I'm sorry for the late update D: But this was the last chapter (there's still an epilogue but still) and I didn't want to let go just yet T.T I can't believe that it's almost the end, guys... Ah, I'm almost crying. Wait until I post the epilogue itself lol... Ah, I'm still sad, so go on and read the chapter...

Chapter Six: Final Battle

Serena-loves-Angst

Garth growls as Castiel and Crowley walk down the isle, but Crowley only kicks him, making him whimper and draw back in on himself. They both stop when they reach the Archbishop Joshua.

"Dearly beloved…" he starts.

Sam is swimming Dean as fast as he can towards the ship.

"Don't worry we're gonna make it. We're almost there." He promises and Dean holds on tighter.

"Do you Castiel, take Crowley," Crowley looks off to the side of the ship and smirks when he sees the slowly setting sun, "to be your lawfully wedded husband, for as long as you both shall live?" Joshua questions, looking at Castiel grimly. He knows that there is something amiss here, that Crowley isn't who he seems, and he prays that Castiel will realize it before it's too late. However, his duty is to bind and bless the two in marriage, so he can't say anything.

Castiel nods, still under the spell. "I do," he says.

Joshua sighs inwardly, and prays for a miracle. "And do you…"

Crowley looks off to the side as he hears the sound of approaching wildlife. He yelps and ducks down as a line of birds led by Gabriel try to take off his head. They try again as seals and other birds start to terrorize the wedding guests.

Gabriel turns into a human, marching up to Crowley in his naked glory.

"You son of a bitch, do you remember me?" Gabriel growls, grabbing Crowley by the collar. "You turned me into a fucking seagull, that I can let go because I've learned to live with, but trying to make Dean yours as well as breaking his heart in the process? You are going to burn." He promises, rearing a fist back and socking Crowley in the face.

Sam finally gets Dean to the ship and Dean climbs up the ropes to get up to the railing. He gasps when he sees Gabriel punching Crowley. He quickly runs over and tries to stop him. If Gabriel kills Crowley, then how will their spells be undone? Crowley shouts when his necklace breaks and the shell falls to the ground. Gabriel sees how upset Crowley is about the necklace and smashes the shell with his foot.

"No!" Crowley screeches, but the damage is done.

The golden smoke that is Dean's voice starts to wisp up into him. Castiel groans as the spell on him is broken, and he and the other wedding guests look on in wonder as Dean gets his voice back. He laughs in amazement as he feels his vocal chords hum. He has his voice back!

Castiel looks at him in wonder. "Dean?"

Dean grins. "Heya, Cas." Garth jumps on Dean, and looks back at Castiel as if to tell him Dean's the one.

"You–You can talk," Castiel laughs in amazement.

Dean winks, "Talking isn't all I do."

Castiel runs down the isle and grabs Dean's hands. "You're the one, Dean. I don't know why I didn't see it before…"

Dean rolls his eyes. "Next time, try to remember the pretty face to go along with the voice then." He chides and Castiel laughs again, nodding.

"I won't let you go again," Castiel says before shaking his head. "I just can't believe it was you the whole time…"

Dean starts to pull Castiel down, the sun is close to setting and he needs to kiss Castiel to break the spell. "Shut up and kiss me."

Castiel closes his eyes and leans in.

"CASTIEL, NO!" Crowley shouts, and the sun sets just before their lips touch and Dean gasps in pain, sliding down to the ground and out of Castiel's grip. Dean's pants are gone and replaced by his tail.

"You're too late!" Crowley cackles. "You're all too late!" He turns back into his real form and everyone screams and gasps in horror at it. Crowley crawls across the ship and grabs Dean, sliding over the railing. "So long, loverboy." Crowley purrs as Dean struggles against his grip.

Green eyes wide with panic flash to Castiel. "Cas!" Dean screams before Crowley has them hitting the water.

"Dean!" Castiel runs over to the railing.

"Let me go, Crowley!" Dean growls, twisting and struggling with all of his might, but he gasps in pain when Crowley tightens his grip.

"Shut it, cupcake." Crowley hisses.

"Dean!" Sam cries, swimming toward them. He looks furious and Crowley does not want to be at the end of his fists. Growley and Biter appear and wrap their tails around him, restraining him. Sam lets out a roar and Dean curses.

"Poor little prince, it's not you I'm after." Crowley admits, dragging Dean through some coral. "Though, you've got an admittedly fine figure, I've a much bigger fish to―" Crowley stops as a glowing trident appears at his neck.

"Crowley, stop!" John thunders, Bobby glaring up at Crowley from near John's fins.

