Marco held onto his protector with such effort that by a surprise attack his protector was hit from behind.

"Ahhh!"

"Marco! Daddy!"

Issy's father had a deep wound in his back now and rapidly losing blood.

"Don't give up," yelled Marco at her dad.

"Issy! Protect Marco yourself now!"

Issy looked back at her mom whom was still holding onto her while she still kept her light full.

She held onto her mother's pearl necklace while she cried in her arms, "I won't leave you!"

Her mother loosened her grip on Issy and let her fall, "you must!"

Marco took her by the hand as Issy looked at her father … his brilliant glow now gone and all that's left is his cold body.

Issy's tears fell down her face as she turned back to her mother who just let out a horrible scream.

"Mama!"

"Issy … Marco …" she said in a cracked voice while forcing her pendant off, "take this and run!"

Her mother let the pendant go as another ice dragon caught it and dove under the water.

"Hey that was Issy's! Give it back to her!"

Marco dove into the water after the dragon as Issy then dove in after him not concerning herself about her tail.

"Marco," she yelled as she kept swimming down, "where are you!?"

"Hehehehe …" a wicked voice laughed as a shadow suddenly appeared right in front of her, "… such a weak girl."

Bella saw Marco holding onto her mother's pendant as Marco was trapped inside an air bubble, "Marco!"

She saw Marco hit the bubble and try to say something but she couldn't hear his voice.

"It's no use trying to free him Pink Pearl Princess," the shadow said coming into better view, "now hand over your pearls and nobody will get hurt."

Bella held onto her necklace knowing that only half of the pink pearl was inside hers and the other half was inside her mother's necklace.

But as she stared at this person, he reminded her of Gaito but with light brunette hair with blonde and red highlights.

"Who are you," she asked while swimming away from him just a bit.

"Don't worry about my name child. Now give me your pearls!"

His balled up his fists and made them glow a bright yellow as a pure energy blast came right at her.

Bella screamed as she felt another warming light within her own heart. She opened up her eyes and held out her hands as she caught his energy and made it swirl within her own grasp.

"What the hell," he yelled as he pulled his left arm in front of him.

Bella closed her eyes again and put a calm smile to her face as she softly spoke the words within her heart.

"As the new keeper of the Pink Pearl I, Si'bella, will protect my kingdom from the likes of you and any of whom serve under your name."

Marco was freed from the bubble as it formed only around his head. He swam over to Bella as he put her mother's necklace around her neck and the two necklaces combined into one, and the two half pearls forming a single whole pearl.

Bella moved her arm up as she yelled out, "now be gone!"

Bella woke up in her room at the castle. She sat up and looked down at her pendant.

"I miss you mama … I miss you too daddy … why did it have to be like this," she asked herself as she pulled her tail close to her chin as she held herself as if he were cold.

Bella heard some chattering outside the door. She got up, moved close, and heard Aka-san and Nigel talking.

"I don't know if you should marry her Nigel … after the loss of Victoria I thought it'll be a while before you came around."

Bella narrowed her eyes as she thought back, "Vicky? I thought he only went out with her until she killed herself. Why's he bringing that up?"

"Please sir," Nigel said, "Vicky was only a mere human with a horrible father. Yes I loved her for a moment, but that's all I could do for her until she jumped over that cliff and land …"

Bella heard Nigel stop as she remembered the rest for him, "until she jumped and landed on sharp rocks near the ocean where you were watching."

"Still Nigel," Aka-san said once more, "will she even let you come close to her? I heard from Nami that she only lets the twins touch her … Angel of course is a different story."

Bella balled her fists while she continued to listen trying not to make a sound.

"Well one thing's for sure sire, Bella's in love with a human whom loves her back. But he's so slow he doesn't even know that he loves both Issy and Bella even though they're the same person."

"Well in that case," Aka-san said, "let's wake her up so you can marry her right on the spot and combine all three countries into one."

"Three," Nigel asked, "is that why she's of the Indian Orange color?"

"Yes … now let's go."

Bella swam through a window and up towards the surface as fast as she could. Once her tail touched the sand her human feet appeared and she ran all the way to her house.

"Angel!!! Mia!!!"

Both Angel and Mia were sitting on the balcony. Angel sat up from his reclined spot as Mia jumped onto the railing holding her head directly over it as she watched Issy.

"Angel!! Nigel wants to marry me!!"