Another Underwater Tickle Story

*sequel to ‘An Underwater Tickle Story’ by Moriona-Broazic*

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“Here it is!” Silk announced proudly.

Ain stared at the shipwreck sitting at the bottom of the ocean floor. It wasn’t in the best condition, but it wasn’t in the worst either. Ain had been swimming around aimlessly earlier that day when her two ever-bubbly friends Silk and Tashigi caught up to her. They were bored as well - apparently the reef was void of any excitement - so they told her about a sunken yacht they had found a few days before, and convinced her to come along with them to see it.

“How did you find this again?” Ain asked curiously.

“Oh, well, we decided to go exploring a couple days ago - three days ago?” answered Tashigi, who was doing flips in the water. “We hadn’t found anything neat for a while, but then we spotted this!” she exclaimed, gesturing towards the ‘Wind Dancer.’ She stopped upside down and said proudly, “Isn’t it cool!?”

Ain had seen plenty of shipwrecks in her time, so she wasn’t nearly as enthusiastic as her friends appeared to be; it wasn’t as though the ‘Wind Dancer’ was a novelty. However, the mermaid did have to admit that as far as shipwrecks went, this one looked like it was still in very good shape, regardless of the fact that it was currently underwater and plastered to the bottom of the sandy ocean. “Yeah, it’s pretty neat,” she replied, turning away from the boat to look at her two friends.

Upon seeing them, she froze in surprise. Tashigi was still floating upside down, and Silk had swam up until she was right next to the other mermaid, her face directly in front of Tashigi’s bare belly. Silk’s index finger was probing around inside Tashigi’s belly button, and both mermaids were giggling softly. Rather than saying anything, Ain stared in fascination. So Tashigi was ticklish? Ain herself was quite ticklish, and she had always wondered whether her friends were as well; she couldn’t help it, not with their tops baring their bellies and cute little belly buttons all the time. Was Silk also ticklish? Ain felt her belly button twinge as she watched Silk swirl her finger around inside Tashigi’s deep innie. Silk was still smiling and Tashigi was quivering with laughter. Suddenly the two mermaids noticed their friend staring. They broke away, Tashigi blushing slightly while Silk just grinned.

“Come on!” Silk said brightly to the both of them. “Lets go inside!”

“The ship?” Ain asked, confused. It was a fairly tiny yacht; it was doubtful that there was anything of particular interest inside.

“Of course!” Silk replied, giggling. She quickly stuck out a finger and poked Ain’s belly button, which was an outie that stuck out a little from her belly. A laugh escaped Ain’s lips and she massaged her belly button. Meanwhile, Silk and Tashigi shared an excited, slightly mischievous glance. Ain wasn’t quite sure what it meant, but for some reason it made her slightly nervous.

Shaking off the feeling, she swam off after her friends, entering the ship.

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“-pretty awesome, right!? And the bedrooms, but they’re pretty boring, most everything’s rotted by now and they’re really small. Come check out this room, Ain!” Ain followed Tashigi, smiling at how much of a chatterbox her friend was. Silk had gone ahead of them to who-knew-where, while Tashigi had remained with Ain to show her around the ship. Ain supposed that the boat did look smaller on the outside than it was on the inside, but she still didn’t see what all the fuss was about.

“Wow,” she murmured absentmindedly, not really paying much attention. She followed Tashigi into the next room. It was a bit brighter than some of the other ones they had seen; the room was small, with only a table and a knocked-over chair in it, but bright ocean sunlight filtered through the two large, unobscured windows. Ain felt her interest perk slightly.

“Tashi, what’s this room?” she asked, staring at the table. It was metal, and looked to be in fairly good condition despite its current location. There were two large leather straps in the middle, and on each end of the table were two smaller leather straps. And the leather looked like it hadn’t rotted through yet! How curious. Ain swam closer to get a better look.

Without warning she was tackled from behind. “Hey!” she exclaimed as she was forced facedown onto the table. A moment later she was flipped over, Silk pinning her down flat on the table with her arms above her head. Ain felt something tighten over her left wrist.

