Me: Two exams in a single day forced me to stop writing for one and a half day but here is Chapter 10.
Kazama: Hey man! What's up!
Me: So you came, right?
Hotoshi *smiling*: That's right! Best Friends for life!
Kazama: Yahoo!
Me: Anyway, I would like to thank you all who remained patience and continued to read, review and like this story. Special thanks to my loyal followers and to all of you.
Hotoshi: Also he does not own Mermaid Melody. Just the OCs.
Me: And now let Chapter 10 begin!
Kazama: Hooray! Let's celebrate!
Me: _
Chapter 10: Surprise at the school and Azumi reunites with her ex-lover.
Two days later at school:
"Gah! It's so boring!" Hanon whined.
"Well it's not boring to the fact what happened two days ago." Luchia said.
"I know right? It really was the best night ever!"
"Well at least Gaito and Sara can live peacefully without having any evil thoughts on their mind." Kaito said.
"Yeah. I really hope so." Rina said, "Besides we are getting to spend more time with our boys, right?"
"Yeah and I am so happy." Hanon said happily as she high fived Rina.
A few minutes later a teacher came but her appearance totally shocked Luchia and others! And do you know why? It's because the teacher has pink eyes and pink hair!
"Is that Azumi?" Kaito gasped.
"Not really." Luchia said, "Azumi has pink long hair while that teacher's pink hair is a bit short."
"Could she be one of your people?" Hanon asked.
"Not sure." Luchia said but she is also half-thinking that it could be possible.
The teacher smiled at them and said,
"Good morning class. I'm your English teacher for now as the previous teacher resigned for health reasons."
"WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL!" All students greeted cheerfully.
The teacher smiled.
"Before we start the class, we have two new students in our school. Please welcome them." The teacher said.
Who came first? Well to the shock of Luchia and others, except Rina, it's none other than Masahiro Hamasaki! Rina got very excited. Finally, she and Masahiro can spend some time in the school. Luchia, Hanon and Kaito are a bit shocked but seeing Rina's excitement, they felt very happy for her.
"Naoki, Shizuro. Thank you so much! I am so happy." Rina thought happily.
As soon as he arrived, some of the girls squealed in excitement.
"OMG! LOOK AT HIM!"
"YEAH! HE'S SO HOT!"
"Seat with me please!"
Masahiro sighed and put his hands on his face. Luckily he saw Rina who smiled at him and waved at him. Masahiro waved back. Some Rina's fans, mainly boys, are a bit jealous and disgruntled that Masahiro came. Unfortunately, they are just normal boys and to make things worse for them, Masahiro is a boxer and they know that if they try to take Rina away from him, then they will get one or two teeth knocked off from them by him. Some wished that they could learn boxing as well.
"Okay. So here's the first one. Second one is..."
Before the teacher could finish it, a music is starting to play. And what's the music name? It's Micheal Jackson's 'Beat it!"
A boy is covering his hair and eyes by wearing Micheal Jackson's hat. He did a few breakdancing moves and when the words came "Beat it!", the boy threw his hat. Guess who he is? None other than Kazama Yoshiro! As soon as the music ended, everyone clapped and the girls squealed.
"OMG! HE IS SO AWESOME!"
"BRAVO! BRAVO!"
"Looks like we have two hotties in our school!"
Everyone is clapping and happy. Kaito, Luchia and Hanon are shocked.
"OMG! Kazama-san is here as well?" Luchia gasped.
"Yeah. Naoki told me about this." Rina smiled, "Wherever he goes, Kazama follows him."
"Wait so that means...?" Kaito asked before he gasped.
"Yeah. Masahiro's mom and dad told me that they hope they can transfer him to our school so that I can spend sometime with him."
"Rina. We are really happy for you." Hanon said happily, "Finally all three of our lovers are in the same school."
"I know and I am glad."
"This is also the same school where Azumi, Yukito and Naoki met their lovers with Yukito and Naoki getting married and Azumi..." Luchia said but Rina interrupted.
"We all know what happened to her."
After all the squealing died down, the teacher looked at Kazama and Masahiro and smiled.
"That's a nice way to enter." The teacher smiled as she handed the hat back to Kazama, "Why not you tell us your names?"
"Hello everyone. My name is Masahiro Hamasaki." Masahiro smiled.
"And I am Kazama Yoshiro." Kazama said happily, "Nice to meet you all people!"
"WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL!" All students greeted cheerfully.
"Thank you people!"
And when Kazama saw Luchia, Hanon, Kaito and Rina smiling at him, Kazama happily said to Masahiro:
"Yippe! We are in a lucky class! Your girlfriend and her pals are here."
"Yeah Kazama. You will get to know about them." Masahiro smiled.
"I really hope so."
"Well my boys." The teacher smiled, "Masahiro, You can sit beside Rina. As for Kazama, you can sit beside Kaito."
Everyone was a bit shocked about the teacher's announcement. While nobody mind Kazama sitting beside Kaito, some were heartbroken as Masahiro can get to sit beside Rina. Mainly the fanboys of Rina.
"OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY! I'm sitting beside the surf champ!" Kazama said happily as he slides his way to his seat beside Kaito, "What's up?!"
"Good to meet you Kazama." Kaito smiled as he shooked hands with Kazama.
Masahiro walked towards his seat beside Rina who smiled at him.
"Rina. It's good to see you again." Masahiro said slowly.
"It's really good to see you too and I'm really happy that you are with us from now on." Rina smiled.
"Yeah. I'm happy as well. And I'm glad Kazama can get to know more about you guys except the mermaid stuffs."
"I'm glad too and we can spend some time together at school, right?"
"You bet."
"Actually Kazama is perfect for Noel. His hair and eye color are the same as Noel. But it can't be confirm unless we know about his parents, especially if her mom could be the former mermaid princess whom Noel succeeded." Rina thought.
After class, Luchia, Hanon and Kaito went to Masahiro and smiled at him.
