*The heat is rising... please enjoy even if i don't own the story!

Fire was closing in on them from every direction and there were just so many water and barrier spells that the four of them could cast as they ran. It was pure luck that Ron found brooms for them to ride out of the fire. Kagome quickly cast a tracker spell as soon as she was in the air. She knew Draco had been doing everything in his power to protect her, and she wasn't about to leave him behind. She and Harry spotted them at the top of a mountain of furniture that was quickly burning and the two of them circled back to get them. They barely had time to grab them on the second pass before they fell, Kagome grabbing Blaise while Harry got Draco, and flew as quickly as they could for the exit.

The back of her broom was burning as they crashed and rolled onto the floor outside of the Room of Requirement. She saw the diadem fall to the floor as Ron and Hermione searched their pockets for something. She eyed the silvery crown with disgust as her hands blazed with her magic. Snatching the jewel up in her hand, it hissed and cracked, black smoke pouring out of the thing as she dropped it to the floor. Ron kicked it back into the burning room and the doors slammed shut behind it. They were silent for a moment as they listened to the fire roar on the other side of the doors, before those disappeared as well.

Kagome looked at her friends for a moment, not saying a thing before she started laughing and threw herself into their arms to hug them. They were safe and alive, for now at least. And they were one step closer to destroying Voldemort.

"How did you do that, Kagome? We thought only the Basilisk venom or the sword of Gryffindor could destroy a horcrux." Harry asked as they all let her go, looking at her in amazement.

"Don't tell me you've already forgotten what I did to that necklace last year," she said, giving them a cunning smile as that memory seemed to click with all of them. "I can purify and destroy tainted and cursed objects, including horcruxes. It's one of the reasons that snake wanted me on his side. Better to have control of a weapon that can hurt you than let it out in the world for others to use."

Looking past them, she saw Draco sitting on the floor, watching her with uncertainty. Her eyes softened, but her movements were rushed as she hurried past her friends to wrap her arms around him. He was shocked and hesitant to hug her back at first. Despite what she told him in the past, that she understood why he did what he did, he still hated himself for it. She wasn't under the influence of the potion anymore and he'd be damned if he ever gave it to her again. When he looked up again, Granger and Weasley both had their wands pointed at him. He quickly kissed her for the last time, trying to imprint every detail about her to memory, before he pushed her behind him, not wanting to risk her being hit on accident.

His time had finally come.

AN: That is another reason why Voldemort wanted Kagome under his control, something that could destroy his horcruxes so easily is not something he would want on the opposing army's side. Warm-Fuzzies and please review!