Me: Well here it is everyone. Chapter 25 is here.
Nagisa *sighing*: Well after a long 4 chapter visit.
Masahiro: But the last 4 chapters were fun. The girls and others visited our home and did this and that staff.
*Me, Nagisa and Masahiro laughed.*
Nagisa: Anyway. Thank you all for reading, reviwing and liking Zahir890's story. He's such a proud man.
Masahiro: He does not own Mermaid Melody. Just the OCs.
Me: And now without further delay, let Chapter 25 begin.
Chapter 25: Meeting Animal Friends.
The next morning, Rina came with a smile on her face. Hanon and Luchia are eagarly waiting for her.
"Rina. You came." Luchia said happily.
"You look so happy Rina." Hanon said happily.
"Yeah. I had the best breakfast ever with them." Rina smiled.
"Really?" Luchia and Hanon said in excitement.
"Yeah. During breakfast, Shizuro told us about the funny things that he and Naoki did when they were teens."
"Tell us about it."
So Rina told Luchia and Hanon a few funny things Shizuro and Naoki did when they were teens in which Luchia and Hanon laughed.
"Wow. So funny." Luchia laughed.
Soon Kaito appeared.
"Oh hey Rina. You came." Kaito said.
"Yeah. Masahiro dropped me." Rina smiled, "I just had the best and funniest breakfast ever with them."
"Funniest?"
Rina told the same thing to Kaito and he laughed.
"Let's save our laughter for now." Hanon smiled, "Those two days were the greatest day on our lives."
"That's right." Rina smiled, "Visiting our boyfriends' home."
"I think we need to find our own place once me and Kaito get married." Luchia said.
"True." Kaito said, "But is there anything to do now?"
The girls shook their heads and sighed as they sat on the chairs.
1 hour later:
Everyone is having breakfast with Sarah joining them a few minutes ago. Luchia then told Sarah how she has fallen in love with Kaito when they were young and how Kaito was able to realize that the mermaid Luchia and human Luchia are the same person. Sarah is impressed.
"So it really is childhood love." Sarah smiled, "Though it took Kaito sometime to realize it."
"I know." Luchia said happily, "At least me and Kaito are together now."
"Didn't you know that you are a Panthalassa before?"
"Nope I didn't. It was only during our battle against Gaito that I realized it." Kaito said.
"Well I wish both of you can live happily but there is one problem."
Everyone was curious to hear what the problem is.
"The problem is that although you didn't attack our kingdom, your brother Gaito, Yuri and the other Dark Lovers did and some of our people have still not forgotton that incident. Also Gaito and Kaito are pronounced similarily except G and K." Sarah explained.
"So don't you think that you and Kaito might face some hostile reaction from our people because Kaito is a Panthalassa? At worst, they might even think that he was the mastermind behind the incident and planned it with his brother."
There was a shock among everyone but they immediately realized what Sarah is talking about.
"You Gaito! You Yuri!" Kaito said angrily, "You have made me a bad man."
"Well..." Gaito and Yuri whistled in which everybody laughed.
"Sarah is right." Nikora said, "It will be very hard, if not impossible, to convince others that Kaito is not a threat."
"Thank Goodness that you brought up that point, Sarah-san." Hippo said, "Otherwise, we might had face this problem."
"Now that's one big obstacle you have to face, Luchia." Taki said.
"Well there goes your chance of getting married with Kaito." Rina sadly said.
"Luchia. What are you going to do now?" Hanon asked sadly.
Luchia thought for a moment.
"Sarah. I'm glad that you entered into our lives." Luchia smiled, "It's true that I might face some hostile reaction because Kaito is a Panthlassa but don't worry, I will be able to calm them down because I am the Mermaid Princess."
"I think you will be able to do so in a full swift." Sarah said.
Everyone smiled at Sarah. Then they sat on the chairs and began to think the two awesome days they had.
"The two days we had are one of our best time in our lives." Luchia said happily, "Visiting Nagisa's house and Hamasaki-san's mansion."
"True. We have discovered so many things about them and their parents." Hanon said happily, "And our boyfriends' room! My God!"
"And we discovered so many things that was totally unknown to us." Rina smiled.
"Like DVDs and CDs." Seira said happily.
"And we also watch the movies they like." Sarah smiled, "Most of them are really good."
"And we played their video games." Kaito said happily.
"And looked at their photo albums." Sara smiled.
"We also looked at the parents' and their room." Nikora said, "And those rooms are really impressive."
"And on Yukito's house, we discovered another law which had shocked us all." Taki said.
"And we even read their diaries." Maki said.
"As well as who their sea animal friends are." Yuri said happily.
"Then the boys came, had dinner with us and Hanon-san and Rina-san stayed with their respective boyfriends." Hippo said.
Everyone nodded and smiled.
"And food fight." Gaito said in which everybody laughed loudly.
"Do you have any date with the boys today?" Nikora asked.
"Nope. Not really." Hanon said, "Besides let's rest for today because we have school tommorow."
"You are right. We will meet them there." Rina said.
Everyone agreed to stay in Pearl Piari for today.
