I just wanted to thank my readers for enjoying my story. This story has had over three hundred hits and eight reviews. That's pretty good. I would like to acknowledge two readers that have always been there to tell me to keep going. Light-Sakura and xXSakuraBlossomsXx, thank you guys so much.

I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time. I've been busy with school, swimming and I'm also working on a series of one-shots for King Kubar's story The Maclean School for Extraordinary Individuals, where I have two characters in there. Now on with the story. Remember, I own nothing except plotline. If it did, Sara and Gaito would have gotten together and stayed alive, Seto and Isis would have gotten together and Mokuba would be mine! He's so cute.

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Chapter 6

"Hey Mokuba, is something the matter?" Jounouchi asked after Seira and Hippo left. Mokuba became semi-depressed and Rebecca left. Well technically, Mr. Motto threatened to call her grandfather to pick her up so she left on her own, muttering something about revenge.

"I don't know. I just got kind of startled when that guy just appeared when the fighting started."

"Jealous?"

"Jealous? Why would I be jealous? It's not like their dating or anything, right?" Mokuba asked his face slightly flushed.

"Sure Mokuba." Honda then started messing up his hair. "C'mon, give us some details. Did you do anything yet? What's she like?"

"Can you quit it, Honda? Can't you see he doesn't want to talk about it?" Anzu snapped.

"Gomen Mokuba."

"It's okay."

"Hey Mokuba, you still have that gem thing 'round your neck?" Jounouchi asked. Mokuba pulled the chain out and showed it to the others.

"Why don't you get rid of that or something? You've been carrying it for five years already." Honda asked.

"What did I say about asking me to get rid of it? I'm not going get rid of it until I find her and give it back to her."

"But Mokuba, it's been five years already since the shipwreck, not to mention you were found alone."

"Then how do you suppose I have an orange pearl in my hand? Cause I doubt I picked it up when I washed up onto shore?"

"But still, five years is a long time. Besides, that's probably just a spray-painted little ball." Jounouchi commented, looking at the pearl closer.

"Jounouchi, I don't thin-"

"Hey Mokuba, you mind if I take it out of the case? I wanna examine it more." Jounouchi said as he took the pearl out. Unfortunately, he accidentally spilt the water behind him and the pearl fell onto the water.

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"You see Hippo-san? I told you we can probably trust him." Seira commented as she and Hippo listened in on the conversation.

"What's confusing me is why I didn't pick it up on the pearl radar when we first met him." Hippo muttered, taking out the purple device. It wasn't blinking but it really was Seira's pearl in that case.

"That's not all we have to worry about."

"I know. Trying to get him to give it back to you without others knowing. And what's worse, he already told everyone practically about you."

"Baka, I meant that I'm going to be popping in and out at most times." Seira said, bopping Hippo on the head. Just then, the radar started blinking.

"Uh oh."

"I don't like that "uh oh". What's "uh oh"?"

"The pearl has been activated."

"What?"

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In Egypt, a dark energy awoke after many years asleep.

"My time is near. I will get the power I need to make them all pay… Pay for what they did to me… They will pay for ruining my plans… for putting me away. I just need… a little assistance." A voice said in the darkness of a tomb followed by an evil laughter.

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Somewhere in the ocean, down in a dark chasm, a restless soul awoke, along with eight others.

"Awaken now… and serve your new master." The voice said.

"Hai." The spirits said in controlled monotone voices.

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An Egyptian woman with a white dress with a gold necklace with an Egyptian eye in the middle walked through a museum with Egyptian artifacts. She passed by a stone tablet and looked at it. It had a woman with long flowing hair and a scepter and a long dress holding her scepter in the air. Underneath her were nine young women with idol outfits, each holding a microphone as they sing into it. There was a monster beside them being destroyed by breaking into pieces. The woman was about to pass it when she saw that one of the girls started to glow orange before turning back to normal. The woman blinked in disbelief before making a phone call.

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"Jounouchi, you klutz. Now look what you did." Anzu scolded as Jounouchi accidentally dropped the pearl.

"Gee, will you quit making such a big deal about it? It's just water."

"Uh, Jounouchi?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you sure that was just water?"

"Course I'm sure. Why do you ask?"

"Cause the pearl is glowing."

"What?" Jounouchi asked as he looked back at the floor.

True enough, the pearl was indeed glowing bright orange. As Mokuba reached out to touch it, Seira and Hippo entered back into the shop and said, "Don't touch it!"

"What?"

