Where the Air and Sea Meet
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Naruto x Ariel
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Author's Note
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This chapter is dedicated to pyromania101 who is leaving for College tomorrow I believe.

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Story Start
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Whenever Naruto dived under the sea the liquid substance the coldness of it always woke him up. Submerging under the sea was always pervaded with a sense of saltiness that invaded the eyes and mouth and created a burning sensation each time one dove into the water for the first time a day. Whenever he opened his eyes under the water his vision was always astonishingly clear, but considering his parentage it sort of made sense.

Finally after the great deal of waiting a fin emerge from the water, the splash of water drew in Naruto's attention as a head poke through the waters. ''Ariel the mermaid.'' Naruto softly whispered to himself as a grin formed on his face. He was sitting on the edge of the beach for what felt like an hour. ''Hello there!'' he shouted with cupped hands as he began to wave her over. ''I'm glad you made it.''

''I wouldn't have missed it for the world!'' she answered with a grin. ''I didn't think you would come. I'm sorry for doubting you.''

Naruto shook his head. ''Nah, for I was beginning to think I bumped my head harder then I thought, but I decided to wait and see and I'm glad I was wrong. So...what's it like being a mermaid?'' with a real live mermaid in front of him how could he not take advantage of this situation and learn what he could about his savior slash new friend.

''It's kind of boring...swimming in the ocean all day and night. There really isn't all that much to do.'' she answered with a bored sigh.

''Well you lived there your entire life so it's no big deal to you. So is it true that there are all kinds of fish humans haven't discovered?'' Naruto wondered as Ariel began stroking her chin.

''Have you ever heard of rock fish?''

''What fish?'' Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. ''Care to explain?''

''They're these type of fish when they sense a predator come near can suck up water and solidified themselves so they're as hard as rock. For a rock-fish to be eaten is extremely rare, they're really common in the deep south portion of Atlantica.''

''Oh wow...'' Naruto mumbled as he listened to Ariel go on about all sorts of fish to which people would say shouldn't logically exist, but then again most of the ocean was still unexplored by man kind.

''No way...why would you want to do that?'' when Ariel heard that Naruto expressed an interest of being a mermaid, even for a few days she was in disbelief. Didn't he know how boring and complacent things were under the sea.

''Not permanently of course, but just a couple of weeks. My mother has a powerful connection to the sea so you can say it's in my blood? So how about you? What's your mother like?'' Naruto asked when he saw the crest fallen look on Ariel's face he felt like kicking his own ass. ''I'm sorry...I shouldn't have opened my mouth.''

''I-It's okay...you didn't know.'' she whispered as she hugged herself. ''C-Can we change the subject?'' she asked as Naruto sympathetically nodded and began making shapes in the sand with his finger.

''So you know the sea pretty well huh? What else do you use for directions?''

''The sun and wind of course!'' she answered with a cheery smile. Ariel really was a nice girl with a sunny disposition and so curious too. ''So what's it like? Having...what are those things called?'' she asked, pointing to his legs.

''You mean legs?''

''Yeah. Le-eegs!'' she pronunciation-ed, putting more emphasis on the 'eh' sound then necessary. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as the mermaid puffed her cheeks.

''Are you making fun of me?'' she asked as Naruto waved his hands and shook his head

''No...no of course not. I just never heard legs pronounced as that. Anyway my legs are used for walking. Instead of swimming humans do what is known as walking everywhere and unlike mermaids we can unfortunately only hold air in what is known as lung for a few minutes before coming back up for air. Also our bodies can handle as much pressure obviously because I think we get light headed or our lungs shrink. I don't know much about the subject.'' realizing that he was rambling Naruto decided to change the subject. ''So what do mermaids eat?''

''Seaweed, Algae, and maybe some shark meat here and there...the usual.''

''Hhm...mostly vegetarian, I guess that makes sense.'' he said as he took out a knife and a peace of wood and started cutting off pieces.

''What are you doing?'' she curiously asked.

''I forgot what it was called. But with a knife and a piece of wood you can knife a shape or object out of the wood. I can make a pretty good wolf. You can have it when I'm done. ''

''Really?'' she asked as her eyes lit up. ''You would give me something of yours.''

''Yeah...why not. It's not like I can't afford the real thing or anything.'' he said with a shrug as Ariel watched him whittle away at the piece of wood.

''Afford?''

''Yeah...I'm a prince...a prince from the Whirlpool nation. My family and I only come out here during the summer seasons or for special occasions such as functions and weddings. We stay in our quaint little summer home and it has a nice atmosphere. So how about you? Do Mermaid have royalty?''

''Well...'' Ariel started to feel unsure. She really didn't like thinking about her family on her trips to the surface as she knew. ''My father...he's well...he's the King of the Sea. His name is Triton...but you really don't want to hear about that?''

''No way!'' Naruto exclaimed as he nearly dropped his knife. ''So you're a mermaid princess? That's pretty damn neat...now that I know that I definitely want to know more. Are you the only one? Are there others?''

''Well...I do have six sisters; Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella and Alana. We live in this beautiful and large golden palace...'' the two of them became so engrossed in their stories that they hardly noticed the sunset. Reluctantly they both parted and agreed to meet again tomorrow, but this time they would both bring something from their world for the other as a gift.