The next day at school:
Luchia, Hanon, Rina, Kaito and Seira are walking to Seira's class, the first years class, when they saw Nagisa and Hotoshi are discussing something. They could also see Nagisa wearing two aqua wrist bands.
"I'm having a feeling that Kaito could be also a part of the Panthalassa clan." Hotoshi said slowly.
"Really? How so?" Nagisa asked curiously.
Luchia and Kaito gasped for a moment. What if right now Hotoshi sees them?
"Kaito. Let's look at them somewhere." Luchia said, "Hotoshi-kun is now discussing about you."
"Oh man. That does not look good." Kaito gulped.
"Nagisa knows about it but he can't tell straight away to him that Kaito is innocent." Hanon said.
"True and if he does that, Hotoshi might suspect him and us." Seira said.
"Let's see what Hotoshi has to say." Rina said.
They then bent down to hear their conversation.
"The thing is that when I first met Kaito with Luchia, I thought that names could be similar to Gaito except a K and a G." Hotoshi said.
"So are you going to confront Kaito about this?" Nagisa asked.
"Ohhhh Noooo. For two reasons. One is that if I confront Kaito about this, him and his friends will suspect that how in the world do I know about these Panthalassa stuffs. And second, I think Kaito is innocent and I don't see him doing something evil. Gaito, Sara and Yuri aren't anything doing something fishy as well."
"So what are you going now?"
"Well. Me and Kazama thought that if they remain like this for half a week, then we might conclude that these three have changed."
When they heard about it, Kaito, Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Seira smiled at them.
"Kaito. Hotoshi-kun thinks that you are innocent." Luchia said happily.
"I know and I am glad." Kaito smiled.
"And not only that, Kazama-san and Hotoshi will not spy on them anymore." Hanon said happily.
"Gaito, Sara and Yuri will be all sigh in relief when we tell them the news." Rina smiled.
"Look. Hotoshi is about to say some more." Seira said.
They then continue to hear what Hotoshi is saying.
"But I'm not forgiving that guy who started the whole madness." Hotoshi said angrily.
"Wait? You mean...?" Nagisa asked.
"That's right! Without saying a word, he ditched Sara! Sara was totally heartbroken and she went berserk because he betrayed her! So Sara is not the one responsible, that guy is the one responsible! Wait till I catch him!"
"But he is in overseas."
"When he comes back, he has a lot of explaining to do."
A sudden gasp occurred around Luchia, Hanon, Rina, Kaito and Seira. Hanon is shock because she clearly knows who 'that guy' Hotoshi is referring too.
"I better head to the toilet. Class is starting soon." Hotoshi said as he rushed to the toilet.
As soon as Hotoshi is gone, Luchia, Hanon, Rina, Kaito and Seira came out from their hiding place and met Nagisa.
"Ohaiyo Nagisa-kun!" Luchia greeted cheerfully, "Those are really nice wrist bands you have."
"Thanks." Nagisa smiled, "One is from you, Kaito, and another is from..."
"...Azumi." Kaito said.
Nagisa was surprised.
"How did you know about that?" Nagisa asked.
"We went to Masahiro's mansion 2 days ago." Rina said, "During dinner, Masahiro took out two green wrist bands in which the left one was given by Azumi. Masahiro could have thanked Azumi earlier but he couldn't do so because Azumi was gone at that time. So he finally thanked her."
"Oh yeah. Masahiro told me about that."
"Saito then said that you went to his house, thanked Azumi, stayed there for a while and left." Hanon said happily.
"And that's how I saw you guys walking with Masahiro."
"You didn't really have to push yourself going all the way to Saito's house to thank Azumi. You could have talked to her on the phone." Seira said.
"But I really want to thank Azumi face to face. If Azumi was alive at that time, I could have thanked her earlier but that didn't happen."
The four of them smiled at Nagisa. Soon the bell rang and all the other students are coming in. Seira then sat beside Nagisa.
"Well Seira. We will see you soon." Hanon said.
Seira nodded with a smile as Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Kaito left. Hotoshi soon came and joined Nagisa and Seira after Seira greeted him. Sarah then came and began the class with a smile. Everyone is now liking Sarah's class.
While the four others are going to their own classrooms, they became very worried.
"Well that doesn't look good for Mitsuki Taro." Kaito said.
"True. Hotoshi-kun and his parents think Mitsuki is the one responsible for Gaito's destruction in the sea world." Luchia said.
"And they even found the missing link even though they didn't come to Pearl Piari and had the discussion we had with Nagisa, Hamasaki-san and their parents." Hanon said, "So this could mean one thing."
"And what could that be?" Rina asked.
"If Hotoshi is actually the son of a South Pacific Mermaid, then it must mean that his mother must be Coco's closest friend and Coco might have shared some of her secrets with his mother."
"True. Otherwise who would know that who is responsible for what."
"Let's keep quite for now and discuss it with Sara and others." Kaito said in which the girls nodded.
"Speaking about that, we see Kazama-san and Hamasaki-san." Luchia said happily.
They saw Masahiro and Kazama laughing and chatting. As always, the four friends giggled and walked slowly in such a way that yet again, they are in front of Kazama and Masahiro without the boys noticing.