Crowley only chuckles, running his hand along the trident. "Why, King John! How are you?" He smirks, tilting his head up defiantly when John shoves his trident against his throat again.

"Let him go," John orders.

Crowley scoffs, pulling away. "Not a chance, John! He's mine now," Crowley pulls out the contract. "We made a deal."

Dean's kept back by Crowley's tentacles. "Dad, I'm sorry!" He cries. "I–I–I didn't mean to. I didn't know―" He shakes his head, choking back a sob.

John rears back and attacks the contract with a fierce blast from his trident, and the sheer force of it sends Crowley into a rock bed, but the contract acts as a magical shield and doesn't disintegrate.

Crowley cackles, peeking up from behind the contract. "You see? The contract's legal, binding, and completely unbreakable – even for you." Crowley waves the contract in John's face, swimming behind him. "Of course, I always was a man with an eye for a bargain. The oldest son of the great sea king is a very precious commodity." The contract flies over to Dean and envelops him in a golden whirlwind, making him cry out in surprise and pain. "But," Crowley says as the whirlwind continues to wrinkle and shrink Dean, "I might be willing to make an exchange for someone even better…"

Castiel is down in the water in a small boat, rowing away from ship.

"Cassie!" Balthazar cries from the ship. "What are you doing?"

"Balthazar, I lost him once!" Castiel shouts back. "I'm not going to lose him again!"

Dean continues to shrink, and he's looking up at John with pleading eyes. He's pleading for him not to make the deal. It's his fault, and he has to pay for it. His father shouldn't have to be saving him at the cost of his own freedom.

"Now! Do we have a deal?" John is stone-faced, but one look at Dean and he marches forward to Crowley, smashing his lips against his. "Ha! It's done then!" Crowley laughs as John pulls away in disgust, the signature on the contract changing to John's.

The whirlwind leaves Dean is released and goes to John, withering him down to a weed as Crowley cackles in success.

"No… Dad, No!" Dean swims over, bending down to touch John with shaking hands.

"Oh, John…" Bobby scuttles over.

"Dad?" Dean tries, and bites back a sob when his father's sad eyes look up to meet his.

Crowley picks up John's fallen crown. "At last, it's mine…" He laughs in triumph as he dons it and snatches up the trident.

Dean's head whips up and he glowers at Crowley. "You evil son of a bitch!" He yells as he swims at him, tackling him from behind.

Crowley pulls Dean off him and throws him at a boulder, digging the trident into Dean's chest. "Don't fool with me you little brat! Contract or no– AAAAHH!" Crowley screeches as his arm is cut by a harpoon. He turns around to see that it had been thrown by Castiel. "Why you little bugger!" Crowley's tentacle wraps around Dean's arm to keep him in place.

"Cas! Look out!" Dean warns, straining against Crowley's grip.

Crowley points to Growley and Biter. "After him!" He orders and they let go of Sam and swim after Castiel, pulling him back under the water before he can get into his boat. Sam and Bobby immediately go after them. Sam rips Growley off of Castiel and Bobby clamps his claw down on Biter's tail, making the eel let go.

Crowley aims the trident at Castiel and it starts to glow. "Say goodbye to your sweetheart!" He says and Dean quickly swims forward and yanks the trident up to make Crowley miss Castiel and blast Growly and Biter instead. "Babies! My poor, little poopsies!" He coos sadly to the remains of his eels. He looks up wildly, seeing Dean swimming towards the surface and he roars in fury. He starts to ink himself and Sam and Bobby watch in terror as he starts growing in size.

Dean swims towards Castiel. "Cas, you've got to get away from here." He warns.

Castiel hugs Dean as if his life depends on it. "No, I won't leave you." He says firmly.

Both of them look down in worry as blue light appears below them, yelling in surprise when part of Crowley's crown comes between them as Crowley rises up from the depths of the ocean, cackling. Castiel quickly grabs Dean's hand and they both jump off, swan-diving into the ocean. Once in the water, Castiel pulls Dean into his chest protectively.

Crowley's tentacles start to slap the water. "You pitiful, insignificant, fools!"

A large tentacle comes their way. "Look out!" Castiel shouts a warning and he and Dean swim away.

Crowley starts to wave his trident in the air, creating storm clouds. "Now I am the ruler of all the ocean! The waves obey my every whim!" Giant tidal waves rise up and Castiel is tossed up on one of them, thrown far away from Dean, who starts to get pulled toward Crowley. "The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!" Crowley dips the trident into the water, creating a whirlpool that stretches down to the bottom, stirring up some old shipwrecks.