"Hamasaki-san! Welcome to this school!" Luchia said happily.
"We are so glad that you and Kazama-san are in our class." Hanon said happily.
"I'm happy too." Masahiro smiled.
"Well boy! Oh boy! Well, I'm glad to see you again!" Kazama said happily as he happily shook hands with Luchia and Hanon, "You girls are really best friends for life, right?"
"Me, Luchia and Rina are REALLY best friends for life." Hanon said happily.
"Whoo-hoo! This is really amazing! Can I know your names?"
"Hanon Hosho."
"Luchia Nanami." Luchia said happily.
"I think you already know me." Kaito said, "Kaito the surf champ."
"Rina Toin." Rina smiled.
"Hoorah! I'm SUPER GLAD to see you Rina!" Kazama said happily as he playfully shook hands with Rina, "I'm so glad that my best pal in the whole world has got a girlfriend which is you."
Luchia, Hanon and Kaito are shocked.
"Kazama-san?!" Luchia gasped, "How do you know that Rina is Hamasaki-san's girlfriend?"
"Two things." Kazama said, "No.1 is that Rina thanked me for taking care of him as you guys know and No.2 is that we met her."
"Rina? Where did you meet them?" Hanon asked.
"I was looking for Masahiro to invite him when I saw Masahiro and Kazama approaching in Masahiro's motorcycle with Kazama standing up." Rina smiled.
"Masahiro and Kazama. How did you get the school uniform so quickly?" Kaito asked.
"Easy. As you guys know, my dad went to this school and he still has that uniform in our mansion so he gave it to me." Masahiro said.
"Ah! Lucky you."
"His mother was so nice to give me a spare uniform to me." Kazama smiled, "Though I wonder why she wore it."
"You may never know." Luchia said in which everyone laughed.
"Say? If my best pal has Rina, what about you two?" Kazama asked.
"Oh me?" Luchia smiled as she hold hands with Kaito, "He is my boyfriend."
"Oh my days! With the surf champ?!"
Luchia nodded and smiled.
"WHOO-HOO! You must be a very happy dude, Kaito." Kazama said happily as he shook hands with Kaito, "Better make sure the fans don't hear about this."
"We are always together." Kaito said.
"Unbreakable love? So nice."
Everybody laughed.
"What about you Hanon?" Kazama asked.
"Well as for me..." Hanon was saying when they suddenly heard some voices.
"Yeah! Look at my paper plane! It's been flying for 10 minutes already."
"Hey! It's going to that class. Let's go."
Luchia, Hanon, Rina, Kaito and Masahiro realized that it's non other than Nagisa and Hotoshi. They saw that the paper plane is still flying and Nagisa and Hotoshi trying to grab it.
"There. That little dark-blued hair boy is my boyfriend." Hanon said happily.
"Wow! I really wish you both luck then." Kazama smiled.
"Thank you."
Nagisa was able to grab the paper plane in which Hotoshi rued himself for not being able to catch it. Nagisa started to laugh and soon Hotoshi laughed as well. Then they saw Hanon and other smiling at them.
"Whoa! Is that your girlfriend and her pals?" Hotoshi gasped.
"Yeah it sure is Hotoshi." Nagisa smiled, "Wanna meet them?"
"You bet! I so can't wait to me them again."
Nagisa and Hotoshi went straight to them.
"Hello Nagisa." Hanon smiled, "Oh hello to you Hotoshi."
"Hey! I'm glad to meet.." Hotoshi was about to greet Hanon but when he saw Kazama and Masahiro, he and Nagisa gasped.
"Kazama? Masahiro? Is that you?" Hotoshi asked in shocked.
"You guys came here for real?" Nagisa asked.
"Yeah we came here for real." Masahiro smiled.
Hotoshi and Nagisa exploded in happiness.
"This is awesome! Welcome Masahiro and Kazama!" Nagisa said happily.
"I'm really glad to see you Nagisa and Hotoshi." Masahiro smied as he slapped high fives with Hotoshi before playfully rubbed on Nagisa's hair.
"Hey Nagisa! Hotoshi! What's up pals?! It's been a while." Kazama said happily as he slapped high fives with Nagisa before playfully rubbed on Hotoshi's hair.
"Yeah. It sure is." Hotoshi smiled.
Kaito, Luchia, Hanon and Rina are in shell shocked about what they had just witnessed.
"You...You all know each other so well?" Kaito gasped, "All four of you?"
"Best friends for life!" Kazama said happily.
"But then how all four of you became best friends?" Rina asked.
"It all started in a live musical stage." Nagisa said.
"I should be thankful to the ticket man that all four of us can get to sit beside each other." Masahiro said.
"Yeah and we were a bit surprised at first when Nagisa and Masahiro knew each other so well before." Hotoshi said, "And when they told us that they are best friends since kids..."
"We decide that we will be best friends FOR LIFE as well, right?" Kazama said happily as he high fived Hotoshi.
"Yeah! You can say that again."
Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito are still in shock.
"So let me get this straight." Luchia said, "We all know that Nagisa-kun and Hamasaki-san are best friends when they were very little. Then, on separate occasions, Hamasaki-san became best friends with Kazama-san and then later, Nagisa-kun became best friends with Hotoshi-kun. So one day, you guys went to that live musical stage and then when Kazama-san and Hotoshi-kun found out that Nagisa-kun and Hamasaki-san are best pals before they met, you guys decided to be best pal as well?"
"Yep. That's right!" Kazama said happily and he playfully rubbed Masahiro's hair, "And that was the best day EVER!"
"Two plus two equals four." Hotoshi started singing as he rubbed Nagisa's hair.
"Yellow and Blue, Indigo and Green..." Kazama started singing as he rubbed Masahiro's hair.
"Became the best colors and friends for Life."
"Sorry Rina." Masahiro said, "Seems like that they really like us."
"We hope you don't mind." Nagisa said.
"We don't mind at all." Hanon smiled, "And I am sure glad that Kazama-san and Hotoshi became your best pals."
