Pichi Pichi Pitch
Chapter 17
"Aqua Regina?" They said as she appeared before them. "But I thought we were supposed to summon you?" Noel asked. "You have, you've all summoned me with your desire for Lucia to wake up." She said. "Please, can she come back? We can't do this without her!" Hanon said. "I do not know if she can ever wake up, her pendant and pearl have been shattered. When they did, her heart was too." "You mean she won't wake up because our pearls are connected to our hearts and when they die, we die?" Caren asked. "Yes, that's correct." She said with sadness in her eyes.
"That makes sense, I've heard that when a princesses pearl loses their light, the princess dies of a terrible sickness. Sometimes it's becomes destined for that to happen when they're born." Rina said. (Referring to the volume 7 manga of the series.) "Come on Lucia, please wake up, we can't do this without you!" Seira cried. "Seira calm down, she'll wake up if we stop this war." Noel said. "You promise?" She asked. Noel was silent, she couldn't promise that. "Sure." She said. It would seem his Panthalassa blood has already started to awaken. Aqua Regina thought. "Seeing how the princess I chose has left us, I think we've taken this far enough, goddess or no goddess, I will take my rightful place as king of all the seven seas, and all the waters within this world!" The prince said coming back.
"What're we gonna do, we can't do this without Lucia?" Coco said. "Let's just do what we can with Aqua Regina, that's all we really can do." Hanon said. "Rina, come on." Noel said. Rina still held Lucia in her arms, she looked at Lucia's face. She's not breathing, but she has a peaceful face, even though she gave her life for the others. I guess she left with no regrets. But that doesn't mean she isn't coming back! "Don't worry Lucia, I'll make sure you open your eyes again." Rina whispered as she set her down gently and went to join the others.
"Prince Gareth, you've done enough, your grandfather was a tyrant who was greedy and difficult to negotiate. Don't be the same, we can work this out." Aqua Regina said. "There will be no negotiating, I tried to when they all rejected my offers, so the talking is done. I've lost all my patience!" He shouted. "Well, you can forget getting what you want now, you took Lucia's life, now we're gonna take it back!" Seira shouted. "It's not my fault she stepped in front of those hideous humans! If she'd stayed back she wouldn't have lost her own life!" He shouted back.
"You have no right to say that, those humans are good people that my friends care for deeply, and Lucia cared for them the most! That's why she gave her own life to protect theirs, and now your gonna pay for taking it!" She shouted with several tears falling down her cheek. "Seira." Coco said quietly. It would appear that this one princess is calling out to Lucia's heart. Telling it to start beating again. Aqua Regina thought. "Seira's right, you take on one of us, and you take on all of us!" Coco said as she put a hand on Seira's shoulder.
"Coco?" Seira said. "I'm with you all the way." She whispered as she winked at her. Seira smiled. Now there's two that're calling to her, and steadily Lucia's soul is beginning to return, little by little. If they somehow manage to completely wake her soul, her pearl and pendant will be fixed and she'll open her eyes. Aqua Regina thought. "I've had enough of this game, it's time for fate to choose a winner." The prince said as he walked to them. (Where did I come up with these lines?) "Well, you want winners, your looking at them!" Caren said. "Now princesses, you have all your staffs and it'll be hard without Lucia, but not impossible. If you can somehow create the defense they have,then you can shield yourself from his guards and attacks, then you can sing to seal the power away. I'll take care of the other half." Aqua Regina said.
"Right!" All the princesses said. "But how do we figure this out in such a short time?" Coco asked. "I don't know, there has to be some kind of trick to it." Noel said. "I know, what if we all try what we did when we were searching for them!" Hanon said. "You mean wish upon our pearls?" Caren asked. "Yeah, that has to work, then we can sing and seal the power away!" Hanon said with a victorious smile. "Wipe that smile off, we aren't done yet!" Rina said. "Sorry, I couldn't get over how smart I was." She said.
"Now's not the time to have a debate about who's right or wrong, we're kinda in the middle of a situation." Seira said. "Okay, everyone pray for a shield to protect us, Aqua Regina said that was their power, to protect, not fight!" Noel said. Then everyone closed their eyes and prayed.