Dean grabs onto a boulder as the ships all go past him. "CAS!" He screams in horror when Castiel is nearly swum over by one of the ships, but he manages to grab onto a rope and gets on board.

Crowley sees Dean on the boulder and smashes it, sending Dean down into the whirlpool. Dean yelps when Crowley almost shoots him, and it becomes a game for Crowley and survival for Dean as he tries to dodge all of Crowley's shots.

Meanwhile, Castiel manages to get to the ship's helm and he starts steering the ship towards Crowley, rage and determination on his features. He'll be damned if he's going to stand by while the man he loves is in danger.

Crowley laughs wickedly, poising the trident. "So much for true love!" As Crowley is about to kill Dean, Castiel steers the ship right into his gut. Crowley lets loose a terrible roar as his tentacles wrap around the ship and he starts to sink.

Castiel manages to get to the shore, but collapses in exhaustion.

Under the sea glowing chunks of Crowley start to float down. First, into Crowley's lair, turning all of the weeds back into merpeople. They cheer and swim out, stretching their fins and sobbing in joy at their regained freedom.

The trident slowly falls next to John and he reverts back into his original form.

Dean sits on a boulder, watching Castiel on the beach. His glass-green eyes are distant and pained, but they're filled with so much longing and love that it would break anyone's heart to see it.

John and Bobby look on, and Bobby looks up at John expectantly and knowingly.

John sighs. "He really does love him…doesn't he, Bobby?"

"It's like I told you, John. If Dean can't lead his own life, then what kind of example does that set? What kind of father are you if you can't trust your oldest and let him go?" Bobby says.

John's gaze flickers to Dean, and he makes his decision. "Then, I guess there's just one problem left." He says.

Bobby looks up at him. "And what's that?"

"I'm going to miss him so much," John concedes. He lowers his trident into the water and a shimmer streams toward Dean, making his tail glitter and glow. Dean looks down in surprise before his face lights up in pure joy and he looks over at John and Bobby. His eyes shine brightly, and his grin is blinding. John smiles back, and he nods, giving Dean his blessing.

Dean slowly walks out of the ocean, wearing nothing but brown trousers and an open green shirt. Castiel shakes his head as he wakes up, and once he sees Dean walking towards him he leaps to his feet. The two run to each other and Dean tackles Castiel with all of his might, sending the two tumbling into the sand. He leans down to kiss Castiel until the two are breathless and laughing as hard as they can, foreheads touching and breaths mingling.

"We did it, Cas." Dean is so relieved and his chest almost feels painfully tight and constricted at the lightheaded feeling of freedom and overwhelming love.

"We did, Dean." Castiel murmurs, pressing another kiss against his lips. "I love you so much; I don't know how I could have ever missed you and I am so sorry for that." His eyes water.

Dean chokes back a sob of his own and grins instead, his own eyes wet. "What matters is that we have each other now." He gulps before saying, "I'm finally a part of your world."

They both close their eyes and lean in for another kiss, knowing that everything is going to be okay and this is just the start of a wonderful new life together.

Don't you dare judge that cheesy ending T.T And if any of you don't come back to read the epilogue there shall be trouble! Also, the epilogue will be M-RATED, meaning there will be SMUTTY SMUT SMUT SMUTNESS. Though, there's the wedding party bit before that so stick around for that bit if you're averse to wedding night sex :P Lemme know what you guys think and I'll see you hopefully soooooooooooooooooooooooon.

Review Replies:

abzbee

Lol, I'm at a loss at how this spun into something so wonderful as this as well XD Thank you for the gracious comment as well! Haha, nice analogy! I hope you stick around for the epilogue!

i love all yaoi

Lol I know right? XD

Dena Novak

I hope you cry with me when I put up the epilogue T.T I look forward to seeing you at my upcoming Destiels!

Jean

Thank you, my lovely :) Well, there will be a sequel to this story, like the original Little Mermaid ;)

Destiel Lover

Bad Crowley! Keeping the soulmates apart D:

Vienna Warren

1: I'm so glad it did! Heehee, thank you for the compliment :)

2: No way! I love reviews, the more the merrier ;D I never realized how alike John and Trident were alike until I started writing them too! Thank you for the compliment!

3: I love writing fluff :3 Ahaha, I don't really know why I made Garth a dog, but it apparently worked out :D

4: I couldn't resist :3 Thank you so much!

5: Haha, I know what that's like. I'm just glad that my fanfic is the source of that for someone else *blushes*

Angel Winchester

Thank you! I hope you stick around for the epilogue ;D

Cas Stilinski

Thank you! I hope you stick around for the epilogue ;D