It's been two days since Ecco and company discovered the futuristic civilization of the Sea of Japan. But they were more interested in Aqua's singing than the constant blinding light that damages their eyes. Again, boredom has struck them.

It was night. The city just recently suffered a temporary power-surge, and the only light source was the bright moon. Over near a tiny reef of pink coral, Ecco and Coral stare at the moon, pondering about what lies ahead of them. The moon illuminated Ecco's stars, shining like diamonds on display.

"You know, I thought this place was going to be dangerous. There isn't a cave or an indent anywhere. Do they even know about the dragons?" the female dolphin mumbled showing her white underbelly.

"I thought you wanted this to be fast and easy." Said Ecco. Coral just chuckled and sucked air from the surface.

"Well I did. But then I wanted more of a challenge. Even some excitement!" she said with a smile. Ecco faced her with a grin.

"Your starting to act like me when I started doing stuff like this."

"How so?" Coral asked with a brow raised.

"When I began my journey from Vortex to Foe things where pleasant and easy. When I received my own powers, I wanted to do things no dolphin could do. With or without them." He looked up at the moon with his eyes closed and a large smile showing. "I…I wanted to be like my oldest-grandfather. He used to be a brave pod-leader who fought mythological beings! Or so said my grandparents."

"I think your already as great as him. Just try not to get killed by going over your head." Coral replied. Ecco nodded and the two stared at the moon. Tonight was something special about it. Every part of the moon was in full detail, from the tiniest crater to the large pools of marina's on the moon. There was even long black do that was almost getting bigger as time goes by. Suddenly explosions come from behind the two.

"Whoa! Look at that!" squealed Coral. She was dazzled by the colors of the endless stream of explosions. Ecco stared them two with his eyes and mouth open.

"What are they?" he asked to himself. Coral began to blush.

"Whatever they are, they're making tonight romantic." She replied. Ecco also blushed with a thick shade of red. The conversation changed when they heard a loud screech from behind.

"Now what?!" Ecco exclaimed he turned and noticed the short black dot was now the meters away from them, and it was slightly larger in length than Aqua. The moon showed the creatures reflection. It had blue wings, and so was everything else on it's body. It had a medium sized nose that had sharp teeth, which surprisingly where clean white. On it's neck was three red crystals. Each where carved in the same with a familiar symbol on them. The two dolphins gasped.

"No. It has three of them!" Coral realized that the creature was darting straight towards them. Its arms and claw-filled hands stretching out. The two dived out of harms way. Immediately Ecco and Coral shifted into their Trellian forms and charged out of the waters surface. The creature did not attack them, but stayed where it was at.

"So this is a dragon." Ecco said to himself. Coral gulped in fear.

"It looks tough. But we gotta get those crystals!" she mentioned trying to get out of her state. The dragon huffed.

"For starters I'm not an 'it'! I'm a 'she'!" the blue dragon yelled in anger. "By the way…the names Kameira! This turf is mine!" Coral rolled her red eyes and charged after the dragon. The creature miss-dodged Coral's attack, which struck her left wing.

"Hey…A weak spot! She's all yours Ecco!" she hollered. She waved one her fins and dived back into the water. "I'll get Aqua and Hammer! They have to see this!" she swam off. Ecco sighed.

You could've done more than that, but who cares? More fun for me!

"Sucker!" screamed Coral as she appeared again at Kameira's behind, and tail-whacked her head.

"That's it! I'm done fooling around!" The blue dragon fired a blast of green fire at Coral, but was intercepted by Ecco diving in front of the fire.

"Ecco! No!" she screamed. She immediately felt rage in side her. She only knew Ecco for a couple of months, but although an immature tomboy she is, she felt close and loved him as a friend. She screeched at a high tone and gave the dragon an evil expression.

"I'm gonna make you lose real good! You'll pay for that!" she charged at the beats head on.

