Pittoo flew through the sky, tears streaking his face. He held Lina's cold body close, as if to keep her warm. "I have to find it," Pittoo murmured to himself. He glanced down at Lina's face, frozen in an expression of pure bravery. Pittoo looked down upon the large forest beneath him. "I lost you before- I'm not losing you again." Pittoo said, his voice cracking slightly. He squinted to try and see through the thick fog; funny- there usually wasn't any fog in that area. Not long after, he gave up his aerial search for what he wanted, so he slowly descended into the thick forest. He adjusted Lina's head so her sightless gaze would look into his eyes. He blinked in surprise when he saw how her eye colour had changed. "Amber," He said, shaking his head side to side. "She really is Kiara now." He looked about his surroundings, looking for a mound of rocks. He walked through the forest, the fog getting thicker by the second. "Ouch!" Pittoo hissed as he stubbed his foot on a large rock. He fanned away the fog as best he could with his wings and lo and behold; in-front of him stood a large cave- blocked off by a mound of rocks. "Perfect." Pittoo said as he set Lina down against a thickly stumped tree. He ran at the rocks, lifting and throwing them to the side as fast as he could. "Agh, my hand!" Pittoo growled as a stone cut into his palm. He veered away and dropped the stone, which cut deeper into his hand on its fall. "Shit- oh, it doesn't matter," Pittoo muttered as he tore a strip of material from his toga. "The hole's already big enough." He growled as he wrapped the strip around his hand. He grabbed Lina up and ran through the hole he had made in the rocks.

When he entered, there was a glowing white portal on the other side of the cave. "This'll take me to the Rewind Spring- I hope." Pittoo muttered to himself as he ran through, Lina's head bobbing lifelessly. Pittoo emerged from the portal to see the Rewind Spring, in all its glory. He slowly walked toward it, and kneeled at its edge. "Please work," Pittoo whispered as he set Lina in the water. Slowly, she started to glow a light blue. "It's working!" Pittoo said happily. He watched in awe as Lina sat up in the water- still glowing. She took one glance at her hand and leaped out of the water. "What the heck?! Where am I?! What's happening to me?!" Lina shouted as she watched herself fade back to normal. "We're at the Rewind Spring," Pittoo said happily. Lina turned around to see the dark angel smiling gleefully. "Pittoo!" Lina shouted as she ran into his arms. "I thought I would die for sure- thank you!" Lina whispered as she squeezed Pittoo tight. The dark angel blinked a couple times out of shock, then wrapped his arms tightly around his friend. "I thought we'd never see each-other again," Pittoo said as he felt an odd sensation run through his body. He'd never felt anything like it before. He was feeling pure joy. He swept Lina off of her feet and spun around in circles before setting her down again. "Whoa, where'd that come from?" Lina asked with a giggle. "I have no clue," Pittoo laughed. Pittoo took Lina's hands and they smiled at each-other. Lina noticed the fabric around the dark angel's hand, and frowned with concern. "What did you do to your hand?" Lina asked as she uncoiled the black fabric. "It's nothing," Pittoo said, trying to move his hand away. Lina held his wrist tight and pulled the material off. It was stained a dark red with blood. "It's not nothing if it's soaking wet- with blood!" Lina said as she dropped the cloth. When she saw the cut she gasped. "This is not nothing- it's the exact opposite!" Lina said in shock. She examined the cut and wiped some of the blood away. Pittoo's face contorted in pain, although he had been trying his hardest not to do that. She looked at it closely and absentmindedly gently placed her hand on top of the cut. "Lina, that hurts like hell, please stop." Pittoo groaned, but she seemed focused on something. She slowly lifted her hand upwards, and small little orbs of blue flame lifted from her palm and seemed to fill the deep cut. Pittoo's look of agony changed to one of unease, and then wonder. His hand tingled, and the small orbs of fire glowed brightly. Soon, they disappeared, taking the cut with them, but leaving behind nothing but a thin scar.

Pittoo stared at Lina in absolute wonder, and she shrugged as if to say 'It was an idea, I tried it, it worked'. Pittoo laughed, and shortly after, Lina joined in. Pittoo pulled her in close and they hugged each-other tightly as a bright light flashed behind them. Pit ran out of the shaft of light, his expression full of relief and slight annoyance. "Pittoo!" He called as he ran up to them, panting. "Where have you been? We've been looking everywhere for you! You've got to come to Skyworld now, Lady Palutena says-" Pit cut himself off when he saw Lina hugging Pittoo. "Uh, isn't she…" Pit trailed off at the end of his sentence. "Dead?" Lina finished. "Apparently not- at least I don't think I'm dead." She said with a smile, making Pittoo grin widely. Pit had never seen his counterpart so happy. "Alright then, let's get a move on." Lina said as she dragged Pittoo over to the spot where Pit had originally appeared. "Lady Palutena, take us home!" Pit called and the three angels were lifted into the heavens.

