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Long time no sea, eh I mean see, my YYH fairytale fans. Here is the long-waited (including me) sequel to my version of the Little Mermaid. Hope you enjoy it!!

Moondance

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Years passed. Hiei and his merry men (well, when Hiei was not terrorizing them, anyway) lived in relative peace and quiet. The sea was vast, so Hiei had few troubles except for some unexpected barbecues when he could not find his preferred shark sashimi, a wardrobe problem due to the shrinking seaweed forest, and the predicable extinction of swordfish. The last two issues were his major concerns, because the battle-loving swordsmerman would seek out combats for pure blood lust, so both his weapon storage and wardrobe deteriorate rather dramatically. The situation was at its worse when the council of swordfish passed a decision to undergo genetic modification so its race would no longer grow swords. Upon hearing the news, Hiei decided he had to find a new weapon source. He considered about returning to his grandfather's palace, but his illiteracy prevented him from reading the maps. Don't you dare to think that Hiei is stupid. He was only 5 years old! You don't teach letters to kindergarten kids. The only other choice was to look for his birthmother, the donor of his Tear-Gem. What? I forgot to tell you about his Tear-Gem? Well, it was just a stone. Ouch!!! Hey, that hurts!! All right, all right, I'll tell this part properly.

After you rubbed Hiei's sore coral-pricked bottom for him, cuddled him in your lap to coo and lull him asleep with a lullaby, and some of you perhaps carried him home to write a fanfic or draw a fanart, Hiei woke up and went back to his seaweed forest. [There, satisfied?] When he was putting on his first cloak, he noticed a luminous jewel on his chest. Curious, he lifted up the tear-shaped gem by its gold chain, and stared into it. Suddenly, an image appeared in the gem, which startled him so that he dropped it. It was his beautiful mother. When he picked it up again, the image was gone. Yet he was sure that it was his mother that he saw, so thereafter, he would often stare into his Tear-Gem (as he called it) to seek for the image of his mother. Sometimes he could see her, sometimes not, but whenever her image appeared to him with a gentle loving smile, his day would brighten up like a blazing comet. The gem soothed his pain when he was teething, eased his fever when he grew measles, and cooled his ardor when he had his first erotic dream.

[Wait!! Hiei was only five years old!!]

[Yeah, but youkais had different metabolism from humans. One year of youkai life equaled to three years of growth in human life, so Hiei was 15 in human age. Erotic dreams are normal for an adolescent!]

[Whatever.]

I am sure that all of you are very interested in the contents of his wet dreams -- well, they were all wet. What other kind of dream could you have, if you were living under the sea? But once decided, Hiei lost no time in preparation, so we have no time to tell you the nice wet bits. Life is tough. Hiei bid farewell to his former companions, who were more than happy to see his back. In fact, they went into prolonged celebration and drank themselves silly. On the third day, however, they were all killed by other youkais who sought revenge on them once they heard that Hiei was no longer there. Served them right, I say.

After tracking for days without seeing a glimpse of land, Hiei decided he needed some kind of transportation. Just then, a school of whales that were on a nature track swam past him, so Hiei hurried ahead, and raised his sword to hitchhike. By now, everyone knew about Hiei and his famous sword, so a very nervous principle swam forward immediately.

"Mr. Hiei, I presume?" The old principal inquired courteously.

"Hn." Hiei snorted, which was his most used vocabulary.

God...this doesn’t look good, the whale principal thought. "Is there anything we could do for you? Except offer our sashimi, of course." Hiei's fondness of shark sashimi was also widely known.

Silently, Hiei pointed at one of the whale. The indicated whale began to snort and twitch in panic, and it took the combined effort of 3 whales to hold him tight. When one’s life was at stake, others' lives became expendable. Not one to waste words, Hiei sprang up (or rather, flipped up) on the back of the whale, and sat down cross-legged.

The principal was not a head of a school for nothing, and he caught on Hiei’s meaning at once. "Our pleasure, Mr. Hiei. Where would you like to go?"

"Land."

