Last chapter, you guys! T_T

There will be, however, an epilouge and a thank you note after this... thank you all for reading and sticking with me during this story!

~ Silver Bloodelf & Hannah

Never was there a time she missed Saffa more than right now. What was she going to do without her advice? How would she ever be able to make desicions without her? She screwed her eyes shut and curled into a little ball. She wasn't this strong. She couldn't make a desicion if it would be the end of the whelps. Why couldn't anyone comfort her now. 'close your eyes and see what is happening to the place you started to love. To the people you have met, fought with, and started to love.' the voice came back to her.

In her mind's eye she looked over the battlefield and saw how demons were killing each other. She saw how Sesshoumaru was actually quite bored with the fighting and chopping off heads and limps where he was pleased to do so. Her father being severely wounded, fighting his own brother. Her brother was fighting their cousin, Inferuno. Hisaki-san was in heavy battle with someone of the forest clan. 'do not let your friends death be in vain...' the voice came to her. With a jolt she knew what to do and she opened her eyes. It was giving part of herself up or face the extinction of the Fujimi Clan. She looked down at the page and saw the drawing she had to make. She stepped into the middle of the circle and closed her eyes. 'stay safe and protected during this time...' Faya thought as she looked down at her belly and drew strength from the heartbeats that were steadily beating within her. Faya took a deep breath and released it through her mouth. 'Everyone, please forgive me for being so selfish…' she whispered as she felt herself fall toward the ground and everything became black.

Clouds were swept away as a thin brilliant white beam shot down from the heavens into the castle and the explosion of energy that followed made everyone stop and look in the direction of the palace. White energy beams erupted from the windows and glass shattered all around them. They heard an agonizing scream and then a deafening silence came from the palace. Kouenko's eyes were wide in fear and he swallowed. As soon as the light had appeared it died out. The battlefield became quiet, like seconds after the battle day had ended. Swords fell to the ground as the doors to the palace opened. Light poured out from behind the doors and a shadow became visible.

'What has she done?' Sesshoumaru heard Kouenko whisper and looked at the fire demon. The sheer look of horror made the Lord of the Western Fields follow his gaze toward the castle. His breath caught in his throat as the small figure in the dooropening started to move toward them

When the figure got close enough for them to see they saw that the figure wore a bloodred second-skin dress with a square neckline, clear diamands were woven through the red fabric. Little diamands were skattered all over the dress, making them twinkle as she walked. The dress had long sleeves that were tight till the elbows and then widened as they draped further down. The figure had bare feet and was walking silently, almost gliding, toward them. Her jet black hair floated around her face, because of the impact, it had changed into soft waves and curls. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo locks flashed through her pure white hair as she came to a halt in front of them; a serene smile cross her lips. She had her eyes closed and her alabaster skin was glowing with a soft golden light as she started to walk up to them. 'Descendants of the Fujimi Clan... Hear me and kneel...' the woman whispered, the voice foreign to them all.

Everyone of the Fujimi Clan dropped to their knees and gave the highest form of respect as they rested their heads on to the ground. Sesshoumaru was the only one still standing and looked at his mate, and then raised a brow. He looked up when she opened her eyes. A thin golden filter was draped across her green orbs. He raised an eyebrow; that wasn't Faya. She had transcanded into someone far more powerful and for greater than he was. He hated to admit it but his mate was defenitely stronger than he was at this moment. So he knelt down as woman walked up to the three that were in front of the army and touched their heads. They rose to their feet and looked at her. She smiled up at them, although her whole appearance had changed she was still a daughter of the Fujimi Clan.

