GW: So, Rai's gone away and Renee and the gang are left to live in her hometown with a new home. But, good things come to an end eventually…Enjoy.

Attack in Town

Later that night, Renee was sewing a bed-spread for her room as Yakumo, Katrina, Willow, and Deni slept nearby when a knock came at their door.

"Come in," Renee said as Linus, Riko, Yori, and Acedia came in. "Good-night, Renee," the children said.

"Night, you guys," she said as they were about to leave when Riko said, "Oh, don't worry about Raimundo. Sometimes he disappears for a while, but he always comes back."

Renee smiled. "Thanks, that's good to know." The kids nodded as they went to their rooms.

Later, Renee was tucking in Wuya, which would be an odd sight to see, but Wuya couldn't do it herself. "Need anything else?" Renee asked.

"No, I'm fine," Wuya said mildly. It appears that she's become a bit kinder in this form.

"Alright, good-night," Renee nodded as she prepared to leave when Wuya said, "You're in love."

Renee stopped and looked at the former witch, who smirked, "Don't deny it; you've been sighing all day."

Renee sat on the edge of the bed as Wuya said, "Just as I thought."

"We're you ever in love?" Renee asked. Wuya gave a chuckle, "Of course I am. I'm still in love."

Renee's eyes widened as Wuya continued, "Strapping young men are hard to deal with, but I adore their hearts!"

Renee gave the witch a dry look and muttered, "You're terrible, you old loon."

Wuya ignored the comment and said, "And they're so cute, too." Then, sirens could be heard from far off.

"What's that?" Renee said, getting up and looking out the window.

"It's an air raid siren," Wuya explained. "It's a long ways off, but you better not go outside tonight."

It then showed Darths (from S.Cry-Ed) hovering around outside as Wuya told Renee, "I'm sure Sloth's henchmen are looking everywhere for this place."

Duckula ducked behind the logs as Wuya commented, "What a good fire. He keeps this house so well hidden."

Meanwhile, a war was going on as battleships blasted around a battlefield as tanks rolled forward and soldiers marched on to battle.

As ships kept flying to their next location, Rai was seen in his raven form, flying stealthily near them.

Back in town, residents were leaving to safer places, just in case their town might be attacked next.

As Harima, Linus, Riko, and Yori walked outside with Linus in old man disguise and Acedia walked with them, a car pulled up to reveal a familiar face.

"Who's that?" Yori asked as Acedia growled.

Renee was coming out into the courtyard with animals in tow when Harima and the apprentices and Pokemon ran up to her and said, "Renee! There's some weird and loud lady here."

"Great. More oddballs," Katrina grumbled, but gasped when she saw none other than her old employer Yukari come forward.

When Yukari saw her former employees, she said in delight, "Renee and her little friends!"

"We're not that-" Deni was cut off when Yukari glomped the five girls and started to sob. ""Thank goodness you're here! I looked everywhere for you!"

Renee and her friends looked startled that Yukari would care enough to try and find them. "Look at your face! You look so old, Renee. And the rest of you are animals. Everyone says it's my fault you left, please forgive me!"

Renee smiled at her former employer and hugged her old friend and employer. "You crazy nut lady."

"Renee's right about that," Willow rolled her eyes, but was just as happy to see her employer again.

Renee and her animal friends let Yukari in as Wuya slept in a chair in front of Duckula and Igor and Nanny watched what was happening.

"I barely recognize this place," Yukari breathed in as she held onto a purple bag and set it on the table. She pointed to Wuya and said, "Is that the landlady?"

"Yeah, and the fat hen's the cook and the vulture is the butler," Kat snickered, getting glares from Deni, Nanny, and Igor and a "Shush," from Yakumo.

"Guess what!? I got married!" Yukari said happily. "Any man who'd marry her would have to be clinically insane," Igor rolled his eyes as Nanny giggled.

"He's such a nice man," Yukari said, not hearing Igor, "and he's rich. So you can move in with us if you want."

Harima, Riko, Linus, and Yori watched as Yukari squealed happily, "You won't have to work as a cleaning lady anymore!"

Renee looked startled, but then smiled as she said politely, "Thank you, Yukari, but we like living here."

Yukari looked a bit crestfallen as she said in disbelief, "Really?"

"Better than hearing your voice, that's for sure," Deni muttered, making Kat snicker.

Yukari then gasped, "I forgot! I got a car waiting! See ya'!" She then walked away as Renee and her crew followed.

Wuya then woke up and ran to the table where Yukari left her bag. Opening it, she pulled out a black slug and looked at it in disdain.

"What is that?" Nanny asked as Wuya grasped the slug in her hands and walked towards Duckula.

"A peeping slug?" Wuya scoffed. "Is that the best Sloth can come up with? Open wide, Ducky!"

Wuya then threw the spy into Duckula's mouth, which destroyed the spy, but greatly reduced Duckula to a shimmer.

"Master!" Nanny and Igor cried as Wuya pulled out a cigar from the bag and began to smoke it.

Meanwhile, Renee is wishing Yukari good-bye. "I hope you and your husband live happily together."

"Thanks, Renee. Bye!" Yukari said as she and her driver took off with Renee waving good-bye.

When she stopped waving, Yukari became serious and said, "I did as I was told, now give me my husband."

"Yes, ma'am," the driver, who morphed into a green-haired teen named Envy, one of Sloth's co-horts. "I'm sure Sloth would be very pleased with you."

Yukari glared at the palm tree, and said softly, "Renee, please forgive me."

Renee and her animal pals stood by the door as Harima, Linus, Riko, and Yori looked at them sadly.

"Look at them all leaving," Renee said as people kept filing out. "At this rate, the town will be empty," Willow frowned.

"Do you want to leave too?" Linus said blankly, making the five girls stare at him.

