Nakoruru: Welcome back to this exciting story! I have to say that the last
chapter was one action pack angst tale all the way to the end. (stares at
Rinka) Because of someone I ain't naming!
Rinka: What? (scratches head) Wonder what I did wrong.
Nakoruru: Anyway, let me get this thing going. I'm going to be writing this chapter, and not Rinka. There are lots of surprises in store, so hope everyone's following along.
Rinka (looks around): Blaze still a chibi under your control?
Nakoruru: Oh no. I called a truce, but he's still sick, so he said he couldn't comment for this one.
Rinka: Aw, too bad. I guess we'll just have to wait till chapter 14 to hear from him again, huh?
Nakoruru: Probably so. Okay, we would like to thank everyone whose reviewed. We haven't checked our email box, so we don't know what's in there. But we would like to thank everyone who has given us a review. Your dedication is heartwarming. And for it, we give you more of this lovely story.
Rinka: And one more note, when I said Emi at the end of the last chapter, I meant to say Rini. I don't know what I was think, sorry for the mistake.
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"Your crystal will soon be mine!" cackled Hiten as he increased his attack another fold. Serena struggled to overpower Hiten. Too much depended on her survival. Serena's eyes suddenly widened as she felt the Silver Crystal shake violently in her grasp. Before her eyes the crystal's light faded, then the whole crystal exploded from the center of Serena's broach.
"My crystal!"
"No! The Silver Crystal!" Hiten stopped his attack, watching as Serena reverted back to her normal civilian state. His eyes smothered with fury. How was it possible for the Silver Crystal to have broken so easily by his power? No that it was destroyed, he couldn't get back to his normal dimension. "Do you know what you've done? Now I can't use the power to get back to the Rei Kai." Hiten's smothering eyes focused on the terrified Serena. "I don't have a use for you now. So I'll just kill you and destroy this entire universe."
Hiten rose his hand once again, focusing a large flow of dark youki at Serena. Serena shielded herself with her arms, snapping her eyes shut. She had failed to avenge the senshi and the others; she was going to die. Just as the blast was about to strike her down, something intercepted the move. Cracking her eyes open, Serena found Hiei shielding her with his youki.
"Hiei," Serena whispered with a sigh of relief.
The koorime looked back at her with a weak smirk. "I told you I would protect you." Something in the koorime's eyes seemed a bit far away as he turned his attention to Hiten who had once again ceased with his attack. Hiei's vision blurred then darkened as he crumbled to the ground. With the last of his energy used up, there was nothing left for him to sustain his life readings. He was slightly aware of Serena calling his name. He turned crimson glazed eyes to her, hardly being able to make out her features.
"Hiei! Hiei answer me!" Serena cried as she went to his side. "Hiei, can you hear me?"
"Serena. . ." The koorime finally said. "I'm sorry. I wasn't able to do more. I promised I'd protect both you and Rini, but I let you down."
Serena shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Just save your breath, you have to live. We can still do this together. Just don't leave me, Hiei." Tears welled up in Serena's eyes as she watched the oddest thing happen. Hiei's eyes begun to shimmer with wetness as he continued to look up at her. Was he. . .was he crying?
"I can't. Forgive me, Serena. Forgive me for everything. Survive. Defeat him and protect my sister for me. I can't. . ." A single tear spilled out, falling as his eyes closed. His body relaxes as an almost serene look settled on the koorime's face.
"Hiei."
"Give it a rest, he's dead. Like you will soon be," Hiten said, raising his hand again. This time, no one would stop him from finishing off the Queen of Crystal Tokyo.
"Hiei." One of Serena's tears slid down her cheek and fell. What she didn't notice was that the Hiraseki stone that had yet to form was splashed by her tear and now it was beginning to glow a soft silver color. Serena closed her eyes, waiting for the end. Even if she had the power to match him, her soul was gone. Hiei and her friends had been her strengthen and courage to go on. Now that they were all gone, and she didn't have to power of the Silver Crystal anymore, what could she do? "Forgive me, everyone."
