The Little Merman
Summary-
Naruto is a merman that was assigned to watch Sakura, Triton's youngest daughter. When Sakura falls in love with a human Prince, she goes to the sea wizard to be with him. While trying to stop and save her Naruto takes the full blast of the spell and becomes human while Sakura just loses her voice. Now in order to free Sakura from the sea wizard Naruto must complete the contract that Sakura had signed and make the human Prince fall in love with him in two weeks. Can Naruto do it? Or will he and Sakura belong to the sea wizard forever.
Chapter 4-
Tsuke was sitting on the ocean floor mentally beating himself up, "I didn't mean to tell him, it just slipped out." he muttered and saw a shadow fell over him. He looked up to see Naruto and Sakura following an eel with glasses, he looked closer at the eel and instantly recognized him. "Sakura what are you doing? Where are you going with this riff-raff?"
"We're going to see Orochimaru." Naruto said giving him a look that said he really didn't want to but was going to try to stop Sakura form doing something she would regret later.
"No! You can't! He's a demon!" Tsuke yelled swimming up to them. Sakura stopped swimming and glared at the crab, making him flinch back from the anger that was in it.
"Why don't you go tell my father, that seems to be the only thing you're good at now a days." Sakura spat then turned and began to follow the eel again.
"Come on Tsuke, you can make up for what you did by helping me protect Sakura from Orochimaru." Naruto whispered to the crab as he past him to follow Sakura. Tsuke nodded nervously, he didn't like the sea-wizard, he gave him the creeps.
The group swam for awhile, the sun had set and the moon was rising as they finally reached what looked like a huge skeleton with it's mouth wide open leading into a cave, almost as if leading into the creatures stomach. On the floor of the cave was strange, seaweed like thing that had eyes and moaned, they followed them as best as they could as if trying to warn them. When Naruto's tail brushed against a few of them, Tsuke saw a spark of magic and heard a small sound that sounding like something cracking. "This way." The eel said leading Sakura deeper into the cave. Sakura slowly swam deeper into the cave and came to what looked like a room, a man with long black hair, pail skin, yellow snake like eyes, and a long dark green and black snake tail swam towards her and wrapped his tail gently around her waist.
"Come in. Come in, my child. We musssssssstn't lurk in doorwaysssssss - it'ssssssss rude. One MIGHT quessssssstion your upbringing." The man said and the eel snickered a little. "Now, then. You're here becausssssse you have a thing for thissssss human. Thisssssss, er, prince fellow." The man said and a bubble appeared with a picture of Sasuke in it, no one notice Naruto tense up. "Not that I blame you - he issssss quite a catch, issssssn't he? Well, angel fish, the ssssssolution to your problem issssss sssssssimple." Sakura looked at him confused. "The only way to get what you want - isssssss to become a human yoursssssself." He said and Sakura gasped.
"You can DO that?" Sakura asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes at the snake, what was he planing? There has to be a catch, it was no simple feet to turn a Mer-person into a human and vise versa. He had to be on his guard.
"My dear, sssssweet child. That'sssss what I do - it'sssss what I live for. To help unfortunate merfolk - like yourssssself. Poor sssssouls with no one elssssse to turn to." Orochimaru said then took a piece of Sakura's hair and brought it up to his nose, almost as if smelling it, Naruto tensed again ready to push in between them at any given moment. "I admit that in the passssst I've been a nasssssty." Naruto snorted. "They weren't kidding when they called me a-"
"A soul sucking bastered." Naruto said and Orochimaru glared at him with a loud hiss.
"A Wizard." He said coldly and Naruto narrowed his eyes at him. And Orochimaru turned and smiled a sickly sweet smile at Sakura that Naruto could tell was fake. "But you'll find that now a daysssss I've mended all my waysssss." Orochimaru let go of Sakura and swam up to Naruto who snorted, "Repented. Ssssseen the light. Made a ssssswitch." he punched every sentence as if trying to prove a point. "True?"
"No." Naruto said.
"Yesssssssssss" Orochimaru hissed as the two started a glaring match. The match only ended when Naruto's eyes flashed red and Orochimaru was pushed away from him by a sudden current that started Orochimaru who, to cover his shock, turned towards Sakura with his fake smile once again. "And I fortunately know a little magic. It'sssss a talent that I alwaysssss have possssssessssssed, and here lately, pleasssss don't laugh," He turned and glared at Naruto who happily glared back, "I ussssse it on behalf of the missssserable, lonely and," He moved closer to Sakura, "Depressssssed." He whispered in her ear. Sakura gasped and Naruto swam up to them pushing Orochimaru away and staid in between the two of them as in a protective stance.
"Pathetic" Tsuke heard the eel mutter and tried to snap at him with his claws, but he was too slow.
"Poor unfortunate sssssoulsssss in pain." Orochimaru tried to swim around Naruto towards Sakura, but Naruto was having none of it, "In need." he said glaring at Naruto. Orochimaru turned and made a figure of a fat mermaid appear, "Thisssss one longing to be thinner." A figure of a weak looking merman appeared next to the mermaid, "Thisssss one wantsssss to get the girl. And do I help them?"
"No." Naruto said, Orochimaru snapped his fingers, the girl magically became thinner, the man became muscular.
"Yessss, indeed." Orochimaru said glaring once more at Naruto, "Thossssse poor unfortunate sssssoulsssss. Ssssso sssssad, ssssso true. They come flocking to my cauldron crying "Ssssspellsssss, Orochimaru, pleassssse." He said trying to once again get past Naruto, but the boy was not having it.
"And you helped them?" Sakura asked.
"Yesssss, I did." Orochimaru said smirking at Naruto.