"That loud lady wanted you to leave with her," Riko said in a hurt tone.

"Well, at least she cared enough to visit," Renee shrugged. "More like remembered us enough," Yakumo sniffed.

Then, Linus, Riko, and Yori hugged Renee as Harima said, "We don't want any one of you leave."

"We love you. You have to stay," Yori, his sister, and friend sobbed into Renee's dress.

She smiled softly at them. "It's okay. We'll stay."

"Really?" the apprentices and Harima said happily. Yakumo rubbed against Harima and said, "Sure. We love you, too."

"We're family. And families don't leave one another behind, right?" Linus said happily.

"You're right, we are a family," Renee nodded.

With Wuya, she was back to her nasty self, except she was still in her powerless form. Taking a drag from the cigar she found, she chuckled, "I'll never let Sloth get Raimundo."

Acedia was sitting under the desk as he coughed and wheeze when the smoke got to him.

Later, Wuya was still smoking heavily on the cigar while Renee was trying to get Duckula to start up by poking the wood. But he didn't appear as Nanny and Igor looked nervous.

Harima was reading the paper and said, "The newspaper says we've won."

"Only fools believe what they read in the paper," Wuya told him, taking another drag.

"Odd, I can't get Duckula going," Renee said in worry. She turned to his workers and asked, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Wuya had sworn Igor and Nanny not to say a word as they shook their heads.

Deni turned to Wuya and snapped, "Must you keep smoking that!? It smells terrible!"

"Don't deny an old woman of her pleasures, dearie," Wuya smirked as she blew out smoke.

Renee rolled her eyes. "Well, in that case, Riko, open a window."

Riko nodded as she ran to the window. "I wouldn't do that, dear. With Duckula in no shape to protect the castle, Sloth's henchmen could get in."

"Shut it, old bag!" Riko snapped as she opened a window. Renee gasped at the realization, "Riko!"

Then, battleships started to drop bombs on the little town. Houses exploded as the castle disguised as a house shook with Renee and the gang except for Wuya, who was sitting, to stumble a bit.

Renee pulled Riko away and closed the window immediately as ships flew over their home.

Renee, her friends, and Harima went out into the courtyard to see that they were being under attack.

"Harima, get back inside. We're going to check out the shop," Renee told Harima, who looked hesitant, but nodded and went back inside.

That's when, as the girls came out of the shop, Renee was her young self again with the exception of the silver hair, and her friends were human again.

"Alright! We're-in trouble!" Katrina stopped her cheering when she pointed to Sloth's henchmen, who were Darths as they were coming closer to the five girls.

"There are bombs falling on us. Put those out instead!" Renee snapped as she and her now human friends ran back inside with the Darths crashing into the door.

Renee locked it as the girls ran away with the Darths following close behind.

As the five girls ran into the courtyard, Yakumo shouted, "Bombs!" Looking up, the girls saw a ship releasing bombs and one was coming right at them.

"Oh, this is the end!" Kat said as she covered her eyes.

Suddenly, Rai in his raven form swooped from the sky and grabbed onto the bomb that was coming right at them, he was going to stop it.

"Rai, no!!" Renee screamed as the bombs fell on the city, destroying the train, making the windows blast open, and what not.

The apprentices covered their eyes as Harima, Nanny, and Igor got ready for impact and Wuya said mildly, "How exciting."

When the bombs stopped, Renee and her crew peeked to see Rai on the bomb. He managed to stop the weapon before it destroyed his castle.

"Raimundo, you're okay!" Renee said in relief as she embraced him. "I'm sorry; I should've gotten here sooner," he said apologetically.

"Sheesh, we break our curses and you're not there to see it. Dork," Kat griped as Renee and Rai let go.

"Uh, we're still in trouble, everyone," Willow pointed to the crack where the Darths were trying to get through.

Rai got the girls safely inside and locked the door behind him so the Darths couldn't get in.

"Finally! The heck were you!?" Harima snapped until he and the apprentices gasped at the new and improved Renee and gang, with Harima blushing at Yakumo.

Rai walked to Duckula and said, "Hang in there, duck-dude." He then pulled the none-too-useful spy out and destroyed the remnants of it, reviving Duckula back to normal.

"Master!" Nanny and Igor said in relief to see their master alright.

Rai then looked at Wuya as she smoked her cigar and asked, "Tell me, was that cigar a gift from Sloth perhaps?"

Duckula spoke up, "She fed me something gross. I feel sick."

Wuya then said to Raimundo slyly, "Well, if it isn't Raimundo. I think it's time we had a long, heart-to-heart chat."

"Sorry, but I'm in a rush. You see there's a war going on," Rai told her as she put out the cigar in his hand, which didn't hurt him as it was destroyed.

"How unlike you for not running away, Raimundo," Wuya said in a sing-song voice.

Rai nodded as he told Renee, "Stay here. Duckula will protect you from the henchmen. I'll guard out front."

As Rai began to leave, Renee hugged him and cried, "Don't go out there. It's too dangerous."

Rai said to her gently, "Another wave's coming. And Duckula's too weak to stop the bombs."

Renee looked at him and said, "Then we should run. Don't fight them, Rai."

He shook his head and replied, "I'm tired of running away. And I finally have something I want to protect-it's you."

"Aw!" the gang went as Renee looked at Rai. Raimundo then flew off outside.

"Stop!" she cried as she ran outside into the desolate city. She gasped when she saw him fly upwards, then sighed. When Rai wanted to do something, he was stubborn about it.

She then spotted the Darths coming out again. She glared at them, then ran back inside to figure out what to do next.

GW: Since this story's coming to a close, I'll finish this up, then work on 'TP' and 'FOD,' and after those two are complete, I'll work on my next 3-4 stories. Read, review, and suggest 'til next time.