They soon went deep into the temple. Everyone felt amazed by the sights and sounds of The Sea Temple. They soon came into what looked like an indoor waterfall and Manaphy soon sang his song again. Something seemed to reply back to his song.

"What was that...?" Felicity muttered slightly.

"Is that The Temple responding back to Manaphy's song?" Brock wondered.

Lizabeth's necklace soon glowed and she felt excited. "That's gotta be The People of the Water, for sure!"

"Must be." Akito said.

The waterfall seemed to open up for them a lot like doors, followed by many more. May's new bracelet even glowed and Manaphy soon leaped into the water.

"Do you want us to follow you?" Emi asked him.

Manaphy smiled and nodded.

"Alright then, come on, guys." Emi smiled to the others.

The group began to follow after Manaphy.

"Je déteste courir!" Felicity panted and grunted.

"What?" The others asked.

"She hates running." Mismagius translated.

Akito soon helped Felicity with that. They both seemed to mirror their parents in terms of behavior and personality as they continued to follow Manaphy. Manaphy came back into May's arms as they soon came at the top of the stairs and came up to a stand.

"Whoa." Estelle said.

"What's this?" Ash asked.

"The sign of the Sea Crown." Lizabeth said.

"But what's it say?" Max wondered.

"I don't know, Max," Lizabeth frowned. "Maybe Grandpa can read it."

"Maybe we can teleport him here." Estelle said.

"Teleport...?" Lizabeth asked.

"Wouldn't you like me to tell ya what it says, kids?" A voice smirked right behind them.

Hearing that voice caused the group to gasp. They turned around and sadly, it was in fact Phantom.

"It's the least I can do for thanking you for guiding me here." The pirate grinned darkly.

"No way!" Emi glared. "Stay back!"

"Oh, even if you were to attack me all at once, you wouldn't stand a chance." Phantom smirked.

"Stand a chance!" Chatot copied.

"Oh, yeah?" Ash and Pikachu replied.

"You know you have no power here," Lizabeth glared. "This Temple belongs to The People of the Water."

"That's right, and you are no member of the People of the Water." Emi added.

Phantom chuckled to that. "I happen to know everything about the People of the Water."

"Everything!" Chatot copied.

"'Beyond this door, which may only be opened to The People of the Water, lies the Crown, and who shall ever wear this Crown, shall be known as The King of the Sea'," Phantom read aloud with a laugh before taking out a charm. "As thanks for guiding me here, I shall be kind enough to let you feel the Sea Crown."

"Where did you get that?" Emi glared.

"Oh, some special friends helped me get it." Phantom smirked as he used the charm to open the door for himself.

Unfortunately for the others, it worked and the tablet went through the floor and glowed to show a way to The Sea Crown.

"Whoa." Akito said.

Phantom soon handled the pentagram as it glowed and a series of doors opened. He was so excited that he ran down the way to get to the Sea Crown.'

"It could've been Captain Hook, but noooon..." Felicity groaned.


The group soon rushed after him. Of course, Phantom and Chatot made it back first as the others rushed over.

"Finally... The Sea Crown, and now it's all mine." Phantom grinned darkly.

"All mine! All mine!" Chatot squawked.

"No, it's not." Akito told them.

"Remember, there are two kinds of men in this world of ours," Phantom smirked. "Those who look good with rare jewels, and those who do not! For me, however, the Sea Crown and I are actually in the heavens above!"

Manaphy reached out for The Sea Crown and flew out of May's arms before going into the watery aura.

"That looks fun." Estelle smiled.

"It sure does." Max agreed.

Phantom soon tried to grab a hold of a crystal, only for Manaphy to come down to keep him from getting it, but the pirate had succeeded.

"Put that back in!" Akito told him.

"What're you gonna do if I don't?" Phantom smirked. "I'd risk everything to capture The Sea Crown, and from now on, it belongs to me."

"No, it doesn't!" Akito glared as he tackled him.

