The Little Mermaid

Chapter XIV

~The Fight to the End~

"You know this whole thing really has nothing to do with you." Larxene sneered as her sharp nails dug into Roxas's wrist while pulling him back down to the ocean floor. The blonde tried to fight back but the transformation and the shock f being back in the sea had wiped all the energy out of the prince's body. He was helpless to the evil witch's mighty pulls.

"No, see you are just a speck in my plan to hook a much larger fish."

"Larxene, halt!" Said larger fish yelled and the blond squid froze as a trident was pointed right between her eyes. Xemnas was livid as he saw Roxas behind the enemy, the trident now glowing an enchanted gold ready to fire all the power it held on a single indication of command. Saix glared too at Larxene, though glad that they had gotten there at the perfect time.

"Xemnas, my dear, wonderful to see you." Larxene chuckled as he released Roxas, only for Marluxia and Lexaeus to wrap around him, restraining him.

"You are just the one I wanted to talk to."

"Let him go!"

"I will not! He's mine, Xemnas, see for yourself." With a flick of her wrist the contract appeared and unrolled for the King to read, Roxas's signature the biggest and brightest writing on the page. The silver haired king did not care, with a growl he aimed the trident right at the document and fired. A bolt of pure power twice the size of the trident hit the page right smacked dab in the middle and Larx held on, hiding behind it. The page and she was thrown back stopping once her back hit a boulder, though it did not hurt her. Her laugh echoed as once the power subsided, she and the document still in one piece.

"See what I mean, this contract is completely legal, liable, and unbreakable, even to you." The witch stated as she rolled the page back up and held it in her had with a smirk. Xemnas's eyes widened at the realization that he was powerless to help his son at all.

"Father…Father, I'm sorry! I didn't want to!" Roxas cried as he now fought against the eels with some regained strength.

"Well, moving on from the loving reunion." Larxene chided as she flicked her hand again, a swirl of magic surrounding the prince which caused him to slowly shrink.

"He'll make a lovely addition to my garden." Xemnas dove for Roxas though froze as he noticed that action only caused Rox to shrink faster.

"Though, I am not a woman who can't see reason. You could save him by taking his place." The blonde haired octopus said simply as she placed a hand on the king's shoulder, smiling wider by the second.

What nobody knew was that Axel was right above them on the surface, harpoon in hand. After watching Roxas be pulled down into the depths of the seas, he had ran, not walked, ran throughout the entire ship grabbing what he needed. Then he had gotten into the closest life boat and paddled in a direction he prayed was right. He thanked every god he knew of once he saw the glowing light being reflected on the surface. The redhead pulled off the suit from the wedding leaving on a loose white undershirt and grasped the harpoon firmly once more. Axe was going to save Roxas, or drown trying.

"So do we have a deal?" Larxene asked sweetly, fluttering her eyes. Xemnas looked to his son, who was now gangly and nearly half his normal size, before sighing. He then pointed the trident once more at the contract but this time instead of aiming to destroy it, the power beam completely removed Rox's signature, replacing it with the king's. The magic instantly left Rox, leaving him as his true self, only to encase the King, who in the blink of an eye was turned into one of the creatures that the witch had littered in the entrance of her home. The crown floated around the creature as well as the trident.

"Your majesty." Saix whispered as he crawled beside the creature, which was even smaller than him.

"Father…" Roxas gasped as he leaned closer to the being that use to be his parent. Larxene just laughed as she picked up the trident and crown, placing one in her hand and the other in her hair.

"It's mine. It's actually mine. I won!" The witch cackled as she held the trident with both hands, feeling the power surge through her core.

"No…, no, you monster!" Roxas screamed as he jumped at the witch grabbing her around the neck and trying to grab the trident but Larxene was quicker. She took a hold of the prince then forced him off pushing him into a boulder then pointed the glowing weapon at his throat.

"Do not mess with me, brat! I'm keeping you al-ARGH!" Larx suddenly yelp as her hand flew to her left shoulder where a harpoon was lodged under the skin, black blood seeping from the wound.

"What?" Everyone looked to where the dart had come from, seeing the redhead prince floating above them.

"Axel!" Roxas yelled in joy, for if he was here then that meant that the green eyed prince still cared. Of course Rox remembered there situation they were in and become fearful for the older teen.

"Axel! Axel, get away, go!"

"After him, you fools." Larxene yelled to Mar and Lex after she wrapped her tentacles around Rox, trapping him again. Axel swam as fast as he could and reached the boat, about to pull himself in but he only had a second to take in air before he was pulled again below the surface. Mar and Lex were wrapped around him, bringing him back down.

"Come on!" Saix yelled as he and Dem charged forward to the eels. Demyx took to strangling Lex while Saix snapped his claw tightly on Mar's tail. Both eels let go of the prince but before the redhead could swim back up he froze as he saw the trident pointed right at him.

"Say goodbye to your lo-"

"NO!" Roxas shouted as he shot forward grabbing Larx's hair with both hands and jerked back with all his might. The bolt of golden power that was meant to hit Axel hit Mar and Lex instead, sending them into the next life.

"Boys, my boys." Larxene gasped at what had happened before glaring at the swimming forms of the princes. Demyx's and Saix's eyes widened as the witch started sprouting dark smoke from under her and grew to an unfathomable size.

"Roxas!"

"Axel, you have to get to shore!" Roxas said as he wrapped his arms around the redhead.