"Mizuiro Pearl Voice!" Hanon shouted. "Green Pearl Voice!" "Aiiro Pearl Voice!" "Purple Pearl Voice!" "Orange Pearl Voice!" They all shouted and then their staffs created the shield they were meant to bring forth. "It worked!" Hanon said. "Now we can sing and seal their power for good!" Seira said. "Hurry though, that shield won't hold forever." Aqua Regina said. "Right!" They said.
"Arashi no umi ni utarete makesou na ima wo
Furiharae ai wo mitsumete kono mune ni
Tachiagaru yo nando demo yakusoku no tame ni
Shakunetsu no raito wo abite shibuki ga mau
Taiyou yori mo atsuku atsuku atsuku
Utagoe wa motto takaku takaku takaku
Ima koso, ima koso.
Hageshii kodou afuredasu ai no merodii
Takanaru kodou shinjitsu wa tatta hitotsu
Kumori no nai kagami ni utsushite
Tsutawaru kodou wakiagaru ai no chikara
Soshite umareru atsui pafekuto hamoni."
"Stop this terrible singing, I can't stand it!" The prince shouted in pain. "They won't stop until your power has been sealed for all time, never again will you or your people or even your family terrorize the seas again." Aqua Regina said.
"Ude hirogete uketomaru anata no subete ga
Kurushikute hajimete shitta hontou no ai
Minamikaze yori hayaku hayaku hayaku
Sukooru koete tsuyoku tsuyoku tsuyoku
Ima koso, ima koso.
Minna no kodou wo kasaneau iro no hamoni
Nari yamanai de kirameki wo tomenai de
Watashitachi ga torimodosu paradise
Kanjiru kodou wo wakiagaru ai no chikara
Soshite hirogaru yume no pafekuto hamoni."
"Make them stop, somebody!" The prince shouted, but all the other soldiers were in pain because of the song too. "Damn it, why does it hurt so much, I should be immune to this!" He spat. "With these staffs, they amplify their voice so anyone they choose to hear it will suffer the sound. Just face the facts, it's over for you. If you let them seal your power you will still live, but your power will no longer exist." She said kindly.
"Hageshii kodou afuredasu ai no merodii
Takanaru kodou shinjitsu wa tatta hitotsu
Kumori no nai kagami ni utsushite
Tsutawaru kodou wakiagaru ai no chikara
Minna no kodou wo kasaneau iro no hamoni
Nari yamanai de kirameki wo tomenai de
Watashtachi ga torimodosu paradise
Kanjiru kodou wo wakiagaru ai no chikara
Soshite hirogaru yume no pafekuto hamoni
Soshite umareru atsui pafekuto hamoni.
Love shower pitch! How about an encore?"
"Aah, my ears feel like they're on fire! Make them stop!" He continued to shout in pain. "Now it's my turn to take over, I'll be the one to seal their power away. To make up for my mistake long ago." She said and she used to her staff to command the shield to move toward the prince and all his guards. "Oh power of the sea, I call before the, shower over these souls and seal their power with your purity." She chanted. (I had no idea I made it rhyme, I swear!) The shield thrust over them and went through their bodies and then they disappeared.
"Where'd they go?" Caren asked. "Back to the Sea of Japan, their power has been sealed away, this time for good. They can roam the seas, but they can't cause harm, if they try to invade they will be automatically transferred back to their kingdom. Thank you all for helping me correct the mistake I made all those years ago." She said with a smile. "Lucia, Lucia! Come on, it's over now, open your eyes!" Rina said as she once again held Lucia up in her arms. "Oh no, Lucia's still not waking up." Hanon said. "Maybe, she's gone for good, maybe she won't ever wake up." Caren said. "Don't say that!" Seira shouted. "Seira?" Coco said.
"Lucia gave her life to protect us all, she put us before herself, and she's been doing that ever since she met all of us! She has to wake up, she has to! Lucia come on, please open your eyes!" Seira cried and tears rolled down her cheeks. She shook her but her eyes just wouldn't open, they remained closed, and they looked like they were never going to open.
