(Author's Note)- All of this will be taking place in KrakenKid's Point Of View.

We had won.

It took everything we had but we finally won. We won against Atlantis, once and for all. The battle was long and the hardest thing I've done in my life, but I did it. I was ruler now. I defeated Cody and now no one could stop me tomorrow as I would step up to the throne and finally take control. Atlantis had some serious fixing needed. Who better to do it than me?

After our success, we started to celebrate back the the Conch Command. After all, it still was our home, even if we did just win everything, I don't think anyone is ready to give it up yet.

We partied crazily all afternoon and now it was well into the night. Barely anyone was going to bed though. "The night's still young!" They would say. "It's only 9!" They would shrug. No one wanted to stop, because after what happened in the battle, no one wanted to think about it. Everyone was partying their cares away and never stopped to think about all the pain that happened. Well, ALMOST everyone.

No matter how hard I tried, it didn't feel right. I just couldn't completely get rid of the ache in my heart. That one factor was dragging me down more than ever with no cure known. Baby Blooper noticed and tried asking me about it. I just gave the best fake smile I could muster and said the fabled words.

"I'm fine."

But I wasn't.

Darrel was having a fantastic time, dancing his little blue feathers off the whole night. I did my best to dance with him to forget what I felt but it didn't last long. Not long enough anyways. The feeling only returned to haunt me and suddenly dancing lost it's magic. Bruce and Gnash were having some sort of general rap battle after a while. Amusing, true, but then all I could think was how he would have loved it and I was shot down once again.

Hunchback Herbert was making some really weird drinks, something with pineapple, soy sauce, a couple of chocolate chips and his "Secret Ingredient." It was actually pretty good and I enjoyed myself for longer than I thought I would. Of course, that would all end just like everything else. Cranky Crab was just cooking some delicious food, including my favorite dessert, Cherry Cheesecake.

However, none of this would completely make me happy. Nothing could at this point. Not after what happened.

Eventually, at Nine-thirty, I excused myself, claiming to be tired and needed my rest for tomorrow. Some tried to get me to stay with no avail, others just nodded at me and let me be. My son was reaching out to me, but was swept away by the crowd.

And I was alone.

Sneaking downstairs, I exited through the main entrance and found my way to the back. My movements became heavier when I came closer to it. My reminder of what happened.

A gravestone peeked out of the ground, recently put there. Right next to it was a Cherry Blossom. He always did love those trees.

I came to a stop at the base of the grave. I didn't dare to peek at the stone, after all, I already knew what it said. I didn't need a reminder for it. Seconds turned to minutes and I just stood there, staring at the ground in disbelief. I never thought I'd see the day. I always suspected it happening but I thought it would happen way in the future, not now and not while he was so young. He had years ahead of him, so many of those years that we could have spent together, all taken away so soon.

I was frozen in place. My limbs wouldn't move, no matter how much I wanted them to do something-- anything! But they did nothing. I felt like a statue, but soon the wave of emotion crashed down and I was on the ground, clutching the ground and hoped that anything would stop this from being real.

But nothing happened and I was forced to face the music. He was dead.

My throat began to clog up, but I forced myself to speak.

"Hey buddy." My voice was softer as I fought back the urge to break down. "It's been awhile huh?"

Somehow, I found just a slight amount of humor and a tiny laugh escaped. "Well, not really actually. I did see you today but. I guess it just seems weird. I always thought-" A choked on a sob but forced it down and continued. "I always thought you'd be there. By my side. Celebrating or fighting. Through thick and thin. I never thought I'd see the day where-" My breath turned ragged and I felt like I couldn't breath. Taking in a shaking breath, I attempted once again. "Where-" I couldn't say it. Tears blurred my eye sight. My mouth opened but I couldn't take it. Muffled sobs broke out as I covered my mouth in an attempt to stop myself and shut my eyes as tight as possible. It didn't work.

I, KrakenKid, had officially broke. Another thing I didn't think to see today.

