just sat there.
"Did you know she was a mermaid?"
Luchia's POV
What am I supposed to say? "Of course I knew she was a mermaid…I am one too!" I wanted to scream at him.
Instead I said:
"…" I said nothing, nothing at all.
"Well?" He asked.
"Who left the door open?" Hippo said as he came into my room. It was so awkward. SO awkward that I screamed at Hippo and he almost became penguin mush.
"Did your penguin just talk?" Kaito asked me.
"You know what… I think you were out in the sun too much today… Mermaids and talking penguins! Ha! You're hilarious!" I said as I pushed out of the room.
"Wow. Smooth." Hippo said and walked out of the room.
"I panicked!" I yelled at him.
Kami's POV
Oh my god! I just revealed myself! … No bubbles? Ok, WHAT is going on?
I looked around. No bubbles anywhere… Just then a massive whirlpool appeared right in front of me. I tried to swim away but I got sucked in within seconds.
"Someone, please help me!" I screamed helplessly.
As I whirled around in the underwater tornado and I seemed to be dropping. Ten seconds later I was in a cavern, and I was so dizzy!
"Hello? Anyone?" I asked into the darkness.
I laid on the floor for a couple of minutes crying and yelling into the cave. I was in my mermaid form for a while so I decided to go into Pichi Pichi Voice form just in case.
"Teal Pearl Voice!" I yelled.
I transformed and started walking in one direction. I realized that if I sang I started to glow and then I could see better.
"Nanairo no kaze ni fukarete tooi misaki wo mezashiteta
Yoake mae kikoeta MERODI
Sore wa totemo natsukashii uta" I started to sing.
Suddenly, something appeared out of the shadows. It was tall, had spiky hair and… Oh my goodness… Gaito!
"Why, hello Teal Princess." He said casually.
"What do you want, Gaito?" I asked him with anger in my voice.
"I want your pearl… and I will do anything to get it." He said.
"Oh, ya? Well let me see you try!" I yelled.
"Nanairo no kaze ni fukarete, tooi misaki wo mezashiteta…" I started singing.
Gaito fell to the floor. Then he muttered under his breath:
"I must get that pearl…"
I kept singing but then something hit me from behind. I fell to the ground and went unconscious.
Later
I awoke on the floor of the cave. Gaito was unconscious about six feet away. I got up slowly and found a small pool. I jumped in and figured out that it was a tunnel. It led out into the ocean. In the distance I saw a teal-ish coloured castle. I swam towards it very quickly, for I knew it was my home.
"Stop!" A voice called.
I looked around and saw no one. My necklace was glowing. I opened it and a hologram of Luchia was showing.
"Luchia?" I asked.
"Kami, please come back to the hotel! It's dangerous to be in the ocean alone." She explained to me.
"Luchia, I can't go back. My mother called. She said to come home…" I said.
"But, what about us? Your friends want you home." She said.
"I-I'm sorry." I said and closed the necklace.
I swam into the grand hall of my castle and looked around. It looked as if nothing had happened.
"Kara? Are you here?" I asked.
"Kami? Is that you?" My sister asked.
"Yes, where are Mom and Dad?" I asked.
"They… they're…. not here…" she said.
"When will they be back?"
"I don't know… but Kami… why are you here?"
I looked at her in shock.
"You told me to come home!" I said.
"No, I didn't." She said.
Just then Gaito burst through the doors.
"Not him again…" I muttered.
"Go away, Gaito!" Kara yelled at him.
"Harsh." He said.
"I thought I left you in that cave!" I exclaimed.
"I have ways." He said.
"Kami!" Luchia's voice echoed through the castle.
I saw Luchia, Hanon, and Rina swimming towards me.
"Great! I get four pearls today." Gaito said.
He pressed a button and a giant cage fell on all five of us. Even Kara.