Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Pinkshuchan here. I'm glad you guys like the story so far. Now the next part of what I warned you about in the story; the M-Preg. I'm sorry if this doesn't sound like the usual M-Preg, or if it's not M-Preg at all. But I think it is in my opinion. And the idea of what happens during the pregnancy I got from being obsessed over Final Fantasy XIII. I would be playing it right now if my mom hadn't gotten there first. Grrr. Anyways, onto the show!

Chapter 19

Eiri's P.O.V

I wake up the next morning to find that Shuichi's not here beside me. Where could he have gone? Maybe he needed to do some mermaid business. Still, it wouldn't hurt to check on him. I got out of bed, put some clothes on and went to look for Shuichi. I checked every room I could think of for finding him. All except one; the pool. I went over to see Sakano sitting on one of the lounge chairs mumbling about something. Maybe he knows where Shuichi is.

"Sakano?" He jumps so high that he hits his head on the ceiling. "Hey, have you seen Shuichi?"

"Yes." He says after his 'little' heart attack "But he wouldn't be there if not for you."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm talking about the two of you doing it."

"You mean 'making love'?"

"Yes. Because of that, he's..."

"He's what?"

He pushes me into the pool and dives in after me. I never noticed before but Sakano has a really dark colored tail. It's a navy blue. I guess it's only Shuichi that has a nice tail.

"Make sure to hold your breath and hold on to me. Don't let go! The current is really strong where he is." he says. He must be saying that to lead me to Shuichi, so I do as he says and we head to the bottom of the deep end. Why would Shuichi be down there? As I look, I noticed something bright. It looked like crystal. It is! It is a bright rainbow colored crystal that shined as bright as moonlight. When I look closely, I see a figure inside of it. Wait, could it be...?!

Shuichi!

I let go of Sakano and grabbed onto the crystal so I didn't pulled away by the current heading upwards. I took another look. It was Shuichi. It looked like he was sleeping in there. But why? What did this have to do to with me? Is it a curse or something? Was he gonna die in there? No! I don't want to lose him. I needed to get him out of there. But what could I use to break crystal? Accidently letting go, the current pulls me upward. I was brought back above water. I needed to get back down there. I tried swimming back down there with enough of my strength as I can until Sakano grabbed me and forced me out of the pool.

"Mr. Yuki. Stop! There's nothing you can do." Sakano says with no emotion.

Damn Sakano! "Why are you stopping me?" I asked him angrily "Shuichi is trapped in crystal and you're telling me to stop? He's supposed to be your princess."

"He is, and that's why I'm stopping you of a reckless thing."

"How is trying to help Shuichi reckless?"

"You don't even know what this is and why it happened. You don't realize that this is part of the process."

"What the hell kind of process are you talking about? What is so fucking important about Shuichi becoming a crystal statue under the pool of my house and part of any fucking process?"

"All I can say is that you both won't be able to go back to how you've lived before. Now please calm down."

I did manage to calm down, but how can Sakano say that the way he did? It's like he knows whats going to happen. I had to ask. "Is this something all mermaid's go through?"

"Yes. Some more than others. But this will be a one time thing for the princess."

I don't know what the hell kind of blabber he's talking about. But he's been with Shuichi for a long time, right? So he knows whats going on. "How long does this last for?"

"No more than two weeks."

Two weeks? Shuichi's going to stay as a crystal for two weeks? Well, it's not like he's going to stay that way forever, right? So I waited until Shuichi came back. There were times I felt he would return to normal at any time so I couldn't sleep. The worry of not being able to see him again for a while made it so I couldn't eat much. I could only eat and sleep when Tatsuha came by. Having my brother here to assure me that Shuichi would be alright made me much calmer. Sakano has done nothing but mumble about something. But I still wonder. What is the process that Shuichi's going through? Sakano did say that it was something all mermaids go through. But what is it? And it's because Shuichi and I had sex? I would have to wait.

Before I realized it, I was asleep. I guess waiting for Shuichi was really tiring. When I woke up the next morning, I noticed something that wasn't there before; a blanket covered me to keep me warm. But where did it come from?

"Good morning, Mr. Yuki."

It was Sakano. I wonder. "Mr. Sakano, did you put this blanket over me?"

He looked surprised. "I thought you grabbed it before you fell asleep."

What? If it wasn't Sakano, then who...?!

"Morning guys!"

We look at the pool and saw what we were waiting for for two weeks.

"Shuichi!"

I was so happy that I jumped into the pool and held him in my arms. Trust me, it was torture of having no Shuichi for two weeks.

"I'm glad to see your awake, Your Highness." said Sakano "How did you sleep?"

"Good thanks Sakano." said Shuichi. He looks back at me. "I'm glad Sakano stopped you from destroying the crystal."

"Why? What would've happened? Would I have...?

Shuichi nods. "But it's ok. I'm glad you waited for me. But..." he looks away "I'm afraid you'll hate me now."

"Shuichi, not again. I told you I don't hate you. I can never hate you. Your too important to me to hate."

"You might rethink that after I show you something."

"Oh come on. What is it that you think I would hate you for?"

"I'll show you. Hold your breath and hold on tight to me."

