Chapter 12 - Saving Haruka Part 2

Makoto, Rin and Sousuke - Haru's room

After I closed the door behind me, Rin, Sousuke and I approched the tank located in the middle of the room. When we reached the tank both Rin and Sousuke went stiff. There were a few seconds of silence until Rin opened his mouth to speak.

"They really exist," Rin said and looked at Sousuke.

Sousuke just looked back at him and nodded.

Haru was slepping at the bottom of the tank with a peaceful expression on his face.

"Haru wake up!"

"Hm? Makoto!" Haru said and guickly got up.

"Wah! It talked!" Rin uttered in suprise.

"Makoto, who are they?" Haru asked shyly and pointed towards Rin and Sousuke.

"These are my friends. They came with me to save you," I said and smiled.

Gou - Outside Haru's room

"Can't they hurry up in there. I'm getting nerveous standing out here alone. What if someone comes? I really hope the others are okay."

Nagisa, Aiichiro and Momotarou - Entrance Hall

Nagisa, Aiichiro and Momotarou where standing in the entrance hall surrounded by security guards when they heard a voice coming from one of the hallways.

"They're in here Doctor."

From the hallway came a security guard followed by Dr Hamada and the Director of the marine park.

"So, these are the intruders. Why did you break in here?" Dr Hamada asked them.

"Do you really think we would tell you that, stupid." Nagisa answered.

"Yeah, do you?" Momotarou said.

"Stop it you two! You will only make things worse!" Aiichiro said in a worried voice.

Dr Hamada was just about to open his mouth to speak again when someone behind him suddenly started talking instead.

"Nagisa? What are you doing here?"

Dr Hamada turned around to see Mr Tachibana standing there.

"You know these kids?" Hamada asked him.

"I don't know who the other two are but the blond one is defentetly Makoto's friend Nagisa, Mr Tachibana answered.

Rei - unknown corridor

"Come back here!" one of the guards shouted.

"No way you buffoons! By the way, those clothes are not beautiful at all!" Rei said while he continued to run from the guards.

"What does that have to do with anything!?" The other guard asked.

Rei didn't answer and just continued to run until he ran in to something. He looked up to see another guard standing in front of him.

"Catch him!" The other guards screamed at him.

The guard in front of Rei quickly grabbed a hold of him and slammed him against the wall to keep him from getting away.

"Good job, let's take him to Dr Hamada."

Makoto, Rin and Sousuke - Haru's room

After I had told Haru that we were there to save him his eyes lit up and tears started streaming down his face.

"Haru, don't cry," I said and smiled again.

"I can't help it. I'm just so happy you came for me." Haru said and smiled such a happy smile that I thought my heart was going to stop. I had never seen him make such a happy face before.

"Makoto, you're blushing." Rin said and laughed.

"Am not!" I told him angily.

"Yes you are and it's very cute," Haru said and smiled again.

Now both Rin and Sousuke were laughing so much that they almost fell over.

"It's not funny! Besides, we don't have time to fool around! We need to get Haru out of here!"

Nagisa, Aiichiro and Momotarou - Entrance Hall

"What? This guy is Makoto's friend?" Hamada asked suprised.

Before Mr Tachibana could answer a door opened and four people entered the entrance hall.

"Dr Hamada. We caught another intruder."

Out of the four people who had entered the room three were guards and one of them was holding the fourth person whom he throwed on the floor in front of him. Nagisa, who immediately realized who it was suddenly dashed towards them.

"REI-CHAN!" Nagisa shouted and sat down next to Rei on the floor.

Nagisa flipped him around and looked at him with a worried expression.

"It's okay, Nagisa. I'm fine." Rei told him and smiled slightly.

"But your face is bruised."

"This is nothing," Rei said and touched the bruise on his face.

"It doesn't even hurt."

"Rei, you're also here?" Mr Tachibana said.

"He's also Makoto's friend?" Dr Hamada asked him.

"Yes, they have been friends since High School."

"What about you two?" Dr Hamada asked and turned to Aiichiro and Momotarou.

"We're friends of Makoto's neighbor. Although we have hung out with Makoto a lot of times in the past so I guess we're also Makoto's friends," Aiichiro answered.

"But what are you all doing here!? Unless... You two!" Dr Hamada turned around to face the guards who had been guarding the door to Haru's room.

"Yes, doctor?"

"Aren't you supposed to guard the merman!?" Dr Hamada asked them angirly.

"Yes but we spotted this intruder so we chased after him," one of them said.

It took Dr Hamada less than a second to understand what was going on.

"You fools! They all came here to free the merman and you have cleared the path for them!" Dr Hamada said and you could hear in his voice how furious he was.

"But we have caught them all so there's no problem, right?" The other guard said.

"These people were obviously just a distraction! We must hurry to the merman's room and stop the rest of them!" Dr Hamada shouted at them.

"What about these guys?," one guard said and pointed towards Nagisa, Rei, Aiichiro and Momotarou.

"Mr Tachibana, you stay here and make sure they don't escape," Dr Hamada said before running off together with the Director of the marine park and a couple of guards and a few researchers following soon after.

"But..." was all Mr Tachibana could say to question the doctror's words before Dr Hamada had left the room.

"Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on!?"

Nagisa and Rei looked at each other, nodded and began to explain to Mr Tachibana what was going on.