"Mirror Mirror on my hand. Who is the most beautiful mermaid princess of them all?" Kazama sang, "Kazama. The Arctic Mermaid Princess is the most beautiful mermaid princess of them all."
"Did you hear that Masahiro? The mirror says Arctic Princess. Yahoo!" Kazama said happily.
"You and your mirror are biased." Masahiro said, "I think North Atlantic Princess is the most beautiful mermaid princess of them all."
"Aww. Thank You Masahiro." Rina thought and smiled.
Luchia, Kaito, Hanon and Rina giggled as Kazama and Masahiro are about to argue in 'Duck Season/Wabbit Season' style.
"That, pal, is an in-mitigated frab-rication." Kazama said, "It's the Arctic Princess."
"North Atlantic Princess." Masahiro said.
"Arctic Princess."
"North Atlantic Princess."
"Arctic Princess."
"North Atlantic Princess."
"Arctic Princess!"
"Arctic Princess."
"North Atlantic Princess!"
"Arctic Princess."
"I say North Atlantic Princess is the most beautiful mermaid princess of them all and that's final."
And with that, Kazama crossed his arms and put his legs on the table while Masahiro is smiling. Behind them, Luchia, Kaito, Hanon and Rina almost burst into laughter and started to whisper to each other.
"Did you just see what they did just now?" Luchia whispered and giggled.
"Yeah. Duck Season! Wabbit Season!" Hanon whispered back.
"Lol! Masahiro cleverly said Arctic Princess so that Kazama can admit that I am the most beautiful mermaid princess." Rina said slowly and giggled.
"Let's hear some more." Kaito said slowly in which the girls nodded.
"Masahiro. Do you think sometimes evil can turn into good?" Kazama asked.
"Well in some cases." Masahiro said, "But why ask?"
"Well as far as we observed, I don't think Gaito, Yuri and Sara are doing something fishy right now so maybe they have changed for good."
"So I guess you should drop your spying thing then."
"After a few days."
Kazama then grabbed two cans of Fanta from his bag and gave one of it to Masahiro. Then they opened their cans.
"Cheers." Both Masahiro and Kazama smiled after they brofisted their cans and started drinking.
"Can we have some as well?" Rina called from behind.
"Yeah but I only have one. Better share it with your friends." Kazama said as he was about to give it but then suddenly..., "Hey! Wait a minute!"
Kazama and Masahiro turned around and saw Kaito, Luchia, Hanon and Rina smiling at them.
"Ohaiyo Kazama-san and Hamasaki-san!" Luchia greeted them cheerfully.
"Sufferin Succotash!" Kazama gasped.
Kazama then got up for a moment and stared at them with utter disbelieve in his eyes.
"Like this is the third time I have seen you guys without us noticing." Kazama said in shock, "Now I'm certain you pulled out some magic tricks!"
"We don't really have and don't know any magic tricks, Kazama." Kaito said.
"Oh really? How about you take of your boots and shoes and let me see if you are lying or not."
So Kaito, Luchia, Hanon and Rina took out their shoes and boots and gave it to Kazama, who looked at the shoes and boots again and again.
"It seems they are normal." Masahiro said, "Nothing special involved."
"Satisfied now?" Hanon asked smiling.
"Who are you people?!" Kazama whined in which everybody laughed.
Kazama gave back the shoes and boots.
"So yeah. You want it also, do you?" Kazama asked in which Luchia and others gladly nodded, "I only have one."
So Kazama tossed a can of Fanta to Kaito. But before they could drink it, the bell rang and students are starting to come one by one. Soon Sarah also appeared.
"I think you can drink it later." Masahiro said.
"I was also thinking the same thing." Rina smiled.
Afternoon at Maki's beach cafe:
Everyone is busy working at the beach cafe because there are a lots of foreign customers there. What happened was that after school, Luchia and others went straight to the beach cafe instead to Pearl Piari because Nikora told them early in the morning before they head of to school.
"Mou. Sarah is not here." Luchia said sadly.
"Come on Luchia. Sarah might be in your kingdom now." Kaito said.
"True. Sarah deserves a rest after all the English teaching she did on our class and the first years class."
1 hour later:
"Woo. That was really tiring." Hanon sighed.
"It sure is but in the end, many of them are really happy and thanked us." Rina smiled.
"Well it looks like my cafe will be so popular that it might get the first prize." Maki said in which everyone giggled.
"True. Most of them are foreigners." Taki said.
"Speaking about that, what did you in school today?" Nikora asked.
"Well first of all the good news." Seira said.
Then they told the good news in school which is Kazama and Hotoshi are considering dropping Gaito, Sara and Yuri on their watch list in a few days. Everybody cheered.
"Finally! Hotoshi and Kazama finally realized it." Gaito said in joy.
"That's great. I feel relived." Yuri said happily.
"But what about Karen-san and others?" Hippo asked.
"Maybe their moms didn't tell them because they might be afraid that Coco and others might not believe them." Sara said.
"I'm still not certain that they could be the sons of the mermaid despite all the discovery you made about them." Maki said.
"It could be the fact they could be the sons of the former mermaid princesses." Taki said happily in which everybody laughed.
"Anyway. Now we have a really funny news to tell." Rina smiled.