Wasn't that the same thing Sakano said to show me Shuichi trapped in crystal? But I need to know what it is. Maybe it's part of the process Sakano mentioned? I'll find out soon enough. I do what Shuichi says and we dive to the deep end. Woah, I don't believe it. The whole deep end is covered with the same crystal that Shuichi was trapped in. That's not gonna stay forever is it?

"Don't worry." Shuichi assures me "The crystals will disappear when the process is complete." This is the first time I've seen Shuichi so serious. This must be a big thing. We head down to the middle where there is a nest looking crystal. In the middle was a round crystal with a bright light shining inside of it. What was it?

"I'm sorry." said Shuichi. Why? What is it? "Yuki, I don't know how to break this to you, but this here... is our child. You're a father."

I'M WHAT?! I let go of Shuichi and shallowed up water at the shock. I floated back up above the water. Shuichi follows me up.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M A FATHER?!" I start yelling as soon as we reached air "I THOUGHT YOU ARE A GUY!"

"I AM!" Shuichi yells back.

"THEN WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD?! ARE MEN THE ONES WHO BEAR CHILDREN AS MERMAIDS?!"

"No, Mr. Yuki."

I move my gaze from Shuichi to Sakano. "Do not yell at the princess because of something our people cannot control. I will explain on why you have a child dispite on the both of you being male." I got out of the water and listened to Sakano's explaination. This has to be good. I can't fucking wait to know why I have a child. Sakano clears his throat and starts explaining.

"You know about the tale about the lost city of Atlantis, right? To humans, it may only be a myth. But it's a true legend to mermaids. Humans also came up with stories with how Atlantis came to be, but none of them are the true story. Many years ago, Atlantis was a city like any other in the country of Greece. There, they worshiped Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. They always prayed for him to help with every little problem they had. It came to a point where the people depended on him for every single thing. They started wars and used their worshiped god as a threat to the other cities. Poseidon became furious at their actions and punished them by sinking the city into the sea. The people prayed and begged for him to not let them die like this. But most of the prayers were for the children who had not done any wrong to him. He killed the men and woman of Atlantis and left the children to survive. Because of his fear of history repeating itself, he turned them into mermaids and gave them magic so they could do things for themselves.

"As years went by, mermaids grew big in population; so big they had to separate into different oceans of the world. They were completely oblivious to everything else in the world. That was until one of the most beautiful of mermaids, Aliana, noticed the human world by chasing bubbles by to the shore. There, she found a young man sitting at the beach, painting the ocean with water paints. Aliana became interested with the man and went to speak with him. From what they found about each other, humans and mermaids were similar in so many ways. Aliana then used a spell to make herself look human. She succeed and went with him to explore the land. She found it truely remarkable and went back to the sea to tell the other mermaids.

"Word had passed from sea to shining sea, and mermaids became interested with many things about humans. There were some mermaids that believed in words that had been said in many ancient writings on what Poseidon said on what humans were like and how they were nothing but cruel, ugly creatures filled with greed. But mermaids never knew what a human was until what Aliana saw with her own eyes. And then there were many mermaids that decided to live as humans with the humans. They even gave birth to children which became full bred humans. And so, the population of mermaids started to decrease in an alarming rate. That was when a wise mermaid named Dalan had cast a magic that cost him his own life. Like humans, only mermaid females were able to reproduce. But with the magic Dalan casted, mermaid males were also given the ability to breed as well. However, unlike the females, the males could only create one child. Any more attempts would be in vain.

"So as you can see Mr. Yuki, this was how both male and female mermaids are able to reproduce. So don't not blame the princess for something he can't control."

As I listened, it sounded like I knew all this from somewhere before. I don't remember where though. But I could also understand. And it came to me. I was going to have a child. I was going to have a child with the one I love. I felt so much joy come into me. I look at Shuichi and smiled at him. He was surprised at my smile at first, but then he smiled back. I look back at Sakano.

"Just out of curiousity, Sakano. What were the things written on the ancient writings of the mermaids?"

"Well, let's see." He starts looking for something around the pool. Finally he found a book behind the pool closet. I don't know where he got that book and why it was in the closet but who am I to complain? He starts looking at it.

"Well, it has every type of spell a mermaid can perform, including black magic, which is an evil type of magic that a mermaid can perform, and forbidden magic which is only when there is no other option for a mermaid to do. And there is a myth. It says that one day, Poseidon would place part of his soul into a being that would become known as the king of the sea. The said king would be called the Golden Poseidon, and would be able to control water just like the god. But like I said, that's only a myth. There's no mermaid with that kind of power."

I see. So that's what the ancient writings say. But why did I want to know that? I don't know. It's like a voice in my head is trying to tell me something. But I have a bigger problem; Shuichi and I have gotten ourselves a child that would be born. "Sakano, one more question. How long does it take before the baby is fully born?"

"One week."

"Only one week?"

"Yep, the reproductive system of a mermaid is way quicker than that of a humans."

Wow. One week to prepare for the baby. I wonder how Shuichi and I are going to live with this?

Pinkshuchan: That was the chapter everyone. Again, sorry if this is not the type of M-Preg you were expecting or if this is not M-Preg at all. And that's quite a legend Sakano explained about how mermaids came to be. But why does Yuki feel like he's heard it before? Find out next time. Read and Review everyone.