"You guys reminded me about my own best friend.' Rina smiled.
"Really? Who could it be?" Kazama asked excitingly.
But before Rina could say anything, there are many cheerful voices approaching them:
"KAZAMA-KUN! OVER HERE!"
Guesse what? It's none other than Kazama's fangirls! They also transferred here when they heard that Kazama got transferred to this school as well.
"OMG!" Luchia gasped, "Are they..."
"Yep! My fangirls are here!" Kazama said happily, "Catch you later, Masahiro."
Kazama then went straight to his fangirls who threw him up and down.
"Whoa! Wait up Kazama!" Masahiro panicked, "His fangirls might accidentally throw him out of the window or on the roof. I have to make sure he is alright. Take care, Rina."
"You take care of yourself too." Rina smiled.
Masahiro then immediately left to make sure Kazama doesn't get thrown out.
"Nagisa? What are you doing?" Hanon asked.
"Made a paper plane." Nagisa smiled, "Here goes."
Nagisa then threw the paper plane. The paper plane flew around and, unfortunately, flew outside the window.
"Yikes! It went outside! We gotta catch it before someone else does it." Hotoshi panicked as he ran outside the class.
"It's just a paper plane." Nagisa sighed, "Well then. See you later Hanon."
"Bye and take care." Hanon smiled.
Nagisa then left the class and followed Hotoshi.
"Would you believe what we have just heard from them?" Luchia asked happily.
"Yeah! Four Best friends for life!" Hanon said happily.
"Uh Kaito? Are you okay?"
"Seems that he is left out." Rina smiled, "Better luck next time."
"Oh man!" Kaito whined in which the three girls laughed.
Suddenly the English teacher came.
"Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito. Could you four come to my room please for a moment?" The teacher asked.
"Uh Yeah! We will come." Luchia said.
The teacher left.
"Why do we have to go to her room?" Kaito asked.
"I have no idea." Luchia sighed.
"Did you do something fishy again?..." Rina asked sternly.
"...In her room?" Hanon also asked sternly.
"What do you mean? I was with you the whole time." Luchia cried.
"Okay Sorry Sorry!" Both Hanon and Rina apologized.
"Let's go to her room and find out." Kaito said before he gulped, "I hope it's not detention."
"I hope so too." Luchia also gulped.
So they all went to the English teacher's room.
In the teacher's room:
"Guys." Luchia said,"I'm really began to think something about Hotoshi-kun and Kazama-san."
"What about them?" Kaito asked.
"I'm having a feeling that Hotoshi-kun and Kazama-san could be the sons of the former mermaid princess from their respective kingdoms."
They all gasped.
"How could you be so sure about that?" Hanon asked.
"Well. Hotoshi-kun has the same yellow hair and eye color which is just like Coco while Kazama-san has the same indigo hair and eye color just like Noel." Luchia said.
"Just because they have the same eye color doesn't mean that their moms could be the former mermaid princesses of Coco's and Noel's kingdom." Rina said.
"Or they could be the sons of the ordinary mermaids from Coco's and Noel's kingdom." Hanon said.
"Just say that Hotoshi is the son of an ordinary mermaid from Coco's kingdom. It's still possible for Coco to reveal her true form to Hotoshi, right?" Kaito asked.
"That's what the law says." Hanon said.
"Same goes to Kazama but in Noel's case." Rina said.
"I wonder if Masahiro, Nagisa or their moms knew about their best friends for life moms could be the former mermaid princesses?" Luchia asked.
"Nope." Rina said.
"How so?" Hanon asked.
"You remember what Naoki said. The book that Yukito showed us only went to South and North Atlantic Ocean before it stopped in the North Pacific Ocean where Hippo threw the book away. Then it means that this book never went to other kingdoms and so other former mermaid princesses didn't know about it. Also only Azumi, Yukito and Naoki went to the human world."
"Oh! Now I remember." Luchia said sadly.
"Speaking about that, here comes the English teacher." Kaito said.
The English teacher came with a smile on her face.
"Miss. What is that you need?" Luchia asked.
What the English teacher will say next will SHELL-SHOCK THEM!
"It's good to see you Princess Luchia."
Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito are shell-shocked! Luchia looked at her closely and gasped.
"Sarah?! Is that you?" Luchia asked in shock.
"Yep. That's me." Sarah smiled.
"SARAH! How are you?" Luchia asked happily as she hugged Sarah.
"I'm fine Princess. Thank you."
"Luchia? You know her?" Hanon gasped.
"Yeah. She's one of the mermaids from my kingdom." Luchia smiled.
"Wait so that means...?" Kaito asked before she gasped.
"The English teacher is one of the mermaid from Luchia's kingdom?!" Rina asked in shock.
"I'm lost in words."
Sarah nodded with a smile.
"It's also really good to see you again Hanon and Rina." Sarah smiled, "How are you doing with Princess Luchia?"
"All three of us are best friends for life!" Hanon said happily.
"Wow! All three mermaid princesses. You are very glad, right Princess Luchia?"
"Yes. I am very glad. Thank you." Luchia smiled.
"How are you getting along with Kaito?"
Kaito, Hanon, Rina and Luchia are shocked.
"Sarah? How did you know that he is my boyfriend?" Luchia asked in shock.
"Well when you, Hanon and Rina were in our kingdom, I spotted someone which is him and I spied on him." Sarah said.
"Wait Kaito! You came to Luchia's kingdom?" Rina asked.
"Unnoticed?" Hanon asked.
"Well her dolphin took me there and I was completely confused at that time." Kaito said.
"At first I thought that you might be a threat but before I can raise the alarm, right in front of my eyes, I saw Princess Luchia looking at Kaito. She was extremely happy." Sarah said, "So I thought that you are not bad after all. The rest I couldn't see due to the attack by Gaito and the Dark Lovers."
Hanon and Rina smiled evilly at Luchia and Kaito who were whistling slowly.
"Well Luchia." Hanon laughed, "Seems like someone saw you and Kaito playing around."
