by the bay| ishimondo mermaid au

1|Bay Blues

Kiyotaka Isnimaru was never one to rest. And this was a prime example of his "gogogo!" Nature. He was currently running like a madman around his ship, checking the mast, checking his crew mates, making sure everything was ready, today was a big day after all. Today was the day, Kiyotaka Isnimaru was going to catch a siren.

"Are you sure about this Captain? W-we could always go back home.." spoke Chihiro. Chihiro was a fine boy, and Kiyotaka's right hand man. But, he knew more than anyone that this was a suicide mission.

"I-i I mean, their thought to be extinct, but what if they aren't! And some climb on board and eat you! O-or what if they have ocean powers and sink the ship! O-or what if- what if-!"

"Stop." Taka said quietly, placing his hand on Chihiro's shoulder ,bending down a bit to his smaller friends level.

"Fret not my friend! We shall find those sirens if it's the last thing we do! We have taken proper procaution, and are ready for anything!" He projected.

Chihiro winced at Kiyotaka's loud words. Whatever he did never seemed to be quiet.

"I know but, I just want you to be safe. A-alright! Pr-promise me that you won't get us all killed out there Taka!" He said, placing his own hand on top of Kiyotaka's.

'taka' repeated in the captains head. Over and over again, the first nickname he ever got! He was very thankful for it. Chihiro really was just looking out for everybody wasn't he?

Taka snapped out of his thoughts as he nodded his head, and put up his free hand, holding his smallest finger out.

"I pinky promise!" He chuckled

Chihiro sighed, and with a smile, he reciprocated the hand gesture, linking hands, and smiling. Simotaniously, they both chanted while moving their hands up and down a bit:

"Pinky swear so if I lie stick a thousand needs in, my eyes!"

They both chuckled at their childish way of a promise, before letting go, and turning to face the ocean.

"Who Cap'in! We should be 'rivin in a lil bit!" Shouted Leon from across the ship. Which was now squeaky clean, just how Taka liked it. Taka laughed loudly and went to the edge of the ship, placing his hands on the rims.

"WELL HURRY UP THEN! We don't want them to get away now do we? Onward onward!" Taka shouted, before sighing, and looking back at his crew. All wonderful people.

There was Chihiro, a small and petite young man. But still had some muscle. He mainly helped with the cooking and cleaning around the ship. He was a soft spoken man with a heart of gold!

Then, there was Leon. Troublesome dude, with spiky red hair that flowed in the wind rather beautifully if Taka was being honest. Despite his carefree and lazy nature, Leon was always there when you needed him. Never one to back down from a fight. But also stupidly stubborn. And held many many grudges.

Yasuhiro, was a laid back and open minded guy. He was very skittish, and believed he could predict the future with his Tarot cards. And "crystal" ball. He says it was from and old Irish king that he bought on the streets from some old man for a heavy load of money. Very gullible indeed...

Aoi was always keeping everyone's spirits up! Much to the appreciateion of Taka. She was always there to look on the bright side, and with Taka's help, keep everyone's spirits up.

And then there was Aoi's girlfriend, Sakura. A bulky and very strong woman. Taka wouldn't doubt she was the strongest woman on planet Earth! She helped with manual labor on the ship. She always had a stoic smile while doing it though. Sakura was very down to Earth, and a very good listener. She was there for Taka in a moment of question, and that awnser of their conversation led to what he decided to do now!

As they approached the large reef infront of them, Taka was astounded by all of the wonderful colours, all different types of fish, some he'd never even seen before! He watched with open eyes. As he signaled over at Hiro to put in everyone's earplugs. As they did, he placed his foot on top of the railing, smiling boldly. They put together their plan, nets and nets and a tank of water. As they passed the reef, something wonderful caught Taka's attention. He saw not one, but many different sirens, all female like he predicted! He laughed, rather loudly, but soon stopped as he realized the mermaids stopped singing, and were swimming away.. oh no.

As they approached the center of the reef, he noticed something.. strange..
...Fuck...
he spotted a male siren! One with long beach sandy colours hair, with it darker in the back... Oh no..

The siren swam up to Taka, using it's claws to climb the ship, it placed itself on top of the railing, tail dangling over the boats edge, resting it on the ships deck. Taka studies the fish infront of him, his blonde and brown hair, his lilac eyes, and.. Was that eyeliner?

"Hey~" the fish spoke, it's voice was low. And gruff. But still at the same time as smooth as butter. It was softly humming something, he almost couldn't hear it..

"Uhm.. y-yes! Hello!" Taka said, he took his foot off the railing, and crossed his arms. They both stared into each other's eyes for a moment, before Taka remembered what he was there for. He looked over at chihiro, as he and Sakura grabbed onto the fish, restraining him, and putting him into a net, and throwing him into a big bucket of water.  As Sakura quickly picked up the bucket, and made her way into Kiyotaka's office. Taka rushed over to the steering wheel, and turned the shit around.

"WE GOT THEM, LETS GO ALL HANDS ON DECK!" He shouted, as everyone quickly got to work.

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Woo! First chapter done! I hope you enjoyed it! I'm putting more thought into this than I thought I would. So I'm having fun! I hope you are too!