Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Hiya everyone. Pinkshuchan here. This is the final battle. This will depend on whether Yuki and Shuichi will have their happily ever after or not. I mean, they deserve it with all the shit they went through just to stay together. This would have to be one of the most epic scenes I've ever written. Wait, did I even write anything epic? Anyways, onto the show.

Chapter 22

Shuichi's P.O.V

So that's why Hiro sent Taki to come after me. I knew he was too smart to let traitors get what they want. Taki hypontized him. That bastard. But I've gotten myself captured by said bastard. I don't know if Hiro and Suguru stand a chance against him. Just by being held by him I can feel his power. It's incredible! Does that mean Taki will get everything his greedy heart desires? But what does it have to do with me?

"Let go of me, Taki!" I yelled "I'm not worth this." Taki stopped and put me down. I tried to run away but he grabbed my wrist.

"You're not worth it?" mocked Taki "Let's see, you are a beautiful mermaid princess who kept swimming away from home because her brothers don't get her. You want to get rid of them, right? You want them to stop bossing you around? Then join me and be my queen."

"I'll become your queen when hell becomes a frozen wasteland."

"You don't have a choice. You will be my queen!" He starts moving his eyes all over my body. "I see there are a few marks made by that disgusting human. But don't worry, I'll get rid of them for you." He starts licking my neck.

"Stop!" I scream, but it was no use. Taki wouldn't stop. As one arm went around me, his other hand went in between my legs. He stopped what he was doing and felt between my legs again in case he wasn't mistaken. He then pushed me down to the ground.

"What the...! You're a... you're a... guy?!" He grabbed me by the hair. "I can't believe that the mermaid princess of the Sea of Japan is actually a fucking guy. That's disgusting!" It may be to you, but not to Yuki. Yuki was the only one who really understood me. We both feel the same in everything.

"I can't have some disgusting mermaid in drag be my queen." Taki continued "But you would make a perfect ransom."

Uh oh. What did he mean by that? He summoned a dark cloud and forced me on it. To make sure I didn't get away by diving into the water, he sat me down and tied my arms and legs together. Why is it that in every story, the princess is the damsel in distress? Well, as long as Yuki comes to save me, I'll be fine. But I don't know if Yuki will have the power to defeat Taki. Suddenly, I see a red tail and a blue tail coming up to us. It's Hiro and Suguru!

"Let her go, Taki!" yelled Hiro. They don't know that Taki already knows I'm a guy.

"Who's her?" Taki asks sarcastically "As I see it, this here is a guy. Or did you not know that?"

"You mean you already know?" Suguru asked.

"You bet! If you want your precious cross dressing brother back safely, then give the throne of the oceans to me. I can't promise you his safety if you don't."

Hiro and Suguru are frozen of worry. I know why. If Taki gets the throne of the oceans, he would make life for mermaids a living hell. But if he doesn't, my life would be in danger. What will happen?

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the dark cloud we were on; causing it to drop me. I was falling into the ocean until I felt myself floating. When I look, I see Sakano in the ocean holding Riku. I'm slowly put down into the ocean and I managed to break out of the leg restrant because of my tail. Riku then used his telepathy to untie my arms. Sakano put Riku into the water we all tried to attack Taki. Hiro used fireballs, Suguru used ice beams, Sakano used his gusts of wind, Riku summoned rocks and threw them, and I used my light beams. But Taki either dodged them all or guarded using his lightning. It was no use.

"Taki's too strong." I screamed.

"There could only be one way to win this and that's if we have the waters by our side." said Hiro.

"That's impossible." said Suguru "The only one who can control the power of water is the Golden Poseidon of the ancient writings. But we don't know if he really exists or in case he does where he is."

"Um... About the Golden Poseidon..." started Sakano. We all looked at him. "Well he actually does exist and the reason why we had not found him for a while was because he wasn't exactly born a mermaid."

"What are you saying?" asked Hiro "You trying to tell us that he was born a human this entire time?"

Sakano nodded. "And now because of his personal reasons his true powers have been awakened."

What did he mean? Wait, where's Riku? Where'd he go? Oh no! Where's my baby? I panicked.

"Riku?" I called out to him "Riku, where are you?" No, I can't lose my baby! Then I heard baby giggles. I swam over to where I heard them and found Riku looking up at the cliff. I pulled Riku close to me and looked up at what he was looking at. Wait, is that...?

"Yuki!"

There was Yuki standing at the cliff. But there's something different about him. Hey, is it just me or has his hair grown longer? It has! His once short hair was now halfway on his back. Wait, what's he doing? He dives into the ocean. No! He'll die from that height. And why isn't Riku using his telepathy to catch his father? Does he know what Yuki's planning? As soon as Yuki dived into the water, giant waves went up and attacked Taki. There was no way he could dodge or guard it and it knocked him off the cloud. But he summoned another cloud to catch him. Because it was water that attacked him, his legs became a black tail.

"What the fuck was that? The only one who can make waves like that is...!" Taki seemed to become scared because of something. But what? Suddenly, I felt something lift me out of the ocean. And it wasn't Riku. It was a wave. Wait, didn't Sakano say that the Golden Poseidon has this kind of power? But the question is who's the Golden Poseidon?

"Shuichi!"