"Lucia, please, I'm begging you, open your eyes, I don't wanna live in a world where your not in it!" She cried and cried but it wasn't making her wake up. "Seira, maybe we should just face the facts, she's gone, but at least we can say she left with no regrets." Rina said. "No! I don't wanna face facts, it's not fair, it's not fair at all, why did Lucia suffer, she never deserved this!?" She shouted. "We know but we can't wake her up. We aren't some kind of magical people that can bring people back to life." Caren said. "I'm not asking for us to be like that, I'm just asking for her to open her eyes and smile like she used to. I haven't seen her smile for a long time." She said.
"Seira." Coco said. "Wait, where's Nagisa and Kaito, and Hamasaki?" Hanon asked. "I don't know, they were there when we started singing now they're not." Noel said. "Look, they're over there, they must've passed out." Rina said pointing over to where they were lying in the snow. Aqua Regina approached Lucia."Princesses, she is not completely gone. She can be awakened again." She said as she caressed her cheek. "How?" Hanon asked.
"Nanairo no kaze ni fukarete" Seira started. "Tooi, misaki wo mezashiteta" Coco joined, then they all joined. "Yoake mae, kikoeta merodii, sorewa, totemo, natsukashii uta. Higashi no, sora e to habataku tori tachi. Saa takarajima ni nukeru, chikamichi. Nanatsu no umi no rakuen arashi no yoru no atoni wa, ai wo tsutaerutame, inochi ga mata umareru. Nanatsu no kuni no merodia, daremo ga itsuka wa koko wo, tabidatsu hi ga kitemo, watashi wa, wasurenai." They finished. Lucia's body didn't move. "It didn't work." Coco said. "I wouldn't say that." Aqua Regina said. "What do you mean?" Noel asked. "Take a closer look." She urged. They all looked at her. "Lucia, please, open your eyes." Seira said and a single tear fell from her cheek. "Look!" Hanon said. They all stared at Lucia and they saw a glow and then her pendant appeared completely repaired. "Lucia's pearl's not shattered anymore." Rina said.
"Using your tears and your voices, you've called Lucia's soul back."Aqua Regina said. (I feel like I'm getting corny with these lines, don't hate me!) "Lucia?" Caren said. "Hey guys, I feel her heartbeat." Rina said. "I feel it too, she's alive!" Seira said gleefully, drying the tears that were in her eyes. Then they heard a little groan. "Lucia?" Hanon said. She opened her eyes slowly. "Lucia! Your alive!" Seira said as she hugged her and held onto her tightly. "Seira, your hurting my lungs to where I can't breathe." She said barely breathing. "Oh, I'm sorry!" She said and she let go. "Lucia, I'm so glad your okay." Hanon said as she hugged her.
"But what happened to the Prince?" She asked as she looked around. "Well, it was a little hard seeing how you died and everything, and by the way. DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Hanon shouted. "I'm sorry." Said a frightened Lucia. "Sorry about that, anyway, we all used the things to summon a shield they supposedly create and we sang to weaken them and Aqua Regina used it to seal their power and now they're back in the Sea of Japan." She said and it almost confused Lucia. "I almost didn't catch half of that, but I think I get the idea." She said. "Come on you guys, wake up, now's not the time to sleep. Come on!" Caren said. "Huh?" Lucia said and they all turned to Caren. She was smacking Nagisa's face to get him up. "Hanon get over here and wake your boyfriend up he's drooling all over the snow." She said as she stopped smacking him. "Hang on, I'm coming." She said as she got up.
Lucia got up too. "Lucia, do you think you've been alive long enough to get up?" Coco asked. "I'm not infected with a disease that knocks me out and then won't let me walk as soon as I get up." She said as she walked over there with Hanon. "Come on Nagisa, wake up, before you get Pneumonia." She said as she took Caren's place and smacked him a little. "Huh?" He said as he started opening his eyes. "Hanon, are you okay, where's the weird guy with the 1850's clothes!?" He said as he shot up into a sitting position. "You idiot, he's gone, now get up before you get sick." She said as she pulled him up. "Hamasaki, are you okay?" Rina said as she knelt down next to him.
"Rina, I should be asking you that?" He said as his eyes opened. "I'm just fine, but you look like you just got hit in the head." She said as she looked at him with a concerned look. "Actually, I kinda did, but the snow didn't hurt that much." He said with a smile. "You hit in on the snow?" She asked with a laugh. "Yeah, I kinda did, and even though it looks soft, it really hurts." He said as he rubbed his head. She let out a giggle and kissed the top of his head. "So is it over?" He asked. "Yes, and let's hope it'll stay over." She said and they got up and walked to the others.