"Now die, Neo Queen Serenity!" Hiten tossed the wave of energy at Serena who clenched Hiei's hand in hers. If she were going to die, she would know that the man she loved was beside her when she caught up to him in the afterworld. The youki headed at Serena, but a wall of silver energy shot up and intercepted the blast. Dispersing the power that had tried to kill Serena. "What! How?"
Serena opened her eyes; not sure that she believed it either. Something had saved her life. The glowing light that had protected Serena directed her attention downwards. What Serena found was shocking. A silver orb, slightly larger than the Silver Crystal had been rested on the ground. Serena picked up the orb, feeling an immense power coming from the object. "What. . .is this?"
"Your crystal," said a voice. Serena looked up to find another shocking image. The ghost of her dead mother, Queen Serenity, hovered over Serena and Hiei. Queen Serenity smiled at the awed woman. "It has been a long time since you last saw me, hasn't it my daughter?"
"Queen Serenity, but-"
"There is no time to explain everything. Just know that the crystal you hold was once prophesied to arrive. Because of your strong bond and love for this male, your hearts made that crystal. You hold the power of the Millennia Crystal. That crystal is the proof of your love. Use it well, my daughter." And with that, Queen Serenity disappeared, leaving Serena with new knowledge.
Gripping her new crystal, Serena got from Hiei's side and walked towards where Hiten was. The male took a few steps back, not knowing what to expect from this. How was it possible for her to create a whole new silver crystal? That wasn't possible at all. Serena placed the crystal to her chest. "Silver Millennia Crystal, give me the power I need to vanquish my enemy and protect this world."
Serena's hand began to glow as she became enveloped in a bright silver light. The broach that Serena wore morphed into a new one. This one retained its heart shape and wings, but now there was an eight pointed star shape outlined around where the Silver Millennia Crystal now was. A crescent moon hung close to the bottom of the broach, with six small stones on each side of the broach. Spreading her arms out, Serena closed her eyes. The crystal in the middle of the new broach begun glowing brightly.
"Millennia Moon Crisis Call!" A large pair of wings sprouted from the woman's back then enveloped her. Hiten watched as the wings unfolded from around the woman. She was in a new sailor uniform. The woman opened her eyes, looking at Hiten. "You can call me Millennia Sailor Moon."
Hiten was speechless for a moment as he stared at this new, obviously more powerful transformation. Had she really that much power to make such a powerful new crystal? It seemed impossible, but she had done it. Finally he snapped out of his speechless state. This only meant that he could once again go forward with his plan. No matter how powerful she was, he was still ten times better. King Enma had only been able to seal him away, with all that power at his disposal. Why should he worry about her? She wouldn't be able to destroy him. He was much too powerful to ever be destroyed.
Serena stared down at herself. Her new outfit was awesome. The collar of her outfit was black, with two white strips in it. Her shoulder adorned three black loops with wing clips on them. Her whole outfit was white except for the two black strips that accent the bottom of her outfit. On the front around her waist was a pair of wings with a crescent moon in place. Under the crescent moon was an eight-pointed star, which had two red ribbons coming down. On her feet were black high heels accented with wing clips on each heel. On her head was the symbol of the crescent moon but hanging down under it was an eight pointer star. Her hair clips had morphed into heart shapes with small wings attached to them. Her choker was the shape of a heart with a crescent moon hanging down from it. Her earrings were hearts with crescent moons, wings and eight pointed stars hanging down from them.
The wings on her back spread out as she stared at Hiten with an angry look. "You have killed many innocent people in your quest for revenge. You must be stopped before you're allowed to harm more innocent people. In the name of the moon, I shall avenge everyone that has died by your hands."