Her name was still Faya, better, stronger and possessed by a godess at the moment, but she was still Faya. Faya slowly walked up to Sesshoumaru and bent down and lifted his head with a finger. 'This is the first and last time that I want to see you on the ground like this, Hellhound…' and kissed him. 'It does not become you… rise… My Lord...' She whispered against his lips. Together they rose to their feet and looked at each other. How powerful was she anyway? Sesshoumaru wondered as he saw the serene fire vixen. 'What have you done?' Kouenko then suddenly whispered as hehung his shoulders and cast his eyes down. 'Why making such a sacrifice?' He asked as he looked up at his daughter, no it wasn't his daughter anymore… she had cast her soul away. She was now the vessel for the goddess Amara, the first mother of the Clan. Faya turned around and smiled at her father. 'I am still your daughter. And I did this because it was necessary. Everyone needs to make a sacrifice once in a while, especially in war. I understand that now' She said 'But giving up your sou-….' Faya stood before him, placed a finger against his lips and shook her head. 'No… I haven't… I wouldn't dare do that at this time…' she whispered with a smile. 'I would not risk doing this , if I wasn't sure that…' she stopped and smiled '… that it would harm my health…' she finished. Kouenko looked at her and then his mouth dropped open 'no way…' he whispered against her finger. Faya chuckled and kissed her father on his forehead and then turned around again. She walked back to Sesshoumaru and looked at him. She lay a hand on his cheek and kissed him lovingly 'Oh, and Hellhound...' she started, and shook her head as he growled at her. She lay a finger against his lips '... we need to discuss some baby names after this…' she whispered and was gone before he could really register what she had said. 'WHAT!' He then asked perplexed. 'and you're going to fight in that condition?' She was halfway, then stopped and looked over her shoulder. 'Now, who said anything about fighting, huh?' She asked as she gave him a loving smile. Before he could say something else, she had shifted away and heaved a sigh. 'Is everyone in the Fujimi Clan so stubborn?' He wondered out loud. 'pretty much...' Kouenko answered with a low chuckle.

Sesshoumaru looked around, at his father-in-low and wondered if Faya would be very angry with him if he were to kill her father. Then, all looked at the the young fire vixenas Faya stopped and turned around, looking directly at Sesshoumaru. His eyebrow quivered... Okay, she would be... Damn the vixen to lowest pits of eternal pain... Then again, he wondered, as he scratched the side of his neck. Faya gave a high, loving, chuckle and turned around again, facing the army at the other end. Faya narrowed her eyes. This would need drastic messures.

'Kings! Generals!' Her clear, smooth, voice ringing in their ears. Next to Aurora, Faya was the only one that they felt compelled listening to. She was, in no way a priestess; or a dragonrider, yet they couldn't help but glow their dragoncolors. 'Take to the sky!' She roared and the Dragons felt compelled to answer her call. Seven dragons took flight and dragonriders jumped on top of them. Faya turned around and faced her husband once more. He nodded and not much later a white hellhound stood at the spot where he had been standing, scaring near death out of her father and the warriors that stood close. He shook his furr and awaited further orders. She chuckled and then her face turned serious again. So that was his true form... A white hellhound... gotta love him for that...

She gave a breath and held up her hand. They waited for her signal. 'Attack!' She called and a feral roar of bloodwar rose from the battlefield as both sides charged and started to fight once again. Faya was fighting with a bloodtaste that was new to her. Fighting had never been this easy, had never been this simple. If this was what it meant to be a godess, hell she would do anything to keep the powers that she had begotten. There was a chuckle in the back of her mind, reminding her that the godess was listening. She duck away for a lowcoming black ray and looked at the demon that was in front of her. She sighed and rolled her eyes. Faya raised a hand toward him as her fingertips started to glow gold. The thin beams shot toward the center of her hand, connected there and shot toward its target. The demon in front of her released a silent scream before it evoparated. Shocked, Faya looked at her hand and then at the place where the young demon had stood. Okay... that was new... Beore another demon could touch her she was swept off her feet by something white. She jumped around and on top of the white Hellhound. 'That was fun...' she chuckled and then looked at the dragons that fought with what looked like winged sirens. They were half fish, half bird with a human face, but the eyes were like that of flies. Dark purple hair wipped around them taking down everything in their path. Demons from the ground were picked up like they weighed nothing and were hurled across the battlefield like they were leaves picked up by the wind. They used dead bodies as a shield.

The sight made Faya almost lose the little food she had in her stomach.

'ATTACK HER! KILL HER!' They heard the highpitched voice of Shinrin Akemi scream at winged demons. 'She is the cause of all of this... Kill her...' The winged demons dove down to attack her. Faya raised her hand and a blinding white light erruted from her hand, striking the aviated demons. Nothing was left over from them, except for a few feathers that fluttered down. The hellhound descanded and transformed back in himself. They turned toward each other and then to the generals that were gathering their troops. 'They will not stop, huh?' Faya heard and shook her head. 'This fight will be the last, but not without lots of casulties.' she answered. All demons that had fought underneath the three generals, now turned around and ran toward her. Dragons started to fight in the sky. Vixens and demons from both sides were falling to the ground, and as they were fighting, the Lord and Lady of the Western Fields got seperated from each other.

