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-->"Hey, no worries!" She nuzzled into his cheek as proof. "I wasn't going to eat you, silly! I'd rather sink my teeth into some idiot who falls into the water and freaks out and struggles like crazy." She cackled. "Oh, that never gets old! Way tastier, too!"\\
He stared at her. ''I'm not sure which is more unsettling: the fact she thinks I wouldn't put up a fight or that she likes eating humans.''
* FantasyForbiddingMother: Natsuno implies that Yuki doesn't want her going near humans despite Natsuno's deep curiosity for them, and so wards her daughter off by saying HumansAreBastards.
He stared at her. ''I'm not sure which is more unsettling: the fact she thinks I wouldn't put up a fight or that she likes eating humans.''
* FantasyForbiddingMother: Natsuno implies that Yuki doesn't want her going near humans despite Natsuno's deep curiosity for them, and so wards her daughter off by saying HumansAreBastards.
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-->Tamao giggled. "My! Aren't you an [[CuddleBug affectionate one]]? Hard to picture those violent tales stemmed from such a lovey-dovey yokai." Then she shot Keitaro a sly look. "And I'm sure ''you'' absolutely ''loved'' that attention."
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Natsuno admits that from what she observed of Keitaro, he seemed kinder than most humans she's encountered or been told about and has wanted to meet him face-to-face long before she rescues him at the beginning of the story.
-->"[[MisanthropeSupreme Mom]] always said [[HumansAreBastards humans were nasty creatures]], who would sooner rip off all my scales and fins before tossing me back in the ocean to rot. We needed to keep our distance for our safety. If your kind knew ''how'' and ''why'' you healed so fast? They'd drain us of our blood and spit without a second thought." She rested her hands on his chest while regarding him with kind eyes. "But I didn't feel that way with you. Not when I'd follow you around from dock to dock, hoping to see what you'd do next... and definitely not now. While everyone was munching on the human buffet, I got to save ''you''."
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Natsuno admits that from what she observed of Keitaro, he seemed kinder than most humans she's encountered or been told about and has wanted to meet him face-to-face long before she rescues him at the beginning of the story.
-->"[[MisanthropeSupreme Mom]] always said [[HumansAreBastards humans were nasty creatures]], who would sooner rip off all my scales and fins before tossing me back in the ocean to rot. We needed to keep our distance for our safety. If your kind knew ''how'' and ''why'' you healed so fast? They'd drain us of our blood and spit without a second thought." She rested her hands on his chest while regarding him with kind eyes. "But I didn't feel that way with you. Not when I'd follow you around from dock to dock, hoping to see what you'd do next... and definitely not now. While everyone was munching on the human buffet, I got to save ''you''."
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Natsuno is very [[CuddleBug physically-affectionate]], often nuzzling or hugging Keitaro more than any human would - all while triggering his ''very'' repressed hormones. It doesn't occur to her that humans would reserve such behavior for more intimate relationships.
** Natsuno talks very flippantly and nonchalantly about how mermaids eat humans to Keitaro, ''a human''. The rest of her pod seems to share this mindset when Tomi talks about devouring an overboard sailor before appearing.
** Natsuno is very [[CuddleBug physically-affectionate]], often nuzzling or hugging Keitaro more than any human would - all while triggering his ''very'' repressed hormones. It doesn't occur to her that humans would reserve such behavior for more intimate relationships.
** Natsuno talks very flippantly and nonchalantly about how mermaids eat humans to Keitaro, ''a human''. The rest of her pod seems to share this mindset when Tomi talks about devouring an overboard sailor before appearing.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Keitaro is discovered washed ashore at the beginning alongside a basket of kitties. It's revealed later that the mermaids rescued them along with him, and are ecstatic when they see one of the cats happy and healthy in the humans' care.
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* MamaBear: Mermaid Yuki is as protective of Natsuno as she is in canon. And the moment she (incorrectly) suspects that Keitaro must have kidnapped Natsuno, she rushes at him as if prepared to bite his head off.
-->'''Yuki:''' ""Tch, he needs a whack upside the head for laying a finger on you. And if I ever see ''you'' drowning again? We're not saving your dumb human ass, got it?"\\
'''Natsuno:''' "Mom! Is that ''really'' necessary?! Don't scare the poor guy over me disappearing for a day."
-->'''Yuki:''' ""Tch, he needs a whack upside the head for laying a finger on you. And if I ever see ''you'' drowning again? We're not saving your dumb human ass, got it?"\\
'''Natsuno:''' "Mom! Is that ''really'' necessary?! Don't scare the poor guy over me disappearing for a day."
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* CheerfulChild: Chihiro appears in this AU as Keitaro's energetic little sister as before. And she's absolutely ''psyched'' to be able to meet and befriend a mermaid.
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* ActionPet: BJ proves to be very good at warding off the pair of unnamed officers, skittering around their feet and pinching them to buy Keitaro time to flee.
