Chapter 13 - Saving Haruka Part 3

Nagisa, Rei, Aiichiro and Momotarou - Entrance Hall

"What? That can't be right! He said he was going to let the merman back to the ocean," Mr Tachibana said in a suprised voice.

"He lied Mr Tachibana," Rei said.

"I can't believe it but if you say so it's probably true, you've never been known to lie."

The room fell silent.

"What's wrong Nagisa?" Rei asked and looked down at the blonde who had a worried expression on his face.

"I'm worried about Haru-chan, what if Mako-chan and the others can't get him out before Dr Hamada shows up?"

"Haru-chan? You mean the merman?" Mr Tacibana asked.

"He's got a name you know," Momotarou said.

"I know that. His name is Haruka but enough about that we got to hurry," Mr Tachibana.

"Hurry?" Rei asked.

"Well, we have to hurry if we want to reach Haruka before Dr Hamada does."

Makoto, Rin, Sousuke - Haru's room

"Okay, we need to figure out how we are going to get him out of here," Sousuke said after he and Rin were finished with their laughing.

"Haru… I'm so sorry," I said and looked into his beautiful blue eyes.

"Sorry for what?" Haru asked.

"It's my fault Dr Hamada knows were your kind are."

"No, it's not. I told him where they were because I didn't want him to hurt you."

"Haru…"

"That's enough of your lovey-dovey talk! Weren't you the one who said we needed to hurry!" Rin said in an irritated voice.

"Right. Let's get him out of this tank."

It didn't take too long to get him out of the tank because it turned out it wasn't so hard to do.

"Wow, you're really light," I said as I was carrying Haru in my arms.

"…"

"What is it Haru?"

"…I'm finally able to touch you," he said and touched my face with his hand.

"I'm hearing something from outside!" Rin shouted suddenly.

"What!? Shit, what should we do?" I said in a panicked voice.

"You can get out that way," Haru said and pointed to a door behind the tank.

"Okay, you two get out that way and we stay here," Rin said.

"Huh? Aren't you two coming with us?" I asked him.

"I can't just leave my sister behind," Rin said and looked at me.

I just stood there and stared at him for a few seconds.

"Go!" Rin shouted and I walked up to the door and looked back at the other two one more time before opening the door and hurrying down the corridor behind it.

Gou - Outside Haru's room

After standing in the quiet korridor for several minutes Gou's fear became reality as she suddenly heard the sound of many footsteps running in the direction of Haru's room.

"Oh no!" Gou said in panic.

"Hurry up! We're almost…" Dr Hamada said as he reached the door to Haru's room were Gou was standing on guard.

"Who are you!?" Dr Hamada asked her in anger.

"Um.." Gou started.

"Gou Matsuoka?" The rest had now reached the door and the director of the marine park looked at Gou with a surprised look on his face.

"Who is this girl!?"

"She works for me at the marine park," he told Dr Hamada. Then he turned to Gou again.

"What are you doing here?" the director asked Gou.

"I won't let you in," Gou said, ignoring his question.

"Move aside girl!" Dr Hamada said and shoved her aside. He opened the door and entered the room followed by the others.

Rin and Sousuke - Haru's room

Just as Makoto (with Haru in his arms) had disappeared down the corridor behind the door, Rin and Sousuke heard voices outside the door and the sound of something hitting the wall. Rin had a feeling he knew what had hit the wall and it made his blood boil. Suddenly the door slammed open and in the doorway stood Dr Hamada, his face red with anger and irritation. Rin could see his sister lying on the floor behind him.

"Where is the merman!?" Dr Hamada shouted in a very angry voice.

Rin was just about to tell him to go screw himself when one of the people standing behind Dr Hamada suddenly spoke.

"Dr Hamada, they must have taken the door out to the dock."

Dr Hamada charged forward towards the door and the others followed him without even acknowledging Rin and Sousuke's existence and as fast as they had appeared, they were gone.

Rin and Sousuke hurried. to Gou who was still lying on the floor.

"Are you okay Gou!?" Rin asked in a worried voice.

"I'm okay Onii-chan," she said and stood up.

"What should we do?" Sousuke asked the siblings.

"I think we should try to find the others before we do anything else," Rin said.

"What about Makoto and Haruka?" Gou asked her brother.

"We can't do anything without the others but…"

"But what Onii-chan?"

"They said the door that Makoto and Haru went trough lead to the dock," Rin told his sister.

" Oh my god…"

"What is it?" Sousuke asked.

"Makoto is afraid of the ocean," Gou said.

"We don't have time to think about that now, we have to find the others first," Rin said and started to run down the corridor with Gou and Sousuke close behind him.

Nagisa, Rei, Aiichiro, Momotarou and Mr Tachibana - Corridor leading to Haru's room

"Run faster Rei, you're falling behind!" Nagisa yelled.

"If I run any faster it won't be beautiful!" Rei shouted back at him.

"That doesn't matter now!" Aiichiro yelled at Rei.

"Just keep moving," Mr Tachibana told them.

"But Rei needs to…" Nagisa isn't able to finish his sentence before colliding someone.

"Look where you're running you… Nagisa?"

Nagisa looks up to see Rin's face in front of him.

"Rin chan! Gou-chan and Sou-chan too!? Where are Mako-chan and Haru-chan?" Nagisa asked them.

"They went through a door leading to the dock and Dr Hamada followed them. We decided to find you guys before going after them," Rin told them.

"The dock? You mean… the ocean!?" Rei asked him.

"…Yes."

"We have to hurry after them," Mr Tachibana said and started running again with the others following close behind.

Makoto and Haru - Corridor to dock

As I ran along the corridor with Haru in my arms I could feel Haru's heartbeat against my chest and the warmth of his body. I couldn't believe I was acually holding him in my arms like this.

I ran for a few minutes until I could feel a slight chill coming from the end of the corridor.

"We're almost outside," I told Haru.

At the end of the corridor there was a door. I pushed it open and the first thing I noticed was that the wind was blowing hard and that it was raining.

"It seems like a storm is coming," I said to Haru. Then I looked straight ahead and I froze. Right in front of me was a long dock leading out to the thing I dreaded the most; the ocean.