Note: Ok... Typing in an iPad is REALLY unnerving me now... Nevertheless, I'm happy to get this uploaded, thanks to the hotel having a 24 hour free Internet. I managed to fix the format but I won't be fixing the previous chappie until I get home.

Umi's POV:

I panted in exhaustion. Armik still had a few tricks up his sleeve. He wasn't going to make this final battle any easier.

Even with Mom and Dad on our side, we still had difficulty coping up with Alpha and Beta's strategy of trapping us in limited space. Armik had utilized this this strategy well to limit our movements giving him the home field advantage.

"Arashi! Is there anything we can do to counter this?" I asked.

"I-I don't know, Umi... I'm thinking!" he gasped as Alpha swooped in for another Slash attack.

Armik swam forward, almost entering the circle, but instead, he also used Double Team, creating a secondary layer to the circle. He then began to use Hypnosis at us from outside the circle.

"Fear the wrath of my Circular Pendulum formation! You fools can never stand on even ground with someone like me!" he growled aggressively.

All of his copies just continued to stare at us with their Hypnotic stare. No matter where I looked, it would either be Alpha and Beta attacking, or Armik using Hypnosis.

"Umi! Be careful! He's trying to sedate our minds and erode at our physical capabilities at the same time!" he yelled at me before Alpha Slashed at him again.

"But isn't there anything to counter this?" Dad asked.

"I think I actually have a plan,"Mom perked up, "But first thing's first, Arashi... Do you happen to know the move Dragon Dance?"

"Yes," he replied as he was Slashed once more.

"Well, here's the plan... Everybody, let's circle around Arashi! Let him use Dragon Dabce while we defend him!" Mom informed us.

"But Mom! Well fall asleep from Hypnosis!" I warned.

"Which is why I'm using Safeguard now... Hurry! We must now work as a team!" she replied as she began whirling around Arashi. Dad and I soon began to follow her lead.

We took the blow of several attacks for Arashi, but I'm proud to say that, as a Milotic, my defensive capabilities were not too shabby.

Arashi performed the mystical dance several times. I could sense his movements turning sharper and swifter every time he performed the mystical dance. Unfortunately, Armik must have sensed it too.

"Stop the Gyarados from doing another Dragon Dance!" he barked out.

Alpha and Beta soon began to attack at us at a much more frightening speed. Armik now found Hypnosis useless and joined the fray by launching several Hydro Pump attacks at us.

I would not allow an opening though... I wouldn't let them disrupt Arashi's attack!

"That's it!" Mom cheered as she deflected a Hydro Pump back at Armik with Mirror Coat, "Keep up at it! We're almost there!"

Arashi nodded back as we kept up our formation.

All of a sudden, we stopped and Arashi fired a deadly Stone Edge attack towards Alpha as Alpha charged towards him to Slash at him.

"Gaah!" Alpha screamed before dropping down unconscious.

His unconscious body fell to the floor, lodging onto Beta's lower fin as he whirled, causing Beta to "trip" and fall down, eliminating all his other illusory copies and revealing himself.

"Eat this!" Arashi yelled as he fired another Stone Edge, knocking Beta out.

"You might as well give up, Armik!" Dad proudly declared.

"Fool! I won't give up so easily! Taste my wrath!" he roared as he suddenly put Arashi to sleep with Hypnosis.

Arashi, caught off-guard, fell down snoring.

"Mom! I thought you had Safeguard on?" I asked, horrified.

"Urk! Safeguard only lasts for a limited amount of time," she explained through gritted teeth, before being bashed by a full-force Hydro Pump.

"Sorry, Aurelia dearie!" Armik growled, "You would've made a perfect substitute for Umi, but now you're just getting in my way!"

Mom fainted from taking most of our hits and using Mirror Coat for us. Dad growled as he rushed to Mom's aid, but he was thrown halfway across the room by Armik's Dragon Tail.

"As for you, my King," he snarled, "You have served me no purpose from the start! Better to get rid of you now!"

"Dad!" I yelled, but he had already fainted upon hitting the stone-hard wall.

He turned to Arashi, but I blocked him, not permitting him to harm any more of my loved ones. However, he simply wrapped his tail around mine and swatted me away, proceeding towards Arashi, who was still sleeping peacefully and unaware about the punishment Armik was about to deal.

"And you, pathetic creature! You dare steal my girl? You grieving, pathetic son of a Gyarados! I'll do you a favor and show you a punishment like no other!" he yelled as he fired a Hydro Pump at Arashi, following it up with a Dragon Tail that sent him flying to Dad, who was already unconscious.

"Ugh..." he groaned, having difficulty waking up.

"As for you," Armik ordered as he turned to me, "You now have two choices. One, is to die with that freak over there! And two, to live by becoming my Queen!"