“What are you doing?” she cried. The same was done to her right wrist. Tashigi giggled.

“Nothing!” she said, her eyes wide. “We just want to have a little fun.”

Ain pulled on the straps binding her wrists. There was no give; they were not rotted in the least. Struggling, she looked down and realized that the two long leather straps were binding the rest of her body to the metal table. One was crossing over the chest, right below her breasts, while the other secured the upper portion of her bright purple tail. “What’s going on?” Ain asked, whipping her head around to stare at Silk and Tashigi.

“Well,” Silk said, placing her hand on Ain’s flat, pale belly. “When we saw you with your new top,” and at this, Ain looked down at her top - it was a tight, sparkly green one that had been a gift from her cousin, who thought the color would go well with Ain’s tail. “- and since when Tashi and I first found this ship, I tied her down and tickled her, well, then we had the idea to do that to you.” Tashigi giggled. Silk’s hand, still resting on Ain’s belly, moved up a little to poke her round, outie belly button. “And your belly just looks so ticklish!” Silk exclaimed.

Silk continued to play with Ain’s belly button, poking and prodding it gently. Ain gnashed her teeth firmly together, fighting the desire to laugh. Her belly button was so ticklish! Then Tashigi joined in, stroking Ain’s sensitive sides with her hands. Ain began to giggle quietly. “Hehehehehe, guys! Tashiehehehehehehehe, stop, plehehehehehe-” with one finger still tickling Ain’s outie, the fingers on Silk’s remaining hand started wiggling over Ain’s lower belly. Ain burst out laughing. “Hahahahahaha! Ahahahahahaha, stahahahaha-” Ain squirmed under the straps. When Tashigi’s hands joined Silk’s in tickling her belly and belly button Ain laughed even louder. “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, NAHAHAHAHAHA, STAHAHAHAHA-”

Ain had stopped struggling and lay limp on the table, howling with laughter. She enjoyed being tickled as much as the next mermaid, but this was ridiculous. Two of them, ganging up on her! And her belly was the most ticklish spot on her body! Suddenly, a thought popped into her head. If she hadn’t been laughing so hard she would have groaned at her own stupidity. How could she be such an idiot? Ain had the power to age things, either into the future or into the past. She could simply age the table forward a few years, making the leather restraints crumble with age!

... but no, she couldn’t let Silk and Tashigi off that easily. A plan began to form in her mind, and soon Ain was laughing, but not just from the tickle torture she was receiving. No, she had an idea for getting back at her two tricky little friends.

It would never work though, unless she could get them to stop tickling her. Ain was laughing so hard that all she could do was think - she could barely speak through her helpless laughter, let alone utilize her powers. “Stahahahaha, hahahahahaha, stahahahahp! Pleehehehehe, can’t brehehehehe-” she wheezed, hoping Silk and Tashigi would understand and heed her incoherent pleas.

The two mermaids reluctantly swam back a few inches, removing their hands from Ain’s belly. She gasped, her belly heaving. Perfect. Now she just needed to focus-

An instant later the leather binding her crumbled into dust, and Ain leapt off the table. Tashigi looked slightly shocked, while Silk had a look of confusion on her face, as if she did not quite understand what was going on. Using her powers, Ain aged the table backwards until it was in it’s original condition, even more pristine than it had been when Silk and Tashigi first found it. She grabbed Silk and pulled her over to the table. Pushing her down onto the table, Ain wrenched Silk’s arms above her head and fastened her wrists down with the leather straps at the top of the table. The shock seemed to be wearing off, and Silk began to struggle, wiggling and squirming frantically. It was too late, however. Ain smiled as she tightened the straps across Silk’s chest and tail. She turned away from Silk to face the second, slightly more innocent culprit. Tashigi was in the exact same position, looking nervous and apprehensive, but also - excited? Ah, so she liked being tickled. Grinning, Ain snatched up the compliant girl and pulled her over to the table. Although Tashigi couldn’t be tied down like Silk, Ain had just the idea. Placing Tashigi at the foot of the metal table, Ain placed her wrists inside the ankle straps at the bottom of the table. Satisfied, Ain stepped back to study her work. She was quite pleased; Silk certainly would not be escaping, and while Tashigi might whip her tail around a bit seeing as only her wrists were bound, Ain could deal with that.