Hiten smirked as he opened his hand, creating a sword from his youki. "You're going to make me pay? Don't make me life. I'm not going anywhere Neo Queen Serenity. Go ahead and try to do what King Enma himself couldn't." Hiten rushed at Serena who took to the sky, to avoid his attack. Hiten jumped after her, attacking her with a barrage of swipes. Serena had a slightly hard time trying to dodge the attacks, but managed. Landing on the ground, Hiten stared up at the woman suspended in mid air. He had something for her. Opening his hand, Hiten created crystal like projectiles, hurling them at Serena.
Serena rose her hand to the projectiles, creating a shield that the youki bounced off of. She saw the fury in Hiten's eyes as he watched his attacks bounce off her shield as if he was the weaker one here. Serena looked down at him with sympathetic blue eyes. She was having sympathy for him? Impossible, he would win this battle and gain access to her new crystal. Once he did that, nothing would be able to stop him from going back to the Rei Kai and exacting his revenge on the ones that had sealed him up. He would not lose to this weak human.
"Don't think that you've won just yet, Neo Queen Serenity. You've only tasted 50 percent of my power. I say I give you a demonstration of what I can really do." Hiten closed his eyes and concentrated on pulling out all his power. Serena watched the ground under him shake and turn as power flowed from his body. Serena steadied herself as the wind picked up. "Now, you'll see my real power!"
*I can't believe that his power is this great. Can I. . .can I really beat him?* Serena gritted her teeth. There was no time to think negative. She had been given another chance; there was no way that she would give up hope now. Everyone was counting on her to do this. "Let's do it!" Serena rose the power of her shield as a massive amount of energy struck her shield, causing her to fly back just a little from the force of the wave. Reinforcing her shield, Serena pushed back the wave of power that was sent at her. "I won't let you win, ever!"
"Don't kid yourself, you're only human. Humans are much weaker than youkai are. You will never be able to outlast me. You're a hopeless idealist. Just admit defeat and give me your crystal!" Hiten exclaimed, increasing his power by another fold. He watched with glee as Serena struggled to stave off his attack. "See, you're weak! You won't last much longer."
"You're wrong. I'm much stronger than you think," Serena cried. "I still have hope and determination on my side. I won't give up either. I'll defeat you and free my world from your desolation." The Millennia Crystal began to glow just then, giving Serena a boost in power that overpowered Hiten's attack.
"That sort of thing won't last long, I will win. Just you wait." Hiten began to create another attack, as Serena landed. Opening her hands, she closed her eyes.
"I call forth the Millennia Staff. Come to my aide." A long, thin stem staff appeared, placing its weight into Serena's open hands. The top of the staff was accented with a small crescent moon, while the overall wand was a much larger crescent moon that accented wings, an eight-pointed star, and a jeweled heart in the center of the larger crescent moon. Serena twirled the staff around twice before lifting it to the sky. "I call upon power of those around me, help me to put an end to this evil."
Around her, everything started to glow silver and pink, little balls of silver and pink light began forming. The little balls floated up towards the raised staff as the wings spread out. The staff itself shimmered and brightened, gathering the power that was forming around it. Hiten could sense the immense force of the attack. He couldn't believe that this woman, this human woman could have so much power. He wouldn't let this go on. Hiten released his attack at the woman.
Serena opened her eyes and looked at him with pity. "I have the power of my loved ones behind me. I will not lose to you. This is the end. Millennia Moon-Crystal Love-Surrender!" Hiten's energy dwindled away as Serena's energy broke through all of his defenses. A beam of silver and pink light tore through Hiten's body, purifying the negativity inside of him while destroying him also. Hiten let out a horrendous cry of pain and agony.
"Impossible! No human can-" Before he was finished, his body turned into dust and blew away.
"I did it guys. . .I was able to beat him." Serena's staff disappeared as she turned to walk back to where Hiei's body was. She felt the tears creep back to her eyes as she fell to his side. This battle had cost her so much, but she would not let everything end like this. I won't let this battle have such a tragic ending. Taking off her broach, Serena took off into the sky. Flying up into what seemed like the heavens, she rose her broach over her head and prayed this would work. "I call upon the power of my crystal and my heart. Millennia Crystal Restoration!"