I shot a murderous look at him. I've had it with Armik viewing me as something he could own. I'm tired of him treating me as if my emotions didn't matter. Most of all, I'm tired of ARMIK HIMSELF!

I inched my face towards his, as if trying to kiss him.. However, I blasted an Ice Beam at full force, following it up with a heavy slap to his face from my tail.

"How about my third choice? YOU leave and NEVER come back into my life AGAIN?" I angrily yelled as I Hydro Pump-ed him across the room.

"Grr... A tough nut to crack, are you? But as they say, the tougher the nut, the more delectable!" he lustfully growled, preparing to sock me with a Dragon Tail. But before he could complete the attack, a blue tail wrapped around his and held it back.

"Excuse me, but you've almost destroyed my tribe, and... More importantly, you've harmed Umi far too much already!" Arashi angrily threatened, slamming into Armik one last time with Thrash, knocking him out.

"Are you okay there, Umi?" he smiled as he looked back at me.

"I'm okay, but I won't be if you continue to get hurt like this," I teased, remarking at his wounds.

I carted Mom and Dad off to my room while Arashi proceeded to lock Armik up at the dungeon.

We both walked out the balcony afterwards to declare that the war has ended, but an unwelcome sight was plastered across the battlefield.

A cloud of grey soon spread out as the war had split into three sides.

"IT IS OUR TIRN TO TAKE OVER, SHARPEDO! WHILE THEY ARE WEAK, LET US DESTROY THEM!" a Sharpedo leading an attack yelled.

The Gyarados and Milotic still continued on the war, until they began to be attacked by Sharpedo. Both sides, refusing to cooperate, still continued to fight,mresulting into a three-way fight of carnage.

"ENOUGH!" a familiar voice yelled, "GYARADOS AND MILOTIC, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT YOU AREN'T EACH OTHER'S ENEMIES?"

Arashi gasped, Unagi had swam all the way here, bringing a bigger army of Huntail and Gorebyss.

"YOU MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THE SHARPEDO! THEY ARE THE TRUE ENEMY!" he continued, "THIS WAR WAS SET UP BY THEM! PLEASE! JUST THIS ONCE, FIGHT AS ONE... AGAINST THE TRUE ENEMY!"

The Gyarados and Milotic soon realized what the problem was. They looked at each other in disgust, but banded together in a temporary truce. Soon enough, with the Huntail and Gorebyss joining in, the whole thing became a three against one war. The Sharpedo, after seeing that it was an impossible fight, fled in retreat.

Everyone else cheered before suddenly splitting into two sides again, remembering that they were still locked in a war against each other.

"Uh oh," Arashi mouthed, but before we could open our mouths... The impossible happened.

"STOP THE WAR!" Dad yelled, "This war is a huge misunderstanding!"

The same thing must've happened with the Gyarados as they also stopped attacking, both sides began to stare sheepishly at each other.

I swam down to hug my father.

"Dad! You've changed!" I smiled as I hugged him.

Arashi swam down and watched the whole scene from afar, winking at me. I smiled and winked back at him.

His face suddenly changed to a look of surprise as he swam past me. I looked at why he was rushing so much to see that his father had come to Milotic territory to greet his son.

Arashi swam over to embrace him. I guess we both had our own reunions to attend. He looked back at me and nodded at me. I nodded back and smiled, understanding what he had meant.

"Err... Dad, there's someone I'd like you to meet..." I told him.

He smiled back at me, "Yes?"

I led him over to Arashi as Arashi led his father to mine. They both stared at each other, in silence and awkwardness.

"Daddy, this is Arashi's father, Regius," I started.

"And Dad, this is Umi's father, Takashi," Arashi chimed in, smiling.

"Err... Um... Pleased to meet you?" they uncomfortably said.

"Dad," Arashi began.

"We brought you here because there's something we want to ask you," I continued, at which they both stared at us in confusion.

"Dad," Arashi told his father, "I've been with Umi for some time now and... she's really a nice girl and all..."

"And I've been with Arashi for some time now to say that he's a really nice guy!" I continued.

The two parents just stared at us silently as if we were part of some circus show or something. The silence lasted until I decided to speak up.

"What I'm saying is that... We... err... love... Each other really much," I shyly explained as Arashi blushed, "and we're really begging you to give us permission to... be together..."

They both just stared at us open-mouthed at first, but they soon changed their expressions to smiling ones...

"I can see why you chose him, Umi," Dad said, smiling, "Oh and... Sorry for everything..."

The two soon began to talk to each other like parents normally would when they meet each other. They looked as if they had been best friend all their life.

I smiled as they finally left me alone to Arashi...

"Err... You dropped this during your fight with Armik," Arashi shyly interjected as he held out my necklace, the gift he had given me on that special night, with his tail.

"Oh... um... thanks," I thanked him as I reached forward to take it, but he pulled it back.

He cleared his throat and sat down before me.