"No! I will not leave you!" The said red haired prince shouted back as he tightened his hold on his love. The sea shook and bubbles formed around them and a great yellow object came in between them. It raised them hundreds of feet into the air and both princes gasped as they realized it was Larxene. They jumped to the sea below holding each other again once they resurfaced and watched as Larx grew to the sky, wicked smile etched on her features.

"You idiotic, pathetic weaklings." Her voice boomed sounding now more like thunder. The black tentacles came out of the water splashing around her.

"Look out!" Screamed Axel as he and Rox separated, so not to get destroyed by the massive body part, that aimed at them.

"I rule all the oceans now! The waves crash to my every command!" The witch sang as she waved the trident around and lightening struck against the sky around her. Roxas latched onto the rock closest to him as the blonde woman then spun the trident in the water forming an immense whirlpool. The blonde prince screamed out his lover's name as he was helpless to do nothing but watch Axel get thrown from one wave to the other.

Axe had been thrown under a sunken ship, which had risen to the surface, thanks to the witch's whirlpool. He grabbed one of the ropes that were in the water using it to pull himself aboard, wasting no time getting to the helm.

Larxene cackled as she took notice of the blonde prince clinging to the rock. She smirked before shooting a powerful beam right at the rock, which exploded at first contact, this sending Rox right to the bottom of the whirlpool. The blonde witch took aim at the prince, who dodged to the best of his ability. While she was distracted Axel had gotten to the helm and was heading right toward the evil woman. The bowsprit was broken and he was going to us that to his advantage.

"So much for true love." Larx laughed as she raised the trident planning to finish off everything with a final bolt of power. As she was just about to bring down her hand, at the last second Axe jerked the helm a hard right and the broken wooden pole went straight through the octopus's middle.

The lightening now coursed through Larxene and she wrapped her tentacles around the ship, bringing it down with her. Axe took this chance to jump to safety. The wreckage sank and with the witch destroyed for good all the creatures that Larxene had created turned back to their original forms, each one of them swimming away happily. The mighty trident floated back to the sea bottom and once it landed next to the last creature said being reverted back to King Xemnas, normal size crown sitting in his silver hair. He smiled as he took his trident back in his hands.

Axel had made it to land after the ship wreck and he laid flat out on the beach, out of strength and going in and out of conscious. Roxas was once again not able to help, he only watched. The prince was perched upon a rock close by the shore, his tail flicking the water now and again so that he could breath. He wanted nothing more than to go by Axel's side, but he was a merman again. It wasn't possible, nor was there a thing in the world to help him change it.

Xemnas and Saix watched the blonde from a distance and the king suddenly sighed loudly.

"He loves him greatly, correct, Saix?" The silver haired one asked quietly, his golden eyes never leaving his son.

"With all my years by Roxas's side, sire, I have never seen more love come from him unless it was towards you, your majesty." Saix answered truthfully, feeling sad for his prince. Xemnas sighed once more and slightly nodded to himself.

"Then there is only one problem remaining…"

"What might that be, sire?"

"How much I shall miss him…" Saix's eyes widened and he turned just in time to see a single tear roll down the king's cheek before he placed the glowing trident upon the surface of the sea.

The trident emitted a sparkling light that went right to Roxas like a magnitude. An even more dazzling light surrounded the prince from the waist down, who took notice of it once he felt something different. He knew immediately what it meant and smiled brighter than a million suns. He looked to his father, who could do no more but smile in return.

Axel groaned as he sat up, running a hand through his hair, but froze as his eyes took notice of what was coming out of the ocean. Roxas walked right out the water dressed in a simple but sparkling white trousers and top to cover him. Axel jumped to his feet, practically tackling the blonde and held him with all his might, twirling his love several times before allowing the blonde's feet back on the ground. Roxas accepted the act with all his love for he held onto Axe with just as much might and even began to cry.

The red haired prince eased away, smiling, as he noticed the tears, then cupped Rox's face to brush away the salt water.

"Roxas…"

"Axel?"

"I love you…" The green eyed teen whispered and Rox didn't a chance to respond before lips fitted against his passionately, though his response was kissing back, with just as much passion.

Not even a day later the wedding was being held on the cruise, the right one, and as they shared a quick kiss Zexion barked, rubbing against them. Roxas smiled as he petted the dog upon the head. Merpeople were surfaced all waving at Roxas in happiness, including the blonde's sisters.

Saix smiled as he sat on top of the cake, hugging the cake toppers but then shrieked as he noticed Xaldin was about to slice him into. He ran for his life though halted when he noticed a rope, one that was connected to a beam. So with a claw snip said beam smashed into Xaldin's face, knocking him and all his teeth out.

"Yes, thank you! Hold your applause please!" Saix cheered as he jumped back into the water. Roxas came to the railing of the boat and after saying his goodbyes to Demyx and Vexen, thanking them for all their help, he smiled as Xemnas used his magic to lift himself out of the water right up to Rox.

The blonde threw his arms around his father, hugging him lovingly. Xemnas did the same, his hold tightening, as he heard his son whisper 'I love you, Father.' He then nodded and let go of his son, knowing it was not goodbye. The king looked over to Axel who instantly bowed once their eyes meet. Xemnas smiled and bowed as well, took one last look to his son, then returned to the surface. The wedding ship sailed off and Axel stood beside his love, wrapping an arm around him, as they both waved.

The king gave them their last gift, which was a beautiful rainbow to form over the boat with a wave of the trident. Axe and Rox smiled at the gift then at each other before leaning closer and shared one of the many kisses that would come in their future. Their future shared together.

The End!