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* AlternateUniverse: The setting is more fantasy as opposed to ''13 Sentinels''[='=]s sci-fi focus. And while all the characters from 1945 are human like before, everyone else from the other eras (and all of them female) is [[AdaptationalSpeciesChange reimagined as mermaids]].
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* AlternateUniverse: The setting is more fantasy as opposed to ''13 Sentinels''[='=]s sci-fi focus. And while all the characters from 1945 are human like before, everyone else from the other eras (and all of them female) is are [[AdaptationalSpeciesChange reimagined as mermaids]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Natsuno is every bit as sweet and bubbly as she is in the original game, but also proves to be a very effective hunter who saves Keitaro from the pair of officers [[spoiler:and eats one of them offscreen]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:One of the officers is dragged below water to be devoured by the mermaids, with only a small wisp of blood being left in sight.]]
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Natsuno is a classic fish-from-the-waist-down mermaid with a lot of scales and fins adorning her human half, as well as webbed hands, claws and pronounced fangs. At first she doesn't seem to speak, only talking through animalistic chirping, yet understands human speech and gesturing. It's later revealed that she ''can'' talk when underwater due to how a mermaid's voice functions and can communicate to Keitaro when they're both submerged. She also travels as part of a pod of several mermaids, has healing properties in her saliva that help mend a cut on Keitaro's forehead, and mentions mermaids dissolving into seafoam when they die.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Yuki is the leader of the mermaid pod, and is described as being "twice the size" of Natsuno, making her giant next to the other mermaids.
* OneGenderRace: The only merfolk that appear are female.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Natsuno is a classic fish-from-the-waist-down mermaid with a lot of scales and fins adorning her human half, as well as webbed hands, claws and pronounced fangs. At first she doesn't seem to speak, only talking through animalistic chirping, yet understands human speech and gesturing. It's later revealed that she ''can'' talk when underwater due to how a mermaid's voicefunctions travels and can communicate to Keitaro when they're both submerged. She also travels as part a member of a pod of several mermaids, pod, has healing properties in her saliva that help mend a cut on Keitaro's forehead, and mentions mermaids dissolving into seafoam when they die.
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* PayEvilOntoEvil: Natsuno clarifies that mermaids only eat humans if they pose a threat to her and her pod (i.e. they're "bad guys"). [[spoiler:This comes to fruition when she and her pod save Keitaro and Co. from a pair of officers that assault Keitaro.]]
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* PayEvilOntoEvil: PayEvilUntoEvil: Natsuno clarifies that mermaids only eat humans if they pose a threat to her and her pod (i.e. they're "bad guys"). [[spoiler:This comes to fruition when she and her pod save Keitaro and Co. from a pair of officers that assault Keitaro.Keitaro, and she pops up later feasting on one of the officers' legs.]]
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* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:The final chapter has Natsuno departing to return to traveling with her pod, but not before sharing a heartfelt goodbye with Keitaro and her new friends. [[WeWillMeetAgain The two promise to eventually meet again]], a promise fulfilled when they reunite after the war ends.]]
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* RescueRomance: Natsuno rescues Keitaro from a shipwreck at the beginning of the story and returns him to his hometown, but without him ever catching sight of her. Even that early, his interest in her begins to show.
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* PayEvilOntoEvil: Natsuno clarifies that mermaids only eat humans if they pose a threat to her and her pod (i.e. they're "bad guys"). [[spoiler:This comes to fruition when she and her pod save Keitaro and Co. from a pair of officers that assault Keitaro.]]
* RescueRomance: Natsuno rescues Keitaro from a shipwreck at the beginning of the story and returns him to his hometown, but without him ever catching sight of her.Even He returns that early, his interest favor when he finds her washed up on the beach and wounded, and brings her to Tamao's house to treat her wounds.
* SecretKeeper: Tamao inevitably discovers that Natsuno is being harbored in herbegins bathroom and, after understanding the circumstances, does everything she can to show.help Natsuno recover from her injuries.
* RescueRomance: Natsuno rescues Keitaro from a shipwreck at the beginning of the story and returns him to his hometown, but without him ever catching sight of her.
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* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:About a year after Natsuno departs with her pod, she and Keitaro reunite at a boat festival, months after the war has come to an end. The series ends with the two watching a firework display together like Keitaro had promised Natsuno in an earlier chapter.]]
* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:About a year after Natsuno departs with her pod, she and Keitaro reunite at a boat festival, months after the war has come to an end. The series ends with the two watching a firework display together like Keitaro had promised Natsuno in an earlier chapter.]]
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->''Keitaro should have drowned that day, but he didn't; someone saved him, or so he believes. And when he finds her again, albeit injured herself, the least he can do is return the favor... that is, if he doesn't die from embarrassment first.''
''What the Water Gave Me'' is a fanfic by "[=RunicMagitek=]" based on ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim''.