Everything around her turned a silver and pink color as the magic of her new crystal started to work. Pouring her heart and soul into the power, she continued to use the crystal's power. The world around her began to go back to the way it was before the attacks. The life that had been stole from her world was beginning to return. People that had died were being reborn. Serena felt her heart become full with life and love as she felt things returning to normal.
"Just a bit more. Everything will be better, I promise." Finally, the light of the crystal faded, having done its job. Serena floated back down, seeing her handy work. The cities and its people were there once again. The sun and its warmth replaced the darkness that had filled her sky for such a long time. Transforming back to her normal self, she watched her senshi come back to life, along with Botan, Kuwabara, and Kurama. Serena's eyes went back to Hiei.
Her heart slowed in beat as she saw that he hadn't moved yet. "No. Please. . ." Serena went to his side and grasped his body. There had to be a heartbeat, there just had to be. "Please, don't leave me. You can't." Tears trickled down her face, pressing her lips to his, hoping that maybe her life and love would bring him back. She would give him everything she had if it meant that he would open his eyes. After a moment, Hiei's body stirred, pulling away, Serena saw his eyes flutter open and he look up at her. "Hiei. . ."
A smirk rose to his lips as he brushed aside the tears in her eyes. "Good work. I knew you could do it."
"Yeah, I did it. But because of your love." The two for a long minute, sat looking at each other, until they became aware of the others. Getting up, the two walked over to the others. It had been a long battle but they had done it. The evil that had plagued this world and threatened to expand outwards was no more. Thanks to the love of two individuals whose life had become entwined.
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Rinka: The End.
Nakoruru (smacking Rinka with a toy mallet): Shut up! It's not the end yet! We have more chapters to put out before it can end.
Rinka (rubbing head): Ow! That hurt!
Nakoruru: Serves you right. Okay, the next chapter will be up shortly. We're going to run a two for one deal. Thank you for all the reviews, sorry I don't have Internet to check things. Rinka's posting, but thanks for everything and will read all those wonderful emails when I get the chance.
Rinka: What? (scratches head) Wonder what I did wrong.
Nakoruru: Anyway, let me get this thing going. I'm going to be writing this chapter, and not Rinka. There are lots of surprises in store, so hope everyone's following along.
Rinka (looks around): Blaze still a chibi under your control?
Nakoruru: Oh no. I called a truce, but he's still sick, so he said he couldn't comment for this one.
Rinka: Aw, too bad. I guess we'll just have to wait till chapter 14 to hear from him again, huh?
Nakoruru: Probably so. Okay, we would like to thank everyone whose reviewed. We haven't checked our email box, so we don't know what's in there. But we would like to thank everyone who has given us a review. Your dedication is heartwarming. And for it, we give you more of this lovely story.
Rinka: And one more note, when I said Emi at the end of the last chapter, I meant to say Rini. I don't know what I was think, sorry for the mistake.
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"Your crystal will soon be mine!" cackled Hiten as he increased his attack another fold. Serena struggled to overpower Hiten. Too much depended on her survival. Serena's eyes suddenly widened as she felt the Silver Crystal shake violently in her grasp. Before her eyes the crystal's light faded, then the whole crystal exploded from the center of Serena's broach.
"My crystal!"
"No! The Silver Crystal!" Hiten stopped his attack, watching as Serena reverted back to her normal civilian state. His eyes smothered with fury. How was it possible for the Silver Crystal to have broken so easily by his power? No that it was destroyed, he couldn't get back to his normal dimension. "Do you know what you've done? Now I can't use the power to get back to the Rei Kai." Hiten's smothering eyes focused on the terrified Serena. "I don't have a use for you now. So I'll just kill you and destroy this entire universe."
Hiten rose his hand once again, focusing a large flow of dark youki at Serena. Serena shielded herself with her arms, snapping her eyes shut. She had failed to avenge the senshi and the others; she was going to die. Just as the blast was about to strike her down, something intercepted the move. Cracking her eyes open, Serena found Hiei shielding her with his youki.