"I said don't touch it." Hippo said as he took out a handkerchief and picked the pearl up without actually touching it.

"What do you know about this?"

"Where did you find this pearl?"

"Answer my question and I'll answer yours."

"Oh fine. My older sister Nikora-nii-chan told me about these things. There were legends about mermaids that lived in our oceans, or seven mermaid kingdoms. She said that if colored pearls touches water and glows, it's said to belong to a mermaid princess. There are seven pearls that could be affected, pink, orange, yellow, green, mizuiro, aiiro and purple. That means seven mermaid princesses."

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So she was a princess. But why would she give me her pearl?

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This is really starting to weird me out. This is even crazier that trying to find out Yami's past.

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So Mokuba was telling the truth that a mermaid saved him. I wonder if I can find her. Maybe she'll grant me a wish to become a dancer.

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The legend must be true then. If I could just find that old textbook of mine, then maybe it will help with that new tablet Isis found a couple of months ago.

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A mermaid? What kind of stunt is this? First Mokuba, but now these two, too? What's the world coming to?

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I wonder if Mokuba's right about this mermaid. If I could get some pictures of her, I could make a fortune.

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I can't believe I told them that. Oh Nikora-san is going to be mad at me for revealing about the others.

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I can't believe Hippo-san told them that. I hope they don't get suspicious.

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"Now where did you find this pearl?"

"I was shipwrecked five years ago and an orange mermaid saved me. She told me to keep her pearl, in hope that we'll meet again. I didn't know she was a princess, since she was the last from the Indian Ocean." There was a silence until Jounouchi and Honda were laughing out loud, holding their sides.

"You gotta be kiddin' me. A mermaid? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Jounouchi laughed out.

"Seriously Mokuba, aren't you a little too old to believe in fish people?"

"But it's true. She was a mermaid and she gave me her pearl."

"Yeah Mokuba."

"We'll believe you when your bro agrees with his ancient past."

"Stop laughing at him." The two boys stopped laughing and everyone looked at a fuming Seira. "How dare you laugh at him for something he believes? Have you ever believed in something that made someone look down at you and start laughing like an insane escapee?"

"Yeah. Mokuba's brother about Ancient Egypt."

"Well did that ever hurt you when he laughed?"

"Not really. We just ignored him."

"Well what happens if a little kid believes in mermaids? Would you laugh at them?"

"It depends the age of the kid."

"Well what if there's an astronomer who spent his or her entire lives working with the stars but still believe that there's a moon princess on the moon, would you laugh at him or her?"

"Well no, but-"

"But nothing. That's the same belief as Mokuba's because it's what he believes. And you call yourself his friends. Well you're sure not acting like real friends." Seira interrupted as she then walked out of the shop.

"Seira-san, wait." Hippo said as he followed after her. The rest of the people in the shop were silent and everyone glared at Jounouchi and Honda.

"What? We didn't do anything." Honda said defensively.

"Yeah." Jounouchi added but leaned in to Honda and asked quietly, "What didn't we do?"

"I dunno. They just started glaring at us when those two left." Honda replied in a whisper.

"I can't believe you guys. I have to make sure she didn't leave yet." Mokuba said as he walked out of the shop to see Seira and Hippo were gone. "Seira? Seira where are you?" he called out. The others came out hearing him and also looked around.

"Where'd they go?"

"Harley, where did Seira and that boy go?" Mokuba asked his driver.

"Sir, the girl knew you would ask so she said for me not to tell you."

"Harley, you are my driver, not hers. So tell me where did she go?"

"I would but I saw her face and agreed. She looked like she really needed some time alone."

"Great." Mokuba said as he slapped his forehead.

"Hey Mokuba, you're never going to believe this?"

"What do you want Anzu?"

"That pearl you had is gone."

"WHAT?!"

"Well it's not in the puddle and it's not in the shop."

"Who took it?"

"Don't look at us. We didn't."

"Hey, you don't think Hippo took it, do you?"

"Anzu, how could you say a thing like that?"

"Well, when he picked the pearl up, did he give it back?"

"No…"

"And don't you think that it's odd that Hippo knew that much about that pearl?"

"Yeah but…"

"And that he was so curious where you got it?"

"Not really but…"

"And how he just appeared when Seira and Rebecca were about to fight? And how he pulled Seira out and then came back when the pearl got wet?"

"Hang on. What are you getting at?"

"I'm saying that Hippo might actually know more about your mermaid then you think."

"But then why would Seira…"

"And she might be a part of it. Maybe they just want that pearl to get rich or something or to lure that mermaid of yours here."