"I hope you don't mind, Princess Luchia." Sarah said.
"No I don't mind." Luchia smiled, "Besides I'm glad you know about our relationship. When I come back, could you set up the marriage between me and Kaito?"
"I will be glad to do so." Sarah said.
Everybody smiled.
"Which class are you teaching now?" Luchia asked.
"First year class and your class." Sarah said.
"Wow."
"What brings you here then?" Kaito asked.
"I was bored and I had nothing to do so I just came into the human world and walked when suddenly I bumped into someone who is none other than the principal of this school." Sarah said, "She asked me if I can become a new English teacher as the previous one resigned. I accepted it and here I am."
"So you met the principal by chance?" Hanon asked.
Sarah nodded before asking this:
"I thought that all four of you might return back to your kingdoms since it has become peaceful again. What is holding you back this time?"
Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito smiled at Sarah.
"Do you know Sarah?" Luchia smiled, "There are two students who are very special to us."
"Special to you?"
"Yep." Kaito said.
"Who are they?"
All four of them looked at each other before Rina looked at Sarah.
"One of them is the new transferred student." Rina said.
"Who? The Green one or The Indigo one?" Sarah asked.
"The Green One."
"You mean Masahiro Hamasaki?"
"Yep."
"What about him?"
All four of them smiled.
"He is the son of the former mermaid princess of the North Atlantic Ocean whom I succeeded." Rina smiled, "Her name is Naoki Hamasaki."
On hearing that, Sarah's jaws dropped. She couldn't believe it!
"He...He is the son of the former mermaid princess of your kingdom?" Sarah gasped.
"Yep." Rina said.
"Do you know him?"
"We knew each other before and we are now couple."
"Did you met his mom?"
"We all met her." Luchia smiled, "And we are so happy that there was a miracle!"
"Does he know Rina's true form?"
"Yep." Hanon said happily.
Sarah put her hands on her head. One of the transferred student is the son of the former mermaid princess of Rina's kingdom!
"My God! What a miracle!" Sarah said happily, "The son of the former mermaid princess of Rina's kingdom fell in with the current mermaid princess which is you!"
"He is my buddy as well." Kaito smiled.
"Okay so Masahiro and who else?"
Hanon smiled at Sarah.
"Do you know Nagisa Shirai?" Hanon asked.
"The little dark-blue haired boy who is in the first year class?" Sarah asked.
"Yep."
"What about...Wait! Don't tell me..."
Everyone nodded.
"He is the son of the former mermaid princess of the South Atlantic Ocean whom I succeeded." Hanon smiled, "Her name is Yukito Shirai."
Sarah was DOUBLE SHOCKED!
"Hanon? You too?" Sarah gasped.
"Yes and I am so happy that I have met his mom." Hanon said happily, "And I am so happy that I can reveal my true form."
"He is also my buddy as well." Kaito said.
Sarah tried to absorb the shock but she couldn't because of she just heard.
"Princess Luchia. I must say that you had the few best weeks of your life." Sarah smiled.
"It was REALLY REALLY the best weeks in our life!" Luchia said happily.
"So you are staying back because you want to spend some time with them?"
Everyone nodded.
"You know what princesses?" Sarah said in determination, "Once I take the first years class, I will really make sure to invite Nagisa and then Masahiro to come to my room and we can have a chat about it. My Goodness! It is the best decision ever to teach here."
"And I thank you for coming here." Luchia said happily.
"And I really hope I can meet their moms in the Parents Meeting."
"I hope you do so."
"Thanks but I have to go now. I have some paperwork to fill out. Enjoy your day."
And with a smile on her face, Sara left. But she is still in total shock.
"For the first time in my life, I have to say that THIS IS THE BEST SCHOOL DAY EVER!" Hanon said happily, "First finding out that these four boys know each other so well..."
"...And then finding out that our new English teacher is none other than the mermaid from Luchia's kingdom." Kaito smiled.
"Well it looks like you better not let her down with her subject." Rina said.
"Of course and now I have a new goal in life." Luchia said happily with determination, "To be the top student at her subject which is English."
In the park, Azumi is sitting on the bench looking around the surroundings. She was a bit depressed as she saw many couples holding each other's hands and other couples chatting happily or having ice-cream. She then remembered the day she met her boyfriend in school who showed her a surprise secret.
Flashback:
"Hi! What's your name?" The boy asked.
"Azumi is my name." Azumi smiled.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure."
The boy then dragged her into a room where no one can hear.
"What is it you want to talk about?" Azumi asked.
"Do you know?" The boy smiled.
"Know what?"
"My mom is an ordinary pink mermaid."
Azumi was shocked but slowly there was a smile on her face.
"Really?! I can't believe it!"
Present day:
Azumi then took the photos out from her handbag recalling the memories she had with Yukito, Naoki, Taoki, Shizuro and her now ex-boyfriend. She at first remembered how Yukito and Taoki used to play the piano in the school.
Flashback:
While her boyfriend and Azumi are roaming around the school, they saw Taoki playing the piano. A really hopeless try! Taoki is playing as if he is an amauter and is totally confused. After playing, Azumi and her boyfriend laughed out loudly.
"Hey what's so funny?" Taoki whined.
"Come on man. That was totally awful." The boy laughed, "So awful that it's making us laugh."
"Why not you give it a try Yukito?" Azumi smiled.
"Me...Me?" Yukito gulped.
"Yeah! You."
"Well...Here goes..."
So Yukito began to play the piano. However, like Taoki, Yukito is totally confused but played worse than Taoki. After playing, she put her head down on the piano keys sighing in defeat.
"Well. You gotta practice more if you want to beat Mitsuki." Azumi said.
"Oh come on!" Yukito and Taoki whined as Azumi and her boyfriend laughed.
Present day:
Azumi then also remembered the day she, her boyfriend, Naoki and Shizuro were in karaoke.
Flashback:
"Hey look Shizuro! There is a new karaoke machine!" The boy said happily.