"Allow me to do this over," he blushed, clearly embarrassed as he brought out the necklace and presented it to me, "Um... Umi... Will you be my mate? My... Queen?"

I smiled at his silly antic and took back the necklace, putting it on.

"Do you have to ask?" I giggled and I locked myself into a long kiss with him. I loved him a lot. I knew that from that day on... He was my King and I was his Queen.

Yeah, it probably looked all silly out there... A Milotic and a Gyarados kissing in the middle of the battlefield... What was once a place where war had grown now became a place where something beautiful had grown... Love.

I looked into his eyes and secretly smiled.

Yes, Arashi... I do! I do want to be your Queen!

Arashi's POV:

I looked back at Umi. She was tired.

I guess that even if we outnumber him, Armik's still a formidable foe.

Alpha and Beta took pride in trapping us using e same technique they had used in defeating me.

"Arashi! Is there anything we can do to counter this?" Umi looked back at me.

"I-I don't know, Umi... I'm thinking!" I replied, not wanting to disappoint her.

Alpha swooped in to use Slash at me again, to which I could do nothing but hold in the pain.

Armik soon decided to add to our troubles. He used Double Team and spread his copies out into another circle, creating a second layer to the wretched circle Beta had already payed out in front of us. He then proceeded to use Hypnosis, allowing his copies to follow him and use Hypnosis too.

"Fear the wrath of my Circular Pendulum formation! You fools can never stand on even ground with someone like me!" he angrily roared.

I noticed what he was planning to do.. He was utilizing our trapped movements by trying to put us to sleep. He wanted us trapped. We would either be cut up by Slash, or snoring out any damage by Hypnosis.

"Umi! Be careful! He's trying to to sedate our minds and erode at our physical capabilities at the same time!" I warned Umi, being Slashed by Alpha again.

"But isn't there any other way to counter this?" Takashi asked.

"I think I actually have a plan," Aurelia suggested, "But first thing's first, Arashi... Do you happen to know the move Dragon Dance?"

"Yes," I replied, ignoring the pain.

"Well, here's the plan... Aurelia called, "Everybody, let's circle around Arashi! Let him use Dragon Dance as we defend him!"

"But Mom! We'll fall asleep from Hypnosis!" Umi notified.

"Which is why I'm using Safeguard now... Hurry! We must now work as a team!" she replied as she began to whirl around me.

I began to see the big picture. They wanted me to strengthen myself so that we can fight on even grounds. They wanted to protect me while I used Dragon Dance so that it wouldn't be interrupted.

The Gyarados Tribe... The Milotic Tribe... Umi... They were all depending on me. I ignored everything happening outside and began the Dragon Dance.

I felt the power surging through my veins which encouraged me to go faster. It all looked like a beautiful dance performance, except that it wasn't. It was a battle... And a serious one too.

The three stopped whirling and allowed Alpha to charge towards me, at which I fired a boosted Stone Edge directly at him, knocking him back and tripping Beta.

"Eat this!" I yelled as I launched another Stone Edge at Beta, defeating him.

It was only Armik against us now...

"You might as well just give up, Armik!" Takashi confidently yelled, at which I smiled, knowing that we had finally turned the tables against Armik.

"Fool! I won't give up so easily! Taste my wrath!" Armik angrily yelled back as he immediately locked his eyes into Hypnosis at me,

I had forgotten to look away. I slowly fell down and closed my eyes.

I saw myself in someplace white. I turned around and saw Umi.

"Arashi!" she happily greeted.

"U-umi!" I grinned as I caught her embrace.

She smiled and kissed me. I gazed lovingly back at her. I felt so serene... so happy for some reason.

"Arashi, dear... I'm so happy we're finally together!" she answered, breaking away from the kiss.

"Yeah!" I answered.

All of a sudden, the white background changed to red.

"YOU leave and NEVER come back into my life AGAIN!" a voice yelled.

Umi's in trouble!

"What's the matter Arashi?" Umi asked me.

"Sorry... But I have to go now!" I answered.

"Arashi... Don't you want to stay with me?" she giggled, wrapping her warm tail against mine.

"I'm sorry but I can't... I know that this isn't real! The true Umi is somewhere out there in trouble! I ant just stay here sleeping!" I explained.

Umi gasped, but swallowed...

"You're right," she smiled, "Go out there and save her! Save Umi, so that this kind of future can come true! I'll be waiting for you Arashi! My... Prince!"

I opened my eyes. Armik was about to hit Umi with Dragon Tail! He was about to hurt Umi. I'm no expert here but if he really loved her, he would NEVER think of hurting her!

"Excuse me, but you've almost destroyed my tribe, and... More importantly, you've harmed Umi far too much already!" I growled, holding his tail back with mine and unleashing Thrash at him.

Armik fell to the ground, defeated... I noticed Umi's necklace had fallen off during the fight and so I scooped it up.

