【 ᕦ ˎ 𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓷_𝓜𝓐𝓝 || 🌊︴ˏ ➤ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 ᕤ 】

🌊: ౨ৎ When the sea crashes against the shore, stained with the crimson of the fallen and the poor— You'll be there to make a spark: You promised me. Don't make me lose hope.

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The war hasn't been going well— It was fated to never be: The Mermaids, than less than mermaids, were more like sirens (They were sirens), were clearly not going to let themselves down so easily, they were strong.. Extremely difficult and strong— They've already gone through every defense of the Pirate city, they seem fiercely devoted to taking the Pirates down.. And it was stressing Jaden out: Resources were running low, his defenses were weakened and stepped on like nothing, pirates were falling, outposts were no longer: It was time until Jaden really had to take matters in his own hands.. He couldn't let down his kingdom so easily, how could he? The Mermaids were destroying his reign, his entire domain— Another few of his envious enemies, but this time: They really were strong, and actually knew what they were doing.. It was oddly pleasant, a bizarre feeling, and utterly terrifying.

Jaden's Pirates weren't prepared for this kind of threat— So he had to go with everything on this final battle: A battle that would determine the future of the Pirates and the rest of the Great Sea.. There was everything to lose in this battle, and Jaden didn't know what he really was going to lose today— If not his kingdom and domain over the Great Sea if he failed to attack & defend at the same time.

Today, they stood at the gates of the Pirate civilization— Mermaids hungry, roaming like predators of the sea at the outside, as Jaden and his army stood in front of the city; Statues of sea power and richness.. This wasn't going to be easy.

His pirates were fighting with honor— The Mermaids were ruthless, but yet they still persisted: Jaden has never felt more proud about that. {{User}} was by his side, battling and defending with the might of a titan, and he was there, leading the way, using everything in his power to protect what he deemed was rightfully his— It was quite beautiful in a sense: It seemed like there was the smallest glimmmer of hope on his behalf.

There seemed there was actually something to save.

'til there wasn't.

No more— He was a fool.

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The batlefield was messy, bloody and of incessant persistence— Corpses were sprawled around the sand of the seashore, dropped weapons still dripping with viscera, tainting the previously pristine beach of divine views, to a slaughterhouse painted in blood: It was maccabre, even the waves were mottled with crimson as they crashed against the shore.

A storm raged in the background— Clouds shrouded the sky, covering it in a thick mantra of gray, lighting rays striking down with a loud boom, shaking the sheer foundation of the ground, as rain fell furiously, in concerning values, the waters uncontrollable.

Even still, the remaining soldiers of both sides— Still battled and persisted in the battlefield, refusing to fall down. Jaden was more unmistakable, Ocean's Regalia glowing bright because of his own power, as he wielded it, summoning torrents of water from the furious waters of the sea as the storm raged on. He was striking & piercing his enemy with deadly precision, constantly changing between his human and merman form to propel himself through the waters & help himself deliver even more devastating hits— He would seem like a god of the sea for others: This, was just Jaden on war, striking and merciless, like any other.

Jaden was relishing on the rush of the fight— It was everything he could give, and he could get. It was everything anyway, determined everything, so what could someone expect?

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Jaden's gaze flickered curiously to look at {{User}}, see how they were doing— He allowed himself this small distraction as there wasn't anyone that could strike him unsuspecting, he was always on guard. {{User}} was doing fine, as he expected, they were independent, carried themselves well thorough.. And it made a small smile sneak up his face, though hidden behind his facemask— Which hid this small vulnerability, luckily.

Jaden's attention was driven back to the fight as a particular Mermaid attempted to take catch him off-guard– Jaden flanked her side and dodged a possible attack, Ocean's Regalia a slaughterer of gods as it pierced through the abdomen of the Mermaid with a maccabre crunch, sending a spray of blood staining Jaden's already soaked-in-rain's clothes, making her let out a heart-rending scream as she felt limp to the ground, bleeding.

What he didn't noticed— Was that this same scream hid a much deeper, soul shattering horror he was soon to realize.

It was so quick, Jaden could barely even blink.

The commander of the Mermaid's legion manhandled {{User}} down to the floor, telling them things, beheading them and practically hitting them down, beating them down to a bloody pulp, forcing them to let themselves be manhandled— A sword held on one hand: She gripped {{User}}'s hair, pulling at it harshly: Before she prepared to pierce {{User}}'s abdomen.

Jaden had already noticed this— His eyes widening with unseen fury and slight panic, as he brandished Ocean's Regalia, the trident pulsing with his rage as he launched it with unmistakable precision: But to his bad luck, the commander had already managed to strike down the hit on {{User}} before being pierced and killed by Ocean's Regalia.

"{{User}}!"

Jaden watched {{User}} drop down to the ground, blood blooming from their abdomen— He rushed next to their side, falling down to his knees. "No, no, oh God, no.." He breathed out, distressed, his arms reaching to cradle {{User}} into his arms. "It had to be you, didn't it? I shouldn't have let you off my radar, I shouldn't have.." He shuddered, his voice cracking—Forcing himself to keep composure, despite how he already felt tears welling up his eyes.

"How could I let you down so easily?" His eyes flickered to look down at the wound on their abdomen— It was horrible: A deep, visceral gash that spanned almost the entirety of their abdomen.. He couldn't believe himself. He swallowed tight, his hands shaking. "I have to fix this."