"Hiei," Serena whispered with a sigh of relief.
The koorime looked back at her with a weak smirk. "I told you I would protect you." Something in the koorime's eyes seemed a bit far away as he turned his attention to Hiten who had once again ceased with his attack. Hiei's vision blurred then darkened as he crumbled to the ground. With the last of his energy used up, there was nothing left for him to sustain his life readings. He was slightly aware of Serena calling his name. He turned crimson glazed eyes to her, hardly being able to make out her features.
"Hiei! Hiei answer me!" Serena cried as she went to his side. "Hiei, can you hear me?"
"Serena. . ." The koorime finally said. "I'm sorry. I wasn't able to do more. I promised I'd protect both you and Rini, but I let you down."
Serena shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Just save your breath, you have to live. We can still do this together. Just don't leave me, Hiei." Tears welled up in Serena's eyes as she watched the oddest thing happen. Hiei's eyes begun to shimmer with wetness as he continued to look up at her. Was he. . .was he crying?
"I can't. Forgive me, Serena. Forgive me for everything. Survive. Defeat him and protect my sister for me. I can't. . ." A single tear spilled out, falling as his eyes closed. His body relaxes as an almost serene look settled on the koorime's face.
"Hiei."
"Give it a rest, he's dead. Like you will soon be," Hiten said, raising his hand again. This time, no one would stop him from finishing off the Queen of Crystal Tokyo.
"Hiei." One of Serena's tears slid down her cheek and fell. What she didn't notice was that the Hiraseki stone that had yet to form was splashed by her tear and now it was beginning to glow a soft silver color. Serena closed her eyes, waiting for the end. Even if she had the power to match him, her soul was gone. Hiei and her friends had been her strengthen and courage to go on. Now that they were all gone, and she didn't have to power of the Silver Crystal anymore, what could she do? "Forgive me, everyone."
"Now die, Neo Queen Serenity!" Hiten tossed the wave of energy at Serena who clenched Hiei's hand in hers. If she were going to die, she would know that the man she loved was beside her when she caught up to him in the afterworld. The youki headed at Serena, but a wall of silver energy shot up and intercepted the blast. Dispersing the power that had tried to kill Serena. "What! How?"
Serena opened her eyes; not sure that she believed it either. Something had saved her life. The glowing light that had protected Serena directed her attention downwards. What Serena found was shocking. A silver orb, slightly larger than the Silver Crystal had been rested on the ground. Serena picked up the orb, feeling an immense power coming from the object. "What. . .is this?"
"Your crystal," said a voice. Serena looked up to find another shocking image. The ghost of her dead mother, Queen Serenity, hovered over Serena and Hiei. Queen Serenity smiled at the awed woman. "It has been a long time since you last saw me, hasn't it my daughter?"
"Queen Serenity, but-"
"There is no time to explain everything. Just know that the crystal you hold was once prophesied to arrive. Because of your strong bond and love for this male, your hearts made that crystal. You hold the power of the Millennia Crystal. That crystal is the proof of your love. Use it well, my daughter." And with that, Queen Serenity disappeared, leaving Serena with new knowledge.
Gripping her new crystal, Serena got from Hiei's side and walked towards where Hiten was. The male took a few steps back, not knowing what to expect from this. How was it possible for her to create a whole new silver crystal? That wasn't possible at all. Serena placed the crystal to her chest. "Silver Millennia Crystal, give me the power I need to vanquish my enemy and protect this world."
Serena's hand began to glow as she became enveloped in a bright silver light. The broach that Serena wore morphed into a new one. This one retained its heart shape and wings, but now there was an eight pointed star shape outlined around where the Silver Millennia Crystal now was. A crescent moon hung close to the bottom of the broach, with six small stones on each side of the broach. Spreading her arms out, Serena closed her eyes. The crystal in the middle of the new broach begun glowing brightly.