"What? No… that can't be…Seira's not like that."

"How long have you known her?"

"We met today, but…"

"Mokuba, if you've known for a long time, then maybe we'd believe you. But seeing you only met her today, what makes you so sure she's someone you could trust?"

"Well what would you know about someone you could trust? I told you something I haven't even told nii-sama and what do you do? You laugh it in my face and tell me to get rid of something that belonged to the girl that saved me. Seira's right. What kind of friends are you?" Mokuba said as he got into the limo.

"Where to?"

"I can roughly guess where she might be." Mokuba said as he shut the door and the limo left.

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"I can't believe we did that, Hippo-san." Seira said as they walked back towards the hotel.

"But Seira-san, we found your pearl and it's back where it rightfully belongs. Back in your necklace."

"But I feel really bad about it."

"Why?"

"Because the reason I gave my pearl to him was a sign we'll see each other again. But since we took it back, he'll never see the mermaid that saved him."

"Well that's a good thing."

"Hippo-san, how could you say something like that? He waited five years for me and he kept my pearl. I can't do such a thing."

"But Seira-san, what would have happened if you did reveal yourself to him? You'll turn into bubbles." Hippo stopped walking when he noticed Seira didn't follow. He looked back to see her standing where she was, tears in her eyes. "Seira-san, you know I didn't mean it like that. It's just for the safety of the Marine World an-"

"So that's why we did it? To protect the Marine World? Well, I don't see Kaito-kun, Nagisa-kun or Masahairo-kun running off and telling people about us. What makes you so sure Mokuba would do something like that?"

"Seira-san, please…"

"I don't want to hear it." Seira cried as she turned around and ran.

"Seira-san, don't! You'll reveal yourself!" Hippo warned but Seira paid no heed as she kept running. There was a soft poof sounds as Hippo became a penguin and, thanks to being in a big city, no one paid attention.

"Hippo," he turned to see the other mermaids with Kaito, Nagisa and Masahairo.

"We saw you outside with Seira. Where is she?" Hanon asked.

"I have good news, bad news, worse news and terrible news. What do you want to hear first?"

"Good news of course."

"The good news is we found Seira's pearl."

"Well that's a good thing. Who has it?"

"That's the bad news."

"What?"

"The bad news is that Mokuba had it and it was activated when we found it."

"Why is that bad news?"

"If it was activated, someone might have found out and now try to get it." Noel reasoned.

"That's not the worse news."

"What more is there?"

"In order to get it, I had to tell him about the other mermaid pearls."

"Hippo! How could you? And you scolded us about revealing it. Look at yourself."

"What could be worse?"

"We stol-well, I, stole the pearl and gave it to Seira but she ran away and I have no idea where she is."

"Hippo! You're supposed to watch over her."

"Well we're doing no good arguing. We should split up and try to find her. Lucia and I will check the mall." Kaito said, grabbing Lucia's hand.

"I'll go with Hanon to check the park." Nagisa said.

"Rina-chan and I will go to the police station to file a report." Masahairo suggested.

"I'll check the museum Mokuba talked about." Coco offered.

"I'll go with Coco-san." Hippo added.

"Karen and I will check the ocean." Noel offered.

"We'll meet back at the hotel in an hour. If anyone finds her, call us." Kaito said as he ran with Lucia towards the mall.

"Taxi," Hanon called, grabbing Nagisa's arm as she hailed a taxi. When a taxi came, she and Nagisa entered as she said, "The Park. And step on it," as the driver nodded and drove off.

"C'mon Rina-chan." Masahairo said as they ran off.

Karen and Noel ran off in one direction and Coco and Hippo went in the other direction.

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Oh. Cliffie. Will they find Seira? What was with the voice and the marine things? Why's there a tablet with the mermaids and Aqua Regina? And will love blossom for the other mermaids?

I decided that Karen, Coco and Noel will find love. Who should go with whom? Vote in your reviews.

Karen x Ryou (Present)

Karen x Bakura (Past)

Karen x Honda

Karen x Jounouchi

Karen x Malik

Karen x Yami Yugi

Karen x Yugi

Noel x Ryou (Present)

Noel x Bakura (Past)

Noel x Honda

Noel x Jounouchi

Noel x Malik

Noel x Yami Yugi

Noel x Yugi

Coco x Ryou (Present)

Coco x Bakura (Past)

Coco x Honda

Coco x Jounouchi

Coco x Malik

Coco x Yami Yugi

Coco x Yugi