Mermaid's Promise

Nae	Nae was a beautiful young woman who lived before World War II. She was engaged to Eijiro, who she liked, but she fell in love with Yuta. Her family secret was that they had an urn with ashes of a mermaid, reputed to bring people back to life and heal wounds. Because Nae had heard of the mermaid's flesh, she believed Yuta when he said he was immortal. Nae wanted to run away with Yuta, and said she would meet him in the "Red Valley" --a field of flowers where she had sprinkled the Mermaid's ashes-- where the flowers never faded, wilted, or died, lasting through every season.	This story takes place in Modern Japan and 1920's Japan.
	Yuta cared about Nae, but he could not stay with her because he was immortal, and because she was engaged to Eijiro. So, although he agreed to meet her in Red Valley, instead Yuta decided to leave Nae and move onto a new town. Yuta never guessed that someone ELSE might be waiting for her in the Red Valley...	Nae
Nae, Yuta, Mana	Yuta did not go to the Red Valley to meet Nae because he knew she would be happier without him.... or so he thought. Little did he know that Eijiro felt wronged, and, instead of Yuta, Eijiro went to go meet Nae. It turned out that the ashes preserved a lot more than just the flowers... And Nae NEVER forgot the promise she had made to Yuta... to meet him at the Red Valley... even after her death.
	Mana starts to become more "grown-up" as the story passes, in contrast to her complete ignorance of the world in the first few stories. Mana has discovered that she has "feelings" for Yuta... though she is not exactly sure what they mean. She has been asked before if Yuta is her boyfriend... by Towa from "Mermaid's Forest"... and she at first replies that he is just her "friend" and that they are "traveling" together. Mana, however, later starts to realize that she would never want to be without Yuta. When Yuta finds out that Nae is still alive, she becomes jealous. Yuta realizes that she has finally "grown up" and that she has "fallen for him."	Yuta, Mana

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