Chapter 15

Balto continued to glare at his rival as Steele held onto his right shoulder while he coldly commented with, "Well look who's here, it's wolf dog." The brownish grey furred wolf watched as the merdog swam up to him and added, "It's just a shame you can't breathe underwater anymore."

After hearing that last comment the brown eyed wolf soon found it very hard to hold in his breathe. He then started to swim upwards so that he could take another deep breathe when his head was above the water. However, before he was even close to getting there Steele swam in front again and asked, "Where do you think you're going?"

Seeing this caused the brownish grey furred wolf to swim back down towards Ariel. And when he looked back up at the black and white furred merdog he saw that the trident was being pointed in his direction. Once a beam of magic came out of the weapon Balto quickly swam out of the way which caused the seaweed that had been holding Ariel in place was gone as she swam up to him and gave a short hug while she softly said, "Thank you, Balto."

The two sharply turned around though when they heard the sound of the trident starting to power up again as Steele responded with, "That's a pretty smart move you did there, mutt. But this time I won't miss."

The brown eyed wolf looked up in worry as the blast of magic came rushing towards him. He was pulled out of the way however, by the red haired mermaid who swam upwards until their heads were both above the water. Once that was done Balto took a deep breathe of air before diving back under the water. After his eyes had adjusted to the water again, Balto saw that Steele wasn't in front of them anymore as a shadow went over the two as the merdog asked, "Looking for someone, wolf dog?"

Hearing this caused the wolf to turn around only to see a furry hand backhand him in the muzzle as he went downward towards the floor of the sea. While he was falling downward the wolf saw Ariel float right in front of the anthro sea dog as she shouted, "Leave him alone!"

"Oh, you want me to stop picking on the mutt?" Steele mockingly asked, as he got closer to the mermaid. He then pointed the trident at her once again while he continued with, "Well, if that's how you want it. I suppose I could always mess around with you instead."

To the brownish grey furred wolf's surprise the red haired mermaid had grabbed a rather pointy seashell and hid it behind her back for a little bit before she stuck the end of it into the merdog's left shoulder. This caused him to let go of trident resulting in it landing on the ground. Balto only looked at the trident for a few seconds before he heard the sound of Ariel let out a yell and when he looked up the wolf saw that Steele had her pressed up against a nearby boulder with both of hands just inches away from her head. Seeing this caused the wolf's expression to harden as he swam towards the trident and grabbed with his teeth. He then started to swim up towards the two as he heard his rival lean towards the mermaid princess's ear while he whispered, "You know no matter how many times you do these types of things to me...it just makes me want you more. So why don't you and me head back to the palace...where we could have some real fun."

Balto mentally growled after he had heard this statement as he swam towards the merdog's upper back. He then made sure that the trident went through him as the former husky turned and looked down at the end of trident that was sticking out of his chest. The merdog let out a few heavy coughs as he let out, "Well, I guess you beat me, wolf dog."

Once that had been said though Steele shut his eyes tightly as he let out a loud howl of pain as his entire body dissolved into sea foam. While this was going on Balto smiled confidently as he started to fade into unconsciousness.

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Ariel took a few deep breathes as she grabbed her father's trident and swam towards her sister who was still being held down by the heavy seaweed. Once she was free the bleach blonde haired mermaid commented with, "Took you long enough."

The youngest princess just ignored her older sister's comment as she turned and said, "Balto, thank you...oh no." She handed the trident to her sister and swam towards the wolf who was not moving while she picked him up as best she could and added, "Arista, please free everyone from the trident's magic while I get Balto back up to the surface."

The blue eyed mermaid didn't give her sister a chance to protest as she swam up towards the shoreline that was nearby. Once she was on land she dragged the brownish grey furred wolf onto the shore as far as she could while she begged, "Balto, please don't leave me like this!" She then felt herself starting to breakdown as she went on with, "Because I can't imagine my life without you."

The mermaid did her best to get a hold of her emotions as she began to hum while she gently petted the top of the wolf's head that was in her arms. But after some time had passed she did not notice her father had approach the shoreline as he said, "I see, so he did in fact let Ursula use a potion on himself."

Hearing this caught the mermaid off guard as she turned and asked, "Daddy, you knew about that the entire time?" The Sea King nodded as he took the wolf out of Ariel's arms and set him into the water as she continued with worry, "Wait, what are you going to do to Balto, Daddy?"

The red haired mermaid watched as her father's trident glowed brightly while he gently lowered it towards the wolf until it touched his back. A bright light then engulfed his body as Ariel covered her eyes for a few seconds. Once it had disappeared though she heard some movement from under the water as she saw Balto's head stick it's way out of it. What she saw after that however, surprised the princess the most as the brown eyed wolf looked just like what he had when he was a merwolf the only major difference was that he was now standing on his hind legs, but they looked just a human's. Along with that his long bushy tail could be seen in the back as another light had went around his body as she then noticed that his eyes were still shut. Once that light had vanished she then saw that the now anthro wolf was wearing a very noble like attire as he opened his eyes and stared at the mermaid and asked, "Ariel?" She continued to stare as Balto looked over himself as best could in his water's reflection while he went on with, "Wait, what happened to me? Why am I able to walk like a human now?"

The youngest daughter of Triton and the brownish grey furred anthro wolf looked at the merking as he let out a light chuckle and said, "I did this as a way to thank you for saving my kingdom." The mermaid then saw that her father was now looking at her as he mentioned for her to come into the water while he added, "Ariel, could you come here for a moment?"

The mermaid did was asked of her as she moved back towards the water and jumped into it. And when she was in front of her father she asked, 'Yes, Daddy?"

The mermaid princess watched as her father lowered his trident into the water and pointed it at her while he explained, "Ariel, you know how I felt about you getting involved with the human world in any way possible. Which included saving a land creature from dying." Hearing this caused the mermaid to lower her head in shame, but it was only for a moment or so as King Triton went on with, "However, after seeing how much you and Balto care for each other. I have decided that if you wish to live on land with him, then that is your choice."

Hearing this caused Ariel to give her father a big hug while she let out, "Thank you, Daddy."

The magic then overtook the mermaid as she looked down and saw that her lower half of her body had become that of a human's as she saw Balto still standing on the shore of the beach. The now red haired young woman slowly started to walk towards him which revealed a beautiful sleeveless dress. And when she had made it on land the anthro wolf lifted her into his arms and twirled her around once before the two stared into each other's eyes before their lip's met in a loving kiss while the Sea King could not help, but smile as he dove back under the sea.

A/N: Well, there's the end of this story. And I hope you enjoyed reading it from start to finish. However, I must let everyone know that I'm not for certain which story I will upload next. I think I'll end up going with the Robin Hood x Ariel story. Anyway thank you for reading and reviewing this story.