Then they told the funny news in which Masahiro and Kazama were arguing in 'Duck Season/Wabbit Season.' style about who's the most beautiful mermaid princess in which everyone roared in laughter.
"Lol! Now it's happening even in school." Gaito laughed.
"Duck Season! Wabbit Season!" Yuri jumped happily.
"But just you and Noel?" Nikora asked.
"Yeah." Rina smiled.
"And Hamasaki-san fooled Kazama-san by reversing the flow leading to Kazama admitting that Rina is the most beautiful mermaid princess." Hanon said happily.
"So in short, Hamasaki-san is Bugs and Kazama-san is Daffy." Seira said in which everybody laughed.
"Wow. No wonder Masahiro really likes that scene and another one." Sara smiled.
"He might be fooled but Masahiro won't be able to fool me." Kaito proudly said.
"It depends whether you can outwit him yourself or not." Hippo said in which everybody nodded.
"Well maybe the next time you go to school, you will see these two boys having pronoun trouble arguments." Maki laughed.
"Anymore news?" Taki asked.
"Yes Taki. This news is a really serious news." Luchia said.
Everyone was curious to hear what the serious news is and when Luchia told them, everyone is shocked!
"What! You are saying that the Shidou family are gunning against Mitsuki Taro?!" Sara gasped.
"Yep because they think that he is responsible for all the destruction you and Gaito have caused because he left without telling you anything." Luchia said.
"What's more surprising is that they have found that reason even though we don't know them and we hadn't discuss this issue with them." Nikora said.
"So it must mean that Hotoshi is actually the son of a South Pacific Mermaid." Maki said.
"And Coco must have shared some of her secrets with his mom." Hanon said.
"Which means his mom must be Coco's closest friend." Rina said.
"So you are saying that Hotoshi's mom is also Coco's friend aside from me?" Sara asked.
"Probably yeah." Gaito said, "So you and Hotoshi's mom are Coco's closest friends."
"So if that's true, why can't his mom simply tell Coco that she has a son?" Seira asked happily, "He has yellow eyes and hair as well."
"Probably for the fact that Coco-san is 15 years old and Hotoshi is only 13." Yuri said.
"Or maybe she doesn't want to put her son in danger." Maki said.
Everyone thought that and agreed.
"But this is a really serious issue." Kaito said, "No one knows when Mitsuki will come back."
"Well all we can hope right now is that we can meet Hotoshi's parents before Taro comes." Taki said, "Or else the situation might be worse."
Everyone nodded.
Evening:
"Can we go and relax under the sea?" Luchia pleaded.
"You may but don't go too far." Nikora said.
"I'll stay here." Kaito said, "You girls go ahead."
Luchia, Hanon, Rina and Seira got excited as they ran outside the cafe and they jumped onto the sea, changing into their mermaid forms.
"Can we take out our shell lockets?" Seira asked.
"No! You will drown!" Luchia, Hanon and Rina said in panic.
The four of them begin to swim around peacefully.
"Isn't it nice to swim around without anyone interrupting us?" Luchia smiled.
"True. No water demons." Hanon said happily.
"No Black Beauty Sisters." Rina smiled.
"And no enemies to deal with." Seira said happily.
They then continue to swim around when suddenly they heard voices:
"Wow! I'm so glad that you are able to meet Luna again after a long time."
"Thanks Sarah. Me and Luna are having a one hell of a ride!"
When they realized those voices, the girls gasped.
"Sarah!" Luchia exclaimed.
"Masahiro!" Rina exclaimed.
"Luna!" Hanon exclaimed.
"This could only mean one thing..." Seira gasped.
The four mermaids then swam as fast as they could, following their voices. When they reached the scene, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Sarah was patting at Luna, who is so happy. Masahiro, in his Sea Prince Form, is at his back.
"Luna and Hamasaki-san have reunited!" Luchia said happily.
"Oh hi Luchia. It's really a good thing you came here." Sarah smiled.
The four mermaids swam towards Luna and started patting him.
"After such a long time." Hanon said happily.
"I bet you got excited when you saw Luna, didn't you?" Rina smiled.
"Of course!" Masahiro exclaimed, "After 5-6 years, I'm finally able to see him."
"You seem so happy, Luna." Seira said in which Luna nodded with a big smile on his face.
"I was swimming around and thought of meeting you in Pearl Piari when suddenly I bumped into Luna and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Masahiro on his back." Sarah said.
"Masahiro. How were you able to meet Luna?" Rina asked in which Masahiro explained.
Flashback:
Masahiro was sitting down on the beach, lost in thoughts. He thought he could kill some time enjoying the green scenario but there are many people walking here and there on the beach and, as he later found out seconds later, he didn't bring his Mermaid of Love Locket.
"Better go for a swim I guess." Masahiro said to himself.
Making sure that no one is noticing him, he jumped into the sea. He is now in his sea prince form.
Masahiro then swam around for a moment when suddenly he bumped into a green whale.
"Oh I'm sorry." Masahiro apologized.
But when he looked at the green whale properly, he couldn't believe his eyes! The green whale also looked at Masahiro in shock as well.
"No way. You must be..." Masahiro gasped.