It wasn't until she heard her name being whispered that she looked around and saw how many demons were around her. She heard the laugh of the three generals as they jumped on top of her. With hundreds at the time they dove on top of her and she got buried with demons. Claws ripped at her flesh, making razorsharp cuts in her skin. Faya growled as she heard her name being called from far away. She closed her eyes and started to glow a bright white color. They would pay for hurting her. White light erupted from around the demons, screams were heard, and they literally dissolved around the generals. when the light made them cover their eyes and when disappeared, and a deafening silence took the battlefield as Faya stood in front of them and rose to her full height, glowing white with gold. A golden white mist emerged around Faya as she walked across the battlefield toward the three generals. Enkou staggered back as she approached him. So that was the meaning of being The Heir. She had the power to summon the goddess, enfuse the goddess with her own spirit. The goddess fights with them, through her body.

'Leave this place, this palace will never be yours…' She said. Azuma who had seen this happen, growled low in his throat and caught her off guard, slapping her in the face. She turned her head back and looked at him. 'You dare to raise your hand against a goddess, Azuma? The founding mother of one of the most ancient Clans...?' she asked as her eyes grew dark in surpressed fury. Faya stretched out her hand and touched his face, pushing her fingers into his eyes, hearing him scream and making her grin wickedly. 'This is the punishment for raising your hand against the goddess…' she whispered. His face felt like it was burning. He felt so many things. He felt the life slip away from him, his skin felt like parchment, as if all the moister was sucked out of it, leaving him dehydrated. Then he heard something snap and everything became black. The snap was his head being ripped from his body. Faya then looked at Shinrin-san and her uncle. 'If you do not wish to have the same fate as Azuma, I suggest you surrender.' She said like if it were a hard decision. Enkou and Shinrin dropped to their knees.

No one could win against a goddess, but one could try, because when Faya turned around Shinrin Akemi made the mistake of slipping a dagger out of his sleeve and plant that in between her shoulder blades. Screams were heard all over the battlefield as Faya's eyes turned wide in pain and fear. Somewhere in the distance she heard Sesshoumaru growl loudly, yet they all held back when she rose a hand in their direction. What was she up to? Faya turned around as she looked at the sick and twisted grinning Akemi. 'It was such a pleasure to kill your daughter, Shinrin...' She hissed. 'She didn't stand a change, against me... you know, the training did me good, although it was very shortlived...' Faya then chuckled. 'You killed my daughter...?' He asked now as black veins sprouted from the ground and engulfed her. Faya's eyes now narrowed to mere slits and white flames errupted around the two. The flames made a pattern of a horizontal eight and her hair turned bright white as black mists engulfed the two and she took his face in her hands. 'Yes, Shinrin, I killed Moriyo... she tried to steal my husband away from me, killed my friends, and even now, in death she is trying to my make life, a living hell, because I can't let the past rest...' She hissed as green flames danced within the pink orbs.

Faya shifted away and appeared in the air and energy accumulated around her. Within in a second Shinrin Akemi was in front of her, wearing a sickening grin on his face The energy disapeared and was taken aback when he was so close to her, so quickly. Shinrin Akemi took this change to hit her hard in the face. 'Tisk, tisk, little one, you forget to pay attention to your surroundings. You arrogant little bitch!' He hissed at her and with all the energy that he had Akemi drove her to the a sickening crash she smashed into the ground, leaving a small crater in her wake. They all heard her scream in fury and shifted back up into the air. The battlefield, underneath them fell silent, all looking up at the fight that was taking place. The battle was hard and was taking a lot of energy from the young fire vixen. She blocked and attacked, shot rays of multiple colors after each other and still it was not enough. Oh, dear goddess, help me...' She thought as she blocked yet another vein attack from the Lord of the Forest in front of her. 'You're losing hope... stop doing that, else I can not help you!' The voice screamed back at her. 'Well, it is a little difficult if you have low self esteem and are concerned about the wellbeing of your whelps...' She hissed back. Once again Faya found herself in the ground. She gave a frustrated growl and could barely shift away in time as she saw another green attack coming her way. 'Don't lose hope! Don't lose your focuss, and don't lose your concentration.' Faya nodded and narrowed her eyes at him, bleeding from several cuts and wounds on her body, she once again took to the sky. 'See it in another persepective... only that will be able to safe you now... see it in a broarder perspective...' The First Mother told her. How in seven blazes would she need to do that? Her eyes grew in horror as Shinrin Akemi gave a fierce blow to the stomach, causing her to be blasted away because of the impact. Faya smashed into the others, knocking them off of their feet and coming to a stop half a mile at the other end. Faya growled, pushing them off of her and they stood. 'Enough...' She hissed 'You will die now...' They heard her hiss in a serene voice. She stood up and sagged through her knees, Sesshoumaru keeping her from falling down. 'Where are you now, litte goddess, did she leave the Heir powerless?' They heard him taunt her from above. The dragons attacked him and were swapped away by a mere flick of the hand. 'You dare and let the dragons attack me, instead of you? What kind of Heir are you...? What kind of goddess are you, that you will let dragons attack me, instead of taking the fight in your own hands...' I had no idea that you were such a coward.' He laughed at her and smashed the generals as well as the kings into the ground. They transformed back into their human shape.