"Are you okay there, Umi?" I asked, concerned about her...

"I'm okay, but I won't be if you continue to get hurt like this," she teased, pointing at my wounds. I merely smiled though... She was okay!

I went to lock Armik up in the dungeon while Umi attended to her parents.

Afterwards, we both swam out the balcony hoping to end the war by announcing the end of Armik's tyranny. Unfortunately, things didn't go that way.

The Sharpedo seized the opportunity and launched a full-scale attack, but what was more horrifying was that the Milotic and Gyarados were still locked in conflict, turning the war into a three-way one.

"ENOUGH!" a familiar voice yelled, "GYARADOS AND MILOTIC, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT YOU AREN'T EACH OTHER'S ENEMIES?"

I gasped, Unagi was standing on a high cliff. He came at the right moment, bringing a huge army of Huntail and Gorebyss.

"YOU MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THE SHARPEDO! THEY ARE THE TRUE ENEMY!" he continued, "THIS WAR WAS SET UP BY THEM! PLEASE! JUST THIS ONCE, FIGHT AS ONE... AGAINST THE TRUE ENEMY!"

Soon enough. The two factions realized their mistake and unwillingly banded up together. The two factions, along with the Huntail and Gorebyss, centered all their attacks to the Sharpedo, causing them to retreat in fear.

It was a beautiful sight! A beautiful sight to see two feuding species working so beautifully with each other. It was like they were correcting the mistake our ancestors had committed.

Everyone cheered at the sight of the Sharpedo fleeing. They had won! They continued to cheer aloud until they realized they still had a war to finish.

"Uh oh," I cursed under my breath, the Milotic and Gyarados saw that their common enemy had been eliminated and they were preparing to finish the war they had started.

"STOP THE WAR!" another familiar voice yelled, "This war is a huge misunderstanding!"

Umi's father had come to stop the war! The Gyarados had also stopped attacking so I guess must've also understood the situation and stopped the war on the other side too. I smiled... Things were finally turning better.

Umi swam down and locked her father into an embrace. I swam behind him and saw Umi staring at me through his embrace. I smiled and gave her a playful wink. She apparently caught the message and winked back at me.

I immediately opened my mouth though... Because behind them, I saw that my father had swam all the way here. He smiled back at me.

I swam past Umi and hugged my Dad.

"Dad! You stopped the war!" I gladly exclaimed.

He just smiled.

"Err... Yeah," he replied.

I then thought about something... I thought about telling Dad that I had already found my suitable partner. I nodded at Umi and she nodded back at me. I guess she was thinking the same thing.

"Dad, there's someone I'd like you to meet," I told him as I led him to Umi's father.

"Dad, this is Arashi's father, Regius," she giggled.

"And Dad, this is Umi's father, Takashi," I smiled.

"Err... Um... Pleased to meet you?" they uncomfortably exchanged.

I knew it was time.

"Dad," I began.

"We brought you here because there's something we want to ask you," Umi smiled back at me, causing the two parents to stare at us in confusion.

"Dad," I started, feeling anxious, "I've been with Umi for some time now and... she's a really nice girl and all..."

"And I've been with Arashi for some time now to say that he's a really nice guy!" she giggled.

The two parents just remained silent, unaware of what we were implying. Umi broke the silence by speaking up.

"What I'm saying is that... We... err... love... each other really much," she explained, turning red, "and we're really begging you to give us permission to... be together..."

Their expressions soon changed to surprise, and from surprise to understanding.

"I see now... Why ya din't like Ikari," Dad winked, "If you really like her, then... Go ferr it!"

I smiled and saw Umi also doing so, which meant that her father had also agreed to such.

Dad and Takashi left us alone to talk with each other. They looked like they were best friends and all. I smiled... My, how we can all change.

"Err... You dropped this during your fight with Armik," I broke the silence, holding out the Sapphire necklace in front of Umi.

"Oh... um... thanks," she shyly answered, trying to take it back. I pulled it back, however, having an idea.

I cleared my throat and sat down, trying to imitate those romantic proposals that I had often seen humans do near the shore.

"Allow me to do this over," I shyly started, holding out the necklace, "Um... Umi... Will you be my mate? My... Queen?"

She smiled back at me and took the necklace back as if to say, "Yes, I do."

"Do you have to ask?" she giggled back at me and locked me into a kiss with her

I secretly smiled.

She did truly love me.

I stayed where I was, not wanting to break the kiss. We just stood there for some time, like a sculpture of some romantic couple,

And with that single kiss, I knew...

I knew that my dream had come true!

Note: Aww... They're finally together! Is this the final chapter, where they live happily ever after? NO! Wait, there's still one or two chapters coming so please just wait. Please leave a review! I really DO love your opinions... Bye then, gotta wake up early tomorrow because of the tour...