Masahiro and the whale soon realized each other and their shocked turned into joy.
"LUNA!" Masahiro said happily as he hugged the whale.
Luna was so happy about seeing Masahiro and he started making happy sounds. Masahiro patted Luna.
"After a long time, I finally got to see you." Masahiro said happily in which Luna nodded happily.
Masahiro looked at Luna for a while. Nothing has changed for Luna.
"So you still are the same Luna I used to ride on your back." Masahiro smiled in which Luna nodded happily.
"How did you do? Did you enjoy yourself when my mom was in her kingdom?"
Luna nodded happily in which Masahiro smiled. Masahiro then sat on Luna's back.
"Well then after a long time, we can finally ride again." Masahiro said happily, "Let's go Luna."
Luna immediately started to swim. Masahiro almost fell down at first but somehow managed to sit on it.
"Yee-Ha!" Masahiro said happily as he and Luna started to have a fun ride again after such a long time.
Present:
"I'm really glad that you were able to see each other again." Rina smiled as she patted Luna.
"Are you going to tell your mom about it?" Hanon asked in excitement.
"Of course he will tell his mom about it." Luchia said, "He's so happy."
"Can I ride with you?" Seira asked in excitement.
"Seira. Let them be themselves for sometime." Sarah said, "It has been a long time since Masahiro last rode on Luna's back.
"But where are you going by the way?" Rina asked.
"To your kingdom." Masahiro smiled, "Hope you don't mind."
"No worries. You are always welcome to do so. Looks like you are gonna have lots of fun."
"Thanks Rina. I'm glad you girls got to see us together again. Come on Luna, let's have a one hell of a ride."
Luna nodded happily as he began to swim again.
"Enjoy the ride!" Rina called as Luna and Masahiro slowly disappeared.
"If we can see Naoki, we will certainly tell her the news." Luchia said happily.
"And others." Sarah smiled.
The four other girls nodded as they began swimming again. While they are swimming, they suddenly saw a blue shark swimming towards them. The shark stared at them for a moment.
The shark's top part is in dark sea blue color while it's bottom part is in light blue color. Its eyes are in dark blue. Some of his sharp teeth could be seen. When the girls looked at him, they gasped.
"That must be the shark we saw in the picture frame in Nagisa-kun's room." Luchia said.
"Setsuki I suppose." Rina said.
"Wah! He looks so cute." Seira squealed.
"No doubt he must be a South Atlantic Shark." Sarah said.
"He was also a part time messenger when Yukito was a ruler." Hanon said.
Setsuki slowly approached them and looked at each of them. The girls are a bit nervous and their sweat is coming out. When Setsuki saw Hanon's aqua shell locket, he smiled and bowed.
"Well it seems that he does recognize you as the princess, Hanon." Luchia smiled.
The girls sighed in relief as Hanon patted Setsuki. Then, much to the girl's surprise, Setsuki wrote with the pen using his pectoral fins on a plain signboard and showed it to them:
"Are you the Mermaid Princess who succeeded Yukito?"
"Why yes Setsuki. I am." Hanon smiled, "I'm Hanon Hosho."
"I'm Luchia Nanami, Mermaid Princess of North Pacific Ocean." Luchia said.
"Rina Toin, Mermaid Princess of North Atlantic Ocean." Rina said.
"Seira, Mermaid Princess of Indian Ocean." Seira said.
"Sarah, Mermaid from North Pacific." Sarah said.
The shark smiled and bowed.
"Setsuki. Do you use signboards to give messages to Yukito?" Hanon asked in which Setsuki nodded.
"Well that made me easy for Yukito to understand what Setsuki is trying to say." Rina said.
Setsuki bowed for a moment before swimming again. Hanon then immediately realized for a moment.
"Setsuki. Wait!" Hanon called out.
"Hanon. Let's follow him." Luchia said.
"True but we have to follow him slowly or else he might think that we are spies." Rina said.
"And his eyes will be red." Seira gulped.
"Let's go then." Sarah said.
The five mermaids nodded and together they slowly followed Setsuki.
Setsuki is just swimming around. When he lifted his head just to see what is going on in the beach, he saw someone familiar. When Setsuki realized him, he got excited and then swam almost immediately to meet him.
Nagisa is relaxing on the beach and just thought that he wanted to swim when he saw a dark sea blue color dorsal fin coming towards him.
"Hmm. Who could that be?" Nagisa thought before suddenly realized, "Wait. Could it be...?
Then emerging his head from the water is non other than Setsuki who smiled at him. Nagisa stared at him for a moment but then he is beaming with joy.
"Oh My God Setsuki! It's so great to see you!" Nagisa said happily as he hugged Setsuki.
Setsuki gave a big smile, showing his shing sharp teeth to Nagisa.
"Still the same shiny teeth, eh?" Nagisa laughed in which Setsuki nodded.
"Did you enjoy yourself when my mom came to the kingdom?"
Setsuki nodded happily in which Nagisa smiled. Setsuki then wrote something on the signboard and show it to Nagisa:
"Had plenty of fun with your mom. How do you do?"
"Yeah. I'm fine as well." Nagisa smiled.
Nagisa then started to playfully rub Setsuki's head. They enjoyed themselves for a moment.
