As Yuya keeps falling into the ocean, Zuzu starts swimming towards him as fast as she can. Reaching him, Zuzu wraps her arms around him as she swims him to the shore. Coming out of the water Zuzu takes him to the sand, also going on top of it as she lays him down. "Is he alright?"
"It's hard to say." Sylvio states as he lifts the prince's foot for any sound of life. "I can't make out a heartbeat."
Zuzu is disheartened until she notices something out of the corner of her eye. "No, look he's breathing!" Gently grabbing the side of his face Zuzu sings.
Zuzu: What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you
Smiling at me?
At this, Yuya opens his eyes and sees the most beautiful girl, but he can't make her out. The only thing he can identify her by is her beautiful voice. He lifts his hand to touch the one she has on his cheek and he can feel something like sparks shooting up his arm.
Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun?
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world
Hearing a dog's bark Zuzu rushes back into the ocean, not wanting to be seen by any of the other humans. Not until she gets to know Yuya better.
"Yuya!" Declan shouts as he gets closer to the sands of the beach. The prince groans as Declan and Odd Eyes approach; Odd Eyes immediately running towards Yuya and licking him. "Yuya, there you are. Are you alright?"
The prince stands, a far off look on in his face. "A girl rescued me from drowning. She had. . . the most beautiful voice."
"Oh Yuya, I think you've swallowed too much salt water. There are no girls living in the water." Declan reasons as he puts one of Yuya's arm around his shoulders as he walks the injured prince back to the palace.
Watching from afar as Yuya is taken to safety, Zuzu is laying on a rock.
Zuzu: I don't know when
I don't know how
A wave brings Shay to his sister. He's back to normal, changing back from a crab when the hurricane started. He turns and sees his sister singing as the human prince walks away. Shay's jaw drops, Sylvio flying over and pushing it closed.
Zuzu: But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see
Someday I'll be
Part of your world
Zuzu pushes herself up on the rock as a huge waves rises above her laying back down when Yuya is farther out of sight.
Farther away Zarc and Aster watch the princess as they report back Henrietta, who is laughing back in her lair as she watches the scene unfold before. "I can't believe this! The child is in love with a human, and not just any human-a prince! Her daddy will love that." Swimming out of her bed, and looks over her garden of writhing polyps, merfolk that couldn't hold up their end of their deal. "King Skip's headstrong, lovesick girl would make a charming addition to my darling collection."
The Sea Witch knows that Skip loves all of his children and will do anything to protect them and if he were to find out about his daughter's crush on the human, oh, he will go ballistic! He will try to keep her from ever leaving the palace again and Henrietta knows that Zuzu will try her hardest to sneak out and when she does, Henrietta will be there to offer her a deal to be with that human only for Zuzu to fail. Zuzu becoming a part of collection and her father relinquishing his crown and trident to her to save his daughter.
When that happens, his other children will be the first people she turns into polyps, slaves, or just wipes out completely.
Back in his home, in his warm bed, Yuya can't help but think about the young woman that saved him. He knows she's real, he knows that she wasn't some hallucination from his drowning and ingesting salt water. As he concentrates on what she looks like he can see two high pigtails and some of the warmest blue eyes he has seen, but the most note able is the song she was singing.
He can't get the tune out of his head. Taking his flute, Yuya starts playing the tune. He knows that he will find her again, that they will meet and when they do, Yuya knows that he will have found the person whom he is meant to be with and give the kingdom their future queen. He just has to go on a journey to find her, and when he does then maybe Declan will believe him and will loosen up and become more open-minded.
