Merman's Love - Rewrite

Yugi shrunk as low to the ground as he could. Ushio’s leering grin was even more frightening (not to mention creepy) in the light of only the moon and stars. Fearing the worst from the tyrannical teen, Yugi dove back into the relative safety of the ocean, hoping the merman was still around to help him hide. Ushio growled. He HATED the ocean. The tyrant wasn’t one to give up his favorite punching bag so easily and he dove in after Yugi, swimming surprisingly fast despite his massive bulk. He was soon on Yugi’s heels, the panicked teen in desperate need of air, but not daring to take the time to surface. Suddenly warm hands wrapped around him as the merman shot past, whipping the frightened teen away from Ushio so fast, he lost most of the breath he had left. The merman pushed the spluttering and gasping Yugi onto a rock and turned to somewhere behind the boy.
“Jono! I think it’s time you returned home and dealt with this cretin in our own waters!” the merman shouted in a baritone voice. A familiar voice answered, Yugi gasping at the fact that it no longer held a Brooklyn accent among other things.
“I know, I know, keep your tail on Atemu! Sheesh! It ain’t so easy getting out of wet clothes you know, and I can’t change back with them on, dammit!” Finally stripped of his human attire, the blond teen dove stark-naked into the water, causing Yugi’s eyes to nearly bulge out of his head. ‘What in seven hells is going on here?’ he thought in shocked surprise. Jou surfaced, a black dorsal fin now sticking out of his back.
“Hurry, before that demon gets away!” Atemu shouted, and Jou huffed, diving back under the waves, a black shark’s tail now replacing his human legs. Yugi was now swearing he must be in a fantasy induced by a lack of oxygen and he was still drowning from the near-miss earlier. An unearthly scream rent the air as Jou - no Jono - attacked Yugi’s attacker with a shark-tooth spear that had somewhere appeared out of nowhere. Yugi watched in horror as the creature he had thought to be nothing more that a tyrant screeched as it transformed into a Kappa and died.
“Another of the Seawitch Anzu’s minions down,” Jono said triumphantly. Atemu, however looked worried.
“How was he found? Wasn’t the old Sea Sage Suguruko supposed to be protecting him?” the merman demanded, eyes flashing in anger. The sharkman gulped, lowering himself into the water until everything from his eyes below was hidden.
“Jii-san... died last year. No one could explain how or why,” Yugi said quietly, finally deciding that if this dream would not relent, he’d try to take control. Atemu swore and Yugi cringed. The merman was super scary when angry.
“Dammit! That sea urchin! Now how are we supposed to protect the Orcale?” Atemu spat. Yugi had enough.
“Okay, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL GOING ON ABOUT!? What is this all about, who are you people, and where has all sense of logic gone?” Yugi bellowed, causing Atemu to jump and Jono to dart under the water, not wanting to face the Orcale’s wrath. Atemu simply placed his head on Yugi’s forehead and memories long forgotten began to surface.
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FLASHBACK
Yugi was playing in a playground with Jono and a merman looking similiar to Atemu, only with pale skin like the other two. The teen realized that this playground was underwater and that he was swimming, not with legs, but with a powerful tail.
END FLASHBACK
The memory Yugi had just remembered was so startling, he had jolted out of it before remembering anything. However, he did know something very important from that vision: He was originally a merman and something had happened that made the others feel it was safer for Yugi to live on land. Until now...