AN: Here it is! The next to last chapter! I'm so proud of myself! I've never finished a story before. Enjoy!

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"Mistress!" a female voice shouted, snapping my attention away from Endymion. I looked down, recognizing the voice as Luna's.
"What is it Luna?" I asked, concern evident in my voice, putting the near kiss aside for the moment.
"It's her. She's - " Luna started.
"I'M HERE!" Raye's voice called, cutting Luna off. Every patron in the establishment turned to the raven-haired beauty in the provacative red dress, waving the gun around.
"Raye." Darien growled under his breath. I kept my hands behind my back, holding his hands for reassurance.
"What do you want Raye?" I asked, straightening my posture.
"What do you think I want?" she replied. I glanced around briefly, beckoning my sisters to me.
"Well. It could be one of two things. Either my job or my life and everything and everyone that comes with it."
"I want your life." she admitted. I felt Darien wrap his arms around my waist as my sisters stood on either side of me.
"Take it. It's literally hell. But realise one thing. The man you want, won't want you."
"Then why is he holding you possessively?"
"He's trying to prevent me from doing great harm to you. See, Raye, he likes you just as you are. I realised that that one night I came to his apartment and you were there. It was over between Endymion and I and has been for quite some time."
"Then he won't mind if I kill you." Raye took aim at me with, what I notice, an unusual gun. One used by the Powers to destroy immortal being such as myself.
"Don't do it Raye." I hear Eternity warn.
"And why not? This little bitch has caused me enough pain and suffering for one century."
"Do it Raye. And find out what really happens when you kill the key." I said, taking Darien's hands in mine and squeezing them tightly. He squeezed them in response and I knew he understood the plan.
"Do it Raye. You know you wanna." I smirked at her and her face started turning red with anger.
"Fighting you conscience, Raye?" Charity taunted.
"Shut up!" Raye screamed, tightening her hold on the gun.
"Just shoot Raye! Shoot me and get it over with."
"Just shut up! I don't need your kind clouding my mind!"
"My kind? You do know where you are, right?" I ask, trying not to smile at her stupidity as she looks around at all the vampires and demons that still littered the room. She let out a gunshot into the cieling, sending all but me and my group running out of the club. I looked around briefly, wondering where Tenshi had run off to.
"There. No more worries." she said.
"Good. Now why don't we do this the right way."
"And what way would that be?"
"We fight. Just you and me. No one else gets in the way. The first one to die, dies. That's the end of it."
"Sure. But do realise that you'll be the one going down." she threatened. Nodding slightly, I turned, leading my group to the stage where they'd be watching the fight.
"Listen to me, all of you. Tenshi is wandering around here somewhere, undoubtedly to help me. If somethign should happen to him, don't worry. He's already been taken care of in case he gets hit. Now, under no circumstances shall any of you interfere. Except you Darien."
"What do you wish of me?" he asked, almost servant-like.
"If you see me about to get shot, get in the way."
"What!?"
"You heard me. I want you to die. Just trust me, okay?"
"Alright."
"Here's how I'm hoping this'll go. We'll fight and at some point she'll shoot at me and that'll take Tenshi out of the game. She and I will go at it again after I pretend to be upset by her shooting him. The next integral part comes when she shoots at me, waisting the third bullet. At that point, Darien, you jump and take the bullet. I won't lie to you, you will die, but that's a good thing. Next, comes Luna's part."
"Ready and willing, Mistress." Luna said, coming out from behind Charity.
"Good. You know what to do so I won't go into it. Next, I'll get shot and that will undoubtedly kill me. That's when you should finish with your part Luna. With our last 'breaths', Darien and I will fulfill our parts."
"What parts?" Darien asked.
"You'll know when it comes time. After that's done, the miracle begins. Do not fear, and do not weep, for all will work out in the end. I promise."
"Are you ready yet!?" Raye yelled to me. I turned to face her, nodding, before I tunred and faced my group again.
"I love you all. Never forget that." I turned and jumped off the stage, walking to my standing point across from Raye.
"Let's get this over with." I said, taking a fightstance.
"As you wish." She tucked the gun in her belt and took her fighting stance and there was a brief silence before she began to attack, a roundhouse kick to my head which I dodged easily by crouching down and swiping her other leg out from under her. I smiled down at her as she laid on the floor.
Angrily, she stood, staring at me before taking stance again. I stood, awaiting her next move. It was quick, a right hook to my face which I dodged, only to be kneed in the stomach. I staggered back a bit.
"Good. Now that you threw the first puch - " I started, going a front handspring towards her and a quick roundhouse to her face, making contact. "I can fight back." I ended.
The fight continued on like that for a few minutes, her making contact a few times and me retaliating with twice as much force.
"Uh! That's it!" she screamed, pulling the gun from her belt, taking quick aim, and shooting. I watched as the bullet came flying at me and, as anticipated, my Tenshi flew by in front of me, taking the second bullet from the gun. I watched in fake horror as Tenshi's body lay on the floor, the bullet mark clear in his chest.
"Thank you, my friend." I whispered in audibly to everyone but Tenshi and I. I stood, facing Raye, anger on my face.
"You shot him!" I accused her shocked form. I charged at her, catching her off guard, pinning her to the floor and sending the gun flying. I began punching her until she finally gained enough sense to roll me off of her and send me skidding across the floor a little ways before making a mad dash for her gun. I went after her, allowing her to grab the gun and point it at me. She shot, using the third bullet, and, out of nowhere, came Darien, taking the bullet in the chest and falling limply to the floor.
I stared at hm, tears forming in my eyes. I knew this was going to happen, counted on it even, but the pain inside me was too great. The tears fell from my eyes and I heard Luna begin chanting.
"La vie est breve: Un peru d'espoir, un peru de reve . . . . " Luna chanted, pusing for Darien to add his part.
"Et puis - bon soir." he said, with his last breath before dieing. Tears ran down my face. I looked up at Raye who was just standing there, emotionless.
"Look what you did! You killed him! The only man that I ever loved is dead because of you!" I stood, looking into her face as she looked up at me. I punched her, sending her flying across the room. I walked up to her, pulling her up by the shoulders. Unconscious. Great.
"She's unconscious!" I shouted to my sisters.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Charity shouted to me.
"No. I have to die for this to work and I can't kill myself. Someone has to do it for me." I said, sadly, looking back to Darien's prone body. Slowly, I dragged myself over to him and dropped to my knees, pulling his form to me, tears streaming down my face.
"La vie est vaine: Un peru d' amour, un peru de haine . . . " Luna chanted almost inaudibly to me. I looked up at her, wide-eyed. She had turned into her human form and was holding the gun to me. The shot rang out as excrutiating pain overcame me. My body was dying. The demon in me was dying, I realised. I inhaled sharply as another wave of pain overtook me.
"Et puis - bon jour." I managed to whisper before falling into a world of blackness.



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The foreign language used in this is French. I'm not going to tell you what it means cuz it'll riun the effect. If you know what it means, kudo's to you, don't share it cuz, like I said, it'll ruin the effect.