"Ha! I won!"

You peek over the stone you are hiding behind, watching the six boys fighting against each other while their father(?) takes a break under a tree and sleeps peacefully. 'I wanna talk with them, but mommy said humans shouldn't see me like this. If they find out we mermaids can turn into humans on surface, they will hunt us. ... I don't really know what this means, though.' You flinch when one of them falls down and starts to cry, making you worried and wanting to go over to them, but you hesitate. "?!" When you made a step forward, you stepped onto a stick and it cracked under your weight, but you flinch when the six looking now into your direction, but their father(?) scares you more, because when he opens his eyes and looks into your direction, you feel just terrified from the cold look in his eyes.

" ... Check out the noise." You quickly turn around and run stumbling back to the ocean, while fast footsteps approaching you from behind. You run over to a small cliff, but stop when you arrive the edge and tremble a bit from the height. "There they are!" You flinch and look with teary eyes over your shoulder, the six stopping to run and starring at you with widen eyes. You take a step back, but stumble back forward when you almost slipped. "?!" You flinch when your hand gets grabbed and someone pulls you fast away from the cliff. "Are you okay?" You look scared at the six boys, but they just give a gentle smile and calming you a bit down. "Y...Yes..." You mumble shyly and look down, not used to talk with humans.

"So it was a kid?" You flinch and look up, seeing the father(?) from the six boys. "Ryuu, can we keep her?!" The boys asking excited and he glance at you with half closed eyes, causing you to flinch and looking scared at him. " ... If you don't slack of with your training, do whatever you want." He turns around and walks away, making you a bit relieved. "What's your name?!" You look startled at the six, while they look excited at you. "I...I'm Y/n..." "I'm Oso-hey!" "I'm Choromatsu!" "Jyushimatsu!" "Karamatsu!" "Ichimatsu!" "Todomatsu!" They all push each other away to tell your their name, causing you to giggle from their strange behavior. The six blushing and smiling, before Ichimatsu grabs your hand and pulls you with him. "Do you live on this island Y/n?" "O-Oh um ... y-yes..." You feel bad for telling your first lie, but you know your mother would probably be very mad at you if you tell them that you are a mermaid.

"Then you are the first one we ever saw!" Karamatsu says excited and hugs your arm. "Ryuu says we aren't allowed to see others." Jyushimatsu pouts angry. "He always wants us to fight against him to get stronger, but I'm already stronger than the others." Osomatsu huffs with a pout. "You're just lucky." Choromatsu sulks and you seven walk over to the house.

A few hours passed by and you watched the six curious training, while Ryuu was sleeping most of the time. The six went inside the house to wash their faces clean, but you walk quick back into the forest. 'I need to hurry back to mommy, or she will-' "Ah!" Suddenly, you get grabbed from behind and lifted up in the air, looking scared up to Ryuu who walks deeper into the small forest. "You're a mermaid, aren't you?" You froze and your face goes pale. Ryuu sighs and keeps walking, having a rather emotionless expression. "I know mermaids have the ability to walk on the surface, but it's also my first time seeing one. ... Listen kid, you shouldn't come back here. You're distracting the six and I didn't saved their ass from their burning house just to watch them die in this world. You should also be more careful, or else someone will turn you into a slave and you'll get sold at the black market."

Ryuu stops by the cliff you were too afraid of to jump off. "I'm telling you this, because it bothers me to have another kid around, so don't ever show up here, understand?" Your eyes widen when Ryuu lift you up and suddenly throws you as far as he can away, before you fall down and splash into the ocean.

The sextuplets panting heavily and looking with teary eyes at Ryuu, who doesn't turn around to them. " ... This is for the best. When you're older and not weak anymore, go ahead and search for her."