- Across the Seas With you -

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Chapter three: Falling

- Flashback -

" Hi. I'm Yoichi. " He walked closer to the girl then put out his hand. He was a blond, and he was adorable. Her heart was pratically pounding in her chest. She hoped the boy couldn't hear it. She decided to introduce herself too.

" Hi! I'm Mikan! " She shook his hand and smiled widely. Yoichi's heart started beating faster. She was so beautiful.

Yoichi then did something daring. He got out his knife and cut open the net in one long swipe. Mikan could tell that blade was very, very, very sharp. He kissed Mikan full on the lips. Mikan gasped. Then, Yoichi pushed her away and mouthed go. She knew right away what she meant.

" Thank you Yoichi! I hope we will meet each other again. You are a kind one. " Mikan smiled and then jumped out into the ocean.

- Flashback Ends -

Mikan truly hoped he would see that boy again. She could still feel his kiss on her lips. She just couln't get that boy off her mind! She then heard voices.

" Mikan! " She squinted and saw her sisters about 3 yards away or so.

" I escaped! " Mikan yelled with joy as her sisters tackled and hugged her.

" How?! " Misaki asked in amazement.

" Oh! This wonderful boy! He helped me escaped! He was just so wonderul! " Mikan sighed as she twirled and twirled in a dance-like way.

" Ooooo! Mikan likes someone! " Aoi teased. All the girls giggled loudly.

" Say what you guys want! Hmph! " Mikan said. Her face was turning extremely red. So what if she did like him?

" Good thing we didn't call mom and dad yet. We decided to wait a few hours. " said Luna. " We should head back now. "

All the girls agreed. They swam back slowly, taking their time. They had a few hours before it was seven, the time when their parents woke up.

By the time the girls reached the castle, it was almost six. Hotoru had woken up already. She was drinking coffee while reading the newspaper in the kitchen. All of the girls had decided to stay awake instead of going back to sleep.

" So, Mikan. Did you have fun? " Hotoru asked, while still looking at her newspaper.

" Yeah! It was really fun! " Mikan put on a fake smile.

" You're lying. " Hotoru put down her newspaper and took a sip of coffee. " What happened? "

Mikan glanced at the others girls. They all shook their heads no. Hotoru would obviously tell their parents what happended.

" Nothing. We just saw a shark. It started chasing us. "

" You can trust me on this one. I won't tell. " Hotoru smiled one of her rare smiles. Hotoru usually never smiled. All the girls crowded around Hotoru and told her about what happened.

" Well! Good morning girls! What's all the commotion about? " Their mother had woken up. It was rare for her to see the girls up so early. Serina usually woke up earlier than the girls.

" OH NOTHING! " All the girls smiled at their mother except for Hotoru. Her mother looked at Hotoru to get her to tell what was happening. Hototu went back to reading her newspaper.

" Ok. " Her mother went to the coffee machine and got a mug of coffee. Their father woke up next.

" Hey Serina. " He hugged her around the waist and kissed her neck. Their mother laughed.

" EEEEEWWWWW! " All the girls groaned and covered their eyes. Hotoru said nothing, but she covered her face with the newspaper.

" Mikan. Do you want to go to the ocean surface now? " Her mother smiled at her.

" Later. Today's saturday, so I wanna go shopping with my sisters! " Mikan said.

" Alright. Be safe then! " Her mother went to the fridge while her father went back to the bedroom.

Natsume was now walking to Yoichi's room with a key in his hand. He was gonna get rid of that kid. He stopped at Yoichi's door and realized the door was open. He was gonna have to find the bastard now.

" Yoichi! Where the hell are you?! " Natsume yelled. He should have known. Yoichi had managed to escape the very first time he locked him in his room.

" I'm on the deck Natsume. " Yoichi said loudly.

Natsume walked to the deck. The deck wasn't far from the rooms. He reached the deck and saw Yoichi leaning on the ship rail, looking out into the water.

" You're supposed to be in your room Yoichi. " Natsume snarled at Yoichi.

" What do you want? If all you're going to do is talk, then leave me alone. " He couldn't even have a moment of peace to himself! The crew was always around Yoichi, ready to pounce on him when they saw that he was going to attack Natsume. So, he never got to beat Natsume's face in. He had the chance to do that now...

" Why can't you ever listen to me and do things correctly Yoichi? " Natsume asked calmly.

" Because I don't have to and don't want to. " Yoichi was still staring at the water instead of Natsume.

That was it. Natsume pulled out his long sword and swung at Yoichi. Yoichi ducked and the swing missed him.

" My father should have just left you in that burning house along with your family. But he decided he wanted me to take you with me. You're just a nuiscance to us all on the ship. You're ALWAYS in the way, ruining everything for us. We caught a mermaid, but you had to go and cut the ropes. What are you gonna do wrong next huh? " Natsume harshly chuckled.

" You said she wasn't a mermaid, so I released her. I wasn't doing anything wrong. " Yoichi sassed.

Natsume swung at Yoichi. Yoichi didn't dodge fast enough, so the blade grazed his arm.

" Tch. It should have cut off that arm. Keep still so I can kill you. " said Natsume.

" Do you think I'm crazy enough to do that? I'm not dumb like you Natsume. " Yoichi pulled out his knife. It glinted in the sunlight. Natsume knew that it was deadly sharp.

Yoichi tackled Natsume and landed on top of him with his knife tip on Natsume's throat. Natsume had his sword on the side of Yoichi's throat.

" I'm going to kill you now. Haha. " Natsume scoffed. " Did you really think YOU can kill ME? "

" I'll kill you before you can kill me. " Yoichi sneered at Natsume.

" You can't kill. You're a weakling. " Natsume took the blade away from Yoichi's neck. " Kill me. Go ahead and kill me! " Natsume laughed loudly.

" I'm not coldhearted like you. " Yoichi took his blade off Natsume's neck.

" I thought so. " Natsume then punched Yoichi in the stomach with his left hand. He picked Yoichi up by the collar of his shirt, and held him against the railing. " I pity you. " With that, Natsume pushed Yoichi off the ship, into the cold blue waters.

I'm falling he thought. This is the end of me. Goodbye Mikan...

- End -

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