"Bring it!" said the dragon. She began firing bursts of flames at the Coral, but she skillfully barrel rolled each wave. She was close enough to bash her with her skull but instead dived right under the female's belly and chomped on her wing mercifully. It actually made the dragon weak and began wobbling in the air. Kameira was so much in pain that Coral stole the Guardian gemmed necklace on her neck. She dived bombed back underwater and noticed Ecco eating a fish.

"Ecco! Your alive!" she squealed and poked him with a smile.

"Please don't yell. My head kinda hurts." He noticed the necklace Coral had around her middle of the female's body. It shined brightly. "Coral did you?!" he gasped. The female nodded and Ecco jaw-dropped, which was attached with a smile.

The two were interrupted by the blue dragon's claw trying to reach for them. Ecco fired his Stealth beam and severely damaged the dragons hand. The two swam out of the surface and stared down at the dragon, panting heavily, ready to faint.

"C'mon! How could you lose to us?" mocked Coral at the dragon. But she fired a massive goldenrod beam between the two, and then flew close to them again.

"Coral…let's finish this!" Ecco triumphantly. Coral nodded and charged again creating a distraction for Ecco to attack. He charged as well and fired mercifully at the other wing and the dragons belly with his Stealth ability. The dragon fell into the water unconscious floating with major wounds on her.

"Is she…" Coral asked Ecco. He flew closer and noticed the dragon still breathing. He shook his beak.

"She'll probably want revenge, so lets get out of here." The female dolphin nodded and shifted back to their normal selves.

Back at the bay…

"Dang! I wish I was there." Complained the hammerhead. Ecco lightly shook his beak.

"I don't think you wanted to be there in the beginning." He said putting a fin on his head. Wang swam between Trellia and Aqua and then faced Coral.

"Is she the one that defeated the dragon?" asked the spinner. Ecco nodded and the spinner pulls a crown of flowers out of his hardhat. "We honor you with this as our thanks." Coral bows her head and Wang places the crown on her head, circling her blowhole. She blushed.

"What's this for? It was nothing really." Said the embarrassed dolphin. Tang appeared behind Coral startling her. "Will you stop sneaking up on us like that!?" she became her irritated self again.

"We'll get right to the point." Said the spinner. "Have you been to the Hawaiian Islands?" The group was filled with confused expressions. Tang sighed.

"You like these gems right? So, the Hawaiian islands have them to! We'll make portal send you there!" said the enthusiastic spinner.

"How do you know about the portal?" asked Ecco concerned.

"And the crystals?" asked the killer whale.

"We work for the guys in Atlantis! Your dad mentioned your arrival!" Ecco faced the two spinners and felt upset of what he was about to say.

"We only have eighteen overall. Sad isn't it?" he told the spinners. They laughed hysterically.

"Silly Ecco! Ten to start Atlantis gate. Five to start Japanese gate." Ecco felt stupid for underestimating Kitel. Hammer came up to Tang.

"Then what's after that?' he asked. The spinner stopped laughing and shrugged. "Gee, thanks for the answer." Hammer said sarcastically.

"If you feel like going now, feel free to go through the portal anytime!" Wang said. The group nodded and Tang began flipping switches and pushing buttons with his beak and fins. He even tried it with his tail.

"Quit messing around! Oh now your doing it wrong!"

"I'm doing what you told me! So shut it!"

"It's green-blue-red! You idiot!" Tang pulls out a thin square of metal.

"Isn't this what you told me to read?"

"I don't know! I can't read!"

Coral came over to the fighting spinners and gave them the crown. She then gave them a dirty look.

"OPEN IT ALREADY!!!" she orders. Tang pushes a red button and immediately the portal opens. "Thanks for the flowers, but they keep falling off. See ya!" and she storms off first into the gate. Ecco stops Trellia from entering.

"We kind of need someone to keep an eye out for things. Think you can do that?" Trellia didn't even protest. She nodded with a smile and stayed near the two spinners, trying to break up the fight over the control panel.

"You guys can fight…OUTSIDE!!" she yelled. The two slowly swam away from the future dolphin and wave a fin goodbye. "Bring me back a souvenir if you can." Ecco chuckled and charged in.