…hi. This is Macchi-chan, and I am here in an attempt to write a successful RinxLen Vocaloid story. (I hope it does okay, seeing as how my stories don't typically get reviewed much. But then, I do post in not-very-popular categories)

Anyhew, I love to read about Rin and Len, and after being invited to help out with something by KYUUxKYUU and listening to a beautiful song by Rin, I got inspiration for this. The little "challenge" that KYUUxKYUU, some of her friends, other authors, and myself are doing is to do our best to write a story, one-shot, etc. about all of Rin and/or Len's songs. That's gonna be fun XD. So, please enjoy and review.

…I'm not going to show my utter joy of not owning Vocaloid by saying that I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH VOCALOID! (at least not yet. I want Rin/Len and Luka…)

Rin: Mermaid

Prologue

The two stood together on the eve of their fourteenth birthdays. As they clasped their hands together on the railing of the ship, they smiled. Tonight, their betrothal would be finalized. In four years' time, they'd be joined in marriage and would rule their kingdom together for as long as Lady Fortune and her sisters would allow them.

However, their happiness was not to last for long.

Hearing the rumble of thunder, the boy looked up at the overcast sky. The girl followed his gaze, then set her sights on her love's worried face. He turned back to look at her, smiled reassuringly, and cupped her cheek in his hand. She leaned into his hand, closing her eyes and sighing happily.

Momentarily, the storm of all storms came upon them. The waters rocked the ship back and forth, and the teens held onto each other fearfully. As their respective overseers called out to them from opposing sides of the ship, they separated reluctantly. A wave of gigantic proportions rose up behind the middle of the ship, then collapsed, breaking the ship in two. The two, in a final moment of peace, reached out for each other while calling out the other's name. As the ship splintered apart, the boy fell to the deck.

The girl was swept away into the ocean, her eyes latching onto the boy's matching ones, pleading for him to come save her.

The boy cried out with a mixture of pain, anguish, and fury. He was going to jump into the raging waters to rescue her, but he was pulled into a smaller boat by his attendants and the crew. Everyone who had been on the ship was now clustered into a mass of small boats. Except for the girl. He would have collapsed to the bottom of the boat to mourn, but there was no room left in the boat at all.

His heart was ripped apart as he knew that he never could, or would, love another for the remainder of his life.

The girl sank slowly through the strangely calm waters underneath the tempest. She stretched her arm up with all of her dwindling strength in a futile attempt to reach the surface, her cerulean eyes filled up with the ultimate longing for what was above. Her eyes closed and her short golden hair waved around her face with the ethereal breeze of a current. With her last breath leaving her body, she gave up her spirit to whatever deity would receive it.

Things never go as expected, as everyone was soon to discover.

"For everything you desire, you have to pay an equal price in return. You can't get more nor give more. Can't give more or less. Must be in balance. Or else, there'll be "mishaps." "

-Yuuko Ichihara, xxxHoLic

Yeah. Short. Don't worry, I already have the next chapter written. It's about to be posted…soon. Okay? Soon…as in "five-ten minutes later" soon.

I'm not going to beg for reviews, but I will admit, there is nothing an author likes more than reviews.