I look at another wave like the one I was on. The first thing I saw was something I have never seen before; a golden tail. Attached to that golden tail was...!

"Yuki!"

The two waves pulled together; causing Yuki and I to get closer to each other. He held me close to him while trying not to squish Riku who was still in my arms.

"Yuki, what happened to you?" I asked "You're a... a..."

"A mermaid?" he completed "I know. I asked Sakano to cast a spell that turns me into a mermaid and give me enough power to defeat Taki. However, this I believe is a bit of an overkill."

"But why Yuki?"

"We'll talk about this later. Right now, we have to stop Taki."

I nodded and the waves pull us close to Taki. Taki looks at Yuki with fear "For many years, it had been said that the Golden Poseidon would one day come and use his power to control water. I see now it's true."

"Taki!" Yuki yelled with so much anger in his voice. I swear I could hear his voice echoing "Because of what you have done by betraying the kingdom of the Sea of Japan and by trying to hurt the princess of the Sea of Japan, I now punish you into the deepest depths of hell!" He then attacked Taki with a water beam. I don't think it would be enough, so I start joining my power with Yuki. So light and water were attacking him. It still isn't enough! We see rocks being thrown at Taki. It was Riku! Then we see wind, fire, and ice started attacking him. The most remarkable thing happened. Taki was then turned into a dark crystal and fell into the ocean. We did it! We went back to the shore and dried ourselves off; turning us back into human form. I was going to ask Yuki why he became a mermaid until...

"Mermaids! I finally caught you!"

Oh no! It's the scary idiot human K! He's caught us. "I just need to get one of you and I'll get a fortune." Sakano walks up to him and flicks him in the head. K then shakes his head and looks at us with confusion. "Um... where am I? Who are you guys?"

Yuki and I are surprised. How did K forget? "We could ask you the same question." said Sakano "Why don't you move along and go back home, sir."

K nodded and left. "Ok, what just happened?" I asked as soon as I could get myself to speak again.

"I erased his memory of knowing us as mermaids." said Sakano "How did you think we managed to be known as a myth to humans all this time, Your Highness?"

"And you didn't use that on him earlier why?" Yuki asked angrily.

"Um... because you didn't ask?" Sakano asked nervously.

"Because I didn't ask? How was I suppossed to fucking know you had that spell you fucking bastard!" As Yuki's anger grew, giant waves swished around the ocean. Well, I see where Riku gets his powerful temper from.

"Yuki, calm down!" I said "The point is now K won't come after us again."

"Yes." said Hiro "But now onto another matter, I'm resigning from my place as king!"

We all stared at him. "But why Hiro?" I asked.

"What Suguru said about us being different after I was given the throne was true. We hadn't been the same brothers as before, Shuichi, and I want to make everything right. I want us to go back to what we were before."

"Oh, Hiro!"

"Besides, I want to see if what you said about humans is true. So I'm resigning as king to see life as a human."

"But then who'll take the throne?" asked Suguru.

"A third reason why I'm resigning as king. I can't stay king when the true king of the sea, the Golden Poseidon has awoken."

"Who's that?" asked Yuki. We all stare at him. "Why's everyone staring at me?" Sakano, Hiro and Suguru bow to him. "Wait, you don't mean...?"

"Yes, we mean just that, Your Great Majesty!" said Sakano.

"Now wait a moment, can't we talk this over first?"

"Nope!" said Sakano, Hiro and Suguru. Yuki sighed.

"But if you didn't want to be the king, why did you make yourself a mermaid?" I asked.

"Three reasons." said Yuki "One, how was I suppossed to know that I was the Golden Poseidon. Second, it was to help defeat Taki. And third..." He pulled me close to him. "Remember when we talked about the life you wanted to give to Riku? You said you wanted him to live in the ocean with both you and me there beside him. Well, since we're both mermaids, we can. I wanted to do this for both you and him."

"But now that you're a mermaid, you know that you can't go back to..."

"I know. But you and Riku are most important."

My eyes sparkled with joy. Yuki loves me. He loves both me and Riku.

"And now that you're a mermaid" said Sakano "No matter how much you fight it, you are to still be the king of the sea."

Yuki sighed again. "Alright, alright. I'll be your king." said Yuki "But on one tiny condition. Shuichi becomes my queen."

Say what? Being his queen would mean continuing the charade of being a girl. Wait, haven't I given up on fighting it since I started staying with Yuki? "I will!" I say "I don't care if people still think I'm a girl. As long as I'm with Yuki, I don't care. Besides, I actually like pretending to be a girl now."

Everyone's eyes widened at this. "You do?!"

"Yep. Do you think I can get some nice shells that would match my tail?"

Sakano fainted, Hiro and Suguru had their mouths hanging open and Yuki just pulled me close to him.

"Mama!"

Wait, was that...? I look down into my arms. "Mama!" I don't believe it. Riku said his first word. Yay! This is the start of a new life with our family.

Pinkshuchan: This is the end of this chapter. There's still one more and then this story's done. But turn that frown upside down because even though this story will be done, doesn't mean it's the last story from me. I'll be working on some other stories, and maybe a sequel for A Mermaid's Tail. But only if you guys want me too. I'll have a poll set up on my profile of your choice. Read and Review everyone.