"Wow! It's really awesome!" Azumi said.
"How about you give it a try Naoki?" Shizuro said.
"Sure I will." Naoki smiled as she hopped onto the karaoke machine, "Now where is the microphone?"
Naoki then spotted the microphone and she grabbed it. So while she is selecting the song, she suddenly found one that she thought she might like it.
"Here goes." Naoki breathed before starting to sing:
"Watashi wa watashi no chikaku ni anata nashi de watashinojinsei o ikite ita baai
Ni~Tsu ga subete sora ni nari
Yoru wa totemo nagai to omowa reru
Anatatowatashi wa eien ni ā sō hakkiri miru
Watashi wa mae ni koi ni atta kamo shirenai
Shikashi, soreha, kono kyōryokuna o kanjita koto wa arimasen
Watashitachi no yume wa wakaideari, watashitachi no ryōhō o shitte iru
Watashitachi wa doko e ikitai ka karera wa watashitachi o toru yo
Ima watashi o hōrudo
Ima watashi ni fureru
Watashi wa anata nashide wa ikitakunai
Nani no tsumori wa anata no tame no watashi no ai o henkō
Anata wa, ima watashi wa anata o aishite dono kurai no koto de shitte iru hazudearu
Anata ga kakunin suru koto ga dekimasu hitotsu no koto
Watashi wa anata no ai yori ōku o motomeru koto wa kesshite naidarou
Nani no tsumori wa anata no tame no watashi no ai o henkō
Anata wa, ima watashi wa anata o aishite dono kurai no koto de shitte iru hazudearu
Sekai ga tōtte watashinojinsei o henkō suru koto ga ari
Shikashi, nani no tsumori wa anata no tame no watashi no ai o henkō..."
And so she contined to sing. Her voice is so beautiful that many people stopped what they are doing and watched her singing with awe.
"OMG! She sings beautiful!" One boy said.
"Kyah! I wish I could sing like her!" One girl said.
"You there, green haired boy. Is she your girlfriend?" A man asked.
Shizuro nodded with a smile.
"You are so lucky." The man smiled as he gave a thumbs up to Shizuro.
"Thanks." Shizuro smiled.
After she finished, there was a huge applase from the people. Everybody liked it. Naoki bowed before going back to Shizuro.
The score was 200,000 points. Everybody clapped and cheered.
"Nice Naoki." Shizuro smiled as he rubbed Naoki's hair, "No wonder many people in school admires your singing."
"Just like that." Naoki smiled.
"How about you try Azumi?" The boy asked.
"I would love to." Azumi said happily as she grabbed the microphone.
So she started to sing as well. Her voice is also beautiful as well. Many people then thought that this could be a close contest between Azumi and Naoki. After Azumi finished, everybody clapped. Everyone waited anxiously to see Azumi's result.
She scored 210,000 points! 10,000 points more than Naoki!
As she and her boyfriend celebrated, Naoki's and Shizuro's jaws dropped. The people were a bit shocked as well.
"A...Azumi?" Naoki asked in shock, "How did you do that?"
"As you said, just like that." Azumi said happily.
"Tough Luck Shizuro." The boy said, "But your girlfriend did sing pretty well."
"I think this machine hates us!" Shizuro whined as he tried to give a chop on the machine only to get a pain in his hand.
"Maybe it has technical problem." Naoki sighed as Azumi and her boyfriend celebrate while many people clapped.
Present day:
While Azumi smiled and giggled when she remembered the scene, a tear came out from her eyes. She was in a depressed mood when she remembered the day she saw his boyfriend with another girl in school.
Flashback:
"How...How could you?" Azumi cried with tears coming out from her eyes, "Why are you going out with her?"
"I'm sorry." The boy said sadly.
"Sorry for what?"
"I don't think we can continue our relationship like this."
Azumi was shattered after what she just heard.
"Why?! What did I do?" Azumi cried, "I thought you love me and I feel the same way for you."
"I know that." The boy said, "However the problem is that you are hiding sometime from me which you refuse to show it to me."
"But..."
"I'm sorry but I will always cherish the memories we had together. Goodbye Azumi."
The boy then left with another girl. Azumi tried desperately to plead him but the boy ignored him. Poor Azumi then went to the girl's bathroom and was weeping there. She couldn't bear to see herself in the mirror. Soon, Yukito and Naoki came. They too were equally shocked. Azumi threw her hands to Naoki and she cried.
"Why did I ever have to keep my mouth shut about me being the mermaid princess?" Azumi cried.
"Take it easy Azumi." Naoki said sadly as she and Yukito comforted Azumi.
Present day:
And then the final moments of her life when she saw the book while swimming at the sea and then was shocked and double shattered when she saw the unknown law. She then swam back to the land and ran to her house...
Flashback:
At her house, Azumi was crying a lot at her bed. She couldn't believe how her guardian, Hippo, would do this to her. Hippo never told her the law in which she could have revealed her secret to her now ex-boyfriend since his mom was an ordinary mermaid from her kingdom.
"You traitor! How could you do this to me?! Why you never told me about this law when I was young?!" Azumi said to herself before in a fit of rage, she started to break everything in her house.
"We would have been together if only I had known about this! That is why Yukito and Naoki asked me about it because they knew about it before."
"BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS RUINED! MY LOVE, MY LIFE, ALL GONE! ALL THANKS TO YOU HIPPO!"
"I HATE YOU SOOOO MUCH HIPPO! How can I continue my duty as the mermaid princess of North Pacific Ocean in a state like this?! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
Azumi had only one option. She grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down the suicide note. After doing that, she tied a rope which is tied into a noose which goes around the neck, a knot (often a slip knot, which tightens easily) is formed, and the other end of the rope is tied to a ligature point which is on the fan. Once she did that, she stood on the chair and put her neck on the noose.