Lucia walked over and knelt down next to Kaito who was still on the snow."Lucia?" She turned around and saw Aqua Regina next to her. "Lucia, there's something you should know about this boy, he's not completely human." She said. "What do you mean?" She asked with a look of curiosity."You see, a long while ago I sealed the Panthalassa clan away, but what I didn't tell you was that there was two twin newborns who were separated at birth. One went to the bottom of the sea, and the other was put on land. One brother was Gackto, the other, was this boy." She explained. "You mean he's of the Panthalassa clan?" She asked.
"Yes, when I sealed the clan away, they were separated and this boy went to the surface and was found by two musicians and grew up as a normal human. But when he discovered you were the mermaid who saved him, his Panthalassa blood began to slowly and steadily awaken. Then a while ago, when you jumped in front of them and took the blast, a ray of light shined and it came from him. His desire to protect you has fully activated his power. Every time he uses it a symbol appears on his forehead. The very same Gackto had on his forehead." She said a smile.
"So he's Gackto's twin brother, and he has a power that's been sealed within him?" She said trying to understand it all. "Right, of course every time he uses it he gets a major headache but that's only temporarily, at least until he gets used to using it." She said. Lucia let out a laugh. "So what am I supposed to do now? Do I go back to my kingdom?" She asked. "You can do whatever you want, but I do think you should at least go back and say that you wish to stay on the surface for a little longer, I'll protect the kingdom until you wanna come back. Until then, I wish you all the best." She said and she disappeared.
She heard him groan and she turned her attention towards him. "Kaito, are you okay?" She said as she placed a hand on his head. "Lucia?" He asked. "Mm hm." She said with a smile. He sat up, and he looked at her with disbelieving eyes. "What is it, you're looking at me like I'm a ghost." She said with a small smile creeping on her face. "Try the next thing." He said, "I'm not dead you dummy, I'm alive." She said with a big smile now. He was quiet. "Kaito, stop looking at me like that." She said with a tone of nervousness in her voice. "I'm sorry, but I just can't get over this headache, and then you came back and now my head feels like it's gonna crack, if it hasn't already." He said while holding his head.
"Well, you would get a headache from this whole thing, I'm sorry I got you into it." She said with her smile gone now. "No, I'm sorry, you were right about this whole mess, I shouldn't have come along. If I'd known you'd jump in the way like that, I wouldn't have bothered to try and come with you." He said. She put her hand on his hand, and he looked at her again. "Don't be sorry, in a way, I'm sorta happy you came. I mean, I know I just died like fifteen minutes ago, but I'm still glad you came, and you've made me happy." She said and she smiled again as she hugged him. "I'm really glad your okay though." She whispered. "I should be the one saying that." He said and she laughed a little.
"Now we can go home." She said as she looked at him. "So does that mean this whole war thing is over?" He asked. "Yeah, let's just pray that it stays over." She said and she stood up, he got up too. She held his hand tightly in hers as she walked to the others, now back in their human forms. "Hippo, wake up, come on you lazy penguin. Get up, or I'll be forced to kiss Nagisa." Hanon said as she shook him. "What?" Nagisa complained. "Oh, you know I'm only kidding." She said as she kissed his cheek. "What was that Hanon!?" Hippo said as he sprang to life. "Ha, I knew he'd get up. I never fail to be right!" Hanon said, in a victorious tone.
"Oh goodness, what happened to me?" Hippo asked as he rubbed his head. "You got hit in the head, and now the war's over, we can go home now." Coco said. "Lucia, I'm really glad your okay." Seira said as she stood beside her. "Thank you Seira, the whole time it was you who helped me get better." She said, and Seira hugged her. "Okay, so is everyone ready to go home for real this time!?" Hanon shouted. "Yes Hanon, would you stop shouting like that every time we do something or go somewhere?" Rina said in an annoyed tone. "Sorry, I can't help it, we rein victorious and are now the heroes like in a fairy tale!" She said gleefully. "That's something Seira would say." Coco said.