Taking place in an AlternateUniverse, the story follows Keitaro Miura who has recently and miraculously survived drowning alongside his entire fleet in a naval battle. He finds himself returning to the beach where he washed up to understand how he survived and comes down there every day for a week. Then one day, he discovers an injured mermaid by the name of Natsuno washed up where he was found himself. A bond quickly grows between the two from that point on.
Not to be confused by the other ''Fanfic/WhatTheWaterGaveMe'' which is a ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fic.
!!Warning: Any spoilers for ''13 Sentinels'' will be unmarked on this page.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange:
** Natsuno is a mermaid in this fic. And it's revealed that all of the female pilots from ''13 Sentinels'' are her podmates in this AU.
** BJ goes from a robot to Natsuno's [[AnimalCompanion crab companion]].
* BathtubMermaid: Natsuno ends up spending several chapters recovering from her wounds in the Kurabe house's bathtub.
* CompositeCharacter: Yuki in this AU is mostly based on her adult 2188 version, being Natsuno's mother, but is also an ActionGirl like her teenage self.
* IAmAHumanitarian : Natsuno confirms herself that mermaids are willing to devour humans, mostly as a response to perceived danger, and says so rather casually which disturbs Keitaro (albeit for BlackComedy).
* InterspeciesRomance: Between Keitaro (human) and Natsuno (mermaid).
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Natsuno is a classic fish-from-the-waist-down mermaid with a lot of scales and fins adorning her human half, as well as webbed hands, claws and pronounced fangs. At first she doesn't seem to speak, only talking through animalistic chirping, yet understands human speech and gesturing. It's later revealed that she ''can'' talk when underwater due to how a mermaid's voice functions and can communicate to Keitaro when they're both submerged. She also travels as part of a pod of several mermaids, has healing properties in her saliva that help mend a cut on Keitaro's forehead, and mentions mermaids dissolving into seafoam when they die.
* RescueRomance: Natsuno rescues Keitaro from a shipwreck at the beginning of the story and returns him to his hometown, but without him ever catching sight of her. Even that early, his interest in her begins to show.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tamao is quick to notice the fondness Keitaro and Natsuno have for each other and begins teasing Keitaro for his [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious attraction]].
* TheSpeechless: Subverted; Natsuno at first doesn't seem to be able to talk, only make animalistic chirps and purrs at Keitaro. But then she manages to submerge the both of them and it's revealed that she ''can'' talk, albeit only when underwater.
''What the Water Gave Me'' is a fanfic by "[=RunicMagitek=]" based on ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim''.
Taking place in an AlternateUniverse, the story follows Keitaro Miura who has recently and miraculously survived drowning alongside his entire fleet in a naval battle. He finds himself returning to the beach where he washed up to understand how he survived and comes down there every day for a week. Then one day, he discovers an injured mermaid by the name of Natsuno washed up where he was found himself. A bond quickly grows between the two from that point on.
Not to be confused by the other ''Fanfic/WhatTheWaterGaveMe'' which is a ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fic.
!!Warning: Any spoilers for ''13 Sentinels'' will be unmarked on this page.
!!Tropes
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange:
** Natsuno is a mermaid in this fic. And it's revealed that all of the female pilots from ''13 Sentinels'' are her podmates in this AU.
** BJ goes from a robot to Natsuno's [[AnimalCompanion crab companion]].
* BathtubMermaid: Natsuno ends up spending several chapters recovering from her wounds in the Kurabe house's bathtub.
* CompositeCharacter: Yuki in this AU is mostly based on her adult 2188 version, being Natsuno's mother, but is also an ActionGirl like her teenage self.
* IAmAHumanitarian : Natsuno confirms herself that mermaids are willing to devour humans, mostly as a response to perceived danger, and says so rather casually which disturbs Keitaro (albeit for BlackComedy).
* InterspeciesRomance: Between Keitaro (human) and Natsuno (mermaid).
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Natsuno is a classic fish-from-the-waist-down mermaid with a lot of scales and fins adorning her human half, as well as webbed hands, claws and pronounced fangs. At first she doesn't seem to speak, only talking through animalistic chirping, yet understands human speech and gesturing. It's later revealed that she ''can'' talk when underwater due to how a mermaid's voice functions and can communicate to Keitaro when they're both submerged. She also travels as part of a pod of several mermaids, has healing properties in her saliva that help mend a cut on Keitaro's forehead, and mentions mermaids dissolving into seafoam when they die.
* RescueRomance: Natsuno rescues Keitaro from a shipwreck at the beginning of the story and returns him to his hometown, but without him ever catching sight of her. Even that early, his interest in her begins to show.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tamao is quick to notice the fondness Keitaro and Natsuno have for each other and begins teasing Keitaro for his [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious attraction]].
* TheSpeechless: Subverted; Natsuno at first doesn't seem to be able to talk, only make animalistic chirps and purrs at Keitaro. But then she manages to submerge the both of them and it's revealed that she ''can'' talk, albeit only when underwater.
