Oh-Em-Gee! I made a new Shounen-ai Story. X3 Hehe. This one has to do with Mermen. Just a side-story I'm working on, since I get bored easilly, and love this concept. If anything in the story is unclear, just E-mail me or IM me at SteelFangster13, and I"ll explain it to you. ;

Warning: Boy on Boy (Erh...Merman and Merman) action...eventually in the story. XD

I own these characters, this concept, and story. NO STEALING! Not that it's worth stealing.....>>; R&R Please.

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It was a lush, warm summer day. Through the sky, little black birds flew over the marina, chirping out songs to the marine creatures below. The smell of salt air wafted through the breeze. Through out the marina, dolphins squealed and clicked, seals barked, sealions gave out large, fish-scented burps, and the fishes swam around quietly.

All over, marine biologists walked from tank to tank, noting the newly discovered creatures they had brought in. Some of the biologists checked on the wounded creatures brought in, checking their healing progress. A selected few were examining a mother-to-be whale, pressing their hands up against the huge creature's stomach to check for the movement of the baby whale still developing.

In all, it was a wonderfully peaceful day for everyone. Everyone, that is, besides Veanu.

"They found what?!" shrieked the blue-haired, pale young man, balancing against the small dividing glass that kept him inside his watery home. On the other side stood a very amused looking man.

"They found another merman, Veanu." chuckled the scientist, pushing his glasses back up to his nose. His black hair was pulled back into a short pony-tail, giving everyone a view of his small dolphin earring in his right ear.

Veanu's orchid colored eyes stared wide-eyed at the human in front of him. His pale hands gripped more tightly to the top of the divider as he felt his breathing hitch. His arms started to tremble as his breathing turned into hyperventilation.

"No!" gasped Veanu, his breathing becoming erratic, "No! Those moron scientists already think I'm a female! Wh-what will happen if this new merman comes in and-and-and...." Veanu groaned and slid down the glass divider, his forehead pressed against it, "What if they try to make us mate?"

The scientists leaned over the divider, and reached a hand down to pat the pale merman on the head, who was currently having a spastic attack. The man's lips were curled into an amused smile, and his dark brown eyes were glittering from the sun glinting off the water in Veanu's tank.

"Well, then, I suppose you and your new friend will have to mate." chuckled the man. Veanu glanced up at the human, his orchid eyes dark with bemusement. Yanking his hair of multi-colored blue hair away from the human's hand, he swam back a bit.

Under the sun rays, Veanu's dark green tail glittered in a multitude of hues of green. His fins, thin and sinewy, were outlined in dark maroon, and glimmered bright lemon-yellow under the sun. Flicking water at the human scientist in slight irritation, Veanu muttered, "Can't you talk to those morons, Rulean?"

Scott Rulean chuckled again, still leaning against the divider, and watched Veanu with amusement, "I've tried to talk to them, but you know those heterosexual types. They're afraid of homosexuality."

Veanu pouted, his pale bottom lip glimmering in the sun, Rulean grinned before sighing, "So, you will be marked forever as Veanu, mermaid, in the history books."

"But I don't even have breasts!" Shrieked Veanu, now upright in the water, his fin waving under him to keep him upright as he pointed to his pallid chest, which was indeed flat. Laughing, Rulean sighed and nodded again.

"Yes, yes. They know you are without breasts, but they believe that is because of your fish genes, remember?" Rulean watched with amusement as Veanu groaned and fell back in the water. The merman's tail came up, and fell back to the water with a heavy, wet, slap. A small eruptions of clear blue water flew up, and shimmered in the light of the sun for a still moment, before falling back to its home.

"Where'd they find this hick of a merman?" asked Veanu, his violet eyes staring at the small overhanging that stood over his tank. That was the reason he was so pale. He usually stayed under that, or much deeper in his water tank. He only surfaced to speak to Professor Scott Rulean, a friend he knew since he was a wee merboy. Any other person who came near treated him like a dumb animal, cooing to him as if he was too stupid to understand 'grown-up' words.

"Apparently they found in him the Carribbean Sea. Near Jamacia." There was a huge, chesire grin falling over the human scientists lips as he said this. Even Ruelean's tone reaked of an impish nature. Veanu swam over to him, head tilted to the side suspiciously. Eyeing the merman with curiousity, wondering what Veanu was going to ask next, Rulean prepared himself for an interrogative question.

"What's so funny about him being near some place called Jamacia?" asked Veanu, eyebrows furrowed together. Rulean laughed slightly, leaning down into the tank so his face was closer to Veanu's.

"You'll see in due time, Anu." Rulean's brown eyes glittered, not just from the sun reflecting off the water, but from an internal mischief. A look of anxious confusion crossed Veanu's face, and he bit his bottom lip as thoughts whirled around his mind. It didn't help that Rulean called him by his nickname either. Usually that meant that Veanu was in for something big, maybe a treat, but most likely an annoyance.

"As for now though, Veanu." stated Rulean, standing up straight and smiling warmly down at the blue-haired merman, "I must get going. We're researching a giant squid that was found off the coast of Norway. Fare thee well, Veanu."

The man waved dramatically, doing a small bow before turning to leave. However, Rulean stopped, and glanced over his shoulder at the merman, "Also, Veanu, why don't cha' play hard to get for our new visitor? I'm sure he likes the thrill of the chase."

Veanu blinked, feeling his pale cheeks color the slightest mention of what this newcomer would want to do with him. Crossing his arms, and 'hmph'-ing, Veanu glared at the scientist's retreating back.

"Yeah! I'll play hard to get! So hard he'll give up in frustration 'cause I'm not mating for some pervy scientists' research!" Screamed Veanu, his voice crackled slightly and echoed through the marina. All animals became quiet, some turned their heads towards the well-known merman's tank, wondering what had upset the slightly spastic man-fish. Some even called over to the frustrated young merman.

Feeling his cheeks color deeper in embarassment from everyone, and everything, staring, Veanu ducked under the water to his hidden grotto, away from any tourists' or scientists' peeping eyes. However, his hidden grotto wasn't enough to shake all the thoughts flipping around Veanu's mind.

'How will I get out of this! Those morons of scientists are too biased to call me a male just because I happen to carry egg sacs somewhere in this treachrously half-fish body of mine!' Veanu bit his bottom lip as he slipped into his grotto, and laid down onto the cushiony bubble-like bed given to him to sleep on, 'It's not my fault that only mermen exist! Dammit, why do we have to be closer to seahorses when it comes to pregnancy? Why can't we be more like humans and have real females?'

Closing his eyes, Veanu felt a small, despaired whimper sift out of his lips, 'This guy is gonna want it all, and I don't want to give him it. What will I do? Is this what human teenagers feel like when pressured to have sex? Damn, humans do have it rough sometimes.....'