"I'm sorry Yukito and Naoki, I don't think I can be with you anymore. I hope you can continue your life with Taoki and Shizuro and get married." Azumi said sadly to herself, "As for you Hippo the traitor! Once Yukito, Naoki and my people find out what you did to me, you will be brought to justice!"
Having said that, she jumped out of the chair and left the world. The reason: suspension hanging.
Back to the present:
Azumi sighed as she began to think how Yukito and Naoki struggled to cope after hearing her death. She was glad, however, to be brought back alive. She thought that she finally got her revenge on Hippo when she saw him only to be taken aback by Hippo's tragic past. She then knew that she couldn't blame Hippo entirely for his action. She wondered what her ex-boyfriend is doing right now.
"I miss you so much." Azumi said sadly, "I bet he is having a lovely time with his wife."
However little did she know that her sad life would soon entirely being changed.
As Azumi was about to leave the park, a voice called her.
"Azumi? Is that you?"
Azumi then turned around and, to her shock, saw a man. Yes! The same man who, as a boy, used to spend time with Azumi before breaking up with her. Azumi, at first, didn't know him but when she saw his brownish hair, she couldn't believe it!
"Saito? Is that you?" Azumi gasped.
Yep, that's him. Saito, Azumi's ex-boyfriend.
Saito is now a man of 33 years old. His hair is brown and spiky and he has pink eyes.
As Azumi and Saito continued to stare at each other, a little girl came out of hiding from Saito's back. She is 10 years old and has pink hair and brown eyes.
"Is this our new mommy?" The little girl asked.
Azumi was a bit shocked. New mommy? What in the world is happening?
"Azumi. We really need to talk." Saito pleaded, "Please."
"Sure Saito." Azumi said, "Sit here."
So they sat on the bench. The little girl then sat with her new mother happily. Azumi is still confused about what is going on.
"What's her name?" Azumi asked.
"Suzuka." Saito said.
Silence occurred for a while untill Azumi said:
"Saito. I really need to tell this to you. I'm actually a..."
"Former Mermaid Princess, right?" Saito asked which shocked Azumi.
"How did you know?"
Saito then pointed at Azumi's pink shell locket. Azumi breaked down in tears.
"Saito! I'm so sorry I didn't tell you my secret. We would have spent so much time together." Azumi cried.
"Don't blame yourself. I made the worst mistake ever in my life to go out with another girl you saw and break up with you." Saito said, "What that another girl did really broke my heart and I realized that you are the only girl in my life."
"I'm so happy to see you again Saito. But what did she do that you regretted breaking up with me?"
Saito then took a deep breathe before saying.
"As you know, you saw me going out with another girl and I broke up with you because you didn't tell me your secret. The next day when you committed suicide, I was obviously very heartbroken by that news. That girl comforted me and said that we have to move on after a few days."
"So yeah. After I graduated, we got married and a few years later, Suzuka was born. We thought that we would all be a happy family."
"But I noticed something very fishy about her. She usually comes very late at night and had hardly any time to spend time with us. When she did so, I tried to talk to her about what she was doing but she kept herself quit. And even more surprising was that some policemen said to me that they were looking for a gang who robbed so many banks and that she and her father were a prime suspects. I didn't believe them at first."
"But I decided to check out what is going on with her. So one day at evening, she left. Me and my daughter followed her closely and carefully so that she doesn't spot us. She parked between two tall buildings and I parked behind the tree so that I can hide behind it. What I saw REALLY REALLY shocked me and made me regret breaking up with you."
"She, along with several other people, opened a large amount of briefcases which has so much money! The boss, who is actually her father, was pleased and planned to rob more banks. My wife smiled and said that she was glad that I didn't know her activities and if that continued then they will plan to kill me and my daughter so that she can own all the property."
Azumi gasped after hearing what Saito said.
"That's terrible!" Azumi said, "What did you do then?"
"Me and my daughter were so angry and Suzuka started to cry." Saito said, "I never thought that she could do such a thing and what made me even more angry was that I had married a criminal and she is planning to kill me and my daughter just for the property. So I went home and did this..."
Flashback:
In a fit of rage, Saito smashed everything that he sees. He was in tears as well.
"HOW COULD SHE DO THIS TO ME?! WHAT WRONG DID I DO?!" Saito shouted and cried as well.
"Please don't be upset daddy." Suzuka pleaded, "I'm sure we can fix this."
"Are you serious, Suzuka?! She cheated both of us! She wanted us dead!"
"It hurts me so much." Suzuka started to cry.
While Saito is continously smashing and bashing here and there, he saw his photo albums. He opened the album and saw many pictures of he and Azumi having fun, having selfie, etc.
Tears started to come out of his eyes. He realized that he had done the most biggest mistake in his life: breaking up with Azumi just because she didn't tell him the secret. He then realizes that Azumi and only Azumi was his only true love but Azumi is dead and there's nothing he can do.
"Azumi..." Saito started to cry as his tears dropped on to the photo album.
"AZUMI! I REALLY NEED YOU! PLEASE COME BACK!" Saito cried, "OH GOD! WHY DID I EVER BREAK UP WITH HER?!"
"AZUMI! AZUMI!"
Present Day:
Azumi is really touched. Saito still remembered her all the time. With tears in her eyes, she holded Saito's hands.
"I'm really happy that you remembered me Saito." Azumi said happily.
"I always remember you Azumi." Saito smiled, "Even though you were gone."
"What happened next?"
"After that, I called the police. They came and I explained to them everything that I saw. The police thanked me and asked what I should do. I made a plan with the police
"What was the plan?"
"I filed a divorce case against her explaining the reasons behind it. The judge was quick to declare that I have the right to take Suzuka with me which made me and her very happy. All paperworks were done in a flash. All it required was her signature. The police also gave me a cheque of 100,000 yen for providing them information."
"What's your name, mommy?" Suzuka smiled.
"Azumi." Azumi smiled back before asking Saito, "Did they catch her?"
Saito nodded.
