I'm sorry Mother, Father, and… Ariana thought as she and Sonia braced themselves for the attack, but it never came.

"Commander!" Sonia called as she looked in front of her. "Wait, who are you?" She asked the odd monkey.

"There should be no more fighting." The monkey said as they heard the cannon ball explode. "I kicked three shuttlecocks at it. Was it overkill?" It's voice was deep. That caused Ariana to open her eyes as Sonia ran back the her squad.

No. This can not be happening… She thought There's no way it's… She looked up "Father!" She sprang to her feet and hugged him

"NO!" Screeched High-Roller. "Your supposed to be dead!" He roared as the fighting around them all had stopped.

"It's him!" The humans from Monkey Castle murmured. "The 32nd Monkey King!" "It's Cheetah-Legs!"

"That's where you went wrong." A female voice said to Ariana's left

"Mother!" She exclaimed rushing to hug her as well.

"Where you went wrong was that our children would defend one another until we returned."

"Oh really? Where I went wrong? Your son pushed his sister out of the way of my bodyguard's attack. So who went wrong?"

Ariana's bottom lip trembled. It was true. He pushed her out of the way. He suffered the attack, not her. She then thought of something.

"Your wrong."

"ENOUGH!" High-Roller screeched again. He was becoming furious. "He was nowhere near as great as I."

"No." Ariana exclaimed "My brother was two times better then you! He was better at everything! He was what made everyday of all of our lives worth living. He made us squeeze every last drop from our everyday lives. He may not have been human, but he was better then you." Her voice was shaky. She was near tearful. She took a breath and continued "A better leader. A better man." She took another deep breath.

"He was an animal!" High-Roller screamed in fury.

"He was three times the man you are!" Ariana yelled back. Everyone let out yells of agreement.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" High-Roller screamed again. He fired a canon ball at the monkeys. Cheetah-Legs shielded Ariana and Rose.

"NO!" Yelled a familiar voice that sparked hope. They all looked up to see a red shape jump up to the canon ball and smack it so hard it broke.

"Ape!" Ariana and her parents yelled together. High-Roller was really shocked.

"No… NO! Your supposed to be dead!" He roared.

In front of them was Ape Trully. He was not buried by rubble, he was upright. The only change was that his flame had become bigger and brighter. His fur had become a lighter shade of red, causing him to sparkle as the sun began to rise.

"You were wrong." He said "As long as there is kindness in the world, I will never die. None of us will. We will keep fighting. There is no amount of evil in this world that will make us stop fighting."

"Oh really? Well, look around monkey boy, my army out-numbers yours." High-Roller said. He sounded cocky.

"Don't be so sure." A voice behind Lin Chung said. The shadow of a cat forced all of them, except for the man, to jump.

"Who are you?" High-Roller asked as the cat stepped from Lin Chung's shadow.

"High-Roller, meet my father." The man said. The cat smiled while nodding in acknowledgement to Lin Chung's words. "The all powerful king of panthers."

"Will, that explains so much." Mighty Ray said. The Big Green fighters nodded.

"It does not matter, just one will not turn the tide of this battle."

"Oh, he is not the only one joining the party." A voice said. Everyone looked at the stands, monkeys, precisely thirty-one of them were standing along the edges. They each had different coats of fur, except for one, he had the same color of fur and the same flame mark as Ape Trully, except his was the length Ape Trully's was.

"It's the 1st monkey king!"

"Ape Trully, it is your call." The red monkey said

"Okay then, Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh monkey kings, attack the bears." The monkeys moved according to their command and number. "Third, Four, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth, form a perimeter." The others moved as well, to everyone else, it looked like Ape Trully was ordering giant Chess pieces across a board. "First monkey king, I require your assistance. The rest of you, move!"

The monkeys moved together and the battle raged on, even Ape Trully's family got in on the action, Ariana, however, stayed by her brother. The center of the ring was where there was not action. Just Ape Trully, the first Monkey King, Ariana, Bear-stomp and High-Roller were just standing there.

"You first." High-Roller said to Ariana, who backed up due to Bear-stomp's sudden roar/growl, forcing the first Monkey King to strike. "Tsk, tsk. Don't you know is rude to take a ladies turn in a game?" He replied before meeting the monkey king in the center of their concluded battling ring.

Bear-stomp and Ape Trully met as the bear tried to help High-Roller. His flame engulfed him like an actual fire, a white fire with his shape outlined in red, making the battle stop once more.

"Ariana." Came the First Monkey King's voice. "You are the only one that can calm him down. But you'll need this." There was a flash of red light and then Ariana had the same flame mark as her brother, but her's was red. Her facial markings were the same, except for they too were red. "Go! You must act fast, before his flame turns him into a demon!"

Ariana forced her flame to burn, consuming her in a red fire outlining her shape in white, allowing her to get close to her brother. I hope this works! When the two flames merged, there was a flash, a very bright and blinding white flash. Consuming everything except for the two figures in the center.

