Disclaimer: I do not own Mermaid Melody, only my OCs
"Nalani!" panted Hanon as they reach the cafeteria. "Do you seriously have to climb up this hill and all of these stairs just to get to lunch?" Luchia and Hanon looked like they could never walk again. Rina and the guys however didn't even break a sweat. "Yup!" said Nalani giggling. "You get used to it though." They entered the building. "Okay so we have a salad bar, a pasta bar, a sandwich bar, and whatever-the-main-dish is bar." Said Nalani cheerfully. "Ehhhhh? They have a pasta bar?" asked Luchia. "Yup!" Nalani nodded.
They walked through the lunch line looking at everything. Luchia and Hanon both got pasta and fruit punch. Rina got a salad and the Shoyu Chicken (main dish) with water. And the boys got everything. As they approached the lunch tables Kris bounced over to join Nalani. "Nalani! Where are we going to sit today?" she asked in a very bubbly voice. "Gomen Kris, I'm going to sit with the new kids today. Why don't you sit by Kylee?" said Nalani. Kris pouted. "But Nalani! We ALWAYS sit together! At your special table!" She complained. "Sorry Kris, but I hope to make some friends that won't use me because my mom's famous." Nalani said harshly and she walked away leading the six to her table.
"Nalani…" said Luchia. "You were kind of harsh to that girl." "It doesn't matter." Said Nalani. "She always crawls back to me anyway." "Is it true your mom is famous?" asked Hanon. "Yeah, her stage name is Kailani the Scarlet Mermaid." Said Nalani a little sadly. "Who's your dad?" asked Nagisa. "Oh… well he died when I was two in a boating accident. His name was Toshiro Tsukino." Nalani said softly. "EH? You mean the famous actor from Japan?" Nalani nodded. "My mom met him when he came to Hawai'i… they fell in love and had me even though they weren't legally married. Then he died and mom started to get really busy… Sometimes I use Japanese words in my normal English as a way to remember him…" The group nodded solemnly. "So what do you do in your free time?" asked Masahiro trying to change the subject. Nalani's eyes brightened, "I sing! And act. I also like to draw, sculpt, and read. In fact my choir has practice today after school!"
"You're in a choir?" asked Luchia. "Maybe we could join! Rina, Hanon, and I love to sing!" "Luchia!" whispered Rina. "What are you doing? We're here on a mission!" "I know!" said Luchia. "But we might as well have fun while we're at it!" "Eh? You guys are on a mission?" asked Nalani. The six sweat dropped. "Is there anything I can do to help?" asked Nalani. "Um, well I guess you could…" stammered Masahiro. The other five looked at him unbelievingly. "Do you know anyone who probably likes the color red, maybe has red hair, likes to sing, goes to the beach a lot, but doesn't know how to swim, and they probably have a pendant like Luchia, Hanon, or Rina but in red?" Nalani thought for a minute. "Well I've never seen a locket like yours before, but I do sort of have a person who fits your description…" "Really? Who?" asked Hanon. "Well… it sound kind of like…me…" said Nalani.
The six sweat dropped again. "It's not like I'm trying to be the person your looking for!" said Nalani hastily. "It just sounds like me. My favorite color is red; I LOVE to sing, and I feel like I could live at the beach forever… but my mother told me never to go to the beach. I still go anyway though because my mom is never here. She's always on the mainland. And I don't know how to swim because after my father died, my Mom never looked at water the same again, so she never let me learn how to swim. I've always wanted to learn how to swim though, I –" she looked up; the six were staring at her. "AH! I'm sorry! I-I got too lost in thought, and I rambled on!" She flushed red with embarrassment. DING! The bell rang. "Ah, I'm sorry! Come on! We better go!" They put their trays on the conveyer belt, grabbed their bags, and ran out of the cafeteria.
As Nalani led the way back down, the six kept a few feet away. "Could Nalani really be the Red Hawaiian mermaid princess?" whispered Kaito."Well according to the description Aqua Regina-sama gave us, she fits perfectly!" said Luchia as she ran into Nalani. Nalani had stopped to wait for them. "Eh? Aqua Regina-sama? That sounds so familiar…" Nalani said. "Anyway guys, you classes are this way!" She pointed down the hall. "You still have about 10 minutes so I'll leave you guys here!" she said smiling. "Eh? Nalani isn't you class here too?" asked Nagisa. "Nope, I'm one floor above this." Said Nalani. Suddenly they heard "Marimba". (Like on the Iphone) Nalani pulled her phone out of her pocket. "EHHHH? Choir is canceled? WHY? That's the only day I get to see him!" She said angrily as she shoved her phone back into her pocket. She looked at them sadly. "Well I'll see you after school… how about you come over to my place and we go to the beach?" She asked. The group nodded. "I'll bring my surf board." Said Kaito.
Nalani walked off and the group huddled. "There was one thing that caught my attention…" said Masahiro. "How did she know that your pendants were lockets? I mean they kind of are, they hold your pearls, but no one would ever know that just by looking at them. It could be that she has a seen a pendant like that, but she maybe forgot or lost her memories about it." Rina gasped. "Your right! Aqua Regina told us that her mother held on to the locket! I bet that Nalani maybe saw her mom wearing it or something!" "Wait… how did her mom get her locket?" asked Nagisa. "Nagisa, you baka," said Hanon. "Okay, so when the Red Mermaid was born she was born a human, but since fate chose her to be a mermaid, the locket was placed on their doorstep by Aqua Regina-sama herself. Her mom must have found it and kept it not knowing what its real value was. So basically the Red Mermaid will remain human, until she finds her locket with her pearl, and shares her feeling with Aqua Regina-sama." "Oh, so if Aqua Regina-sama knew who the Red pearl is, why doesn't she just tell us?" asked Nagisa. "To make it a test." Said Hanon. "Anymore stupid questions?" Luckily the bell rang so Nagisa didn't have to think of an answer to that.