"It was a good thing that she was unaware of what I was doing as she was out for a day." Saito said, "The next day, she came home with a smile on her face but was shocked that almost everything was destroyed. I came and slammed the divorce papers on the table. She was shocked and asked why I am doing this. And surprise! The police sprang behind the windows and arrested her."
"It was then she realized that she was being watched and she pleaded for mercy but I refused. She did sign the divorce papers but asked about Suzuka. She was shell shocked when I told her about the judge already decided that I have the right to take Suzuka with me. I told her what I did when she was away which totally shattered her."
"Suzuka came and my now ex-wife tried to reconcile her but she turned her back and went straight towards me. She then called my ex-wife a devil."
"She is a devil, daddy!" Suzuka cried, "She wanted us dead."
"Looks like she was busted." Azumi giggled.
"Yeah. Other policemen had also arrested the other gang members. So she and others were taken in the police car." Saito said, "Two days later, the court sentenced them to life sentence for robbing many banks worth 2 million yen."
Azumi gasped. 2 million yen?! That's a lot of money!
"After that, we left her house and went to a new house. Today, me and Suzuka went to the park to cool our minds down after that incident. While walking, I saw you and I was shocked that you are alive but happy." Saito said.
"It's a long story." Azumi smiled.
"Daddy told me a lot about you." Suzuka said happily.
"Really?" Azumi asked.
Suzuka nodded.
"Azumi. I'm really sorry for breaking up with you." Saito said, "Please forgive me. If I had known her earlier, I would have still gone out with you even though you are keeping the secret from me. We would have been married and had spent the rest of our lives in happiness."
"It's okay Saito." Azumi said, "What really touched me was that you still remembered me even when I was gone and you were very brave tracing your ex-wife's activities."
"Thanks. Could you sign this paper which says that you will be my new and only wife so that they can be confirmed?"
"Sure. Give me your pen."
So Azumi signed the paper. After doing that, Suzuka danced in happiness.
"Finally! Our new mommy can spend some time with us." Suzuka said happily.
"Yeah. I'm so glad you are alive though I wonder how did that happen." Saito said.
Azumi jumped from the bench. She felt energized all of a sudden. Never did she thought that this day, she will reunite with her lover and be the new wife of Suzuka. She is extremely happy.
"Saito. I have made many new friends while you were not here." Azumi said happily.
"Really?" Saito asked.
"Yeah. You should meet them. Let's go." Azumi said as she grabbed Saito's and Suzuka's hands and they together they set off to Pearl Piari.
"Suzuka. Aren't you excited? You are going to meet new people." Saito smiled.
"I know daddy." Suzuka said happily, "Our new mommy is the BEST mommy ever!"
Pearl Piari:
"OMG! That was so sad." Gaito said sadly.
"I'm truly gutted to hear about it. Poor Azumi." Sara cried as she wiped off her tears.
What happened was that Nikora and Taki told Gaito and Sara what happened to Azumi as they were wondering why Azumi wasn't married yet. However, what truly shocked them was the part where Azumi committed suicide.
"But please don't blame Hippo-sama." Yuri pleaded, "He also..."
"Yeah we know." Gaito said, "His mom and her guardian were brutally killed by that Takashi."
"Who was her guardian at that time Hippo?" Sara asked.
"Her guardian is the mermaid princess name Miyu whom Azumi succeeded." Hippo said sadly.
Sara, Gaito, Yuri and Seira were shell-shocked!
"Well I must say that the pink mermaid princesses from North Pacific Ocean are having bad lucks." Gaito sighed.
"First Miyu getting killed by Takashi and then Azumi committed suicide because she saw the law in the book after her boyfriend broke up with her." Sara said sadly.
"But Luchia is lucky. She gets to keep Kaito." Seira said.
"True. Lucky her." Gaito said.
"I hate that Takashi beast! If only he wasn't there and Miyu could have fallen in love with someone else, then she and Hippo's mom could have been safe and Hippo would have been happy to tell Azumi about that law. Then Azumi could have revealed her true form to her boyfriend and they could have gotten married."
"True and I could have seen Hippo's mom if she was alive." Yuri said.
"Hippo. I have to say that you have got a pretty good memory." Gaito smirked.
"What do you mean by that, Gaito-sama?" Hippo asked.
"Normally it takes huge amount of time to memorize 200 mermaid laws but you did it in such a short time before you threw the book away."
Suddenly there was door knock.
"I wonder who could it be?" Nikora wondered as she opened the door.
It was none other than Taoki, Yukito, Naoki and Shizuro. Nikora was surprised that they came in the morning.
"So what brings you guys here?" Nikora asked.
"Azumi told us that she has some good news to tell us." Yukito said happily.
"So she told us to come here." Taoki said.
"She seems to be very excited about something." Naoki said.
"Yeah and she called and pleaded us to come here." Shizuro said.
Seira then got excited.
"Could it be that she finally reunited with her lover?" Seira asked happily.
"Highly unlikely." Gaito said.
"Yeah. Beside I bet he is living happily with his wife." Sara sighed.
"No. I believe it's possible." Yuri said.
"Are you sure?" Hippo asked.
"I'm sure."
Few minutes later Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito came. They are so excited to tell about school today.
"Guys. Today is the best school day in our lives!" Hanon said happily.
"Yukito? Naoki? Taoki? Shizuro? What are you doing here?" Luchia was surprised.
"I think it's better to tell about your best school day later." Taki said.
"They came here because Azumi has some really good news to say to all of us." Nikora said.
"Really?" Rina asked.
Gaito, Sara, Seira, Yuri and Hippo nodded.
"Then we will wait." Kaito said.
Everyone agreed. After a few minutes, there was a voice:
"Hey guys! Good thing you are here."
It was Azumi, who is holding hands with Saito.
"Uh who are you?" Nikora asked.
But then Nikora saw Yukito's, Naoki's and their husbands's shock faces which clearly means that they know him.
"OMG! Is that you?" Yukito gasped.
"It can't be!" Naoki was stunned.
Both Taoki and Shizuro exploded in happiness.