Ain stretched and rubbed her belly, which was still somewhat sore from all that laughing. Then she gathered her long dark blue hair into a ponytail on the top of her head, which it had fallen out of during her tickle torture. “Alright you two,” Ain said, smirking. “I think it’s time you had a taste of your own medicine.”

Placing her long fingers on Silk’s belly, Ain began kneading the soft skin. Silk whimpered. “Wait!” she cried. “Don’t, not my behehehehehe, bahahahahahaha-” Ain kneaded Silk’s belly harder, amused by how very ticklish the girl appeared to be; she had only been tickling Silk for a few seconds! With one hand she kept keading Silk’s lower belly, while she ran the other one up and down Silk’s side. Silk’s eyes were closed, and she was giggling helplessly. Ain grinned and looked over at her other victim. Tashigi was pouting slightly. Well, that wouldn’t do. Ain moved so that she was floating over the table, tickling Silk from above. Her fingers still spidering up and down Silk’s sides, she moved her tail down so that the tip was poised over Tashigi’s belly. Looking behind her, she saw Tashigi staring at the purple tail. Ain grinned, and began to swish her tail back and forth gently, so that it was tickling Tashigi’s belly almost like a feather duster.

Tashigi began to laugh. “Hahahahaha, ahahahahahahaha, no! Hahahahahahaha, that ticklahahahahaha, hahahahahahaha-” Tashigi was writhing around as Ain’s tail rubbed against her belly, making it harder for Ain to tickle her without abandoning Silk.

Ain moved her tail over to the side; Tashigi’s arms could not move as much as her torso could. Ain’s talented tail began stroking Tashigi’s armpit. “BAHAHAHAHAHA, NOOO, AHAHAHAHAHA! Nooo Ain, that TICKLES! HAHAHAHAHAHA-” Tashigi shrieked and writhed with uncontrollable laughter. Grinning, Ain turned her focus back to Silk. Her eyes were squeezed tight, her mouth was wide open, and her vulnerable belly was shaking with laughter. Ain stuck a finger into Silk’s shallow innie and wiggled it around, using her other hand to tickle Silk’s lower belly.

“NAAHAHAHAHAHA, AHAHAHAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHA, STAHAHAHAHAA, PLEAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-” Silk screamed as Ain mercilessly tickled her belly and belly button.

Ain grinned wider. “Revenge is so sweet,” she teased, swirling her finger around Silk’s belly button. Silk was incapable of answering as she howled with laughter.

Feeling the need to give Tashigi’s belly button the same treatment, Ain flipped around so that her fingers were reaching for Tashigi’s belly and her tail was poised above Silk’s belly. She started tickling Silk, and once satisfied that the poor girl was being tortured enough, she looked down at Tashigi. Tashigi’s cheeks were pink and she was still giggling slightly after her underarm tickles. Ain smirked and teasingly stretched a finger towards Tashigi’s deep innie.

“No!” Tashigi gasped.

Ain plunged her finger into the other mermaid’s belly button. “What?” she asked playfully. “I didn’t hear you. Did you say more? Well, of course I’ll give you more!” Tashigi was laughing too hard to reply. In fact, she looked close to fainting. Ain glanced back and saw that Silk was bright red, and looked just as breathless as Tashigi. Sighing, Ain gave Tashigi’s belly button one last poke before moving away.

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When Ain had untied Tashigi and undone all of Silk’s straps, the two gratefully moved away from the table. Tashigi was grinning happily, looking content. Although Silk seemed very relieved to be free, she too had a wide smile on her face.

“That was fun!” Tashigi giggled. “Ain, you’re a really good tickler. It must be some kind of skill, tickling the two of us at once!” She did a little twirl in the water, laughing. “What a great day!”

Ain looked at Silk, who giggled as well. “It was pretty fun,” she admitted.

Ain grinned. “Well... maybe we can do this again sometime.” She laughed. “I might even let you guys tickle me for more than ten minutes.”