"Millennia Moon Crisis Call!" A large pair of wings sprouted from the woman's back then enveloped her. Hiten watched as the wings unfolded from around the woman. She was in a new sailor uniform. The woman opened her eyes, looking at Hiten. "You can call me Millennia Sailor Moon."
Hiten was speechless for a moment as he stared at this new, obviously more powerful transformation. Had she really that much power to make such a powerful new crystal? It seemed impossible, but she had done it. Finally he snapped out of his speechless state. This only meant that he could once again go forward with his plan. No matter how powerful she was, he was still ten times better. King Enma had only been able to seal him away, with all that power at his disposal. Why should he worry about her? She wouldn't be able to destroy him. He was much too powerful to ever be destroyed.
Serena stared down at herself. Her new outfit was awesome. The collar of her outfit was black, with two white strips in it. Her shoulder adorned three black loops with wing clips on them. Her whole outfit was white except for the two black strips that accent the bottom of her outfit. On the front around her waist was a pair of wings with a crescent moon in place. Under the crescent moon was an eight-pointed star, which had two red ribbons coming down. On her feet were black high heels accented with wing clips on each heel. On her head was the symbol of the crescent moon but hanging down under it was an eight pointer star. Her hair clips had morphed into heart shapes with small wings attached to them. Her choker was the shape of a heart with a crescent moon hanging down from it. Her earrings were hearts with crescent moons, wings and eight pointed stars hanging down from them.
The wings on her back spread out as she stared at Hiten with an angry look. "You have killed many innocent people in your quest for revenge. You must be stopped before you're allowed to harm more innocent people. In the name of the moon, I shall avenge everyone that has died by your hands."
Hiten smirked as he opened his hand, creating a sword from his youki. "You're going to make me pay? Don't make me life. I'm not going anywhere Neo Queen Serenity. Go ahead and try to do what King Enma himself couldn't." Hiten rushed at Serena who took to the sky, to avoid his attack. Hiten jumped after her, attacking her with a barrage of swipes. Serena had a slightly hard time trying to dodge the attacks, but managed. Landing on the ground, Hiten stared up at the woman suspended in mid air. He had something for her. Opening his hand, Hiten created crystal like projectiles, hurling them at Serena.
Serena rose her hand to the projectiles, creating a shield that the youki bounced off of. She saw the fury in Hiten's eyes as he watched his attacks bounce off her shield as if he was the weaker one here. Serena looked down at him with sympathetic blue eyes. She was having sympathy for him? Impossible, he would win this battle and gain access to her new crystal. Once he did that, nothing would be able to stop him from going back to the Rei Kai and exacting his revenge on the ones that had sealed him up. He would not lose to this weak human.
"Don't think that you've won just yet, Neo Queen Serenity. You've only tasted 50 percent of my power. I say I give you a demonstration of what I can really do." Hiten closed his eyes and concentrated on pulling out all his power. Serena watched the ground under him shake and turn as power flowed from his body. Serena steadied herself as the wind picked up. "Now, you'll see my real power!"
*I can't believe that his power is this great. Can I. . .can I really beat him?* Serena gritted her teeth. There was no time to think negative. She had been given another chance; there was no way that she would give up hope now. Everyone was counting on her to do this. "Let's do it!" Serena rose the power of her shield as a massive amount of energy struck her shield, causing her to fly back just a little from the force of the wave. Reinforcing her shield, Serena pushed back the wave of power that was sent at her. "I won't let you win, ever!"
"Don't kid yourself, you're only human. Humans are much weaker than youkai are. You will never be able to outlast me. You're a hopeless idealist. Just admit defeat and give me your crystal!" Hiten exclaimed, increasing his power by another fold. He watched with glee as Serena struggled to stave off his attack. "See, you're weak! You won't last much longer."
"You're wrong. I'm much stronger than you think," Serena cried. "I still have hope and determination on my side. I won't give up either. I'll defeat you and free my world from your desolation." The Millennia Crystal began to glow just then, giving Serena a boost in power that overpowered Hiten's attack.