Creeking open my yellow eyes, I finally did it. I looked at the gravestone and read it over and over until the pain was unbearable. "I wish you were here!" I cried out and wiped away what tears I could while more took their place. "You should be here! With me and all the other Tide Changers! You should be up there partying with me and dancing that terrible little dance you do!" I grabbed on to the ground for solid support. "You should be up there, playing the piano as beautifully as you always did! I know about that, no matter how hard you tried to hide it. No one else even compares to what you could do. To what you could play!"

I kept wailing to him, as if somehow it would make him be here. "You should be having a Rap Battle with the other Generals and be eating that stupid crab meat that you always ate! You never ate anything different, no matter how good the competitor was! You- y-you should be here!" I screamed the words out.

"Why did you take it? Why? WHY? WHY DID YOU TAKE THE BULLET? I MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED FROM IT FROM THE ANGLE IT WAS BEING SHOT FROM BUT YOU HAD TO TAKE IT! YOU IDIOT! WHY? W-W-why?" My voice turned into a whisper and was being broken by sobs. Weakly, I whispered what I needed to say. "Why did you have to save me? Why did you have to die?"

I turned into a sobbing mess in seconds. Though I might have been loud at first, my lungs couldn't handle it and started to burn, making them become much softer until it seemed to have no sound at all. The tears were drying up. I had already cried earlier today and now doing it again was making me tear ducts dry up.

For the longest time, I was there, taking deep breaths to calm down and allowing myself to rehydrate. Tears were at the brim of my eyes, some were escaping every once in awhile.

"Dad?"

A voice alarmed me as I spun around.

A figure I knew all too well was standing there. A mini kraken with a mask of a bandit around his large and circular yellow eyes. The purple being came closer, looking very concerned at me. It was my son, Baby Blooper.

"O-oh hey Blooper." I tried to cover up the fact that I had been crying with little success. Blooper frowned and sighed. "I knew I'd find you here. Dad, it's not your fault! I know you're devastated but you need to try and have a good time at least! That's what he'd want you to do after winning! Celebrate the good and tomorrow, we can come back here and you can say goodbye one last time."

It was taking everything in my power to not cry at that moment. I took in a shaky breath and nodded. "You're right... I know you're right but I-" The tears started to come back. "He was my best friend!" I cried out.

Blooper dashed over and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a tight hug. "I know Dad."

Right then, I broke down and cried, Blooper did his best to comfort me. After a while, I stopped and just sniffed. Blooper finally pulled away, looking at me. "Are you better now?" I gulped and nodded. My throat was too clogged to speak. He gave me the best smile possible. "Good. I'm going back up there so you can have a little alone time. You can stay here for a while then go to bed. I'll see you there in awhile... Are you going to be okay?" He asked and searched my eyes. I weakly smiled and gave him a nod. "Y-yeah. I-I'll live. See you later." I waved at my son as he left, getting a wave back.

Once he was out of sight, I sighed and looked at the grave again for one last time.

CannibalCrab

A friend, A General and a Godfather

Died in nobly battle

He will be missed

"I miss you buddy."

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Hey, if you've read my Bio on my profile, I did promise I'd write some feels-ey stuff. HERE IT IS!

Little known fact, when important Tide Changers die, where they are buried is not only a headstone, but also a tree, just in case you were wondering about the Cherry Blossom part.

Okay, time to explain this. One day, I was thinking to myself, what would happen if CannibalCrab died? Then I thought about this little short story and here it is today. This story will be three parts in total and in each of them, I hope to make you get hit with feels.

Anyways, on a scale of: 1, how is this emotional? to 10, I HAVE NEVER CRIED THIS HARD IN MY LIFE!!!!!1!!, how much feels attacked you? If you want to know how I felt, I got at least a 8-9.5 on this. My first time reading it through I got so emotional and shed some tears myself

I hope you, on some level, liked this. Be sure to comment and tell me how I did on this!

Someone should probably stop me from making all of these fan fictions... How many people low key hate me for this?

--JustAnAtlantisWriter