This next chapter will start in Hakkaimaru's POV. Enjoy!

The girl was engulfed in the flames.

"ONEE-CHAN!" the little Hanyou beside me screamed out to his older sister.

I cast my eyes down to both of them.

They were both absolutely horrified, yet, in awe of the situation.

I cast my eyes over to Chichiue, who was limping over toward me, looking horrified himself.

What about these wretched Hanyou children was so important to him?

The wolf rose up out of the water, and he, too, was deeply concerned.

He had said before that this Hanyou woman was obnoxious, and that he couldn't care less what happened to her.

And now... what was so appealing about this girl?

Why did everyone care so much about her?

Koga's POV:

I reached the surface just in time to see Ryuumaru blowing fire in Mori's direction.

Something in me... I was... scared... and angry.

For some reason, the thought that she wouldn't be around anymore mattered a lot to me. It angered me.

I swam to the surface as Ryuumaru ran out of breath, and found that she had already been burned to ashes.

I was furious, to say the least, as I turned to face Ryuumaru.

He was looking up at the Ao no Inu pack.

The pack that Mori had fought so hard to protect.

I had watched her train, and study for this battle.

I had seen how badly it hurt her when her Chichiue and ototou-tachi had abandoned her.

She was willing to face her fear of fire, and risk her life for them... And now she was...

Rage over-took my brain, and I attacked Ryuumaru with everything I had.

Aoimaru's POV:

Koga began fighting Ryuumaru, doing little damage, but, still fighting him.

I had only just begun to realize what had happened.

Mori... My precious daughter... She was gone...

I heard sobbing, and turned to see Ryo in tears.

It was expected of Tarou to be crying, as he was little, and still prone to tears when upset.

But Ryo... he had grown into his pride. He has not cried since... seventeen years ago...

"Ryo?" I said.

"Nee-chan... she hated fire! She would never fight a dragon..." Ryo said. "And then... she used herself as bait... She risked her life to be able to trap Ryuumaru... for us."

Both Ryo and Tarou jumped down, and joined the fight.

I was still taking in the shock of losing my only daughter.

But, to find that she gave her life for me...

Hakkaimaru looked at me.

"Chichiue?" He asked.

I let out howl. Both a cry for my daughter and a cry of battle.

Everyone joined in the battle, fighting with everything they had.

Unknown POV:

I felt a warm hand on my face, and opened my eyes.

My throat ached.

"Can you hear them, dear?" the woman before me asked. "Everyone's fighting for you."

I heard muffled battle cries from outside the dragon's body.

"You need to fight with them." The woman said. "Help them win this battle."

"Hahaue." I said.

She smiled, and kissed my forehead.

"Say 'hi' to Chichiue and your brothers for me." Hahaue said.

I nodded, and poised my claws for an attack.

Koga's POV:

I swiped my claws at the dragon's snout.

He snapped at me.

I growled, and ran to tear at his eye.

All of a sudden, as Ryuumaru opened his mouth, I heard a familiar growl.

It was coming from inside him.

The dragon roared in pain as blood spewed from inside his throat.

Ryuumaru began to wretch, and gag on something, and eventually coughed up some kind of nasty organ.

I heard that familiar growl turn into a pant, and saw something move away from the organ.

My breath hitched.

She shook the blood from her hair, and turned to Ryuumaru.

"It's not polite to eat a lady!" She said. "Not very smart either. Have you any idea what I'm about to do to you?"

Her claws shone through the blood that soaked her body.

She looked around at everyone who stopped to stare at her, and raised her claws in the air... her Diamond Claws.

Mori's POV:

I raked my claws across the tissue of Ryuumaru's stomach, and found myself in his air pipe, near the organ that produced his fire breath.

I smirked, took hold of that, and headed toward the smell of fresh air.

The pipe was tight, as Ryuumaru began to gag on me, and his blazing hot fire lung.

It began to get difficult to hold on to the organ, as it burned my hands.

Finally, I heaved that thing up into his mouth, and Ryuumaru spit me and the organ out.

My gosh, the sea air smelt so good, but, it was also so cold.

I was hesitant to get up, but, I had to.

I struggled to my feet, and shook the blood from my hair and tail.

Once I felt just a little less gross, and sticky, I turned to Ryuumaru.

"It's not polite to eat a lady!" I said. "Not very smart either. Have you any idea what I'm about to do to you?"

I felt a slight change in my claws, and looked around at everyone who had been fighting for me.

They were all beaten up, and burned.

Even Chichiue was fighting, even though his leg was burned up badly.

I looked over at Koga, who was watching me, eyes wide.

I raised my claws in the air, as a sign to say that this battle was just about done.

Ryuumaru started to move away.

Oh, no you don't...

I ran at him, and threw my claws at him, sticking them in his nose.

Ryuumaru froze, and slowly turned into a statue of diamond.

I struck him again, and he shattered into millions of tiny pieces.

I sighed, and looked back at everyone.

They were all silent, staring at me in complete shock.

Koga came to me. I turned to him.

"We did it!" I said.

He smiled at me. "Yeah, we did." Koga said.

Koga threw his arms around me.

"Hey! Careful! The blood will burn you!" I said.

"I don't care." Koga said. "You're worth the burns."

I relaxed in his arms, and returned his embrace, feeling very happy at that moment.

"You stink pretty bad, though." Koga said. "Dragon gut perfume does not suit you at all!"

I smirked.

"You hugged me!" I said.

"Nee-chan." came a voice.

My moment came to an end.

I let go of Koga, and turned.

Ryo and Tarou were looking at me, tears in their eyes.

Chichiue limped up behind them, looking at me with a very reluctant expression on his face.

I frowned.

We stared at each other for a moment.

Then, I turned to Koga.

"Let's go back to my place." I said. "Jijiue is probably groping around helplessly, and I could use to wash the dragon puddings off of me."

He nodded, picked me up, and carried me up to the top of the cliff.

"I can walk for myself." I said.

"Yeah, I know." Koga said.

I smiled, and leaned against his shoulder, as he carried me home.

Aoimaru's POV:

She looked at Ryo, Tarou and me, frowning in, what seemed to be, disappointment.

I know she expected better of her brothers, having raised them herself for the past seventeen years... But, she expected even more from me. Her father. I had been childish, and stupid, bringing her brothers, my younger sons, into a war that was almost hopeless, and telling her that she could only protect them if she would marry into the pack.

And then, she tried to warn me about this battle. She was worried about me. She knew I would not win this time... and I all but spat in her face.

She turned to Koga, and invited him back to her house.

With that, he picked her up, and carried her off.

That was it. Maybe she was alive. But, I had lost my only daughter... forever...

(O)Nee-chan - Older sister.

Chichiue - Father.

Ototou-tachi - Group of younger brothers.

Hahaue - Mother.

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