"That sort of thing won't last long, I will win. Just you wait." Hiten began to create another attack, as Serena landed. Opening her hands, she closed her eyes.
"I call forth the Millennia Staff. Come to my aide." A long, thin stem staff appeared, placing its weight into Serena's open hands. The top of the staff was accented with a small crescent moon, while the overall wand was a much larger crescent moon that accented wings, an eight-pointed star, and a jeweled heart in the center of the larger crescent moon. Serena twirled the staff around twice before lifting it to the sky. "I call upon power of those around me, help me to put an end to this evil."
Around her, everything started to glow silver and pink, little balls of silver and pink light began forming. The little balls floated up towards the raised staff as the wings spread out. The staff itself shimmered and brightened, gathering the power that was forming around it. Hiten could sense the immense force of the attack. He couldn't believe that this woman, this human woman could have so much power. He wouldn't let this go on. Hiten released his attack at the woman.
Serena opened her eyes and looked at him with pity. "I have the power of my loved ones behind me. I will not lose to you. This is the end. Millennia Moon-Crystal Love-Surrender!" Hiten's energy dwindled away as Serena's energy broke through all of his defenses. A beam of silver and pink light tore through Hiten's body, purifying the negativity inside of him while destroying him also. Hiten let out a horrendous cry of pain and agony.
"Impossible! No human can-" Before he was finished, his body turned into dust and blew away.
"I did it guys. . .I was able to beat him." Serena's staff disappeared as she turned to walk back to where Hiei's body was. She felt the tears creep back to her eyes as she fell to his side. This battle had cost her so much, but she would not let everything end like this. I won't let this battle have such a tragic ending. Taking off her broach, Serena took off into the sky. Flying up into what seemed like the heavens, she rose her broach over her head and prayed this would work. "I call upon the power of my crystal and my heart. Millennia Crystal Restoration!"
Everything around her turned a silver and pink color as the magic of her new crystal started to work. Pouring her heart and soul into the power, she continued to use the crystal's power. The world around her began to go back to the way it was before the attacks. The life that had been stole from her world was beginning to return. People that had died were being reborn. Serena felt her heart become full with life and love as she felt things returning to normal.
"Just a bit more. Everything will be better, I promise." Finally, the light of the crystal faded, having done its job. Serena floated back down, seeing her handy work. The cities and its people were there once again. The sun and its warmth replaced the darkness that had filled her sky for such a long time. Transforming back to her normal self, she watched her senshi come back to life, along with Botan, Kuwabara, and Kurama. Serena's eyes went back to Hiei.
Her heart slowed in beat as she saw that he hadn't moved yet. "No. Please. . ." Serena went to his side and grasped his body. There had to be a heartbeat, there just had to be. "Please, don't leave me. You can't." Tears trickled down her face, pressing her lips to his, hoping that maybe her life and love would bring him back. She would give him everything she had if it meant that he would open his eyes. After a moment, Hiei's body stirred, pulling away, Serena saw his eyes flutter open and he look up at her. "Hiei. . ."
A smirk rose to his lips as he brushed aside the tears in her eyes. "Good work. I knew you could do it."
"Yeah, I did it. But because of your love." The two for a long minute, sat looking at each other, until they became aware of the others. Getting up, the two walked over to the others. It had been a long battle but they had done it. The evil that had plagued this world and threatened to expand outwards was no more. Thanks to the love of two individuals whose life had become entwined.
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Rinka: The End.
Nakoruru (smacking Rinka with a toy mallet): Shut up! It's not the end yet! We have more chapters to put out before it can end.
Rinka (rubbing head): Ow! That hurt!
Nakoruru: Serves you right. Okay, the next chapter will be up shortly. We're going to run a two for one deal. Thank you for all the reviews, sorry I don't have Internet to check things. Rinka's posting, but thanks for everything and will read all those wonderful emails when I get the chance.