History:
As many stories do, Akarui Yorugen's began once upon a time, in a land far, far away, in a kingdom called Atorantisu, but you might know it better - as Atlantis.

Atlantis was a kingdom filled with wielders of water magic, fishermen and sailors, being surrounded by the azure sea. King Toriton ruled the Kingdom alongside the beloved Queen Atena. Together they had thirteen children, all of whom were male except for the youngest, a dainty red-haired girl born prematurely, who looked more elfin than mer. They named her Akarui, meaning 'Tears of Light,' for this was no simple girl. She had the power to weep oceans, and when she mourned, the sky wept with her. She was revered by the kingdom, as never would the oceans or rivers run dry so long as Princess Akarui lived, and never would the sea creatures flee so long as her songs beckoned them near.

So the Tears wept and the Light sang and like shoes that forced its wearer to dance eternally, so Akarui was trapped in her song and in her eyes, destined to weep and sing for Atlantis to thrive. She did not play as the other children did, nor string pearls the mermaids did so religiously, but Akarui did not mind. She did not mind at all, she would say aloud to the shells of her hollow room every dawn and dusk. She did not mind at all.

Regardless of her self-deception, her two oldest brothers minded very much. They were the heirs to the throne, yet little, premature Rui was the one who received all the praise and attention, whose shell was littered by gifts and tokens from the citizens everyday. Oh, how they wished she would scream a song and weep blood one day. Their disdain manifested in petty pranks at first. They would swap the seaweed in her soup for live ocean slugs, pay the village boys to frighten her in the night and trip her path, silly games that annoyed her but were ultimately tolerable. After all, she had her Raiden.

Rai and Rui were the best of friends, he being the son of one of a duke and her betrothed. When they first met, he did not caress her hair or probe her flesh for a blessing as so many others did. Instead, he rubbed the slimy remnants of a sea anemone on her palms when they shook hands. She fell instantly and irrevocably, in love. He would often defend her against the kids who mocked her small frame and quiet nature and undo whatever horrors her brothers had inflicted on her this time. Rai promised Rui she would never be lonely.

But the dead do not keep their promises. as the Princess of Tears and Light would soon know. For as all stories must go, her happiness would not prevail.

The two eldests had become restless with distraught. There was talk of Little Akarui ascending the throne. After all, should not the most powerful of the King and Queen's offspring rule the Great Atlantis? Thus in the dark whispers of elusive taverns and black market dealings, they devised their sister's demise.

Though it was the paid mercenaries and magicians who subdued her magic, it was her brothers who brought their swords to slice her lifeblood free of her throat. But as the swords descended, their aim met not the soft croon of young flesh, but the screech of another sword. Rai had braced himself before her, arms trembling against the swords pressed against him, eyes bright with fury and strain.

"Run," he'd yelled. "Run!"

But how does one flee from the boy you love?

If the source of affection is annihilated, of course.

It had been quick, at least. The sword plunged straight through Raiden's heart, and emerged from her gaping soul.

She might've screamed - such details escaped her as power gushed from the wound her brothers had inflicted when they ripped her love from her chest and like a broken dam, her magic drowned the kingdom under the sea. Her brothers were left injured, but intact, and the kingdom withstood the rage of their Fallen Princess, as it had thrived against the countless enemies of nature and humanity before. All that changed was that now the sea levels rose and the Kingdom was submerged in water - but no matter, the water wielders had always been able to breathe as fish did. The Princess, however, was not so lucky.

The King would not hear her excuses, though the Queen wept. But not for her. Never for her. They wept for their eldest son's blindness. "You did this," Queen Atena had accused. "You." When Akarui revealed that it was her brothers who had attacked her first and who had killed her dearest friend, she was called a liar. "How dare you?" the King had boomed. "First you murder Raiden Tsuito, your betrothed, and now you dare place blame on my sons? You dare lie before the Court of Atlantis?"

And for the crime of deception, she was cursed to speak only lies.

"You are no daughter of mine," King Toriton spat.

And for the crime of being Akarui Yorugen, she was banished from Atlantis, and all the seas that be and would ever be.

Perhaps you expected a happily ever after. Alas, happy endings do not belong to villains, and this Princess of Tears and Light would ultimately succumb to darkness. So let this be the moral of our story: what burns bright, burns out.