"Well what do you know? Nagisa-kun and Setsuki are together again." A voice said happily.
Nagisa and Setsuki looked at the direction where the voice came from. It's Luchia, Hanon, Rina, Seira and Sarah, all smiling at him as they approached them.
"Wait? How?!..." Nagisa was a bit surprised but then he realised, "Oh I get it. You saw the picture frame of me and him when you explored my room, didn't you?"
"We sure did." Luchia smiled, "When we first saw him right now under the sea, we realized that it's Setsuki because we saw him in the picture frame and he exactly looks like it."
"Hope he didn't give you a scare because he's got a complex personality."
"Setsuki first approached us slowly and when he saw my shell locket, he smiled." Hanon said happily.
"And that moment came after we saw Masahiro and Luna together again." Rina smiled.
"Wait! Masahiro was able to see Luna?!" Nagisa gasped.
"Yep. After a long time." Sarah smiled.
"So now we have met your animal friends." Seira said happily.
Everyone began to pat Setsuki when a few minutes later, Kaito and others appeared.
"Looks like you came a bit quicker than ex..." Nikora was about to say 'expected' but when she and others saw Setsuki, they all gasped.
"Is that Setsuki?!" Kaito gasped.
"It is. It really is." Maki said happily.
"When did you see him?" Yuri asked.
"Just now." Nagisa said.
"And not only that, we saw Hamasaki-san and Luna together as well." Luchia smiled.
"What! Dang, I should have joined you guys." Sara rued.
"Where is Hamasaki-san and Luna then?" Hippo asked.
"They are off to have a merry go around my kingdom." Rina smiled.
"But I thought they did that before." Gaito said.
"And now they are doing again." Hanon said.
"Well then everyone, shall we introduce ourselves to Setsuki?" Taki asked.
"We introduced ourselves to him." Sarah said, "You go ahead."
"I'm so excited." Seira said in excitement.
So everyone has introduced themselves to Setsuki, who smiled at each and every one of them but when it came to this...
"I'm Yuri." Yuri said.
"And I'm Gaito." Gaito said.
All off a sudden, Setsuki's eyes have turned into red and he started to launch towards them but then everyone pushed him back. Setsuki is growling and started to open and close his mouth at a rapid pace.
"Whoa Setsuki. Take it easy." Nagisa tried to calm Setsuki down.
"He looks pretty angry when he saw you guys." Luchia said.
"Whoa! So that's how Setsuki acts if his eyes are red." Kaito said.
"Setsuki. They have changed." Hippo cried out.
"Hippo. You might have that to him." Hanon said, "Setsuki won't believe that in one line."
"So that means he still consider you two as bad people." Rina said.
"Well at least he didn't go against me." Sara said in relief.
"So how, it reminds us about that water demon whom we defeated recently." Seira said.
"A he or she?" Sarah asked.
"A he. And he was the most angriest water demon we had ever meet." Nikora said.
"Thankfully with Saito's and other's help, we were able to defeat him." Taki said.
"Looks like he still wants to eat you." Maki said.
Yuri and Gaito got frightened all off a sudden.
"Oh! Now I remember what happened!" Yuri exclaimed.
Everyone then turned towards Yuri.
"What happened?" Gaito asked.
Flashback:
Under the sea, the Dark Lovers are discussing how to capture the remaining mermaid princess.
"These three mermaid princesses are always outwitting us." Izuru growled.
"If we don't catch them, we will never be able to win Gaito-sama's heart." Eriru cried.
"If we can't beat them face to face then we have to kidnap them in such a way that these princesses won't realize anything till they wake up in Gaito-sama's castle." Maria said.
"Hey! Look at that!" Yuri said as she pointed out a figure approaching them.
The figure is none other than a shark, who comes by the name Setsuki. He looked at them for a moment.
"It's a shark." Eriru said.
"What the hell does he want?" Izuru asked, "Do you want to join us?"
"Maybe if we can allow him to join us, then we can use him to capture the remaining mermaid princesses." Maria smiled.
"Uh. It doesn't seem like he wants to join." Yuri gulped.
Setsuki saw them for a minute when suddenly he remembers that they and Gaito went rampage around the kingdom. When he remembered that, his eyes instantly turned red and is grinning in anger.
"It seems that he might be a shark from the South Atlantic Ocean." Izuru sighed.
"If you want to fight, so bring it!" Eriru dared.
"Four vs One?! You have absolutely no chance against us, ." Maria taunted.
"Come on girls. Let's attack!" Yuri shouted.
Setsuki charged towards them as the Dark Lovers began to use their powers to attack him: Maria used her power to make and/or manipulate ice and snow, Izuru used her power to control waves and marine beasts and use it to create dragons from water, Eriru attacked with black, wavy, energy arrows and Yuri uses her piano to try to control Setsuki.
But to the Dark Lovers' shock, Setsuki dodged all the attacks and swatted Yuri like a fly with his tail before she could do anything. The Dark Lovers are shell shocked!
"He's not a normal shark! He's a dangerous shark!" Izuru cried.
"Where did he come from?!" Maria was shocked.
"Retreat! Retreat! He's gonna eat us alive!" Eriru cried.