Phantom grunted as he was suddenly on the ground. Suddenly, the Sea Crown seemed to fade, making them both look over, curiously and worriedly and the watery aura soon broke down and splashed all around like water falling.

"What just happened?" Akito asked.

"Oh, no!" Lizabeth panicked.

Suddenly, more water began to splash in from the cores of the room which made Manaphy cry.

"Now I know what happened when you took that crystal out of it, causing The Sea Crown to lose its power, meaning those who aren't merpeople are going to drown!" Akito told Phantom.

This instantly made the others panic. "Drown?!"

"We have to return the crystal to its rightful place before the temple fills up with water!" Akito told Phantom as he took the crystal.

"Let's go, we gotta get back to the sub." Lizabeth told Akito after saving Max.

"But we have to get the crystal back!" Akito told her. "Without it, the temple will sink to the bottom of the sea!"

"What kind of boy are you?!" Phantom glared after being tackled by a little kid.

"I'm the son of Atticus Fudo." Akito told him.

"Atticus Fudo?!" Phantom repeated with a scoff.

"The famous detective who has incredible strength." Akito smirked.

"Oh, please." Phantom scoffed.

Akito soon zipped off of his back and came under him and lifted him up with ease, showing how strong he was for a kid his age. "Believe me now?" he then mocked the pirate.

"Aye, I do!" Phantom yelped.

"Come on!" Lizabeth urged as she took Max's hand and ran with him.

"You heard her! Run!" Estelle added.

"Don't think that for a second, I will ever forgive you, or your helpers," Akito glared to Phantom before tossing him aside and began to follow after the others to leave the Sea Temple before the others would drown from the water. "To the submarine!"


They continued to run, but both Ash and Akito growled towards Phantom as they didn't like him at all.

"Everybody okay?" Jack asked as he came from the bottom of the steps.

"Yeah, except thanks to Phantom, the temple is sinking!" Emi panicked.

"He's back there, huh?" Jack replied.

"Oh, you bet." Akito glared with a nod.

Jack nodded back to that. "I'll take care of Phantom; you get out of here."

"You got it." Felicity said.

"Lizabeth, take care of everyone." Jack said before running up the steps.

"Right!" Lizabeth nodded to the Pokemon Ranger.

"Jack, be careful back there." Akito told Jack.

"Don't worry, Akito, I'll be fine," Jack reassured with a thumb's up. "I'm a ranger, right?"

"Hang in there, Jackie." Ash hoped.

"Let's move!" Brock called out as he ran with the others.

"Right!" Akito nodded.

They soon all ran out together to get out of the flooding Sea Temple. They all soon rushed into the submarine before it would be too late as they could be flooded at any minute or any second.

"Quick, everyone in." Vincent said.

Ash and May seemed to stare at the temple.

"Ash, get in here!" Emi told her big brother.

May was about to go with Ash, but Manaphy jumped out of her arms to go back into the water. Akito knew exactly why Manaphy went back into the water.

"Manaphy!" May panicked and chased after the Water Pokemon.

"No, May!" Akito told the brunette girl. "Let Manaphy handle this!"

Akito and Emi soon got out and went after Ash and May.

"Hey, you guys, wait!" Lizabeth called out to them.

Water began to splash down from the ceiling and it made waves rock against the submarine.

"Manaphy, where are you going?!" May cried out.

"Manaphy doesn't want the temple to sink!" Emi told her.

They soon continued to run after the Water Pokemon.

"It's the Sea Crown." Akito frowned once he saw that the crystals were nearly all gone.

"Down there!" May pointed to Manaphy as he tried to take the crystals out of Phantom's bag.

"Let's help him." Emi said.

"Let's go!" Pikachu added.

They all soon jumped down to land in the water as Manaphy wasn't strong enough to move the crystals.

"Once we get the crystals back to their right places, the temple will be back to the way it was before." Akito said.

"This shouldn't be too hard." Emi said.

