SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 17 out, this is Chapter 18 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot and pairing.

Chapter 18: To Where The Blue Waves Sway

"Is everyone alright?" Ami asked when the trio burst out of the water. "Anyhow, we should head back to shore, otherwise..."

"What..." Yukio blinked when a pathway of corals erupted underneath their feet. "Corals?"

"What is this?" Rin exclaimed. "The enemy's attack?"

"I doubt the Kraken did this." Yukio corrected. "Just what..."

"It stretches all the way to that island." Ami peered.

"Whatever they are, the ones in the back are collapsing." Rin pointed out. "Keep moving!" he barked, carrying Shiemi. "This is the entrance?" he blinked.

"The cliffs on the island are impossible to climb." Yukio noted.

"No time, let's go." Ami pressed and the group jumped into the water.

"How is she?" Ami asked when they burst out from the water.

"She isn't breathing." Yukio replied, trying to hear a heartbeat.

"We have no choice then." Ami sighed and gave the unconscious girl CPR.

"Just..." Yukio grabbed his brother's life jacket. "How many times do I have to repeat myself? Cut it out! Do you have any idea how much trouble you cause others when you just rush out head-on without thinking? Even dragging Shiemi into it..."

"Actually, I was the one..." Shiemi meekly voiced.

"Forget it." Ami rested a hand on Shiemi's shoulder. "You don't know him like I do."

"I did think about it before I did it." Rin spat back.

"What were you thinking?" Yukio hissed. "Do tell... Yes?" he spoke into the hand-held phone he carried.

"Use the speaker phone." Shura instructed. "Stupid idiots!" she roared. "You three do whatever you want when I'm not around! Especially Rin!"

"Have the people from the helicopter been rescued?" Rin asked.

"You've got balls." Shura snorted. "They're safe. You will really be executed."

"My situation couldn't get any worse than this." Rin reminded. "No one else can be as reckless as me. So I think, as long as I do something, the matter will be settled."

"You idiot!" Shura barked. "The situation here is different from that of the 'Impure King'."

"But someone was gonna get killed in front of my eyes." Rin protested. "I just can't bear to do nothing and watch. Everyone else must have felt the same way."

"Anyway, Shura, give us some instructions." Yukio requested.

"Could it be..." Shiemi voiced after the group received Shura's orders. "This child here is Wadatsumi?"

"This child..." the two boys looked at the towering sea creature behind Shiemi.

"You're the one who saved us, aren't you?" Ami looked at the sea beast.

"Seems like Nii-chan's relative from the sea." Shiemi added.

"Sea monk..." Yukio realized. "It has the ability to control the growth of reef organisms, similar to that of Shiemi's familiar. Then that coral reek was made by a sea monkey?"

"What's the matter?" Ami blinked when the sea monkey pulled the two girls along.

"Let's follow it." Rin suggested.

"Where does it intend to take us?" Yukio wondered as the group was led through a tunnel.

"Can the two of you cut it out?" Ami scolded, cutting off the sibling quarrel.

"We've reached the opening!" Shiemi declared. "A whale?" she blinked.

"It's Wadatsumi." Yukio recognized the husked animal.

"Is it still alive?" Rin wondered.

"I am Amatsumi Hiko." the whale addressed the group. "I am only a guide to this. Nothing else. You're of royal lineage." he told Rin. "Please lend me your strength. To protect my territory from that deep-sea behemoth. This long-forgotten body is much weaker than before. If the enemy realizes that, I will be killed, and this territory will be abandoned."

"That's a lot of miki." Ami whistled when a helicopter dropped a crate of supplies.

"Wadatsumi's favorite cuttlefish." Yukio added.

"That's great." Shiemi beamed after they fed the whale. "Amatsumi Hiko-sama looks really happy. He seems satisfied with Rin's great meal battle."

"But what difference does this make?" Yukio asked.

"It's time for us to eat too!" Rin called.

"I don't need it." Yukio declined. "I need to clean the guns that were soaked in sea water. I don't know when I'll need them again, so I need to tend to them."

"Just sit there and eat quietly!" Rin ordered.

"Shut up!" Yukio glared. "Be prepared to move according to plan and don't cause trouble for anyone. I'm different from you, nii-san."

"I imagine you're still angry." Rin remarked.

"I'm not mad." Yukio corrected. "I'm just in a daze. Aren't you afraid of yourself? If I were in your shoes, I would've already gone crazy."

"Rather than going crazy, I might as well become a fool." Rin retorted.

"How many people will be affected?" Yukio fired back. "You'd cause more trouble if you were crazy."

"I just want to use my power to do something." Rin protested.

"Since the start, you've been saying that." Yukio snapped. "After defeating the 'Impure King', nii-san's become carried away."

"Carried away?" Rin echoed. "Me? You're kidding!"

"You've just had a run of good luck lately!" Yukio shot back. "That's Satan's power! The power that killed our father!"

"About that, even if you say it, no one understands better than I do!" Rin retorted. "What's with you? What about me is pissing you off?"

"Everything!" Yukio barked.

"Stop it!" Shiemi shouted.

"Enough!" Ami glared.

"Sorry..." both brothers looked at the two girls.

"I'll cool my head a bit." Rin muttered and ran off.

"Regretting putting this conversation off for so long?" Ami gave the bespectacled Meister a knowing look. "Moriyama, let's make ourselves scarce." she pulled Shiemi off, giving the two brothers the chance to talk.

"Yukio, I have something to tell you." Rin started. "Sorry, since the old man died, you've been worried about me. Since the flames ran wild, I've been worried, too. But after fighting the 'Impure King', I've come to realize." he drew his sword. "This is who I am. This, too, is who I am, Yukio. If I don't acknowledge the flames, I won't be able to move forward. Therefore, from now on, I will use them to fight. Yukio, I want you to acknowledge my flames, too."

"There are signs of him." Amatsumi Hiko informed the siblings. "The two of us, save the girls. Allow me, Amatsumi Hiko, to deal with that guy."

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