Inside the flash…

"Ariana!" Ape Trully yelled running to his sister. She felt him hug her tightly "I am so sorry." He added as a tear fell off of his face and onto the ground, making an echoing splash around them.

"Sorry? What for?" She asked as her brother pulled himself away from her and turned away.

"That I made you cry." He said

"It's okay." She said "You didn't mean to. You were just protecting me. And for that, I am honored to call you my twin brother." She added as her twin turned back to face her, tears of a pure soul falling from his eyes.

"It's just that, after Bear-stomp hit me, you know, when I was in this weird comatose. I thought 'This is it. I guess I can't say good-bye after all.' And then I thought that mother and father would be furious, but, then, I met the first monkey king. He showed me the way back." He paused and laughed. "I guess you could say I was lucky."

"Bro, we still need you." She said "Everyone, especially me, mother and father need you."

"Right. Now, let's go and help them." They linked their hands and felt themselves spiraling towards the false marble ground.

Their feet touched the solid, cold and fake ground and they released each others hands. Their parents were moving towards High-Roller, who was panicking. He did what any honorable (and dishonorable) man would do.

"RETREAT!" He screamed as Rose was shooting thorns at him from her hand. All of his forces were moving back to their castles.

All of the fighters from Big Green, Monkey Castle, the zebra brothers, Panther King and the monkey twins cheered along with their parents and the other thirty-one monkey kings.

"Ape Trully, Ariana, Rose and Cheetah-Legs." The first monkey king called to them. They scampered forward as the other thirty-one kings vanished. "Rose, Cheetah-Legs, your lives ended too fast and too soon. You may stay among the living for as long as you like." The two adult monkeys cheered. "Now, if you do not mind, I would like a word with your son and daughter."

The parents nodded, making the twins nervous and curious at the same time. He motioned his head to a spot, some fifty meters away. The two monkeys followed him.

"I heard everything that happened while the two of you were in the Go-Between." He said. As the twins opened their mouths, he added, "That was some pretty sad stuff you two were talking about. I heard it through the flame patterns. I understand if you two have more questions, but just let me say this because I have a limited amount of time to say it."

He took a breath "Ape, the reason you were in the comatose is because you were questioning whether you should stay or move on. Do not interrupt," The twins shut their mouths "You chose to stay. You proved you are worthy of the title Monkey King.

"Anyways, you two are very gifted monkeys who know what is right from what is wrong. Especially you, Ape Trully, And for that, I am proud, no, honored to call you my thirty-third son." Ape Trully had begun to bow. "You bow to no one."

The First Monkey King bowed, and, as if through some connection through their minds, everyone else bowed to Ape Trully, even his family. They began chanting his name in their own languages. Making him smile, he had half-forgotten why he had formed Big Green.

It was not only to make peace between animals and humans, but to prove he was a king. Another reason was so his sister would not have to live in his shadow. When everyone was on their feet, Panther King made an announcement as the first Monkey King was vanishing.

"I would be honored to join Big Green." He said "And work beside humans who show such excellent skills." Lin-Chung jumped onto the big cat and rubbed his black fur covered head.

"My brother and I would like to join Big Green." Spark White said

"For real this time." Came his brothers voice.

"Wonder-" Ape Trully was cut off by Alpha-Girl

"I don't see why you would want to follow a monkey!" Alpha-Girl exclaimed. The humans on her squad nodded "If anything, animals should follow humans!"

"Yeah!" They replied.

"What was that?" Golden-Eye Husky replied, sounding angry

"We are so out of here!" Alpha-Girl said. Kowloon, Hurricane Lee and Archer Lee left the stadium. Nobody seemed to care as Golden-Eye chased them shooting fire from his mouth.

"Any chance it could be a brother-sister thing?" Ariana asked.

"Let's make it a family affair." Cheetah-Legs said. He turned to his subjects. "Can all of you live in peace during our absence?"

All of their subjects nodded.

"Excellent. We shall be checking up on you regularly." He said. Ape Trully summoned the turtles and Lin-Chung told them to take the humans and monkeys back to their castle.

All of the fighters were exhausted by the time they arrived at Big Green. Ape Trully showed the new arrivals to their rooms, Ariana clinging onto his tail the whole time, and then walked to his room.

"I know you don't like new places, but why not stay with mom and dad?" Ape Trully wondered as he opened the door to his room.

"I figure we can catch up." Ariana said before letting go of her brothers tail. She then sat on her brothers bed.

"I guess." He said removing his umbrella/antenna hat and placing it on the bed-side table. He then looked at his sister. She had fallen asleep on his bed. Or not. He thought getting a hammock set-up for himself. He walked over to his sister and pulled the blanket over her. "Sweet dreams Ari." He whispered in her ear.

As he was walking to his hammock, he heard her whisper, "Sleep time Ape." Making him smile to himself as her got onto his hammock. And for the first time in a long time, he felt truly happy.

That's the end of the story folks. I appreciate all of you who reveiwed my story. Thank-you and I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

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