The Dark Lovers retreated but Setsuki grabbed Yuri's hair with his sharp teeth and started pulling her.
"Ah! Let go of me!" Yuri cried.
"YURI!" The other Dark Lovers shrieked in horror.
Maria again used her ice power attack and Setsuki dodged it but in doing so, lost his grip on Yuri and Yuri was freed. The Dark Lovers swam back in full retreat with Setsuki chasing them. Minutes later, Setsuki slowed down because he knew that he had lost them and rued himself for it. So the Dark Lovers were safe from Setsuki's wrath...at least for now.
Present Day:
"WHOA!" Some are in awe, some shocked, etc after hearing Yuri's story.
"No wonder I was wondering why you came back to my castle with a frightened expression on your's and other's face." Gaito said.
"So it looks like Setsuki is not a normal shark everyone thought off." Sara said.
"That was really incredible. He managed to dodge every attacks and was close to pulling Yuri's hair." Luchia said.
"Had Setsuki have totally eaten Yuri alive, it could have weakened the Dark Lovers." Hanon said happily.
"Hey!" Yuri whined in which everybody laughed.
"But on the bad side, Hippo might never be able to see her again." Rina said.
"Nagisa. When the palace was destroyed, did Setsuki informed her?" Kaito asked.
"Yep. Setsuki called my mom when she was on the beach. He then showed her his drawing of a broken palace and Dark Lovers and Gaito laughing evily. It was then she realized what happened to the kingdom." Nagisa said.
"It would be interesting to know how Luna was able to inform Naoki about it." Sarah said.
"Had we known Setsuki before, it could had been much easier for us." Nikora said.
"But to know Setsuki, we had to know about Nagisa and his mom first." Taki said.
"It looks like his eyes are still red and he wants to have a piece of Yuri and Gaito." Maki said.
Hippo slowly then approached Setsuki, whose eyes are still red.
"Setsuki. I understand you still have hatred against Yuri-san and Gaito because of their previous actions but can you listen to me for a momemt?" Hippo asked.
Setsuki nodded and listened to what Hippo has to say.
Hippo began telling about the events: How he has fallen in love with Yuri, how Gaito's, Sara's and the Dark Lover's fate was sealed, the discussion they had with Nagisa, Masahiro and their parents about why Gaito and Sara did it, etc.
After hearing what Hippo said, Setsuki looked at Gaito and Yuri before he wrote on the signboard and showed it to them:
"I understand your explanation but about the others?"
"Setsuki's right." Luchia said, "Our people don't know about the events that had happened."
"As well as Coco, Noel and Karen." Hanon said.
"And also..." Kaito was about to say 'Kazama and Hotoshi' but he didn't want to bring up that issue in front of Nagisa so he kept his mouth shut.
"Well Gaito and Yuri. It looks like you owe Hippo a thanks." Nagisa said as Setsuki's eyes turned back into dark blue.
"Well he understands the reason now." Rina said.
"Hey look!" Seira pointed at the sea in which lots of bubbles could be seen.
Soon Masahiro emerged as well as Luna.
"Yo people!" Masahiro smiled.
Everyone gasped.
"Is that Luna?" Nikora asked.
"He's so green!" Seira squealed.
"Yep. That's him alright." Rina smiled, "Had a fun ride, Masahiro?"
"You bet we did." Masahiro said happily, "Still the same awesome palace."
"Wow!"
"Hey Masahiro. Glad to see that you reunited with Luna." Nagisa smiled.
"And I'm glad to see you reunited with Setsuki." Masahiro said happily.
Setsuki and Luna smiled at each other and high-fived each other with their tails.
"Well it seems that they do know each other very well." Sara smiled.
"Hamasaki-san, after we met you and Luna, Setsuki approached us and bowed when he saw our shell lockets." Hanon said happily.
"Well at least he didn't go berserk against you guys." Masahiro said.
"But he did against Gaito and Yuri." Luchia said.
"Yeah and Yuri told us how Setsuki single handandly scared The Dark Lovers." Kaito said.
"And I had to explain it to him." Hippo said.
"Well now you can say that Setsuki is an one-shark army." Nagisa teased in which everybody laughed.
"What a day this is turning out to be." Sarah smiled, "Not only the boys have reunited with their animal friends but we are able to see them together as well."
"So why not we introduce ourselves to Luna?" Taki asked.
Everyone nodded as they introduced themselves to Luna. However, the surprising part came that when Gaito and Yuri introduced themselves nervously, Luna didn't get mad unlike Setsuki.
"Why Luna didn't get mad?!" Maki was surprised.
Luna then started making sounds in which Luchia, Hanon and Rina could understand. The three girls then gasped.
"Luna said that Naoki told her about what happened to Gaito, Sara and Yuri recently." Rina said.
"Wait! So that means?!" Gaito gasped.
"Oops. Looks like my mom forgot to tell Setsuki about it." Nagisa sighed as he continued to pat on Setsuki's head.
"Nagisa!" Yuri cried.
"What?! Why me?! What did I do?!"
"You can't just blame him or Yukito just because Setsuki was not aware of it." Hanon sighed.
Everyone laughed for a moment.