Fury danced in her orbs as she looked at the laughing Forest Lord above them. 'You don't have to do this...' She heard him whisper. 'You can always turn around and leave the battle to us.' He continued. She The safety of her whelps, her home, her family and friends... All was coming down at her!She closed her eyes and gave a smirk. 'Did you bump your head, Hellhound?' She chuckled and looked at him now. 'If I didn't feel this nessasary, why would I ever call upon the goddess? Don't you see?' She now asked as she cupped his face in her hands 'Do you still not understand, the urge of situation, and why I needed to call upon the goddess. If the Tamadara No Kasai falls into enemy hands... the world as we know it is gone... literally gone... It is up to the Heir to not let that happen.' She explained. 'Even at the cost of your own life?' He asked her and was shocked as she nodded 'Even then... but you're forgetting one important thing... the heir would die, were she not be with whelps, lord of the Western Fields...' Another voice came from her mouth. Stars appeared in her eyes, and they shifted to gold. 'This is her birthrigth... a terrible thing to carry, yet she chose to fulfull it.. the only thing I can do as The First Mother, is that she will stay alive... but you two must be lucky that she is with whelps... were it not for that, she would not live through this...' She explained. 'Time is getting shorter... the time for me to part with her, is almost near, if you do not let go of her, right now... the world is doomed...' The voice now answered 'What about...' he started and golden eyes looked back at him. 'They are fine...' came the reply. 'They?' He echoed. The goddess smiled at him. 'Three in total, Lord of the Western Fields... Carrier of the Silver and Golden bloodline...' She answered and straightened to her full height. Sesshoumaru wrapped a hand through his silver white mane... three whelps... THREE. The goddess smiled at him and chuckled at that. 'You both will do great...' she whispered and then The Lord of the Western Fields let go of his wife; stepping back as golden wings sprouted from her back and wanted to take flight but Sesshoumaru stopped her. Faya looked at him and gave him a loving smiled. She nodded, kissed him lovingly and then took flight, leaving a frizzled and concerned Sesshoumaru in her wake. Three whelps...and she was fighting... blast it all to hell..

Shecame on eyesight with her nemesis and they kept looking at each other as they hung in the air. Then she spoke 'You made the mistake of raising a dagger not only against the vessel of a goddess, but also the goddess herself, Shinrin Akemi-san… You fought her with a dirty passion, and yes you even succeeded in drawing blood.' They heard her say. 'The founding mother of the Fujimi Clan, Lady Kasai Amara, you will be punished for that…' she said and let go off him. He fell to the ground and blood scattered around his corps. Faya breathed in and out, she was getting tired… And the pain of the wound was getting worse. 'Hold on a little longer, my dear Faya.' She heard in the back of her head. 'Come on, as you said, you would not do this if you would not be sure about your health… you will beat this as well… the last thing I can do by repaying you is making sure that they are okay, safe and healthy…' Faya nodded and with the last of her strength she flew back down and folded her wings as she touched the ground. She staggered and then walked up to her uncle. She took a few deep breaths and looked at him and then cocked her head to the side. 'What to do with you?' she whispered, blinking a few times to keep focused. Damn, this channeling was taking a lot of energy. 'what to do with you?' she whispered once again as she focused her eyes on him. 'I will kill you, bitch…' he hissed and dove for her but Faya duck away and planted her knee in his stomach. 'Enkou, here I thought that you had learned your lesson, that you were wiser than them and to mess with a goddess…' she hissed and took his head in her hands. Enkou kicked her in the stomach and she gasped for breath and in fear. She dropped to her knees and wide eyed she placed a hand on her belly. Sesshoumaru saw it happen and fear spread across his face and settled itself in his yellow eyes.. 'Please, let them be safe…' she thought and immediately got the response that they were and she as well as the whelps would be okay… She took a relieved breath and wiped the feet from her uncle from underneath him. This would happen once and never again. 'Die, Enkou…' She screamed and unleashed a devastating white blinding light across the field. It went passed the demons and vixens she cared about, but destroyed every enemy that she had seen and encountered.