"Yeah it is, have you been hanging around Seira in your spare time?" Caren asked. "Maybe?" She said. "Hanon!" They all said, and she just laughed. "Come on guys, let's go home." She said as she dragged Nagisa to the boat. "Hey Caren!" She heard someone call. "Subaru?" She said as she turned around to see Subaru running towards her. "What're you doing here? I thought you guys left?" He asked. "Oh um, we just came back to pick up Hippo, we forgot him." She said. Well at least I'm telling the truth here. She thought. "Oh, well, listen, I'm glad you came back, I thought about it while you were here, and I decided I should leave Antarctica and come live in Japan. With you guys, and I can continue my research there, I here they have advanced labs." He said. "That's great Subaru!" She said.
But I was thinking of returning to my kingdom. She thought. "Is there a problem, I can always stay here." He said as he saw her thoughtful expression. "No, I want you to come, but I might not see you as much. You see, I come from, a different country, and I was thinking of returning to it." She said. "Oh I understand, but would it be okay if you stayed there a little while just to show me around?" He asked. "Sure, I'd love that!" She said with a big smile. "Nikora? Nikora?" Lucia said as she shook Nikora who was lying in the snow. "Lucia! Your all right!" She said as she hugged her.
"I'm fine but what about you, what'd they do to you?" She asked. "Nothing that will haunt me for the rest of my life. But I'm just glad that your okay." She said with a smile. "Come on, we're going home." She said as she help lift her up. "We're going back to the kingdom?" She asked. "Not yet, first, I wanna go back to Japan." She said as she helped her walk. "Yeah, we should go back to Japan, I think we should stay there for a while longer." Seira said. "How about, sister?" Lucia said and Nikora's eyes widened. "Yeah, sure." She said. "Guys, hurry up, let's go home!" Hanon shouted from the boat.
"Subaru you drive this time." Caren insisted. "Yeah, because Caren didn't know how to drive it, she couldn't even turn it!" Coco laughed. Caren smacked the back of her head. "Ow, hey what was that for?" She asked as she rubbed the back of her head. "That was for that comment." She said as she continued toward the boat. They all got in the boat and Subaru drove it all the way back to Japan. They finally made it back home. "Hey come on let's go back to the bath house." Seira said. "Okay, but you don't gotta drag me Seira." Lucia said. "I don't wanna let you go anymore." She said with a smile. "Oh Seira, I'll never go anywhere ever again." She said as she hugged Seira. "You promise?" She asked. "I promise." She said.
"Hey look, someone's moving into the bath house." Noel pointed out. "But I thought the owners wouldn't show up until next month? I guess a month has already gone by since we left here in the first place before our mess started." Rina said. "Hey, I think I see the new owner." Nikora said. They all walked to the building and the new owner turned to see them. "MADAME TAKI!?" They all shouted. "Yes, I figured that you would return to the sea, so I thought I'd keep this bath house running, even though I'm the kingdom's fortune teller, they can suvive without me, with their princess back. But I never imagined you'd be back so soon." She said. "Well, we kinda wanna move back in." Hanon said.
"Oh, sure, there's plenty of room for you all to stay, but just the girls I'm afraid." She said, and the girls giggled a little. "They'll be fine, but do you four really wanna stay here?" Lucia asked. Seira, Coco, Noel and Caren looked at each other for a minute. "Of course we'll stay with you!" They all said with big smiles. "Great, now we got eight noisy mermaids, a fortune teller who always predicts wrong, and a handsome penguin." Hippo said. "What was that Hippo!?" The mermaids said. "Umm, did that penguin just speak?" Subaru asked. "No! No he didn't, it was Coco doing ventriloquism!" Caren said quickly. "Okay?" He said confused. "Hippo, I'm so gonna get you for that later." Hanon whispered and the said penguin gulped.
"Well, come on, let's move you guys back in." Nikora said and they all started moving in boxes and setting things up, and they enjoyed their first day back in their real home.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Gosh, that's the longest chapter I've ever written in my life, I hope you enjoyed it though, check out the final chapter, coming up next. Gosh I sound like a TV commercial or something, anyway, leave your comments and requests, I love getting them. Thank you Awesome Rapidash, and Not Emo But Girly for reviewing, it means a lot coming from great authors like you. Catch ya in the next chapter, see ya!