"What about those merfolks in your Garden of Souls?" Naruto asked and Sakura gasped pushing up against Naruto's back looking back at the entrance.
"Now, I'll admit that it hasssss happened once or twice that sssssomeone couldn't pay the price and I'm afraid that I had to rake them acrossssss the coalsssss." Sakura gasped, "Yesssss, I've had the odd complaint, but on the whole I've been a sssssaint to thossssse poor unfortunate sssssoulsssss." Orochimaru said then wrapped his tail around Naruto's body, making sure to cover his mouth, and moved him away from Sakura.
"Naruto!" Sakura cried but Orochimaru moved to look her in the eyes.
"Now, here'sssss the deal. I will make you a potion that will turn you into a human for two weeksssss. Got that? Two weeksssss." Sakura looked over to Naruto who was glaring at Orochimaru while trying to escape from the man's strong grip, "Now lisssssten, thisssss isssss important." he said grabbing her chin and making her look at him, "Before the sssssun sssssetsssss on the 14th day, you've got to get the dear ol' princey to fall in love with you. That isssss, he'sssss got to kissssss you." Sakura blushed at the thought of kissing Sasuke, "Not just any kissssss, it has to be the kissssss of true love. If he doesssss kissssss you before the sssssun sssssetsssss on the 14th day, you'll remain human, permanently, but if he doesssssn't, you turn back into a mermaid and," Orochimaru brought her face closer to his, "You will belong to me." Sakura gasped, Naruto's eyes widened, and Tsuke nearly fainted.
"No, Sakura!" Tsuke cried before the eel wrapped around him.
"Have we got a deal?" Orochimaru asked and Sakura looked away in thought, Naruto looked at her like she was crazy to even think about doing this.
"If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again." Sakura said trying to talk herself out of it.
"That'sssss right." Orochimaru said faking sadness for her, then he smirked, "But you'll have your man. Life'sssss full of tough choicesssss, innit?" he asked mocking her, suddenly he remembered something, "Oh, and there isssss one more thing." Sakura looked at him, "We haven't dissssscussssssed the sssssubject of payment. You can't get sssssomething for nothing, you know."
"But I don't have any-" Sakura started but was cut off by Orochimaru.
"I'm not asssssking for much. Just a token, really, a trifle. You'll never even misssss it. What I want from you isssss," everyone was looking at him, holding their breath, waiting for him to finish. "Your voice." Naruto was confused, why the hell would Orochimaru want that? Her voice wasn't all that special, plus she couldn't even sing. Him, Tsuke and her sister's knew that, what they had planned to do to cover her during the show was her mouth the words while Naruto singing for her in his hiding spot in the shell, but of course they never actually got to do that.
"My voice?" Sakura asked.
"You've got it sssssweetcakesssss. No more talking, sssssinging, zip." Orochimaru said.
"But without my voice, how can I-" Once again she was cut off by Orochimaru.
"You'll have your looksssss! Your pretty face! And don't underessssstimate the importance of body language! Ha!" Orochimaru said running his hands up and down his body, Naruto wanted to puke.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"The men up there don't like a lot of blabber." Orochimaru said.
"They think a girl who gossips is a bore." The eel put his two cents in.
"Yesssss, on land it'sssss much preferred for ladiesssss not to sssssay a word. After all, dear, what isssss idle prattle for?" Sakura looked down, and Orochimaru lifted her head to look her in the eyes. "Come on, they're not all that impressssssed with conversssssation. A true gentleman avoidsssss it when he can. But they dote, ssssswoon, and fawn on a lady who'sssss withdrawn, it'sssss she who holdsssss her tongue who getsssss her man." Orochimaru made a pen and a contract appear in front of Sakura. "Make your choice, I am a very busssssy man and I haven't got all day." Sakura grabbed the pen, closed her eyes and signed the contract. Orochimaru smirked as the contract rolled itself up and disappeared. He let go of Naruto, who swam up to Sakura and held her to him, and began getting different bottles and began throwing them into a cauldron. "Paluga, sssssarruga, come windsssss of the Captain Sssssea. Now ringsssss usssss glossssssitisssss and max laryngitisssss, la voce to me!" He chanted then looked at Sakura. "Now, sssssing!"
"No!" Naruto cried as Sakura opened her mouth and began to sing. Her voice box began to glow.
"Keep sssssinging!" Orochimaru said as the glow rose from her throat, out of her mouth and into a little shell necklace that Orochimaru held out. A light began to form around Sakura. Naruto's eyes went bright red as he pushed her out of the light, taking on the spell himself. "What the-?" Orochimaru asked as Naruto began to transform into a human instead of Sakura.
"Naruto!" Tsuke yelled getting out of the eel's grip and swimming over to the now human Naruto who had started to quickly make his way to the surface. "Come on Sakura, we have to get Naruto to the surface quickly!" Sakura nodded and grabbed a hold of Naruto and swam as fast as she could towards the surface.
"What the hell did that boy just do milord?" The eel asked.
"He sssssome how found away to take the ssssspell on himssssself, asssss impossssssible asssss it may ssssseem. But the contract ssssstill ssssstandsssss, but now he hasssss to make the prince fall in love with him in 14 daysssss. And we know he wont be able to becaussssse they are both boysssss, and now when he failsssss they will both belong to me." Orochimaru said then laughed. The laugh floated up to Naruto, Sakura, and Tsuke. Naruto glared up at the surface that was fast approaching, he had no idea what he just did, all he knew was that he couldn't let Sakura be turned into a human, his grip on Sakura's shoulders tightened. He would not let Orochimaru have Sakura, he would make Sasuke fall in love with him, or he would die trying.