When the light disappeared, the battlefield lay full with dead bodies, the ground looked like a bomb had exploded. The dead bodies became skeletons and then turned to dust. The dust was picked up by the wind and scattered across the four corners of the world. Across the battlefield Sesshoumaru and the others had watched the spectacle. 'Fire vixen, how powerful are you really?' Sesshoumaru whispered, everyday Faya surprised him with her talents and powers. 'What just happened?' Hinote then asked, being the first that broke the silence, that had fallen when Faya had sprouted her wings, and looked up at his father. 'Your sister has captured the white flame, Hinote-kun… meaning that she not only masters of all seven flames but she masters the sacred flames now…' His father explained. 'No ordinary day, in the Nishi House, huh?' Hinto chuckled. Sesshoumaru looked into amber eyes that held the same mischievous twinkle that he knew from Faya. 'I would hold my tongue if I were you…' Sesshoumaru said. 'That is my girl…!' Kouenko now called out and clapped the younger demon on his shoulder 'That is your sister, Hinote-kun…That is why she is the true Heir...' Sesshoumaru looked at both fire demons and shook his head. He had come into a very disturbed family, but who cared… as long as Faya was with him, he could do anything. With the last strength that she could find she walked back to the other side of the battlefield making the earth green where she went. Where there was destruction new life would grow once again… she just helped it speed up a bit.

As she walked her Golden wings and her dress vanished. A black turtleneck and long brown trousers with high heeled boots came instead. Her hair changed back to a jet black in an instant, the curls and waves still in them. Her eyes changed back to emerald green. She stopped as a golden mist appeared in front of her and changed into that of the outlines of a woman. Sesshoumaru wanted to walk up to her but Kouenko stopped him and shook his head. 'That is the first mother of the clan, you do not approach her, when she has appeared before the Heir. You may be her mate, and the father of her whelps, at this moment she is way above you. The Heir has always been foretold throughout the ages, from generation to generation. and when Faya was born, me and Flamma both knew. Because when twins were born in the Fujimi Clan they either both, or one of them die. Until Faya and Hinote...' He explained. 'Just stay put and wait...' He finished. Sesshoumaru looked at the greying demon; thought about killing him once again, deciding against it, and then looked at the scene. Faya woud never forgive him if he actually were to kill her father.

Faya met the eyes of the transparant figure in front of her and bowed deeply before her. 'First mother...' her voice barely audiable. A transparant finger was tugged underneath her chin and Faya looked up. A corporal face looked back at her. It was like staring into her own reflection, and sucked in a breath, causing the goddess to chuckle. 'No, we are not the same, and no, you were not me before this life...' She whispered. 'You take after me, cause you are the Heir.' She explained. 'A girl in likeness of the First Mother, will be born when the moon covers the light for a full hour, on the day where night and day is as equally long and the last sakura budd blossoms. She will be born from fire and wind, with a sibling that is uncommen. She will be the one that will be able to capture what is unobtained by others.' The goddess told the young fire vixen. 'You, lovely Heir, have now been granted your deepest wish. The cost is not that difficult for you to pay. Unless you are very happy with your milky white skin...' she added in afterthought. 'Huh?' Faya now asked. The goddess chuckled as she started to disappear. 'You will see comming morning...' And vanished from sight. 'Oh, and Faya... enjoy your motherhood, it is something prescious... cherish it, and raise them well.' She heard on the wind. Faya smiled and then looked at the others that were waiting for her on the top of the hill. Faya looked back and saw how the deathly field had been sprouting flowers again. Overjoyed she lay a protective hand on her belly, drawing strength and love from the heartbeats that were there.

Feeling the exhaustion creeping into her body and bones, she forced herself to walk up the hill and then stopped in front of Sesshoumaru. She wobbled on her feet, her sight blurry and sagged through her knees, the strong, warm, arms of of her mate catching her before she could hit the ground. 'You are safe now…' He whispered. Sesshoumaru felt her nod and then a blissful golden light surrounded them and the palace.

The Golden bloodline of the Phoenix would last and would continue… the Golden bloodline of the Fujimi Clan would now be mixed that of the Silver bloodline of the Crescent Moon House. The merging was the beginning of a new era. A new period in time, a new world lay open to them.