"Hey man! What's up?" Taoki said happily.
"It's been a while." Shizuro smiled.
"Hey Taoki and Shizuro! Long time no see!" Saito said happily, "How are you getting along with your wives?"
"Fine and always fine."
Luchia and others were shocked with what they just heard.
"Wait? You know him?" Luchia asked.
"Yep. He was also in the school you guys are now going." Azumi said.
"Wait! So that means..." Rina asked before she gasped.
"He was the one who dated Azumi?" Hanon gasped.
Azumi nodded with a smile. And then, Seira and Yuri danced happily.
"We knew it! We knew it!" Seira said happily, "We knew that someday Azumi would reunite with her lover."
"Yeah. What else do you think about why Azumi has become happy all off a sudden?" Yuri smiled.
"How did you find him?" Nikora asked.
"I was sitting on the bench when suddenly he saw me and I recognized him." Azumi said.
"Well who would have thought that at this day you would reunite with him?" Taki smiled.
"I know right? And I am so happy."
Kaito looked at Saito closely.
"OMG! You almost look just like me." Kaito gasped, "How thing's go man?"
"Perfectly fine." Saito smiled.
"He really does almost look like you." Luchia smiled, "Except that his hair is brown."
"And has pink eyes." Gaito giggled.
"Is there anything wrong with my eyes being pink?" Saito asked sternly.
"Uh..No. My eyes are pink too."
Everyone laughed.
"Then wait a second." Naoki asked, "What about your wife?"
"My wife? I divorced her!" Saito said.
"Divorced?" Everyone asked.
"She has done a horrible thing which I will tell you guys later."
"So just to make it simple." Yukito said, "You divorced her because she has done a very terrible thing, right?"
Saito nodded.
"Which means..." Taoki smiled.
"Welcome back man." Shizuro said happily.
Everyone cheered loudly.
"I'm so happy that you came back." Yukito said happily, "Welcome back."
"Brings back the good times the six of us used to have in school, right?" Naoki smiled.
They all nodded.
"Azumi. I'm so happy that you finally reunited with your lover after what you had to go through." Luchia said happily.
"Azumi. Congrats." Hanon said, "You seemed to be very happy."
"Well. Looks like you learned your lesson about not ditching the one you love. You paid the price for breaking up with Azumi." Rina said, "Hope you won't do it again."
"I won't." Saito said.
"Words cannot express how happy I am to see Azumi reuniting with him." Sara said as she wiped off her tears.
"Whoever you are, it's a pleasure to meet you." Hippo smiled and bowed.
"I never thought that this day would have come." Kaito said happily, "Best school day in our lives and seeing Azumi reuniting with her true love."
"Wow. Two miracles in a single day." Gaito said.
"Looks like all your terrible days are a past now." Taki said.
"Uh? Who is she behind you?" Seira asked.
Everyone looked at his daughter who is still hiding behind Saito because she is shy.
"Oh! She is my daughter." Saito smiled.
"Really? Can we see her?" Yuri asked.
"Sure. Come on dear. No need to be afraid."
And then Suzuka came out. She's still shy but with a smile on her face. The former and current mermaid squealed:
"Aww! She is soooo cute!"
"Would you look at her, Naoki?" Yukito said happily, "She is sooo cute."
"She sure is." Naoki smiled.
"Look at her. She even has pink hair." Hanon squealed.
"And brown eyes." Rina smiled.
"Mou. Why does every people I meet from my kingdom has pink hair?" Luchia whined.
"Tough Luck Luchia." Kaito said.
Everyone laughed.
"What's her name?" Nikora asked.
"Suzuka."
"Hey Suzuka. How about you and I can be friends?" Seira smiled at Suzuka.
"Me too! Me too!" Yuri said happily.
"Really? Thank you." Suzuka said happily.
So Seira, Suzuka and Yuri hold each other's hands and started singing in which everyone smiled. Suzuka then looked at Yukito and others and said:
"Daddy told me a lot about you when you were in school."
"Oh really? That's great." Yukito said happily.
"How about you tell us our names?" Taoki said.
Surprisingly, Suzuka was able to tell their names correctly.
"Wow! It seems that you do our names after all." Naoki smiled.
"I'm glad that you remembered us." Shizuro said.
"Thanks." Saito smiled, "Can I know the new ones?"
So everyone introduced themselves
"I'm Luchia Nanami."
"Hanon Hosho."
"Rina Toin."
"Kaito Domoto."
"Gaito Domoto."
"Nikora Nanami."
"Madame Taki."
"Hippo."
"Yuri."
"Sara."
"Seira."
Saito smiled.
"Well then. My name is..."
Before Saito could say anything, something appeared in his forehead. However no one saw it as Saito quickly covered it as he is groaning in pain. Suddenly everyone was worried.
"Oh man! Are you okay?" Taoki panicked.
"Don't panic dear. He seems to have a headache." Yukito said.
"Yeah. Headache does often happen." Naoki said.
"I have a feeling that this is more than a headache." Shizuro said.
"Daddy! Are you okay?" Suzuka cried as she panicked.
"Don't panic Suzuka. He will be fine." Azumi said.
"Your daddy will be alright. It seems that something is in his forehead." Seira said.
Sara then knelt down at Saito.
"It's okay. We will help you. Just show us what is in your forehead." Sara said.
"I...guess...so." Saito groaned in pain.
But when he did do, everyone was...
SUPER SHELL-SHOCKED!
"My God!" Kaito gasped.
"It can't be!" Gaito was shocked as well.
Me: Oh me Oh my! O.O. Why Kaito and Gaito are shocked? Find out in the next chapter.
Hotoshi: I'm so glad that our best pals have got girlfriends and we are left single.
Kazama *whining*: Wah! I wanna get a girlfriend too.
Me *smiling*: Don't worry Hotoshi and Kazama. You will get the chance.
Me: Anyway, Chapter 11 is coming soon.
Hotoshi and Kazama: And don't forget to review and like please.