Me: People seem to have lost interest in Butterfly. I'm pretty depressed. So I'll be working on this Amuto story, but at the same time making Butterfly… if I get a lot of reviews. So thanks. I mean, what's the sense of progressing in the story if no one likes it? o.0

Amu: -yawn- So what's this one about?
Ikuto: }
Amu: …Shoot -.- I hate you Zuzu-chan x.x

Me: Yeah, well x.x I don't own Shugo Chara. Thanks. Again. –goes off to sulk about Butterfly-

MERMAID

Chapter One

Two Years After the Sighting. Ikuto's POV.

Every day, I still think about that mermaid. She was beautiful! Then my phone rang.

"Hello." I answered it.

"Ah, Ikuto-san. It's Utau!! I just want to tell you that this weekend we will be going to Fukumi Beach, remember where we went two years ago?" my sister inquired. She sounded like my mother.

My eyes widened. That's where I met the mermaid! I had to go.

"Yes, I'll be there." I hung up, sounding uninterested. But I was excited. Would that beautiful girl still recognize me?

Saturday, Noon-ish. Ikuto has arrived at the beach, keeping his eye out cautiously.

I saw Utau with her purple polka-dotted bikini tossing a beachball to her friend Yuko.

"Ah, Ikuto!!" Utau exclaimed happily. She ran out of the water and almost hugged me.

"Get off, you're wet." I walked away from her. She stomped her feet back to the water.

"Wwaaaaahhhh, Ikuto, I want to swim ~nya!" Yoru, my chara, said.

"Then go swim," I ordered. Yoru grinned and went to dive into the water. He is definitely a strange cat, don't cats hate water? Well, anyway. Time to get searching.

I went to the rocks where I saw the mermaid. The waves crashed in front of me. Moss blanketed the rocks like they wanted to keep them warm. I paced around, not seeing anything. I shot my head to the left. Did I just see some pink? No, no… it's just my imagination, I'm probably getting my hopes up too much.

But I saw it again. This time a green tail, too. This was too easy! It came right to me… Now I had to make sure.

I slipped my shirt off, leaving only my board shorts, and dived in. Something swished around me.

Poking my head up, I looked down. It was definitely her. She was inspecting my feet. (xD)

I swam down again. She was startled and started to speed away, but I yelled, "Wait!" in the water. I don't know how it got through to her, but she came back and poked out her lower lip – she was irritated.

"I saw you two years a—" I had to get air. "Stay here," I said with my last breath, and swam up. Obediently, she stayed at the bottom. But she came up, too.

" I can breathe here, you know," she said, still pouting. "I…I think I remember you." She quirked a brow questioningly.

"I remember you for sure… But you left when I blinked." I sighed and frowned. She frowned, too.

"I'm sorry. I was just scared – I thought you were a fisher." She lowered her head. Then it shot up. "Shoot!" she exclaimed, and looked around frantically.

"What?" I asked.

"My father! He doesn't know where I am. He's mad right now… I have to go!" she said, a longing expression plastered across her face.

"Will I see you again?" I asked, panicky.

"For sure!" she stuck out her tongue with a thumbs up, and dived down.

"Bye…" I said, then went out of the water. I found her, I thought. This weekend is going to be fun.

(Ch 1 End.)

Me: How'd you like it? REVIEW or I'll delete the story please :3

Amu: Geez, you're so… demanding, just like in the other story.

Me: Well, I don't want haters screaming that this is a bad story ,so I need to find out if they like it! ._.

Ikuto: Review, this story is gonna have Amuto up the yin-yang! :D

Me: o.0

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