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For seven days and seven nights, the whales took him to every coastline they could think of. Yet Hiei kept shaking his head. Finally, on the eighth morning, when all the whales were ready to hurl themselves on the first beach they see to commit mass suicide, Hiei nodded. Without a word, he slid down from the whale’s back, then paddled toward land. The whales snorted together, ostensibly wishing him a safe journey, but in fact was cursing him in whalish. A while later, Hiei grew tired of paddling, so he dived down to the sea bottom, and deprived a gigantic sea clam of its armor. The sea clam was extremely reluctant about parting with its tools of the trade, but what could a mere clam do in face of the most notorious burglar, murderer, thief, robber, pirate, and the Grand Master Arsonist himself? Yeah, Hiei really was leading a less-than-respectable life when he was young, yet since he enjoyed it, I am going to let him have his fun. Anyway, Hiei lugged up his shell then sent a tendril of ki to keep it afloat like a cradle. He set himself adrift on the waves, trusting the waves to convey him safely to land. Soon, he dropped off to a sweet slumber.

At the same time, a beautiful maiden stood on the beach, watching the whales' whalesplay. Her moon blue hair danced in the crispy summer winds, a spotless snowy kimono covering her slender frame. Seagulls gathered round her to enjoy tidbits from her tiny hand, and a sparrow stood on her shoulder, chirping away excitedly about the beautiful summer morning. She was the crown princess of the Royal YYH Kingdom, Princess Yukina, and the last but not the least, Hiei’s twin sister. Five years ago, the Queen gave birth to two children, the male being Hiei, the female Yukina. Because she was Hiei's twin, she possessed the power of Ice. However, unlike Hiei, Yukina's power being weaker had manifested itself gradually, so she was able to control it, with no one, except for her Queen mother, the wiser. On her fifth birthday, the Queen finally told the fifteen-year-looking Yukina about her brother. Ever since then, Yukina would stand upon the shore for hours straight, in the hope that her brother would appear from the sea one day.

Today was no exception. After a class of Greek Mythology about the origin of Greek Gods, Yukina escaped from her tutors and stood again at the seaside. Being an impressionable young girl, Yukina tended to believe in legends, even though she usually had a pretty good grip on reality. Therefore, we could not blame her too much when she bent her head to pray.

"Goddess Venus, hear my plea. You, the ultimate Goddess of Beauty and Grace, born from the sea, from the waves, from the foams, pray be merciful. Grant me the evidence of your divine power, give me back my brother whom you held to your bosom for five long years."

From this prayer, we can see that Yukina had not been a very attentive student. Obviously, Poseidon was the right God to pray to, but for the sake of the continuity of the story, we will allow Yukina's mistake go by unnoticed by Poseidon. However, we, the Fanfic Writers(TM), are not to be held responsible for any outrage, combat, war, adultery, divorce, murder, or any other display of divine anger caused by this passage.

Excited seagull cackle roused Yukina from her prayer. She opened her eyes, and saw a snow-white seashell floating across the waves in her direction. Unable to suppress her anticipation, Yukina ran toward the shell, ignoring the lapping waves at her ankle. Venus sent her an answer! A very annoyed looking Hiei was sitting up in the shell and rubbing his eyes, rudely awakened by the seagulls. Yukina's heart lurched as the shell drifted closer, for she spied a Tear-Gem hanging on his neck.

"Are you my brother, Hiei???!!!" She shouted across the waves. Hiei shook his head. Yukina's heart sank to the sandy bottom of the beach. Actually, Hiei did not mean to lie. The sea wind distorted Yukina's words, so to Hiei's ears, Yukina was asking, " Ah, you me bother, eh?" Since Hiei was in a relatively good mood that day, he made a slight attempt at common courtesy, so he shook his head, knowingly missed one of the most important questions of his life. Luckily, Yukina was a stout maid at heart, so she ventured a second question. "Do you know Hiei?" This time, Hiei was close enough to hear the question properly, so he nodded. Yukina jumped up and down in glee, splashing herself and Hiei in the process.

"Oh dear, I am so sorry!" Yukina apologized franticly.

"Hn." Was all Hiei said as he climbed out from the shell. After a lifetime in the sea, a little wetness did not bother him. Besides, he found himself liking the young girl. Of course, the feeling of 'like' was so alien to him that his interpretation was 'less-wanting-to-kill-her.'

"Would you like to come with me and get a change of clothes?" With all her heart, Yukina hoped that he would say yes. She finally found someone who knew her brother, and she did not want to let him disappear.

"Mmm." Hiei replied. Yukina beamed, and he followed her skipping steps toward the castle. After all, one of his purposes was to replenish his wardrobe.