"Setsuki and Luna, messengers of the former mermaid princesses, it's really a pleasure to meet you." Hippo smiled.
Luna and Setsuki smiled at him. Setsuki wrote something on the signboard and showes it to him:
"What about you and Luchia?"
"I'm her guardian." Hippo said.
"Oh! Speaking about sea animal friends, what about you Luchia-chan?" Masahiro asked.
"Well I have messengers whose names are..." Luchia was about to say their names.
Suddenly they heard dolphin sounds approaching them. Soon they jumped in the air and landed on the water and then they rose their heads on the water.
"Momo and Momo-chan!" Luchia said happily.
"So that's their names." Masahiro said.
"Yep. Just to avoid the confusion, Momo-chan is Momo's mother." Rina smiled.
"So they are your animal friends, right?" Nagisa asked.
"They are her messengers." Hanon sad happily.
"At one point, they got seperated and me, Luchia, Hanon and Rina got them back together again." Kaito said.
"Momo, Momo-chan. Meet Nagisa, who is the son of the former mermaid princess of the South Atlantic Ocean, and his animal friend Setsuki." Luchia said, "Also meet Hamasaki-san, who is the son of the former mermaid princess of the North Atlantic Ocean, and his animal friend Luna."
The dolphins then greeted them in which everybody smiled.
"So now we have three animal friends." Taki said.
"Four you mean." Nikora said, "Momo-chan."
"Look. It seems like the dolphin wants to tell them something." Maki said.
The dolphins then began to speak to Luchia. Luchia understood.
"Guys. It seems that Momo and Momo-chan have found a new friend." Luchia smiled.
"Who could that be?" Sarah asked.
All of a sudden a pink haired girl appeared all off a sudden. Everyone realized her and gasped.
"Woo! Now that was a fun ride." Suzuka sighed.
"SUZUKA!" Everyone gasped.
"Oh hi guys. Had a really nice swim with them."
"Oh wow! Momo and Momo-chan are your animal friends." Seira said happily.
"It looks like you know them very well."
"They are my messengers." Luchia smiled.
"Mummy told me about it."
"I know them very well as well." Kaito said.
"How did you meet them?" Sarah asked.
"Well I was swimming around when I suddenly met them. They thought that I'm the mermaid from North Pacific and they got so excited."
"Well you are because you are now the daughter of the former mermaid princess, Azumi." Nikora smiled.
"And the fact that your hair is pink unlike Luchia." Gaito teased.
"Hey!" Luchia whined in which everybody laughed.
"What a day it is really turning out to be." Maki said.
"Would you tell your mother about it?" Taki asked.
"Of course I will certainly will." Suzuka said happily.
"Well it now looks like we are now all together a big family." Hippo smiled.
"With the former mermaid and their husbands of course." Yuri said.
Suzuka turned around and when she looked at Masahiro, Luna, Nagisa and Setsuki, she gasped.
"Is that Setsuki?" Suzuka gasped.
"Yep that's him." Nagisa smiled, "Setsuki, she is Suzuka."
"And Luna?"
"Why yes. Luna is his name." Masahiro smiled, "Seems like you knew about it when you explored our rooms."
"We sure did. Wow! This is awesome! When did you meet them after such a long time?!"
"Minutes ago." Both boys said.
"Isn't this day becoming so awesome?!" Hanon asked happily.
"It sure is." Rina smiled, "Not only our boyfriends have reunited with them after such a long time but also we are able to see both of them being together."
"My heart just can't stop beating at a moment." Luchia said.
"So Suzuka. What did you do when you met them?" Sarah asked.
"We had a fun ride and we even entered the palace." Suzuka said happily.
Everyone looked at her in shock.
"You entered the palace?!" Everyone gasped.
"Well yeah. Is there a problem with that?"
"No. No problem. I think they don't mind because you are a mermaid." Nikora said.
"So what about the boys?" Taki asked.
Everyone looked at Nagisa and Masahiro who are whistling.
"Didn't you even go inside when you were young?" Kaito asked.
Nagisa and Masahiro whistled for a moment then shook their heads with a sigh.
"I think because all of the population in the palace are mermaids so they might thought that they might face rebellion from the mermaids." Rina said, "So they might have explored outside the palace."
"I feel sorry for you boys." Hanon sadly said.
Silence occured for a moment.
"OH MAN!" Nagisa and Masahiro whined in which everybody laughed.
"If we have a camera right now, we could have taken a photo right now." Maki sighed.
Me: Yep. That ends the chapter of Chapter 25.
Nagisa *shocked*: But what about Kaito?!
Masahiro: Well he might not be or will never be allowed cause he's a Panthalassa!
*Nagisa and Masahiro both cheered and slapped high-fives with me sighing.*
Me: Sadly, Kaito did.
Nagisa: Hey! Look at the window! Setsuki and Luna are calling us.
Masahiro *smiling*: Well let's go and check it out!
*Nagisa and Masahiro left the rooms.*
Me: Just an important announcement. I will be on a family trip for sometime and the next chapter might come within 2-3 weeks but I will also be sure to publish it if I finish it earlier.
So untill then, see you soon and untill then please like and review. ;)