xXx

"Lina?!" Acero blurted when he saw his daughter appear in a flash of light. "Dad!" Lina shouted. She immediately started blushing and looked away. "You can call me your dad." Acero said with a laugh. Lina ran up to him and the two embraced. "How are you- you know- alive?" Acero asked. "Because Pittoo put me in the Rewind Spring. He's a real hero." Lina said, looking over her shoulder at the dark angel. Everyone turned and looked at Pittoo, who was blushing like crazy. "Err, how's Harlan?" Pittoo asked to try and deflect everyone's attention. "He's doing fine. You might want to stop into his room to say hi." Lady Palutena said from behind Acero. Her hair was beginning to regain its length; it had been cut quite short. "Lina, I do not believe we have formally met," Lady Palutena said to the golden winged angel. "No, I do not believe we have." Lina said shyly, letting go of her father. "I am Lady Palutena, Goddess of Light. Pit has told me all about you, starting at minute you took him and Celina to your home, to the moment you sacrificed yourself in order to save all humans and angels alike." Lady Palutena said, placing a hand on the reincarnate's shoulder. "Pittoo took me to the Rewind Spring- I guess I should add 'Cheater of Death' to my résumé!" Lina joked. Everyone laughed, and then Celina walked into the room. "Lina?! Wait- are you guys punking me?" Celina questioned, eyeing Pittoo. "No, I'm real." Lina said, walking up to Celina. Just to be safe, Celina poked Lina's shoulder. "Okay, no magic." Celina said. "Oh, Pittoo, Harlan wants to see you- he says that he knew you'd be coming at this time." Celina said. Pittoo raised an eyebrow in wonder- he though Harlan was a little shady. "Fine." Pittoo growled, trying to regain his tough-guy appearance.

"Harlan, are you okay? Please tell me you're not too badly hurt!" Lina said as she bustled into the Dragon God's room. "I'm fine, Lina. Just a couple bumps and bruises." Harlan chuckled as he lay in bed, one arm and one leg bandaged heavily. "Harlan, Lina could heal you." Pittoo said from the back of the crowd. Everyone turned and stared at him. He never offered up ideas- ever. "Well that was out of character." Pit said. Pittoo raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Ah, I could." Lina said as she circled around Harlan's bed. She removed the bandages from Harlan's arm, and proceeded to do the same to his leg. After all of the bandages were piled on the floor, she held her hands out over the small boy. Small orbs of fire leapt from her palms and landed on his arm and leg. Ever so slowly, the bruises disappeared, and the crippled boy regained his strength. Lina lowered her hands and the orbs disappeared, one by one. Everyone who had witnessed the spectacle had their mouths hanging open- aside from Pittoo, who was smiling ever so slightly. Harlan slipped out of bed and tested his leg. "Not a single bit of pain, interesting." He said. He glanced at Pittoo and smiled. "She also healed your hand, am I correct?" Harlan asked the dark angel. "How did you- yes." He said, sounding slightly shocked at being called out that way. Harlan walked up to him and took his hand. He examined his palm carefully. "Only a scar left behind," He murmured. "Interesting." Lady Palutena mused. Harlan tilted his head slightly. "Very."

The four young angels sat with each-other, watching the blue sky fade into light shades of pink, red and orange. "So, this is my new home, I guess." Lina said as she leaned into Pittoo, who gently put an arm around her. "I guess so." He replied. "Y'know, we could all get used to this." Celina murmured. "Get used to what?" Pit asked. "Not having Hades trying to rip our heads off." Celina replied with a smirk. "Uh, Celina, about that kiss…" Pit said nervously. Lina and Pittoo both turned towards the Hero of Light. "Kiss?!" Pittoo exclaimed. "Who would kiss you?" Lina glared at the dark angel and elbowed him in the gut. He cringed in discomfort, and whined. "Does it always have to be me?" He groaned. "Yes, yes it does." Lina said. Pit fiddled with his laurel crown which he held in his hands. "And yeah, about the-" Celina cut him off before he could continue. "Why- did you not want me to kiss you? Did I do something wrong?" Celina asked. "No, I kind of… enjoyed it." Pit said slowly. Celina smiled and cuddled into him. The two couples sat in silence for a while, watching the sun set. Harlan and Acero walked out together, and Acero smiled when he saw the younger angels together. "Don't disturb them." Harlan whispered to Acero. "Strange- I'd usually be lecturing someone like that." Acero said with a smile. They all watched as the sky faded from pink, to orange, then to red. All was peaceful in Skyworld, and-

BOOM!

"What the heck was that?!" Lina yelled, springing to her feet. "I don't know, but it doesn't sound too good." Pittoo said, summoning his sword. "Let's not jump to conclusions now," Acero said, gesturing for Pittoo to lower his weapon. "Acero is right. It could've been one of the Centurions deciding to… experiment…?" Harlan suggested. "Way off, Dragon boy!" A high-pitched, familiar voice boomed from above. "Viridi!" Celina and Pit yelled in unison. In a flash, everyone was armed. "That was a reset bomb- the humans have once again offset the balance of nature, and I'm determined to give them what they deserve!" Viridi yelled as a giant image of the young Goddess appeared. "Not on our watch!" Lina shouted as she spread her wings wide. "Well well, the dainty little girl is going to get her hands dirty, huh?" Viridi mocked. "I guess I'll have to send someone to clean her up!" Viridi shouted as the Flying units of the Forces of Nature appeared in the sky. "Is that all you've got?" Lina taunted. "First let's see if you can handle 'em!" Viridi snapped. "Ready?" Pit asked. "Ready!" The others replied in unison. They all spread their wings wide. Lina had a look of pure determination on her face. She clenched her fists and shot herself towards the troops; "Go!"

The End

(Writers Note: Hah! I'm guessing most of you thought I wouldn't use Viridi, but I did! Never doubt the author; plus, I set this up for a POSSIBLE sequel- so keep reading my stuff- you'll never know what'll pop up!)