They soon took the crystals out of the bag and went to move them back to where they once came from.

"That's all of them." Akito said.

"Not exactly..." May frowned as she showed him. "We need one more."

"Phantom must have dropped one of them." Emi said.

Pikachu and Manaphy looked a little sad. The water soon came close and they looked down as their shoes started to get wet as the water filled up.

"Oh, crud." Akito groaned.

"We should go." Emi frowned.


Akito's legs soon glowed and turned into a mer-tail.

Ash took Emi's hand and soon ran with her and May to get out of the temple in time while Akito transformed. "And I'm stuck here until the room is filled with water to the top." He sighed.

"Akito!" Emi cried out.

"Don't worry, Emi, I'll be fine!" Akito called out to her. "Just go find the last crystal!"

"Okay..." Emi frowned as she hated to leave him like this.

May, Ash, and Emi kept running off.

"Guys, look, I found something!" Pikachu spoke up and pointed to the final crystal.

Emi looked to where Pikachu pointed and saw the final crystal.

"Got it!" Ash smiled as he soon took out the crystal. "But how'd it get here?"

"I'm not surprised with all the flooding going on." May commented.

"We better get it back to its right place." Emi suggested.

Suddenly, a giant wave of water came into the room.

"Watch out, you guys!" Akito called out as he rode with the water.

"Whoa!" Emi yelped.

They soon came out of the room and there was some sort of capsule.

"Huh? What's this?" Akito wondered before stretching and taking a look.

"It's Phantom's!" Ash gasped.

"May, Emi, you two get in there." Akito told them.

"But-" Emi frowned.

"He's right," Ash nodded as he helped his sister inside and Akito helped Emi, even including his best Pokemon. "Pikachu, you too."

"What?!" Pikachu yelped.

"Along with Manaphy." Akito said.

"We have to go put this back," Ash said as he closed the door and locked it while holding onto the crystal. "Now you guys just sit tight there, and wait."

"BUT GUYS!" The girls cried out as Ash and Akito got going.

As for Akito, it was easy with the water pouring.

"Man, how do you get so lucky?" Ash pouted to Akito as they traveled with the crystal.

"I just have an amazing family tree," Akito replied. "Let's just hope that it doesn't get too flooded."

"I really hope so too." Ash agreed.

Akito and Ash rushed as fast as they could with the crystal while Emi and May waited in the capsule for them.

"Akito, I'm coming in." Ash told the younger boy.

"Okay." Akito replied.

Ash soon took a deep breath and dove into the water.

"Follow me." Akito told Ash before swimming down to The Sea Crown with him.


They both swam for a while as they looked around to find the right place to go as they held the crystal securely. Akito soon decided to turn Ash into a mer-person. There almost looked like there was a heavenly glow around The Sea Crown once the boys finally found it. Ash soon began to run out of air and he couldn't hold his breath any longer as he carried the crystal. Akito soon kissed Ash on the forehead. Ash did a double take from that, feeling confused.

"Just trust me, okay?" Akito told him.

"Thanks for, um, doing that." Ash thanked.

"Sorry, but it's the family thing to do," Akito said. "Very long story."

"So, I'm a merboy now?" Ash asked.

"Sure looks that way." Akito smiled.

"So now I won't have to hold my breath." Ash smiled back.

Akito nodded. "Come on, let's get that crystal."

Ash nodded back and the two swam together to put the crystal back into The Sea Crown. Once they got the crystal, it was easy going from there.

"It feels so weird talking underwater." Ash said.

"You'll get used to it," Akito reassured. "Come on, let's get out of here."

They soon placed the crystal back where it belonged. Once the crystal was back, there was a bright glow all around with bubbles, and it had went around Ash.

"This is so amazing..." Akito whispered as he looked around in awestruck.

The temple was soon rising. Akito and Ash soon smiled to each other as the temple was soon back above the water. This really amazed Lizabeth's family more than anyone else.