The next day was pretty much the same thing like every other day. But my day started with my newborn water baby who was born just overnight. But anyway, it was breakfast time in our cozy little lair. And I was making breakfast for Umiko.

"Umiko, it's time to eat." I said as I got her mashed bananas ready.

"Mana." she waved her flippers.

I scooped up some of the mash with her little spoon. "Open wide Umiko, say ahh."

She opened her mouth. "Mana."

I feed it to her and she ate it happily. "Very good, Umi. Good girl."

"Manaphy." she rubbed her flipper on my cheek.

I giggled. "You're just too cute, you know that?" I said as I rubbed her cheek with my thumb. "Let's finish this mash so we can do something together. How about it Umi?"

"Mana." she nodded and was trying to hold the spoon.

"Aww." I giggled. "It's okay Umi. I'll feed you." I said as I kept feeding her.

After Umiko was finished with her food, we were embracing each other on the couch. Just enjoying our time together. "I wish you can say mama or something else. That would make me very happy."

"Mama!"

I gasped after Umiko said the word. I was so happy, I picked her up and twirled her around while giggling. "Oh my god! You did it! You said mama!"

"Mama! Mama!" Umiko cheerfully said.

I hugged her and nuzzled her cheek. "You made me so happy."

"Mama." she nuzzled back.

"Aww, that's so cute." Aika smiled. "What made you happy?"

"She called me mama."

"She did? I wanna hear it."

"Okay. Umi, say mama."

"Mama."

I giggled and kissed her cheek. "No matter what, you always make me happy."

Aika giggled. "That's so cute."

"Hmm... I wonder what else Umiko could do. It's a lucky thing that Rachel gave me a book about her species." I said as I took out a book from my chest fur.

"I can hold her if you'd like."

"I wish I could let you hold her, but she's bound to me and only I could hold her. But we can try. Umiko, wanna go to Aika?"

"Mana." she hugged me close.

"I promise that it'll be real quick Umiko. You can trust me." Aika smiled. "And don't worry, I won't separate you from her."

"Mana."

"Go ahead sweetie." I nodded and gave her to Aika.

"Manaphy." Umiko touches her furry cheek with her flipper.

"Aww, you're so sweet." Aika hugged her.

I giggled and opened the book. As I was reading it, I stumbled upon something that was awfully familiar. "Holy sea stars." I said as I made my ears go up all the way.

"What's up sis?"

"This structure. I-I've seen it before." I said as I showed her the picture of Samiya, the Sea Temple.

"Whoa. That's pretty cool. When did you see that?"

"That's the thing. I've been stuck on that nightmare a month on raising Umiko as an egg. I know that the egg before she hatched glows while I'm asleep."

"Huh, so that explains it all at night."

"Yeah... my dream was that this structure was underwater and something tells me that we should go there before a red moon eclipse occurs."

"Red moon? That's pretty cool. Should we ask Rachel about it?"

"I think we should, it could give us the answers on what we should do about this predicament."

"The sooner, the better. Since Umiko has to stay here from the Shredder. We still have no idea what he wants with Umi."

"You're right sis. We should all be super alert for my baby's safety." I blushed after I said 'my baby.'

Aika giggled. "You must really love and care about her."

"Of course I do." I said as I held her again in my arms. "She's the one who changed my life. And helped me learn that love goes all around. Right Umiko?"

"Manaphy." Umi hugged me.

I hugged her back. "My cutie pie."

"Hey girls, what's going on?" Rachel said as she was coming out of the lab.

"Hey Rach. Aqua was telling me that a dream might be real." Aika explained to her.

"What dream?"

"A dream that I've had for about a month before Umi was born. It was a place in the sea during a blood moon eclipse."

"Hmm, let me see the book."

"Okay." I said as I gave it to her.

After she opened the book and read the details, she was fascinated. "My god, this is extraordinary! Samiya is a sea temple which is the birthplace of Manaphy. It says here that Manaphy is dubbed the Prince of the Sea."

"Prince of the Sea? Whoa. But, Umiko would be the Princess of the Sea." Aika said.

"What else does it say about Samiya sis?" I asked her as I looked at the book.

"It says here that Samiya was built many eons ago by the People of the Water, as a homage to the Manaphy species, and as such the Sea Temple is constantly moving locations due to the current."

"Huh. You were right about the temple not staying in one place."

"Mmm hmm." she nodded. "It is said that Samiya was constructed to serve as a home for the Manaphy species, and this is present due to the fact that all Manaphy instinctively know the location of the Temple from birth."

"Whoa. So Umiko knows where the Sea Temple is?"

"Exactly." she nodded her head again. "And it also says here that Samiya is also sought after by people who wish to steal its crown jewel, the Sea Crown from the center of the Temple."

"Sea Crown?"

"Yes. The Sea Crown serves as the energy source for the Sea Temple."

"That's awesome!" Aika waves her tail back and forth.

"Sea Crown..." I trailed off after hearing those words and thought of something. "Maybe..."

"Maybe what sis?" Rachel looked at me.

"Maybe that's what the Shredder is after."

"After the Sea Crown?"

"It's a possibility. If he's wanted Umiko to help him get to the Sea Temple, he would the Sea Crown himself." I said as I looked down at Umiko. "This could be bad."

"There no telling what the Shredder would do."

"What should we do?" Aika asked.

"Well we have to find out what the Shredder is really up to. If he really is after the Sea Crown, we have to get there before he does." I said.

"I guess we're going to do a stealth mission then huh?"

"You got that right. Aika, tell the guys what we're gonna do."

"Okay Aqua." She said as she went to tell the guys.

"Sis..." I looked up at her.

"It's okay. I know what you have to do. Just be careful out there."

"Don't worry. I'll be careful." I said as I gave Umiko to her.

"Mana." Umiko reaches out to me.

"Umiko, mommy has to do some grown up business. Will you be a good girl for mommy?" I asked her.

"Mana." she nodded.

"Great. I'll be back in a couple of hours." I kissed her cheek. "Be good my lovely one. Bye." I waved to her as I was leaving.

"Bye bye mama." she waved to me.

I giggled as the gang and I made our way out of the lair to do our stealth mission.

⭐️ To be continued...